I'm going to kill you all

mrsimperless · 03-22-2006, 04:11 PM

So I saw this on the CNN web site. I wanna play!! Who else is in?

hxxp://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/

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Angelenos and New Yorkers hunted by 'assassins'
Not being Mike Wallace or part of a contingent of paparazzi, I usually don't hide in bushes or dark stairways to ambush people. But that's exactly where I was a few days ago -- and, oh yeah, on the roof of someone's apartment, too.

We're doing a story on these amateur "assassins," who hide out looking to "kill" their target. Sounds violent, but it's actually part of an elaborate game called "StreetWars: Killer." Think paintball, but played with water guns. And not in some arena, but on the streets of Los Angeles or New York City.

Some 200 people are given a list of targets to kill -- and when I say "kill," I mean shoot with a water gun or hit with a water balloon. So you've got your list. But at the same time, you are on someone else's list. So while you're out there looking for your targets, someone else is looking for you. All you get to start is a picture, a name, some basic info. The players Google each other, look through records, and do all kinds of other stuff to find out where their targets work and play.

We were assigned to "Agent Tuna," a 20-something woman living in Hollywood. We scheduled the interview days earlier and called when we were on our way, but when I knocked on her door, she was so paranoid she wouldn't let us in for 5 minutes, not until we proved we were with CNN and not trying to set her up.

Pretty soon we were on the road, driving by her targets' homes. We were literally crouching in bushes, crawling on the ground, waiting for these people to come home.

I thought this game was silly at first, but after a few hours, I started to feel paranoid too. I was looking around, watching my back, getting nervous about getting found out. Then I would get excited when cars pulled up, thinking it might be our -- or rather, her -- target.

At one point, we climbed up a lady's balcony to hop over to the roof. Later that night, we crouched in a dark stairwell for hours, after "Agent Tuna" got a lead that her target was on her way home.

I asked her: Do you realize how ridiculous we seem sitting here in some alley on a Thursday night? She said she asks herself that question all the time, but the adrenaline rush is so incredible she keeps coming back for more. I found this out for myself.

Just as we were packing to leave, "Agent Tuna's" target finally came home. But she missed. And then she missed her second one too. We waited hours in that dark stairway for her third to arrive. Just when it looked like the night would be a bust, targets two and three ambushed her. Number three got away, but "Agent Tuna" recorded her first "kill" when she blasted target two. Now all she has to do is get the other ones...and watch her own back.

sabotai · 03-22-2006, 04:14 PM

COOLEST. GAME. EVER.

mrsimperless · 03-22-2006, 04:21 PM

Question is, how long before someone actually gets killed playing this. That's the part that would make ME paranoid. Some psycho taking the game too far. Not getting tagged with a water gun.

vyshka · 03-22-2006, 04:24 PM

Hmmm, sounds like the "TAG - The Assassination Game" movie from the 80s

fantastic flying froggies · 03-22-2006, 04:27 PM

Cool game, I played it almost 20 years ago (damn I'm old!

)

Coolest hit was getting a kill with a (fake of course) letter bomb.

PackerFanatic · 03-22-2006, 04:29 PM

That is fucking sweet, we played this a lot when I lived in the dorms, never thought of taking it so large scale though.

Marc Vaughan · 03-22-2006, 05:08 PM

Sounds like a lot of fun - played 'water pistol warfare' a lot as a late teenager / early twenties ... similar style but set with my friends in the village I lived in and using anything from traditional water pistols to baloons filled with water (normally while yelling 'grenade' loudly) ....

Used to be very funny to see the looks from passing cars while we were stalking each other

BrianD · 03-22-2006, 05:12 PM

Just wait until some rookie cop sees someone pull out a water gun at night and takes them out. This sounds like something you could get away with on a college campus, but not on the city streets.

I've occasionally thought about trying to organize one of these, but I'm convinced I would eventually get sued for wrongful death.

Warhammer · 03-22-2006, 05:30 PM

Geez, we almost killed ourselves in HS playing this...

Guy basically jumped down a flight of stairs between classes to avoid getting tagged.

cartman · 03-22-2006, 06:03 PM

BRING IT ON!!!

RendeR · 03-22-2006, 06:18 PM

Stupedist idea ever.

Someone's gonna get killed for real.

