The FOFC Mole Official Thread

[MJ4H]

The quizzes are the only way to eliminate another player.

edit: a point of clarification. There aren't "teams" in this game really at all. I may occasionally ask you to divide yourselves into teams for a particular mission, but it would only be because that mission requires that separation. This game is all about identifying the mole. If you do that, you survive, if you don't you go home.

[Thomkal]

some reality game shows work that way samifan, but not the Mole. It's eliminations are purely based on the quiz, though in the latest Mole one player was "bribed"-they took money to leave the game before seeing the results of the quiz.

[MJ4H]

An interesting thing about that bribe. In season 2, they bribed a player to leave, too. She took the money, got up and walked out. They talked to the remaining players a bit and then Andreson Cooper said "ok, now let's continue with the execution." The look on the players' faces was great. The music started up, he started his usual monologue about entering names one by one into the computer, and then he broke into a big smile and said "just kidding." The players all laughed. This season, they bribed a girl, she got up and left, then Jon came back and said "let's continue with the execution." Same look of shock on their faces. This time, no smile. Red print came up for one player, and two people left that week.

The Mole can be brutal.

[MJ4H]

Alright. We can sit around at the mercy of someone that's not going to show up or we can go forward. I'm making the decision to go forward.

This is Team 1's picture. It is missing one quadrant because I did not and likely am not going to receive a submission. Team 2, you have 48 hours from now to come to a majority vote on your answer for what this picture represents. Remember team 1, no helping!

[Passacaglia]

uh....it's not a pizza, i can tell you that!

wtf?

[kingnebwsu]

The NW quadrant along with the gray color of two of the quadrants makes me vote for an *elephant*

[BrianD]

I vote elephant as well.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

some reality game shows work that way samifan, but not the Mole. It's eliminations are purely based on the quiz, though in the latest Mole one player was "bribed"-they took money to leave the game before seeing the results of the quiz.

So let me understand because I've not seen the show either. We need to keep track of who we think might be bad and then answer questions about that during the quiz? Is it like voting in WW?

[path12]

I can see why elephant, but there's something that looks a little weird about that upper left -- it's a strange head, isn't it? Seems like the trunk starts too high, but that could just be my imagination.

(Not to denigrate anyone's artistic ability of course -- not like mine is any good).

[MJ4H]

That's pretty much it, thought I have no idea how things are done in WW.

[path12]

And I'd think the back leg would be farther back on the canvas.....

[path12]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

That's pretty much it, thought I have no idea how things are done in WW.

It reminds me of this so far, except with a lot more pointless squabbling. Though I expect we'll get there eventually.

[MJ4H]

I have 2 votes for elephant. If either Passacaglia or path12 were to vote elephant, then it would become official. Otherwise, one of those that voted for elephant will need to have their mind changed.

[kingnebwsu]

I'll just say, look at the NW quadrant on its own and tell me what you see. that just screams elephant to me. I'll be very shocked if I'm wrong

[Passacaglia]

I vote elephant.

[MJ4H]

Alright that makes it official. 3 votes for elephant.

The correct answer is elephant.

Congratulations! $20,000 is added to the group pot for a total of $40,000.

Next up: THE QUIZ.

[Passacaglia]

Man. Pizza was a lot easier to do than elephant.

[Barkeep49]

I thank whoever did the upper left corner since that screamed elephant to me. Pizza was indeed easier than elephant. My feeble south east corner was an attempt to do legs. I like the coloring I did, but my perspective sucks.

[MJ4H]

The artwork was done by:

Thomkal: Elephant, NW
samifan25: Elephant, NE
korme: Elephant, SW
Barkeep49: Elephant, SE
kingnebwsu: Pizza, NW
path12: Pizza, NE
Passacaglia: Pizza, SW
BrianD: Pizza, SE

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by path12

So let me understand because I've not seen the show either. We need to keep track of who we think might be bad and then answer questions about that during the quiz? Is it like voting in WW?

I haven't seen the show either, but my understanding is that your responses in the quiz aren't going to get anyone else eliminated, so it's not "voting" in that sense. It's just a test of your knowledge on the mole, and whoever does worst in it gets booted out. One of the questions will probably be "Who is the Mole?" but your answer won't affect anything other than your quiz score.

[Passacaglia]

So what up with korme?

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I haven't seen the show either, but my understanding is that your responses in the quiz aren't going to get anyone else eliminated, so it's not "voting" in that sense. It's just a test of your knowledge on the mole, and whoever does worst in it gets booted out. One of the questions will probably be "Who is the Mole?" but your answer won't affect anything other than your quiz score.

