The Mole : Episode 3

[Colin Tracey]

Car	Player 1	Player 2
1	Jason	Ben
2	Reck	Lexi
3	Sleepy	Mist
4	Kitty	Jeremy
Ground	Ryan	Round: 8

[Flameaxe]

Swap Ben

[Blackberry]

swap Jason

[Colin Tracey]

Car	Player 1	Player 2
1	Ben	Ryan
2	Reck	Lexi
3	Sleepy	Mist
4	Kitty	Jeremy
Ground	Jason	Round: 10

Jason, you will make the final swap. If you think the pairs are correct now, you may choose not to swap.

[JasonWazza]

Swap Ryan

[Colin Tracey]

You have used your ten swaps. Did you get all four categories correct?

Let's find out!

Would like to travel to Egypt

Ben

and

Jason

Favorite color is Green

Reck

and

Lexi

Chooses to play for the group

Mist

and

Ryan

Is a follower

Jeremy

and

Kitty

Well, you got three out of four right, which will earn you $1,500 for the pot, bringing you to a total of $3,200. Were your errors simple mistakes, or the work of the Mole? Only time will tell.

Your next Task will be posted later tonight.

[Blackberry]

So just to let everyone in on what me and Jason did there at the end:

After Flameaxe moved to the ground I sent Jason a PM with my prediction of correct solution and plan if Flame tried to swap with us. We had predicted that all flame had to do was switch with Sleepy and we'd get 4/4. However - since Flameaxe got the tempted position - we also hypothesized he might be made a temptation to screw things up. Hypothetically flame could swap with me, I could swap back, then Flame could swap with me again meaning we'd get 2/4 correct.

However - I proposed that if Flame swapped with either me or Jason that we first swap with each other, then have the final swap be with flame. Although it only gets us 3/4 - it safeguards against Flameaxe sabotaging (probably something like he gets a joker for each incorrect car - or an exemption if he screws up 3 cars).

I would also like to point out - that although we don't know what offer was made to Flamey - I am confident he was trying to sabotage. Although we couldn't communicate with all of us each other - out actions could speak for is. Everyone that swapped to a car

swapped themselves into the ground they belonged in

. Ie; the second category was green; faraday and Lexi both choose to be in the green car. Flame purposely swapped with me when A: he knows he did not choose Egypt and B: he knows I selected that car. It is enough for me to assume Flamey was trying to sabotage.

So although what Jason/I did may look like we were sabotaging - we were actually safeguarding the group and guaranteeing 3 wins instead of 4.

Flamey - care to tell us what your offer was?

[Flameaxe]

I have no offer. Quit blowing smoke because I'm not as all knowing as you seemed to be.

[Blackberry]

Exactly what am I doing to blow smoke? I was explaining my reasoning for doing what we did.

Are you claiming you were given no special role this mission despite the fact that you were selected as "person who won't be tempted"?

[Flameaxe]

Did I fucking stutter?

[Blackberry]

Did I fucking stutter?

No - you haven't previously answered that question because it was the first time I asked it. Your statement was "you were not given an offer" - so I was clarifying by asking if you had any special role.

[Blackberry]

I love you Flamers

[KittyMo]

sorry guys

[SleepyKrew]

sorry guys

WHAT DID YOU DO

[Blackberry]

I would like to revise my statement as such. Please note a deletion of a paragraph where I falsely accused Flameaxe of trying to sabotage which I'd now like to retract. I believe I have made a mistake. I am sorry Flamers <3. Also I wanted to edit a sentence where I mistyped what I meant (I was almost late returning from my break at work!).

So just to let everyone in on what me and Jason did there at the end:

After Flameaxe moved to the ground I sent Jason a PM with my prediction of correct solution and plan if Flame tried to swap with us. We had predicted that all flame had to do was switch with Sleepy and we'd get 4/4. However - since Flameaxe got the tempted position - we also hypothesized he might be made a temptation to screw things up. Hypothetically flame could swap with me, I could swap back, then Flame could swap with me again meaning we'd get 2/4 correct.

However - I proposed that if Flame swapped with either me or Jason that we first swap with each other, then have the final swap be with flame. Although it only gets us 3/4 - it safeguards against Flameaxe sabotaging (probably something like he gets a joker for each incorrect car - or an exemption if he screws up 3 cars).

So although what Jason/I did may look like we were sabotaging - we were actually safeguarding the group and guaranteeing 3 wins

instead of risking only 2 wins.

Secondly, I would like to apologize to Flamey again. My intention was not to upset you. I do apologize for thinking you were sabotaging the game. I no longer think you were trying to sabotage the game. I was just assuming that since we gave you the rule of "can't be tempted" that you must have been given some sort of temptation and that I should trust your actions this task. I apologize for this.

Thirdly, I want to make clear that my *MAIN* intention of writing that whole thing was not to blame anyone else, or accuse others of messing things up, or claim to know all the details. I am flawful, I was mistaken on many aspects of that challenge ^_^. My #1 intention was simply to let everyone know WHY I swapped with Jason - my intention was not to Sabotage, but to guarantee that A) my cart was correct and B) get what I suspected would be a 3/4 correct.

Sorry again for my incorrect assumptions ^_^.

Spoiler: Lastly; Flameaxe, this is for your eyes only. I apologize to anyone this may offend.

Choo choooooooo.

Will you board my friendship train?

[Colin Tracey]

Aw, how nice that we've patched everything up. And just in time for me to reveal what role the player who can't be tempted will have!

Task incoming.

[Colin Tracey]

Task 4

Path to Temptation

Welcome to the National Library of Vienna. In this beautiful building, you'll be completing your next Task, where you'll have the opportunity to benefit yourself very nicely if you so choose.

One at a time, you will walk around the edge of this room. Along the way, you will encounter ten baskets. Each basket will have something different inside it, be it money, exemptions, hidden questions, Jokers or some combination thereof. At each basket, you will be faced with a choice: take the contents, or move on hoping to find something better?

Once you leave a basket, you may not return to collect its contents. At the end of the challenge, it will only be revealed how much money the group earned, not who earned it nor who took each basket.

After each player completes their turn, they will select the next player to walk the path. You may also pass a message to the next player, but you may only do so by posting it in thread. Other than this public message, there is to be no public communication, and you may only privately message players who are at the same state of the Task as you (so if you haven't started yet, you may PM those who haven't started yet, and once you finish you may only PM players who have finished).

Ryan will be the first to walk the path. Please do not post in-thread except when your turn is complete or if you have a question about the challenge workings.

[JasonWazza]

Question; once we collect a case do we keep walking round the circle and checking boxes?

[Colin Tracey]

Question; once we collect a case do we keep walking round the circle and checking boxes?

Yes.

[Colin Tracey]

(what will actually happen is that I'll just send you a list of what's left in the rest of the baskets)

[Flameaxe]

Jeremy next. You should take basket 6.

[pickemgenius]

Kitty next.

Should check out 3 or 7.

[KittyMo]

Sleepy u should prolly take whichever of 3 and 7 isn't empty . If you for some reason don't want that, box 9's ok

[KittyMo]

can i switch to someone thats actually around

[Colin Tracey]

He responded to the first basket.