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"The Hunger Games" Viral Launches

**Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:01 pm

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stinji · Decorated Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 270

at the bottom of the page there is a cupcake and bread that you can click on. it takes you to this site:
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you can pick to place an order, but it says they are out of stock and you enter your email address to be notified when they come in.
From what i can see thats all you can do right now.

** edit ****
movieviral just posted that this may not be real.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:12 pm

comadarkvale

yea they said they didnt have details really but liongate contacted them so i guess its not real

**Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:30 pm

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Point of clarification: just because this website (which has been around for 2+ months) isn't endorsed by the studios doesn't take away from the fact that it could be a game. Said game, based on the initial email response, centers around The Capitol Is Watching.

For this particular game, the fans have been fairly active in using this for collective storytelling.

Based on most appearances, this game is similar to Magic is Might, a fan-made collective storytelling experiment by a handful of Harry Potter fans. Only this game takes the concept of not breaking the fourth wall a little more seriously than we've seen in recent years (you'll notice that the whois is registered to one of the Hunger Games book characters who hosted the games).

**Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:30 pm

kwool · Veteran Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Posts: 121 Location: Iowa

I totally get the idea of fan fiction and think it's great! Unfortunately it and ARGs just don't mesh, because of intellectual property. ARGs are too real for fan fiction, and getting away with anything can be extremely difficult and even risky.

It's something I wouldn't be willing to PM based on those potential issues.

**Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:55 pm

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Nostromo · Decorated Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Posts: 209 Location: Germany

the websites are all down!
(in request of lions gate films)

is this not official or what?

**Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:51 pm

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stinji · Decorated Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 270

nope. not official.
was a fan made arg.
apparently Lions Gate didnt approve.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:00 pm

phalanges · Greenhorn Joined: 15 Jun 2011 Posts: 3

Do you think there might be a possibility that Lionsgate will endorse or collaborate with them? They seemed to have but in quite a bit of effort just to be shut down...

**Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:07 pm

stinji · Decorated Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 270

From what ive seen there is a big fanbase for the books. My guess is Lions gate either has an arg planned and didnt want these guys to "steal their thunder" or lions gate felt their property rights were being infringed upon.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:15 pm

willowrain · Boot Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 24

http://www.panempress.com/ =)

**Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:11 pm

chelbelle

I'll be really suppressed it ANY kind ARG happens for this. Working with this author, they really don't want their "story" or characters infringed upon. Giving people an incentive to write stories in the Panem Press sounds super fun, but I doubt Lion's Gate could ever get Suzanne Collins to sign off.

Hopefully I'm wrong. I'm sure if they tried hard enough, they could create an official game that maintains Ms. Collins author's rights, and still is fun to promote the film.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:24 pm

Guest · Guest

It looks like something's going on now! Everyone on Twitter's tweeting the hashtag from the end of the teaser trailer with a link to TheCapitol.pn.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:27 am

ydnam

TheCapitol.pn

**Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:48 pm

OmegaLimit · Boot Joined: 02 Feb 2011 Posts: 56 Location: Maysville, KY

I just found the site, and came running back here. The trailer looks interesting.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:08 pm

Anonymousity · Entrenched Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 1125

Yap. ARG is on.

panamoctober.com, however, is not legit at all, it's fanmade.

So anyways, people need to tweet the shit out of TheCapitol.pn page!!

**Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:38 am