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Limbo

**Limbo** refers to a group of inactive players in The Epic Struggle 2 at the time of the First Merge. These players were picked for teams with lower priority than active players were, and if the limbo players did not confirm that they were active again, they were eliminated from the game.

Limbo may also be less formally used to refer to "second chance" teams such as Invisible 1.0, Invisible 2.0, and Ophiuchus.
Immunity Ring

An **Immunity Ring** is an item similar to a Personal Immunity Pendant but used between the Second Merge and the Final Merge of The Epic Struggle 2.

There was also an **Immunity Ring** in TES1 which was won by INCEPTI0N in Week 23. This item was publicly awarded via the Crown Competition and only lasted for that one week; it prevented Inception from being nominated by the Rainbow King.
Squirrelgate

**Squirrel** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES2, he was on Sagittarius and was kicked for inactivity in a tie for 103rd place.

In TES3, he was on Neptune, Sirius, and Andromeda. In the final week before the Final Merge (Week 20), he was voted out 4-1-1, with the other two votes going to Mizuno\_Ami and dj-izzle. He tied for 17th place with mohomad.
Games-N'-Things

Games-N'-Things, usually referred to as just **GNT**, is board 839 of GameFAQs and the board that The Epic Struggle 2 was hosted on and The Epic Struggle 3 is currently being hosted on. Unlike CE, it is a private board, which means that every TES2/TES3 player needed to be invited to the board in order to be able to play the game.

The board is owned by InfinitySlayer (not affiliated with The Epic Struggle), but three Strugglers (Appleframer, DreamwaIker, and la\_mayonesa) are board admins.
Idol of Shame

The **Idol of Shame** is an item given out each week before the Second Merge to the team which performs the worst in that week's challenge. Occasionally, if two teams both fail to even submit anything for the challenge, they'll both be given **Shame**. Players on teams with Shame will still only cast 1 vote for elimination, but the top two vote-receivers on the team will be eliminated. In this way, Shame poses a threat even to people in a majority alliance within a team.
Dominance Decision

The **Dominance Decision** is a period each week prior to the Second Merge which takes place between that week's Challenge and its Voting Period.

The dominant (or "1st place") team decides by majority vote which team will have lose 1 more player. In most cases this takes the form of stealing Safety, although between the First and Second Merges in TES3, there was also the option to give Shame to the last place team (since they did not automatically earn Shame in that struggle).

Although it maintains traditional deadline conventions, the Dominance Decision often ends up being slightly shorter than other periods of the game due to it only needing a majority of players on a single team to send a PM to the host (provided that majority is in agreement).

In the event that the deadline is reached and there is not a majority *of the whole team* choosing the same decision, then the decision chosen by the greatest number of players on the team will be the prevailing decision. If there is a tie, DreamwaIker's precedent is that the prevailing decision will be the one among those tied that harms the worst-placed team in that week's challenge.
Personal Immunity Pendant

A **personal immunity pendant** is an item similar to the hidden immunity idols found on Survivor. Prior to the Second Merge, players who carefully examine Epic Struggle topics may find one of these pendants. If they use it prior to vote results, it will nullify any votes against them that week.

Functionally similar items include Secret Safety Amulets and Immunity Rings.
Thundercloud

**Thundercloud** refers to an alliance between Gemini and Scorpio against Taurus near the end of TES2.

The name "Thundercloud" was never used for this alliance during its existence; rather, it was derived from the name of the alliance's forum "Thundercloud Temple" for the sole purpose of giving the alliance a name to use in The Epic Struggle Wiki.
Averagejoel

**averagejoel** is a player in The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he started on Amber under the name **PowerfulSageIRL** (because his main account was suspended at the time) but quickly switched to **averagejoel**. He was on Mango and then Sol and was voted out in 22nd place.

In TES2, he was on Scorpio but got kicked for inactivity in Week 2, earning him only 113th place.
The Sun

**The Sun** is a team in The Epic Struggle 3 where eliminated players are sent between the First Merge and the Second Merge.

As with similar teams in the past (Invisible 2.0 in TES1 and Air in TES2), players on The Sun competed in challenges most weeks in order to remain in the game, and some of them returned to the game at the time of the Second Merge.

Unlike TES1 and TES2, however, both active and inactive players voted out are sent to The Sun. Of course, players who quit do not go to The Sun, and it is expected that anyone modkilled would also not go to The Sun (although that situation has not yet been encountered in TES3). Also unlike TES1 and TES2, challenges for The Sun take place during the other teams' voting periods rather than during their challenges.

Placements for players who do not manage to return to the game at the Second Merge are determined not by when each player is eliminated from The Sun but by when they were eliminated from their previous team. This makes The Sun more like Invisible 2.0 than like Air.

## History

* At the end of Week 7, DrCoolJamz1 and Mizuno\_Ami were voted off their teams and sent to The Sun.
* There was no challenge on The Sun during Week 8.
* At the end of Week 8, The Sun gained 3 more members: flatgirl93, Co66, and ROBANN\_88.
* The first challenge on The Sun was during Week 9. DrCoolJamz1 and ROBANN\_88 were eliminated.
* At the end of Week 9, The Sun gained 2 more members: MrResetti and ThePirateKirby.
* Sun Challenge 2 saw the elimination of flatgirl93 and Co66.
* At the end of Week 10, The Sun gained 3 more members: Leaisaxel, Pinxed, and Se7enthrust.
* Sun Challenge 3 saw the elimination of MrResetti, ThePirateKirby, and Leaisaxel.
* At the end of Week 11, The Sun gained 2 more members: Dragon66116 and Wonder-Bayo.
* At the end of Week 12, The Sun gained 3 more members: Jet\_the\_hawk79 mohomad, and white barret.
* In the Final Sun Challenge, white barret and Wonder-Bayo were eliminated for not submitting. The remaining players placed (from best to worst) Dragon66116, Mizuno\_Ami, mohomad, Jet\_the\_hawk79, Pinxed, and Se7enthrust. Three players needed to return to the game, so that meant Dragon, Ami, and Moho returned.

