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Astronomically Low; Forum Game Edition
Topic Started: Dec 5 2008, 12:51 AM (1,045 Views)
FinalKiller0
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Tony.5
Patricia R.5
Fission0

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FinalKiller0
ZHW
ElementalAlchemist ?
Garath531 ?
Eliteprodigy ?

My friend created this forum game on my board. Credits go to him.
Instructions for players
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Welcome to Astronomically Low, the forum game that tests your decision-making and critical-thinking skills as you resolve situations with an "Astronomically Low" chance of happening.

This is how it's going to work: I'll post a situation. You will then post how you will respond to the situation. I'll post the outcome. If you choose the right response and survive the situation, you'll get a point. The member with the most points after [10] situations wins! Every [5] situations, there will be a super-challenging boss level. Winning this level nets you [3] points. Got it? Good.
Don't quite understand how this works? Here are some sample responses (written by the player) and the outcomes (written by judges) to a sample situation:
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SITUATION 1 (current)

Bus Befuddlement! (original idea credits to Nerd, not of this board)

A man sitting next to you on a city bus pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot you. WHAT DO YOU DO?!
Edited by FinalKiller0, Dec 7 2008, 03:13 PM.
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Tony
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Panic, what else can I do? :$

I would talk to the man and attempt to calm the situation, making sure he can see my hands at all times to show him I won't do anything to alleviate the current hostilities.
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Patricia R
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I pull out my bigger and better gun and say "Just try it."
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ZHW
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(sorry, ignore)
Edited by ZHW, Dec 5 2008, 06:50 PM.
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Tony
Dec 5 2008, 03:29 PM
Panic, what else can I do? :$

I would talk to the man and attempt to calm the situation, making sure he can see my hands at all times to show him I won't do anything to alleviate the current hostilities.
OUTCOME

Your charisma skills are not as good as you would like them to be, and he becomes enraged and pulls the trigger. You close your eyes thinking it's the end, when you feel your shirt get wet, but no pain. It was a water gun! It turns out, that you've been punked, and Ashton Kutcher was the bus driver!

HALF CREDIT!

(I hope that I judged correctly!)
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Tony
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Oh, just kill me then! :P Can't stand that 'show'.

:D
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Dec 5 2008, 06:55 PM
Tony
Dec 5 2008, 03:29 PM
Panic, what else can I do? :$

I would talk to the man and attempt to calm the situation, making sure he can see my hands at all times to show him I won't do anything to alleviate the current hostilities.
OUTCOME

Your charisma skills are not as good as you would like them to be, and he becomes enraged and pulls the trigger. You close your eyes thinking it's the end, when you feel your shirt get wet, but no pain. It was a water gun! It turns out, that you've been punked, and Ashton Kutcher was the bus driver!

HALF CREDIT!

(I hope that I judged correctly!)
:O

Awesome.
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Patricia R
Dec 5 2008, 04:08 PM
I pull out my bigger and better gun and say "Just try it."
OUTCOME

The gunman shoots first, and the bullet hits your hand, so you drop the gun. Tony tries to talk to the man in an attempt to calm the situation. The gunman turns to him and tells him to show his hands. At this time. you pick up the gun with the other hand and shoot him. Police and ambulances come soon to the scene to save the gunman's life and your hand. You cannot take your end of year exams with the injured hand, so you wait until it gets better, which is in the middle of the summer. You forget everything and fail. But hey, you are hero for saving everyone on the bus.

HALF CREDIT!

Hopefully that was creative enough. I am not too creative myself. :unsure:
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Wooh, this is fun. :)

Will another scenario be put up, or will we wait for more people to post?
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Tony
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The hero always has to have a gun. :(
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Anyone else want to take a stab at this situation? Maybe some of you judges can turn into players instead (excluding ZHW)?
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I'll take a stab at it, I suppose.

I quickly move left and throw my backpack (filled with 20 or more pounds worth of paper and books) at a rightward angle, hoping to distract the gunman for a split second. I then charge him, attempting to tackle him to the ground.
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Fission
Dec 6 2008, 05:10 PM
I'll take a stab at it, I suppose.

I quickly move left and throw my backpack (filled with 20 or more pounds worth of paper and books) at a rightward angle, hoping to distract the gunman for a split second. I then charge him, attempting to tackle him to the ground.
Your sudden movement infuruates the gunman. The backback flying past him distracts him and he shoots blindly, hitting you in the stomache. Your intestine has been punctured and you are bleeding internally and externally.

The entire bus is now in a panicked frenzy and the shooter has to shoot someone else after they refuse to sit down and shut up. Everyone is now too afraid to help you and so you die a slow painful death as the disease in your intestine creeps into your body and poisons you as you simultainiously bleed out.


CONGRATULATIONS! Your actions caused you to die a slow and painful death and cost a 23 year old mother of 1 and her unborn child their lives.

You Lose, no credit



There is a simple answer to this question that will get you full credit from myself. Good luck.
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Dec 5 2008, 06:55 PM
Tony
Dec 5 2008, 03:29 PM
Panic, what else can I do? :$

I would talk to the man and attempt to calm the situation, making sure he can see my hands at all times to show him I won't do anything to alleviate the current hostilities.
OUTCOME

Your charisma skills are not as good as you would like them to be, and he becomes enraged and pulls the trigger. You close your eyes thinking it's the end, when you feel your shirt get wet, but no pain. It was a water gun! It turns out, that you've been punked, and Ashton Kutcher was the bus driver!

HALF CREDIT!

(I hope that I judged correctly!)
This deserves full credit. But, re-reading it, I see that he mentioned panicing, so the half credit is fine.

I liked the outcome, but couldn't Ashton have wrecked the bus and died while everyone else walked away?
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Aw come on. :P

If I put that line in italics would it make any difference!
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