OK, since Rabbit Hunt was a success on it's limited scale, I'm now going to take this to the next level. Don't know what I'm talking about? Read this thread: http://www.gewar.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1273


This round of Rabbit Hunt will involve some changes to get more people involved, extend the timeframe a quite a bit, and hopefully up the reward significantly.


This round will be played across the entire world. Waypoints will be hours apart instead of minutes apart.

The Waypoint system will change a bit to make it difficult for people to sit at a homebase and wait for the rabbit to arrive:

The rabbit will always be travelling towards a target.
The actual waypoint will be somewhere along the path between the rabbit and it's target.
When the rabbit is directly over it's actual waypoint, it will redirect to that homebase, land there, and wait until the next server update. (IE: It will be there up to, but no more than 5 minutes)

The actual waypoints will still be predetermined.

Expect this next rabbit to be making stops all over the world!


Other than that, it is still first one to kill the rabbit wins.


OK, now, to allow more people to be involved, here's how this game will proceed:
This game will cost 25 geos to participate in this time. (Sorry, no more freebies! But the pot should get MUCH bigger)
The game start time will be announced sometime within the next 25 hours. By 5pm EST Feb 9th 2006. The game will start sometime within 12 hours after that, exact time will be announced.
To play, you must deposit 25 geos in my account before that time, and PM me with the transaction details, and your intent to play in this round.

The winner will take the whole pot. I will be keeping no part of the pot at this point.


Note a couple points: This round could easily take a couple days to play out, and will be played out across the entire board, so EVERYONE should be able to participate :) As well, the more people that play, the bigger the pot. There is no reason the pot couldn't grow to be quite significant indeed!


That is it! So pm me if you're interested, I'll get you signed up!

Post any questions you have here, and look here for the announcement of when the game start time will be!

Here I will keep a running tally of the players signed up for Rabbit Hunt II.
I will now be posting player names up front instead of after the game.

Registered Players:
JS_RIDDLER
Delldriver
Fischi
hhmira
hixthebeast
GeoRover
Mercury
Wildcat1976
AK-7
grimsacre
Khodorovski
Pulse-Mysticurse
doc_highlander
Timmetie
Billy Mac
Psycho_freako
hurcoll
ziggot
BloodyBunnies
SpeedFreak227


Game Pot: 475 geos from Entry Fees
400 geo donation from HixTheBeast
400 geo donation from Speedfreak227
400 geo donation from Khodorovski
300 Top up to make it a nice even number :)

Prize Money: 2000!!!

Registration Closed.
Game officially starts at 5:00 AM GMT (12:00 Midnight EST)

NOTE: This round will be open to RCMP and RCMP Recon members as well.

This is a stand alone game, GEWar history means nothing whatsoever.

The only people that are not elegible to play are the Rabbit Hunt admins, whom at this point are: WaywardTraveller, Romulusj and Wesleys

If you have any concerns, post them, or pm them to me and we will do our best to address them.

OK, this should explain the new waypoint system, before anyone asks too may questions. It's actually fairly simply, just needs some graphics to help make sense of it.

Pretend there are 25 home bases, arranged on the map roughly like so:

A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y

Assume Rabbit starts at 'A', it's first target is 'E'. The first waypoint is actually 'D'.
When the Rabbit passes over 'D', it will redirect to 'D' and land for up to 5 minutes.

Now, assume the 2nd target is 'X', and the 2nd waypoint is 'N'. When the rabbit leaves 'D', it will head for 'X'. As it passes over 'N', it will redirect to 'N' and land for up to 5 minutes.

Etcetera.

Clear as mud? Cool :)

can u send more than one army??? ;waddle if so u could make it that its 25 geos for each army that you send after it. :eek: to up the jackpot. ;beer

can u send more than one army??? ;waddle if so u could make it that its 25 geos for each army that you send after it. :eek: to up the jackpot. ;beer


I think it would be way too much trouble to try to track everyone's individual armies that way, though it is an interesting idea.

