GAME: MindTrap

[Deity]

Deity's already halfway there...

I think I already set every other milestone.

[3fingersalute]

I think I already set every other milestone.

500?.....dang, Deity is going to be hard to beat with the commanding lead he has!

[Stalemate]

I chose 500 because it looked like the closest milestone to pick where Deity could actually be overtaken by those in tow. Sorry Deity, nothing personal.

You just happened to be the best player so far so I have to use your score as a focal point.


Would it be better with a higher milestone?

Say 1,000?

[3fingersalute]

I chose 500 because it looked like the closest milestone to pick where Deity could actually be overtaken by those in tow. Sorry Deity, nothing personal.

You just happened to be the best player so far so I have to use your score as a focal point.


Would it be better with a higher milestone?

Say 1,000?

I think 500 is fine. Even if you wanted to set it at 350 or 400, who cares? Deity earned his score, and if he hits whatever goal you set first, he deserves it!

[Stalemate]

Here are the prizes I'm proposing then for this next milestone:

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Click here for IMDB entry

Logan's Run DVD Features (Region 1):

• Available subtitles: English, French
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French
• Commentary by Michael York
• Commentary by director Michael Anderson and Bill Thomas
• Making Of: "A Look Into the 23rd Century" documentary

Runner up prizes consist of a licence for Polar Golfer by WildTangent.

Notes:

The Milestone achiever gets his pick of either the DVD or a Polar Golfer licence.

The other 4 runners up are eligible for a Polar Golfer licence or, if the milestone winner has claimed one, the Logan's Run DVD based on highest score ratings.



If you must know, I thought the DVD was the 1977 TV series, not the 1976 movie, and I have only viewed it once.

[3fingersalute]

Sounds good, let's go!

[Stalemate]

Shadow flipped the tent flap open and surveyed the scene.

On the floor, in the centre of the tent, a man lay dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds. In the corner of the tent was a small cot. A package of cigarettes and an empty whiskey bottle lay on the bedside table next to a kerosene lamp.

Shadow combed the tent for additional clues to the possible motive. Other than the articles mentioned, the only things Shadow found were a half dozen small circular wooden disks under the cot, the man's personal effects, and a variety of scrapbooks and news clippings.

Shadow found the last articles particulary strange since it was learned the suicide victim was completely illiterate.

What was the reason for the apparent suicide?


Answer value starts at 10.
1 point deducted for each clue given.
Clues can only be given in "yes" or "no" format, so ask for them wisely.



__________
The man was a partial cripple who worked for a circus.
He was known as the world's shortest living adult. Someone was cutting short pieces from the end of his walking cane. Consequently, he thought he was starting to grow and would eventually lose not only his notoriety but also his job.

[3fingersalute]

Shadow flipped the tent flap open and surveyed the scene.

On the floor, in the centre of the tent, a man lay dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds. In the corner of the tent was a small cot. A package of cigarettes and an empty whiskey bottle lay on the bedside table next to a kerosene lamp.

Shadow combed the tent for additional clues to the possible motive. Other than the articles mentioned, the only things Shadow found were a half dozen small circular wooden disks under the cot, the man's personal effects, and a variety of scrapbooks and news clippings.

Shadow found the last articles particulary strange since it was learned the suicide victim was completely illiterate.

What was the reason for the apparent suicide?


Answer value starts at 10.
1 point deducted for each clue given.
Clues can only be given in "yes" or "no" format, so ask for them wisely.

Was the man a midget?

[Stalemate]

Yes.

Answer is now 9 points.

Shall I wrap them up in a gift package for you now?

[3fingersalute]

Yes.

Answer is now 9 points.

Shall I wrap them up in a gift package for you now?

Not quite, but I remember this one from Seinfield - I think that somebody was slowly cutting a little bit of the bed posts each day, or else the table, making the midget think he was getting taller which would ruin his career in the circus.. Being illiterate, he could not get any other job, so he killed himself.

[3fingersalute]

Not quite, but I remember this one from Seinfield - I think that somebody was slowly cutting a little bit of the bed posts each day, or else the table, making the midget think he was getting taller which would ruin his career in the circus.. Being illiterate, he could not get any other job, so he killed himself.

OK, I'm thinking that must've been wrong, so how about the opposite? He had special wooden shoes made to make him look taller, and pieces were getting cut off each day, causing him to believe he was shrinking, so he killed himself??

[Stalemate]

No shoes were involved as a deciding factor.

8 points left.


I'll throw in also that your Seinfeld analogy was close.

[3fingersalute]

Among his personal effects was a cane, which had been being shaved daily, making the midget think he was getting taller, so he killed himself?

[Stalemate]

There we go - that's enough for the remaining 8 pts.

[Deity]

There we go - that's enough for the remaining 8 pts.

500 is looking further and further away for me.