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[Trailhead] With Lovecraft

During gameplay of The Abandoned Windmill, somehow paths got crossed with another trailhead - which we now have OOG confirmation is not related to the Abandoned Windmill.

Blog: http://withlovecraft.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/withlovecraft

It seems pretty interesting, especially the most recent posting of encrypted emails.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

The crypt used is Playfair - which is made obvious by the Play Fair statement on each of the screenshots of the emails.

bluesylvia already decoded some of it with the following output:

Whitey:
YOUR MEDICATON OBSCURES YOU O
BUT NOT FOR LONG O
YOU WILXL FORGET AGAIN I
AND I WILXL COME X

Starshine:
LI TX TL EG IR LX LI TX TL EG IR LR
I DONT LIKE TRESPASXSERS R
IM COMING IM COMING IM COMING IM COMING IM COMING IM COMING

Gabriel:
YOUR BODY IS A CAGE A
COME TO ME
MI HOLD THE KEY
E YOU CAN DANCE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE V
FOREVER H
IM COMING ANOMIE
GG MC OM IN GX

Since there's been some confusion if it was in-game or not this hasn't received the attention it may have needed or deserved.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:55 pm

bluesylvia
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Glad to finally have that all cleared up! Laughing

I left a message on Anomie's blog with the [sorta] decoded message.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:20 pm

bluesylvia
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Below message is currently no longer in play at request of PM through OOG contact.

So I received an email from Rat Atattat (theratinyourwallSPLATgmail.com). Here is the [meta?] email:

Quote:

I thank you for your assistance. You are now involved in a game of sorts.

Here are the reasons:

I want as many people to play with me as possible.
I will cap enrollment at 100 people for the sake of brevity. I need information.
I do this as a game because there is no fun in spying. I'll find Anomie in the end, but why not enjoy the search.
I require assistance because I know Anomie will not talk to me.

Here are the rules:

Classes:

There are 4 classes in this game. Each class has a specific goal.
This game operates much like the party game, "Mafia".

Betrayers- There will exactly 10% of the players of the game that are betrayers. The betrayers will be given a weekly task of finding out information about Anomie and her whereabouts. Betrayers will know the names of all betrayers. Betrayers are forbidden to ask Anomie direct questions or questions that they are not tasked with. The reason for this is that we don't want to let Anomie onto our little game. Betrayers are not allowed to tell any non-betrayers their names or the names of the other betrayers. I will eliminate one of you per week based on your reports. Make sure you get as much information as you can on the topic you are given to be safe from elimination.

Detectives- There will 10% of the game players that will be assigned the role of detective when there is under or exactly 50 players, over 50 players there will be 5% of players given the role of detective. Detectives get one guess per week as to who in the game is a betrayer or who the eliminator is. If the detective guesses correctly the name of a betrayer is, he/she will be outed to the other players and Anomie will be informed by a good Samaritan. Detectives are not permitted to speak directly to Anomie or convey their suspicions. Detectives will know the names of the other detectives, but are not permitted to inform any other characters that they are detectives.

Blockers - There will be 10% of players given the role of blockers if there are less than 50 players, if there are more there will be 5% of players given the role. The job of the blockers are to save from elimination 1 player per week. You all get a collective vote to save someone other than yourselves. You cannot save Anomie because she is not up for elimination. You are not allowed to tell non blocker players that you are a blocker.

Good Samaritans - 60% of the remaining players if there are under 50 players, or 70% if the number of players is over will be given the title of good Samaritan. Your job is to help Anomie avoid giving out information about herself to untrustworthy people. You are also supposed to help her find out who I am and how to save herself from me. I will be dropping hints and clues through a twitter feed and will speak directly to you once per week with a puzzle. You will not know who is a good Samaritan or who is another class. Watch what other people say and do in discussions.

Liars - the remaining 9% of the players will be liars. Your job is to feed Anomie false information. You are forbidden to tell Anomie names directly of people who are helping or hurting her. You are allowed to feed her false information about what people are saying about her or false information about theories in her journal. You will not know the identity of the other liars. Good samaritans can out you, so be careful what you say in group discussions. Once a week, one of you will be promoted to betrayer until all liars are promoted.

Voting/Communications with me:

Votes must be cast by midnight Thursday each week the game is being played. Votes are determined by a majority vote. Votes are submitted through e-mail to me. A mass e-mail with the eliminated players will be sent out each Saturday by midnight. Each player in the eliminated e-mail will be identified by which role they were playing.

Betrayers: Once a week you will each be tasked with sending me an information report containing only the information I have asked you for. Based on these reports I will eliminate one of you from the game and promote a liar to betrayer. You will know who the other betrayers are, and may share information. However, I would suggest not sharing too much. I will be grading your reports on a scale of -1, 0, and 1. You will all start out with 1 point. If a report is given -1 you will lose a point. Once you have a score of -1 you are up for elimination. You will know your score, but you cannot share your score with other players.

Detectives: Once a week you can collectively ask me if one of the other players is a betrayer. I will answer honestly if the player is or is not. You can feed this information to other players, but be careful, you never know who the eliminator is.

Blockers:You vote once a week on someone who you will save from elimination. The person you save cannot be taken from the game by either me or the eliminator. You can save any player.

All players: You vote once a week on a player to be removed from the game. Betrayers can vote for only non-betrayers.

Winning Conditions:

If I win and find Anomie, all remaining players in the betrayer, and liar classes win.

If all betrayers and liars are removed from the game, the good Samaritans win.

Stated Conditions:

These people must NOT talk to Anomie: Detectives, Blockers
These people CAN talk to Anomie: Samaritans, Betrayers, and Liars

If you break these rules I WILL KNOW.

All players must submit their e-mail and unforum user name to me by Friday April 15th to be considered part of the game. The game is capped at 100 players. I will send out a group list of players on April 17th. Each person will receive an e-mail identifying their role in the game. Betrayers, Detectives, and Blockers will be given each others names.

Your task is to post this e-mail to the Unforum board. The more people it reaches, the more people will play. The more people that play, the more fun the game. After you post, send me the title of the thread. When the game begins, this thread will become the discussion space for the game. I WILL BE WATCHING YOU. If you break the rules I will eliminate you immediately. Once you have been eliminated from game you cannot discuss in the game thread or have contact with other players concerning the game. DON'T BE A JERK. I want this game to be fun and I will not permit spoiled sports. I will be answering questions about the rules for the next week an a half.

The Rat

All bolding/underlining was with the email.

My feelings of UF itself being a part of the "game" that the characters can use to watch us: Confused

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:44 pm
Last edited by bluesylvia on Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:27 pm; edited 1 time in total

squid808
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Wow. I'm insta-disinterested.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:11 pm

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Damn. That email turned me off. No thanks.

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:46 pm

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:53 pm

bluesylvia
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My feelings precisely.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:00 pm

bluesylvia
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From Rat Attat:

Quote:

Since I see that you all are unwilling to help in the manner that I desire, I will no longer search for your help. If you want to take the winning side (that's me, and it always will be) message me and we will be in correspondence. Anomie possesses information that isn't fit for all to hear, and a few of you know that. Join me and be rewarded. Ignorance is bliss.

You have a choice, help Anomie or help me. It's up to you.

And as an OOG message the PM wants to retract the previous Mafia side-game idea, so please ignore it and give the ARG a second chance.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:16 pm

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