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Name: Tim
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Collinsville
Birthday: 12/9/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: Comics, writing, acting, friends, wrasslin' (on the Television. The fake stuff.) I've recently jumped on board the whole Harry Potter craze as well. The books are good, anyway.
Expertise: Again.... writing and acting. Those are the bigguns. Drawing, too.
Occupation: Dishwasher at a bakery.
Industry: Ummm.... I work at a bakery.
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  GeneStarwind1984
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Member Since:
12/16/2004
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| Still here. Not leaving. Like this place.
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| Xanga, it has been a while, old friend. ....and I really don't have a whole lot to say at the moment. But I just wanted to make my stance known once more that, DESPITE the fact that I'm fairly certain not a single soul reads my Xanga any more, I ain't gonna let it go. Some of the best times of my life are recorded on this biznatch, and there was a time when we all had a pretty kickass community thing going on here. Those days are, of course, long gone, but seeing as how I have the capacity to be Captain Nostalgia, I like to keep things like this Xanga around so I can look back, and sigh, and go "I miss those days..." and get all melancholy. Anywho... Xanga... you're mah boy. I still like you better than MySpace or Facebook. Mostly because I like the fact that Xanga was pretty much all about just talking and opinions, while Facebook and MySpace are about bio information and retarded applications that I hate. Rock on. | | |
| Okay, so here's the deal: I recently purchased the movie Halloween. The one with the killer in the mask (Michael Myers), who kills a bunch of babysitters. Yeah, pretty generic, I know, but this was actually the first movie to do that, so at the time it was still original.
This happens pretty much every fall, relatively close to Halloween, I get on this cheesy, horror movie kick. A few years ago it was the Nightmare on Elm Street movies (the Freddy movies... they guy with the finger knives) then it was the Friday the 13th movies (Jason. Dude with the hocky mask. I'm especially embarrassed about those, they are utterly classless movies.) This year it's Halloween.
Anywho, while watching the movie I started thinking to myself... wow, this is pretty much just a filmed version of hide-and-seek... with knives.
Then I had this brilliant idea idea for a game!
And no, it wasn't hide-and-seek with knives.
Well... not really, anyway...
So I sat down, wrote out all my ideas for the game, and decided to post them here, where a good majority of my friends'll be able to read it. In case it's not blatantly obvious (which it is) I wrote all the rules out with the Miner's Theatre in Collinsville in for the game's arena, but really, any large, enclosed area could work. The game would require a lot of friends to play, so lemme know whatcha all think.
Game: Halloween Hide and Seek
Story:
[Insert current date here], 1962. The Myers family, including their five year old son, Michael came to the Miner's Theatre in Collinsville from their home in Haddonfield, Illinois to see a special, Halloween showing of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. During the course of the show, however, young Michael wandered away from his family. He made his way below the theatre's stage, into the basement... where he became trapped in the coal cellar. For the entirety of the show, Michael sat alone, in total darkness, until finally, after hours of searching, his sister Judith found him. Something happened to Michael in that cellar. Something changed him... he wasn't the same boy anymore. Halloween night, one year later, six year old Michael Myers was committed to a mental institution after murdering Judith with a butcher knife... 15 years later, Michael escaped, and went on a killing spree in an attempt to murder his sole surviving relative, a sister named Laurie... and now, on this very night [insert current date here], the anniversary of the night little Michael was trapped in the coal cellar in THIS VERY BUILDING... the doors are locked... the power has been cut, and you have all been trapped inside the Miner's Theatre... along with Michael himself...
The players of the game are divided into five categories:
Michael: Of course, one player assumes the role of Michael Myers. This player wears a mask, carries a plastic kitchen knife, and is not allowed to speak. This player's objective is to kill (or capture) the other players, or kill the specific “Judith Myers” player. Michael cannot be killed.
Loomis: One player assumes the role of Michael's psychiatrist and arch-nemesis, Dr. Sam Loomis. Loomis' role is to protect the other players from Michael. Loomis receives a “gun” (either a Nerf gun or, for braver players, an airsoft pistol) loaded with six shots. Each of these shots can stop Michael for 15 seconds. But once they're gone, they're gone. Loomis can take three fatal hits before he's out. Loomis cannot be captured.
Judith: One player, chosen at random, becomes the house for Judith Myer's reincarnated soul. The trick is, only Michael knows which player this is. Killing this player is Michael's primary objective. If the Judith player is killed, Michael automatically wins. The Judith player can take only one fatal hit before they're out. Judith cannot be captured.
Victims: The fodder. These players are defenseless and can only run and hide from Michael. The bulk of the players are victims. Victims can only take one fatal blow before they're out. They can also be captured and transformed into Druids.
