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Freebasser
03-08-2009, 06:20 PM
Welcome to the Assassination Thread. The only thread where boardmembers can kill other boardmembers.

Before we start:

You must not state your involvement/intentions of being involved in the game, or you will be banned from taking part in the competition. Please address all questions via PM

How to play

If you wish to play, send me a PM telling me so. Once a decent amount of people are signed up (I'm looking at a minimum of 20 people) I will issue every one of you with the following via PM:

A target. Your target will be somebody else on the messageboard who has also chosen to take part in the game.

A codeword. The codeword will be a word that is fairly uncommon, i.e. 'battenburg', 'bolivia' or 'bugle'. So, not 'bush', 'boobs' or 'beastie' then.


The object of the game

The object of the game is to assassinate your target using your codeword.

In order to assassinate your target, you must get them to say the codeword in a post on the board.

Once a target is assassinated, the assassin's next step must be to send me a PM with a link to the location of the assassination. The assassin must under no circumstances make it publicly known that an assassination has taken place in the thread concerned.

Once I receive proof that a target has been killed, the target will be sent a private message telling them that they were eliminated from the game. The identity of their assassin will remain a secret.

You will be the only person who knows who your target is, other than myself. It is in your best interests to keep the identity of your target to yourself, and your identity as an assassin secret so as not to arouse supsicion.

Once a target has been assassinated, the assassin will be assigned to a new target.

The last assassin to be left alive WINS.

Rules

You may use any means necessary to coax the codeword out of your target, but you are banned from saying the codeword yourself in order to illicit a response from your victim. Any assassination attempt where the assassin uses the codeword, in a quote or otherwise, will result in the assassin becoming banned from taking any further part in the game.

Once a target has been killed, the assassin must not reveal that they were sent to assassinate the victim (i.e. LOL I keeled you!), or they will be banned from taking any further part in the game due to their exposure as an assassin.

The assassination must take place entirely outside of the PM system, in full view of other boardmembers.

The winner receives all the glory that the internet can bestow upon them and maybe something cool in the post too ;)

Pres Zount
03-08-2009, 06:27 PM
NO QUESTIONS

Freebasser
03-08-2009, 06:29 PM
I will declare the start of the competition when there are 20 persons playing, yes.

The game will be shut to all newcomers after 20 successful applications.

na§tee
03-08-2009, 06:33 PM
so a person playing could in theory be hunted by two assassins, right?

Freebasser
03-08-2009, 06:34 PM
so a person playing could in theory be hunted by two assassins, right?

Please address all questions via PM

Pres Zount
03-08-2009, 06:37 PM
What is the capital of Tunisia?

Freebasser
03-08-2009, 06:37 PM
Tuna.

-T-
03-08-2009, 06:37 PM
hmm so we cant do this Jack Ruby style.

mikizee
03-08-2009, 10:15 PM
I didn't come here to work

LongDuckDong
03-08-2009, 11:46 PM
Period come down.

taquitos
03-09-2009, 12:00 AM
ass ass

Guy Incognito
03-09-2009, 03:40 AM
You will be the only person who knows who your target is, other than myself.

hmmm.. three words.. double agent freebasser

TurdBerglar
03-09-2009, 03:49 AM
ass ass

the nation of ass ass



jesus christ i can't fucking sleep!

gbsuey
03-09-2009, 06:00 AM
can i ask a question if i do it nice colours?

I'm asking..how do you have time for this??
I would play but i got way too much stuff to do:o

trailerprincess
03-09-2009, 06:06 AM
I got roped into playing a cross campus version of this when I was in Belgium. I thought it was something to do with Tequila. It was already signed up when I realised they were calling the game 'The Killer', and it didn't involve Mexico's finest. Damn accents. :rolleyes:

Freebasser
03-09-2009, 03:39 PM
We're halfway there, folks.

10 more people and we'll have a game of ASSASSination on our hands (y)(n)

mickill
03-09-2009, 03:48 PM
How do we play?

LongDuckDong
03-10-2009, 11:29 AM
$

Freebasser
03-11-2009, 02:35 PM
Any more takers?

Please PM if you're interested.

Freebasser
03-12-2009, 01:32 PM
5 more required. We're getting close now, guys and guysettes (gazettes?)

