Scioly Assassination 60: The Lottery

[IdahoSciGuy]

Sassy, i'm fairly certain everyone who wants to take part in this game has already posted, can we please find out who the officers are and get the game underway?

[Assassinator]

Sassy, i'm fairly certain everyone who wants to take part in this game has already posted, can we please find out who the officers are and get the game underway?

I agree:
The pad:

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XECb3bNjNf3Fl7yzFqv60Cvp3Q8kCvBcmidk7WvYLuwbrygxaeTfDxJJeQnNOILJFUC5UMZpNKlar2Re3pF9lH6miZQLENPrgd2iyRpL9YHL1SG6Q0M0X3piwXzjep0FZCUIWTnOOPmGgp5NutITgfXmYgYY8DV6IYxx0nJwNfoVwre104KP3SjsnffbWYtG5EH486Qtp4rBZO9hShud6hYUFyVo9C9IFqPTUpuneTxhR5Fu4jvF9GgRiOaW 
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unveiled message:

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[b]sevenhundredandseventytwo[/b]loremipsumdolorsitametconsecteturadipisicingelitseddoeiusmodtemporincididuntutlaboreetdoloremagnaaliquaUtenimadminimveniamquisnostrudexercitationullamcolaborisnisiutaliquipexeacommodoconvhpddr

guesses:
IdahoSciGuy - 283
paleonaps95 - 666
zyzzyva98 - 498
RandomPerson - 314
robodude (technically ineligible) - 42
ichaelm - 2
fmtiger124 (technically ineligible) - 667
ophiophagus - 13
AlphaTauri - 512
lllazar - 750
winnneratlife - 69
EpicFailOlympian - 204
kjhsscioly - 361
sweetcoop - 777
eta150 - 111
quizbowl13 - 42

distance from 772 (ranked):
1.sweetcoop: 5
2.lllazar: 22
3.fmtiger124: 105
4.paleonaps: 106
5.Alphatauri: 260
6.zyzzva98: 274
7.kjhsscioly 411
8.Randomperson: 458
9.Idahosciguy 483
10.Epicfailolympian: 568
11.eta150: 711
12.winnneratlife 703
13.robodude: 730
13.quizbowl13: 730
14.ophiophagus: 759
15. ichalem: 770

my clue was prepared, but targeted an officer, allow me a little while to ready a new one

also, a couple rule changes, less people guessed numbers than i predicted. As it is the officers have a 5/11 chance to protect correctly by blind protecting

10.Civilians may post. Civilians are considered those that post a number in the first 2 days, but do not become an officer.

is now:

10. Civilians may not post

and an addition:

15. Those who do not become officers but who posted a number act as informants

[quizbowl]

woo, dont need to play! adios, sassy; hope you win

[zyzzyva980]

Math fail. paleonaps was 106 away. But huzzah! I'm finally an officer! Now to read way to far into the selection of the number.

EDIT: Wow, sassy read my post before I posted it and the 106 was fixed.

[ichaelm]

Yeah last place!

[Assassinator]

driven in by the potential promise of 100 million dollars, all 16 of you bought lottery tickets and went to the distribution center to hear of the results and instead of the winner being announced, metal doors close on all the doors and windows. Fmtiger and robodude manage to slip through the doors, the other 14 of you are trapped inside along with a couple hundred other people. There is sufficient living space and food left for several months but no sign of what has really happened
Luckily, 5 of you were smart and brought a handgun you are acting as the “officers” in this sense using your weapons to protect others.

not long after the initial panic loudspeakers announce a poem (clue #1)

like a beast you are
running rumbling roaring ripping
when I realized suddenly, what I must do
stalk the beast and see what he sees, smells, and senses
my watch runs fast, it tells me to do what I must quickly
tic toc, it keeps going, tic toc, and as the hands tell
I must send this beast into the abyss, into a chasm to the abyssm
because this beast, even when telling the truth, all he does is lie

and a rule change

3. Police officers will not be targeted except during the first clue though if the Police officers fail to protect and 3 civilians die, the Officers will lose one accusation for every 3 deaths.

[zyzzyva980]

Ah, so we've got a slacker assassinator? Of course, this could all be a red herring and maybe he did come up with another clue.

[RandomPerson]

If this poem is targeting this "beast", then from the last line, it must be targeting a male.

[lllazar]

Wow i got in And congrats Z!

[IdahoSciGuy]

Im an informant? Well then...

Protect Paleo, if you google search the first line of the poem, take a look at the 4th result.