11-1-2004 (2:50am):
I'm finished with the Alley Assassin 2004 web site. The target sign-up sheet is posted in the Lounge, and I await the slaughter. I mean, fun.
11-7-2004 (7:00pm):
The game begins tonight at midnight. I've posted the targets online. Get your bombs set, and start planting at twelve.
11-7-2004 (10:00pm):
Added and fixed some targets. Slight updates to the rules.
11-8-2004 (12:00 am):
The game begins.
11-8-2004 (9:27 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Eben Olsen
What happened:
George Hagstrom defuses a bomb Eben Olsen planted inside his room. George apparently discovered it around 7 am and, unable to awaken any alleymates to defuse it for him, braved the task himself. He was successful and earned himself the first defusal.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (0):
+5 (defused bomb)
+4 (bravely defusing it yourself, risking death)
-2 (not being around to save your target)
+1 (first defusal)Vatican (0):
-5 (failed attempt)
-1 (he could see it)
+1 (first attempt)
11-8-2004 (9:52 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Kenny Osland
Assassin(s): Valerie Syverson, Jesse Liptrap
What happened:
Michael I. writes: Defuse by Mike White at 9:47 AM today. Kenny was taking a shower, Valerie and Jesse Liptrap clipped some keys to the shower curtain, Mike White came in and defused.
Point Changes:
Hell (0):
+5 (defused bomb)
+2 (good hygiene)Heaven (0):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-8-2004 (10:22 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: John Bender
Assassin(s): Scott Rayburn
What happened:
John Bender narrowly escapes death from beer. A penny-filled beer can that is, planted by Batcave's Scott Rayburn. It was defused for the second year in a row, earning John a bit of extra cash (+ CRV).
Point Changes:
Womb (0):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (0):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (beer)
11-8-2004 (11:18 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Bart "MacGyver" McGuyer
Assassin(s): Eben Olsen and James Mao
What happened:
Around 1am, during his midterm, Bart gives in to the urges of his bladder and heads to the restroom, even after hearing noises at the door. His story at Tales of the Dead.
Point Changes:
Vatican (-5):
+10 (kill)
+2.5 (first blood)
0.5 kills for Eben OlsenJames Mao (0):
+10 (kill)
+2.5 (first blood)
0.5 kills for James MaoKremlin (8):
-15 (death of target)
-5 (only lasted an hour)
11-8-2004 (11:18 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Kevin Lui
Assassin(s): Bart McGuyer
What happened:
Bart used his ghostly powers to place a motion sensing bomb in Kevin's room. Kevin made the fatal mistake of moving in his sleep, causing his death. Full story.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (-12):
+20 (kill)
+3 (killing him in his sleep)
1.0 kills for Bart McGuyerVatican (7.5):
-15 (death of target)
-1 (going to sleep after you knew Bart was there)
11-8-2004 (4:15 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): George Hagstrom
What happened:
Eben and Chris were breaking through George's defenses to place a bomb when Eben set off a motion detector. It was labeled "george killed chris." A smart plan to use his defense plan as a bomb, but it didn't quite work.
Note the rule change: As of midnight tonight, spoils (defused bombs) go to the defuser, rather than the would-be-target. This makes the rules make more sense and give more of an incentive to defuse bombs set for other alleys.
Point Changes:
Vatican (-8.5):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (loss of spoils)Kremlin (11):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (the best defense is a good offense)
11-8-2004 (6:58 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Eben Olsen
What happened:
The drama continued in Vatikremlin as Bart defused a pennies-in-the-medicine-cabinet bomb planted by none other than Eben.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (7):
+5 (defused bomb)Vatican (-2.5):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-8-2004 (8:09 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Kenny Osland
Assassin(s): Chris Moore
What happened:
Radio shack strikes again. Chris uses a lever switch and buzzer to kill Kenny. Man, I remember buying all the buzzers Radio Shack had in stock. Read his email.
Point Changes:
Swamp (0):
+20 (kill)
+1 (Radio Shack buzzers)
1.0 kills for Chris MooreHell (7):
-15 (death of target)
11-8-2004 (8:51 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
KILL
Target: Bernadette Heyburn
Assassin(s): Chris Moore
What happened:
Chris tried to go for two in a row and take out B-Dizzy. Noticing that she went into the PC lab, he set four quarters on the door handle and awaited her death. Five minutes later he hears it go off,
but apparently Bernadette didn't even notice.Chris emailed me back saying that she actually noticed the bomb and died, but he just didn't mention that part. Try to decipher the original for yourself.
Note: Don't forget if you don't kill Chris before he becomes a Master Assassin, you lose the chance at those points and the chance to make Swamp lose those extra 15. Those 35 points could be fatal.
Point Changes:
Swamp (21):
+20 (kill)
-3 (tell me whether or not you kill someone)
+1 (two in a row)
2.0 kills for Chris MooreOff Campus (0):
-15 (death of target)
11-8-2004 (10:13 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Drew Heltsley
Assassin(s): Sandy Ottensmann
What happened:
Drew dies from a key bomb coming out of the bathroom. Sandy has been guarding the Pub bathroom all day, proving that if you're a target, going to the bathroom is out of the question. Tales of the Dead
Point Changes:
Pub (0):
+20 (kill)
+1 (guarding the bathroom all day)
-1 (get out more often)
1.0 kills for Sandy OttensmannUpper P (0):
-15 (death of target)
11-9-2004 (12:51 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Chris Moore
What happened:
Matt Krogstad narrowly escaped death from Chris Moore's LED-in-the-electric-pencil-sharpener bomb. He set it off earlier, but failed to die due to a protective layer of batteries in front. He later noticed the bomb and sent in a defusal team, but it was too late.
Point Changes:
Swamp (39):
-2 (lame bomb)Heaven (-5):
-5 (insufficient paranoia)
11-9-2004 (12:51 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Eben Olsen
What happened:
After returning the bomb, he comes back to find that he left the door open. Fearing the worst, he sent in his second defusal team who found Eben's buzzer-in-the-USB-port bomb, which was defused by Dan O'Hanlon & Jesse Liptrap.
