Black Rock City's Next Top Assassin

[TheBrilliantHen]

Do you have what it takes to be Black Rock City's Next Top Assassin?!

Trashistan will be conducting a competition based loosely on the game sometimes known as "assassin" or "gotcha." We have modified the game to suit the constraints of the playa.

Here's how to play:

-Come by Trashistan and pick up your game token.
-During the day, wear the token prominently on your chest when you want to play, remove it when you do not.
-Kill weapon is a water gun or spray gun. Bring one to the playa or procure one. Size (and range) are not everything, but they may help. It's best not to use something which could be mistaken for a real gun.
-Your target is not a specific person. This is a free for all between all players. While wearing a token, you may kill anyone with a token, and be killed by anyone with a token. Kills only count if both of you are wearing your token.
-Simultaneous kills are possible if shots are fired before received.
-If you are killed, you must remove one token (presumably, the one you are wearing) and give it to your killer.
-Once killed, you may don another token from your bank of kill trophies, or sit on your laurels and bank what you have.
-Resourceful assassins may find other ways to procure tokens, including but not limited to convincing Trashistan to give you another (perhaps the most difficult method).
-The Temple is a safe zone. No kills within temple walls. You may wish to remove your token when visiting the Temple in order to avoid ambushes when leaving...or not, as you see fit.
-The competition opens Monday morning as soon as Trashistan wakes up.
-The competition continues through Friday day. Submit your game tokens before sundown Friday, when the winner will be declared.

Winner receives the grand prize, along with the coveted title, "Black Rock City's Next Top Assassin."

You can find Black Rock City's Next Top Assassin on facebook, and we will eventually have a web page outside facebook, for those of you wise enough to avoid the necronomicon that wants to swallow your soul.

Please spread the word and/or post your opinions and/or questions here, so we can get a little publicity, eh?! We are interested in any gameplay suggestions you may have, as well.

[graidawg]

when i was younger we used to play this with many different wepons the most implausible being a banana and shouting bang.
also you could mail clocks to people as bombs.
however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

It does however sound fun and leads to many many possible entertaining strategies because everyone knows the english make the best assasins . . . .

[capjbadger]

YES!!!!

I played with the idea myself a few years back, but always had too many projects and such to run a game.

-Badger

[theCryptofishist]

however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

[graidawg]

however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

i could mail stuff from BRC to england? that would rock! postcards from a city that isnt there! woo hoo

[capjbadger]

however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

i could mail stuff from BRC to england? that would rock! postcards from a city that isnt there! woo hoo

Yes, there is a fully disfunctional post office while the city is there.
I got a care package from friends back home through them last year.

Ok, back to plotting!

-Badger

[Elderberry]

Sounds like a fun idea. Though if I were playing, I would either forget I was wearing the token and get killed or be so concentrated on playing that I miss half the sites of the city.

[theCryptofishist]

however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

i could mail stuff from BRC to england? that would rock! postcards from a city that isnt there! woo hoo

bring your own stamps, they only have first class within the states, if they have anything.

[graidawg]

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

i could mail stuff from BRC to england? that would rock! postcards from a city that isnt there! woo hoo

bring your own stamps, they only have first class within the states, if they have anything.

thank you fishy now to go complain as to why Great Britain is group country 5 i mean its going to cost me an extra 18 cents to mail a postcard! anyone would think you 'mericans didn't have a special relationship with us.......

I sometimes thin that special relationship means we get a reach around

edited to add i am going to look forward to assinating (thats like assisinating but much much more fun) some american wannabee's lol (i am going to die soooo quickly if i play)


oh safe zone suggestion = hundred yards round the camp. you know because if i came up with a plan so will someone else........

[fbcota]

This makes me soo happy, if I remember its on!

[capjbadger]

edited to add i am going to look forward to assinating (thats like assisinating but much much more fun) some american wannabee's lol (i am going to die soooo quickly if i play)


oh safe zone suggestion = hundred yards round the camp. you know because if i came up with a plan so will someone else........

Wannabees eh? Last I checked, we got Osama, not the UK. You couldn't beat us in 1775-1783, nor in 1812-1815 and not even when you supported our enemy in 1861-1865. The best you've got is James Bond, and he's Scottish. ;P lol

Your safe zone is simple. Take off the token.

-Badger

[graidawg]

edited to add i am going to look forward to assinating (thats like assisinating but much much more fun) some american wannabee's lol (i am going to die soooo quickly if i play)


oh safe zone suggestion = hundred yards round the camp. you know because if i came up with a plan so will someone else........

Wannabees eh? Last I checked, we got Osama, not the UK. You couldn't beat us in 1775-1783, nor in 1812-1815 and not even when you supported our enemy in 1861-1865. The best you've got is James Bond, and he's Scottish. ;P lol

Your safe zone is simple. Take off the token.