For now at least, it'll remain a free for all. Send as many armies as you like. Tactics are up to you completely :)

I will keep that idea in mind for the future. Next game should include changes to allow for multiple winners.

could it stop at my homebase? Please?

could it stop at my homebase? Please?


hahahaha!!!

No.


The waypoint list will never include the homebase of a registered player.

if yiu want several winners you could increase the size of the rabbits army and then pay the percentage of troops killed by whoever attacks the rabbit... nobody would know the size of the army until the first attack where only the attacker would know the size but won't be allouded to send a second army... this could increase the strategy involved in deciding the hunter army...

if yiu want several winners you could increase the size of the rabbits army and then pay the percentage of troops killed by whoever attacks the rabbit... nobody would know the size of the army until the first attack where only the attacker would know the size but won't be allouded to send a second army... this could increase the strategy involved in deciding the hunter army...


Yep, you're getting at where I'm headed.

Next game (Rabbit Hunt III) I believe will require hunters only use 100 man armies, and the rabbit will be bigger than 100 men.
First hit gets 20% of the pot
Most damage total gets 30% of the pot
Last hit gets 50% of the pot

But I'll keep Rabbit Hunt II as first described :)

can u send more than one army??? ;waddle if so u could make it that its 25 geos for each army that you send after it. :eek: to up the jackpot. ;beer

*I* am willing to send a 2nd army out, (of course making people register again for the 2nd army) That said WT does not like the idea. (I orginally suggested 3 armies - one europe/afrca, One asia, one North/South America) but WT is the founder of the idea I just have to nod and go good idea. He wants to try the system out as he invisions it so I say good on him.

Apprently I'm an Admin of the game too.. Which is cool cause I like this idea.

RomJ
Kill the Waaabbit! Kill the Waaabbit!
Remember to make Hassenffer with the corpse. We do not hunt for meer sport here in GEWar we hunt for Sport and food.

Kill the Waaabbit! Kill the Waaabbit!
Remember to make Hassenffer with the corpse. We do not hunt for meer sport here in GEWar we hunt for Sport and food.


Come now, the Rabbit is in the room!

Poor little rabbit ;)

how did u think of this game were u just bored and then all of a suden thought

hey lets make a rabbit game

lol

just wondering , well anyways its sounds like a great game



nice work WT

Will the rabbit be 100 troops?

Will the rabbit be 100 troops?

The Rabbit will be 100 troops for the 2nd hunt yes.

RomJ

I had been sleeping until now. Has there been a rabbit yet? :confused:

You are ok, the rabbit has not been released yet.

The start time will be posted to the forum by 5pm EST today.
If my time-zone calculations are correct that will be 10pm (GMT).
The release time should be within 12 hours from then.

If you have registered for the hunt with waywardTraveller then I will ask him if he will PM all registered players with the release time, as well as posting to this thread.

OK, nice. :)

I will be posting details about the game start time here by 5PM EST today, and I will also at the same time PM everyone that is registered for this round :)


You've got 8 hours to get as many people in as possible! Remember, the more people registered, the bigger the pot!!!

Just a minor update:

We will be topping up the prize pool to a minimum of 500 geos.

We get more than 20 players registered and the prize pool will go over that.

Get your friends to sign up! I'd like to see a 1k pot or bigger!!!

Just over 5 hours to get signed up for this round!

OK, with 4 hours to go before the registration deadline for this game, we're at 19 hunters! Lets get some more before that deadline hits!

Remember, the more hunters, the bigger the prize! Bug your friends and allies, get them in on it :)

How big am I allowed my army? Are we allowed 10k armies to 'even out the competition' ?? :evil ;rocket

Im gonna register but next time, please be a bit more universal with the time. 10pm is a hard time for me to get on...

How big am I allowed my army? Are we allowed 10k armies to 'even out the competition' ?? :evil ;rocket

Im gonna register but next time, please be a bit more universal with the time. 10pm is a hard time for me to get on...


Your armies can be any size this round. What you do with your armies is completely up to you. The rabbit will be a 100 man army.

The game start time is being announced within 4 hours, the game could start any time within 12 hours of that. So there should be lots of opportunity for everyone to get in regardless of where they live in the rw. As well, this round is going to play out across the entire world, expect the rabbit to be running for at LEAST 24 hours, possibly much more :)

HixTheBeast has donated an additional 400 geos to go in the pot for this round!!!

Yay Hix! Way to go!


Come on all, 3.5 hours to go to get in on your chance at the prize pool!!!

Thanks to speedfreak227, the prize pot has grown by another 400 geos!

We're up to 1300 for this round folks! Right on!


Who else wants a shot at the prize? There's just over 3 hours to get registered!!!

You'd better get signed up! There's only 2 hours to go before registration for this round closes!!!

Pot's at 1300 geos, you want it bigger than that right?

OK, since I'll be in the car on my way home when registration closes, I am going to extend registration by 3 hours to 8pm EST.

At 8pm (or shortly thereafter) I will post the list of hunters for this round. If I have your 25 geos by then, you'll get on the list. If not, you'll have to wait for the next game :)

I will also post at that time information about when/how this round will begin. The game will begin within the original 12 hour window given, so that means it will actually start sometime in the next 13 hours and 15 minutes.

The betting pool will also open up at that time :)


So get in while you can! Just a few hours left to squeeze in there!!!

(As of this posting, the pot is at 1300 geos and there are 20 registered hunters)

Oh no!
8pm EST is 2am GMT+01:00 for me. :growse

Oh no!
8pm EST is 2am GMT+01:00 for me. :growse

The first leg will be HOURS, IE If it takes off from WT's homebase it could in theory land at araT's homebase at the south pole as its first leg.

The if anyone thinks to wait outside Waywardtraveller's, RomulusJs or Wesley's homebase to hit before it takes off the kill won't count.

RomJ

Looks like Billy Mac is serious to get the Prize what is that 25 armies out from his home base to all points of the world?

RomJ

Thanks to Khodorovski and his donation of 400 geos, the pot is now at 1700 with JUST under 2 hours left to get signed up for this round!!!

Hunter Registration for Rabbit Hunt II is now closed.

There are 20 hunters in the game this round. See the 2nd post on this thread for the list of hunters.

The game will officially start at 5:00 AM GMT. (That is, 12:00 Midnight EST)
I will post an official game start announcement on this thread at that time, and the game will be on!

The list of waypoints for this round will be sent to araT BEFORE the game starts. This is to ensure everyone can feel confident that the route is actually predetermined and not being manipulated as the game progresses.

At the same time, one of RomulusJ's, Wesleys, or my armies will be renamed 'Rabbit' and the game will be on!

As well, the betting pool will be open within an hour! Here's your chance to make some REAL money :) Remember, betting is open to EVERYONE, not just hunters!!!


Also, remember your hunter safety rules! Wouldn't want to get caught in the crossfire ;)

Question - is it allowed for the hunters to fight each other to delay or halt each other's attempts?

Question - is it allowed for the hunters to fight each other to delay or halt each other's attempts?

Anything goes :)

Hunting accidents happen you know :666

hey WT so u getting a lot of ppl to play the game u made

it sounds fun but i just dont got that kind of money to spend

hey WT so u getting a lot of ppl to play the game u made

it sounds fun but i just dont got that kind of money to spend

Wanna be a rabbit? Or, maybe a hamster?

And the rabbit is loose!

Game On!


Now go bet on the outcome! Make some money off this poor little bunny wabbit and the mean ole hunters :)
http://www.gewar.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1287

that is a weird path from start to destination for the rabbit.

save this to a file and open it to see what i mean

http://witxp.com/temp_gewar/rabbits_path_.kml


am i wrong? or is it not going in a strait line to the destination?
_JS

Mmmm... I agree... It's kinda of confusing... I mean if the rabbit is headed to one homebase, he should be travelling in a straight line...

It is odd... but it's probably just because of the way the army KML is created, or something within GE itself.

I've attached an image with the paths.. The lines are from the KML file, except the one with the tank at the end, which is the army. You can see that the tank is not nearly paralell to the lines that indicate a shortest-path distance from different points along the rabbit's path.

