While at the edge of the arena, Haymitch discovers a glitch in the artificial shield when he throws a rock off the edge of the cliff, and the arena's force field shoots it back towards him. The alliance ends when Haymitch finds the edge of the arena, and his ally heads back towards the center. He kills two of the Careers and is helped by a fellow District 12 tribute when concerning the third, forming an alliance. Haymitch is shown to be a capable fighter when he encounters a Career tribute pack, the favorites to win the Games from Districts 1 & 2. This served to benefit Haymitch well, as outside of the increase in tributes, another trick in the arena was that everything outside of the center area was designed to kill, meaning only rainwater and food found at the Cornucopia was edible, putting Haymitch at a distinct advantage. Haymitch is described as much more focused than the other tributes, running to the center Cornucopia and grabbing a lot of useful weapons and supplies while other tributes gawk at the magnificent scenery of the arena. This meant that Haymitch fought in a Hunger Games of 48 total tributes. In Catching Fire, while traveling to the Capitol to participate in the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta find a tape of Haymitch's Games and find out how he managed to triumph over the other 47 tributes. This was so that the districts would be reminded that for every Capitol citizen that died in the first rebellion, two rebels were killed. In the Quarter Quell that Haymitch won, however, four tributes would be chosen to compete from each district, as opposed to the usual two. Quarter Quells have special rules and features, such as the Mutt creations. This often massively changed the games - for example, one important rule shown in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is that the tributes are chosen from previous victors, which defined the entire event. A Quarter Quell is a special variation of the Hunger Games, which takes place every 25 years, meaning Haymitch won the 50th Games. In the second book, Catching Fire, it is revealed that Haymitch won a Quarter Quell.
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