Inventors 2 has ended! Congratulations, Team Ganymede!

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[3iff]

Fair enough...just need to get my hands on a defeat device...(but I'll be happy if I get any sort of invention to play with).

[ralphmerridew]

Recipient: 3iff
Name: Golden Raspberry Trophy
Description: Allows the user to declare defeat. Also makes a rude sound at the target(s).

[bgg1996]

Use ralphmerridew's SAT Preparatory Brain Implant. Target Time Bomb.
Description: Whoops! Did I say that it gives you inventions after 48 hours? Silly me. Why would a bomb do that. Instead of being discarded, the Time Bomb moves to the front of a target's queue. Then, they may pass it along to a target of theirs, and so on. That should be it... Oh right! In exactly 24 hours, it explodes, destroying every invention in its holder's posession and making them unable to make or use other inventions for 12 more hours.
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[Amb]

[MatthewV]

Recipient: Scurra
Name: Big White Flag and a Black Sharpie
Description: Allows the user to switch teams with someone. They must declare this person publicly.

Recipient: Amb
Name: Most Useless Gun
Description: Allows the user to declare victory! Haha!

[Amb]

Invention: AntiMatthewV Gun
Usage: When used, MatthewV is forced to declare victory.
Recipient: Scurra.

[Amb]

Can an invention create a whole new team?

[Scurra]

Recipient: Amb
Name: The Clonus Horror
Description: When used on someone on the same team, this device transforms into the item at the end of that player's queue. When used on someone on a different team, the item at the end of that player's queue transforms into a copy of The Clonus Horror. (In each case, if the queue is empty, the device waits until there is something in the queue.) Naturally this device cannot be used on oneself.


edit: Sadly, I think I already have something from Amb, so cannot accept his latest creation.
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[mathgrant]

[Amb]

Invention: "Create Europa as a team" o Matic.
Use: Create an empty team called "Europa". Inventions will be required to allow people to join it. In the unlikely event of Europa already existing as a team, the team will be called "Callisto" instead.
Target: 3iff

Edit: The name of the new team will be announced publicly.

[ralphmerridew]

Use the time bomb. Pass it to lexprod.

Use the rm-o-matic on amb.

Use the giant splodge gun.

Recipient: amb
Name: Instant Plastic Surgery
Description: A random player on the user's team changes to a different team.

Recipient: MatthewV
Name: Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
Description: May be used or transferred to another player. If used, may not target another player, or be targeted by another player, for 12 hours.

Recipient: Scurra
Name: Doberman generator
Description: Target gains the "chased by dobermans" status, and is unable to use or invent. If anybody targets or gives an invention to the chased person, the status is moved to that person, even if it was a random choice. Dobermans lose interest 24 hours after being generated.

[Amb]

Discard Instant Plastic Surgery

[MatthewV]

You have to use/discard the inventions in order.


Recipient: ralphmerridew
Name: Can-o-Death
Description: When used, all of the remaining Spam-o-Lot devices of post 47 will blow up, make a gooey mess, and fizzle out of existence.

[bgg1996]

Use Spamalot:
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Use Cheeky Bugger 2000 on Amb.
Don the Genuine Imitation Horsehair Beard.
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[Amb]

Invention: AntiMatthewV Gun
Usage: When used, MatthewV is forced to declare victory.
Recipient: Bgg1996

[3iff]

Discard bgg1996 night owl. I'm not coming into work at 5am to use the thing.

Use the Golden Raspberry Trophy (thanks for that ralphmerridew)

Declare defeat: Amb on team Europa

[Amb]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[3iff]

I have my reasons.

[3iff]

Recipients: Amb, bgg, Scurra, ralphmerridew
Name: The "Get a Clue"
Description: A device used on a target person. The target is obliged to provide a clue (publicly) to their team name. The clue must be clear enough for the Mod to understand or the Mod may insist on a better clue. The target may not use another invention until the mod declares the clue satisfactory. The clue must be different to any previous clue given by any other player. (If the teamname was "Frog" then a clue of "Animal" would be sufficient)

[bgg1996]

Recipients: 3iff
Name: The Studies-have-shown-that-inventions-with-longer-names-are-more-popular-so-I-gave-this-invention-the-longest-name-ever-o-matic
Description: The Studies-have-shown-that-inventions-with-longer-names-are-more-popular-so-I-gave-this-invention-the-longest-name-ever-o-matic will measure the length of the adjusted (mod's version) decription of the user's next invention after use. It may not be similar to a previous invention. If it exceeds 50 words, you may then target a person to make the mod reveal their team. If it doesn't exceed 35 words, switch to a random team.
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[MatthewV]

I will use all three inventions that I have. I don't really have an order to change. The duck means I cannot post again for another 24 hours. And the delicious gargle blaster mean that I target someone or be a target for the next 12 hours.

MatthewV Status: Subliminal Advertisement for 14 inventions
* bgg1996's Switch3r00 (51): The user may manipulate the order of his invention queue.
* 3iff's "Bathtime" Rubber Duck (68): The user is blocked from posting for 24 hours.

() rm's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Nappy time!

[mathgrant]

Amb gives this invention:
* Amb's "Create Europa as a team" o Matic (91): The empty team Europa (Callisto if Europa already exists) is created.

New rule: Empty teams can be defeated without an invention.

The Time Bomb is passed to lexprod.

rm-o-matic is used on Amb.

The Giant Splodge Gun will damage the next person to mistype RalphMerridEw. Ouch! I'm hurt! Frick!

Four inventions are given.

bgg1996's SPAMALOT says "jesus_saves". bgg1996 discards Cheeky Bugger 2000. bgg1996 uses Genuine imitation horsehair false beard.