I think the way Gewar logic figures out your path is not a strait line.
Its probably just moving you +some LAT. +some LON. and that works most the time. but sometimes you want more of one and less of the other to go strait on a round surface.
_JS

This might come as a shock. But the Earth is round, thus straight lines are impossible in the game. GE is based on images curved around a 3d Ball grid. Its all beyond me but the Rabbit is correct in its path going over the surface of the earth rather then through it. Making a 3d image into a 2d image and drawing a staight line is flawed as the straight line would go through solid matter.

Curious little optical trick though and something WT, Wes and I have no control over. RomJ

Yea i know what your saying , but look at the example i provided. that isnt threw the earth, its a curved line around the earth. its just more direct.

also the rabbit is not staying on its path, in the example i show, its trailing line is MOVING!!!
_JS

Riddler's right... it's not following the shortest-line path.

But that's again probably just because of the way either the game or the program works with the surface of the earth.

But.... just for fun, I'm going to assume it's a conspiracy. The "rabbit" is actually a CIA assassin, hired by the KGB which is being subcontracted by NASA. It's headed to Cuba (that's where it seems to be aiming) so it can kill Castro, who's currenty meeting with JFK and Elvis, who will also be killed, because they are going to come forward with proof the moon landing was hoaxed. Those vile rocket scientists.

Oh, and something about freemasons.

I think the rabbit started drinking before the weekend. ;beer

Yes, the line also moves. But I think it's because a army is not able to move in the same LAT/LON-relation in every step.

example:
The rabbit has to go 5 units north and 4 units west in 2 steps.
1. step: 2 units north and 2 units west
2. step: 3 units north and 2 units west

Both steps don't have the same direction.

I hope everybody understands what I mean.

its trailing line is MOVING!!!
_JS


Because the Earth is rotating under the armies as they travel.

Use the measure tool and make a line from your start point to an end point. The longer the better and more north-south travel than east-west (if you go over a pole you're really see it). Then send an army to the end. While it's traveling it won't follow the line exactly but when it gets there the lines will match.

Because the Earth is rotating under the armies as they travel.

Use the measure tool and make a line from your start point to an end point. The longer the better and more north-south travel than east-west (if you go over a pole you're really see it). Then send an army to the end. While it's traveling it won't follow the line exactly but when it gets there the lines will match.
I'm afraid this wouldn't explain it unless our armies are in orbit. Google earth doesn't rotate the earth. There's no need, it's simply treated as a static sphere.

It's probably just the way the game makes the KML file. I can't discount the possiblity that the illuminati are involved, though.

It'll be interesting to see when it finally "corrects" course, and/or joins the knights templar.

Also, fischi, one would assume these calculations would be made every 5 minutes since that's how often the army location updates. Thus over the few hours it's been traveling, the line would have averaged out to heading in the generally right direction. That's not the case. Futher proof that Vince Foster was murdered by UFO's. For, um, exposing the majestic 12.

and now that im next to the rabbit its bed time. i cant belive i stayed awake this long for a rabbit. its 6:37AM EST for me...

and now that im next to the rabbit its bed time. i cant belive i stayed awake this long for a rabbit. its 6:37AM EST for me...


Heh, Good thing the rabbit handler knew to sleep through the first leg :)

Don't worry, I really doubt it'll all be over before you're back around :)

Riddler's right... it's not following the shortest-line path.

But that's again probably just because of the way either the game or the program works with the surface of the earth.

But.... just for fun, I'm going to assume it's a conspiracy. The "rabbit" is actually a CIA assassin, hired by the KGB which is being subcontracted by NASA. It's headed to Cuba (that's where it seems to be aiming) so it can kill Castro, who's currenty meeting with JFK and Elvis, who will also be killed, because they are going to come forward with proof the moon landing was hoaxed. Those vile rocket scientists.

Oh, and something about freemasons.


Have you seen the rabbit? http://www.gewar.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1290

Something strange is deffinately going on :cheesy

In fits and starts, that poor bunny appears to be making his way to South America!

He must just be trying to avoid all those hunters out there!! Good bunny :)


Where's he going to land first? It's got to be coming soon!

