The Mighty HDC Battle Royale III

[ferretchucker]

Well sometimes trilogy are the best sorts. You've done your best V. I mean, you can hardly be blamed for people not showing up and I do think that this has helped somewhat. It's just that we're in a particularly long lull right now. It'll pick up.

[~Michelle~]

My 2 Cents.....From an Admin/Mod point of view.

Timing is everything!! I have noticed over the past 10 years on various forums that the time of year is very important on deciding what types of things to do on a public forum.

Most forums hit a lul in activity during the spring and summer months then start to pick up again in the fall and are normally back in full swing by late fall. It's the weather!! ;)

To try to keep up the activity on the forum it (contest/games/hot topic whatever) pretty much needs to start when the forum is picking back up and then run one thing into the next, those interested in participating in the activities tend to get back to check on things every day or two. To start something up when the forum is already dying down for the lul, you don't normally get as great a response as you would have while the forum was hot hot hot!!

but anyway thats just my 2 cents!! ;)


btw Yes Chrono I'll post pic's once I get some good ones!! ~S~

[_____V_____]

It used to be like that till January 2009. Since then, everything around this place has come to a real slowdown, regardless of the weather or the seasons.

People have grown out of foruming, would be my conclusion.

[ferretchucker]

It's a lack of conversation topics at the moment. People are stuck for it because on here most of us have conversed about most things by now.

[bwind22]

Total lack of good horror movies plus way too many conversations in this forum about everything except horror are probably not helping.

If it's any consolation though, there are really only 2-3 things I participate in that keep me checking in to the forum everyday and this is one of them. So your goal wasn't a total failure, if not for BR3, I probably would have faded off for a while too as soon as I got knocked out of the Showdown.

As for the problem with inactives, I have a couple possible solutions to suggest just in case there ever is another Battle Royale.... 1 would be to let the winning teams hunt each other as well as the losing the team when they enter the hunting zone. If the winners have the option to shoot at whoever they want, they could opt to use their ammo against their enemies or on their own teammates that are dragging them down. 2 would be a three strike rule. Three missed challenges or hunting zones and you are ejected from the game. If someone wants to risk missing one or two for strategic purposes, that's a risk they would be choosing to take. 3 would be to have the snipers just shoot the no-shows and not the entire team.

Just suggestions to keep in mind if you ever do decide to run another one.

Don't get me wrong V. Your game is great and you are doing an excellent job hosting it. I'm annoyed as can be with all the inactive people that said they would play, but aren't and probably going to end up making it further than me simply because they pose no threat at all when thigns become individual.

[_____V_____]

RESULT OF THE REWARD CHAMBER OUTING #6


Demonwraith Michelle was led into the Reward Chamber shortly before the Zone outing started.

She stood in front of three doors, which were marked M, N, O.

Michelle's selected door was - M, and her selected boxes were M1 & M3.


Let us first see what was behind the doors which Michelle DIDN'T select -


Behind door N - A RAILGUN!

N1 - 20 Bonus Health Packs,
N2 - 100 Bullets Magazine, and
N3 - 50 Bullets Magazine.

Behind door O - A PLASMA RIFLE!!

O1 - 75 Plasma Bolts,
O2 - 30 Bonus Health Packs,
O3 - THE CHAINER SHIELD!!!



M2 - 100 Sniper Rifle bullets.



Now for what she chose.

Door M -



A SNIPER RIFLE, COMPLETE WITH 20X Digital Scope!

Box M1 - 50 Sniper Rifle shells!

Box M3 - 15 BONUS HEALTH PACKS!


Congratulations, Michelle!

You may use your Sniper Rifle every time you go into the Zone as a designated Hunter, never otherwise. You may fire it FIVE times per Zone outing, which means FIVE shells (either 1 shell each for five targets, or you may choose to pump all five shells into 1 target!)

If you make it into the Round of 10, you may use your Sniper Rifle shots according to your own discretion without any bounds in the Zone, BUT ONLY WHEN & IF YOU ARE A DESIGNATED HUNTER. Never otherwise.

But, you have to turn in your Sniper Rifle if you or your team loses the Challenge.

You can use your new weapon from the next Hunting Zone outing onwards.

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The DEADLINE was UP about 1 hour and 40 minutes back...


The gates were swung open, and the teams trooped in slowly.


All the members silently trodded in, some with heavy steps...


...one was WOUNDED...


...and one...


...DIDN'T COME IN AT ALL!!!



The Medics rush into the Zone to find the ONE missing contestant, presumably dead...



...and the scanners confirm it. ONE contestant IS INDEED DEAD!!!



Let's see what the scanners show.

[_____V_____]

The Timeline inside The Zone



Bwind22 donated ALL his HPs to "whoever needed them the most", except for TWO team-members.





---------THEN THE HUNTING STARTED!-----------



Roshiq was in Area G, where he drove his sword and spear deep into BWIND22's chest!!!




Bwind had announced to donate ALL his HPs. Little did he know that he would be needing his OWN HPs the MOST.




Chronogrl was in Area B, where she surprised FERRETCHUCKER and ripped him with her Short Sword, then nearly impaled him with her Spear!!!



