Is falsification of senders on email allowed?
No. Anyone caught doing this will become a Rogue and will be reported to FAS Computer Services.
There seem to be a number of CS51 students and TFs playing for each side. Is the break around 2:00 (during which everyone goes out to buy Nantucket Nectars or check email) still considered "during class" if the people are outside the lecture hall itself?
No. If you are not in the classroom, you are not exempt from being shot. You may want to strip naked before buying drinks or checking email.
What if someone bites a tainted food item or sips a tainted drink, notices the iocaine sticker, and spits it out?
They're dead. Any contact with the mouth is fatal.
May I take pictures of people without their permission?
Although it may be considered rude, it does not violate the rules of the game.
I am seriously considering asking my whole floor for permission to streak to and from the shower for the duration of the game. However, I first want to confirm that you count as nude if you are carrying a towel which you do not use to conceal yourself. Or, as a compromise my floor might like, what if you are using the towel to conceal yourself, but whip it off when your assassin appears?
If you're encumbered at all by any fabric or covering on your person (carrying towels counts), you're not nude. If you drop it when an assassin appears, you're safe.
I'm confused about resurrection.
The first seven HCS players to die will be resurrected. They will get completely new targets, and HRSFA players who formerly had them as targets will be re-assigned a new target (which may be, but need not be, the same as the old target). They will be resurrected as soon as assassin@hcs gets around to it. If an HCS player dies multiple times, s/he can only be resurrected once.
What role do accessories play in determining "the victim's clothing"? For example, is a backpack a part of the clothing? How about an umbrella? Or a refridgerator? Or a part of the Lowell House Opera set?
Backpacks are not clothing. Neither are umbrellas. In particular, neither lightsabers nor floppy disks are clothing and may thus be used to deflect darts fired at you (if you're extremely alert and quick enough to dodge bullets). In general, if it's a hand-held item, it's not clothing. However, if it's being used to cover your body, it is clothing. The judges are not inclined to be lenient in this area; if you wrap yourself in saran wrap, walk around in a large cardboard box, or strap backpacks to every exposed area, you run a good risk of being declared a rogue.
If Harry HRSFAn has a class in one room from 10-11, then a section for that same class in a different room 40 feet down the hall from 11-12, is he vulnerable during the 30 seconds at 12:02 that he walks down the hall from the class to the section?
Yes, but note that there's some measure of protection in crowds; if someone tries a public assassination, he has to be 40 feet away at the beginning, allowing time (probably) to duck into the other classroom.
> Most Revered and High Commissioners and Chief Justices of the Game.
>
> (1) In accardance with Rule V.E:3, is an assassin proteced from *all*
> assassination attempts from the time the public assassination commences?
All assassination attempts by the person they're trying to assassinate.
> (2) Do the protections granted by the 'Magic Clowns' and 'Dave' phrases
> begin at the start af the proclamaiton or after it's completion? E.g.,
Depends. See as follows:
> (a) If I yell "Behold the vengeange --" and get shot, am I dead?
No.
> (b) If I say "What are you doing, Dave? I'm ---" and get shot, am I dead?
Yes.
> (c) If a victim hears "Your feeble skills --" or "Didn't your mother--"
> and drops his pants, is he saved?
No.
> Also, acording to Rule VII.B:2(a)viii, it seems that any sort of
> pandemoniumin the Garage, ("wild uproar") not just the store
> _Pandemoinium_, is an out-of-bounds-area .Is this the intent?
No, but I think it stands. 7:-)>
What's with Lowell House?
Although Lowell House apparently has a rule against Assassin, it will not be declared a safe area. You are responsible for avoiding any areas in which playing this game may cause trouble.
Note: the Lowell senior tutor has allegedly threatened to Ad Board anyone who plays Assassin in Lowell, regardless of House affiliation.
From the Lowell House Office: "Students may be asked to leave the House if they are found to be organizing or participating in [a game of Assassin.]" As in, stop living in the House forever.
Can person A yell the phrase to commence a public assassination against B, if B is not actually a target of A? Of course A would not actually be able to kill B, but could A give B a little scare?
One can in fact do this. Keep in mind that B will still be able to kill you if you're their target, or you make your weapon visible, which you must do for a public assassination.
> If I am in my room I can not be killed, right. Right. > If I am in my room and so is my victim (who does not live there) can I kill > them? They are not in a safe zone as they are in the attackers room and > not the victims room. No. You can't kill from your room. > If my attacker is in my room and I am not can they kill me? Yes, assuming the attacker is not your roommate. > If I am at work can I kill someone who is not safe as again it wouldn't be > the "victim's" workplace but the "attacker's" workplace. I just want to > straiten up as with a hrsfa roommate and two hrsfa people in my section > some of this detail may become important soon. You can't kill while at work.
May two people who share a target declare a public assassination on the target at the same time?
Yes. The target may not shoot either of the assassins for 16 minutes.
Also, what if you make an attempt to [publicly] assassinate a non-target of yours for the purpose of convincing him he is your target, so that he will take to heart rule V.A.5 and illegally kill you?
You must have your gun out when you shout the magic clowns phrase. If you are not actually assigned that person, he can shoot you since your gun is out (and you're not actually "involved in a public assassination"). And anyone else on the other team can shoot you too.
If the intention is just to mislead, yes, that's allowed.
But beware: if you actually shoot the other person in a way that would be considered a kill if that were your victim, you become a Rogue.
And dead people shouldn't be allowed to brandish weapons!
Dead people are considered non-players and can do what they like.
What is the definition of "during classes"? I assume that the lecture halls or classrooms are still safe immediately before and after the time during which the professor is actually lecturing, but how far does this go on either end?
Classes begin at the scheduled start time and end at the scheduled end time or when the instructor stops lecturing, whichever is later.
Can you put iocaine powder on someone's clothes inside a safe zone, if the clock doesn't start ticking until they leave it? Similarly, if you eat tainted food inside a safe zone, do you die?
VII/D/2: "Iocaine Powder stickers may only be placed while both assassin and victim are in bounds."
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS NO LONGER TRUE: As it is impossible to un-taint food, if you eat tainted food within a safe zone, you can be killed when you emerge from the safe zone and the assassin says the appropriate phrase.
There is no rule forbidding possessing more than one weapon at a time, is there?
You may not use guns other than your official game equipment to shoot people, and if people see guns that are of the same model as the official game equipment, they are free to shoot you.
If you miss, then do you have to conceal your gun as you reload? Also, can we accidentally assassinate another teammate? (e.g. I think he is on the other team and he is brandishing his gun)
See the note to V/E. If no one sees the bullet at all, you don't have to conceal your gun. If they do, you must conceal the gun and bullet before trying again.
It is impossible for someone on one team to kill a teammate. It also does not produce Roguehood. Target-practice on your teammates all you like.
Some recent announcements:
This weekend there will be a Time Out in honor of Junior Parents' Weekend. The game will pause from Friday 6am to Saturday 11:59 p.m. No one may carry the game equipment during this time.
A note on poison: In general, communal serving troughs/dispensers (e.g. froyo machines, dining hall hot-food trays, soda machines) may not be poisoned. However, individual dishes may be poisoned, even if it is before they are taken by the individual in question. (In general, private or semi-private collections or containers of food in one's room can be poisoned. In unclear cases, the judges will decide whether a kill stands.)
Also, the "meeting with students" exemption for TFs has been revoked on the grounds of dictatorial fiat. Scheduled office hours are still safe, and you can safely meet with your students in out-of-bounds areas.
Poisoning clarifications: