I find it interesting that you are in a sense proposing that we test to see if a microcosm of humanity is capable of subverting the tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the commons denotes ” a situation where individuals acting independently and rationally according to each’s self-interest behave contrary to the best interests of the whole group by depleting some common resource” and is one of the many paradoxes of human behaviour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Will people play defensively, using a scorched earth policy to negate others from using resources, or will Tributes cooperate and take measures toward sustainability of the commons, thus giving everyone a greater chance for survival? The inclusion of a collective action problem would provide an interesting “opponent” to Tributes otherwise only interested in defeating each other to win.
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