I'm not bothered by it making sense or not so much.
It's fiction after all. From a conceptual point of view, a story about a game like that becomes weaker without relevant rules. Maybe that's just me.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:12, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Unless the Government being a bunch of cheats is part of the story
Plus its not really a story about a game, its a story of control and rebellion.
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)

granted, but if they are going to cheat, what's the point of the game?
might as well just feed 24 kids to bears.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:16, Reply)

They answer that in the film
Hope
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:18, Reply)

The game is televised everywhere
there wouldn't be hope if it became obvious to the districts that there was cheating going on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:20, Reply)

The district that won wouldn't care
and the ones that lost would be just as controlled
( Peej, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)