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Other Projects => Curses => Topic started by: The Scout on March 23, 2010, 04:05:25 pm

Title: Early Sentence
Post by: The Scout on March 23, 2010, 04:05:25 pm
My founder got the death sentence so I began getting people to rescue him. It said he would be killed in three months. Next month he was killed and I lost.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Phantom on March 23, 2010, 07:07:19 pm
Maybe they killed him to prevent anymore rescues?
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Grimith on March 23, 2010, 10:19:16 pm
I don't know what caused the problem here. AFAIK, the only time the game will do time warp like that is if you have no other Liberals to control. Since you had other Liberals, though, and your founder still lived for an entire month as opposed to dying right away, I'm drawing a blank.

I don't suppose you hid away a save file of the affair to upload, did you? I'd like to see what happened for myself.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: The Scout on March 24, 2010, 05:19:20 am
Quote from: Grimith on March 23, 2010, 10:19:16 pm
I don't know what caused the problem here. AFAIK, the only time the game will do time warp like that is if you have no other Liberals to control. Since you had other Liberals, though, and your founder still lived for an entire month as opposed to dying right away, I'm drawing a blank.

I don't suppose you hid away a save file of the affair to upload, did you? I'd like to see what happened for myself.

No I didn't think this would happen.

Edit: My founder was being a prostitute and got instant arrested. The fight screen didn't even appear.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: jasonred79 on March 27, 2010, 10:11:38 am
Yeah, instant arrests happen sometimes. I think it's when your juice is too low. BTW, prostitution drops your juice.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: The Scout on March 27, 2010, 10:16:37 am
Quote from: jasonred79 on March 27, 2010, 10:11:38 am
Yeah, instant arrests happen sometimes. I think it's when your juice is too low. BTW, prostitution drops your juice.

He had 200+ juice and 2 days later got instant arrested. He is now on death sentence.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Kay12 on March 27, 2010, 11:43:36 am
There aren't fight screens for prostitution arrests. You'll either get caught or not. Street sense reduces chances of being caught while also reducing chances of juice loss.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 12:27:37 pm
I know it's unlikely, but I would laugh my ass off if the only charge was prostitution, and you got the death sentence for that.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Kay12 on March 27, 2010, 12:42:12 pm
C+ death penalty means you can be executed for almost any offense.

I'd also like to see conservatives perform lobotomies on captured liberals. Well, actually not, but that would motivate me to avoid capture better.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Ari Rahikkala on March 27, 2010, 03:16:00 pm
Quote from: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 12:27:37 pm
I know it's unlikely, but I would laugh my ass off if the only charge was prostitution, and you got the death sentence for that.

When I play on nightmare mode I usually get a couple of liberals sentenced to death early on for disturbing the peace. C+ death penalty is hardcore (and I like it that way).

When you're arrested for prostitution the message that gets printed is "X has been arrested in a prostitution sting." That is, they're literally catching you with your pants down (or off?). Makes sense that you don't get a chance to run away.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Grimith on March 27, 2010, 03:34:37 pm
Quote from: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 12:27:37 pm
I know it's unlikely, but I would laugh my ass off if the only charge was prostitution, and you got the death sentence for that.

Disturbing the peace (as Ari said), vandalism... and if the Flag issue is C+, burning a flag constitutes as Flag Murder. You will definitely get the death sentence for that. Automatons don't play, yo.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 08:30:41 pm
Quote from: Grimith on March 27, 2010, 03:34:37 pm
Quote from: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 12:27:37 pm
I know it's unlikely, but I would laugh my ass off if the only charge was prostitution, and you got the death sentence for that.

Disturbing the peace (as Ari said), vandalism... and if the Flag issue is C+, burning a flag constitutes as Flag Murder. You will definitely get the death sentence for that. Automatons don't play, yo.
"YOU KILLED THAT POOR FLAG!"
"...*looks over at the burning flag* It's made of cheap fibers. It is not a person, but a-"
"DIE, FLAG MURDERER!"
"What the fu- OH GOD IT HURTS!"
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Grimith on March 27, 2010, 08:56:01 pm
Quote from: Dwarven WMD on March 27, 2010, 08:30:41 pm
"YOU KILLED THAT POOR FLAG!"
"...*looks over at the burning flag* It's made of cheap fibers. It is not a person, but a-"
"DIE, FLAG MURDERER!"
"What the fu- OH GOD IT HURTS!"

Haha. Something like that, I imagine. The Death Squads, when they hunt you down, show no mercy, but having Flag Murder on your criminal record certainly doesn't help since, by the game's statement, it is treasted as if you murdered another person.

Serious Business:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm glad the Arch-Conservatives revere the flag with such fervent idolism.
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: soup_alex on March 28, 2010, 06:06:14 pm
Quote from: Ari Rahikkala on March 27, 2010, 03:16:00 pm
When you're arrested for prostitution the message that gets printed is "X has been arrested in a prostitution sting." That is, they're literally catching you with your pants down (or off?). Makes sense that you don't get a chance to run away.
I knew a decent joke about stuck-up nuns and being accosted on the street by threatening men that involved the accostee asking her accoster to drop his trousers, but I plainly don't remember it well enough to retell it with any funny. You'll just have to take my word for it.

I was going to call my band maybe something like "ASS HARVEST" (don't ask), but now I'm thinking I'll definitely go with "FLAG MURDER".
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: Dwarven WMD on March 28, 2010, 10:06:24 pm
Quote from: soup_alex on March 28, 2010, 06:06:14 pm
Quote from: Ari Rahikkala on March 27, 2010, 03:16:00 pm
When you're arrested for prostitution the message that gets printed is "X has been arrested in a prostitution sting." That is, they're literally catching you with your pants down (or off?). Makes sense that you don't get a chance to run away.
I knew a decent joke about stuck-up nuns and being accosted on the street by threatening men that involved the accostee asking her accoster to drop his trousers, but I plainly don't remember it well enough to retell it with any funny. You'll just have to take my word for it.

I was going to call my band maybe something like "ASS HARVEST" (don't ask), but now I'm thinking I'll definitely go with "FLAG MURDER".
Has someone been playing too much Space Station 13?
Title: Re: Early Sentence
Post by: soup_alex on March 29, 2010, 03:29:39 am
Quote from: Dwarven WMD on March 28, 2010, 10:06:24 pm
Has someone been playing too much Space Station 13?
I don't think so? The name "Ass Harvest" was derived from "Booty Harvest", which came up a while ago when someone tried using some RNG to pick a name for the principal ship in a Serenity RPG campaign (I thought that "Booty Harvest" was just too funny, and auspicious besides, to ignore, and backed it. It was vetoed by every other player. We ended up getting lumped with the name of some overblown ship from the Star Trek "restart"). More recently, I mentioned the name "Booty Harvest" to my lady friend (here in reference to band names) and she gave me a funny look. I stated plainly that "it doesn't exactly mean 'ASS HARVEST'", or words to that effect, which for some reason sent her into a fit of laughter.


(Actually, I haven't played Space Station 13 at all, ever. Is this something that I ought to rectify?)