Author Topic: Assassin, the Game (Round 2) (Read 10418 times)

DáinIronfoot · « **on:** June 24, 2008, 06:38:19 AM »

So...we're back on.

As long as Incog trusts me not to abuse the IP tracking I have at my disposal (but not readily available without some digging), I'm back on the force. I'd hate to give my badge up now....

sickofpalantirs · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:00:57 AM »

why not?

AgentDrake · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:05:45 PM »

I'm in again, but I'll be gone for a few days.

FM · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2008, 08:18:27 AM »

Btw, do we even HAVE a new Incognito yet?

sickofpalantirs · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2008, 04:07:06 PM »

apparently...

Ulmo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:03:52 AM »

How does one join?

DáinIronfoot · « **Reply #6 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:20:34 AM »

Typically there is one assassin and five cops. The assassin posts clues about his/her next intended target, with a deadline. The cops have until then to decipher and deduce what the clues mean, and each cop can then "protect" one person...including other cops or even themselves. If the correct person is protected by a cop by the deadline, the assassin is foiled and chooses their next victim, and the process repeats. Of course, if the victim is NOT protected by the deadline, they are assassinated--and if that victim is a cop, they normally cannot be replaced on the police force, so the cops are then shorthanded--and the process STILL repeats, with Incognito choosing another victim, posting clues, etc.

The ultimate goal is for the assassin to be caught by the cops. The cops each get two "arrest warrants" with which they can guess Incognito's true identity. If they are correct in a guess, Incognito is caught, the game ends for that round, and another person anonymously takes over the Incognito persona, with new cops being chosen and a new round beginning. If a cop guesses incorrectly, however, then they lose a warrant. If a cop loses both warrants (two wrong guesses), he or she is off the force for the rest of that round. So these guesses usually come later in the round and are based on clues to the assassin's identity that any decent Incognito will usually sprinkle throughout their postings, and also on information based around the assassin's personality, victims, and methods of assassination. It takes a lot of guesswork sometimes, but that guesswork is usually based on more and more evidence as time goes by.

Does that all make sense?

Anyway, to sign up as a cop, all one has to do is be one of the first five people to say they wish to join. If one wishes to be Incognito for a round, they must send a private message to the current Incognito indicating they wish to play the assassin next round, and the first to "call it" usually gets it.

So far, it looks like some of the "usual suspects" are signed up as cops: AgentDrake, sickofpalantirs, and myself. So there's still room if you'd like to join this round as a cop, Ulmo. It would be nice to have some new blood on the police force.

Ulmo · « **Reply #7 on:** June 26, 2008, 11:27:32 AM »

Yep, it all makes sense.

I enjoyed reading the last round.

This is my application to join the cops, in blood as required.

MR. Lurtzy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 26, 2008, 10:58:44 PM »

* MR. Lurtzy shall join as well.

DáinIronfoot · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2008, 06:46:04 AM »

That should be our five, then:

AgentDrake
sickofpalantirs
Dáin Ironfoot
Ulmo
Lurtzy

Now we just need Incog.

FM · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2008, 09:00:42 AM »

Which, as far as I'm concerned, hasn't been chosen yet...

DáinIronfoot · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2008, 09:49:03 AM »

Yeah, I guess it's possible that we do NOT have an actual assassin waiting in the wings behind the last. Hmmm.

I say give it a couple more days, and if no one steps up, we may have to have someone volunteer for the role. Perhaps Kralik could ask for PMs from those interested and select one to step into the role. I would do it myself, but that would...uh...require me to leave the force, for rather obvious reasons.

Kralik · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2008, 07:11:41 PM »

I checked with the old assassin, and as of right now a new assassin hasn't stepped up to the plate. Any takers just PM Incognito!

Incognito · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2008, 07:47:24 PM »

i am here

let us play a little game
i try to kill a person
and you try to stop me

irony is a beautiful thing

unless you find and warn my victim
they will burn to death
at the tanning booth

and even if you do
they might still die of skin cancer

irony is a beautiful thing

DáinIronfoot · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2008, 07:56:55 PM »

Not to be rude, Mr. (Mrs.?) Assassin, but it's customary for us to have some manner of timeframe.

Unless the rules are changing on us again....

EDIT: Aw, poo. I just realized we're down a cop for now with SoP out of town. Guess you're getting thrown right into the mix your first time out after all, Ulmo.