Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High Welcome Bounty Hunters – Point System – The Scoreboard – Trophies & Title Holders Nothing But A Statistic – Competition History – Memorable Moments Welcome Bounty Hunters Greetings bounty hunters, you may all know me as noted NecroTech scientist Caleb Usher, but for the next short while I will also be known for officiating the Hang 'Em High bounty hunting competition. What credentials do I have you ask? Plenty! Albeit none of them involve bounty hunting, but I have worked with the Dulston Alliance long enough to work out the logistics involved and this will serve us well during the competition at hand. The Dulston Alliance has decreed that lawlessness in their territories must come to an end, and while that end is still far from sight, they have decided that an "example" must be made of the local criminals to show others that a life of crime is no life at all. Of course whether your interests in this competition are spurred by the need to bring order and justice to Malton, or to satiate your bloodlust in a justifiable way, then this is what you have been looking for. If there's anything more than a zombie that needs some extreme brain surgery with a .45 automatic it most certainly would be the fellows populating the Alliance's Black List. Yes that's right, the Black List, the list of criminals monitored and maintained by the Dulston Alliance. The Alliance sponsored the competition in the hope that it will lead to greater cooperation and interest among the local survivor population when it came to dealing with criminals. To facilitate this I have generously offered to help oversee the competition, as if there is one thing that I enjoy almost as much as SCIENCE, well I would have to say it's seeing criminals get what's coming to them. But there I go again, talking about myself. I'll be damned if I can't help but be irresistibly fascinating. But without further ado, let me get to the main attraction... Welcome bounty hunters of the northeast! The Hang 'Em High competition takes place in Northeast Malton. While the Dulston Alliance is sponsoring the competition it is not restricted to its members. In fact, whether you are with an Alliance member group, an Alliance ally, or just a local independent survivor, every pro-survivor in the northeast is invited to join in and compete to earn various trophies, including the prestigious Hang 'Em High trophy itself. The competition brings together all pro-survivors against the misguided criminals which disrupt the peace of our fair suburbs with their wanton slaughter and vandalism. The competition will run for about a month, but with a clearly defined start and end date. Also, while the main competition will center on the four northeastern-most suburbs of Rhodenbank, Dulston, Rolt Heights, and Rhodenbank, any criminal wanted on the Black List is fair game no matter which suburb they have skulked off to hide in. Just keep in mind that all targets MUST be on the Black List to qualify as valid executions. Point System Bounty hunters competing in the Hang 'Em High competition may earn points in various ways. The following is the complete list of all standard scoring methods: 2010 Score Ruling Score awarded when... Points Executed a "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminal. 5-8 points Executed a criminal. 4 points Assisted execution of a "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminal. 3 points (each) Assisted execution of a criminal. 2 points (each) Reported a "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminal's location. 2 points Reported a criminal's location. 1 point 2009 Score Ruling Score awarded when... Points Executed one of the "Top 10 Most Wanted". 3 points Executed a criminal. 2 points Assisted execution of a "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminal. 2 points (each) Assisted execution of a criminal. 1 point (each) Reported a criminal's location. 1 point Executed a zombie criminal at a revive point. 2 points Assisted execution of a zombie criminal at a revive point. 1 point (each) Executed a zombie criminal inside a building. 1 point Assisted execution of a zombie criminal inside a building. 1 point (each) Term Definitions Criminal - A criminal (or "target") recorded on the Dulston Alliance's Black List. Criminals from other lists (i.e. the Rogues Gallery) are excluded from this competition unless they are also wanted fugitives on the Black List. Zombie Criminal - A criminal (or "target") recorded on the Dulston Alliance's Black List who is currently a standing zombie. Keep in mind there are only two methods to score points when killing a zombie criminal: when they are inside a building or standing at a revive point. Injuring a zombie criminal at any other location (i.e. outside a building) is scored as an assisted kill if the zombie criminal then proceeds to enter a building or return to a revive point while still injured, whereupon they are killed. Rule Revision: As of the 2010 competition, criminals who are standing zombies are no longer valid targets and earn no points. "Top 10 Most Wanted" - A list comprised of criminals from the Black List who are considered the most annoying, hardcore, and/or deadliest criminals in the northeast. As this is Northeast Malton we're talking about in general assume they're just the most annoying. 