## Trivia

* Mizuno\_Ami was voted out at the earliest possible point in the five team segment of the game, but she managed to survive the entire time on the Sun and return to the game for the three team segment.
TheRealItachi

**TheRealItachi** is a player in The Epic Struggle who was infamous on the Purple and Scarlet teams. Although he was only tied for 38th place, he had a lasting impact on the game and its sequel due to catchphrases like Literally Impossible. He signed up for the sequel to haunt DreamwaIker but quit before the game actually began.

TheRealItachi likes to go by **Flan-chan**, and Dream called him this for a time but then eventually went back to calling him **Itachi**.
Royal Decree

The **Royal Decree** is an item in The Epic Struggle that let its holder compete in a Sceptre Challenge without having to be randomized as a participant. There was only one Royal Decree in TES1.

Such an item would not have made sense in The Epic Struggle 2, since all players (except for the outgoing Drunken Rebel) got to compete in every Drunken Rebel Challenge.
Quake

**Quake** is one of the 5 teams between the First Merge and the Second Merge in The Epic Struggle 2. It was controlled mostly by Gemini and is thus considered part of Greater Chimera.

## Trivia

* Briefly this team was listed as **Terra**, but popular opinion shifted back to calling it Quake. There was also a desire for **Diamond** to be a team name, and it was considered for both Quake and Platinum.
* The captain who drafted this team was Cody11533.

## External Links

Earth Kingdom: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Earth\_Kingdom/index/
GeneralPengu

**Pengu** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES2, he was on Virgo but got kicked for inactivity in a tie for 88th place.

In TES3, he was on Mercury, Canopus, and Triangulum. In Week 17, he failed to vote and was therefore kicked for inactivity. He tied for 23rd place with wickedmystic13.
Robes of Warding

The **Robes of Warding** was a controversial item in The Epic Struggle. The wearer got 1 vote against them nullified, but any time the wearer was not a nominee they were forced to hand the Robes to a nominee. It turned out that AndShock won the Robes and by the end of the week he was a nominee and the Robes were on the other nominee, thus resulting in his elimination.
Sceptre Challenge

The **Sceptre Challenge** is a challenge held each week after the Final Merge in The Epic Struggle which determines which player wins the Prismatic Sceptre and becomes the Prismatic Prince. Generally only 6 players compete in a Sceptre Challenge: the Rainbow King, the 2 nominees, and 3 randomly selected players.

The Sceptre Challenge is similar to the Drunken Rebel Challenge in TES2 and the Space Pirate Challenge in TES3.
Shadow2Life

**Shadow2Life** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 who was on Cancer until he was voted out in Week 2. Although he joined Ophiuchus, he made no effort to return to the game at the time of the First Merge, so he only tied for 112th place - originally 113th place, until Death\_Of\_Effie was modkilled.
The Famous Five

**The Famous Five** is a secret alliance in The Epic Struggle 2 created by DreamwaIker and ArchangelBaruch at the very start of sign-ups. They quickly invited cody11533, kirbymuncher, and Ex-Kefiroth and decided to join together on Team Scorpio.

When TheRealItachi flooded Scorpio with his minions, The Famous Five were forced to flee Scorpio. While Dream went to Aquarius to trick Itachi, the other members of The Famous Five joined Gemini and waited for the team to be nearly full before Dream would jump onto it and permanently escape Itachi.

The name for **The Famous Five** was not decided until several months later.

## Trivia

* In 2008 and 2009, Dream hosted a fast 500 post topic on GameFAQs on a board named **The Famous Five** using the account TheDedicated500.

## External Links

The Famous Five's Forum: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Something7654321/index/
Universe

**Universe** is the final team in The Epic Struggle 3. At the Final Merge, it was formed from the remaining 4 members of Milky Way, 5 members of Andromeda, and 7 members of Triangulum.

## Trivia

* Although representatives from all 8 original teams made it onto the **Universe**, nobody from Canopus (a team between the First and Second Merges) did.
Swiftblade09

**Swift** is a player in The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he was on Grey 1.0 and Grey 2.0 but was voted out in 32nd place immediately before the Second Merge. This was particularly sad because he came up for the names of the teams Luna and Sol but then didn't get to be on those teams.

In TES2, he started on Scorpio and helped form Chimera. He named both the alliance and its Zetaboard Chimera Chasm. Swift merged onto Vortex, Ivory, and Mysockcontainsmycock. He was ultimately voted out in 6th place and became Juror #12.
WafflehouseJK

**WafflehouseJK** is a player who quit both The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he was on Amber, Mango, Luna, and Rainbow. Immediately before he would've qualified for jury, he sacrificed himself for his Mango brethren, though many people doubt this sacrifice actually made sense. He was the highest-placing quitter in TES1 (at 14th place).

In TES2, he was on Aries but only for a very brief period of time. He quit the game during Week 1. Although he was initially labeled 132nd place for this, he was later adjusted to 131st place after Death\_Of\_Effie was modkilled.
Space Pirate

The **Space Pirate** has the power to save a nominee during a week of The Epic Struggle 3 (following the Final Merge). He may also choose not to save anyone. If he does save someone, the Intergalactic Emperor must name a replacement nominee

The Space Pirate is the winner of the Space Pirate Challenge. His role is similar to the Prismatic Prince in TES1 and the Drunken Rebel in TES2.

