I think it would work better if you could only kipnap one person. Once you do, you are free. This would make it so that there are only a set number of kidnapers around. As a Kidnaper, you have X amount of time to kidnap before you lose the ability (to keep it away from people who may not check the forums every day)
Also if you were kidnaped then you have Y amount of time before it could happen to you again (to prevent it from happening to only the "popular" forum goers)
Just throwing some ideas out there. This was definitely one of the best April Fools events out there @IcyLiquid. Thanks.
is it possible after the game is over to see some stat coverage of the game? Who had the most successful kidnappings, etc?
This has been incredibly fun. I got seeded as one of the first kidnappers last night and let me tell you, it was really fun to start things off.
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
edited April 2013
If this happens again, just from where I'm coming from, I'd prefer there not be banned users referenced in the riddles. I think it'd be more fun/less likely to bring up bad blood to use active posters.
Glad the geth spam is gone, thank you for rectifying that.
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
also, maybe a timer in between kidnappings? like, an hour before someone who's been kidnapped can be kidnapped again.
Stats wise, its not really gunna be possible. I wanted to do stats for the V-Day game, and this one too, but honestly there was so little time and it requires planning ahead in terms of data storage. I do promise to make a concerted effort in future games, to store more statistical data. I know its fun to see.
I do like the possibility of new riddles being submitted on the fly. Adds another layer of challenge, plus allows it to be more accessible to users who aren't as familiar with the forums.
Plus it stops the game from getting just a little stale!
I never got a chance to kidnap anyone, because anyone I clicked on seemed to have already been done. Some sort of limit on how many times a person can kidnap should be in place, in order to give other people a chance to participate.
Stats wise, its not really gunna be possible. I wanted to do stats for the V-Day game, and this one too, but honestly there was so little time and it requires planning ahead in terms of data storage. I do promise to make a concerted effort in future games, to store more statistical data. I know its fun to see.
that's cool! I know shit all about programming, so basically when I ask a question, I might as well be asking a magician to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
Stats wise, its not really gunna be possible. I wanted to do stats for the V-Day game, and this one too, but honestly there was so little time and it requires planning ahead in terms of data storage. I do promise to make a concerted effort in future games, to store more statistical data. I know its fun to see.
No prob. Just keep in mind, next time a game is prepped, that the game as intended, and the game as it will play out if people just see stuff happen all of a sudden and just want to screw around with the new toy, can be two very different things. And even when people do know the rules, they might still just play with the toy. In this one Phalla I was in based on Paranoia, everyone got a one-shot raygun of questionable accuracy that they could zap someone with and make them die if they hit.
Within the first two days, pretty much everyone had made their zap and most of the roster was dead for reasons that had nothing to do with the game.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
Ah yes, @Rorus Raz and @Munkus Beaver deserve heavy credit for all the riddles. I made exactly 0 of them myself, so you have those two to thank. Or kill.
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EsseeThe pinkest of hair.Victoria, BCRegistered Userregular
edited April 2013
I really wanna say, even as someone who hasn't had the time to actually participate in these forum games, I still love seeing all the carnage whenever they happen. Having these silly forum games pop up and sometimes be directly related to (some of the) actual posters around here has overall made this a more fun place to be. I really love all these riddles, especially when I can figure one out quickly from my somewhat limited knowledge of famous forumers, so aside from the temporary spam this has ABSOLUTELY been my favorite game thus far. So thanks @IcyLiquid! (And also the lovely riddle-makers of course!)
The entire thing has been kinda really annoying, to be honest about it. There's the spam, like everybody already mentioned. I didn't much like it during Valentines Day either, when you would see those posts about collecting arrows. The whole thing reminded me of some forums I've seen that add in spam ads between posts, and it always looks super unclassy. Then there's the muffled posts that completely break the flow of reading the thread. Like above, I can't read Langly's posts at all, which kinda defeats the whole purpose of a forum. And the riddles require an almost encyclopedic knowledge of all the forumers.
The end result is that it has made reading the forums today a pain in the ass. That said, I don't want to be a complete curmudgeon. I like the concept behind the whole idea. Fun and games is good. Just that this one clearly isn't for me. And it's only one day, so I can obviously STFU and deal with it.
Just my own worthless opinion.
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Successful kidnapper, foiled kidnapper, successful X10, foiled X10, repeat offender (attempting to kidnap the same person again after previously being foiled).
So far only kidnapped people seem to get anything, and as far as I can tell no-one has kidnapped me at any stage today.
Not that I care about badges at all, nope, not me, not even a little.
Edit: As an additional note although it's probably too late, notifications relating to your attempted kidnappings would be nice, there's very little to tell me if my new friends have escaped unless I stalk their posts.