Bearcat729 · 03-22-2006, 06:56 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/

Anthony Edwards wants to play

TazFTW · 03-22-2006, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Stupedist idea ever.

Someone's gonna get killed for real.

They did an episode of CSI:NY where the victim was involved in one of these things. He rented out office space and had it customizable to look like either a wedding planner, a travel agency, or a casting agency. He would then try to get people on his list interested in one of his "occupations" and when they visited he would throw a water balloon at them. One of his targets was an out of work actor and he got pissed at the setup and ended up killing the dude.

primelord · 03-22-2006, 07:09 PM

We played a version of this game my senior year in high school. About 40 people were involved. It was a blast. There was one guy who cordinated the whole thing and he secretly asked all the people to play so for the most part no one knew who the other people playing were.

You each got one target. Once you had eliminated that target you would contact the cordinator and you would get another target etc etc. You of course could try to take out someone who had you as target if they tried to kill you and if someone slipped and let you know they were playing they were fair game as well.

Many of the early casualties were the people who didn't realize how many people were playing and ended up telling a friend who happened to also be playing about this cool game they were in. I unfortunately was killed about midway through the game. It turned out my ride to school drew me as target so I was pretty easy pickings when I came out the front dorr when he came to pick me up.

Rockstar · 03-22-2006, 07:20 PM

Or until someone shoots their eye out. With a water gun.

03-22-2006, 04:21 PM	#3
mrsimperless College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2003	Question is, how long before someone actually gets killed playing this. That's the part that would make ME paranoid. Some psycho taking the game too far. Not getting tagged with a water gun. __________________ "All I know is that smart women are hot. Susan Polgar beat me in 24 moves in a simultaneous exhbition. I slept with the scoresheet under my pillow." Off some dude's web site.

03-22-2006, 04:27 PM	#5
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	Cool game, I played it almost 20 years ago (damn I'm old! ) Coolest hit was getting a kill with a (fake of course) letter bomb. __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

03-22-2006, 04:29 PM	#6
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	That is fucking sweet, we played this a lot when I lived in the dorms, never thought of taking it so large scale though. __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

03-22-2006, 06:03 PM	#10
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	BRING IT ON!!! __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

03-22-2006, 06:18 PM	#11
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Stupedist idea ever. Someone's gonna get killed for real. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

03-22-2006, 04:14 PM	#2
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	COOLEST. GAME. EVER.

03-22-2006, 04:24 PM	#4
vyshka Mascot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ	Hmmm, sounds like the "TAG - The Assassination Game" movie from the 80s

03-22-2006, 05:08 PM	#7
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Sounds like a lot of fun - played 'water pistol warfare' a lot as a late teenager / early twenties ... similar style but set with my friends in the village I lived in and using anything from traditional water pistols to baloons filled with water (normally while yelling 'grenade' loudly) .... Used to be very funny to see the looks from passing cars while we were stalking each other

03-22-2006, 05:12 PM	#8
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Just wait until some rookie cop sees someone pull out a water gun at night and takes them out. This sounds like something you could get away with on a college campus, but not on the city streets. I've occasionally thought about trying to organize one of these, but I'm convinced I would eventually get sued for wrongful death.

03-22-2006, 05:30 PM	#9
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Geez, we almost killed ourselves in HS playing this... Guy basically jumped down a flight of stairs between classes to avoid getting tagged.

03-22-2006, 06:56 PM	#12
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/ Anthony Edwards wants to play

03-22-2006, 07:09 PM	#14
primelord Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	We played a version of this game my senior year in high school. About 40 people were involved. It was a blast. There was one guy who cordinated the whole thing and he secretly asked all the people to play so for the most part no one knew who the other people playing were. You each got one target. Once you had eliminated that target you would contact the cordinator and you would get another target etc etc. You of course could try to take out someone who had you as target if they tried to kill you and if someone slipped and let you know they were playing they were fair game as well. Many of the early casualties were the people who didn't realize how many people were playing and ended up telling a friend who happened to also be playing about this cool game they were in. I unfortunately was killed about midway through the game. It turned out my ride to school drew me as target so I was pretty easy pickings when I came out the front dorr when he came to pick me up.

03-22-2006, 07:20 PM	#15
Rockstar Mascot Join Date: Jun 2005	Or until someone shoots their eye out. With a water gun. __________________ Your wife was at the show last night.

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