*Note: In Week 31, the Survivor Button twist meant there was no Space Pirate.*
ThePirateKirby

*Note: This article is about **ThePirateKirby**. You may be looking for kirbymuncher or a disambiguation for the term "Kirby".*

**TPK** (sometimes incorrectly referred to as **Kirby**) is a player in The Epic Struggle, The Epic Struggle 2, and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES1, he was on Amber, Mango, Sol, and Rainbow. He placed 12th and was Juror #2.

In TES2, he was on Cancer and Inferno. He was eliminated from Air in a tie for 37th place with AndShock.

In TES3, he was on Neptune until being voted out and sent to Pluto. He returned to the game on Vega but was then voted out again in Week 9. His final elimination was after he lost Sun Challenge 3 in Week 11. He is tied for 38th place with MrResetti.
UfloridagatorsF

**UfloridagatorsF** is a player in The Epic Struggle. After participating in Big Brother: Legends Edition (and winning by a 4-2 margin over matt314hew), he decided to play DreamwaIker's new game, *The Epic Struggle*.

In TES1, he was not very active, but he did what was required to not get kicked for inactivity. After being on Cyan, Sky, and Luna, he was voted out in 24th place. He spends much less time on GameFAQs nowadays and thus decided not to invest in TES2 or TES3.
RemixDeluxe

**RemixDeluxe** is a player in The Epic Struggle 3 on Mercury who was kicked for inactivity during Week 3 and earned 54th place. This is a slightly higher placement than the others kicked for inactivity this week, since the others received their 3rd inactivity strike during the challenge whereas RemixDeluxe received his during the vote itself.
Prismatic Prince

The **Prismatic Prince** has the power to save a nominee during a week of The Epic Struggle. He may also choose not to save anyone. The Prismatic Prince holds the Prismatic Sceptre, which he wins via the Sceptre Challenge.

The Prismatic Prince is similar to the Drunken Rebel in TES2 and the Space Pirate in TES3.
Paintblocks

**Paintblocks** was the Week 13 Challenge of The Epic Struggle 2.

## Rules

In front of you is a 50x50 grid. Using highly advanced paintblock guns, your goal is turn as much of the grid into being your team's color as possible. You can make your shot cover as much as much of the grid as you'd like, but the bigger you go the more likely it is that your paint will be covered up by another player.

1. Every player participating must PM me the coordinates of the top left corner of where they are aiming as well as the dimensions of their square. Your shot must be a perfect square If a player submits an answer that doesn't fit (ex: AW-49 3x3) it will be assumed that they want to use the largest size square that can fit with their coordinates.

2. Any player that submitted a 50x50 square will go first, followed by 49x49, 48x48, etc. until we get to anybody that submitted a 1x1

3. If a player shoots paint in an area that overlaps a previous player's work, they will cover over the work already done.

4. If two or more players from opposing teams submit the same size for their square and have sections overlap, the paints will mix together and the space becomes neutral territory again. This will happen regardless of what color the section was before the mix happened.

5. After every player has made their turn, teams will be ranked based on how much of the grid ended in their color. If a tie occurs, we will look back at previous moves until we reach a point where the teams did not tie.
Placement

The **placement** earned by a player in a forum game is a way to measure how well a player did in that game. A player who finishes in "16th place", for example, performed well enough to reach the Top 16 (or slightly more, if he was only *tied* for 16th) but did not survive long enough in the game to reach the Top 15.
Scarecrow1711

**Scarecrow** is a player in The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he was on White, Sky, and Luna. Due to how few players White had to vote out, he was able to survive as fodder for a long time. Eventually, when Luna faced an elimination in Week 14, Scarecrow quit, thereby saving Luna from having to vote another person out at that time. He earned 28th place.

In TES2, he Libra until the First Merge, at which point he was purged from Limbo due to being inactive. This earned him a tie for 58th place.
Quinfordmac

**Quin** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 who was on Capricorn until he quit during Week 3 and earned 112th place. This was changed to 111th place after Death\_Of\_Effie was modkilled.

## Trivia

* Quin was originally listed on both Capricorn and Pisces when TES2 began. He was forced to choose one team to stay on, and he chose Capricorn. UrCa1988 was recruited by DreamwaIker to take the newly opened spot on Pisces, due to Dream's paranoid that having only 131 players may result in him (the 11th member of Gemini) being auto-kicked from the team and placed somewhere else.
Pluto

**Pluto** is a team in The Epic Struggle 3 which resembles Invisible 1.0 from TES1 and Ophiuchus from TES2. When a player in TES3 is eliminated but not inactive, that player is sent to Pluto. At the time of the First Merge, the three active players on Pluto returned to the game in order to make the player count a multiple of five. Following this merge, eliminated players went to The Sun instead.

## Trivia

* Two players joined Pluto in Week 1: -Ghetsis- and green dragon.
* The players who eventually returned from Pluto to the main game are IfGodCouldDie, Jet\_the\_hawk79, and ThePirateKirby.
Winner

The **winner** is the member of the Final Two who receives the most votes from the Jury. The winner has the highest priority in being the next host. If they don't want to be the next host, that option goes to 2nd place, then 3rd, and so on.

The winner might also be awarded another prize (such as $30 in pizza), but they must provide some means to claim the prize if they want it.