Amb gives this invention:
* Amb's AntiMatthewV Gun (96): Target must declare victory. If the target isn't MatthewV, the user gets disowned by Amb.

3iff's defeat attempt fails.

3iff gives an invention to four people.

bgg1996 gives 3iff an invention.

Amb used Quantum Fluctuation Raygun Mk1 on Rubber Duck; therefore, he is the target instead. Amb may not post for 24 hours unless he uses his Awesome Token. MatthewV may post freely.

Edit: lexprod cannot invent or use inventions for 12 hours, because the Time Bomb exploded on him.
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[ralphmerridew]

Suggestion: For the first post, instead of "(effect) for N hours", have "(effect) until (time GMT)".

[ralphmerridew]

Recipient: Everybody who doesn't have an rm invention
Name: Hyper-enthusiam
Description: User must declare victory. All other hyper-enthusiasm items then disintegrate.

[Scurra]

I will discard * Amb's AntiPercentage Device (49)
I will use bgg1996's Scrambler (56) on jesus_saves
I will use * MatthewV's Big White Flag and a Black Sharpie (86) and target 3iff.
I will use ralphmerridew's Doberman Generator (92) on ralphmerridew
I will use 3iff's Get a Clue (100) on myself and declare that my teamname is that of a moon of Jupiter.
I will now cry because my queue is empty. But only for a few moments.


As a rules query: would it be legal to say that I am discarding all inventions I receive from now on and expect that to apply? I am not planning on doing this, but it does seem legal.
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[bgg1996*]

[mathgrant]

[bgg1996]

Yes, but I used it first.
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[mathgrant]

[Amb]

My MatthewV gun is incorrect. It is designed to force a victory claim so I can have another shot.

[mathgrant]

Correction: bgg1996 didn't discard Cheeky bugger, but used it on Amb. Amb, you must use one of your first three inventions, regardless of queue order, before doing anything else (bgg1996 was supposed to target a specific invention, but he didn't, so I'm letter you choose).

ralphmerridew gives out an invention.

Due to the Scrambler, jesus_saves now has this queue:
jesus_saves
* bgg1996's Scrambler (56): Randomizes the order of the target player's invention queue.
* Amb's BiblebasherGun (35): Target's next invention must include a Bible verse in the name, and have a function derived from that verse; otherwise, the target must announce their own team publicly.
* ralphmerridew's Portable Lobachevsky Cable (44): Change the inventor of one device in any queue by the user to any player. Both device and new inventor are selected by the user; this may not result in one queue having two inventions from the same inventor.
* MatthewV's SPAMALOT (47): If the user uses SPAMALOT in a post with at least 200 words, the device will announce the name of a random player besides the user and (via mod PM) privately, and with 80% accuracy, tell the user whether or not the target is on the same team as the user.
* 3iff's Match Maker V.095 (43): With 80% accuracy, glows red if the user and the target are on the same team, and does nothing otherwise.

Due to Big White Flag and a Black Sharpie, Scurra and 3iff switch teams.

ralphmerridew is now being hounded by the Doberman Generator

"As a rules query: would it be legal to say that I am discarding all inventions I receive from now on and expect that to apply? I am not planning on doing this, but it does seem legal." I'd say you have to discard each invention one at a time by saying so after you get it.

"My MatthewV gun is incorrect. It is designed to force a victory claim so I can have another shot." It still forces a victory claim, but the user can select the target. The target can be MatthewV or anybody who can legally claim victory.
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[3iff]

Recipient: Scurra
Name: Globe of Victory
Description: A glittery, sparkly globe that nearly hypnotises the user, by Jove. Allows the user to declare victory.

[3iff]

Discard

* Amb's "Create Europa as a team" o Matic (91): (so close!)
* bgg1996's The Studies-have-shown-that-inventions-with-longer-names-are-more-popular-so-I-gave-this-invention-the-longest-name-ever-o-matic (102): (you're reading the wrong studies)

I'm not allowed to declare victory yet as I have to wait for another person to make the attempt, I believe.

[Scurra]

Recipient: bgg1996, lexprod, jesus_saves, 3iff
Name: Inception Deception
Description: The target enters a dream world a level below the world they are currently in. Any player in a dream world may declare victory or defeat (using another invention, of course) but any victory or defeat will only apply in that dream world.* A player may enter another dream world if they are already in a dream world; this counts as being a level below the dream world they are in. Whenever a player or a mod rolls a dice, if the result is 1 then all players in a dream world leave the dream world they are in for the level above them. For the purposes of this invention, the Mods are in the "real" world (insofar as any world can be said to be "real") which is the top level.
*therefore if all affected players are in the same dream world, then an actual victory or defeat would naturally apply, since they would all believe it.


note: I have read this through about six times and I think it makes sense. Then again, I'm sure Christopher Nolan thought the same thing.
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[Scurra]

Recipient: ralphmerridew, Amb, MatthewV,
Name: You've got the instructions upside down
Description: The next invention the target uses must be used on themselves unless it is an invention that targets them, in which case it must target another player, or it must be used on another player unless it is an invention that targets another player in which case it must be used on themselves.
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[3iff]

Scurra, don't you want to use the present I just gave you?

[Scurra]

The problem is that I am the sort of person who prefers to be slightly more certain of their information. Also, I don't necessarily want to give away information that other people may not yet have (although I'd be surprised if they didn't.)

Actually, while I think about it - I still seem to have the Get-A-Clue in my queue. I did say I was going to use it, and I don't see anything in the previous Mod post to say it didn't work. If I do still have it, then I can't accept 3iff's invention anyway.
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[ralphmerridew]

Does Scurra get to give inventions to Amb and MatthewV, or did the Dobermans start chasing him the moment he gave it to me?

[3iff]