Point Changes:
Heaven (-10):
+2.5 (defused bomb)
+1 (barely alive)Dan O'Hanlon (0):
+2.5 (defused bomb)
+2 (score correction)Kremlin (12):
-5 (failed attempt)
+2 (Universal Serial Bomb - a man after my own heart)
11-9-2004 (1:13 m):
Event: KILL, Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
George got hungry and asked Scott and Dima if they wanted to go to the coffehouse. Not wanting to leave Matt out, he went up to heaven. On his way through the SAC door, he triggered two bombs, one intended for himself and one for Matt. Both emails are on the Tails of the Dead page.
Point Changes:
Batcave (-4):
+20 (kill)
-5 (failed attempt)
+2 (failsafe plan)
1.0 kills for Scott RaburnKremlin (9):
-15 (death of target)
+5 (defused bomb)
-1 (didn't tell me which one killed him)
11-9-2004 (1:49
Event: Scoring irregularity
What happened:
Just like the election, my adding isn't perfect. I forgot to add some points to hell for their first defusal.
Point Changes:
Hell (-8, not -15):
+2 (pointing out my mistake)
11-9-2004 (1:50 am):
Chris Moore may be dead. I'm trying to figure out what happened. In any case it sounds cool.
11-9-2004 (4:17 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Maryam Ali
Assassin(s): Dima Kamalov, Scott Raburn
What happened:
Dima threw a bit of misdirection Maryam's way and enlisted Scott to assist in her destruction. Unable to breach her defenses, they planted the 120dB bomb outside her door behind a manila envelope. Maryam died instaltly returning from the PC lab. Email for this and the next kill.
Point Changes:
Batcave (13):
+20 (kill)
0.5 kills for Dima Kamalov
1.5 kills for Scott RaburnUpper P (-15):
-15 (death of target)
11-9-2004 (5:12 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Jeff Kauffman
Assassin(s): Dima Kamalov
What happened:
Dima continued his night of death and planted a bomb for Chris in his back-left car door in anticipation of The Original Pantry. Well, Chris was too badly burned and paranoid or maybe dead, so Dima had to act fast. He got Jeff to come and to go get Joey while he changed the note. Jeff called the wrong seat and died as soon as he opened the door.
There's a reason the Amish don't use cars.
Point Changes:
Batcave (33):
+20 (kill)
+1 (two in a row)
+1 (pantry)
1.5 kills for Dima KamalovVatican (-7.5):
-15 (death of target)
+1 (pantry)
11-9-2004 (8:16 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Adrianne Stroup
Assassin(s): Mike Inadomi
What happened:
Angela protects her roommate by sweeping the room for bombs, badly burning herself on an empty IBC root beer bottle.
Point Changes:
Cannes (0):
+5 (defused bomb)Hell (-6):
-5 (failed attempt)
-1 (just a bottle?)
11-9-2004 (1:15 pm):
Event: Update
What happened:
Chris is alive. Story at 11.
11-9-2004 (1:27 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Dan O'Hanlon
What happened:
I [Matt] received a package in the mail today. Since I wasn't expecting anything and didn't recognize the return address, I had the nice lady at the Tech Express set the box down instead of handing it to me. There wasn't anyone around to try to defuse it, however, so I took a deep breath, exhaled, and put my marching band training to work, smoothly roll-stepping all the way back to Heaven. I then had Jay open the box, where he set off two Starbucks frappachino lids on rubber bands, and found a note, "Dan O'Hanlon kills Matt Krogstad."
Feel the city breakin' and everybody's shakin' and I'm stayin' alive,
Matt Krogstad, the Kroggdawg
Point Changes:
Heaven (-6.5):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (smooth roll-stepping)Dan O'Hanlon (4.5):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (mail bomb)
11-9-2004 (3:18 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Dima Kamalov
What happened:
After receiving at least half a dozen emails, I have come to the conclusion that the burning and non-explosion in the courtyard constitutes a non-scoring event. Here's something similar to what happened:
Dima wanted to run a scientific experiment using a can of butane. He enlisted Chris to assist, but Chris did not have a lighter, so he went to get one. When Chris returned, he poured the gasoline and started it. The sign stating that Chris "committed suicide in the name of environmental awareness" was lowered and Chris, thinking that he had to save himself from the deadly explosion to follow, tried to douse the flames with water. That failed, so he dashed through the flames, grabbed the can of butane and saved it from certain detonation.
I ruled that it was not a bomb for numerous reasons, the most important that Chris poured the gasoline and fully expected the burning. Also, for future reference, the note should be attached and no portion of the bomb should be activated by someone other than the target.
Point Changes:
Swamp (37):
+5 (risking life and limb to defuse the "bomb," burning yourself in the process)Batcave (55):
-2 (failed attempt)
+5 (cool idea, fire)
11-9-2004 (2:14 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Keegan and Mike White
What happened:
Now that the situation with Chris is resolved, this event can be properly scored. Keegan and Mike White planted a noisemaking keychain bomb to go off when Chris opened the door. Luckily for the extremely badly burned Chris, Laura opened the door.
Point Changes:
Swamp (42):
+5 (defused bomb)Hell (-12):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (12 hour confusion delay)
11-9-2004 (4:38 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Shawn "Real Shawn" Ligocki
Assassin(s): Nathan "Fire from Heaven" Lau
What happened:
I [Shawn] was running a bit late for class and apparently Nathan was counting on that. He had set up a cardboard box against the door filled with cans. There were 14 people in the class so he must have deduced that I was the only one left. Luckily, I had an honorable bodyguard/roommate [Xuan "Fake Shawn" Luo] who opened the door to the class for me and saved me from almost certain death.
The look of anguish on Nathan's face was priceless.
Point Changes:
Tunnel (0):
+5 (defused bomb)Heaven (-0.5):
-5 (failed attempt)
11--2004 (5:16 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Bart, Eben, and George
What happened:
My semi-charmed life continues. I went to turn in my 125 set at 5pm and noticed my midterm in the pile of uncollected. There being no aid around, I bravely but carefully opened the blue book, and picked out the paper clips between the second and third pages, left by Bart, Eben, and George.