Winners of The Epic Struggle Series are Machete (TES1), Cody (TES2), and luckynumber777 (TES3).
Survivor Button

The **Survivor Button** (originally just called a **mysterious button**) was an item won by The\_Weegee in The Epic Struggle 3 during the Week 30 (Final Six) Space Pirate Challenge (where each player had the choice to play for the button or the usual pirate power). No players were told exactly what it would do (though Weegee was given hints), and it was up to Weegee to decide whether or not to press it.

Weegee chose to press the button, and its effect was revealed following week. Week 31 would follow the rules of Survivor instead of Big Brother. This meant there would only be a single Immunity Challenge (to determine who wins the Immunity Star) and then everyone would vote.
The Epic Struggle 3

**The Epic Struggle 3** (also known as **TES3**) is the 3rd in The Epic Struggle Series of forum games.

## Trivia

* Team names in TES3 were first based on planets in the Solar System (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (dwarf planet) Pluto), then on the brightest stars (as seen from Earth) in the Milky Way Galaxy (Sirius, Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, Vega, and of course The Sun), then on major galaxies around us in the Universe (Milky Way, Andromeda, and Triangulum), and finally on the Universe itself.
Vote

A **vote** is a decision by a player on what they want to happen (often who they want to eliminate). The term can also refer to the period during which multiple players (one one or more teams) are voting. In such situations, the option that receives the most votes is usually the one that takes place following the vote.

At the end of a struggle, the jury casts a vote for who will win the game.
Weezy Tha Don

**Weezy** is a poor sap who chose to join the *stacked* Gemini team during sign-ups for The Epic Struggle 2. Due to a horrible challenge that the hosts designed for Week 1, all teams had to eliminate 1 of their players. The obvious choice for Gemini was Weezy, since everyone else on the team had played (or hosted) TES1.

Weezy did have an account on The Hermes Network but only for maybe 20 minutes between the time of his only post there and the time Dream kicked him as preparation for Weezy being voted out.
Substitute

**Substitute** is an item in The Epic Struggle 3 which is similar to a Personal Immunity Pendant except it does not cause the player with the next-most votes to be eliminated.

## Effect

*Use of this item will spawn a dummy who will take your place during one vote period. If you receive the most votes, the dummy will take the fall for you and be eliminated instead. If you do not receive the most votes, the player who did will be eliminated and the dummy will be used up.*

## In TES3

* DreamwaIker found a Substitute hidden by toonsage prior to the First Merge, and he used it during the Week 4 vote (for which his team Earth had Shame) so that the team would only have to lose 1 player that week instead of 2. This substitute has been called Dummywalker.
* Dream also obtained a substitute between the First and Second merges (by finding a Star Coin and paying it to the Magic Item Store), and he used it on Vega during Week 12.
* Both known Substitutes could only be used until the Second Merge, marking a similarity between them and the Personal Immunity Pendant item from past struggles.
Platinum

**Platinum** is one of the 5 teams between the First Merge and the Second Merge in The Epic Struggle 2. It was controlled mostly by Taurus (along with 2 Gemini members) and is thus considered part of Greater Chimera.

## Trivia

* The captain who drafted this team was luckynumber777.

## External Links

Platinum Forum: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Team\_Platinum/index/
The Epic Struggle Series

**The Epic Struggle** (also known as **TES** or **TESS**) is a series of forum games created by GameFAQs user DreamwaIker in April 2013. The games are similar in style to TV shows like Survivor and Big Brother. They begin with teams and end with individual challenges, and players are eliminated every week.

So far, The Epic Struggle series spans 3 games - they are often abbreviated TES1, TES2, and TES3. Each game is sometimes referred to as an *edition* or *season* of The Epic Struggle. They could also each be called a *struggle*.

## List of **The Epic Struggle** Seasons

Mayonesa | Cody11533 | kirbymuncher | 132
toonsage | luckynumber777 | The\_Weegee | 72
Prisoner's Dilemma

A **Prisoner's Dilemma** challenge is one in which players are put against each other and given a choice of actions that have different effects depending on what action their opponent takes.

Specifically, the traditional Prisoner's Dilemma involves 2 prisoners who are each better off telling on their partner's involvement in a crime regardless whether or not their partner tells on them - yet at the same time the prisoners are both better off if neither tells on the other than they are if both tell on the other.

## External Links

* Prisoner's Dilemma on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's\_dilemma
Token of Pain

The **Token of Pain** is an item in The Epic Struggle between the Second Merge and the Final Merge that players had to use the next time they faced a vote. This token automatically placed 1 extra vote on the player and then destroyed itself.

Tokens of Safety took priority over **Tokens of Pain**. The former would be used up at one vote and then the latter would be used at the next vote.
Private Board

A **private board** is a board on GameFAQs which users may only view and post on if they are invited by an admin or the owner of that private board.

There are of course exceptions for moderators (who can view the boards regardless) and GameFAQs admins (who can view and post on the boards regardless). In fact, save for the occasional bug, GameFAQs admins cannot even be formally invited to private boards.

Games-N'-Things is the private board on which The Epic Struggle 2 and The Epic Struggle 3 have been hosted.
Se7enthrust

**Seven** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES2, he was on Leo but quit in Week 2, earning 120th place (which was later changed to 119th place after Death\_Of\_Effie was modkilled).