Druids: Mindless followers of Michael. Druids are created when victims are captured by Michael and dragged into the coal cellar and held there for ten minutes without being rescued. Druids carry plastic knives as well, but can only capture, not kill. Druids cannot be killed, but they can be stopped for 30 seconds by Loomis' bullets.
Selecting players:
Before the game begins, all participants must throw their names into a hat. Two names are drawn from the hat. The first player whose name is drawn is Michael. The second is Loomis. Michael then selects a name. This name is Judith. Michael must keep the name with him, and only he may know who Judith is.
The game, in my opinion would work best with around 10-20 players. Though it could easily work with less, even with as little as four.
Objectives:
The game begins with Michael in the coal cellar and the other players in the theatre's house. Michael must count to one hundred while the victims and Loomis hide. The game starts once Michael leaves the coal cellar, and the victims must elude him for thirty minutes. After the thirty minutes are up, the theatre doors “unlock” and the players may escape the building out the back door. The game ends when all the victims have either escaped or been killed (or turned into Druids.) If more victims are alive than dead at the end of the round, then the victims win. If the opposite is true, then Michael wins. And of course, if Michael kills Judith, he wins.
Hits, Captures, and Kills:
A person can be hit (struck by Michael's knife) on the legs, the torso, the neck, or the head. Arm wounds have no effect.
Michael and the Druids are not allowed to throw their knives. Even if they do and successfully hit someone, it doesn't count.
Wounds sustained anywhere on the torso, neck, or head, front or back, are fatal wounds. As stated before, Loomis can withstand three of these, while Judith and the regular victims can only sustain one.
The procedure for killing Judith is slightly different than that of the other players. As stated before, Michael should keep the name he drew on him. After killing Judith, he should show the player the name to prove that they ARE Judith and that he has just won.
Wounds sustained on the legs are non-fatal wounds. If one leg is wounded, the player must limp. They may still move as fast as they wish, so long as they limp. If the second leg is wounded, the player is immobilized. In the unlikely event that a player is immobilized, but not killed or captured after fifteen seconds, they may move again, though they must continue to limp. A player MUST be immobilized in order to be captured.
A capture occurs when an immobilized victim is taken by Michael into the coal cellar and held there. A victim can only escape when Loomis or another victim lets them out. If a victim is held without rescue for ten minutes, they become a Druid.
Loomis and Judith cannot be captured.
Loomis' bullets are effective no matter where they hit, so long as they hit Michael or the Druids on some part of their bodies.
Final words:
Much like many other activities derived from childrens' games, this puppy relies soley on the honor system. It'd be a little irritating and detract from the mood if Michael had to have a referee following him around declaring what was a hit and what wasn't. Not to mention it'd be difficult and excessively boring for the referee. So, while it may be a child-like game, if played I would hope everyone could behave like adults and play fair.
I know it's a lot to read, but I tried to write it out in... an interesting way, I guess, I dunno... anywho, pass it along, and lemme know what ya think!
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| I still check this bitch fairly regularly.
I'm not really sure why.
Eh... ** shrugs **
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| Ya know, I'm pretty sure Xanga's on terminal life-support. I don't think anybody on my subscription list updates on any sort of basis that can even be remotely considered regular... or at all... but fuck it. This is something I wanna talk about. As many of you may or may not be aware, I'm a pro-wrestling fan. Though the product itself is in a dismal state, and I haven't bothered to watch any of the crap that the WWE has turned out in the past two months, I still consider myself a wrestling fan, and will probably always consider myself such. And, as anyone whose a wrestling fan will undoubtedly know (or anyone whose been following the news for the past two days for that matter) a wrestler named Chris Benoit died an extremely untimely death two days ago. This wasn't some old wrestler who died a broken death. This guy was right in the thick of things still. He was on TV last week. He was in line to win a World Championship. When I first heard about his death, I was pretty shocked. Totally blown away would probably describe it better. Benoit was one of those guys that just about every wrestling fan loved. He wasn't flashy, or a good talker or anything really. But he was one of those guys who was damn good in the ring. Almost made you forget you were watching something staged. Apparently the guy was also a fucking psychopath. Oh yeah, he died. After he brutally murdered his wife and his son. And, contrary to what people seem to be tossing around, it wasn't some mindless roid rage slaughter. This was something premeditated. His wife and son were both bound and asphyxiated. There were no signs of violence or a struggle. Bibles were placed next to both of their corpses. Evidence shows that Benoit murdered his wife on Friday night, and killed his son (his seven fucking year old son) Saturday morning. Then killed himself later that night. Hung himself in his basement using the rope and pully system from a weight-lifting machine. God only knows why he did it, but he did. This was a guy I grew up thinking was so cool. One of my all time favorites. It makes me physically ill to think that someone I admired so much turned out like this. Sigh... what the hell is wrong with everything? | | |
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