I think I need a psychiatrist.
Point Changes:
Heaven (-5.5):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (how can he still be alive)Vatican (-21.5):
-1.67 (failed attempt)Kremlin (-2):
-3.33 (failed attempt)
11-9-2004 (5:45 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Matt Wescott
Assassin(s): George Hagstrom
What happened:
I "bombed" his midterm by placing a small sheet of paper folded and cut so as to look pointy.
It was "supposed" to function as a pop up type thingy, kind of like the idea you guys had for the little T and Charleton Heston. Apparently it didn't look very knife like.Well, looks aren't everything - a kill's a kill.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (-5.33):
+20 (kill)
-3 (not very knife like)
+1 N.R.A.
1.0 kill for George HagstromBatcave (58):
-15 (death of target)
11-9-2004 (5:48 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Adrianne Stroup
Assassin(s): Kenny Osland
What happened:
Adrianne moves her Physics book and triggers an explosion noise followed by the ride. She says she avoided getting wet, so either her or Kenny should probably be showered. Full Story.
Point Changes:
Hell (-16):
+20 (kill)
+1 (ride)
1.0 kill for Kenny OslandCannes (5):
-15 (death of target)
-2 (disassemby of bomb)
11-9-2004 (7:08 m):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Mike Wilson
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
At 6:55pm, Scott Raburn made an attempt on my roomate's life. I opened the door and skillfully covered my ears as I flipped on the lightswitch, only to find a bomb (the source of the noise) and a note saying "Mike your dead -- Scott". Upon seeing this I quickly pointed out the mistaken grammar-- it should have said, "Mike, you dead!" But of course, that's assuming he actually killed him, which he didn't.
Point Changes:
Swamp (47):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (43):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-9-2004 (7:49 m):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Vanessa Krause
Assassin(s): Dima
What happened:
Laura saved Vanessa's life (for a short time): As I entered the batcave dima's keys fell off of the door. Scott had planted them there to kill Vanessa as she left the building. But what Scott did not expect was for me to walk in before she walked out.
Point Changes:
Swamp (52):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (38:
-5 (failed attempt)
11-9-2004 (: m):
Event: KILL
Target: Vanessa Krause
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
Scott plants a deadly tennis ball bomb between Vanessa's legs. She kicks the tube over killing herself and taking Scott out with her. Scott has used his suicide bombing. Full story.
Point Changes:
Batcave (33):
+20 (kill)
+1 (first suicide)
+1 (Dima caught a scoring omission)
2.5 kills for Scott Raburn (putting him in the lead)Off Campus (-15):
-15 (death of target)
11-9-2004 (9:53 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad (yet again)
Assassin(s): Mike White
What happened:
Have I got a little story for you! This evening at about ten to 10, I was about to open my door, but wisely decided to check the space between the floor and the door first. A certain Hellion Mike White had placed a spring in the space, which I got Jay to remove before it could kill me. That makes for five attempts in the past 24 hours.
If it continues at this rate, I may have to come out of retirement and kill him myself. Matt is a bomb magnet.
Point Changes:
Heaven (0.5):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (immortality)Hell (5):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (1:00 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Manisha Lotlikar
Assassin(s): Chris Moore
What happened:
While Manisha was hard at work in the computer lab, Chris planted a bomb. Before it could blast Manisha back tot he typewriter age, Dima came upon the bomb and deftly defused it.
Point Changes:
Batcave (55):
+5 (defused bomb)
-1 (send more details)Swamp (57):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (10:12 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Mike Wilson
Assassin(s): Arthi Srinivasan
What happened:
Last night there was an attempt on my life. I went to visit Arthi, and noticed that her room was unusually cold. But I thought nothing of it until... she asked me to shut the window and as I started to do so I noticed a bright red cup attached to the curtains. Carefully removing it, I noticed that it was full of change and keys and a note declaring my death. I deffused it by removing the note.
You can't trust anyone anymore. That is, unless they're from your alley.
Point Changes:
Swamp (52):
+5 (defused bomb)Tunnel (5):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (1:20 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target:
Nathan Lau
Assassin(s): Dima Kamalov
What happened:
This morning at about 10:30 I went into the shower, and found that my shampoo/ conditioner bottles had been moved. I noticed them over on a shelf, and when I retrieved them, I found that they hid a bomb planted by dima meant for Nathan (nathan’s shampoo bottles had been moved to the same place as well). I removed the bomb. Note: the bomb actually would have been a dud anyways- one of the wires attaching the buzzer to the battery was loose.
Point Changes:
Hell (0):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (59):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (1:23 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt (Virtual Bomb)
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Eben Olsen
What happened:
Matt turned on his TI-89 to find the following message:
boom!! boom!!
bang!! bang!!
pow!!! pow!!!
kerspatt!! kerspatt!!
kaboom!!! kaboom!!
to*matt*from*eben
eben*from*matt*to
Seeing as the TI-89 is a formidable computing platform, able to solve equations, take integrals, and run programs, it meets my definition of a computer, and since the message was only on a computer, it is a virtual bomb, and thus is no bomb at all.
Point Changes:
Vatican (-23.17):
+4 (borderline case similar to those accepted in previous years)Heaven (6.5):
-4 (almost dead)
11-10-2004 (3:41 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Maryam Ali
Assassin(s): Sandy Ottensmann
What happened:
When I returned to my room on Tuesday (prior to being killed) I had triple frosh Lauren conscientiously go over my room to diffuse any bombs. She found some suspicious looking squares of bubble wrap taped to the casters of my chair. We assumed this was a bomb but since we found no note, and since shards of bubble wrap are known to wander into my room, we thought no more of it and discarded the bubble wrap. I was later informed by Sandy that the bubble wrap was, indeed, a bomb and that she had left a note taped to the underside of my chair. The note was subsequently found.