In TES3, he was on Saturn and Vega. In Week 10, he was had voted for DarkerGrey while the rest of Vega was split 3-3 between white barret and AndShock. On the re-vote, he refused to cast a vote against either player, and so he was sent to The Sun for failing to vote. He tied for 35th place and did not manage to return at the Second Merge.
Space Pirate Challenge

The **Space Pirate Challenge** is a challenge held each week after the Final Merge in The Epic Struggle 3 which determines which player becomes the Space Pirate. Generally only 6 players compete in a Space Pirate Challenge: the Intergalactic Emperor, the 2 nominees, and 3 randomly selected players.

The Space Pirate Challenge is similar to the Sceptre Challenge in TES1 and the Drunken Rebel Challenge in TES2.
Second Merge

The **Second Merge** is a merge in The Epic Struggle, The Epic Struggle 2, and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES1, the Second Merge occurred when the 5 teams (Mango, Sky, Scarlet, Emerald, and Grey) were dissolved (technically Scarlet was already annihilated a very short time earlier). Those players (combined with a few players from Invisible) were randomly assigned to 2 new teams (Luna and Sol).

In TES2, the Second Merge occurred when the 5 teams (Quake, Platinum, Vortex, Inferno, and Yggdrasil) were dissolved. Those players (combined with a few players from Air) were randomly assigned (via one of Machete's stories) to 2 new teams (Ivory and Ebony).

In TES3, the Second Merge occurred when the 5 teams (Sirius, Canopus, Alpha Centauri, Arcturus, and Vega) were dissolved. Those players (combined with 3 returning players from The Sun) each got to pick a partner. If the partner choice was mutual, then those two players would be guaranteed to be placed on the same team. Other than that, the merge was random. It yielded 3 new teams (Milky Way, Andromeda, and Triangulum) of 10 players each.

## Trivia

* In TES1, the Second Merge occurred between Weeks 13 and 14. In TES2, it occurred between Weeks 15 and 16. In TES3, it happened during Week 13.

## External Links

* TES3 Merge Buddies: http://i.imgur.com/kjmBIJS.png
Toonsage

**Toon** was a player in The Epic Struggle 2 and a co-host of The Epic Struggle 3. Although she did not play TES1, she was a friend of INCEPTI0N and saw much of the endgame.

In TES2, she was on Cancer, Quake, Ebony, and Mysockcontainsmycock but was eliminated in 18th place, falling just short of jury qualification. However, after hapexamendios69 quit the game and was disqualified from jury, Toon was used as a replacement Juror #10.

Toon is notable for receiving Immunity Rings from Amplefy and Cocainius which allowed her to give one to Link43130 and eliminate DreamwaIker prior to the Final Merge.
That stupid fucking STP challenge

**That stupid fucking STP challenge** or **It's Time to Post** refers to the challenge in Week 2 of The Epic Struggle. Many players disliked this challenge, but luckily DreamwaIker recovered player support over the next few weeks and so The Epic Struggle was not ended prematurely.

## Rules

The goal, as with many post games, it to get timestamps with a lot of zeros at the end. This is actually a game whose score you can track as it's being played.

Teams will get 1 point for each member who gets a post with seconds ":00" at least once. They can only get 1 point per person, so that means each team will have 0 to 8 points at the end of the challenge. You can't get extra points from having one guy make 1000 different ":00" posts.

1st Tie-Breaker: The team with the largest uninterrupted STP on a ":00" seconds during the challenge timestamp will rank higher. By "uninterrupted," I mean only the part of the STP which contains consecutive posts from your 8 participating team members will be counted. If a different team posts in the middle of your STP, or if one of your members who is sitting out does that, then I will look at the parts of the STP before and after the interruption, and I will record the length of the longer one. Theoretically, the highest number a team could make on this tie-breaker is 16 (by each member posting twice within the same second on the same ":00" timestamp), and the lowest is 0 (but that would mean they also scored 0 points for the day, since they didn't get a single ":00" post).

2nd Tie-Breaker: The team with the largest number of zero minutes and seconds ":00:00" at which they get a post during the challenge will rank higher. Again, only the 8 members who are actually playing for the team will be counted. Theoretically, since the game is 36 hours, the highest number a team could make on this tie-breaker would be 36, because multiple posts on the same exact ":00:00" don't count for extra points.

## Results

White won the Idol of Dominance. Purple, Blue, Amber, and Green each win an Idol of Safety. Black, Brown, Grey, and Red get nothing. Cyan is given the Idol of Shame. White stole Purple's Idol of Safety.
獵人

## 角色資訊

### 女主角

阿萬
霍香

### 客串登場角色

韓武麒 • 封青嵐 • 江靜荷 • 屠勤
郝恬恬 • 曾劍南 • 方水淨 • 屠鷹
關浪 • 鳳力剛 • 夏雨 • 屠肯恩

《獵人》是紅眼意外調查公司系列中的第六作，共上下兩冊。

文摘
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上冊

阿萬

那一夜，下著雨

她來到他的船屋外

他開門收留了她

五年過去

還以為可以就這樣下去

這女人卻一聲不吭

跟著那鐵公雞跑了?!

