The Mole: Episode 02 - The Garage Sale / The Hidden Awards / The High-Draw Game
Aug 3, 2011 18:03:11 GMT -5
Post by Beelzebibble on Aug 3, 2011 18:03:11 GMT -5
One player down. Nine to go.
Lugiasian was the first to leave our company, done in by her own lack of activity during Episode 01. Perhaps if given a second chance, she would have gone on to win... but second chances will be in short supply throughout this game.
No reason to speculate. Better to fixate on this first, immutable fact: Lugiasian was not the Mole. And that leaves each of our remaning players with ten suspects to consider. Though not, unfortunately, for long.
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Hello, players. The first challenge of episode two will be, thematically, rather similar to "The Prisoner's Dilemma", in that it'll test your ability to coordinate choices among yourselves for the good of the team. However, I think you'll find this task slightly more complex.
I need to clear out some space in my house, so I'm going to host a little garage sale. I'm putting the following sixteen items up for grabs.
Anything look tantalizing? It gets better. I'm also giving the team a sum of $100 so that you all can shop to your heart's content!! Each one of you is allowed to PM me individually over the course of the next three days and choose one item you'd like to buy and then you will totally get that item!!! OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSSSH
Oh right, the catch.
I said you guys have $100 altogether to spend and I'm holding you to that. If, at the end of the three-day period, the claims that I've received by PM total $100 exactly, you win the challenge and 20 EP goes into the pot. Exceed or fall short of that sum by a single dollar, however, and those 20 EP go directly into the Mole's pocket.
Just to make things a little harder, I'm also locking this topic until the end of the challenge. You'll have to confer among yourselves by PM to arrange a workable solution.
And what'll that solution be? Surely it'd be childish for you or for me to presume that all eleven of you are going to PM me with a claim in the next three days. I'm not sure if it's even possible to total $100 using exactly eleven items on that list, but I wouldn't advise trying, anyway. I do know that it's possible to total $100 using various combinations of fewer than eleven items on the list. And that's where this challenge becomes tricky. Who on the team do you doubt will manage to PM me in time? Is there one player you suppose won't participate in this challenge? Are there two? Three? Budget carefully, because one PM too few or too many and this challenge will be out to dry.
Rulings: One item for each player (the candlesticks, golf clubs, etc. count collectively as single items, of course). You can only claim your own item -- while you can tell me what another player is planning to claim, she'll need to PM me herself. Multiple players cannot PM me claiming the same item (how many copies of Deadfall do you think I have??). If multiple players do claim the same item, only the earliest claim will be respected; the other claim(s) for that item will be ignored. (And I won't tell the later player or players that the item's been claimed!)
One last thing -- Once you guys have got a budget put together (i.e. who's claiming what), I wouldn't mind if someone PMed that to me. Otherwise I don't know what the plan is and how it might run off-course. In fact, I'll even throw a bonus 5 EP in for it. Since the challenge is otherwise all-or-nothing, this is a good opportunity to make sure you take something away from it, at least.
Lugiasian was the first to leave our company, done in by her own lack of activity during Episode 01. Perhaps if given a second chance, she would have gone on to win... but second chances will be in short supply throughout this game.
No reason to speculate. Better to fixate on this first, immutable fact: Lugiasian was not the Mole. And that leaves each of our remaning players with ten suspects to consider. Though not, unfortunately, for long.
* * *
Hello, players. The first challenge of episode two will be, thematically, rather similar to "The Prisoner's Dilemma", in that it'll test your ability to coordinate choices among yourselves for the good of the team. However, I think you'll find this task slightly more complex.
I need to clear out some space in my house, so I'm going to host a little garage sale. I'm putting the following sixteen items up for grabs.
- Telescope - $51
- Lawnmower - $47
- Exercise bike - $38
- Power drill - $33
- Collapsible tent - $26
- Color television - $24
- Wooden dollhouse - $18
- Set of golf clubs - $15
- Old boombox - $13
- Faux diamond necklace - $12
- Pair of candlesticks - $9
- Book of old baseball cards - $7
- DVD of Deadfall feat. Nic Cage - $4 (<-- BEST VALUE PER DOLLAR!!)
- Apron - $2
- Hawaiian T-shirt - $1
- Life-size Pinkie Pie sculpture built entirely out of candy hearts - $899.99
Anything look tantalizing? It gets better. I'm also giving the team a sum of $100 so that you all can shop to your heart's content!! Each one of you is allowed to PM me individually over the course of the next three days and choose one item you'd like to buy and then you will totally get that item!!! OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSSSH
Oh right, the catch.
I said you guys have $100 altogether to spend and I'm holding you to that. If, at the end of the three-day period, the claims that I've received by PM total $100 exactly, you win the challenge and 20 EP goes into the pot. Exceed or fall short of that sum by a single dollar, however, and those 20 EP go directly into the Mole's pocket.
Just to make things a little harder, I'm also locking this topic until the end of the challenge. You'll have to confer among yourselves by PM to arrange a workable solution.
And what'll that solution be? Surely it'd be childish for you or for me to presume that all eleven of you are going to PM me with a claim in the next three days. I'm not sure if it's even possible to total $100 using exactly eleven items on that list, but I wouldn't advise trying, anyway. I do know that it's possible to total $100 using various combinations of fewer than eleven items on the list. And that's where this challenge becomes tricky. Who on the team do you doubt will manage to PM me in time? Is there one player you suppose won't participate in this challenge? Are there two? Three? Budget carefully, because one PM too few or too many and this challenge will be out to dry.
Rulings: One item for each player (the candlesticks, golf clubs, etc. count collectively as single items, of course). You can only claim your own item -- while you can tell me what another player is planning to claim, she'll need to PM me herself. Multiple players cannot PM me claiming the same item (how many copies of Deadfall do you think I have??). If multiple players do claim the same item, only the earliest claim will be respected; the other claim(s) for that item will be ignored. (And I won't tell the later player or players that the item's been claimed!)
One last thing -- Once you guys have got a budget put together (i.e. who's claiming what), I wouldn't mind if someone PMed that to me. Otherwise I don't know what the plan is and how it might run off-course. In fact, I'll even throw a bonus 5 EP in for it. Since the challenge is otherwise all-or-nothing, this is a good opportunity to make sure you take something away from it, at least.