The FOFC Mole Official Thread

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Been working on Mission #6 while you were gone. I am an evil genius, I must say. I'm not sure why, but I have the wackiest ideas for missions whenever I'm falling asleep.

well not sure whether to give you sleeping pills or caffeine then.

[Thomkal]

oooh can I bomb wrigley field and milwaukee's park so the Cards can get ahead of them in the standings?

[MJ4H]

bwahaha

You might get that chance. During my testing of the game, I did in fact get to bomb Wrigley Field.

[gstelmack]

Boy, I hope whatever FBI guy reads this thread has a sense of humor...

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

bwahaha

You might get that chance. During my testing of the game, I did in fact get to bomb Wrigley Field.

you are my favorite Mole Host

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

oooh can I bomb wrigley field and milwaukee's park so the Cards can get ahead of them in the standings?

You'd want to bomb Miller Field? You just dropped on my trust list.

[Thomkal]

that's not such a bad thing in this game Brian

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Boy, I hope whatever FBI guy reads this thread has a sense of humor...

They just make comic book POWs and BLAMs

[MJ4H]

A quick update, we have given clues out to 2 people and I'm waiting on the next to send, which is kingnebwsu.

[MJ4H]

Remember, folks, when you have your clue(s) answered, send the answer(s) to me via PM. I haven't received any answers, yet.

[MJ4H]

Got a few answers in now. Waiting for path12's response. He said he would be away but with internet access. He might be a little busy.

[hoopsguy]

Suggestions of bombing Wrigley are a good way to get a 1 star rating for the thread

[MJ4H]

[MJ4H]

path12 has been inactive since leaving, so maybe he didn't have access where he was heading, after all. He said he would be back Thursday, so hopefully we can resume then.

[MJ4H]

Incidentally, there are clues that have been given out that I don't have answers for. When path12 returns, it would speed things up if you had answers for the clues given out already sent in.

[MJ4H]

Don't know where path12 has gotten off to. If he doesn't show up tonight, I am considering moving forward to mission #6 where we can just have him go last in the order.

[MJ4H]

OK I think we will try to move forward tomorrow with mission #6 and go back and finish up #5 when path12 comes back.

Here is the preview video for #6. Sorry for the macabre video

[MJ4H]

Mission #6 - Google Bomber - $60,000

Your job is to drop a bomb on a baseball field. You will be flying over
an unknown major city. You will have 10 movement points to use to
locate and drop a bomb on a baseball field anywhere in that city. Your
options for each move are N, S, E, W, Ascend, Descend, Target, and Drop
Bomb.

For instance if you find a baseball field by using the other commands,
which should be self-explanatory, you would then use the target command
to center your cross-hairs on the baseball field and drop your bomb.
You may not drop a bomb from a height higher than 3 or you will miss the
target automatically.

Here, we can see we have located a baseball field, but we don't have it
in our cross-hairs, yet.


We need to use the target command to aim. To use it, we use fractions.
Our center of vision will not change, only the position of the cross-hairs
will change. If we want to move the crosshairs towards the top halfway,
we would use:

"Target Up 1/2". This would result in this:


Almost aligned, but not quite. We would need to retarget slightly to the
right. Let's try:
"Target Right 1/10"


Aha, we are now aimed right at the baseball field. Now, we simply issue
the command:

"Drop Bomb"

And we see whether we hit it or not.



Yay! Another baseball field destroyed! Mwahahahaha. Everything is
proceeding as I have forseen it! Ahem. I mean good job team, you have
succeeded. A POW! means success. If you don't see a POW! over the
location of the old baseball field, you have failed the mission, since you
have only one bomb.

Each baseball field that is destroyed will add $10,000 to the group pot.
A baseball field must be unmistakable as a baseball field. In other words,
the four bases and outfield must be absolutely clear to see.

Turns will be taken on a first come, first served basis. If you are ready to play, just post in this thread saying so, and I will put you in your plane.

Once again, your possible moves for each turn will be:
N, S, E, W, Ascend, Descend, Target, and Drop Bomb.

[samifan24]

Quick question: are we using Google Earth for this? Are we all going off the same image? Is there a scale on our maps? How do we know if the field is 1/10 to the left or 1/2 below our crosshairs? How do we judge the distances?

