Patience is a Virtue

In this blog, you have read about many elaborate, lucky, or fancy ways of eliminating your target. But sometimes the best strategy is to simply wait outside your target's residence, especially if you target lives in a dormitory. This tactic requires patience, but it gets the job done. Let 'Polly Nomial' tell you all about it...

'Polly Nomial' killed 'Custard Cup'

'Polly Nomial' writes,
No info, no sightings, no kills, nothing. With Slaughter of the Innocents* looming near, something drastic had to be done. Something.... lethal. My accomplice and I stalked his [dormitory] floor, dodging resident and RA alike, all apathetic to our loitering presence. As we drew close to his lair, a light burned from within to signal his presence. Alas, he was protected by the conventions of invitation**. So I waited. And waited. And got a drink of water. And waited. My accomplice standing guard, we saw the light go out, the door shut. I had lost my chance. Or had I... my oblivious prey left his room and walked right toward us, equally unconcerned about the presence of awkwardly placed strangers - "Hey... Kurt? I know you! You're Kurt! I'm... I'm terribly sorry..." swift spoon to the gut, "...you're dead."

Originally published on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, in the game Campus-Wide Spring '06

*Slaughter of the Innocents: A day on which all players in the game who have no kills were scheduled to be removed.

**Conventions of Invitiation: Standard assassins rules state that a player's living space is a safe zone where he can not be assassinated, unless he invites his assassin in.

'Polly Nomial' went on to get second place in the game, with two kills.