[GAME ON] Assassins! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

wombat

So it's that time of year again



time for a game of Assassins!

MAKE SURE YOU READ OVER AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE RULES

A request:

Rankenphile wrote:

everyone else, add this skull to your avatar when you die.

How does it work?
Basically I'll get a list of people who want to play. From this list, I will randomly assign everybody a "target" that they must assassinate so that everyone is hunting someone, and also being hunted at the same time by someone else. When someone kills their target, they inherit that person's former target.

For example: Player A has Player B as their target, and Player B has Player C as their target. If Player A kills Player B, their next target will be Player C.

The list will be kept and only viewed by me, so there is no way of knowing who has you or who you will have next! The mystery makes it exciting!
Make sure your Target's post has been dated later than my official game on (Page 23) of this thread, or January 31 2007 05:10 pm PST.
NO NECRO KILLING (ie finding old threads and killing them).

Also: Kills will only be valid in SE++
Kills will not count in this thread or any other legitimate GAME ON thread.
The new comic thread is also off limits!!
THIS IS A SAFE THREAD

Do not threads for the sole purpose of Assassins, we're trying to keep the spam to a minimum, as best we can.


Hey that sounds great! But how do I actually kill someone?
In order to kill someone you have to post directly after a post of theirs with the message "STAB!" The post has to be directly after their post, WITH THEIR POST QUOTED, mostly so it is clear who exactly you are trying to stab. You may not edit a post to later include a stab. A stab post will not count if it has an edit to it.

Is there a way for an Assassinee to fight back?
Why yes, there is! If someone noticed that they just got stabbed, they can follow up that attack by posting directly after their Assassin with the message "COUNTER-STAB!" Due to some confusion from now on you MUST QUOTE THE POST. A counter-stab battle should take place in a quote tree. A counter-stab kills the Assassin.

That sounds tricky! What happens if I get counter-stabbed?
Then you can fight back as well! As an Assassin you're pretty deft with a knife and have cat-like reflexes. Once an Assassin is counter-stabbed, they can fight back by posting directly after their Target's counter-stab with a counter-stab of their own. This chain of fighting basically leaves your fate in the hands of the post-timer. Whoever gets the last stab in before a post interrupts the battle is the winner. The loser dies.

So I killed my Assassin, what happens now?
Well nothing happens for the Target, except now they are being hunted by someone new. Whoever had their Assassin as a Target will now get you (the Assassin-killing Target), and things will progress as normal.

So how will I get my Targets?
After a kill is made, you must PM me (wombat) letting me know who your target is and that you killed them. Specify whether they were your Assassin or your Target. I'll go through the posts manually to confirm the kill, and I will reply with your new Target.



Sorry, no lurkers
I know it sounds harsh, but this is a game for people who post actively and often. Also, if you know you're not going to be able to post an acceptable mount in the coming weeks, please pass. At certain times during the game, I will check idleness. If a person goes (literally) days without posting, I may assume that they're "dead" and treat it as a kill, and take them out of the game.



Every week I will update this post with a list of people who are still in the game, but not who they have as targets.

Interested?
Sorry! Sign ups have ended for this cycle! Maybe next time, sailor! With that said...

LET THE STABBINGS BEGIN!

The Assassins [As of Week One (1/31)]

Assassins
Italics/Blue-ing denote death with killer next to name of victim.
S = Stab
CS = Counter-Stab
All times PST.