[BrianD]

You didn't say we couldn't talk about the mission, so I'm going to assume we can. I've got a couple of questions. Are the "Ascend and Descend" commands mostly like zooming in and zooming out to find a stadium? Next question, what constitutes one of our 10 turns? If we want to "ascend 2 levels", is that 2 turns, or just one?

[MJ4H]

Good questions.

1) yes we are using google maps.
2) you will each have a turn and each start in a different unknown city
3) I will tell you your height and how many movement points you have left (height will be in zoom units, and yes it is basically zooming in and out of the map). Height of 1 is the closest zoom level, 3 is where you will start, and height must be 3 or less to drop a bomb.
4) Every action takes 1 movement point. You can move your target along both axes (is that right for plural of axis?) for one movement point if you want (ie target up 1/2, left 1/2 is one movement point).
5) Moving the crosshairs is accomplished by fractions of the distance to the edge of the screen. In my first example above, I wanted to move the target halfway from where it is to the top, so I did target up 1/2. In the next move I wanted to move it 1/10th of the way from where it is to the edge of the screen. Again you can move one or both directions (up/down and left/right) with one movement point, but they must be done at the same time if you move both.
6) the movement N, S, E, W is done with the arrow controls that are present in the interface of google maps.

edit: oh yeah discussion is allowed at all times

[path12]

Really sorry guys. Thought I'd have access but didn't, then got delayed an extra day. Back now and have submitted my pm to MJ4H.

[BrianD]

OK, let's learn by doing. I'm ready to be in my plane.

[MJ4H]

Hey it worked! Starting mission 6 brought path12 back!

haha

[BrianD]

If you want to finish 5 before we jump into 6, that is fine too.

[MJ4H]

Height: 3, Movement points remaining: 10

[samifan24]

Let's finish mission 5 first.

[MJ4H]

Nah 5 works well as a background mission. No biggie at all.

[BrianD]

Ascend 2

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by BrianD

Ascend 2

Current height: 5, Movement points remaining: 8




Please make sure to notice that ascending 2 times takes 2 movement points.

[BrianD]

OK, couple of other quick questions. If I wanted to go north twice, would that also be 2 moves? If I move the crosshairs and then descend, do we re-center on the crosshairs?

[MJ4H]

Yes, 2 norths, 2 movement points. Moving crosshairs = 1 point, descending = 1 point. And no, you don't descend to the cross-hair center point. Only straight down.

[BrianD]

OK. I don't think I'm going to be able to go any higher and still see a diamond, so let's go 1 North.

[MJ4H]

Sorry, just got home from football game.

Height: 5, Movement Points remaining: 7

[BrianD]

A-ha. Let's see if I can zoom in on it now. Let's start with a descend 1.

[MJ4H]

Height: 4, Movement points remaining: 6

[BrianD]

1 East please.

[path12]

For future reference, once we get an initial photo we should see if anyone recognizes the city pictured. That would help us figure out which direction to go.

[MJ4H]

Height: 4, Movement Points remaining: 5

[BrianD]

This could end up being close. Let's descend 1 more.

[MJ4H]

Height: 3, Movement Points remaining: 4

[MJ4H]

Oops sorry about the show labels interface item appearing. I don't think it will affect anything.

[BrianD]

OK, North 1 and East 1.

Assuming that dropping the bomb takes one movement point, I think I am only going to have one chance to move the crosshairs. Hopefully this works well. In preparation for that move, the commands I give will be based on the distance from the crosshairs to the edge of the map, right?

[MJ4H]

Yes. ie if what you are aiming at is halfway between the center and the right edge, you could say target right 1/2.

[MJ4H]

Height: 3, Movement Points remaining: 2

[BrianD]

For my last two actions: Move Crosshairs 4/5 right and 3/4 up. Drop bomb.

[Thomkal]

good luck Brian!

[MJ4H]

Would your actions be the same or different if I offered you 1 more movement point for $3000?

[Thomkal]

oooh

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Would your actions be the same or different if I offered you 1 more movement point for $3000?

That's mean...and probably only possible because I gave my last two moves together. If offered, I would decline the offer because I believe I've got myself a hit. $10,000 or bust.