And yet we go on

A few hundred years after district 12 actually gained recognition, more and more winners came from district 12, turns out while training helps, desperation, that burning urge to win, that's all you needed, the districts stopped turning on the government, the capital and as such were rewarded, its now common for 2 players of the same team to win, so long as there was love of course, be it romantic or not, and if their teammate died then thats angst ontop of the games, either way everyone wins, well except for the losers.