Ravers of Black Rock City
Jun. 28th, 2006
11:34 am - New game pages
There are new game summary pages at http://cuddlepuddle.org/~adam/ljgam
They are better, stronger, faster versions of the old pages.
I've gotten away from screen scraping, and down into the raw protocol that LJ clients use to talk to the LJ servers.
Sep. 26th, 2005
10:56 am - Endgame
The night of the burn is fantastic. 35,000 people crowded into a space the size of a football field. Some people are chanting "Burn it! Burn it!". Art cars are moving incredibly slowly for fear of running over unseen ravers passed out on the playa. Someone with a megaphone wanders buy, proclaiming "It was already better last year!", but you can barely hear him over the popcorn din of a nearby drum circle. Other ravers are yelling "Sit down!" or "Stand up!", in a crude parody of a light beer commercial.
Danger Ranger appears out of nowhere, "Wow, I'm surprised you guys are out here. I thought you'd be staring each other down back at camp. So who's it going to be tonight?".![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1){kind=small}
joelzero and flipperchaz immediately point at each other, and cry "HIM!" in unison. Danger Ranger looks confused, and turns to perkyevil and amphitrite27. The girls hesitate, then look at flipperchaz. "We're sorry.", they say.
Danger Ranger says something into his radio, and three more rangers appear out of nowhere. "This fellow's had a little too much acid tonight. He's delusional. Thinks people are out to get him. Take him to Sanctuary, get him calmed down, will ya?" says Danger Ranger.
"Right", and the other rangers grab flipperchaz and haul him off into the crowd, away from the Man.
The Burn is spectacular. Fire twirlers, pyrotechnics, dancing whirling dervishes. It is a madhouse. But somewhere in the back of your mind, you wonder if you got the right person or not.
After the Man burns, you realize that the one large landmark you've been navigating by all week, the large neon Man, is gone, and you spend several hours lost in the city before you find camp again. Immediately, you search flipperchaz's tent.
You find a gun, a badge, and a can of pepper spray.
SUMMARY: flipperchaz the NARC is working off a hefty shot of thorazine and talking with some really groovy psychotherapists about his delusions that everyone around him is on drugs. His cover is blown.
CONGRATULATIONS RAVERS, YOU'VE WON!
Sep. 23rd, 2005
01:26 pm - [everyone] End of Fourth Night, Beginning of Fifth Night
The few remaining ravers gather around a burn barrel outside of center camp to continue their discussion. Almost everyone except princeofwands is implicated at some point or another. One raver after another takes on a hideous mask as you imagine that THEY might be the NARC. Then the mushrooms begin to wear off, and you realize that you actually have to come to some sort of decision.
Danger Ranger appears out of the darkness. "Well, who's it going to be?"
The crowd turns and points at gpeefalt.
"This going to be easy, or hard?" asks Danger Ranger.gpeefalt says nothing, and turns to follow Danger Ranger off into the night. He makes it about thirty feet before he turns and looks back at his friends.
"It's probably just as well," he says, "My parents would have killed me if I'd been arrested."gpeefalt turns back around and disappears into the night with Danger Ranger.princeofwands leads the remaining crowd back towards camp... and right into a uniformed police officer.
"princeofwands? You're wanted on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance analog, as well as assault for dumping same into someone's drink without their knowledge. I'm afraid you'll have to come with me."princeofwands looks shocked, then his face goes rigid. "I do not consent to any searches. I want to speak to my lawyer." he says, and then says nothing more.
SUMMARY:gpeefalt the RAVER has left camp to volunteer with the lamp lighters and earth guardians. What a dork.princeofwands the DOSE FAIRY has been arrested, and will probably spend the rest of his life in a pound-me-in-the-ass federal prison.
Discussion for fifth night starts here, and stays open until 11:00 AM Monday.
Sep. 22nd, 2005
01:58 pm - [everyone] End of Third night, Too much drama, Fourth Night
With the unexpected discovery of two NARCs in as many days, the ravers are understandably jubilant, despite the loss of the glowstick ninja. And what better way to celebrate than a ride on an art car!
The ravers gear up for a night out, and hail a likely candidate; a glowing Totoro Cat Bus.
Everyone piles in, as the Cat Bus leaves Black Rock City and heads for the favorite forbidden destination, Trego Hot Springs. Once there, the ravers strip down and jump in the natural hot springs, and settle down for some relaxing conversation.pergatorigirl speaks up first, "You know, I've been thinking a lot about life and stuff, and last night was like, you know, totally cosmic, and I came to some decisions about who I am and who I want to be and you know, where my life is really going and all..." She babbles on for a while, and no one seems to pay much attention. She is clearly high, and having one of those life altering epiphanies that only the drug addled and truly mad can seem to relate to. Later on several of you notice that she is no where to be seen.