不過就是隻自來貓

要走就走，他才不希罕──

人生，他媽的就是一坨狗屎！

下冊

霍香

她的雙手染滿鮮血

過去的罪愆，如影隨形

世界這麼大，卻沒有她的立足之地

可他收留了她，讓她的世界有了顏色

她想要變好，想要贖罪

她以為她可以改變什麼

誰知道，她做的決定

卻讓他為此付出了代價

風在吹，血在飛，火燄在燃燒

她只是……只是想要和他在一起而已……

大綱
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附註
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出處
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Girl You Are Mine

## Information

### **Produced by**

AJ Duncan

**Girl You Are Mine** is a song featured on More Than a Game.

## Lyrics

Wolken die zomaar verdwijnen

Regen valt zo langs me heen

Want als jij bij mij bent

Als je lacht

Dan is niets meer wat het lijkt

Alles word anders dan ik dacht

No one is going to stop us

We're a pair in heaven made it's true

Every time there is magic

And I know this is because of you

Let me tell you one more time

Girl you are mine

Twijfels zijn plotseling helder

Liefde vervangt alle haat

Want als jij bij mij bent

Als je lacht

Dan is niets meer wat het lijkt

Alles word anders dan ik dacht

No one is going to stop us

We're a pair in heaven made it's true

Every time there is magic

And I know this is because of you

Let me tell you one more time

Girl you are mine

I follow you 'cause my heart screams your name

And love is more important than the fame

So I go with the flow

And it's so easy to see

If you stick to your heart

You will always feel free

It doesn't matter if they love or hate

Never say never and don't lose your faith

Follow your heart

And let that be true

Let love be your path

And the force be with you!

Want als jij bij mij bent

Als je lacht

Dan is niets meer wat het lijkt

Alles word anders dan ik dacht

No one is going to stop us

We're a pair in heaven made it's true

Every time there is magic

And I know this is because of you

Let me tell you one more time

Girl you are mine
Token

**Token** may refer to any of several publicly-held one-time-use items awarded to players in challenges that they (Generally) must use at the next vote:

* Token of Pain - player gets 1 extra vote cast against them
* Token of Power - player casts 2 votes instead of 1
* Token of Safety - player cannot receive votes
* Token of Silence - player cannot vote
Position Your Team Well

**Position Your Team Well** was the Week 2 Challenge for The Epic Struggle 1.

## Rules

In this challenge, teams will control 2 robots, nicknamed Kingbot ("K") and Defenderbot ("D"). They must maneuver their Kingbot to the designated square of its color on the map. Keep in mind that the map wraps around left-to-right but not up-and-down.

(1) Each turn, each team must send me a PM stating 6 movements for both the Kingbot and the Defenderbot: 6 choices of Left, Right, Up, Down, and Wait. It does not matter who on the team sends the Kingbot movement or who sends the Defenderbot movement, and it doesn't matter whether different people send each or the same person sends them both. However, if multiple members from the team PM me movements for either of the robots, I will randomize which movements the team attempts to perform.

(2) The time limit for each turn is 10 hours. I figure since each team has 7+ members, this will be plenty of time since only 1 member is needed online to send a PM.

(3) If while updating the turn, I notice a move would either result in 2 robots being on the same square, or 2 robots passing through another (like if Red Kingbot was to the left of Blue Kingbot, and Red Kingbot tried going right at the same time Blue Kingbot tried going left), all robots involved will instead perform the "Wait" movement. If, however, a robot is moving into a square that another robot is leaving, there is no problem.

(4) If a Defenderbot walks into any of the 10 "flag squares" (the 10 squares with a color border), the Defender bot will short-circuit and be removed from the game.

(5) If a Defenderbot is in the same position at the end of a turn (at the end of the 6 movements) as it was at the beginning of the turn, the Defenderbot will be teleported to the square where it started the challenge. If that square is occupied at that time, the Defenderbot will be lost in the space-time continuum and be removed from the game.

(6) If a map looks exactly the same at the end of a turn as at the beginning (in other words, if ALL robots are in the same position), then all robots still on the map will be teleported back to the square where they started the challenge.

(7) A team finishes the game by getting their Kingbot to their flag square. The first team to finish (that is, the team which finishes in the least turns and moves) will become first place and get the Idol of Dominance. The next 4 teams to finish will be 2nd-5th and get an Idol of Safety. The next 4 teams will get no idol, and the 10th place team (or the team that never finishes) will get the Idol of Shame.

## Results

Amber won the Idol of Dominance. Green, White, Black, Purple, and Grey got an Idol of Safety. Red, Brown, and Cyan got nothing. Blue got an Idol of Shame. Amber stole Purple's Idol of Safety.
Rainbow King

The **Rainbow King** nominated players for elimination after the Final Merge in The Epic Struggle. It is similar to the Illuminati Overlord of The Epic Struggle 2 and the Intergalactic Emperor of The Epic Struggle 3.

The Rainbow King is the winner of the current week's Crown Competition and the holder of the Rainbow Crown.
Wickedmystic13

**Wickedmystic** is a player in The Epic Struggle, The Epic Struggle 2, and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES1, he was on Purple and Scarlet. He joined Invisible when Scarlet was annihilated. He returned to the game on Luna at the Second Merge via a Redemption Challenge. Finally, he merged onto Rainbow and placed 15th.

In TES2, he was on Libra and Quake. He never joined the Quake forum and so they voted him out first, making him tied for 50th place in TES2.

In TES3, he was on Jupiter, Arcturus, and Milky Way. During Week 12 he used an Immunity Magic Wand (given to him by DreamwaIker), but this ended up being pointless because Jet\_the\_hawk79 was voted out 2-1 anyway. Later in Week 17 he failed to vote and was therefore kicked for inactivity. He tied for 23rd place with GeneralPengu.
THE LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE

**THE LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE** is the Week 18 Challenge of The Epic Struggle 2.

## Rules

For this challenge, the losing team will be voting out one player.

Both teams will be taking turns revealing parts of a cryptogram message until one of them can correctly solve it. When it is your team's turn, anybody on the team can make one of two moves:

1. Reveal a letter
2. Solve the puzzle

When you want to reveal a letter, mention which one by its ordinal number. (ex: Reveal the 6th letter) If that letter is currently displayed as a question mark, that letter and every identical letter in the message will be revealed in its cryptogrammed-state. (i.e. the only thing actually revealed is which letters are in common with it) This will be notated by the letters being in lowercase and italicized.

