User blog comment:Bennlimos/HxH Questions & Thoughts Discussion 8/@comment-5780397-20141015164354/@comment-5780397-20141015165747

4) Probably the game continues without alterations (during the Election Arc, a Hacker Hunter was still playing). I believe the only difference is that the cards in the winners' books are deleted and become available again, including the ones that are brought into the "real world".