'Deadly' just doesn't factor into the equation that often. The list may be updated from time to time during the competition, but all bounty hunters will be notified in advance of such an update. Updates to the list of criminals are not retroactive (in terms of scoring). Rule Revision: As of the 2010 competition, points scored for executing a criminal on the "Top 10 Most Wanted List" are based on their rank at the time of the kill. The scoring is as follows: Rank Points #01 8 points #02 7 points #03 7 points #04 6 points #05 6 points #06 6 points #07 5 points #08 5 points #09 5 points #10 5 points Assisted Execution - This is when two or more bounty hunters work together to injure, and kill, the same target. In order to be considered a part of an assisted kill each bounty hunter must inflict at least 15 damage to the target and report the attack (post proof). If at any time the criminal is restored to within 5 points of their maximum health (45 of 50, or 55 of 60) the bounty hunters who attacked the target previously are no longer counted towards the assisted kill score. There's a lesson to be learned in that kind of situation. Reporting - This is when a bounty hunter reports the location of a criminal from the Black List. However, to earn a score the the PKer, whose location was reported, needs to be executed at that location. Furthermore, no bounty hunter may earn points from both reporting and killing the same target (whether assisted or single-handedly). Revive Points - Refers to only official revive points listed for each suburb (all cemeteries are excluded). Temporary revive points are excluded from scoring. Rule Revision: As of the 2010 competition, criminals who are standing zombies are no longer valid targets and earn no points. As such, revive points are now irrelevant to the competition. The Scoreboard The following is a list comprising the "Top 10" bounty hunters who participated in the Hang 'Em High competition. It should be noted however that not every bounty hunter joined the competition on the official start date and not every execution was recorded/scored (as proof was required for each one... and sometimes in the heat of the kill this was overlooked). Nonetheless, here stand ten of the thirty-one bounty hunters who chose to compete. Each bounty hunter who made it onto the "Top 10" list not only earned their place in the glorious history of the hunt, but will also be remembered for all time. 2010 Scoreboard Rank Hunter's Name Hunter's Group Kills Assists Reports Score 1st tyx94 B.A.R. 08 00 04 38 2nd N00bert FOXHOUND 07 01 03 35 4th MrGomez B.A.R. 05 04 01 32 5th Jesus Sante B.A.R. 06 00 00 25 6th tommy1504 B.A.R. 04 00 02 18 7th crabs crebolly FOXHOUND 03 01 01 18 8th Met Fan FOXHOUND 02 00 00 08 9th Ottari P.D.A. 02 00 00 08 10th HiteiKan Earletown Rangers 01 00 00 07 2009 Scoreboard Rank Hunter's Name Hunter's Group Kills Assists Reports Score 1st Ottari P.D.A. 14 12 07 61 2nd Rotten Ray D.I.T.P.S 19 14 05 61 3rd Druboo Cannibal Corps 13 09 01 48 4th N00bert FOXHOUND 12 14 05 44 5th Met Fan FOXHOUND 15 06 02 43 6th Gorgomath B.H.U. 07 04 02 22 7th Officer Murphy Dead vs Blue 06 04 00 20 8th Yonnua Koponen Dead vs Blue 01 06 00 09 9th Dio Kharg FOXHOUND 01 04 00 09 10th Kikashie FOXHOUND 01 04 00 08 Trophies & Title Holders The Hang 'Em High Trophy This trophy will be awarded to the bounty hunter(s) with the highest score. In the event that more than one bounty hunter has the same high score then the trophy will be held jointly between them. The winner(s) will also be awarded with the official title: Northeast Marshal (until such time as the next competition is held and ended). Check here for trophy template details on usage. Hang 'Em High – Northeast Marshal When it comes to bounty hunting, tyx94 has proven to be one of the best. Through expert skill, steadfast determination, and some luck tyx94 executed 8 criminals, assisted in executing 0 more criminals, and supplied recon that led to the execution of 4 criminals. Justice is swift, and its name is tyx94. Previous Title Holders: Ottari & Rotten Ray (2009) Brothers-in-Arms Trophy This trophy will be awarded to the bounty hunter(s) who scores the most points from assisted executions and reporting the location of criminals that are in turn collected as executions by other bounty hunters. The winner of this award has shown he/she is a real team player. Check here for trophy template details on usage. Hang 'Em High – Brothers-in-Arms "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother." --King Henry V (Henry V) Rotten Ray is a strategic bounty hunter who, with 3 recon reports and 4 assisted executions, has proven that allies who work together will always deliver justice. Previous Title Holders: N00bert, Ottari & Rotten Ray (2009) Relentless Trophy This trophy will be awarded to the bounty hunter who kills the most "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminals during the competition. Check here for trophy template details on usage. Hang 'Em High – Relentless "It has long been noted that some conquerors prefer enemies as fierce as tigers and brave as eagles, for only then can they savor the true joy of victory." --Lu Xun (The True Story of Ah Q) N00bert is a tenacious and determined bounty hunter who repeatedly executed 2 "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminals during the Hang 'Em High competition. Hang 'Em High – Relentless "It has long been noted that some conquerors prefer enemies as fierce as tigers and brave as eagles, for only then can they savor the true joy of victory." --Lu Xun (The True Story of Ah Q) MrGomez is a tenacious and determined bounty hunter who repeatedly executed 2 "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminals during the Hang 'Em High competition. Hang 'Em High – Relentless "It has long been noted that some conquerors prefer enemies as fierce as tigers and brave as eagles, for only then can they savor the true joy of victory." --Lu Xun (The True Story of Ah Q) crabs crebolly is a tenacious and determined bounty hunter who repeatedly executed 2 "Top 10 Most Wanted" criminals during the Hang 'Em High competition. Previous Title Holders: Ottari /w 15 kills (2009) Lone Wolf Trophy This trophy will be awarded to the bounty hunter who executes the largest number of criminals without assistance (requested or not). Check here for trophy template details on usage. Hang 'Em High – Lone Wolf "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." --Josef Stalin tyx94 is a bounty hunter and a force to be reckoned with, having singlehandedly executed 8 criminals during the Hang 'Em High competition. tyx94 proved there was nowhere for criminals to hide, nowhere for them to run... death was inevitable. Previous Title Holders: Rotten Ray (2009) Deadly Wit Trophy This trophy will be awarded to the bounty hunter who delivers the most witty retorts prior to, or after, executing a criminal. This award also requires that the bounty hunter show they are communicating with the public to let them know they are killing criminals and this was not random violence. The decision who wins this trophy will be judged by the Dulston Alliance leadership. Check here for trophy template details on usage. Hang 'Em High – Deadly Wit "He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike." --William Shakespeare tyx94 is a bounty hunter who knows the pen is just as mighty as the sword. Using a razor sharp wit to finish each of his foes, tyx94 provided parting last words to 6 criminals during the Hang 'Em High competition. Previous Title Holders: Druboo /w 16 one-liners (2009) Nothing But A Statistic Oh sure, we've all heard it before... the self-aggrandizements of the criminal masterminds of Malton. The way they chortle maniacally to themselves while murdering and vandalizing. Many of them have over-inflated egos, which does little for them because in the end the Hang 'Em High competition reduces them to their most essential and basic function. They're all just statistics. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. 2010 Statistics 2009 Statistics Total Competition Executions (Official list as of Jan 09 2009) (Official list as of Feb 23 2009) Competition History 2010 This year's bounty hunting competition started on June 4th, 2010 and was to end on July 9th, 2010 at 12:00 PM (EST), or for six weeks. However, as fate would have it the zombie situation in Northeast Malton, which had left suburbs like Dulston, Rhodenbank, and Pescodside contested became more serious as the competition progressed. On June 21st, 2010 it was decided to postpone the competition until a later date, so that survivor efforts could be refocused from hunting criminals to hunting zombies. However there never seemed to be a "good time" to restart the competition and it was finally decided to wrap-up the 2010 season with a final 3 day closer, which ran from August 4th, 2010 to August 6th, 2010 at 12:00 PM (EST). Additional Identifiers Bounty Hunter Name - Indicates a bounty hunter who only reported the target's location. Bounty Hunter Name - Indicates an assisted execution wherein an unknown party (survivor or zombie) was involved, but could not be identified. The following is a chronological journal of each hunter's recorded exploits, as reported, during the event: TOTAL CRIMINALS EXECUTED: 48 Date Criminal Execution