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Paxassins is gonna happen!!!11!1

HolyHesusHolyHesus Registered User regular
edited August 2007 in PAX Archive
With the blessing of Ctishman, Jrunder and I are going to be running Paxassins. Watch out for the application thread. <b> Estimated time of application thread is <u>JULY</u> not June.

What is Paxassins?
-Paxassins is an opportunity for ninjas throughout the nation to test their masterful skill of stealth, deception and logic. A chosen few will be set loose on the PAX grounds, each given a target and a sacred paper watch. Withing the course of the three days the ninjas must kill and destroy their given targets. A kill is confirmed if a ninja rips their target's watch off, however if not fast enough their target may counter attack by ripping their enemies watch thus saving themselves and taking the kill for them self.

The official rules will be posted around July.


~Kill or Be Killed~

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  • Sl1pstreamSl1pstream [E] BelgiumRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    January - February - March - April - May - July

    Where's the application thread?

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  • OfficerOfficer Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Sl1pstream wrote: »
    January - February - March - April - May - July

    Where's the application thread?

    ... May - June - July

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ok, at the risk of sounding like a n00b, refresh my memory, what's paxassins again?

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  • OfficerOfficer Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    dyaballikl wrote: »
    ok, at the risk of sounding like a n00b, refresh my memory, what's paxassins again?

    People are assigned people to "kill" and as proof, you take their PAXassins watch with their target. So you keep killing people until either you are last man standing (Very unlikely everyone gets axed), or until end of weekend, when the winner is declared by who has the most "kills".

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  • smessmes Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    This sounds fun. Lets have moar infoz.

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  • jrunderjrunder Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Sign ups will begin in July. Opening post will be updated soon.

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    What are we, chopped liver?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=25663

    edit: HolyHesus, were you the short asian girl in last year's PAXsassins game? I remember you, you played mute when I was going around saying hi. :)

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    yeah, that does sound badass. i'm looking forward to it. i had heard about it last year, but had no idea what it was.

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  • munkyboy0930munkyboy0930 Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I am sooo Down for paxassins that sounds frickin awesome yeah so I will be playing.

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  • Sl1pstreamSl1pstream [E] BelgiumRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Recruit wrote: »
    Sl1pstream wrote: »
    January - February - March - April - May - July

    Where's the application thread?

    ... May - June - July

    No it's not. June is just a conspiracy to keep people waiting.

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  • HolyHesusHolyHesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    HotSake wrote: »
    What are we, chopped liver?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=25663

    edit: HolyHesus, were you the short asian girl in last year's PAXsassins game? I remember you, you played mute when I was going around saying hi. :)

    Yah, thats me. I don't think I am that short for an asian. Im 5'6". hehe. I remember you too. I get really into those games..

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    HolyHesus wrote: »
    HotSake wrote: »
    What are we, chopped liver?

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=25663

    edit: HolyHesus, were you the short asian girl in last year's PAXsassins game? I remember you, you played mute when I was going around saying hi. :)

    Yah, thats me. I don't think I am that short for an asian. Im 5'6". hehe. I remember you too. I get really into those games..
    Faulty memory, I guess. Anyway, did you know we're running an assassins-like game at PAX this year, only moreso? I mean, we've got RPG elements, stats, a plot, teams, etc. It wouldn't be good for either game if we split the playerbase, but this thing's been in development since shortly after the last PAX.

    Maybe you guys should just consider playing Patient Zero: http://phenixone.com

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    edited June 2007
    I fully endorse this Patient Zero game as it has a massive number of allowable players. Paxassins is a much smaller game, though, so I don't really see it as dividing the playerbase (I believe last year was less than 10 players). I guess it depends on what kind of game people want to play. Large or small, simple or RPG elements, teams or solo. It doesn't have to be a competition between the two games however.

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  • HolyHesusHolyHesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yah I brought that up to Jrunder. He just said its a team base game. Doesn't have the same simplicity of paxassins which a lot of people look forward too.

    Anywho, people have different preferences, but we got a trophy!!

    edit: and when I heard there wasn't going to be a paxassins this year i was thinking "what is pax without the constant paranoia that someone is going to get you?"

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    HolyHesus wrote: »
    Yah I brought that up to Jrunder. He just said its a team base game. Doesn't have the same simplicity of paxassins which a lot of people look forward too.

    Anywho, people have different preferences, but we got a trophy!!

    edit: and when I heard there wasn't going to be a paxassins this year i was thinking "what is pax without the constant paranoia that someone is going to get you?"
    Oh, we gots prizes. Believe me, we gots prizes.

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  • staplersareshinystaplersareshiny Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Down, Hotsake!

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Down, Hotsake!
    Aw, come on. It's been a while since I had a good forum feud going. :P Randomguy's not responding in the keynote thread anymore.

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  • specspec Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Er... what's to prevent someone bigger and stronger than myself from grabbing my wrist and tearing off my watch when I try to take theirs?