CS by Zek 1/31 8:45pm
Akilae729 S by Lardalish 1/31 7:14pm
Arcibi
B.C. CS by lostwords 1/31 8pm
b0bd0d S by Arcibi 2/4 9:52pm
babyeatingjesus S by b0bd0d 2/1 1:51pm
Barcardi
BoredGamer
CableCarrier CS by The Far Side 1/31 5:24pm
Captain Cthulhu
Carl with a K
commie S by Nucsh 1/31 11:08pm
CriticalCondition by Barcardi 2/1 4:26pm
Cups42 S by redimpulse 2/1 1:26pm
Dangerou-Dave
DarkPrimus CS by Forever Zero 2/1 8:46am
Drez S by Perrsun 2/1 8:23am
Dynagrip S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/1 4:47pm
Fallout S by trentsteel 1/31 7:26pm
Faricazy
Filler
Forever Zero
FortyTwo CS by Raneados 9:09pm
Grandaddy Delicious CS by FortyTwo 1/31 6:29pm
GSM
Hunter
IpseDixit S by Nucsh 1/31 5:31pm
JetBlackCenter
Keith S by Qorzm 1/31 8:03pm
Kong
Langly CS by Rankenphile 2/1 12:34pm
Lardalish S by Rankenphile 2/1 12:43pm
lostwords CS by DarkPrimus 2/1 8:26am
Marathon
Marcus CS by FortyTwo 1/31 5:46pm
Meissnerd S by The Far Side 1/31 7:25pm
Menace S by Rankenphile 1/31 8:42pm
MightyVVhitey CS by Rankenphile 2/1 3:37pm
miguel-sanchez
MiracleManS CS by sarukun 1/31 11:38pm
mully CS by The Far Side 1/31 11:06pm
naporeon S by FortyTwo 1/31 6:55pm
Newtron
Nucsh S by Seph 2/1 11:20am
oogmar
Orestes CS by FortyTwo 9pm
Orikaeshigitae
Perrsun
precisionk
Qorzm S by rockmonkey 2/1 8:54pm
Quethal
Quetzi (Wikipedia)
Raneados CS by Rankenphile 2/1 11:16am
Rankenphile by WhipstitchZombie 2/1 4:13pm
redimpulse S by Seph 2/1 1:43pm
Riggs Blitzkrieg
rockmonkey
Rygar S by Raneados 9:18pm
sarukun S by MiracleManS 1/31 11:20pm
Scrumtrulescent CS by CableCarrier 1/31 5:13pm FIRST DEATH
Seph
Silmaril
SlyJoker S by babyeatingjesus 2/1 11:55am
suttbecks
taoistlumberjak
The Far Side
The Otaku Inquisition
TheBlackWind S by DarkPrimus 1/31 10:51pm
TheKovakistani
trentsteel
tsplitter S by DarkPrimus 1/31 9:46pm
tugga06
Veretas
Vivixenne CS by Rankenphile 1/31 10:22pm
wallhitter
Weaver CS by The Far Side 1/31 8:45pm
WhipstitchZombie
World As Myth
Wrench N Rockets S by < 3 1/31 7:38pm
Xhero
Zek CS by Seph 2/1 12:04pm

Survivors of the First 24 Hours
Italics/Blue-ing denote death with killer next to name of victim.
S = Stab
CS = Counter-Stab
All times PST.

Arcibi
b0bd0d
Barcardi CS by taoistlumberjak 2/2 10:21pm
BoredGamer killed himself with idleness!
Captain Cthulhu killed himself with idleness!
Carl with a KS by TOI 2/4 11:16am
Dangerou-Dave CS by World As Myth 2/4 9:01pm
Faricazy S by Riggs Blitzkrieg 2/1 7:50pm
Filler
Forever Zero
GSM CS by Forever Zero 2/3 11:03am
Hunter killed himself with idleness!
JetBlackCenter killed himself with idleness!
Kong killed himself with idleness!
Marathon CS by The Far Side 2/3 6:21pm
miguel-sanchez killed himself with idleness!
Newtron S by Forever Zero 2/1 10:06pm
oogmar S by Forever Zero 2/1 10:42pm
Orikaeshigitae S by rockmonkey 2/2 3:22pm
Perrsun
precisionk
Qorzm S by rockmonkey 2/1 8:54pm
Quethal
Quetzi (Wikipedia) S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/1 5:41pm
Riggs Blitzkrieg CS by rockmonkey 2/3 12:05pm
rockmonkey S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/4 10:32pm
sarukun
Seph S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/1 9:38pm
Silmaril S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/2 10:08pm
suttbecks S by The Far Side 2/2 3:40pm
taoistlumberjak S by Carl with a K 2/4 11:12am
The Far Side S by Perrsun 2/3 7:57pm
The Otaku Inquisition
TheKovakistani
trentsteel S by The Far Side 2/3 5:53pm
tugga06 CS by Hunter 2/1 6:20am
Veretas
wallhitter S by b0bd0d 2/1 5:44pm
WhipstitchZombie killed himself with idleness!
World As Myth S by Forever Zero 2/4 9:37pm
Xhero killed himself with idleness!

AND THEN THERE WERE TEN

Arcibi CS by Perrsun 2/5 12:33pm
Filler
Forever Zero S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/6 5:37pm
Perrsun CS by Filler 2/6 7 36pm
precisionk CS by Quethal 2/6 9:33am
Quethal S by The Otaku Inquisition 2/7 11:07am
sarukun S by Quethal 2/5 11:29am
The Otaku Inquisition
TheKovakistani S by precisionk 2/5 5:11pm
Veretas CS by Forever Zero 2/6 5:19pm



If you are on this list and have not received your target, feel free to politely PM me. Any other questions or comments should also be directed my way via PM. Thank you for participating and good luck to everyone!


also: THIS IS A SAFE THREAD. NO KILLING UP IN YA.


(mod approved.)


ps. http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewonline.php

wombat

reserved.

rockmonkey

I thought it would never come back! I had a blast the last couple times.

I'm IN

edit: wow I just thoroughly read the OP and its different then before, it has evolved!

AHH!

this again.

cool.

Nucsh

I'm in

Meissnerd

What's an accetpable amount of time for posting? A while each day, or every two minutes?

Rankenphile

I'm in.

Scrumtrulescent

I think I can join.

So...

I'm In.

Is this starting tonight?