Site Bounty Hunter(s) Jun 04, 2010 Maabaa St. Herman's Hospital, Rolt Heights Ottari Rotten Ray Jun 04, 2010 Ruben Kincaid St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside Ottari Rotten Ray Jun 04, 2010 Juniper of Assisi Club Dowell, Dulston MrGomez Jun 04, 2010 InquisitorZechs Club Webbe, Rolt Heights MrGomez tyx94 Jun 04, 2010 Ruben Kincaid St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside N00bert Jun 04, 2010 He's dead Jim Club Brien, Rolt Heights tyx94 Jun 04, 2010 Maabaa St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside tommy1504 tyx94 Jun 04, 2010 Jake Bettermaker Younghusband PD, Rolt Heights Met Fan N00bert Jun 05, 2010 Maabaa St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside N00bert Jun 06, 2010 Lord Thanos Attewill Bank, Earletown HiteiKan Jun 06, 2010 Maabaa St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside tyx94 Jun 06, 2010 Riot17 Merchant Bank, Rolt Heights crabs crebolly Jun 06, 2010 Olikunmissile1 Merchant Bank, Rolt Heights Jesus Sante crabs crebolly Jun 06, 2010 everyone in here the Snooke Arms, Rolt Heights N00bert Jun 07, 2010 He's dead Jim Club Tompson, Rolt Heights Rotten Ray MrGomez Jun 07, 2010 Dr SummerOff Club Handyman, Pescodside MrGomez Jun 07, 2010 Riot17 Club Webbe, Rolt Heights tyx94 Jun 07, 2010 Jake Bettermaker Warehouse (88,17), Rolt Heights Jesus Sante tyx94 Jun 08, 2010 Joe Gilmore Junkyard (99,12), Pescodside Rotten Ray MrGomez Jun 08, 2010 Gratefulltobedead St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside tyx94 Rotten Ray Jun 08, 2010 Rick Arctor Club Webbe, Rolt Heights Jesus Sante Jun 09, 2010 Smot Poker Woodland Cinema, Rhodenbank tommy1504 Jun 10, 2010 Leroy Jenkem Risdon Towers, Rolt Heights N00bert Rotten Ray Jun 10, 2010 Gratefulltobedead the Eades Building, Gibsonton crabs crebolly Jun 10, 2010 Suburban Ed Kitchingman Street Railway Station, Pescodside tyx94 tommy1504 Jun 10, 2010 Olikunmissile1 Dimon Alley Railway Station, Gibsonton N00bert Jun 11, 2010 everyone in here Merchant Bank, Rolt Heights N00bert Jun 13, 2010 Voight Kampf Junkyard (97,7), Dulston N00bert Jun 13, 2010 Carase the Inman Building, Pescodside Jesus Sante Jun 14, 2010 Gratefulltobedead Morrhall Place School, Dunningwood crabs crebolly Jun 14, 2010 Maeva St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Pescodside N00bert Jun 14, 2010 Olikunmissile1 Bearcrofte Bank, Pescodside MrGomez Jun 15, 2010 gaybait Royal Way Railway Station, Earletown yonnua koponen Jun 16, 2010 Kilkid Younghusband Square PD, Rolt Heights tommy1504 Jun 16, 2010 everyone in here St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside tyx94 tommy1504 Jun 16, 2010 Suburban Ed the Gwinn Building, Rolt Heights MrGomez Jun 16, 2010 everyone in here Schreiber Drive PD, Rolt Heights tommy1504 Jun 16, 2010 nagan9366 St. Ninian's Hospital, Pescodside crabs crebolly Jun 17, 2010 Paul King Club Farrel, Rhodenbank Mark Ryerson Jun 17, 2010 everyone in here Schreiber Drive PD, Rolt Heights Rotten Ray tyx94 Jun 17, 2010 Spoook Riddell Museum, Rolt Heights Jesus Sante Jun 17, 2010 Gratefulltobedead Oram Walk PD, Gibsonton Met Fan N00bert Jun 17, 2010 everyone in here Schreiber Drive PD, Rolt Heights tyx94 Jun 18, 2010 Riot17 Larnach Bank, Gibsonton MrGomez N00bert Jun 18, 2010 Maabaa St. Arnold's Hospital, Gibsonton Rotten Ray MrGomez Jun 18, 2010 Kilkid Ayliffe Street PD, Rolt Heights Jesus Sante Jun 19, 2010 Jake Bettermaker St. Odile's Hospital, Dunningwood MrGomez Rotten Ray Aug 06, 2010 Jake Bettermaker the Snooke Arms, Rolt Heights tyx94 2009 The bounty hunting competition first started on January 9th, 2009 and ended on February 28th, 2009 at 12:00 PM (EST). During this month and half-long competition hunters vied for dominance. It should be noted that Zombie Hunting Season had also started in late January, due to the need to "thin the undead herd" as zombies had grown too numerous to ignore even with the bounty hunting competition having only reached its mid-point. The result however was the hunters who targeted both criminals and zombies were forced to chose how they allocated their time in both competitions, and in many cases some chose one competition over the other. Even so, as the competition was open to everyone in contact with the Dulston Alliance there were still more than enough hunters to compete. Additional Identifiers Bounty Hunter Name - Indicates a bounty hunter who only reported the target's location. Bounty Hunter Name - Indicates an assisted execution wherein an unknown party (survivor or zombie) was involved, but could not be identified. Criminal Name - Indicates a criminal who was a zombie at the time of execution. The following is a chronological journal of each hunter's recorded exploits, as reported, during the event: TOTAL CRIMINALS EXECUTED: 145 Date Criminal Execution Site Bounty Hunter(s) Jan 09, 2009 Perzeus Howell Library, Dulston Met Fan Jan 09, 2009 Psychotic