This is all correct. The person with the lowest score is eliminated. We will address your other question, Passacaglia, after the execution.

[MJ4H]

THE QUIZ IS READY

As of now, the quiz is ready for you to request. Please send me a PM when you will have some time to take the quiz. If I don't respond immediately to your PM, I will probably send a double confirmation to you, to make sure you are still around when I do get back to you.

So, your next step is to send me a PM saying "I am ready for the quiz" when you are ready to take it. Time is critical, so please keep that in mind. If you tie for the lowest score on the quiz, if you have the slowest time amongst those with the lowest score, you are the one that is executed. Time is calculated from the time I send you your quiz via PM to the time I receive your answers.

The quiz this time is 8 questions. They are multiple choice, so all you have to do is send me 8 letters. The 8 multiple choice answers in order.

Good luck, players!

[Passacaglia]

Do we receive our score as well?

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Do we receive our score as well?

If it is the same as the television show, then no.

[Thomkal]

Yeah team two! Glad I got to do the trunk part of that picture, but even then I struggled drawing it. I don't think I would have guessed elephant looking at those other two quadrants thoiugh. Tried adding tusks and ears to mine, but it just looked pretty hideous and unrecognizable when I did.

[MJ4H]

Your score on the quiz will not be given out.

[MJ4H]

3/8 quizzes have been taken. We may take some extra time because of the extreme situation BrianD has encountered in his personal life. I plan to give him as long as he needs or to excuse him from the game if that's what he prefers. In that case, I would actively seek a replacement.

[path12]

Totally understandable.

[BrianD]

I should have some time to take the quiz today. I'm at the point where preparations have generally been made and now we sit and wait. I'll probably be needing lots of distractions today. Sorry for slowing things down.

[MJ4H]

You don't need to worry about slowing things down at all. Take all the time you need. Just let us know what you want to do. Silly games don't need to be weighing on your mind right now.

That said, just send me a PM if you want the quiz and I'll ship it.

[MJ4H]

Waiting on one more quiz.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

You don't need to worry about slowing things down at all. Take all the time you need. Just let us know what you want to do. Silly games don't need to be weighing on your mind right now.

That said, just send me a PM if you want the quiz and I'll ship it.

I thank you for the understanding, but I need to either join in or get a sub. Everyone else involved deserves a smoothly flowing and fun game. I've got my quiz in now and I do plan to start being around more.

[MJ4H]

Glad you are choosing to stay in. Here is a taste of what is coming up....for 7 of you.

Make sure to pay attention.

[path12]

I like the intro.

[MJ4H]

Also while we wait, I guess, here is a clip from Season 2 of The Mole showing a typical quiz and execution. Our upcoming execution will look very similar to the one here.

also: Heather is such a babe.

[Passacaglia]

Who's Nobooy? :P

[samifan24]

I like the "FOFC Mole" logo in that video you made.

[kingnebwsu]

That video was too funny MJ4H. Can't wait til the first execution video...wait. Yes I can

[MJ4H]

Welcome to the first execution of The FOFC Mole.

We began our journey just 5 short days ago with 8 players. Tonight,
we will be just 7. The journey ends for one player, now. You
have each just completed your first quiz. 8 questions about the
mole. The person who scores the lowest on the quiz will be
executed--the mole's first victim of the game.

In the video below, I will be entering your names into the computer,
one at a time. I will choose the names randomly. If a green
screen thumbprint appears after your name, you are safe and may
continue playing the game. If, however, a red screen appears, you
are the mole's first victim. You must leave the game immediately.

Please refrain from discussing the outcome of the quiz outside of
spoiler tags for at least 24 hours after this post to avoid ruining
the execution video for those that haven't watched it yet.

To use spoiler tages, simply surround your text with

{spoiler}this text is hidden{/spoiler}

but using [ ] instead of { }.

Good luck.

[Barkeep49]

Ok I'm a minute in and the suspense is kiling me. Well done, on that alone MJ.

[MJ4H]

Spoiler

Sure wish it could be more dramatic for our first one, but I think everyone knew this was coming. korme did have the lowest score and slowest time on the quiz, since he didn't turn one in. No real surprise here, I think. Keep your eyes open, though. I doubt there will be any further free passes.

[Barkeep49]

Spoiler

Definitely had my heart going. I put korme down for when did he post in the thread, but otherwise he wasn't really on my radar (how could he be with his silence?). Glad to live onto another round.

[kingnebwsu]

Spoiler

Great video MJ4H! Especially since I wasn't eliminated I love how you added some stuff to make the video longer. If the video was one minute long and a name came 50 seconds in, then you'd know what was going to happen. With the time you took, this will give you creative freedom to make the video as short as 90 seconds or as long as 5 minutes if you really wanted to be an S.O.B.

