/Throws cart at legs

In.

EDIT: Do I get brownie points if I don't use a miracle cart?

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 2 2011, 10:44 pm by Observer12425.

So can I have some metal carts to throw at people?

Okay, serious question - can I refer to other players indirectly in my actions? For example, can I shout something relatively loudly, carrying a message to adjacent rooms but also alerting other players to me? If I were the killer and had a knife, a lighter, and a gas can, could I say "Move north, and if I find an isolated person, slaughter them and set fire to their body" (to render them unrecognizable)?
On the other end of the coin, say I was near certain of the killer or someone who wanted me dead - could I say "Move east, and fire on OlimarandLouie if I see him/them"?
EDIT: Oh, and can I turn on/off the lights without using an action while staying in the same room?
EDIT 2: Are we permitted to develop and post a map?

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Mar 3 2011, 12:25 am by Observer12425.

In I guess.

Anything goes. The statements will be interpreted to the context of the environment to the best of poison's ability. I wouldn't bother wasting actions for shouting (I believe vocal actions that are intended to be heard in adjacent rooms cost an action, as they were in Azrael's game; talking, on the other hand, is free). You can definitely say "If there is 1 person in the room, do this; otherwise, do that"; it's pretty standard.
Only if you knew who Olimar was; if your character doesn't know another character's name, you couldn't do that. We'll probably know names for this game, though.
It costs an action. You can usually toggle lights while entering/leaving a room without costing an action, though.
Yes. In fact, that's how the game was played the first time around. This falls under the "anything goes" concept of the game.

Feel free to correct me for inaccuracy, poison.

Much appreciated, and understood.

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So can I have some metal carts to throw at people?

If they exist in the level. Granted that I already hinted that my death will involve a metal cart of some fashion, it is likely there will be a metal cart.

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Okay, serious question - can I refer to other players indirectly in my actions? For example, can I shout something relatively loudly, carrying a message to adjacent rooms but also alerting other players to me?

Shouting to adjacent rooms will cost an action, but talking within a room will not. Actions will be carried out to the extent that they are specified. When they are left vague, however, I will use judgement. If you say "stab x 10 times and laugh mercilessly", then unless something prevents it from happening, you will attempt to stab him 10 times while laughing like a crazy fuck.

Also, "if/then" statements are pretty standard. That's how you maximize the benefit of any one turn; 6 possible actions (two "if/then" for each action) is generally practically always better than 3.

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If I were the killer and had a knife, a lighter, and a gas can, could I say "Move north, and if I find an isolated person, slaughter them and set fire to their body" (to render them unrecognizable)?

Any action that you request will be carried out to the degree in which you state it. Consider it like this: if it is possible for someone to do it, and there is nothing stopping it, it will happen if it is possible in real life. If you state that you want to throw a knockout punch at a particular player, you will knock them out unless someone else's actions interfere. Editing OP to include the "badass" rule, which basically states this.

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On the other end of the coin, say I was near certain of the killer or someone who wanted me dead - could I say "Move east, and fire on OlimarandLouie if I see him/them"?

Yes. Actions targeted directly at a particular player are entirely acceptable.

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EDIT: Oh, and can I turn on/off the lights without using an action while staying in the same room?

If it is reasonable to say that there are lights in the room and you are within a few steps, yes. I'll also include this in the OP. See my EDIT2 below.

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EDIT 2: Are we permitted to develop and post a map?

Yes. This has been done before. You may use any method of communication, form alliances, etc. Posting in the thread while you are dead is allowed unless you post potentially game-altering events. Saying "I'm dead" is considerably less game-altering than "I was with x and I got stabbed to death", for obvious reasons. As Roy said, "anything goes", barring game-altering posts by the dead.

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Feel free to correct me for inaccuracy, poison.

No, you did well

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EDIT: Do I get brownie points if I don't use a miracle cart?

No, sorry.

EDIT2:

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EDIT: Oh, and can I turn on/off the lights without using an action while staying in the same room?

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When you move without sprinting, you can turn light switches on/off in the room you're leaving or entering as part of your movement. It does not require an action. However, this only works if the light switch is beside the door you're exiting/entering from.

EDIT3: OP now includes the following:

Any player knocked unconscious by any means forfeits any remaining actions for that turn, the next turn, and the following turn has one less action due to the first action being used to "revive". That means if you are KO'd in the first action of turn 22, you lose the rest of the turn (so actions 2 and 3), turn 23, and one action from 24.

This is in exact accordance with Azrael's rule, I just thought I'd explicitly state it. Until just now I forgot about it entirely, but remembered.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Mar 3 2011, 4:29 am by poison_us.

Oh, this is a new rule

Generally, if you're going to do something hostile to someone, you should disguise your appearance at a minimum. Even with this barring rule, PMs will fly out if you let your victim know who you are.

Just saying.

Because I can't police PM's, why make a rule against it?

Thanks for the reply, both Roy and poison. I'll be nabbing that metal cart, you can bet on it.

Is there any limit to how much we can hold? (Expect pretty much every post and PM to contain a question=D)

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Is there any limit to how much we can hold? (Expect pretty much every post and PM to contain a question=D)

You have two hands and multiple pockets, which I guess you could limit at 4. You have no set number of items, just what you'd expect the average person to be able to carry in their hands and pockets. Oh, also, any other means you can contrive of to carry stuff in is legit, too, such as putting something on top of your head (though I wouldn't recommend that).

Again, this all assumes that the objects and method(s) of carrying them are physically possible in the real world too.

This sounds fun and creative, great job, sign me up

Creative my ass. It's modeled entirely off of Azrael's

Stealing something is creativity in disguise

You'll LOOOOOVE my creativity come the post where I rip off Olimar.

[Hint: shoutbox romance]

I'll join, what the hell.

Heroes innovate.
Villains duplicate.


What?

Remember, if you're carrying something sharp, you can carry it creatively, such as:


It's a limitless inventory system with no drawbacks!

No drawbacks like crippling pain and general crippling? You're the first on my hit list=)