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[mattbowyer]

previously on The Mole

The contestants got to know eachother by exchanging profiles while will continue to be a valuable resource throughout the game.

Amidst incorrect information exchanges, disappearing players and apparently 'accidental' violations of the rules the team still managed to score 9,000 out of a possible 14,000 points.

In the end Spectre Assassin and DevonKnight were sadly eliminated.

Now there are 12 remaining players, one of them is The Mole.

[mattbowyer]

CHALLENGE 002

Firstly I'd like to welcome new contestant Johnboy007 to the game. Johnboy was a most valuable player in Mole2 and whilst he couldn't participate in the first week of competition he is now an equal member of the team. Welcome back John.

Now, let's get down to business.


The Mole has kidnapped one of your fellow players and hidden him in a secret location somewhere on earth. That player is Qwerty and from this point forward he is not allowed to post any information regarding his location unless specifically instructed.

To find Qwerty, The Mole has allowed the team to ask a series of questions requiring a yes or no answer. Qwerty's only response to these may be yes or no. Any other information provided by Qwerty as to his location will immediately forfeit the challenge. Any player may ask any question at any time.

But only the first three questions will come free. After that The Mole will require you to hand over 1,000 points of the 9,000 already earned to ask another. That means a maximum of 12 questions, use them wisely. You have 96 hours from the time of this post to find Qwerty, or he awaits a fiery death.

During any other negotiations I will be acting as the middle man for The Mole.

The reward for finding Qwerty is 15,000 points. This will require you to ask Qwerty if he is at a specific location (ie building, park, GPS point) and a yes answer will save Qwerty and give the team 15,000 points. Every wrong guess will obviously cost another 1,000.

Best of luck, don't leave him betrayed...captured...abandoned...

mb

Edited by mattbowyer, 31 August 2004 - 06:20 AM.

[Bond111]

First thing's first, I say that no one asks any questions unless we agree with the question as a team. We can't afford to throw away points, a lesson learned from the last Mole. Perhaps we could organize something to the extent that the question needs to have 3 votes from team members. We should post directly in this thread. This would at least keep the mole from losing us our points.

Anyone agree?

[Johnboy007]

First thing's first, I say that no one asks any questions unless we agree with the question as a team. We can't afford to throw away points, a lesson learned from the last Mole. Perhaps we could organize something to the extent that the question needs to have 3 votes from team members. We should post directly in this thread. This would at least keep the mole from losing us our points.

Anyone agree?

Makes sense. So someone posts a question, and three "ok's" must follow for it to be valid.

[Athena007]

Agreed Bond111... OK... IF we're going to ask Qwerty a question it will be agreed upon 1st in this thread and before the question we'll put...

OFFICIAL QUESTION 2 QWERTY #1: question goes here

...to make sure nothing gets asked accidentally. Unless the above comes before the question isn't not official... deal?

[Athena007]

I have an idea of what this challenge is about...

We're probably going to have to find the picture that Qwerty turned in with his profile (pic attached) which is hidden somewhere in the forums. So I would think our first question would be asking if this is true (or if you all agree that this is the challenge then our first question should be which CBn section he's in (Current And Future Films, Film Eras, Literary 007, Music - the Blades Martini Lounge, Games, Special Interests, International Events, Miscellaneous, or CBn Related) asked in a yes or no way, of course.

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[Johnboy007]

Looks like a Lunar Eclipse, not sure what it has to do anything. The Batman cd's had something like that, perhaps it is in General Discussion.

Pure guesswork here.

[Astros]

It said that he s somewhere on earth. The forum is not involved.

He is most likely at some type of landmark, like the Grand Canyon of something. So I say we ask a question, along the lines of are you located in a country where there is a so an so, like one of the seven wonders of the world, therefore narrowing down the list of countries (places) he can be. But it would need to be a broad wuestion, with not to many answers possibilities, if that makes any sense.

[Athena007]

Johnboy007, that's the image that Qwerty chose to represent himself at the beginning of this game.

We could start with continents if he is somewhere on earth?

[Johnboy007]

Johnboy007, that's the image that Qwerty chose to represent himself at the beginning of this game.

We could start with continents if he is somewhere on earth?

Yes, but as you said it might be a clue. Perhaps he's in a place that recently experienced in an eclipse.

[Bond111]

Johnboy007, that's the image that Qwerty chose to represent himself at the beginning of this game.

We could start with continents if he is somewhere on earth?

Perhaps hemispheres would be better, seeing as we only have 3 free questions.

[Johnboy007]

Here's a possible question:

"Does the continent in which Qwerty is held begin with the letter A?"

[Bond111]

Here's a possible question:

"Does the continent in which Qwerty is held begin with the letter A?"

[Athena007]

Could be a good question, I'm not sure yet though...

If it's YES then we

[Astros]

It would be impossible to arrange the 3 before we know the answer to 1, well not impossible, but not clever.

[Bond111]

Well, he is somewhere on the earth so he must be on one of the continents. With that question the continents are split evenly. And we'd have some idea where he is. We have to start somewhere, but I suggest we use our questions very carefully.

[jermaink]

Is it just me or is anyone else having conceptual problems with this challenge

[SnakeEyes]

I'm in with the 'begins with A' question. That's the best question yet.

[mattbowyer]

Tick, tick, tick...

[Brix Bond]

Hmmm...I think I'm inclined to agree with SnakeEyes. It's a good starting off question.

[Johnboy007]

Shall we make it an official one?

[Athena007]

I'm giving a for the "Does the continent in which Qwerty is held begin with the letter A?" question? It looks like we have enough people agreeing...

Shall we go for it?

[Johnboy007]

Yes!

[Athena007]

OK looking over the thread, we have more than 3 in agreement...

OFFICIAL QUESTION 2 QWERTY #1: "Does the continent in which Qwerty is held begin with the letter A?"

[Qwerty]

~No~

[Athena007]

Ok... so it looks like he's in Europe, North America, or South America.

Next question... ?

[Johnboy007]

Europe, North or South America.

Does the name of the continent begin with carnal direction?

[mattbowyer]

One free question down, two to go.

[jermaink]

Knowing Matt, he's probably chosen a place in Europe, my guess is either the UK or Germany, but that's just a guess.

Do we plan to ask more than 3 questions? Because I don't think it's worth it. I see this challenge as a very easy way to loose valuable points.

[Athena007]

Maybe we should just let Qwerty stay captured. Do we get points for finding him? Not that I can see... so is there really anything making us want to save him?