Get your bets in now!!! (See my sig)

The rabbit pulled through the homebase of 'scharfschutze' by a hair, right through Billy Mac's legs as he fired a wild shot into the ground!

Run Rabbit Run!

Man, wish I could bet, I'd bet on that rabbit!

:D
Very funny!
I love it! But.......where is Billy Mac? :(

I stayed up til about 5... But I had to go to sleep before my father would notice I was up as he left for work. :growse

I stayed up til about 5... But I had to go to sleep before my father would notice I was up as he left for work. :growse

Here's a picture of the rabbit, it's path so far, and the shortest line path to lemonwarlord's base. That's a lot of homebases it'll be passing over!


The hunters have a map! Oh no! Run bunny Run!

The rabbit pulled through the homebase of 'scharfschutze' by a hair, right through Billy Mac's legs as he fired a wild shot into the ground!

Run Rabbit Run!

Man, wish I could bet, I'd bet on that rabbit!
(In an Elmer Fudd voice...)
I know the maximum time 'The Wabbit' stays in the HB is 5 minutes...
What's the minimum time?
I got to the HB of 'scharfschutze' befaw the wabbit did and refweshed evwy second...
I saw as more and more ahmies diwected to that HB, fwom 2 of them up to 9 of them but I neva saw The Wabbit awive...:confused:
I nevah got a shot off...
Weal, weal twicky wabit!

(In an Elmer Fudd voice...)
I know the maximum time 'The Wabbit' stays in the HB is 5 minutes...
What's the minimum time?
I got to the HB of 'scharfschutze' befaw the wabbit did and refweshed evwy second...
I saw as more and more ahmies diwected to that HB, fwom 2 of them up to 9 of them but I neva saw The Wabbit awive...:confused:
I nevah got a shot off...
Weal, weal twicky wabit!


Yep, he's a tricky rabbit!

He was scared obviously didn't hang around long. Wasn't ready to end up like this:
http://www.wholey.com/images/rabbit.gif

I promise you, he did land at the waypoint, and he always will. As with all animals, the Rabbit is prone to fatigue. It is a good bet that he'll wear down over time, and end up resting for longer periods of time. That's a beast of a bunny though, looks like he's still running strong :)

Yep, he's a tricky rabbit!
I promise you, he did land at the waypoint, and he always will. As with all animals, the Rabbit is prone to fatigue. It is a good bet that he'll wear down over time, and end up resting for longer periods of time. That's a beast of a bunny though, looks like he's still running strong :)
I do wealize good timing is invoved
PS...This is an awsome game you came up with! Hat's off and thwee cheers to the vawiety.
I'll pwobabwy be in it on and awf...
Can't always be in...The circles under my eyes are gwowing...WOW (Wots Of Waughs):D

I hope you're using your friends bases or people who don't seem to be playing because if I saw this:

This is the home base of LemonWarlord, with 0 armies inside.

Attack - There are no armies in this base that can be attacked.

There are 26 armies on their way to this base.

There are 2 armies outside this base.


I'd probably cry and/or wet myself.

The Rabbit pulled through the homebase of Shawntastic mere inches ahead of JS_Riddler! He didn't have time to get off a shot!

The Shawntastic homebase defenders roared with excitement as the hunters tore on through after that speedy little critter!

WHAT?
it didnt visit Shawntastic?
i was there.
reloading the page over and over. waiting for it..

i dont have the hours to spend again... :(

wasnt it soposed to stop for 5 minutes??

WHAT?
it didnt visit Shawntastic?
i was there.
reloading the page over and over. waiting for it..

i dont have the hours to spend again... :(

Oh it was there alright, the judges saw both :)

(Keep in mind, I predicted the rabbit would last quite a while, I'd like to think that he can make it through the course and get into a 2nd lap before he wears out his stamina, hint hint ;) )

There is a bit of luck to it for sure, but just ask aravan, it's possible :)

i guess you want me to reload the pages even faster.. poor server...

oh and FYI to the other Hunters,

Billy Mac has a aim problem. ;rocket :furious

"Your army Rabbit Hunter7 was attacked by Billy Mac outside the home base of Shawntastic.Your army was not killed in the battle, but you lost 84 troops. 100 attacking troops were killed."

i guess you want me to reload the pages even faster.. poor server...

oh and FYI to the other Hunters,

Billy Mac has a aim problem. ;rocket :furious

"Your army Rabbit Hunter7 was attacked by Billy Mac outside the home base of Shawntastic.Your army was not killed in the battle, but you lost 84 troops. 100 attacking troops were killed."