Pantomime Junkyard (89,1), Rhodenbank Met Fan Jan 09, 2009 SidestreamerX Club Godfry, Pescodside Gorgomath Jan 10, 2009 He's dead Jim Townsend Bank, Dulston Dio Kharg Officer Murphy Jan 10, 2009 Marlea Townsend Bank, Dulston Tommy1504 Jan 10, 2009 Tony Loop Townsend Bank, Dulston Officer Murphy Jan 11, 2009 Ruben Kincaid The Trood Building, Dulston N00bert Jan 12, 2009 urban slayer The Holdway Museum, Dulston Espina Jan 13, 2009 He's dead Jim The Trood Building, Dulston DarthKnight Jan 13, 2009 Old Testament Jesus The Pilton Building, Dulston Met Fan Jan 15, 2009 Maeva Troubridge Cinema, Dulston DarthKnight Jan 16, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Jan 16, 2009 Athair Bas Bearcrofte Bank, Pescodside Met Fan Jan 16, 2009 Marlea Oatley Bank, Dulston Espina Jan 16, 2009 Athair Bas Warehouse (94,13), Pescodside Ottari Jan 16, 2009 Perzeus The Gatehouse Building, Dulston N00bert Met Fan Espina Jan 16, 2009 Fred Costello Warehouse (88,11), Rolt Heights Gorgomath Jan 17, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD Townsend Bank, Dulston Kikashie Yonnua Koponen Deathwire Jan 17, 2009 David Sly The Love Building, Pescodside Met Fan Jan 18, 2009 Perzeus The Holdway Museum, Dulston Dio Kharg Kikashie Orophin Minyatur Jan 18, 2009 Harrison Smith Factory (89,8), Rhodenbank N00bert Rotten Ray Jan 19, 2009 everyone in here Fleming Library, Dulston Druboo Jan 19, 2009 Jason 'Buckshot' Tyr Warehouse (92,3), Dulston Gorgomath Jan 19, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 19, 2009 Nung Spicer Row PD, Dulston DarthKnight Jan 19, 2009 Lothar von Rheinfels Spicer Row PD, Dulston Rotten Ray DarthKnight Jan 19, 2009 Janine Eelms Spicer Row PD, Dulston Dio Kharg Rotten Ray Jan 20, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 20, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Yonnua Koponen Rotten Ray Jan 20, 2009 David Sly Troubridge Cinema, Dulston N00bert Jan 21, 2009 Fred Costello Treweeke Mall (NE), Dulston TheIronGoat Doctor How Jan 21, 2009 Perzeus Duport Avenue, Dulston Gorgomath Jan 21, 2009 Roger Tony Heddington Walk Railway Station, Dulston Kikashie Jan 21, 2009 Terpey Factory (97,3), Dulston Officer Murphy Jan 22, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 22, 2009 Donald Crane The Whitlock Building, Dulston Gorgomath Jan 22, 2009 Athair Bas The Backholer Museum, Pescodside Ottari Jan 22, 2009 Harrison Smith Treweeke Mall (NE), Dulston Gorgomath Orophin Minyatur Jan 23, 2009 Spoook Cull Avenue PD, Rhodenbank N00bert Jan 23, 2009 RafaelP The Holdway Museum, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 23, 2009 Perzeus Howell Library, Dulston Druboo Jan 23, 2009 Jason 'Buckshot' Tyr Spicer Row PD, Dulston Rotten Ray Deathwire Orophin Minyatur Jan 24, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Anne General Hospital, Dulston N00bert Rotten Ray Orophin Minyatur Jan 24, 2009 Spoook Anne General Hospital, Dulston Officer Murphy Jan 24, 2009 He's dead Jim Troubridge Cinema, Dulston Ottari Jan 25, 2009 He's dead Jim The Whitlock Building, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 25, 2009 Turkmenbashi Gibb Plaza Railway Station, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 26, 2009 McCullen Factory (97,3), Dulston Officer Murphy Jan 26, 2009 Shoat Factory (97,3), Dulston Officer Murphy Jan 26, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD Salter Grove Railway Station, Rhodenbank Druboo Jan 26, 2009 50 EXECUTIONS ZZ ZZ Jan 26, 2009 joshthepoogod Salter Grove Railway Station, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Druboo Jan 26, 2009 Terpey Troubridge Cinema, Dulston N00bert Jan 27, 2009 Shummer Troubridge Cinema, Dulston Yonnua Koponen Officer Murphy Jan 27, 2009 joshthepoogod St. Barbara's Church, Dulston N00bert Jan 27, 2009 Phish Dude The Slade Arms, Dulston Met Fan Jan 28, 2009 Lemonhead7t7 The Inman Building, Pescodside Druboo Jan 28, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Anne General Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Jan 28, 2009 H K 47 Warehouse (88,11), Rolt Heights Met Fan Jan 28, 2009 He's dead Jim Waddington Towers, Dulston Ottari Druboo Jan 28, 2009 McCullen The Naisbitt Building, Dulston N00bert Jan 29, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD The Whitlock Building, Dulston Yonnua Koponen Rotten Ray I LUV Jan 30, 2009 everyone in here Orome Avenue, Rhodenbank Druboo Jan 30, 2009 Roger Tony Clewett Alley PD, Dulston Gorgomath Rotten Ray Jan 31, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Anne General Hospital, Dulston N00bert Jan 31, 2009 Shummer The Naisbitt Building, Dulston Met Fan Feb 01, 2009 Lemonhead7t7 Treweeke Mall (NE), Dulston Hell Kaiser Kikashie Rotten Ray Feb 01, 2009 Terpey The Naisbitt Building, Dulston N00bert Feb 02, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray N00bert Feb 02, 2009 He's dead Jim Duport Avenue, Dulston Yonnua Koponen Kikashie