Arcibi

I'm in

suttbecks

huh, what's this


I'm in

Garlic Bread

sure

i'm in

Riggs Blitzkrieg

I'M IN

One Thousand Cables

I remember playing in the last one. Good times. I think that I was a pirate.

I'm in.

J3p

Do I have to be in, in order to interrupt people's stabbings / counter-stabbings?

Because, you know, the otter vs. glass image in the middle of a heated counter-stab battle would rock.

Bogey

It's too bad orthanc isn't around anymore.

He had all sorts of scripts set up, like kill reporting and updated target lists.

Whippy

I'm in.

Sheri

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Carl with a K

i'm in

i'm hella in

i'm in all the way

Faricazy

I'm in.

Garlic Bread

Faricazy wrote:

I'm in.

STABBED

Aneurhythmia

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Yeah, wasn't Assassins prohibited at some point for that exact thing?

Raneados

I'm in

I am so in

Faricazy

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Not a bad idea, especially if two assassins find their targets at the same time.

Kovak

oh man

count me in

rockmonkey

Will there be shields this time around since the new counter-stabbing pretty much negates their need?

Also is this thread going to be a "safe thread" like before?

Will there be a required 10 posts a day like previous incarnations?

Carl with a K

Aneurhythmia wrote:

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Yeah, wasn't Assassins prohibited at some point for that exact thing?

there's a post timer, and it's not like someone getting annoyed by it won't post to stop it

Tube

It's better and tidier and more fun if there's no blocking or counter stabbing or any of that shit. Just post and die.

Aneurhythmia

Carl with a K wrote:

Aneurhythmia wrote:

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Yeah, wasn't Assassins prohibited at some point for that exact thing?

there's a post timer, and it's not like someone getting annoyed by it won't post to stop it

Re-read Sheri's point about late night threads.

Sheri

Carl with a K wrote:

Aneurhythmia wrote:

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Yeah, wasn't Assassins prohibited at some point for that exact thing?

there's a post timer, and it's not like someone getting annoyed by it won't post to stop it

I mean more like, if it's 5 AM and there's only these two players posting about, a thread could get, like, three pages long full of counterstabs. It's annoying a day later, too. :P

Meissnerd

Hell.

I'm in

J3p

Cardboard Tube wrote:

It's better and tidier and more fun if there's no blocking or counter stabbing or any of that shit. Just post and die.

How about my version?

Instead of stab, "SURPRISE BUTTSECKS"
and, in order to stave off this attack, "ASSBLOCK"

then the confrontation is over.

rockmonkey

Faricazy wrote:

Sheri wrote:

Query!

I haven't particpated before, but I didn't think it could be a back-and-forth stab-counterstab-counterstab-counterstab thing until someone dies, because that spams threads -- I thought it was just, you stab, if they block it, you lurk off until you can strike again?

I'm noting that some threads, particularly late at night, might get full of back-and-forth.

Not a bad idea, especially if two assassins find their targets at the same time.

yes originally it was divided into say, 4 teams and you had an entire Kill list for which you could only hunt the top 3 targets. You had a specific kill phrase to say after you quoted your target.
They then had to quote the kill with an escape phrase of something like "Fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me!"

The last time the game was played I think it was sanctioned that you could kill someone on their kill post (kill the killer if he was your target) and also maybe attempt a repeat kill after the escape, and you could only escape once, if you were kill by them quoting your escape you just died.

Seph

I'm in

Garlic Bread

Cardboard Tube wrote:

It's better and tidier and more fun if there's no blocking or counter stabbing or any of that shit. Just post and die.

how about "long distance sniper" instead

what assassins stab people these days

Sheri

Keith wrote:

Cardboard Tube wrote:

It's better and tidier and more fun if there's no blocking or counter stabbing or any of that shit. Just post and die.

how about "long distance sniper" instead

what assassins stab people these days

In which the assassin posts their kill from an entirely separate thread.

Kovak

but in the same minute

rockmonkey

you could do away with the counter-stabs and the escapes by throwing the 'shield' back in I suppose. That would still keep it hella tidy but allow for some protection.

You really could miss a shield when attempting to kill because you were frantically trying to get the kill in before someone posts again.

Tube

Besides which a counterstab doesn't even make sense. Assuming the stabs are supposed to be fatal, both of you would be dead. In fact the first guy would be dead before he could counter.

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

Count me in

Aneurhythmia

Sheri wrote:

Keith wrote:

Cardboard Tube wrote:

It's better and tidier and more fun if there's no blocking or counter stabbing or any of that shit. Just post and die.

how about "long distance sniper" instead

what assassins stab people these days

In which the assassin posts their kill from an entirely separate thread.

How about long distance like you guys go do this on the GameFAQs forum or something?

Rankenphile

how about you get a shield to block, and you cannot be stabbed by the same assasin for 15 minutes forum time, while the assassin repairs his now-bent blade.