If the letter you wish to display is currently in a cryptogrammed-state, the actual letter it represents will be displayed for that letter and every identical letter. This will be notated by the letters being in uppercase and bolded.

If you think you know the puzzle, you can instead choose to solve it. Make it clear in your post that you are solving the puzzle, and follow it with the exact solution. Missing by one letter, even if it appears to be a typo, will be counted as a wrong answer.

An incorrect answer will earn the player that made that guess a Painful Machete and a Shutthefuckup, and that player will be out for the rest of the challenge. However, play will then be passed on to the other team without any other letters being revealed. So if you think one more letter will give it away, there could be some strategy in having players sacrifice themselves for the good of the team.

Selecting to reveal a letter that has already been completely revealed will be considered the same as making an incorrect solution to the puzzle.

A team autoloses if 5 incorrect solutions have been made by players on that team.

A team autoloses if nobody from the team has made a move after it has been their turn for 24 hours. Countdown timers will not be posted for this challenge. It's always 24 hours from the last official update post.

Ivory has been randomly selected to go first. Any player from Ivory may reveal a letter or attempt to solve the puzzle.

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## Trivia

* This challenge is named after TheRealItachi.
* The answer was TEN TEAMS REMAIN OF THE ORIGINAL TWELVE

VIRGO AND CAPRICORN HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.
Unlucky Galaxies

**Unlucky Galaxies** was an alliance in The Epic Struggle 3 formed on the basis of opposing luckynumber777 (and in practice Triangulum as a whole). Its members initially consisted of the players who made it to the Final Merge from Andromeda and Milky Way (with the exception of auron1213), but this member list changed over time as people were eliminated, Ex-Kefiroth joined Unlucky Galaxies, and Mayonesa abandoned Unlucky Galaxies.

The alliance initially had a Chatzy created by DreamwaIker (after some individual discussion with at least AndShock, Mizuno\_Ami, and Mayonesa) during the week preceding the final merge. After the merge, Ami set up a Zetaboard. And after Ami's elimination, Shock set up a different Zetaboard.

## External Links

* Ami's Forum: http://s15.zetaboards.com/Unlucky\_Galaxies/index/
* Shock's Forum: http://s15.zetaboards.com/Not\_Luckys\_Galaxy/index/
Survivor

**Survivor** is a TV show in many countries. Prior to the Final Merge (and, in particular, between the Second Merge and the Final Merge) the rules of The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2 are similar to those of **Survivor** in that teams will compete in a challenge and the results of that challenge will determine how many players need to be voted out of each team. There are also sometimes items such as Personal Immunity Pendants which resemble the Hidden Immunity Idols found on Survivor. However, rules for each portion of the game are written from scratch by the host and thus have significant differences from survivor as well.
Radman9000

**Radman** is a player in The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he was on Brown but quit during Week 3, earning 84th place.

In TES2, he was on Gemini, Quake, and Ebony. After the first few weeks, Radman was basically another Chimera fodder player like Dragon66116 and FvP (except he was taking PM orders from Dream rather than Lucky).

Shortly after the Second Merge, Radman was almost kicked for inactivity in Week 16 because Dream could not reach him via PM. However, SpikeDragon quit the game prior to the voting deadline, and this gave Radman enough time to return for the next vote.

Later, in Week 22, Radman was almost kicked for inactivity again, and Dream made every effort to contact him to ensure this did not happen. Ironically, this is the week that Dream was voted out. After Dream was eliminated, Radman decided to leave the game as well. He quit during Week 23 and earned 19th place, falling just short of jury status (although TES2 hosts might have skipped over him anyway, since he quit).
SpikeDragon

**Spike** is a player in The Epic Struggle and The Epic Struggle 2.

In TES1, he was on Brown, Mango, and Sol. He was voted out in Week 16 and earned 23rd place.

In TES2, he was on Cancer, Yggdrasil, and Ebony. He quit the game because he was upset with how much of his team behaved during the latest Prisoner's Dilemma challenge. This quitting kept radman9000 alive, as Radman otherwise would've been kicked for inactivity. Spike earned 32nd place in TES2.
月光邊境

**月光邊境**是何桃花三十歲時用所有積蓄買下位於台灣東部海岸俗稱「被詛咒的三姊妹」的三棟房子中的中間房屋，開的一間餐廳。

歷史
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後來因為燒燬與屠海洋‏‎的藍色啤酒海合併而成藍色月光。

菜單
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* 磨菇濃湯 by 何桃花
* 番瓜濃湯 by 何桃花
* 燉牛肉 by 何桃花
* 海鮮燴菜 by 何桃花
* 奶油蝦仁義大利麵 by 何桃花
* 燙青蔬 by 何桃花
* 番瓜起司蛋糕 by 何桃花
* 起司蛋糕 by 何桃花
* 檸檬水

出處
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1. ↑ *海洋*, 楔子
2. ↑ *密碼*, 第六章
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 *海洋*, 第一章
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *海洋*, 第五章
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *海洋*, 第二章
UrCa1988

**Urca** is a player in The Epic Struggle 2 who was on Pisces. A good friend of Dream, he joined only because a spot had opened up on Pisces (due to quinfordmac being listed both there and on Capricorn) and Dream was worried that he might be auto-kicked from his own team (as the 11th member of Gemini) if not all teams had a full roster of 11.

