EpicFailOlympian wrote:How do you choose which is the assassinator? Is the one of the officers/informants secretly the assassinator? Or you guess from all the active users?
Read the topics already.
RandomPerson52 wrote:Bah, not another one of these topics, though I do thank you for not posting in the thread and making spam.
I'm a bit swamped with doing hw right now, so I'll be lazy and tell you the best way to understand them is by reading past threads. I think reading the first 5 games to understand how it started and the most recent 5 games to see how it is now should suffice.
EpicFailOlympian wrote:How do you choose which is the assassinator? Is the one of the officers/informants secretly the assassinator? Or you guess from all the active users?
Read the topics already.
You could also read one of the several other topics addressing questions about the Assassinator games, which you really should have looked up before making this thread.
Lay off, (s)he's new here. It was an honest question. (s)he probably doesn't know about threads and stuff yet, and found the Assassination games interesting. I know I was confused when I first started.
robodude wrote:Lay off, (s)he's new here. It was an honest question. (s)he probably doesn't know about threads and stuff yet, and found the Assassination games interesting. I know I was confused when I first started.
Yeah that was a little much celeste, I was the same way when I was new here, they are a bit much to grasp at first hand.
But seriously, actually reading the threads is the quickest way to understand. The first five are really short so there's no excuse.
robodude wrote:Lay off, (s)he's new here. It was an honest question. (s)he probably doesn't know about threads and stuff yet, and found the Assassination games interesting. I know I was confused when I first started.
Sorry, I didn't really mean to sound snappy or anything. (Tone of voice is kinda hard to convey over a keyboard... ) But, yeah, I totally felt that way early on, too.
It helps to read the threads. I've read about 40 out of the 50 completed ones, and I have a pretty good grasp on the game. I hope. You don't have to read 40, but choosing some of the earlier games should help. Not some of the recent ones, they've been... "unique" is a word, I guess. They're not going to help you later on when the rules get back to normal. This game I think they're back to normal, or pretty close.
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"unique" is better, though. It adds flavor to the games. You should also read "unique" games like 40, 44, 49, and 50 to give you an idea of how the games can change.
zyzzyva98 wrote:It helps to read the threads. I've read about 40 out of the 50 completed ones, and I have a pretty good grasp on the game. I hope. You don't have to read 40, but choosing some of the earlier games should help. Not some of the recent ones, they've been... "unique" is a word, I guess. They're not going to help you later on when the rules get back to normal. This game I think they're back to normal, or pretty close.
I sent someone a PM back in November with a small explanation. I'll post it here in case you find it useful.
blue cobra wrote:It's a game we play. Have you ever played Mafia? It's similar to that. Basically, there are 5 officers and one assassinator (in previous games there have also been five informants, who could post while civilians [people not officers or informants] could not). The assassinator's goal is to kill all of the officers, though he is allowed to kill people outside of the game as well. The assassinator posts a clue about who his next victim will be. Assassinators could use ciphers, riddles, pictures-anything really. The officers must figure out who the clue is targeting and protect that person. Each officer gets one protect per clue. If they protect the correct person, then he is not killed. If they don't, then he is killed, which means that he can't post anymore. Also, each officer gets (usually) three accusations. An accusation is accusing someone of being the assassinator. Usually, the assassinator will post clues to his identity, which the officers will use to try to figure out who he is. However, if an officer makes three incorrect accusations, he can't accuse or protect anyone (but he can still post). The officer who accuses the correct person gets to choose the next assassinator, and is allowed to choose himself if he wants to.
Each assassinator can change the rules, but this would be your average game. Just look through old games, and you'll get the hang of it
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Sorry, I didn't really mean to sound snappy or anything. (Tone of voice is kinda hard to convey over a keyboard... 
) But, yeah, I totally felt that way early on, too.
Holy cow, 40!!! I've read, like 7....