Point Changes:
Upper P (-30):
+5 (defused bomb)
-1 (lack of thoroughness)Pub (20):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (1:55 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Ichabod Bender
Assassin(s): George & Eben
What happened:
Eben and I noticed that John and Amanda left the confines of womb at 1PM and we took advantage of the opportunity. We broke in and placed a motion detector alarm to kill Ichabod.
Ichabod, the cat, attempted to sneak by the motion detector into the bedroom, but the alarm went off and the cat was killed.
George was closest when the bomb went off and was caught up in the blast. Thus, George has used up his suicide bombing.
Point Changes:
Vatican (-19.17):
+10 (kill)
+2 (cleanliness)
1.0 kills for Eben OlsenKremlin (12.67):
+10 (kill)
+2 (cleanliness)
1.5 kills for George HagstromWomb (5):
-15 (death of target)
11-10-2004 (7:15 m):
Event: KILL
Target: John Bender
Assassin(s): George and Eben
What happened:
Right, so George and Eben killed me with a 120-dB motion detector in my closet. But they won't be getting it back. Since there was no way to turn it off without a screwdriver, I was forced to destroy it. Possibly parts of it can be scavenged from the floor of the courtyard near the cannon.
Point Changes:
Vatican (-7.17):
+10 (kill)
-1 (no way to turn it off)
1.5 kills for Eben OlsenKremlin (24.67):
+10 (kill)
-1 (no way to turn it off)
2.0 kills for George HagstromWomb (-10):
-15 (death of target)
+2 (it had to be done)
11-10-2004 (7:22 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Mike Inadomi
Assassin(s): Laura Fishman
What happened:
Laura planted a pop-pop (those things you throw at the ground and they go pop) bomb at Mike's feet during dinner in a mess of crumbs at his feet. As he was about to be dumped, he stepped on them, blowing himself up.
Laura has used her one suicide bombing.
Point Changes:
Swamp (57):
+20 (kill)
+2 (pop-pops)
1.0 kill for Laura FishmanHell (5):
-15 (death of target)
11-10-2004 (7:23 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Mike Wilson
Assassin(s): Arthi
What happened:
(19:04:07) CrunchyEggplant: kdunck
(19:04:10) CrunchyEggplant: i killed mike wilson tonight
(19:04:25) CrunchyEggplant: here is the story, i hope you don't mind if i IM you, since i can't find the arbit0r email :)
(19:05:00) CrunchyEggplant: this morningat about 9:20 am, i sneaked into mike's room and left pennies in his underwear. i happened to know that he stacks them in the second drawer in the dresser drawers, and always takes the new one from the top of the pile. i then left my note.
(19:05:37) CrunchyEggplant: at dinner, i had originally planned to throw a lot of rolls at him, coercing him into throwing back and getting dumped (in order to be forced to change clothes). however, he foiled my plan by sitting under the tapestry.
(19:05:54) CrunchyEggplant: i then used plan B: i paid for ALL of the mikes (5 of them) to get dumped.
(19:06:10) CrunchyEggplant: my plan worked ... mike got wet, went to change, and thereby died.
(19:06:18) CrunchyEggplant: the moral of the story is clearly that targets should go commando.Mike's version is on Tales of the Dead.
Point Changes:
Tunnel (0):
+20 (kill)
+1 (collateral damage)
+1 (commando)Swamp (79):
-15 (death of target)
+1 (neat stacks)
11-10-2004 (7:31 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Mr Root
Assassin(s): Sandy and the Walrus (aka Phil)
What happened:
Mr Root took his own life, aided by Sandy and Phil. They took video proof of their screaming and confusion. More information on the Tales of the Dead.
Point Changes:
Pub (15):
+20 (kill)
+3 (video evidence)Mr Root (0):
-15 (death of target)
11-10-2004 (11:32 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Nathan Lau
Assassin(s): Marlena
What happened:
I [Mike I] defused a bomb from Marlena to Nathan Lau. Jay was talking to someone with his door open, so I ran into his room and pretended to put something under the couch cushion. Jay said "Well that was subtle." I thought I felt something, so I lifted up the cushion and took a look. The thing I felt was a label on the couch, but I saw something else so I pulled it out. Lo and behold, I now have in my temporary possession a white beepy thing.
How long can Heaven's immortality last? Eternity?
Point Changes:
Hell (-10):
+5 (defused bomb)Tunnel (22):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-10-2004 (11:50 m):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Dima & Scott
What happened:
Dima & Scott planted a tripwire across the smoking porch and a fake bomb or something on the stairs down to tunnel to make Matt use the porch to go through Dabney. Some Darb, a cat, or maybe divine providence set the bomb off, saving Matt once again.
Point Changes:
Who knows? (∞):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (54):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-11-2004 (1:15 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Shawn Ligocki
Assassin(s): Dima
What happened:
Vanessa defused an altoid box intended by me for Shawn Ligocki, placed on the Vatican door.
Also, a bit earlier, Scott suggested Keegan to play the ride to bait Matt.
The note was signed me and Keegan, because Scott felt no use for .33 of a kill. I defused it after Matt didn't fall for it. I think that's a non-scoring event. True.
That makes for a -15 day for Batcave.. sad, sad. Also true.
Point Changes:
Off Campus (-30):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (49):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-11-2004 (1:48 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Dan O'Hanlon
What happened:
Chris ordered a calzookie for me at the coffeehouse. Dan O'Hanlon took the order and undoubtably believed the calzookie was for Chris. As I tried to reach through the ice cream for a bite of cookie, my spoon was blocked. There was a piece of plastic letting me know that this was a poison bomb planted by Dan to kill Chris. But seeing as I'm not Chris, I was able to finish off the delicious bomb with no fear for my life, and with the knowledge that I was saving another's life by eating it.
This has been by far my most delicious defusal ever.