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  • HolyHesusHolyHesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    you may have prizes. But you do not have the satisfaction of being a top ninja. BOOYAH

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    PAX doesn't need assassins to be fun.

    Just booze.

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  • ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    spec wrote: »
    Er... what's to prevent someone bigger and stronger than myself from grabbing my wrist and tearing off my watch when I try to take theirs?

    The rules. Let me quote from II.I: "Don't Do This Shit"

    The Rules wrote:
    - Don't Do This Shit
    - No Goddamn Kung-Fu
    Let me say this one more time. We play to have fun, and this
    extends to your opponent as well as yourself. Don't punch someone
    to take their watch, don't kick them in the mean bean machine,
    armbar them or anything. Meld with the crowd, attain the proper
    position and make your play. Simple as that.
    This extends to the hunted as well. Don't elbow your attacker in
    the jaw, spit in his face, or put into motion whatever dastardly
    defense you had in mind. Once she gets her hand on your watch,
    it's teh overs. This doesn't mean you can't spin around and run
    if you think the person on your right is a ninja after the family
    quartz, just that you shouldn't lash out at him/her. A "sup
    ninja" will suffice to let them know that their clumsy attempts
    at stealth have failed.
    - No Goddamn Weapons
    Just because this has come up, I'm making it explicit. A ninja
    needs no weapon to make his kill. DON'T USE ONE. Don't bring it,
    don't threaten your target or potential assassin or anyone with a
    weapon. This means blades, firearms, sharp sticks, blunt sticks,
    your swag bag, whatever. Don't use it. If you are trained in such
    a way that your entire body is a weapon, waiting to be set loose
    upon the unsuspecting world, see the No Goddamn Kung-Fu rule.
    - Don't Break PAX Rules
    Yeah, this one's simple. Read the rules on the first page of your
    program and don't do any of the shit they tell you not to. It's a
    party, and you're here to have fun. If you're not having fun
    anymore, it's not worth playing.

    This is from my rulebook last year, but I assume something similar'll be in place in '07. Counterkilling was also out, and players were restricted to passive resistance (e.g. running/twisting away). A failed attempt meant that the assassin had tipped his hand, and that the target would know who to watch out for.

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  • b0wserb0wser PAX HHL Deputy Manager CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I was thinking about PAXassins this year, but since I'm on the Enforcer crew, I'd consider that an unavoidable form of cheating. I can't work and play at the same time, and taking 6 hour windows out of my place in the game is an entirely unfair advantage, especially if I'm subconciously taking note of targets while I'm on shift.

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  • DJBreslinDJBreslin Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I'm looking forward to this once again. Thanks for making this a possibility HolyHesus and jrunder. Will we see either of you on the battlefield again this year? Or are you both out for logistical purposes?

    Also, http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/970c/

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  • ppd1000ppd1000 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I'm up for this as its my first PAX :D

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  • MrPulsarMrPulsar Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I'm up for this again. I'm also not going to let HotSake follow me around this time... clever bastard.

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  • HotSakeHotSake Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    It's cool, I'll be helping run Patient Zero this year. No PAXsassins for me.

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  • AburnFlagsAburnFlags Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    b0wser wrote: »
    I was thinking about PAXassins this year, but since I'm on the Enforcer crew, I'd consider that an unavoidable form of cheating. I can't work and play at the same time, and taking 6 hour windows out of my place in the game is an entirely unfair advantage, especially if I'm subconciously taking note of targets while I'm on shift.

    Being an enforcer? Just another way to blend with the crowd =)

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  • ppd1000ppd1000 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Im gonna ninja ya all :p

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  • Santeria64Santeria64 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Did I miss the rule and application thread or is it just not in existence yet?

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  • ppd1000ppd1000 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Santeria64 wrote: »
    Did I miss the rule and application thread or is it just not in existence yet?

    so when i highh five you and steal your band for the game do i win

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  • Santeria64Santeria64 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    haha, yeah, if I'm your target.
    Seriously, if you pulled that off I wouldn't even be mad.

    Okay, I might be a little disappointed.

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  • tsaiwes99tsaiwes99 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    It's almost the end of July, where do I sign up?

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  • ProfsProfs Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I'm late to the party, but I second that question.

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  • WhereMyArmWhereMyArm Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Same here, I want in!

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  • ppd1000ppd1000 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    yeah, im still waiting

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  • ZORRZAXXZORRZAXX Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    They should call this game Paxassins: Please Wait...
    ;)

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  • StormShadowStormShadow regular
    edited August 2007
    i dont see sign ups or any sign of a paper watch! i would like to play this year, after looking for this stupid thread for a couple hours. send me a link to sign ups!!!!

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  • ppd1000ppd1000 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I bet it doesnt happen :( but fingers crossed

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, it's not looking too likely at this point.

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