The Cannonball Run Official Game Thread

[b][u]Drivers entered in the race:[/u][/b] 1. Hoodlum 2. Sygmassacre 3. Jimi 4. AlexCheckMate 5. Tennesseelogman 6. Bluegoetz 7. Virtuosity98 8. huskers01 9. Anaxagore 10. Mayba 11. WMatar 12. Vicious 13. Kyla 14. dough_boy 15. rodd

As requested, this will be the official game thread. The race begins in just about 24 hours from now. Good Luck! Edit: I fixed the start time. When I first made this post I skipped a day;) The race will officially begin at Midnight, Saturday Night, 12 PM server time.

I'd also like to read the other post from the other thread in this thread, so therefore, I'll quote elysium5 here: [quote=elysium5]The First D12 Cannonball Run! From a secret location in Connecticut to a secret location in California, who can get to the finish line first? The race will cover a total of 3000 miles (distance being calculated in US terminology as it is being held in the US) or 4800 kilometres for, well, basically, the rest of the world except maybe parts of Europe. [i]*disclaimer[/i], I've always lived right on the Canada/US border in two different Provinces and still prefer to know how far a trip is in miles, not kilometres, how much rain or snow is falling in inches and feet, not centimetres and meters, and the temperature in Fahrenheit, not Celsius!:ninja: Every entered vehicle is equipped with a speed inhibitor that limits the speed of each vehicle to 160 mph or 256 km/h. The Safety Enforcement Unit wants to stop the cross-country outlaw race and law enforcement is out in full force watching for Cannonballers. All players have at least one Day Action every day that allows them to call the police and [b]#Distract[/b] a player and one Night Action every night that allows them to [b]#Sabotage[/b] a player plus any additional chosen or traded actions.. Theoretically, you could finish the race in 18.75 hours if you are able to avoid all efforts to [b]#Distract[/b] or [b]#Sabotage[/b] you. That is highly unlikely, so how fast the winner wins the race is dependent on the winner and their Actions/strategy as well as all the participants of the race and how they employ their own strategies/Actions. Each Phase will be a potential Four Hours of advancement (640 miles or 1040 kilometres). If you are not Distracted or Sabotaged, you will complete each Four Hour Phase in Four Hours. If you are [b]#Distracted[/b] or [b]#Sabotaged[/b], you will be reduced time accordingly. Your individual time can not be reduced more than four hours per phase, regardless of the application of any individual or combination use of Actions collectively. *This includes the use of [b]#Roadblocks[/b] during any Phase. The race will officially begin at Midnight, Saturday Night, 12 PM server time. (43 hours and 40 minutes from this post). Good luck Cannonbballers![/quote] Furthermore... I've only just now read the game PM as I got per elysium5 (& this post^).... am I to assume there are no 'set teams' ? like maffia vs town? it's 1v1v1....v1 (15)? Interesting concept... not sure yet what to think of it (makes sense with the 'theme' though: Cannonball race). Also, I guess everyone received the same PM by elysium5? So we'll only differ by the choices we make (which extra ability and how/when to use)? There is not someone who can e.g. destroy someone's vehicle, or bribe the police, or? Participants, start revving your engines! Good luck everyone :) -Alex

Everyone received the same PM. Everyone gets the same choices. The question is who is the most [s]devious[/s], [s]evasive[/s], [s]manipulative[/s], [s]destructive[/s], [s]sneaky[/s], better driver? First to the finish line! Rev em' up! 2 hours to start time! Get your vehicle descriptions in if you haven't yet and don't forget to choose you extra action option! * If you don't choose a vehicle before the end of the first phase, I will choose one for you. ** If you don't choose your extra action option right away, you can still choose it at any time during the game but you must decide before you can use an extra action.

Time to kick the tyres and light the fires

The first phase has begun. It is a Day Phase. It will last for 24 hours. Through word of mouth, all the participants know who is in the race but they don't know which vehicles they are driving. https://dominating12.com/forums/5/off-topic/3348/the-cannonball-run-official-game-thread/post/59178#post-59178 Participants will individually be made aware at the end of each phase any vehicle that pulls ahead of them by the end of the phase. At the speeds you will be travelling, it will be obvious that any vehicle passing you is likely to be a Cannoballer and so give away the vehicle(s) in the race. The police are on full alert and out in force knowing that the race is taking place so everyone beware! As a result of each player not knowing any participants vehicles until the end of the first phase, it will be impossible to: [quote]If you know or correctly guess the target players [b]#Vehicle[/b] when using your [b]#Distraction[/b], it helps the police much more and the delay, if successful, is doubled.[/quote] Choosing a target player for your action in the first phase will only result in a lucky random pull over for the player targeted delaying them normally without the additional possibility of doubling the time delay by guessing the targets vehicle as well. To be clear, you will only be able to use [b]#Distraction[/b] as well as any additional [b]#Extra Action[/b] that may apply and [b][u]NOT[/u][/b] combine it with choose [b]#Vehicle[/b] for the double delay in this first phase. As a side note, this is very different from a regular game I would think as I am only familiar with playing them here. Nobody dies so I thought it would make it more fun to keep everyone involved throughout the whole game. That being said, if this game is used for stats or points, I would say that the winner gets three, the 2nd place gets two and 3rd place gets one. Hopefully that works. Good Luck and the race is on! Go!

Just a reminder, all trades must be approved by me in a PM before you can use it. They will be approved if they are legit and can still be processed the same day intended for use but no shenanigans like pretending to trade something you don't have.

Just over an hour left in the first phase. Get your #Distraction in if you haven't already! All actions must be submitted in your original Cannonball Run I.D. & Entry PM.

First phase Day 1 is over. I will update shortly and send out PM's after doing a bunch of "mathy" things.

Actions are in and the results have been sent to each player. Are you winning or losing? Compare notes and figure it out!

Thanks everyone for the delays. I appreciate you guys thinking about me :)

Hi Anax :) obviously the smart move is to claim you were delayed so that no-one will target you further. Would you like to prove that you were indeed delayed? Feel free to prove it to us :)

[b][u]Drivers entered in the race:[/u][b] 1. @@Hoodlum 2. @@Sygmassacre 3. @@Jimi 4. @@AlexCheckMate 5. @@Tennesseelogman 6. @@Bluegoetz 7. @@Virtuosity98 8. @@huskers01 9. @@Anaxagore 10. @@Mayba 11. @@WMatar 12. @@Vicious 13. @@Kyla 14. @@dough_boy 15. @@rodd List with links (so we can see who's online but is trying to slip under the radar) :) Anyone online but not replying or posting is clearly trying to win by remaining inconspicuous. I will delay and sabotage anyone who I feel is trying to sneak their way to victory. Because that would be very frustrating and a bit of a wasted game :(:)

So we as a group do not know the race position of each car?

[b]Lynch Virtuosity98[/b]