Point Changes:
Swamp (65):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (mmm ... death)Dan O'Hanlon (0.5):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (serving up death)
11-11-2004 (2:36 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Dan O'Hanlon
Assassin(s): Lillian Pan, James Mao
What happened:
Down in the Coffehouse Lillian handed Dan her card with a death note on the back. I ruled this not a bomb because of lack of causality of the detonation of the bomb by the target. Flipping it over to see a note didn't seem to be enough of an action. The exam bombs I allowed because there was some device (pennies or a pop-up-book-style paper) that was activated by the target.
Then James attached an accelerometer to the cash register that was triggered the next time Dan swiped a card. This would have been a very cool bomb had it had a note attached (but it was not since they thought Dan to be dead from the previous bomb).
Please don't make me make such difficult decisions - make the bombs obviously within the rules - I will be erroring on the side of not awarding kills, as you can always try again, but you can't bring someone back to life.
Point Changes:
Avery (12.5):
+3 (borderline bomb that I didn't accept)
+4 (good bomb, just needed a note)Dan O'Hanlon (-3.5):
-5 (insufficient paranoia)
11-11-2004 (: m):
Event: KILL
Target: Nathan Lau
Assassin(s): Mike Inadomi
What happened:
Mike planted a bomb behind Nathan's desk drawer, killing him as he installed QuickTime.
Point Changes:
Hell (-5):
+20 (kill)
+3 (victory over immortal archnemesis Heaven)
1.0 kill for Mike InadomiHeaven (2.5):
-15 (death of target)
11-11-2004 (4:40 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Dan O'Hanlon
Assassin(s): Sandy Ottensmann
What happened:
I killed Dan this afternoon, in an act of pure evil on my part, that I should truly be ashamed for. The story…
Today for my lab class, I needed to go to Mead to use the NMR. I went over there, and there was a Chem 4 section taking place, which Dan happened to be in. I started using the NMR, and then needed to get off and wait so Dan could use it. This was an opportunity I could not pass up, although I should have, because Dan looked very frazzled. He actually specifically asked me not to bomb him when he sat down for the NMR, which I could not promise, although I did assure him that I had not YET placed any bombs. He sat at the NMR to perform his experiment, and I grabbed my keys, the only thing I had with me at the time, and placed them on the chair behind him and left a note under the chair. He rolled back the chair, the keys tumbled to the ground and he died. Which seems fitting, to die in Chem 4, as any chem major can tell you.Dan's version on tales of the dead.
Moral of the story: Don't be a Chem major.
Point Changes:
Pub (38):
+20 (kill)
-2 (kicking someone when they're down)
+1 (cold-hearted killing)
2.5 kills for Sandy OttensmannDan O'Hanlon (-8.5):
-15 (death of target)
+1 (hard day, Ch4)
11-11-2004 (10:30 pm):
I am finally up to date with the log. Let me know if I messed something up in the giant batch of updates of the last 24 hours. The scores have jumped around a ton and Swamp has shot out in the lead, but it's still anyone's game. Four people are within one kill of Master Assassin so we should be seeing one soon. As soon as they complete their kill and are notified or it is posted here, they are fair game for killing.
11-11-2004 (11:48 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Kjerstin Easton
Assassin(s): Mike Wilson
What happened:
It's nice to see the wheels of progress are greased well enough I don't have to bother to sign up to be a target anymore. This is fairly early in the game for someone to come after little ol' me, but, alas, there was a failed attempt on my life this evening.
Mike Wilson, a mild mannered flautist, tried to kill me at concert band practice by hiding a note and $0.26 in change under a piece of music on my music folder. By the time I went to retrieve the folder, however, the coinage had been jostled by some other bando and was quite visible. My first thought was, "Hey! Free money!" and then I realized... Though I hadn't signed up... Maybe someone was trying to kill me. Ah, the paranoia.
I've been killed at band practice before.
Now I wonder if there was more change.... Maybe I should have looked under the seats in the auditorium -- a coffee refill is only $0.60 at the Red Door, after all.
Anyhoo, I'm not sure whether that counts as a lame bomb (no one noticed they had jostled any change on my folder, and the note was still hidden under my
music) or a defused bomb (someone jostled it, so I knew there might have been some sort of bomb...or that it might just be free money), but you, the ArbitOr, surely know what is best.
So... Today I live. And, under Rule 3, if Mike Wilson wants his $0.26 back, he knows he can find me in the trombone section.Since the bomb actually did go off, I'm ruling it defused by some unknown person.
Point Changes:
Unknown (unknown):
+5 (defused bomb)Swamp (71):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-11-2004 (: m):
Event: Something
Target: Manisha Lotlikar
Assassin(s): Dima & George
What happened:
Who knows? Tell me.
Apparently Dima put the bomb in the mailslot of the front door, expecting Manisha to open it. When he returned, it was not in the same location and was turned off. I'm assuming one of our many visitors/occupants set it off and turned it off. When I find out, you'll find out.
11-12-2004 (10:53 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Maryam
What happened:
Nathan's immortality didn't hold, but Matt hasn't lost his touch.
Once again, a most vile attempt on my life has been thwarted. Upon returning to my room from lab this morning, I found a folded sheet of paper attached to the outside of my door. It was promptly removed by Val and me, and further investigation found a quantity of confetti inside, along with this note:
Dear Matt, you die.
Love, Maryam
One toe just barely out of the grave,
Matt Krogstad, the Kroggdawg
Point Changes:
Heaven (-12.5):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (dirty toe)Upper P (-26):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-12-2004 (2:39 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Luigi Celano
Assassin(s): Ben Pedersen
What happened:
Katie Stoy gets a new set of keys for the term:
So I opened Luigi's door on the way to class this afternoon and heard a jingling of keys. When I opened the door there was a bundle of keys, a note, and a push-pin on the ground outside. Presumably the keys were attached to the bulletin board so that they'd fall off when the door was opened.
Moral #1: Don't use things you need as bombs.
Moral #2: Ask Ben.