Meanwhile, fu_urns, stupid raver that he is, is happily bouncing on a trampoline that just happens to be nearby. In the middle of a stunning quadruple back flip, he looses sense of which direction is up, and lands with a resounding thud on the edge of the trampoline. He'll be all right, but he clearly needs medical attention.
As the Cat Bus heads back for Black Rock City, the ravers realize they've yet to pick someone out as a NARC. The discussion is low key, but they eventually choose hungryandhollow, and unceremoniously push him off the Cat Bus as it zooms off back to Black Rock City.
When you arrive back at the edge of Black Rock City, as the early morning light starts to fill the sky, you encounter trouble in the form of three uniformed Pershing County Sheriffs. The driver of the Cat Bus is having a rough time talking his way back into the city, as the sheriffs begin hassling the ravers.
"What's this?" one of the sheriffs says, as he confiscates a small pipe from ilovetequila, and begins to place handcuffs on her.
"That little slut girlpurple planted that on me! She's got acid in her jacket packet! She's been looking for a way to get me out of the picture so she could be with kraydon!", screams ilovetequila.
Sure enough, the sheriffs search girlpurple and find 10 whole sheets of high powered blotter acid. "You're going up the river for quite a while, missy"doctor_samuel makes an attempt to hand a small vial to girlpurple, but the sheriffs are too on the ball tonight. "What's this?" they ask, "Detox potion? I'm afraid you'll have to come with us as well."
"No!" screams kraydon, "Don't leave me!" kraydon whips out a pair of extra heavy duty bondage handcuffs, and cuffs herself to ilovetequila, and all four ravers get stuffed into the back of the patrol car by the bewildered sheriffs.
Once back at camp, the remaining campers go through the tents of the missing campmates to uncover clues, just to make doubly sure none of the missing campers are NARCs. The only notable things are a "Lambda Sigma Delta Little Sisters" pin in kraydon's tent, and a High School Yearbook in pergatorigirl's tent.
SUMMARY:pergatorigirl the HIGH SCHOOL CHUM is on walkabout, and may never be seen again. (inactive)fu_urns the RAVER has been taken off to a hospital in Reno. (inactive)hungryandhollow the RAVER is lost in the desert. (lynch)ilovetequila the DRAMA QUEEN has been arrestedgirlpurple the RAVER has also been arrested, caught up in ilovetequila's drama bombkraydon the PREPPY CHICK (aka FRAT BOY) and ilovetequila's lover has been arresteddoctor_samuel the CHEMIST has been arrested. (inactive)
Discussion for next lynch starts here, and ends at NOON tomorrow (to make up for my late update today).
There will be a break over the weekend.
10:25 am - Out of office
I will be away from a terminal at 11:00 today, and likely the rest of the afternoon as well.
RAVERs: Honor system, please stop posting at 11:00 AM Pacific
Others: I will leave posts open for you.
Everybody: I will try to update before 5:00 PM tonight.
07:57 am - Inactivity
If you've been inactive for more than 24 hours, I will kill off your character. I do not believe it is fair to the expectations of the active players to allow inactive characters to remain alive. Please vote today, or give notice if you plan to drop out. Comments here are screened.
Sep. 21st, 2005
02:02 pm - [everyone] Third Night
The day passes slowly, and you sleep fitfully, as you anxiously await the next arrest. You are jarred awake by a terrible cacaphony of sirens, and peek out of your tent to see parzanese standing outside of his RV. He gives off the impression that he's almost EXPECTING to get arrested.
Sure enough, the LEOs roll in, jump out of their vehicles, spin him around, and push him up against the side of the RV.
"Wait! I can explain!", he yells, but his complaints fall on deaf ears.
Jeeves comes out of the RV, and is apprehended as well. The duck makes loud quacking noises and disappears in a ball of confusion and flying white feathers, too small and too fast to be caught.
"Umm, sir?" says Jeeves as he is pushed into a patrol car.
"You idiots! I've been working on this bust for weeks!" exclaims parzanese.
"You're a cop? Right... And I'm the Queen of the May.", says the arresting officer, as he unceremoniously shoves parzanese into the patrol car. Another officer can be seen wrapping the RV in yellow "crime scene" tape.
Nearly an hour passes, and Jeeves returns, cuts the yellow tape, and climbs into the RV. The engine starts, and Jeeves drives off into the setting sun.
