Probably needs to be mentioned here. The guy running this game, HN user captaincrunch, isn't the "John Draper" captaincrunch most of us are familiar with.
It's an interesting idea, though. I hope HN captaincrunch keeps us updated on his successes and challenges.
I played in a game like this back in high school (late 80s). It involved at least a couple hundred students and had everyone from chess nerds to football players involved. It was an insane fun time. Couldn't get away with what we did, these days, though (think paintball "assassination" during social studies).
I remember this "assassination tag" game from the late 80s also. It was played with squirt guns in my hometown. Everyone drew names. The name you drew was your target. When you made a "kill", the person who was eliminated gave you the name they'd drawn and that person was your next target. The game proceeded until only one person remained.
It turned out to be considerably more dangerous than expected. Entertech motorized squirt guns were popular at the time. They were made of all black plastic and looked very much like real automatic submachine pistols from a distance. Players in the game liked them because they could fire a nearly continuous stream of water and they had good range. Unfortunately, because they looked so realistic, misunderstandings occasionally happened and a player of the game could find themselves staring down the barrel of real policeman's very real loaded weapon.
This is the game. Though all kinds of implements were used, up to and including paintball guns. Luckily, we never had an run-ins with the police. It was very, very fun because you didn't know who to suspect. Everyone was involved, and walking/biking to work was an interesting journey of paranoia.
Heh good ol John..when i was part of the melbourne HP community in the bbs days he stayed with me in melbourne, not a pretty sight, for the idol that he was to us, he sure didnt live up to it. he proceeded to arrive at my house and demand access to the net, had a tantrum and actually cried when he was told he couldnt have it immediately (as i was running something at the time, modem days heh) and proceeded to freak us all out with rotten teeth and a fried brain from way to much acid. heh, we were so dissapointed. :)
It's an interesting idea, though. I hope HN captaincrunch keeps us updated on his successes and challenges.
I played in a game like this back in high school (late 80s). It involved at least a couple hundred students and had everyone from chess nerds to football players involved. It was an insane fun time. Couldn't get away with what we did, these days, though (think paintball "assassination" during social studies).