Shadows

They can be, as long as you're lucky enough to have a brilliant host Vizier like myself doing the calculating. Now stop projecting your own shortcomings upon the Vizier, or you won't even make it until nightfall.

Wah wah wah. Shut up and enjoy the game, you're doing fine. Everyone has had a ball killing or suspecting you.

Yes. Player signup has been over for days, but you can join the audience and participate that way.

Everyone is different. I've never been a fan of grinding, but people sit on WoW and the others like it and do it all day. I think this game provides a reasonable variety of things to do within the scope of the beta test. It's obviously not the final product, just a representation of the elements that will go into the full package, which will obviously be much larger. It's really important to remember that we're just testing concepts, not seeing the final product at all. Plus there is still the whole target audience issue. It's meant for children, though I do think they're trying to skew that upward a bit to allow adults to play. It's clearly designed to protect children from predators by limiting the potentially dangerous things that could be said. It's a tricky situation and one that I think they're really trying to do their best at in order to provide a safe and friendly environment for the target audience. Any real gamer will rely on an outside program for chatting in a situation like this, so in the long run it won't be an issue. That's why it's called 'beta testing', to find and work out any problems. Since you clearly don't understand the concept of beta testing or the NDA you agreed to, how about you don't. If you think you can make something better, please feel free to try then report back when we can all join up.

Who isn't?

There is a logic to that. Also logical. Silence followed by rambling followed by silence and then more crazy rambling. It's been illogical and unhelpful for days, which tends to say "insane scum" to me. Given that we have no obvious source of proof, it's about the best thing I can come up with right now. In the end, any vote we make is going to be guesswork, this just seems the most likely. Anyone have anything to help us?

Shadows? Who is this Shadows? Men, have him found and brought to me, Grand Vizier Shadir the One Eyed. I will deal with him personally. *spits* As for you, peasant, don't make OOC 'out of character' posts in this topic... use the chat topic for that! You have been warned! :skull: I will know the difference, my lovely. You just do as I've said and let old Uncle Shadir sort out the details. You wouldn't happen to wish to be my 12th wife, would you? You've done this before.

The Winners! ~ ~ Skalldyr ~ The Penguin ~ Sandy Receiving the most votes, Skalldyr with 8, immediately followed by The Penguin with 7 and Sandy with 6. Each of you will receive the top prize tag, Dastan: Congratulations to each of you for a job well done! But that's not all! Everyone who received a vote wins! pedro with 4, PrEtzel with 3, Fugazi and Greg3 with 2, and gunm, Peppermint_M, Oky Wan Kenobi, Inconspicuous and Ratshot with a vote each. Each of you may choose either: The Camel! or The Ostrich! Please post your choice in this topic and it will be awarded to you in the next day or so and thank you for entering! Wait! Did I say I was done? Oh no, I didn't! After taking the names of all of the voters who weren't entered in the contest and putting them in a hat, I've pulled one additional lucky winner who may also choose from the Camel or the Ostrich. And that winner is ... Masked Builder! Thank you for taking the time to vote! Remember: Fellows are limited to 6 tags, normal members to 4, so if this prize pushes you over the limit, you'll have to decide what existing tag you wish to lose to make room for it. Be sure to post that here along with your selection if that's the case. Again, thanks to everyone for participating, but the winning and the fun aren't over yet. Some of you are already playing Death in the Sands of Time, but the rest of you can get involved as well by sitting in the audience and heckling the players, trying to get them killed, or just generally annoying them. At the end there will be more prizes, so why not head over to watch the game and then get involved in all the excitement of the audience topic? Keep on PoPing!

What a useless load of blah blah. Nobody knows who the insane killer or insane protector (assuming you're right) even is, so we can't choose which one to go for, we have to guess blindly. You make it sound like we can pick which one and just simply kill them. Do you know something we don't?

What fun would it be if I told you how the game mechanics work? I will say this, if someone tries all 3 on the same person, they aren't going to be pleased with the results.

Any time during the day or night. At the end of the associated night, all who failed to pm shall die. As for voting in the topic, people are just being silly, there is no daytime voting at all, so do it if you want to make a joke or a point or whatever, but it doesn't count.

You, you are suspicious for thinking so poorly. Why would the obviously insane killer try to kill another insane? Ricky is now, for at least today, the only other person I can truly believe is sane thanks to the failure of the insane killer. Not really, you still sound as crazy as yesterday.

I'll just ignore the moron players who posted in the audience topic. I really will. Or I'll kill them tonight. Either way. Let's try this again. NO PLAYERS ALLOWED IN THIS TOPIC!

Don't assume those are mutually exclusive. No.

THIS TOPIC IS FOR THE AUDIENCE ONLY. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT POST HERE... morons. As it was written, "One day the Nizam shall rise again and bring upon the land a great disaster. Many will die as they attempt to reclaim control of the Sands of Time." This is that story. News of the situation in Persia spread far and wide, traveling like sand in the wind and soon becoming the topic of conversation in all of the surrounding lands. This is your place to get in on that. Non players may post here and speculate on who is Nizam, who isn't, who will die next, who won't, who is sleeping with whom, what colour their underwear is, or anything else you want! Chat, speculate, accuse, go wild! At the end, a few lucky chatters will receive prizes for their gossiping efforts. CHAT IT UP! The more you post (but don't spam!), the more chances to win! The Victims Players (In order of Signup) to talk about: Dragonator Quarryman WhiteFang Rick Lord Arjay YG-49 Svelte Bob the Construction Man PrEtzel badboytje88 I Scream Clone TinyPiesRUs brickme Dunjohn Dannylonglegs pedro General Redwater jamtf Alice Ricecracker Walter Kovacs hewman Big Cam Zapper Brick Inconspicuous def Sandy Sir Dillon Eskallon Darth Hawken professor flitwick Mac-K Fugazi The crazy one Gamer Roncanator indianajones CallMePie The Legonater Spyder Peppermint_M JimButcher cralegoboy AwesomeKenobiClone iamded Burman hiny awesomebrick Masked Builder Pyramid ThatGuyWithTheBricks greenskull139

Now it's time to play, and everyone can, even the ones who didn't sign up. That's right, check these links! THE PLAYERS PLAY HERE! THE AUDIENCE PLAYS HERE!

