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| Anyone else read the full page article on page nine of today's Sunday Telegraph? It details how a new games has come over from New York where Londeners pay £40 to receive their assassination targets that they have to squirt with water pistols. Yup - it seems they're playing Killer! Or as we used to call it at University 15 years ago - Assassins Circle...
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Yep - and we've been doing it in Durham since 1996. http://www.dur.ac.uk/assassins.society
Ias
Maelstrom: Then: Regimental Sergeant Major Mdjai, Havocstan Army
Now: "?"
DUTT: Then: Commander J.W. Cranstan, Durholme City Guard
Now: Justice
RL: Ias
I was going to run for parliament, because I want to make the world a better place, but I ran into some old friends and went out for a beer instead.
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| I think whichever prat decided to revive the game in current day london deserves a kick in the nuts for crimes for stupidity, someone is going to get arrested at least and possibly shot. Oh well, rather them than me.
You couldn't possibly do that...who'd clear up the mess? PD - Lukos Apicius Haussmann of the Sacuza a.k.a:axe wielding psycopath
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Mr Yarrow (8/2/2006)
I think whichever prat decided to revive the game in current day london deserves a kick in the nuts for crimes for stupidity, someone is going to get arrested at least and possibly shot.Been there, done that. Well, Manchester rather than London, but the cells look much the same.
You're entitled to your opinion as long as you realise it's wrong.
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Yep, a friend had a water pistol, (brightly coloured abovious thing), in the back of his car many, many years ago and was waving it at other passengers...a passing biddy phoned the police, they were surrounded by armed cops and all nicked. Made worse by opening the boot and finding the replica M16 in their boot from a LARP game  I just think that killer at the mo in large metropolitan areas is dumb - oh well, hopefully they WILL live and learn. Rgds
You couldn't possibly do that...who'd clear up the mess? PD - Lukos Apicius Haussmann of the Sacuza a.k.a:axe wielding psycopath
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| Similar to people I know having a door kicked in by police after someone reported seeing a man challenged, surrounded and kidnapped from the street to be dragged into a nearby flat with a bag on his head and his hands tied. They stopped playing vampire live after that.
"Idiot is not a God. Unfortunately he has many followers"
PD: Kalipet Teca, High Priestess of Ant
LT: Ffion Kendrick, Lady of the Alchemist's Desk
Reality: Lisa/Perfi, Nottingham castle assistant and craftsperson
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| When that happened in Bradford us poor larpers in Huddersfield had to put all our local MET games down. And WE weren't the ones being that stupid but we still got interviewed and told to behave by the police
PD: Finch: Deader than most people manage
LT: Tirell Dreamstruck: Expert cat herder
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| Cambridge also has an active Assassins Guild, of comparable size and activity to the one in Durham that Iasus mentioned (in fact, we met at the varsity match this year). However, both Cambridge and Durham run the game within student communities, and with considerable care. Cambridge has now stopped using rubber pellet guns after an incident with the police; Durham continues to use them with police knowledge. In general, the game works best when run within a university, since student silliness is a fact of life in university towns, and tolerated as a result. In central London I'd never do what we do here... I spent the whole of lent wandering around with a rubber band gun concealed under my left shoulder, and Maweek was carrying a large supersoaker in a kitbag for larger engagements. Not exactly something I'd do in the middle of a crowded city... even a small CPS puts out a lot of water, and band-guns can look vaguely realistic on bad-quality CCTV. So yeah, such games are really good fun, but require considerable care, planning, and attention. Basically, students are about the only people who can get away with it; and both Cambridge and Durham guilds have enough members that most people have heard of them. (137 players for the Michaelmas game this year, and that was the smallest turnout in some time).
---------------------------------------------------- Maelstrom: Edward Hanfling of the DNF
Cambridge TT: Vladimir Karchev
LT: yet to be decided
RL: Jake
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| These tales remind me of my humorous incident regarding firearms. When I was student living with a bunch of other (mostly LRP) students, one of them answered the door to a double-glazing salesman whilst twirling one of his (replica) waterpistols (as you do!) to tell him to sod off as were only renting. About 15-30 minutes later I'm doing the washing up in the back kitchen when I get the fright of my life as a policeman suddenly appears outside the window in our back yard. Apparently the salesman had phoned the police, who dispatched a firearms unit and whilst they waited round the corner they send this poor unarmed sod of a policeman in to scout the place out!
PD Head Ref- but as all posts here count as being unofficial, you'll need to email rules@PD for the real deal. And in those oh so rare moments of going IC: Detric of the Bespoke Atelier (and your host for the erotic performance show) whilst my gnoll is on an extended leave of absence in deference to my ex-wife...
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