Feb 02, 2009 joshthepoogod The Backholer Museum, Pescodside Met Fan Feb 02, 2009 Maurice Smith Lentell Walk PD, Dulston Gorgomath Druboo Ottari Feb 02, 2009 Harrison Smith Lentell Walk PD, Dulston Druboo Ottari Feb 02, 2009 He's dead Jim Duport Avenue, Dulston N00bert Feb 02, 2009 Terpey Junkyard (89,1), Rhodenbank Officer Murphy Feb 02, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Officer Murphy Ottari Mark Ryerson Feb 03, 2009 Kilkid Pegrum Place PD, Dulston N00bert Yonnua Koponen Feb 03, 2009 Phish Dude Nulty Auto Repair, Rhodenbank Ottari Feb 03, 2009 Shoat Club Farrel, Rhodenbank Met Fan Ottari Druboo Feb 03, 2009 Terpey Bearcrofte Bank, Pescodside N00bert Rotten Ray Feb 04, 2009 Arax Smith Lentell Walk PD, Pescodside Ottari Melancholy one Feb 04, 2009 Edith Bauer Hindmarsh Row PD, Rhodenbank Druboo Ottari Feb 04, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Kurt Jackson N00bert Feb 05, 2009 Teether Sheapperd Library, Earletown Druboo Feb 05, 2009 Joe Gilmore Pownall Cinema, Rhodenbank Ottari N00bert Feb 05, 2009 Kilkid Clipper Grove Railway Station, Rhodenbank Deathwire Feb 06, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD The Devonshire Building, Rhodenbank Met Fan Feb 07, 2009 Edith Bauer Billinghurst Place PD, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Feb 07, 2009 Terpey Factory (88,5), Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Feb 08, 2009 Shoat Club Webbe, Rolt Heights Ottari Feb 09, 2009 CloneSoldier Billinghurst Place PD, Rhodenbank Met Fan Feb 09, 2009 Phish Dude Club Hagan, Rhodenbank N00bert Deathwire Feb 10, 2009 Kilkid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Feb 12, 2009 Tony Loop Pownall Cinema, Rhodenbank Druboo Ottari Feb 13, 2009 Shoat Club Godfry, Pescodside Ottari Lemonhead7t7 Feb 13, 2009 Shummer Blaise General Hospital, Dulston Officer Murphy Feb 14, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank N00bert Feb 14, 2009 Tony Loop Club Greene, Rhodenbank Druboo Feb 14, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Factory (88,5), Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Feb 15, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD St. Dunstan's Church, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray N00bert Feb 16, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Factory (88,5), Rhodenbank N00bert Met Fan Feb 16, 2009 100 EXECUTIONS ZZ ZZ Feb 16, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Feb 16, 2009 everyone in here The Carlyle Building, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray N00bert Feb 17, 2009 Ruben Kincaid The Carlyle Building, Rhodenbank Met Fan Feb 17, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD The Parks Building, Rhodenbank Ottari Espina Feb 17, 2009 Shummer Dowdney Mall, Santlerville Druboo Met Fan Feb 18, 2009 Shotqun Ed Younghusband Square PD, Rolt Heights Gorgomath Feb 18, 2009 Terpey Sawday Bank, Gibsonton Ottari N00bert Feb 18, 2009 Phish Dude Club Tompson, Rolt Heights Ottari Feb 18, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Ottari Gorgomath Feb 19, 2009 Shoat Orome Avenue, Rhodenbank Dio Kharg N00bert Feb 19, 2009 everyone in here The Whitlock Building, Dulston Ottari Met Fan Feb 19, 2009 Joe Gilmore Club Hardyman, Pescodside Gorgomath Melancholy one Feb 20, 2009 Joe Gilmore Lovell Auto Repair, Rolt Heights Druboo Feb 20, 2009 Sam Bombabum Horder Avenue School, Rolt Heights Druboo Feb 20, 2009 Ruben Kincaid Parrott Towers, Dulston N00bert Feb 21, 2009 Kilkid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Feb 22, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston Rotten Ray Feb 22, 2009 He's dead Jim Club Hagan, Rhodenbank Ottari Feb 22, 2009 Roger Tony Duport Avenue, Dulston PubicPubLover Feb 22, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD The Perryn Building, Dulston Dio Kharg Feb 22, 2009 P3ach Fuzz Nott Auto Repair, Dulston Rotten Ray Feb 22, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD Orome Avenue, Rhodenbank Bane Croooow Feb 23, 2009 He's dead Jim Duport Avenue, Dulston Espina Yonnua Koponen N00bert Feb 23, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD Townsend Bank, Dulston Gorgomath Druboo Bane Croooow Feb 24, 2009 Ruben Kincaid St. Anacletus's Hospital, Dulston N00bert Met Fan Feb 25, 2009 Shummer Club Cocker, Dulston Druboo Ottari ScouterTX Feb 25, 2009 McCullen Club Greene, Rhodenbank Met Fan Feb 26, 2009 Exurg Factory (88,5), Rhodenbank Ottari Bane Croooow Feb 26, 2009 Phish Dude Warehouse (88,11), Rolt Heights Ottari Druboo Feb 26, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Ottari Druboo ScouterTX Bane Croooow Feb 26, 2009 Edith Bauer The Ablett Arms, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Bane Croooow Feb 26, 2009 Kilkid Sunderland Museum, Pescodside Met Fan Feb 26, 2009 Carase Club Garrett, Dulston N00bert Feb 27, 2009 Tony Loop Fanning Cinema, Rolt Heights Ottari Feb 27, 2009 Mr Robusto