Would be nice to either have a quick link to the post where the person was kidnapped, or to have more places where the solve riddle option is available.
I'd only wish we got some fresh riddles thrown into the mix, since now its significantly harder to kidnap anyone now that people mostly know all the answers to the current ones
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
If I had more time before getting Sick I'd have made them more diverse.
Some of mine were based on forum history. I dunno if anyone got the drdizaster one
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I'd only wish we got some fresh riddles thrown into the mix, since now its significantly harder to kidnap anyone now that people mostly know all the answers to the current ones
I've put one into the hopper.
I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
Successful kidnapper, foiled kidnapper, successful X10, foiled X10, repeat offender (attempting to kidnap the same person again after previously being foiled).
So far only kidnapped people seem to get anything, and as far as I can tell no-one has kidnapped me at any stage today.
Not that I care about badges at all, nope, not me, not even a little.
this would be my only request (although the counter may be impossible).
like, I don't know what it is about badges, but I crave them
I'm not sure if me going from kidnapper to kidnapped to regular person again is part of how the game functions at this stage, but thank you for it either way.
I was turned into a kidnapper while I slept and didn't get a chance to try solving riddles, just spent some of my day stalking people and trying to think of fun reasons to kidnap, it's nice to experience other sides of the game.
I think it's pretty cool and I've had lots of fun with it.
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AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
Call me a silly goose, but I get a kind of perverse enjoyment out of seeing people pissed and storming off because a game is going on. I understand their reasoning, but I find these things to be fun as hell, so...
I'd have no issue with it if there were some way to ignore Geth's posts or at least opt out of it completely.
It's great if it's something you want to be a part of, but if you're not interested, you have to weed through all of Geth's "Oh hey someone's kidnapped!" "Here's a riddle!" "So and so solved the riddle" posts to find the actual forum content.
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Also if you were kidnaped then you have Y amount of time before it could happen to you again (to prevent it from happening to only the "popular" forum goers)
Just throwing some ideas out there. This was definitely one of the best April Fools events out there @IcyLiquid. Thanks.
the second time I've actually even had the chance to do so
I think resetting the list has helped
This has been incredibly fun. I got seeded as one of the first kidnappers last night and let me tell you, it was really fun to start things off.
Glad the geth spam is gone, thank you for rectifying that.
Plus it stops the game from getting just a little stale!
The first batch was SE++ heavy, so I am trying to make it more diverse.
that's cool! I know shit all about programming, so basically when I ask a question, I might as well be asking a magician to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
No prob. Just keep in mind, next time a game is prepped, that the game as intended, and the game as it will play out if people just see stuff happen all of a sudden and just want to screw around with the new toy, can be two very different things. And even when people do know the rules, they might still just play with the toy. In this one Phalla I was in based on Paranoia, everyone got a one-shot raygun of questionable accuracy that they could zap someone with and make them die if they hit.
Within the first two days, pretty much everyone had made their zap and most of the roster was dead for reasons that had nothing to do with the game.
The end result is that it has made reading the forums today a pain in the ass. That said, I don't want to be a complete curmudgeon. I like the concept behind the whole idea. Fun and games is good. Just that this one clearly isn't for me. And it's only one day, so I can obviously STFU and deal with it.
Just my own worthless opinion.
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Successful kidnapper, foiled kidnapper, successful X10, foiled X10, repeat offender (attempting to kidnap the same person again after previously being foiled).
So far only kidnapped people seem to get anything, and as far as I can tell no-one has kidnapped me at any stage today.
Not that I care about badges at all, nope, not me, not even a little.
Edit: As an additional note although it's probably too late, notifications relating to your attempted kidnappings would be nice, there's very little to tell me if my new friends have escaped unless I stalk their posts.
You guys did a great job, even if a lot of them I can't say I know at all. :P
I'd only wish we got some fresh riddles thrown into the mix, since now its significantly harder to kidnap anyone now that people mostly know all the answers to the current ones
Some of mine were based on forum history. I dunno if anyone got the drdizaster one
However, I think nobody has gotten the unlucky councilman one.
I've put one into the hopper.
this would be my only request (although the counter may be impossible).
like, I don't know what it is about badges, but I crave them
I was turned into a kidnapper while I slept and didn't get a chance to try solving riddles, just spent some of my day stalking people and trying to think of fun reasons to kidnap, it's nice to experience other sides of the game.
ed: also I don't believe I ever had a kidnap button, but I'm not so worried about that
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I was able to view it during the Valentines game. Used that to build quite a stash of arrows.
It's great if it's something you want to be a part of, but if you're not interested, you have to weed through all of Geth's "Oh hey someone's kidnapped!" "Here's a riddle!" "So and so solved the riddle" posts to find the actual forum content.
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