Point Changes:
Pub (57):
+5 (defused bomb)Cannes (-12):
-5 (failed attempt)
-2 (bad habit)
11-12-2004 (10:54 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Sarah Adams
Assassin(s): Maryam Ali
What happened:
At 7:45 am, Ewen got the message of impending death. She then saves Sarah with a hug:
Sarah's keen ears caught some odd noises outside her door this morning, so she IMed me and I peeked outside to see Maryam on a chair in front of Sarah's door. I gave her a hug and detached the confetti bomb she had set up on Sarah's transom. Apparently she thought she could break Matt K's lucky streak with the same trick later...
Point Changes:
Pub (62):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (using hugs for good, not evil)Upper P (-31):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-13-2004 (2:00 pm):
Valerie is a member of Heaven. Scores have been retroactively changed.
11-13-2004 (10:22 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Po-Ru Loh
Assassin(s): Joe Johnson
What happened:
Po-Ru finished schooling everyone at a programming competition at UC-Riverside and was returning to his seat after collecting his awards. He picked up his backpack and was greeted with the sound of death. Joe Johnson, with help from George, had placed a motion detector inside while Po was collecting his prize. You can read Po-Ru's story on tales of the dead.
Point Changes:
Joe Johnson (0):
+10 (kill)
+1 (far off-campus kill)
0.5 kills for Joe JohnsonKremlin (33.67):
+10 (kill)
+1 (far off-campus kill)
2.5 kills for George HagstromAvery (19.5):
-15 (death of target)
+2 (first place)
11-13-2004:
Thanks to Katie & Ewen for pointing out scoring mistakes.
11-14-2004 (3:27 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Glenn Jones
Assassin(s): James Mao
What happened:
James killed Glenn with a cool microcontroller-based accelerometer bomb planted in Glenn's office. Read the full story.
Point Changes:
Avery (6.5):
+20 (kill)
+2 (sweet bomb)Glenn Jones (0):
-15 (death of target)
11-14-2004 (1:14 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Luigi Celano
Assassin(s): Kenny Osland
What happened:
Katie may have saved Luigi: So Luigi's poking around his computer just now and exclaims, "There's duct tape on my computer!" Apparently Kenny set a bomb for him last night (while helping to clean the shop) involving a microswitch, a really cheap MP3 player (rigged to play the Ride, no doubt, though this has yet to be determined) and a pair of palm-sized fold-up speakers. I clicked the microswitch and couldn't get it to go off. Apparently the microswitch was supposed to be soldered across the 'Play' button, but one of the connections was broken.
Even though it is extremely unlikely that Luigi could have set it off, it is still possible, so I call it defused, not lame.
Point Changes:
Pub (68):
+5 (defused bomb)Hell (18):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-14-2004 (4:27 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Jessica Gonzalez
Assassin(s): Kenny Osland
What happened:
On Friday, Kenny (Hell) planted a bomb in my room, next to my computer. I didn't notice it, and in the middle of the night it went off by itself and woke me up. I defused it, read the note, and went grumpily back to bed.
Point Changes:
Cannes (-19):
+5 (defused bomb)Hell (13):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-15-2004 (12:58 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Sarah Adams
Assassin(s): Matt Wrotten
What happened:
Another potentially lame bomb was defused by Pub, this time by Lucie:
When I opened the door for Sarah at around 1:00am Monday, I saw a note left by Wroten for Sarah, but no bomb. After searching her room and finding nothing, we determined that it was safe for Sarah to have a good night's sleep. Sarah emailed this message to me later:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:24:18 -0800
From: Sarah Adams
To: Lucie Siu Lee
Subject: Wroten's bomb
He came back to pick it up. He claimed it was sorta supposed to make noise paper rustling open (would've been a completely lame bomb i I had opened the door anyway -sure didn't hear anything). ~mostly a joke bomb, I think
Point Changes:
Pub (73):
+5 (defused bomb)Cannes (-14):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-16-2004 (3:17 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Sarah Adams
Assassin(s): Chris Moore
What happened:
Sarah was exhausted from her near death experience and went to bed without even turning her lights off. When she awoke in the morning, her lights were set at a dimmer setting. She asked Phil to check it out and when he switched out the lights, he heard the standard buzz of death, indicating a defused bomb.
The question now is how the lights were dimmed. The prevailing theory is that she got up and turned off her lights in a semiconscious state, heard the noise, thought noise=bad, and turned the lights back up until the noise stopped, then went back to bed. Since she was half-asleep, she did not realize that it was a bomb, which would make it a lame bomb.
She was not aware that the bomb had gone off in the morning when she called in Phil, who then defused the bomb, so it is as if there was a lame and a defusal.
Point Changes:
Pub (78):
+5 (defused bomb)
-5 (insufficient paranoia)
+1 (life-saving sleep)Swamp (66):
-5 (failed attempt)
-2 (lame bomb)
+2 (not fair to double punish)
+3 (cool bomb that should have killed)
11-16-2004 (7:57 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Jeff Graham
Assassin(s): Luigi Celano
What happened:
Luigi sent Jeff Graham a mail bomb from the "Registrar" that killed him as soon as he opened it. Jeff's story and claims of vengeance are on Tales of the Dead.
This bumps Pub up to 100, but they still have both targets left. It's still anyone's game, especially with the Master Assassin points.
Note that I've modified the rule for the end of game to be one alley's target(s), to eliminate the situation where an alley can not kill anyone, but has to wait until one of their targets dies for the game to end. It also eliminates the possibility of only having far-away at-large targets left.
Point Changes:
Pub (79):
+20 (kill)
+1 (is that still a felony if it is only campus mail?)
1.0 kill for Luigi CelanoBatcave (44):
-15 (death of target)
11-16-2004 (10:08 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Shawn Ligocki
Assassin(s): Luigi Celano
What happened:
Shawn wasn't so easily fooled and had Xuan open his letter from the Registrar. Shawn was very badly burned but not quite killed by the blast.
I got two pieces of mail today: a package of dried fruit from my grandma and an innocent looking manila envelope from the "registrar". My roommate (Xuan "Fake Shawn" Luo) opened the manila envelope and handed it to me, I looked inside, saw some wires and a battery, handed it back to him and said "Huh, looks like a bomb". When he examined it more closely he realized that it was vibrating.