-Badger

hey the only reason you have ever won against us is we let you. At least we have Bond, you guys have whats his name. . . . . er oh yea you dont have an equivalent
i wouldnt call the second war you mentioned a win, you guys on your home turf couldnt beat us even though we were busy with napoleon and we still gave you a few sound thrashings!

And sided with the enemy in a civil war? hmmm anyway there are some still think that ones still going on, hasnt texas threatened secession recently?

i had to look all of those dates up on wikipedia i confess

this is definately a case of see you on the playa (jeez i am so asking for a soaking here)

[capjbadger]

edited to add i am going to look forward to assinating (thats like assisinating but much much more fun) some american wannabee's lol (i am going to die soooo quickly if i play)


oh safe zone suggestion = hundred yards round the camp. you know because if i came up with a plan so will someone else........

Wannabees eh? Last I checked, we got Osama, not the UK. You couldn't beat us in 1775-1783, nor in 1812-1815 and not even when you supported our enemy in 1861-1865. The best you've got is James Bond, and he's Scottish. ;P lol

Your safe zone is simple. Take off the token.

-Badger

hey the only reason you have ever won against us is we let you. At least we have Bond, you guys have whats his name. . . . . er oh yea you dont have an equivalent
i wouldnt call the second war you mentioned a win, you guys on your home turf couldnt beat us even though we were busy with napoleon and we still gave you a few sound thrashings!

And sided with the enemy in a civil war? hmmm anyway there are some still think that ones still going on, hasnt texas threatened secession recently?

i had to look all of those dates up on wikipedia i confess

this is definately a case of see you on the playa (jeez i am so asking for a soaking here)

Ummm... Hello? Jack Bauer? Jim Phelps? Jason Bourne? Maxwell Smart??
*sigh* How soon they forget...

Let us win? Oh please... They fought damn hard to keep the colonies, and damn near did it if your generals hadn't been more worried about personal glory rather than winning the actual war.
As for 1812, yeah, neither side gained any land, but we got you to stop taking our sailors and you never tried to invade again. Plus we thrashed you at New York, Baltimore and New Orleans. The whole affair was pretty much an expensive stalemate for both sides.

Yes, the UK was building warships for the south. You ended up paying us a lot of money for the damage caused by those ships.
Last I checked, no one outside of a few fringe nutjobs have mentioned leaving the union in a long time.

I did too to make sure I had the dates right

Yep, a soaking you will have. Beware watery boobytraps buddy...

-Badger

[graidawg]

Jack Bauer? Jim Phelps? Jason Bourne? Maxwell Smart??


oh please renegades, mistakes and comedic characters. not one is what they are meant to be. they spend more time fighting there own government than the enemy. though i will admit bourne could probably take Bond.
jack bauer would get a kicking from bond and the other two dont count.

somehow i think getting soaked in the desert will be a good thing, cooling and refreshing and i am famous for my ability to die well, having spent 12 years losing a lot in medieval combat and the like.

actually i am thinking of all the ways some theme camps could get a lot of kills now.

dont you love wikipedia? supporting pointless arguments since 2001 (looked up on wiki as well)

[Bob]

Sounds great, but anyone within a mile of that stupid fucking temple should be fair game, or acceptable collateral damage.

[Sail Man]

however i imagine that BRC has limited mailing oppurtunities

Actually, there is a post office in center camp. I think you have to bribe the surly clerks to take the mail in, but anyone can deliver it, as I understand.
It also has a cancellation mark, so you can get something canceled as coming from BRC.

i could mail stuff from BRC to england? that would rock! postcards from a city that isnt there! woo hoo

yep, just make sure to bring stamps, postcards, envelopes etc as they don't sell them there. They also make great gifting items.

Just don't try to mail playa dust home. Those whacky postal nuts will think it's anthrax

[Sail Man]

edited to add i am going to look forward to assinating (thats like assisinating but much much more fun) some american wannabee's lol (i am going to die soooo quickly if i play)


oh safe zone suggestion = hundred yards round the camp. you know because if i came up with a plan so will someone else........

Wannabees eh? Last I checked, we got Osama, not the UK. You couldn't beat us in 1775-1783, nor in 1812-1815 and not even when you supported our enemy in 1861-1865. The best you've got is James Bond, and he's Scottish. ;P lol

Your safe zone is simple. Take off the token.

-Badger

hey the only reason you have ever won against us is we let you. At least we have Bond, you guys have whats his name. . . . . er oh yea you dont have an equivalent
i wouldnt call the second war you mentioned a win, you guys on your home turf couldnt beat us even though we were busy with napoleon and we still gave you a few sound thrashings!