Freebasser
03-12-2009, 04:39 PM
Just four more people required.

In the meantime, I have some frequently asked questions which might be of use to some of you.

Can a person be hunted by two assassins?

A person could in theory be being hunted by two assassins. That's the only downside of this otherwise well thought out and ingenious game. Wherever possible I will keep the hunting to one-assassin per target, but at certain times it will be unavoidable. Assassins will have their targets drawn out of a hat, so no person will be unfairly discriminated against.

Say my codeword was 'blueberry'. Could I start a thread about best pies to get the desired response from my victim?

Starting a thread about pies is fine if your codeword is 'blueberry', (you're fucked if your target likes strawberry though).

Can I mention my codeword in a poll?

Having your codeword as a poll option would be an illegal move. Sorry - them's the breaks!

Do you inform the dead people what their codeword was?

I will not be informing the dead people what their assassin's codeword was, nor will I be informing them of who their assassin is. This will stop people bitching about who killed them and exposing their killer as an assassin. A thread will be published at the end of the game detailing the winner and also who killed who with which codewords. Oooh, fun!

Can I just lurk and not talk to anyone in case they are my assassin?

You are free to avoid any number of persons for fear of being assassinated but this will only lead to you becoming lonely later in life and turning into a recluse who collects pictures of cats in baskets and who shouts at doors for being too serious.

6. How do you have time to do this? Don't you, like... have a life?

Erm... hey, look over there! A fish with a gun! Wow! *runs away*

Freebasser
03-12-2009, 06:41 PM
I've had another question about how people are assigned targets.

Are the assassins also being hunted? What happens if you are killed before you can assassinate your target?

At the start of the game, each assassin will also be being hunted. As the game progresses, many assassins will find themselves killed - their entrails spread across a thread like butter on toast that is then cut up and thrown around a bit.

If you are killed by your assassin (PERSON A) before you have chance to assassinate your target (PERSON X), then you are eliminated from the game, and will be told so via PM (For you, ze war is over).

Then, one of three things happens:

1) Should PERSON X be the only person without a hunter after them, then PERSON A will automatically be assigned to assassinate them.

2) Should there be more than one person without a hunter after them, PERSON X will then be put in a hat with any other targets who aren't being hunted at that moment in time, and PERSON A will be drawn a new target from the hat.

3) Should every other person already be being hunted (possible), PERSON X will go into a hat with all other assassins, and one unfortunate soul (PERSON N) will then have two assassins on their assassin.

If another draw is later made and everybody is already being hunted, including PERSON N, then PERSON N will have immunity and will not enter the hat for that draw. however, they will then be eligible to go into the next draw.

Confusing much? :D

hpdrifter
03-13-2009, 11:39 AM
:confused:

Very much.

b i o n i c
03-13-2009, 11:57 AM
wait, im confused.. start over

YoungRemy
03-13-2009, 12:24 PM
Whoa, what's complicated? You spin the Wheel of Mayhem to go up the Ladder of Chance; you go past the Mud Hut; through the Rainbow Ring to get to the Golden Monkey; you yank his tail, and BOOM you're in paradise pond!

Freebasser
03-16-2009, 07:22 PM
C'mon people. I've had enough waiting. We're at 17 people, so I'll start at 18.

Next applicant is the 18th and final one.

Freebasser
03-20-2009, 02:13 PM
Right, I've had no 18th applicant, but I'm going ahead anyway because I'm sick of waiting.

The drawn will be made this weekend. All agents should expect to receive a PM detailing their target and codeword in the next few days.

Freebasser
03-25-2009, 04:18 PM
All participants should have received a PM titled TOP SECRET with details of their target and codeword.

If for some reason you haven't already received this PM, please send me a message and I'll sort it out (y)

Good luck, assassins!

beastieangel01
03-25-2009, 04:58 PM
Once a target has been killed, the assassin must not reveal that they were sent to assassinate the victim (i.e. LOL I keeled you!), or they will be banned from taking any further part in the game due to their exposure as an assassin.

I was in, until I saw this.

:mad:

zippo
03-25-2009, 10:00 PM
you did not make this all up yourself...no way no how no no