The Brain Museum, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Feb 27, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD The Ablett Arms, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Druboo Ottari Feb 28, 2009 Whitlock WIZARD St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Ottari Stephanie Bridges Rotten Ray Feb 28, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray N00bert Ottari ScouterTX Feb 28, 2009 Tony Loop The Pepperell Museum, Dulston Druboo Feb 28, 2009 james007bond Tinkler Plaza School, Rhodenbank N00bert Rotten Ray Feb 28, 2009 Jake Bettermaker Billinghurst Place PD, Rhodenbank Rotten Ray Neb84 Bane Croooow Feb 28, 2009 Gratefulltobedead Factory (89,8), Rhodenbank Met Fan Ottari Feb 28, 2009 everyone in here St. Mark's Hospital, Rhodenbank Met Fan Ottari Feb 28, 2009 Shummer Woodland Cinema, Rhodenbank Ottari Feb 28, 2009 Joe Gilmore Club Meatyard, Rhodenbank Ottari Memorable Moments The following are a few of the highlights which took place during the Hang 'Em High 2009 competition. Most of these events took place, as you can guess, right near the end of the competition. It really is much easier to see how frustrating the winds of chance can play when you're down to the line. Botherers-in-Arms: Many of you may not know this but N00bert, the leader of FOXHOUND, was actually in the lead for the Brothers-in-Arms trophy coming into the final day of the competition. However, he was only leading by a single point, although he was oblivious to this fact. The following is the actual chain of events that led to his de-throning and caused him to snap: N00bert has a total score of 18, while Rotten Ray has a total score of 17. Close, but N00bert would seem to have the Brothers-in-Arms trophy all wrapped-up, what with only 5 hours remaining. It would be a close win, but a win nonetheless. N00bert executed the criminal james007bond... who Rotten Ray had reported. N00bert had just HELPED Rotten Ray score +1 towards the Brothers-in-Arms trophy. Now both N00bert and Rotten Ray were tied with 18 points each. I don't like "ties". Flabbergasted by this turn of events I contacted N00bert. His screenshot of james007bond's execution was outside with 2 zombies... maybe, just maybe, this wasn't a tie after all. I non-chalantly asked N00bert, who was unaware of his dire trophy predicament, whether the zombies had ASSISTED in the kill. If so, then N00bert's kill would become an assisted kill instead, which would have earned him +1 towards the Brothers-in-Arms trophy and would have put him back in the lead. As I wait for his reply however Neb84, a member of FOXHOUND I might add, helped Rotten Ray with another assisted kill. Now Rotten Ray has been bumped up to a score of 19! When N00bert finally did reveal his kill was "assisted" by the zombies they were now tied with 19 points apiece. My efforts were just not helping break this tie. Then Ottari, who was 2 scores behind both of them, and not even on my radar during these events, suddenly exploded onto the scene. How, you might ask? Well let me tell you. Met Fan, yet another helpful member of FOXHOUND (poor N00bert, surrounded by so many "friends"), killed both of the criminals Ottari had reported. Guess what that meant? Now N00bert, Rotten Ray, AND Ottari were all tied with 19 points. A bloody 3-way tie. The competition ended with no resolution forthcoming, so the Brothers-in-Arms trophy was shared between them. N00bert then fired Met Fan. Last Minute Entry: During most of the competition Rotten Ray was doing great. Better than great actually. Awesome would be a more accurate word for it. He had a huge lead going into the 3rd week of the competition and no one was even near his score. It seemed like every time someone in the top 5 ranked bounty hunters scored Ray managed to score soon after and maintained his healthy lead. Ray seemed to always have a large "buffer score" between himself and anyone who ended up in 2nd place. And so this continued until the final week of the competition... It was in the final week that Druboo and Ottari closed the gap, whittling away a seemingly insurmountable lead into the kind of lead that could potentially be beaten. With this in mind Ray had, how should I put it... "lost his cool"? You know this when you get a forum PM inquiring about the exact time when the competition was supposed to end, even confirming my time zone (EST). Well this was understandable considering the turn of events. I advised him the deadline was at midnight (Eastern Standard Time), because that was based on where I live and I would be calling the final countdown. As fate would have it though going into the final day Ottari managed to actually come close to overtaking Ray's score, but in the end he appeared to be 5 points shy of tying Ray's score. That was a fair number of points, especially when you consider there were less than 5 hours left on the clock. The