And sided with the enemy in a civil war? hmmm anyway there are some still think that ones still going on, hasnt texas threatened secession recently?

i had to look all of those dates up on wikipedia i confess

this is definately a case of see you on the playa (jeez i am so asking for a soaking here)

Well then, there's always Thunderdome instead

[capjbadger]

Jack Bauer? Jim Phelps? Jason Bourne? Maxwell Smart??


oh please renegades, mistakes and comedic characters. not one is what they are meant to be. they spend more time fighting there own government than the enemy. though i will admit bourne could probably take Bond.
jack bauer would get a kicking from bond and the other two dont count.

somehow i think getting soaked in the desert will be a good thing, cooling and refreshing and i am famous for my ability to die well, having spent 12 years losing a lot in medieval combat and the like.

actually i am thinking of all the ways some theme camps could get a lot of kills now.

dont you love wikipedia? supporting pointless arguments since 2001 (looked up on wiki as well)

Hey now... Don't diss Mr. Smart. He'll beat you with a shoephone.

Oh? What medieval combat? SCA?

I can see some camps forming their own hit squad teams and hunting in packs. Lone assassin vs a team. Lone guy has no chance if the team does things right.

hahaaha yeah

-Badger

[graidawg]

Jack Bauer? Jim Phelps? Jason Bourne? Maxwell Smart??


oh please renegades, mistakes and comedic characters. not one is what they are meant to be. they spend more time fighting there own government than the enemy. though i will admit bourne could probably take Bond.
jack bauer would get a kicking from bond and the other two dont count.

somehow i think getting soaked in the desert will be a good thing, cooling and refreshing and i am famous for my ability to die well, having spent 12 years losing a lot in medieval combat and the like.

actually i am thinking of all the ways some theme camps could get a lot of kills now.

dont you love wikipedia? supporting pointless arguments since 2001 (looked up on wiki as well)

Hey now... Don't diss Mr. Smart. He'll beat you with a shoephone.

Oh? What medieval combat? SCA?

I can see some camps forming their own hit squad teams and hunting in packs. Lone assassin vs a team. Lone guy has no chance if the team does things right.

hahaaha yeah

-Badger

SCA? I'm not sure more beating each other with swords etc.
there are many many many ways this could get silly very very quickly. which is excellent

[capjbadger]

Rule suggestion:
"No Immortality Rule"
No "dead man" bombs that go off when the attacker comes up to take the token. Otherwise the dead man would just get a token again for the kill and thus become basically unkillable by these "playa rules". (using extra tokens to "respawn")

Rule would look something like:
"You may only kill a target if you are currently "alive" and wearing your token in a visible manner. Any other loophole that would allow a "Immortality effect" to occur that we didn't thnk of is also disallowed."

-Badger

[capjbadger]

SCA? I'm not sure more beating each other with swords etc.
there are many many many ways this could get silly very very quickly. which is excellent

I've been sword fighting due to Ren Faires for the past 15 years, so I was curious what group you were fighting with.

Yeah, which is why I'm currently thinking of rules exploits so I can suggest new rules to close the loopholes. It's the QA tester in me. Can't help it.

-Badger

[capjbadger]

Rule Suggestion:
"Don't kill civilans Rule"
No "tripwire", autonomous style "bombs", landmnes, etc. No device that a non-player can trigger.
Devices that the attacker directly triggers (string pull, remote, etc) so that only the target is hit are allowed.

-Badger

[capjbadger]

@TheBrilliantHen

Hmm.. I just re-read the rules.
"-Kill weapon is a water gun or spray gun. Bring one to the playa or procure one. Size (and range) are not everything, but they may help. It's best not to use something which could be mistaken for a real gun. "

Only water guns? No water ballons (picking up the MOOP of course), buckets, claymores, etc?

-Badger

[Simon of the Playa]

i got dibbs on Ygmir's Firetruck....


everyone gets wet, let larry sort them out afterwards.

[capjbadger]

i got dibbs on Ygmir's Firetruck....


everyone gets wet, let larry sort them out afterwards.

I thought this was "Assassins", not "Carpet Bombing Run 2011".

*Moves Simon to top of list*

-Badger

[Simon of the Playa]

i play to win.

[Simon of the Playa]

and i'll be bringing TWO dopplegangers with me instead of my usual one, so good fucking luck tracking the real me down...

[ygmir]

i got dibbs on Ygmir's Firetruck....


everyone gets wet, let larry sort them out afterwards.

*tosses keys to Simon*

I might propose, we "dose" the water with patchouli, and maybe blue dye, so, as to identify "hippy smurfs" later..........

[capjbadger]

Unless we get a LOT of players, good fucking luck tracking ANYONE down. It will be a needle in a haystack hunt. Hopefully the tokens wil be visible from a bit of distance.

Guess I'll just have to kill 3 of you.

-Badger

[capjbadger]

i got dibbs on Ygmir's Firetruck....


everyone gets wet, let larry sort them out afterwards.

*tosses keys to Simon*

I might propose, we "dose" the water with patchouli, and maybe blue dye, so, as to identify "hippy smurfs" later..........

Personally I always favored my idea of walking into Center Camp with an air cannon full of flea powder for the ones sleeping on the benches.

-Badger