Jar of Shame - Smashing Success

The debut of the Jar of Shame was an overwhelming, awe inspiring, and monumental event. The final gate from opening night was $9.35 (somebody snuck in a dime). During this evening we learned how quickly the cap can be reached, reminded ourselves of Rule #4, and came up with a couple of rule refinements.

The cap for the night was $3.00. Now that sounds like a reasonable amount. Most of us don't think we shoot our friends that much and we never think that we kill our friends. But that's where we are wrong. Bunny's Fan capped out after 2 quick hours. KrazyKarl was right behind him at 3 hours and 10 minutes. The rest of us (4.5 people) accounted for the remaining monies. Some of us thought that we were good shooters and maybe we would have to pay a quarter. Boy were we wrong.

We all forgot about Rule #4. This rule was the first one ever created and most of us take it for granted. Dead People Don't Talk. Any communication by a person that has been killed that reveals strategic information is a 25 cent fine. Even before the creation of the JoS we enforced this rule through common courtesy and intense peer pressure.

Since the JoS is in its' infancy there is plenty of time to make some adjustments. First we need to increase the cap. That way we won't have to listen to certain people 'Ha, ha, it doesn't matter if I shoot you, I already reached the cap.' Proposed amount of new cap $5.00. Secondly, purposefully running in front of someone who is shooting should result in a 25 cent fine for the player doing the running in front of. This will be known as taking a dive, or the Anti-Pisser Rule (he did that to Bunny's Fan).

As for the future of the Jar of Shame I see bigger amazing feats. We definitely need a larger jar, a larger cap (Bunny's Fan Cap), some maps could be JoS exempt, and we could add night specific silly rules. Perhaps if you are killed by a knife, then you owe a quarter (except Bunny because it's too easy to kill her with a knife). Or if you kill yourself you owe a quarter (pulling a Karl Part Two). If you kill someone by running them over with a car then you win a 25 cent credit (no you can't remove money from the jar, instead the next time you owe money, you can use your credit to cancel out your debt).

All in all, the Jar of Shame is a whole lot of fun.

--Mischief