I Love You, But You're Dead - Mockmaster wins!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:24 pm
"I Love You, But You're Dead."
These six simple words are they keys to victory in this game of cunning and cold-blooded killing.
How Does It Work?
The game takes place across the entire forum.
Within the next thirty minutes, I will PM you the name of your first target. This person is the person you'll need to start paying closer attention to, because your goal is to kill them.
However - someone else will have been PM'd your name. You won't know who, but someone out there wants to kill you - and chances are, you won't figure out who this killer is until it's too late.
How Do I Kill?
It's really very easy.
All you have to do is find a post by your target, and then post the first reply to that post in the same thread. This post can be anywhere on the forum, in any thread, at any time, and the actual content of the post can be anything you like*. However, three rules apply.
As mentioned, yours must be the first reply to your target's post.
You must also make the post within ten minutes of your target's post. If their post is at 12:00pm and yours is at 12:10pm, then it's a kill. 12:11pm? Too late.
Finally, the subject line of your post must read "I Love You, But You're Dead."
Meet these three conditions and you've got blood on your hands. Let me know (PM or thread) so that I can update the OP. Contact your victim and ask the name of their target - because that's your next target.
The game is won when you kill the person seeking to kill you - i.e. when you're the last man standing.
*It doesn't have to be on topic - but those are the game rules, not the forum rules. While I'm not interested in the content of the actual post, that's not to say you have free reign to post whatever you like. Forum rules still apply.
How Can I Avoid A Killing?
There are plenty of tactics you could employ to avoid the attention of your would-be killer, and I'm sure you'll be thinking of some even now. However, there is one cast-iron way to avoid a killing.
If your would-be killer posts after you with a legit kill, you can negate the kill with a post of your own. However, again, three rules apply.
Yours must be the first reply to your killer's post.
You must make the post within one minute of your killer's post. If their post is at 5:00am and yours is at 5:01am, then you're safe. 5:02? You're a stiff already.
Finally, the subject line of your post must read "Not Today, Baby."
This post will be immune to a killing i.e. your would-be killer can't follow up this post with a kill post, lest we get caught in an endless cycle and ruin the forum through spamming.
Some Examples
Let's say I'm playing the game, and StayDead is too. I don't know it yet, but I'm StayDead's next target. I decide to make a thread about baking.
What Do I Do If I Die?
Accept it graciously. Tell your killer the name of your target. Don't tell anyone else. It will spoil the game for other people.
(Unless your killer is asking you to hand the info over in-thread, in public, and is happy for you to do so.
It works like this: the identity of one's target is the confidential information of the killer and the killer alone. It's their place to disclose this information, not yours - they're not your target anymore, you're out of the game.)
Can I stop you / police this? Not really. Please don't be a dick. Blabbing won't break the game for anyone else. It will just make it less fun for those still capable of winning and you'll look a bit silly.
What Do I Do If I Kill?
Let me know so that I can verify the kill and update the OP. If your victim is not playing ball, and won't tell you the name of their (your new) target, contact me so that I can give you this information. If you think they're feeding you a dud, let me know and I can verify whether they're telling the truth or not. (If you kill your target and they go offline I can give you the name too. PM me.)
Please bear in mind that I will not accept any kill posts that have been edited i.e. have the text stating 'last edited by... edited x times in total' at the bottom.
Why?
I Quite Like My Target. Can I Kill Someone Else?
No. The only person you can target, is your target. And please don't fake kill other players just for a 'laugh'. They probably won't think it funny that you've tricked them into giving you the name of their target. If you do this, I'll have no choice but to disqualify you.
Can I Brag / Death Post / Name My Target?
Sure. If you die, you're out of the game and cannot win, and the only rule I'll ask of you is for you not to reveal who your target was. Feel free to post in the thread, or play along with others, or be part of their strategies, etc. Bragging about kills is fine too, although it might make it all the sweeter for your own killer once you yourself become a victim (if you happen to meet such a fate). Feel free to openly name your target, too, although quite why you'd do so is beyond me.
Why Don't I Just Hide?
Because you can't. You must make a minimum of fifteen posts a day. I will be checking. If you don't do this, I will kick you out of the game and inform your would-be killer of your current target (i.e. their replacement target).
You cannot make kills in this thread. So feel free to talk about the game here and post in safety. However, posts in this thread do not count towards your fifteen daily posts.
So Who Wins?
The last person standing. It doesn't matter how many kills you make - so long as you don't get killed. Theoretically, you could win the game with just one kill, so long as the person you kill kills everyone else, or at least kills the killer who killed everyone else, and so on.
When Do We Start?
The game has started. However, tonight (Thursday night) is entirely optional - you don't have to post, I will not be expecting fifteen posts from you between now and midnight. If you post and get killed, then it will count, but I will not be policing the fifteen posts rule until tomorrow (Friday).
Some Other Rules
Let the game begin - good luck, and happy killing!
I do not in any way endorse or encourage killing IRL. Killing is bad, m'kay.