Thanks for all the work you're putting into this.

[samifan24]

Spoiler

Great work on the vid, MJ4H. The music was perfect and I agree with Kingnebwsu about the length of the vid. Keep us guessing! I guess I missed it but was Korme absent from most of the thread? Did he forget to send something in?

[Thomkal]

Spoiler

this is where we are supposed to say nice things about the executed person just like in the show right? Well I'd like to say something nice about korme, but he was very quiet so I didn't really get to know him. Seems like a nice guy though. What a relief to still be in the game-the visions of being the "test subject" in the practice execution video were haunting me for this first execution. :P

Great job on the video preview of the next game and the execution video and nice touch with the message to Brian at the end there. Oh speaking of the music there-there's actually a CD of the music from the Mole, and yes I actually own it. It's not bad actually. Now on to Minesweeper apparantly...um yeah?

[Passacaglia]

Spoiler

Great job on the videos, MJ4H! I was thinking that the person eliminted wouldn't be named until the end of it, and it would be the last person mentioned. When I saw korme's name early, I was like, "wow, korme made it" then saw the red. Heh.

[Passacaglia]

Spoiler

Also, my hunch was that korme was most likely to request to be the Mole -- so I guess it's good that he went AWOL since I probably had the lowest score otherwise

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

Spoiler

this is where we are supposed to say nice things about the executed person just like in the show right? Well I'd like to say something nice about korme, but he was very quiet so I didn't really get to know him. Seems like a nice guy though. What a relief to still be in the game-the visions of being the "test subject" in the practice execution video were haunting me for this first execution. :P

Great job on the video preview of the next game and the execution video and nice touch with the message to Brian at the end there. Oh speaking of the music there-there's actually a CD of the music from the Mole, and yes I actually own it. It's not bad actually. Now on to Minesweeper apparantly...um yeah?

I own the Mole CD music as well. Bought it from iTunes just for this game. Well, that and I like it.

[MJ4H]

The group pot now stands at $40,000. If only that were real. I might make these missions a little harder so I could keep some. Maybe the mole and I could split it.

Seven players remain. Seven active, interested players. That part is good. Only six players are really interested in winning this next challenge, though. One of them has their eye open for an opportunity to subvert your efforts.

Mission #3: Human Minesweeper

With seven trustworthy players this next mission might be manageable. Let's find out how it is with your real situation, shall we?

You find yourself on an island. On this
island with you are four primitive tribes.
They are the Turl Trible, the Scala Tribe,
the Bacla Tribe, and the Ko Tribe.

The Ko Tribe and the Scala Tribe are very
unfriendly. You find yourselves in the
Bacla Tribe's village. The Ko Tribe is to
your left and the Scala Tribe is to your right.
You must safely navigate the open field in the
center of all four tribes to reach the Turl
Tribe's village. This open field is open
because it is very, very dangerous. The field
is filled with hidden mines.

The four tribes on the island know that the
field contains many mines. They have, over
time, mapped out parts of the minefield that
are dangerous. However, no complete map
exists. Only a collection of pieces mapped
by the various tribes at different times.

You will be given these pieces. They do not
overlap. You will also be told which tribe
made the map. The maps are accurate. However,
there are 5 mines that have evaded detection
by these tribes.

Also in this minefield there are 5 pieces of
valuable treasure. Bring that treasure with
you to the Turl Tribe village, and $10,000
will be added to the pot. These 5 treasures
are marked on the map pieces as well.

In addition to the 5 undetected mines on the
map, there is also 1 unknown treasure in the
field. It is worth $25,000 if brought to the
Turl village.

You may go across the field one at a time, so
you need to select your order. When you have
your order decided, you may post it in the thread.

Mines will go off each time they are stepped
on, not just once. Even if a previous player
has stepped on a specific mine, it will
explode the next time it is stepped on, too.

If a treasure is picked up by a player, it is
lost forever if that player steps on a mine
before reaching the Turl Tribe village.

Each player must exit the field into the Turl
Tribe Village through a different exit square.

A player may enter the minefield through any of
the 10 entry squares adjacent to the Bacla
village. Players may move N, S, E, W, NE, NW,
SE, or SW (up, down, left, right, or diagonally) one square
at a time while navigating the minefield. If
at any time a player enters the Scala or Ko
Village, they will be neutralized by that tribe.

Each player is going to be sent one of the
pieces of the map along with the name of the
tribe that mapped it. Your first task is to
piece the map together to form a 10x10 square
map. Once this is completed and I have your
order, the first player may start moving
through the field.

Good luck.