The envelope contained a self-proclaimed "blatant rip-off" of the registrar's course schedule with the courses:
D125a Introduction to Being Dead Status: Dead
Grading: Fail/Fail
D106a Advanced Topics in Mortuary Science Status: Dead
Grading: Fail/Fail
D214a Really Really Dead Status: Dead
Grading: Fail/Fail
After examining the apparatus it appears that the bomb was activated by opening of the flap, so Xuan must have set it off.
Point Changes:
Tunnel (17):
+5 (defused bomb)Pub (100):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (accurately predicted failure of Shawn in Being Dead)
11-16-2004 (10:32 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Shawn Ligocki
Assassin(s): George Hagstrom
What happened:
George was busy stealing dessert from the frosh desert night when he noticed Shawn suspiciously alive. He went back to his room to get a bomb and make a note. When he returned the frosh decided to shower him for this thievery and Shawn of all people was the first to attack and set the bomb off.
Unfortunately for George, he had already used his suicide bomb on Ichabod. If only he had Eben take the blast, George would be a Master Assassin with a sweet bombing.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (44.67):
+20 (post-suicide suicide bomb)
-20 (wait a minute, you can't do that)
+4 (but it was still cool)Tunnel (22):
-5 (insufficient paranoia)
+2 (valiantly defending your desserts)
11-17-2004 (9:12 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Jessica Gonzalez
Assassin(s): Real & Fake Shawn
What happened:
Jessica survives another attempt on her life, this time by the Shawn duo:
On Sunday, I was looking through a box of stuff my parents brought me on Parents Weekend, when I noticed some wires. I stopped immediately and when my roommate Katherine came back, she defused the bomb.
Point Changes:
Cannes (-19):
+5 (defused bomb)Tunnel (19):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-18-2004 (1:32 am):
Event: KILL
Target: Matt Krogstad
Assassin(s): Mike Wilson
What happened:
Mike Wilson was a bad boy at dinner and threw his cornbread across the room, hitting Matt. Matt is not one to shirk his duties, even at the risk of death, so he delivered the punishment, in all it's icy goodness. Mike, however, had planned ahead and strapped a suicide bomb to his body before dinner and not even Matt could escape the blast. In his final act of justice, Matt dumped Mike with the pure whiteness of fatty milk. Matt's
Mike Wilson has used his one and only suicide bombing.
Point Changes:
Swamp (64):
+20 (kill)
+4 (awesome bomb - this is the reason we have suicide bombs)
1.0 kill for Mike WilsonHeaven (-6.5):
-15 (death of target)
+1 (dying for justice)
+1 (A shark on whiskey...)
11-17-2004 (8:14 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Keegan McAllister
What happened:
Mike Wilson wasn't the only one to think of a dump-activated bomb.
Today at dinner I was rigged in a similar way, and just after Krogstad died, Chris Moore came over to me, loudly proclaimed that it couldn't happen twice in the same night, and poured water on me. If it weren't for the cruel hand of fate, his blatant lack of paranoia would have cost him his life. I still have no idea why my bomb didn't go off -- it worked when I set it off myself a few seconds later, so I don't think it's either a diffusal or a lame bomb. At least I still have a fully-functioning bomb...Since he set it off himself, Keegan is correct - it is not a defusal or lame, but I'll award style points anyway.
Point Changes:
Hell (8):
+2 (nice try)Swamp (88):
-3 (insufficient paranoia)
11-18-2004 (4:43 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Sarah Adams
Assassin(s): Ben Pedersen
What happened:
Lucie defuses a rather long-lasting bomb set by Ben:
Hello! Defused a 12 cent door bomb set by Ben for Sarah. Appearantly, it was set at the same time he set the key bomb for Luigi one or two weeks ago, but since other people have been opening and closing Sarah's door for her and it never went off, we didn't notice it until now.
So I now have a 12 cent loan from Ben. I hope he doesn't expect interest, since I don't really need a 12 cent loan right now :)
Point Changes:
Pub (96):
+5 (defused bomb)Cannes (-14):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-19-2004 (10:24 am):
Event: Terrorism
Target: Amanda Bender
Assassin(s): Terrorists
What happened:
After a terror bombing against innocent civilian Amanda, John vows to find those WMD:
Amanda noticed some strange drawings on our whiteboard yesterday, and when she went to erase them she was very badly burned by a note on the eraser reading only, "BOOM!" I don't know how you would score such an event.
It seems as if our innocent assassination game has degenerated into terrorism. No one is safe in this environment. I am considering a pre-emptive strike against Kremlin, as my intelligence informs me that alley is harboring WMD. This will ensure the safety of the denizens of Womb and of any other alley willing to join my coalition.
Point Changes:
Womb (-23):
+3 (protecting us all)Terrorists (0):
-5 (terrorism)
11-20-2004 (4:00 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Sarah and Katie
What happened:
Frosh dessert night was apparently the occasion for more than one failed assasination attempt. After Chris was showered for stealing dessert, he hung his clothing to dry on the railing of the stairs between swamp and pub.
He put them there fully realizing the bombing potential, but also realizing the opportunity for easy defusal points (yay entrapment!).
Sarah and Katie indeed took the opportunity to safety-pin a set of measuring spoons to his shirt and sure enough when I picked up the shirt the spoons clanged and we were all blown back to the stone age. But the note was for Chris, so once again I am unscathed.
Point Changes:
Swamp (85):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (entrapment)Pub (101):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-20-2004 (3:39 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Harlan
What happened:
Chris picked up his towel and found a note from harlan and a can of code red mountain dew which he then had me come over and defuse. I guess harlan thought that chris would pick up his towel more dramatically and knock over the can.
Point Changes:
Swamp (91):
+5 (defused bomb)Kremlin (48.67):
-5 (failed attempt)
11-21-2004 (7:23 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Shai Barak
Assassin(s): Luigi Celano
What happened:
Yea, so I'm dead. Mail bomb thingie from Luigi.
