The FRA Betrayal Game

[andrewj]

AJ was struggling to come to terms with what had just happened. All of his friends were here to enjoy a robot combat tournament together and suddenly within minutes two people had died. Mourning wasn't an option right now though – his own life was at risk and he needed to watch his back. The best thing to take his mind off everything was to compete in the rumble, so he stayed at his pit bench and continued to put the finishing touches to Axeon 4.0. Everyone seemed to be picking up weapons to defend themselves, so he kept a large wrench close by at all times.

Tactics: Avoid the spinners but try to have fun. After losing Joey and Martijn, I don't want to get Axeon smashed up too!

[parassyte]

I know I've been a bit quiet in the corner here, but I agree with the people saying this is pretty serious. Someone's clearly killed two of us and is hiding among us. I recommend nobody leave this room. If we do have to at some point, make sure every group has at least three people in it--that way if there is a killer they'll be outnumbered.

I can't think about robot stuff right now but if we're going to go through with that... hmm...

*looks at opponents*

Alright... if we're doing strats... I can't keep track of all of the bots. My plan is to try and set up camp in one quadrant of the arena--not on the edges but not in the center either. I want to play keep-away to anything that approaches, smack them with the disc, or push them with the wedge into the wall and move on. Keep a sharp eye out for those axes though. Be ready to turn around and rebuff them!

[alex_holt]

"So to clarify here, if any of us try to leave, we die and if we stay we probably die? This seems to be slightly counter productive, it's clearly not to win the tournament as otherwise the killer would let us forfeit and leave. As the whole thing appears to be a set up, who out of us would go through the trouble of rigging up murder toilets and death letters? It seems pretty contrived.

I don't suppose anyone bought a phone with them to rind and get the police in or something?"

[GF93]

After making the necessary phone calls, Alex returned to the relative safety of the Pits with the others. Although there was little-to-no risk of anyone getting attacked when they were all together, there was still a definite air of paranoia and uncertainty evident.

Once he had returned to his table where Dreadnought Mk2 still was after its fine-tuning, Alex pulled up a nearby chair, took his Kukri out of its sheath, and held it like a guitar- strumming his fingers along the side of the blade and whistling apprehensively as he waited for any further instructions.

[GF93]

"I don't suppose anyone bought a phone with them to rind and get the police in or something?"

"I did. I've just called the Police and Ambulance for assistance regarding what's happened." Alex replied from his table.

[majinb]

"Hey Ref, has anyone called the police about these murders yet? They should be able to take care of this."

Rastarefbot, with a dopey look on his "face", said...

"Have I done what?"

[alex_holt]

I know I've been a bit quiet in the corner here, but I agree with the people saying this is pretty serious. Someone's clearly killed two of us and is hiding among us. I recommend nobody leave this room. If we do have to at some point, make sure every group has at least three people in it--that way if there is a killer they'll be outnumbered.

This is assuming (without any of our external context) that there is a single killer, it might be more than one person for all we know, or that whoever is doing the killing doesn't have the means to kill multiple people at once. We really don't have any defence beyond staying as a group where everyone is watching everyone.

[majinb]

OOC: Ironing out some first round details AND fighting an upcoming illness... expect round 2 to start later this weekend

am pleased with everyone's input

[majinb]

... ok, ironing out more details, that's what I get for trying something new!

[GF93]

... ok, ironing out more details, that's what I get for trying something new!

Alright, looking forward to seeing it.

[GF93]

expect round 2 to start later this weekend

Not to be impolite, but...

[majinb]

yeah, it was AFTER that that I stated that more details needed ironing out



including several people's round 1 actions, hint, hint

[GF93]

yeah, it was AFTER that that I stated that more details needed ironing out



including several people's round 1 actions, hint, hint

Oh, alright. Anything in particular?

[majinb]

Yep.

- Every player, including the betrayer, must privately inform me of 2 suspect votes per round. Basically you name 2 people who you wish to blame for the mysterious murders taking place, either out of genuine conviction (there may be clues, there may be red herrings) or strategic reasons. When down to 4 players or less, each player gets to name only 1 suspect per round.

