Missions 4 & 5 are complete, Quiz #2 is underway, so let's get to it!
Mission #4: Sandbags
So here's the run down: 2 groups (1 consisting of 4 players, 1 consisting of 5 players) had to post to race towards one another (carrying their sandbags!). Since we choose to go for the maximum of $30k, we had to wait 60 minutes in between posts. If we met in the exact middle, we would get a bonus $10k.
Team #1 ending up slacking and didn't post enough to meet us in the middle, but we still met up and won the $30k, success!
So who was Moley today?
Ethan000 did quite a few things that were suspect. First, he opted to join my group as soon as I selected a group. Although we didn't know what the challenge was, the Mole probably did... Strategy wise, Ethan and I had been the top posters in the 500 challenge, so if we had been in opposite groups chances would have increased that we would have been able to meet in the middle. If Ethan was The Mole he could have strategically selected to be on my team in hopes that Team #1 would have the fuel to make enough posts...
Secondly, Ethan000 was the only other person besides myself to actively voice his opinion of going for $30k. We had the option of going for $5k less to make it easier ($25k, $20k, $15k, etc). I think The Mole would have at least voiced an opinion one way or another (if he was in our group). However, in retrospect, going for $30k was probably the best option for the team. If we had gone for $25k we'd probably have had 50 minutes in between posts, but even with that advantage, I don't think the other team would have been able to meet us in the middle. And had we gone for $20k even if we did meet in the middle the most we could earn would have been $30k, which is what we did win, so that wouldn't have helped anything.
Lastly, Ethan000 made a diagram, that in my personal opinion, was confusing to follow. The diagram is fine once it is explained, but that is assuming all the players are going to take the time to read the explanation and not assume it means what first comes to mind when looking at the diagram... act of sabotage? Or just artistic differences?
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And where did Team #1 go wrong?
barkmrck3tg claimed that he would take the lead for Team #1 for most of the night, leaving his teammates to feel at ease. But then he lost us valuable time by not posting which indirectly resulted in us not being able to meet in the middle and earn the $10k. Sabotage? I suspect so...
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Mission #5: Splashes
So the other 10 players complete in a posting mission in which they had to follow directions in a specific order... The task was... (TLDR)... don't worry, you don't need to.
pikachu142 ended the mission in 2 minutes when he unclipped his rope and sent his 9 fellow teammates splashing into the water. Costing the team $27k... The most money anyone has single-handedly lost to date. Definitely suspicious.