ONLY PLAYERS MAY POST IN THIS TOPIC! As it was written, "One day the Nizam shall rise again and bring upon the land a great disaster. Many will die as they attempt to reclaim control of the Sands of Time." This is that story. Day 1: Dark Shadows Over the Desert As the sun rose over the horizon, the market stalls began to fill with merchants preparing their wares for the day. Offering everything from magic carpets to cauldrons and exotic goods from faraway lands, they were greatly anticipating another day of business, but it was not to be. Above the square, a familiar figure emerged from the royal balcony as horns blared to alert the citizens that a proclamation was about to be made. Good people of Persia, I, Grand Vizier Shadir the One-Eyed, come before you not with joyous news as I would prefer, but with a warning and a task for you. Our local informants have confirmed what we had long suspected, the Nizam have returned. They are disrupting our trade, poisoning our foodstuffs, spreading nasty rumours about our underwear, writing disparaging remarks about our women on the side of camels, and generally getting on our nerves. Yes, this is a serious situation indeed, and one that must be handled carefully, with subtle methods and gentle reasoning. There is no point in handling this in anything less than the most cautious and proper way. So here's the plan! Every night, you may kill one person of your choosing. You may also block one person from doing the same, and you may also protect one from being killed. As a matter of fact, you must do these things every night until the Nizam have all been killed or we'll kill you. That's fairly cautious and subtle, isn't it? Talk amongst yourselves today, and when you've come to a conclusion, send me your 3 wishes. The earlier you send, the more successful you'll be. Then, when the day is over (24 hours from now), night will fall (duh) and you'll have 24 more hours to send your wishes. If you haven't sent them by then... :skull: LET THE GAMES BEGIN! The Rules of Play: A small number of you will be receiving a PM shortly. You are the Nizam. The rest of you will not hear from me at any time during this game. You are all free to use the local Potato Messenging system to any advantage you feel it may bring you. The game will operate on a day by day basis, with each game day lasting exactly 24 hours. During that time, all players may post in the discussion topic for that day in an attempt to gain information, create alliances, or simply deceive each other. Participation in the game topics is encouraged but not required. What is required, however, is a PM to me every night you live, detailing your 3 nightly wishes. Failure to send a nightly PM will not be pretty, but it might be amusing. For me. Who you plan to kill. This should be someone you believe to be on the opposing team from you. Assuming they aren't protected, you aren't blocked, and you live long enough to do it, they'll die in the night. Who you want to protect. This should be someone you believe to be on your own team who might be in danger. If successful, it will protect them from one kill attempt. That doesn't mean they'll last the night if multiple people target them. Who you want to block. This should be someone you believe to be on the opposing team from you. If successful, the actions of the person you block will be canceled or possibly altered. Don't be surprised if things don't go as you plan, there will be a lot of people doing a lot of things in the night, plus there are many outside factors that you can't possibly account for. Every day will be a surprise. The night will begin at exactly the moment the previous day ends. You will have 24 hours to PM your 3 wishes to me including the usernames of the players you wish to use them on. Be clear which wish is which, or you might just kill the person you were wanting to protect. At the end of those 24 hours, the next day will appear. This is how you will learn the effectiveness of the previous night (and whether or not you survived it). The Victims Players (In order of Signup): Dragonator Quarryman WhiteFang Rick Lord Arjay YG-49 Svelte Bob the Construction Man PrEtzel badboytje88 I Scream Clone TinyPiesRUs brickme Dunjohn Dannylonglegs pedro General Redwater jamtf Alice Ricecracker Walter Kovacs hewman Big Cam Zapper Brick Inconspicuous def Sandy Sir Dillon Eskallon Darth Hawken professor flitwick Mac-K Fugazi The crazy one Gamer Roncanator indianajones CallMePie The Legonater Spyder Peppermint_M JimButcher cralegoboy AwesomeKenobiClone iamded Burman hiny awesomebrick Masked Builder Pyramid ThatGuyWithTheBricks greenskull139

YES! A successful conviction and then a successful night kill! We've got the crazies on the run, now we just need to figure out how to finish the job and get off this stupid island. That much win deserves a good breakfast. I wish I had one to offer. Anyone want a bowl of fish and bananas? Right...

Feel free to post a proper introduction.

I think we can all confirm the egotistical part. Right, we needed another one of those. I'd suggest you don't. As this topic is purely pointless taunting and unrelated to EB or LEGO and has no entertainment value to the majority of the members... CLOSED.

Last call! 24 hours left to vote!

You have 1695 messages out of 5000 maximum storable messages I think I'll make it.

Don't worry, it won't be 52 for long. I think it's safe to say that Dystopia will lose it's 'most deaths in a single night' title pretty quickly.