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mcornetto
Posted: August 31st, 2012, 11:16pm Report to Moderator
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This is the discussion thread for the Martian Mayhem (Killer game).  

To view the game thread click here.

ReneC is the Master Killer.

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THE RULES

The object of this game is to end up as the sole survivor.  

THE PREMISE

Due to the dangerous conditions, isolation and hardship involved building Mars base, it has been decided hardcore convicts will be provided a chance for early release by serving their time building the base.   In the past, things have gone smoothly - it seems like this approach might be an effective means of rehabilitation.  

Several politicians have built their careers along with the base and it's time for them to visit.  Unbeknownst to them, on their way to the planet a series of murders has taken place on the base.  The killer is unknown.

YOUR TURN

When it is your turn I will send an email stating that it is your turn.   I will also post that it is your turn in this discussion thread.  Refer to the discussion thread to get information you will need for your turn.  

You must kill one player character that has already been introduced.

In your email, I will provide the name of characters you may not kill.  One of these characters is the killer, so you can and should implicate one of these characters in the murder.  You may also be provided with additional instructions which you will need to follow.

You may move two characters from the room they are in.  The rest have to stay where they are.  Once you move a character though, you can move them as many times and places as you want in that one turn.  If you accidentally go over then don't panic - it's ok but don't abuse it.

For new concepts and terms you may only use what's in the lexicon.  Don't start creating technology, slang, or history - use what's available.  Again, if you accidentally break this rule then don't panic - it's ok but don't abuse it.

You will write a scene and post it in the game thread.  

You have 24 hours to acknowledge my email. If you do not acknowledge then your turn will be postphoned or cancelled.

You have 48 hrs to write your scene + or - a few hours.  It is recommended that you choose one of the other players to read your scene post before you post it.  

Please tell me as soon as you can if you will not make your turn so we can keep the game moving. Don't be afraid to communicate your scheduling needs.  

A player still continues to write even after their characters are dead.  They just write about other characters.

FIRST TURN

During your first turn, you will introduce your second character.   Please send me the new character's information and history so that can post it.  You can PM it, email it, or post it in the discussion thread.

FIRST ROUND

There will be a resurrecution of one player's character at the end of the first round.  

WHO IS THE KILLER

I will pick the current killer randomly from the introduced characters.  I will post a poll every few turns with all the characters that are still alive and you will vote on who you think the killer is.  If the majority gets it correct, then I will randomly choose another character as the killer.

GENERAL SCENE GUIDELINES

Keep it real.

You may create incidental characters but please try to stick to the player characters.  You may also kill incidental characters you create or that other people create and leave lying around.

These incidental characters should be genrically named: CONVICT, POLITICIAN, GUARD.

Or may be referred to in groups: CONVICTS, POLITICIANS, GUARDS.

A scene can be no longer than one post in a thread.  If you use Word then this is somewhere around 7,850 characters including spaces and lines.

All formatting will be left aligned (see game thread for example).  All locations slugs should be in bold. [ b ]slug[ / b ] <- like that without the spaces.

You may have more than one location in your scene.  

Don't assume the general areas specified on the map are all one big room.  They each can have many rooms, nooks and crannies.  Just specify on your slug if you're somewhere special.

If you introduce another character please consider the bio given by the player.

As well as killing off a character, develop "story" during your turn.   This means having characters interact with each other.  However, your character doesn't need to interact with every other character.  Limit the character's relationships to just a few other characters each.  This will make storylines more pronounced.

Make the reading interesting and move the "story" forward.  

I'm putting story in quotes here because there really isn't much of a story here, because more than likely there will be many fragments of stories, after all this is a game.

Good luck and let the thread know if you have any questions (I edited this rather quickly so you probably will).Martian Mayhem (Killer game)

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Nice start michael. you have more writing talent in your pinky finger than i do. you may want to resize the map again like the other thread.
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mcornetto
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lol.

The map should set it's size to whatever size your browser is.  Is it causing you to scroll sideways?
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yeah, at full screen im having to scroll sideways quite a bit.
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mcornetto
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It shouldn't be wider than your page - it's actually impossible for it to be wider than your page.  Are you using your phone?  What browser are you using?  

Is anyone else having this problem?

EDIT:  Ah! You must be using IE.   Looking into it.

EDIT:  There's not much that can be done with the image in IE because it's determining the size differently than all other browsers.  I made the picture a bit smaller for the time being - but will see if I can find a better solution.   Would suggest using a different browser if you can because IE is a piece of crap.    

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What good are choices if they're all bad?

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True, but I really, really don't like Firefox. I'll just deal.


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Nicely done Michael!

I mistakenly spelled my character's first name with one L. You have it correct in your scene as Elliot. Could you correct the character list? Thanks.
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mcornetto
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The best alternative to IE is Chrome.   Much faster.  

I can make the image smaller still but it's going to start to get hard to see.  

Fixed Elliot but you won't see it until after Blonde goes and I update things.
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Ok. Best I can think of to do.  

Both the map and tracking are at 50%.

When you move the mouse over them they expand to 100%.

When you move the mouse off of them then the go back down to 50%.

Hope that works for everyone.
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Good job Michael, you set things up pretty nice. Interested in seeing where this goes,


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Michael,

Can you skip my turn, please? Today's just been a fucking mess. Thanks.


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Is it me or is this sounding awfully complicated?  I bet I'm the first to break the rules. lol


Check out my scripts...if you want to, no pressure.

You can find my scripts here
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I have a sneaking suspicion Alan the computer is somehow linked to the killings.  Kind of a play on HAl from 2001; Space Oddyssey.  
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Quoted from Mr. Blonde
Michael,

Can you skip my turn, please? Today's just been a fucking mess. Thanks.


I'll postpone your turn.

However, you should let me know if you want to postpone within 24 hours.  It doesn't only affect me when you change the schedule - it affects everyone playing.  

Thanks.  
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