Ferret lost all the 7 HPs he had won in this Challenge, and was now left with 2 HPs ONLY!!





Dude Guadalupe chose Area A, where he tripped Bwind22 hard and swished his Short Sword right across Bwind's chest, slicing him brutally. Bwind screamed and somehow ran, but Dude threw his Spear which whistled through the air at lightning speed and rammed straight into Bwind's back.

Bwind used up 7 more of his own HPs to heal himself, and now had 14 left.




But someone watched all this action with large, glowing eyes. THE CHAINER swung out from the trees straight into Dude's path and locked him almost immediately in his spike-covered chains. Dude yelled but pulled out the Short Sword he had, and tried to hack at the Chainer. He used up all his 13 HPs and repeatedly flung himself out of the Chainer's grasp, fighting him hard. He swung again and again and managed to hack off one of Chainer's arms, and the creature roared in immense pain, it's cry shaking the ground near both of them. That made The Chainer furiously mad. His chest opened in a flash and the final coil of chain gripped Dude's neck tightly in an iron grip, and then came the tugging. Dude tried to lift his Sword again, but felt the strength flow out of his arm, alongwith pools of blood. His eyes bulged out, and his mouth stayed open in the final process of uttering a shriek, just as his head and limbs were ripped out of his torso!!

DEMONWRAITH DUDE GUADALUPE IS DEAD!!!




Straker was in Area E, where he chanced across FERRETCHUCKER and let him have it with his Short Sword and Spear!!!




Ferret used up his remaining 2 HPs, and was in imminent danger of dying. But Bwind22 came across him and quickly pulled out 5 of his HPs and saved Ferret's life.




Bwind had 9 HPs left with him now.




Jenna26 was found inside Area C, where she swooped upon BWIND22 and nearly ripped him apart with her brutal Sword & Spear attack!!!




7 more of Bwind's HPs disappeared. He had ONLY 2 left.





Saytan strode inside Area F confidently, where she made a beeline for FREAK and slashed him furiously with her Short Sword!!
Then she found where FERRETCHUCKER was hiding and drove her Spear right through his thigh!!
But...she chose to NOT use her Bonus Weapons. Thankfully for the Lycans.




The last 2 HPs of Bwind were used up in healing Ferret again. But Ferret didn't heal completely to FIT status. He was left WOUNDED.


And Bwind ran out of HPs.



Freak used up 3 HPs to heal himself. He had 15 left with him.






Finally, Michelle chose to move into Area D, where she heard Freak's plea to be killed off and decided to kill him in an act of mercy (she couldn't resist attacking Freak and had to comply because he had asked so NICELY!!). She attacked Freak with her Short Sword and Spear with eyes full of empathy for him.



7 HPs used up. 8 left for Freak.




That concludes the Zone outing. Thankfully the snipers were not needed for this one after a LONG time of brutal punishment for both teams.

I will leave the Demonwraiths to grieve over Dude Guadalupe's loss.





Ferretchucker, Bwind22 and Freak are led into the Medic Center for further treatments.




The body of Dude Guadalupe is carried into the Morgue, with both teams showing plenty of respect to the warrior and awesome team member who went down fighting to the Chainer.




Let's have a look at the updated statuses...

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UPDATED STATUS AFTER HUNTING ZONE OUTING NUMBER ELEVEN

THE BLAZING LYCANS :


Bwind22 - Hacked THREE times with Short Swords & pierced THREE times with Spears. Gifted SEVEN HPs to treat Ferretchucker. FIT with 0 HPs.

Doc Faustus - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 14 HPs.

Ferretchucker - Hacked TWO times with Short Swords & pierced THREE times with Spears. Had 9 HPs. Received 7 HPs from Bwind22. WOUNDED.

Fiend Skull - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 29 HPs.

Freak - Hacked TWO times with Short Swords & pierced ONCE with a Spear. FIT with 8 HPs.

Freddy Myers - Came out without a scratch. BLEEDING.




THE MIGHTY DEMONWRAITHS :


Chronogrl - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 4 HPs.

DUDE GUADALUPE - RIPPED APART BY THE CHAINER. Had 13 HPs. DEAD, AND MOVED TO THE MORGUE.

Jenna26 - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 25 HPs.

Michelle - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 35 HPs.

Roshiq - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 12 HPs.

Saytan - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 18 HPs.

Straker - Came out without a scratch. FIT with 22 HPs.




BODIES IN THE MORGUE :

Groundzero2424,
The Return,
Nightmare of Death,
Demon Seed,
Shriek of the Mutilated,
GreenDemon,
Friday13thFan,
MissMacabre,
Zero,
Rayne,
Despare,
Dude Guadalupe.



Have some rest, all of you. Keep an eye on this thread meanwhile.

[Saytan]

Great..... first Rayne and now Dude.... RIP to the both of you. If not for you guys I would have NEVER joined up and surely would not have made it this far without your tremendous efforts.

Two of our best players in the last 2 outings... Demonwraiths, we have got this. Lets keep kicking lycan ass until it's time to turn our weapons on each other.