As the sky darkens, Danger Ranger appears. "Holy shit," he says, "Did they ever fuck that one up! Good work kids, we've almost got 'em all now."
SUMMARY: parzanese the NARC has been mistakenly arrested. His cover is blown. Lynching discussion begins here. Don't forget the official vote tally is at http://cuddlepuddle.org/~adam/lj_games
11:03 am - [everyone] End of Second Night
Lethargy has clearly set in as people mourn the death of the GLOWSTICK NINJA. No one is in a party mood. A few campers trudge off to help the clean up effort at the formerly glorious blinky light forrest, now a pile of smouldering ashes. It's not long before the finger pointing starts.
"It must be parzanese!", kraydon and airor yell.
"airor is trying to deceive us." retorts parzanese.
"Damn I wish I had enough E to go around." says princeofwands.
The night wears on. Eventually airor heads off to the porta-potties. Danger Ranger materializes out of the darkness, and follows him, a bright shiny object in his hand. As airor closes the door to the porta-potty, Danger Ranger slips the shiny object, a padlock, over the door handle, and whistles for a DPW crew to come haul the porta-potty away. Two girls in short black skirts, tight black tops, and power tools attached to their belts slowly drive a large crane into view. They attach the crane to the porta-john, and drive off into the night. Too late, airor realizes what's happening, and his screams slowly fade into the darkness.
"Now let's see what was in this fellow's tent.", says Danger Ranger.girlpurple is the first to the tent. She opens it to reveal a badge, a loaded .45, and a copy of "Crowd Control for Dummies".
SUMMARY: airor the NARC has had his cover blown. You won't be seeing him around any more.
Sep. 20th, 2005
02:43 pm - [everyone] Second Night
You sleep soundly in your tents and RVs through most of the day. You awake to the rantings of Danger Ranger, on his hands and knees in front of the1mouse's tent, picking up bits and pieces of dog biscuits, muttering something about MOOP and crazy raver kids.
"Look", he says as he stands up again, "That duck is a loose cannon. You keep a close eye on him. I've already had to haul a dog out of here today, don't make me have your duck hauled off too! We've still got NARCs here, you gotta help me find 'em!"
SUMMARY: the1mouse the K9 UNIT has been arrested. Sure she'll get out quickly, but her cover is blown. Lynching discussion begins here.
11:10 am - [everyone] End of First Night
A night of peace, love, unity, and respect is marred as accusations begin to fly. kraydon, stoned and paranoid as hell yells out "It's princeofwands!". Other, more reasonable heads try to prevail, but the vibes in camp get nasty as the tide turns against princeofwands. ilovetequila tries to calm things down by leading everyone on an excursion to the blinky light forest, but Danger Ranger is waiting for them when they arrive. princeofwands looks nervous as he enters the forest and Jeeves hangs back, whispering something in Danger Ranger's ear.
The forest is dense and brilliant in the dark playa night, so bright it's nearly impossible to see. You get lost, and lose sight of your campmates. As you consider leaving the forest, you hear a loud QUACK! followed by a scream and a thump. You hear someone scream "get out!". You are rapidly swept from the blinky light forest in a wave of panicy humanity. An Indian shaman urges everyone to remain calm. You quickly find the rest of your group, and do a head count.
Everyone is there, except princeofwands, evilben, and the duck. Just as you notice the duck is missing, the entire blinky light forest explodes in a giant ball of heat, fire, light, and deep black smoke. The silhouette of princeofwands can be seen against the flames, the last to emerge from the now flaming forrest.
"I, I don't believe it. I tried to save him..." he stutters.
Just then you see a small figure emerge from of the flames. It is the duck, waddling forward with a large object under his left wing. As the duck gets closer, you can clearly see that it is a large can labelled "Gasoline". The duck suddenly looks guilty, and begins to seach for a place to hide the gas can, but of course no hiding place is to be found on the open playa, so he simply drops it.
parzanese sends Jeeves to retrieve the duck, and you all head back for camp. Once there, you search evilben's tent and find mountains of glowsticks, blinky flashy things, and a copy of "From Disco to Moonwalking and Beyond; an Insider's Guide to Raver Dance Culture".
kraydon looks into Danger Ranger's eyes and says "I didn't want him to die!".
"Read yer fucking ticket.", he shrugs, and walks off into the darkness.
the1mouse reaches into her pocket and pulls out her Burning Man ticket stub. "You voluntarily assume the risk of injury or death by attending", she reads. "Cool."
SUMMARY: evilben the GLOWSTICK NINJA is DEAD.
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