Players / Kills
Original Signups Post
These six simple words are they keys to victory in this game of cunning and cold-blooded killing.
How Does It Work?
The game takes place across the entire forum.
Within the next thirty minutes, I will PM you the name of your first target. This person is the person you'll need to start paying closer attention to, because your goal is to kill them.
However - someone else will have been PM'd your name. You won't know who, but someone out there wants to kill you - and chances are, you won't figure out who this killer is until it's too late.
How Do I Kill?
It's really very easy.
All you have to do is find a post by your target, and then post the first reply to that post in the same thread. This post can be anywhere on the forum, in any thread, at any time, and the actual content of the post can be anything you like*. However, three rules apply.
As mentioned, yours must be the first reply to your target's post.
You must also make the post within ten minutes of your target's post. If their post is at 12:00pm and yours is at 12:10pm, then it's a kill. 12:11pm? Too late.
Finally, the subject line of your post must read "I Love You, But You're Dead."
Meet these three conditions and you've got blood on your hands. Let me know (PM or thread) so that I can update the OP. Contact your victim and ask the name of their target - because that's your next target.
The game is won when you kill the person seeking to kill you - i.e. when you're the last man standing.
*It doesn't have to be on topic - but those are the game rules, not the forum rules. While I'm not interested in the content of the actual post, that's not to say you have free reign to post whatever you like. Forum rules still apply.
How Can I Avoid A Killing?
There are plenty of tactics you could employ to avoid the attention of your would-be killer, and I'm sure you'll be thinking of some even now. However, there is one cast-iron way to avoid a killing.
If your would-be killer posts after you with a legit kill, you can negate the kill with a post of your own. However, again, three rules apply.
Yours must be the first reply to your killer's post.
You must make the post within one minute of your killer's post. If their post is at 5:00am and yours is at 5:01am, then you're safe. 5:02? You're a stiff already.
Finally, the subject line of your post must read "Not Today, Baby."
This post will be immune to a killing i.e. your would-be killer can't follow up this post with a kill post, lest we get caught in an endless cycle and ruin the forum through spamming.
Some Examples
Let's say I'm playing the game, and StayDead is too. I don't know it yet, but I'm StayDead's next target. I decide to make a thread about baking.
What Do I Do If I Die?
Accept it graciously. Tell your killer the name of your target. Don't tell anyone else. It will spoil the game for other people.
(Unless your killer is asking you to hand the info over in-thread, in public, and is happy for you to do so.
It works like this: the identity of one's target is the confidential information of the killer and the killer alone. It's their place to disclose this information, not yours - they're not your target anymore, you're out of the game.)
Can I stop you / police this? Not really. Please don't be a dick. Blabbing won't break the game for anyone else. It will just make it less fun for those still capable of winning and you'll look a bit silly.
What Do I Do If I Kill?
Let me know so that I can verify the kill and update the OP. If your victim is not playing ball, and won't tell you the name of their (your new) target, contact me so that I can give you this information. If you think they're feeding you a dud, let me know and I can verify whether they're telling the truth or not. (If you kill your target and they go offline I can give you the name too. PM me.)
Please bear in mind that I will not accept any kill posts that have been edited i.e. have the text stating 'last edited by... edited x times in total' at the bottom.
Why?
I Quite Like My Target. Can I Kill Someone Else?
No. The only person you can target, is your target. And please don't fake kill other players just for a 'laugh'. They probably won't think it funny that you've tricked them into giving you the name of their target. If you do this, I'll have no choice but to disqualify you.
Can I Brag / Death Post / Name My Target?
Sure. If you die, you're out of the game and cannot win, and the only rule I'll ask of you is for you not to reveal who your target was. Feel free to post in the thread, or play along with others, or be part of their strategies, etc. Bragging about kills is fine too, although it might make it all the sweeter for your own killer once you yourself become a victim (if you happen to meet such a fate). Feel free to openly name your target, too, although quite why you'd do so is beyond me.
Why Don't I Just Hide?
Because you can't. You must make a minimum of fifteen posts a day. I will be checking. If you don't do this, I will kick you out of the game and inform your would-be killer of your current target (i.e. their replacement target).
You cannot make kills in this thread. So feel free to talk about the game here and post in safety. However, posts in this thread do not count towards your fifteen daily posts.
So Who Wins?
The last person standing. It doesn't matter how many kills you make - so long as you don't get killed. Theoretically, you could win the game with just one kill, so long as the person you kill kills everyone else, or at least kills the killer who killed everyone else, and so on.
When Do We Start?
The game has started. However, tonight (Thursday night) is entirely optional - you don't have to post, I will not be expecting fifteen posts from you between now and midnight. If you post and get killed, then it will count, but I will not be policing the fifteen posts rule until tomorrow (Friday).
Some Other Rules
Let the game begin - good luck, and happy killing!
I do not in any way endorse or encourage killing IRL. Killing is bad, m'kay.
Players / Kills
Original Signups Post