Point Changes:
Pub (96):
+20 (kill)
2.0 kills for Luigi CelanoAvery (28.5):
-15 (death of target)
11-28-2004 (5:00 pm):
Five days remain and after a very quick start we still have no Master Assassins, though five people are now within one kill. The cannon fires at 5:00 pm on Friday so get your killing in before then.
11-28-2004 (9:53 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Ryan Nasserizafar
Assassin(s): Sandy Ottensmann
What happened:
While at Ryan's house, Sandy planted a bomb in his yearbook. Ryan has his father open and close it in an attempt to defuse it, but the bomb waited for its true target. Not until Ryan opened the book did it explode, destroying the entire block. Ryan's entire email is on the Tales of the Dead page.
This makes 3.5 kills for Sandy, who is now the game's first Master Assassin.
Point Changes:
Pub (116):
+20 (kill)
+2 (intelligent bomb)
3.5 kills for Sandy Ottensmann
+40 (Master Assassin)
+5 (first Master Assassin)Ryan (0):
-15 (death of target)
11-30-2004 (9:19 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Yuan Gong
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
So Yuan was complaining about the lack of attempts on his life, during the tree decoration. So I rectified the situation. Pretending to go to the bathroom I left to set my newly bought motion detector. His door was locked so I entered hyperspace through the tunnel stairs entrance and was quickly in his room. I then hid the motion detector under his desk postitioned to not be seen and so that only his feet could set it off wich they did. Apparently Xuo's bodyguard skills had dwindle with weeks of no attacks. Yuan's story is much shorter.
Scott is now a Master Assassin, with 3.5 kills.
Point Changes:
Batcave (29):
+20 (kill)
3.5 kills for Scott Raburn
+40 (Master Assassin)Tunnel (14):
-15 (death of target)
11-30-2004 (9:36 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Sandy Ottensmann
Assassin(s): Jeff Graham
What happened:
To-night Scott gave me a small gift: a motion detector. I promptly hid it in Sandy's room. I later went and talked to her in the Pub kitchen, as a friendly gesture. After leaving, I was walking down the stairs, when, from near the paint-room, I heard a beeping and a "what the fuck?" or words to that effect. Sandy was dead, dead by mine own vile hand. Sandy's tale is not much longer than Yuan's.
Sandy is no longer a Master Assassin and is now Lame. Batcave is quickly making a comeback.
Point Changes:
Batcave (89):
+30 (Assassination of a Master Assassin)
1.0 kill for Jeff GrahamPub (183):
-15 (death of Master Assassin)
-2 (didn't even last 48 hours)
11-30-2004 (10:44 pm):
Event: KILL
Target: Scott Raburn
Assassin(s): George Hagstrom
What happened:
I was sitting in my room talking to Raman, when Scotty came by, just after having killed Yuan, and elevating himself to Master Assassin. Bitterly remembering how he killed me earlier in the game, I vengefully placed a buzzer bomb inside of his backpack which was right next to his bicycle. Not suspecting my wrath, he opened his backpack causing the device to kill him.
Scott is no longer a Master Assassin and is now Lame. George has 3.5 kills and is now a Master Assassin.
What a night so far: targets had better be extra careful the next few days and George better be paranoid, as should the Pub targets, as they are both alive and currently in the lead.
Point Changes:
Kremlin (43.67):
+30 (Assassination of a Master Assassin)
3.5 kills for George Hagstrom
+40 (Master Assassin)
+5 (revenge)
+3 (kill a Master Assassin to become one)Batcave (119):
-15 (death of Master Assassin)
-5 (didn't even last 2 hours)
12-1-2004 (6:14 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
Scott's attempt at rerevenge was thwarted by loving, caring Anne Rajala:
while opening the door up to blacker from the SAC, i skillfully defused a two-cent bomb meant for george from scott.
then, selflessly, i used the two cents to stuff the stockings hung by the mantle with care. =)
Point Changes:
Off Campus (-25):
+5 (defused bomb)
+1 (donation)Batcave (99):
-5 (failed attempt)
+1 (gotta love rerevenge)
12-1-2004 (7:17 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
It seems that Scott ran out of pennies (and grammar):
As I was returning from basketball, I came through the SAC. When I opened the door to the stairwell leading to Blacker, a penny and a washer clanked to the ground. On the ground was a note that read “George you dead Scott”
Point Changes:
Cannes (-19):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (95):
-5 (failed attempt)
12-2-2004 (12:48 pm):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: George Hagstrom
Assassin(s): Scott, Jeff Graham
What happened:
I heretell there were two more failed attempts to kill me. One by Scott with a motion detector near one of the doors into Vatikremlin Swamp, which was defused by a random Darb, and another by Jeff Graham, shortly after I became a master assassin, who tried to put a bunch of bells in my tennis racquet bag, which was defused by Eben.
Point Changes:
Random Darb (?):
+5 (defused bomb)Vatican (1.83):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (90):
-5 (failed attempt)
-5 (failed attempt)
+2 (persistence - four in a row)Kermlin (121.67):
+3 (George should get some points for all the not-dying)
12-3-2004 (1:14 am):
Event: Failed Assassination Attempt
Target: Chris Moore
Assassin(s): Scott Raburn
What happened:
Scott tried to kill someone other than George:
Sami was walking through Tunnel to his room and set off a motion detector bomb set for Chris by Scott in the soc team closet. I think this should count as a diffuse for Hell, since Sami spends all of his waking time here. Also, he's too lazy to email you.
Point Changes:
Hell (10):
+5 (defused bomb)Batcave (82):
-5 (failed attempt)
12-3-2004 (5:00 pm):
The cannon has fired, the game has ended and baring any late reports, Pub emerged as the winner. The combination of seniors with little work and keeping their targets alive gave them the game. Congratulations also to Scott and Sandy for becoming Master Assassins (even though they died and became Lame), and especially to George for becoming a Master and then thwarting all attempts on his life. The House of the Munth somehow managed not to have any scoring events and somehow managed to keep both targets alive. Good work also to all those still alive and those that helped keep them that way.
If you have any suggestions for next year, email me and I'll pass them on to the next arbit0r.