lmao go back and reread chapter 0. there was never any pretense that any of this was "fair". Why bother? because it fits the dictators entire ideology. this world isn't sane. the people kill and backstab as easily as they breathe. the game isn't about social mobility. to compare to your beloved hunger games, this isn't a punishment to keep others in line. It's a celebration, one everyone loves. and the poor don't matter. and if one of them try to rise above their standing then they will be squashed back into the earth., because this world is not fair.
what point are you even trying to make? that the game's rules can be broken by the all powerful elite that control it? that they made the rule change so blatantly? this whole story is based on unfairness and you're surprised that a bad guy with power did something unfair. they can be as blatant as they can cause they have the unfair advantage.
You're not listening. NO ONE watches a game, a contest, where rules are this easily broken or manipulated. Look at the real world before you come at me with some half baked justification of poor writing.
Literaly world dictatorial Governments cover up their corruption, or try to justify it SOME way.
Boxing especially is plagued with the idea that everything is fixed. People analyze and disect punches in slow motion, dig through people's social media to make connections.
One of the biggest scandals in poker was that some chick somehow cheated in a poker game with no evidence and unfounded rumors.
When you are an Evil Government you don't just do EVIL, you pretend it's justified and that you're the good guy.
So no, it makes zero sense for your "anyone can win, even YOU" Death Game to be this blatantly corrupt. NO ONE WOULD WATCH IT.
No one would PARTICIPATE. If the point is to squash low tier citizens then they WOULDN'T participate.
No one WOULD.
It's simple.
I get you're trying to make a point but you're just acting ignorant.