surprise came while I was counting down from 14 minutes to midnight, Ottari posted two final executions worth a total of 5 points. Wow. Talk about just making the cut. My thought at the time?: "Couldn't you have gotten 1 point MORE or 1 point LESS?!?" And that's how Rotten Ray and Ottari ended up tied for the coveted Hang 'Em High trophy, which makes them both Northeast Marshals until the next competition is held. Well on the bright side, having two excellent bounty hunters in the northeast could hardly be seen as a problem, now could it? A Common Theme: All the images used for the Hang 'Em High trophy templates came from one source. Or at least they did in the end. Originally I had several different sources for the trophy images. Deadly Wit? The French knight from "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail" who insulted King Arthur. The other images were from various other sources with even a historical photo of a real bounty hunter posse for Brothers-in-Arms. However after some thought I began to wonder how I was going to tie each image together. There were photos and drawn image. Black & white images and coloured images. I considered turning all the images black & white or filtering them with the same tone. But none of those ideas really seemed to "work" for me. The images would still be too different in my opinion. Then, while hunting around for ideas, I ended up replacing the "Lone Wolf" trophy image with one I thought was a better choice... and that's when a thought occurred to me: Maybe ALL the images should come from the same source. And so that's what I did, though it took a lot of searches. Hours actually, as it's always easier to find images from various sources than it is to fine them when using only a single source. Can you guess the source used? And yes, the images WERE PhotoShopped to hide their true identity. I thought it was very fitting, all things in the competition being considered. The Witty Race: Around Wednesday (February 25th, 2009) I started to tally the Deadly Wit scores for each bounty hunter in the competition. Here are the actual scores ( = 1 witty remark reported): Is it just wit? No, it's... magic. Anime Sucks ----- Rotten Ray ------ Met Fan --------- N00bert --------- Ottari ---------- Officer Murphy -- Kikashie -------- Dio Kharg ------- As you can tell, and so could I, the front runner was really out there in front. It was at that point I decided to keep this under my hat until the end of the competition. A Relentless Joyride: For those of you who are not familiar with how scoring for the Relentless trophy works it is based on executions reported for any criminal on the "Top 10 Most Wanted". When you execute a bounty and you earn a point towards this trophy. For the sake of keeping things interesting I counted not only pure executions, but assisted executions as well. This opened up the scoring to anyone who had even helped kill one of these criminals. Now looking at the chart below the answer as to who won the Relentless trophy is obvious. Ottari is clearly the winner: Ottari -------------- Druboo -------------- Rotten Ray ---------- N00bert ------------- Yonnua Koponen ------ Met Fan ------------- Officer Murphy ------ Dio Kharg ----------- Gorgomath ----------- Kikashie ------------ Caliber ------------- ScouterTX ----------- Bane Croooow -------- Darthknight --------- I LUV --------------- Kurt Jackson -------- Stephanie Bridges --- Tommy1504 ----------- And yet when I was actually tallying up each bounty hunter's scores it was more of a rollercoaster ride trying to determine exactly who was going to win. At first I thought Rotten Ray had himself another trophy, after all he had already won the Lone Wolf trophy which meant he had the most pure executions to his name. But then Druboo appeared seemingly out of nowhere and started racking up kill after kill, with most of them on the "Top 10 Most Wanted" list. It appeared like he was mostly targeting this group of criminals, no doubt because they scored the highest points in the competition and Druboo seemed to be in it to win it. His score jumped from nothing to the same level as Rotten Ray in even less time (keeping in mind that Druboo did not join the competition from the very start). It wasn't long before my tally had Druboo surpassing Rotten Ray. At that point I figured Druboo would claim the trophy to add to Deadly Wit. In an effort to prove me wrong however there were a few other bounty hunters whose tallies started to add up quickly and in short order as Druboo's scoring slowed down. Among these bounty hunters was Ottari. When Ottari first started rising through the ranks I thought, "Where did that come from?". By the end of the final day Ottari had a one-up on Druboo, and Ottari's last-minute executions, which included another individual from the "Top 10 Most Wanted", was just icing on the cake. Really, he just came out of nowhere.