[majinb]

The FRA Betrayal Game

Chapter 2

That rumble

Rasta Refbot had spend most of the time after the consternation following the assassination of Joey and Martijn in another room. He came back now, and what he saw was Alex Valentine with a mobile phone in his one hand and a knife in the other, Alex Holt and Nick motivate people to stay together and keep an eye out on one another, Andrew was vividly working on his robot, Dylan, Shane, Kody, Playzooki, Josh, Steven and Tracy were all armed, Josh and Steven taking a keen interest in the corpses.

"Hey man, help me give this arena a push!", Rasta Refbot said whilst trying to get the Bermuda Triangle Arena into the large hall.

"Alwight, we'wll hewlp." Alex Valentine said, his blade between his teeth to help push better. Several others joined in.

Several others still were preparing their machines.

And everyone noticed how Rasta Refbot somehow started smoking a joint.

"What man? Caribbean way of life."

"Ok, the arena is in place man. Everyone get your robots in there, we will be starting soon. 11-Way melee, cease will be called when the first robot is out. There will be no house robots this fight. And I can be arsed to do interesting introductions. Just fight man."

11 Robots fought one another. 11 Roboteers were behind their respective steering wheels. None trusted the other. Some had a weapon of their own within reach, just in case. The robotic fight, however, in no way suffered from the circumstances. Seung Mina VII flipped Good For It Snr. WhipCoil 4.5 rams Revolver Ocelot and receives a nudge from the latter's spinner. AIR finds itself in a close quarters wedge vs wedge battle with Dreadnought Mk2. Wedge Devolution flips Axeon 4.0. Parasite is seen striking a blow that hits both Baldur Gamma and Mobile Failure 2.5 near the edge of the arena. Rasta Refbot, his Refbotting skills hardly required, is a lazy commentator if ever there was one, his joint now in his "hand". He rightfully points out that Playzooki's Good For It Snr is having dire troubles now that Seung Mina VII is joined by WhipCoil 4.5 and Revolver Ocelot in taking on Playzooki's mean machine. The battle is so intense, that no one notices the haze surrounding them. No one notices that their perception is clouded, until Dylan, who stood right next to Playzooki in the control booth, notices he isn't standing next to Playzooki at all.

Next to him was Good For It Snr itself, its remote control on top of the machine.

"... guys... if Good For It Snr is here... then what have we been destroying in that arena over there?"

"... now you mention it..." Shane replied, "looks like that is Playzooki himself!"

"That joint!" Nick screamed, somewhat smug he could put his knowledge on biochemistry to use, "There were gases in there that clouded our perception! We thought we were fighting a robot. Heck, Playzooki must have thought he WAS a robot."

"Whose robot do you think was it that killed him?" Tracy asked.

"Impossible to tell." Nick answered.

They all looked at each other.

"Cease man" Refbot said, "Good For It Snr, or Playzooki himself, whatever, is the first robot to leave this competition, the remaining 10 robots will be divided over 5 1 on 1 matches. I'll decide later what will happen with the 5 winners..."

Everyone was still in shock as Rasta Refbot started summing up the match ups.

WhipCoil 4.5 vs Revolver Ocelot
Axeon 4.0 vs Mobile Failure 2.5
Baldur Gamma vs Seung Mina VII
Dreadnought Mk2 vs AIR
Parasite vs Wedge Devolution

"This was the best joint I had in ages, did 1 of you guys put something in it or so? Great stuff man."

Rasta Refbot drove off to clean the arena, swerving from side to side a bit as he went along.

Alive and kicking

Alex Holt - Baldur Gamma
Josh "NWOWWE" Noel - Revolver Ocelot
Kody "Kodster" Kunz - Seung Mina VII
Tracy "Shadowflare" Farber - Mobile Failure 2.5
Andrew Jackson - Axeon 4.0
Steven McGregor - Wedge Devolution
Dylan "Badnik96" McCarthy - WhipCoil 4.5
Alex "GF93" Valentine - Dreadnought Mk2
Shane "Swanaldo" Swan - AIR
Nick "Parassyte" Schuch - Parasite

Fallen

Joey McConnell - ... robot as of yet unseen...
Martijn "MajinB" Benschop - With or Without you
Playzooki - Good For It Snr 1 suspect vote at time of dead

Suspect votes
Player 1 - 5
Player 2 - 1
Player 3 - 3
Player 4 - 1
Player 5 - 0
Player 6 - 3
Player 7 - 1
Player 8 - 1
Player 9 - 3
Player 10 - 3
Playzooki - 1