This just in! There was a hunting accident at the last waypoint!

Looks like everyone's ok, nothing fatal ;) Carry on :)

This is the home base of LemonWarlord, with 0 armies inside.

Attack - There are no armies in this base that can be attacked.

There are 26 armies on their way to this base.

There are 2 armies outside this base.


Good thing I wasn't on....., BTW, why did you choose mine?
....I barely know you...

This just in! There was a hunting accident at the last waypoint!

Looks like everyone's ok, nothing fatal ;) Carry on :)

Everyone's NOT okay!! The attacker killed himself, having impaled himself on his sword. BMs army is dead Jim!

I do not see rules against hunters attacking other hunters so at the moment such attacks are considered Legitimate.

RomJ

:( One of my hunters is nearly dead. (my lead hunter.)

and while distracted i lost my city.

Your city of Barranquilla, Colombia was attacked by Belryan. 1 of your armies was killed (along with 18,818 troops) in the battle. 12,969 attacking troops were killed.You lost the city. :sad

time to go kill something that isnt moving. ;shoot

Updated photo:
http://www.akse7en.com/rabbit.jpg

I'll update it every so often.

My guess is the next one is on the aleutian islands.

My guess is the next one is on the aleutian islands.

Ooh, maybe the bunny will stop by my base so I can pet him and squeeze him and call him George.

Attacker size: 600 troops
Defender size: 100 troops

Defending army lost 12 troops.
Attacking army lost 12 troops.
Defending army lost 7 troops.
Attacking army lost 11 troops.
Attacking army lost 6 troops.
Attacking army lost 4 troops.
Attacking army lost 7 troops.
Attacking army lost 9 troops.
Defending army lost 11 troops.
Attacking army lost 14 troops.
Attacking army lost 5 troops.
Attacking army lost 9 troops.
Defending army lost 3 troops.
Defending army lost 7 troops.
Attacking army lost 6 troops.
Defending army lost 14 troops.
Attacking army lost 15 troops.
Defending army lost 10 troops.
Attacking army lost 13 troops.
Attacking army lost 9 troops.
Attacking army lost 9 troops.
Defending army lost 7 troops.
Attacking army lost 14 troops.
Defending army lost 15 troops.
Defending army lost 15 troops.

Defending army killed (Rabbit).


I promise I will take good care of the poor rabbit..... ;woop ;woop ;woop ;woop ;woop ;woop ;woop ;woop

*Great cursing and swearing*

Hurcoll got the poor rabbit. Guess its rabbit ENCHILADAS at the Estate of Hurcoll tonight.

It was close let me tell you.. Had I not been stuck looking to find the name of the next way point.. GRRRRRR Scalp is not Scrat and I must have passed scrat at least twice in the listing!!! GRRRRRR....

Congradulations to Hurcoll I hope he puts it to 649 and my numbers come up!

CURSES!!!!

RomJ

Attacker lost 143 troops. Rabbit put up quite a fight.

NOOOO! :mad: And I was asleep!
But it was really a funny game, that converted my eyes into bloody squares.

................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzz

OK. well, Rabbit Hunt II has ended prematurely.

Congradulations Hurcoll!



I've realized some problems with running this game in this way. Moving the rabbit around is troublesome, and it's hard to get everyone a fair shot. As well, betting is a no go ;) So I won't be doing _that_ again.



I will be launching the next version, WereRabbit Hunt, soon, which will add some twists that will allow the game to play out longer, with more competition and more excitement!!! More winners too!!!

Thanks to all that have participated, especially people that have donated to the prize pool!!!