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"I've always thought," said Rainsford, "that the Cape buffalo is the most dangerous of all big game."

For a moment the general did not reply; he was smiling his curious red-lipped smile. Then he said slowly, "No. You are wrong, sir. The Cape buffalo is not the most dangerous big game." He sipped his wine. "Here in my preserve on this island," he said in the same slow tone, "I hunt more dangerous game."
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"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said, `What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, `It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason."'

"But no animal can reason," objected Rainsford.

"My dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can."

---Exerpt from Richard Connel's "The most dangerous game"

Reaper and Gentlemen...Let the games begin.
Note: if the link doesn't send you to an article named "Assassin Game is a Hit, man", please notify me and I'll post it.

So yeah, sorry for making you read that, but it's actually very interesting that such a game would be made. See, just this year I'd begun playing a game similar to this, only less so. We use washable markers instead, we've only maxxed out at 20 people playing, they're all classmates, classrooms are safe (and talking or being with a teacher too), and time of play stops at 10 PM and starts at 6 AM. It gets a little crazy fast, but it's really a rush. They hardly last more than a few days (I got about 4 targets in a single break period, which is 15 minutes). It really a fun game as long as you have a good understanding of all the rules and you don't let any non-players know about it. If you get in trouble for playing the game, like somebody gets hurt running away or something, then its off. Plain and simple. You play it responsibly, or you don't play at all.

I highly suggest you try it out. If you want my specific set of rules I play by, let me know and I'll send them over to you.

Nancy Ruhe wrote:would you play Clue if Professor Plum was sexually assaulting Miss Scarlet in the Billiard Room with a pool stick?

Thanks for the mental image.

Anyway, that kind of game sounds fun, but I doubt I'd ever play it. You know, same reason I don't play any other sports. Not much of a competitive person, at least when physical prowess is often needed. I might give it a try once or twice, anyway. ... The possibility of a reality show sounds interesting, I suppose, as long as the focus is on the actual game rather than all the angst and melodrama accompanying it. Heh, it would be pretty cool if something like this became a major sport that was televised regularly. Certainly something I'd watch. Because of the lengthy nature of the game and the large playing field, though, it would probably be confined to just reality shows if anything.

Oh, and the link took me to the article the first time I clicked it, but it took me to a page telling me to register the second time and beyond. Odd.

I play that with my friends except it's with permanent markers.

That sounds fun. Where I live we use IR Rifles and wear IR sensors on our heads and we play in a large wooded forest and it's called Headhunters.

Sounds pretty badass. Sure, I'd play it.

It'd be cooler with real guns. If i'm gonna end up throwing my life away, it should at least be pretty fuckin awesome.

He quoted a short story I read in the 7th grade, Teen is a dead man.

I had to read that story too. Then we had to write a poem about it. School finds a way to make everything suck.

That was actually a damn good short story... Whether you read it for school or not doesn't alter its awesomeness.

Oh yeah, I had to read it for school too...

But when you have to read it thinking "I'm going to have to write a fucking poem for this", it can suck. All and all, it wasnt that bad a story. Simpsons did a spin off of it I think.

The dangerous game
It is very dangerous
That guy is a dick

Haiku is a form of poetry! Haiku FTW!


Yeah, uh...sometimes things rock, but school shits them up with stupid assignments. So it goes.

If only that werent the absolute and complete truth.

I love Haiku. The fact that you can get an A with writing three sentences is so awesome.


Anyway, the game these guys play is just a modern version of Cosplay. They're still losers, no matter how cool it sounds on the News.



FIREBALL!!!! FIREBALL!!!! FIREBALL!!!!

Hm... Yes, I do play this game, Very rarely, though.

And Greatchickenman, Yeah most "LARPS"/whatever suck, The only good one I've ever been too had no silly things like magic, monsters, Or any of that shit that doesn't work in real life..