I just got a nice safari jeep and I can take 8 hunters with me. We will be hunting big game, so this is not for the squeamish.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough supplies for everyone for the entire trip, so I will have to leave one person behind each day. Who stays will be based on a mixture of hunting success and group decision. I don't want to keep those who can't hunt, but I also don't want to keep people that the group doesn't like. So here is how it will work...


The Animals:

Cheetah - If only one person hunts the Cheetah, then they will be successful and get 16 points. If >1 person hunts the Cheetah, then the Cheetah will get scared and run away, leaving each hunter with 0 points.

Grufalo - Is worth 14 points. These points are divided between all players that hunt it, rounded down. It is impossible to unsuccesfully hunt the grufalo.

Lion - If 1-2 people hunt the Lion, they will be successful and get 13 points each. >2 people = 0 points each.

Hippo - This animal requires 6 people to bring down. So if 6+ people hunt the Hippo, they'll each earn 12 points. If <6 people hunt the Hippo, they get 0 points each.

Elephant - It takes 5 people to kill an Elephant, so if 5+ people hunt the Elephant, they'll each earn 10 points. If <5 people hunt the Elephant, they get 0 points each.

Rhino - It takes 4 people to kill a Rhino, so if 4+ people hunt the Rhino, they'll each get 8 points. If <4 people hunt this animal, then 0 points each.

Giraffe - It takes 3 people for the Giraffe, so if 3+ people do so, they'll get 6 points each, otherwise 0 points if 1-2 people do so.

Zebra - It takes 2 for Zebra, so 2+ people hunting Zebra means 4 points each. 1 person gets 0 points.

Warthog- Anyone who hunts a Warthog gets 2 points automatically and becomes a Pacifist for the subsequent elimination phase.


The Eliminations:

After 2 rounds of hunting, 1 person per round will be eliminated. There are 3 ways to determine the elimination, and I will rand() each time amongst those 3 options.

Method 1:
Democracy - Everyone except pacifists votes on who to eliminate. You get as many votes as you have points so far in the game. You can use all your votes on one player or spread them out amongst several players.

Method 2:
Dictatorship - The non-pacifist person with the most points will decide who is eliminated. If there is a tie, Democracy or Darwinism will be used instead.

Method 3:
Darwinism - The person with the least points is out.

Immunity:

Pacifists are immune to elimination by Democracy and Dictatorship. No one is immune to Darwinism.


Timeline:

We will run this Normal-Speed; in other words, 1 round per day + 1 round over the weekend. When the jeeps get down to about 4 players each we will combine them.


Hunting:
until 6pm server time, the hunt is on! So you have until 6pm server time to pm me your hunting choice.

From 6pm-10pm server time, elimination occurs, so PM me your votes by 10pm server time (if applicable). As always, all actions are available to do in advance.

To avoid sniping, I will call night/lock the thread 5 minutes before the hunt deadline.

Logistics:

In-Thread Discussion - You may discuss all you want in-thread with the players, including which to hunt and who to vote. You may not PM any players or talk privately in any way

You may read the game thread for the other jeep but you may not post in it or communicate with the players in it in any way

PMs - All actual, binding actions take place in a pm to me. So you will pm me your actual hunting choice and your actual voting decisions. You may alter your PMs, but for my sake I would request that if you consider yourself likely to change your mind, that you refrain from sending until the last minute, or until you plan to be AFK.

Rule Clarifications

from subsequent mod posts in the game thread, compiled here for convenience

- Point totals are cumulative, i.e if you get 10 points round 1, and 2 points round 2, then you have 12 points. The goal is to have the most total points. When the two jeeps combine, your points will carryover into the final jeep, but prior to that for the purposes of elimination by darwinism your points are only compared to others from your jeep

- In darwinism elimination rounds, ties will be resolved via random selection from the people tied for the lowest score

- Each players choice of hunting target as well as their updated score will be posted after each round.

- each day of hunting, up to two randomly selected animals will be unavailable to hunt

Players in Jeep Two

captain binkkles
iversonian
aksdal
filthyvermin
ibavly
biggerboat
metsandfinsfan
alrightyroo

We're headed out for an early start!

All animals are available to hunt today.

Remember that your selection must be PM'd to me by 6pm server time tomorrow (Monday)

You may post in the thread

i call cheetah

can we kill some of the hunters in the other jeep? i would rather shoot some of them than a cheetah

this game is too complicated. can someone give me cliffs on what the high risk/high reward strategy is?

binkles wanna hunt some lions

we could all just hunt a hippo

just stay the eff out of my way or i'll turn my gun on YOU! and make a hide out of your skin and mount your skull on our jeep. and wear your teeth around my neck.

I like going after the hippo and seeing who deviates

does it matter at all how many points our jeep gets compared to how many points the other aids jeep gets?

Mod Note:

No. Not while you are separate jeeps.

spoiler alert

can we look at the other jeep's thread

yes