Consequently, Urca was not very active and got kicked for inactivity during the Week 2 vote. He was originally considered to be tied for 114th place, but this was changed to 113th place after Death\_Of\_Effie was modkilled.
Where's Machete?

**Where's Machete?** is the Week 36 Drunken Rebel Challenge of The Epic Struggle 2. The goal is to find a person as described by a clue in "Where's Waldo?" pictures.

## Rules

*In Week 34, Machete disappeared for some time. He has now been found, but the question still remains: where was Machete? For this challenge, your job is to figure that out. We have pulled up 10 scenes that Machete visited, and from the clue you must figure out which person in it is actually Machete. Also, there's only a possible of 9 points to earn in this. One of the pictures does not actually contain Machete.*

*You can submit your answers by either circling Machete in MS Paint or something, or you can just describe his location in enough detail that makes it clear that you found him.*

*There are for sure 9 Machetes that can be found in these pictures. There is the possibility that I missed something and there's actually 2 or more Machetes in the same picture. In this event you may use any for your answer, but you cannot get more than 1 point. While it's unlikely, there's also a possibility that Machete is actually in the picture with the fake clue. If this did happen and you find him, you will get that point.*

*Unofficial Imgur album made by Ex-Kefiroth: http://imgur.com/a/jqsVk*

## Results

The participants in this challenge were auron1213, Baruch, Choco, cody, and kirby.

While all of the latter four found Machete in the pictures with the non-fake clues (auron did not submit anything), only Choco and cody made a submission for picture #6, which had the fake clue (a person wearing sandals and socks). Choco's submission circled a woman who looked like she might be wearing sandals with socks, but actually was not, as seen in higher-resolution versions of the picture. Cody, however, circled Wenda, a character who appears in many "Where's Waldo?" pictures. While the lower part of her body was not visible in this particular image, she always wears the same clothing, including socks and rather unusual shoes that can be considered sandals. Mayo had to make a choice, and reluctantly decided that cody's submission was worth an additional 10th point, which caused him to win the game and become the Drunken Rebel. He saved kirby, causing Choco to automatically be nominated in his place (as this was the Final Five and there was no one else left who could be nominated).
Teepan95

**teepan** (he prefers a lowercase 't') was a player in The Epic Struggle 2 and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES2, he was on Pisces (and was basically its only active member) and then Yggdrasil before being placed on Ivory, where he was voted out in 26th place.

In TES3, he was a member of Team Mercury and then Arcturus. He quit Arcturus in Week 11 when they received 5th place in a challenge. Teepan earned 34th place.
Weighing In

**Weighing In** is the Week 21 challenge of The Epic Struggle 2.

## Rules

This challenge is called Weighing In. There are 5 scales (numbered 1
through 5), and you'll be distributing coins to them. Because teams are uneven, each Ivory player gets 110 coins while each Ebony player gets 120 coins, so that the teams' total coins are equal. You will each allocate as many coins as you wish to each of the 5 scales. You are NOT required to use all of your coins. The reason for this is that each scale has a weight capacity (which for simplicity's sake is measured in number of coins and since all coins weigh the same amount, there is no need for any conversion). The team with the most coins in each scale will win 2 points. If a scale exceeds its weight capacity (if too many coins are put into it), it will be lost to BOTH teams and both teams will earn 0 points for it. If a scale does not exceed capacity and both teams have the same number of coins in it, both teams will earn 1 point.

The team with the most points will win the challenge. If the losing team scores at least 3 points, they will only vote 1 player out. If the losing team scores 0, 1 or 2 points, they will have to vote 2 players out (in separate votes). If there is a tie for points, both teams will vote 1 player out (even if the tie is 0-0, 1-1 or 2-2).

There is also a Golden Scale. The Golden Scale has NO weight limit. Players may or may not choose to put coins into it, but no one may put more than 100 coins into it. The player who puts the highest UNIQUE number of coins will earn a Safety Mayo. Any players who put the same number of coins into the Golden Scale as any other player(s) will be disqualified from this added reward. You must put at least 1 coin in to qualify, but you may choose not to put any coins in and use all of your coins in the main part of the challenge. If there are no unique coin amounts put in the Golden Scale, no one will win a Safety Mayo.

SCALE CAPACITIES:

Scale 1: 255 coins
Scale 2: 421 coins
Scale 3: 777 coins
Scale 4: 69 coins
Scale 5: 1001 coins

This challenge is NOT split into rounds. You will allocate coins to each scale all at once. If you format your PM in such a way that you exclude some of the scales, that will be interpreted as you putting 0 coins into that scale (including the Golden Scale). You may change your allocation any time before the deadline.
ROBANN 88

**Rob** is a player in The Epic Struggle, The Epic Struggle 2, and The Epic Struggle 3.

In TES1, he was on Green, Emerald, Luna, and Rainbow. He placed 4th and was Juror #10.

In TES2, he was on Gemini, Quake, Ebony, and Mysockcontainsmycock. He placed 14th and is Juror #4.

In TES3, he was on Jupiter and Canopus before being voted out in a tie for 41st place. He joined The Sun but was permanently eliminated at the end of Week 9.
Runner-Up

The **Runner-Up** in The Epic Struggle, The Epic Struggle 2, and The Epic Struggle 3 is the player who survives every elimination to make it to the Final Two but then receives less jury votes than the winner.

Runner-ups of The Epic Struggle Series are Appleframer (TES1), kirbymuncher (TES2), and The\_Weegee (TES3).
Private Message

A **personal message** (or **PM**) is a message on GameFAQs sent directly from one user to another user. Often they are used in forum games for private communication between the host and each player. Like posts, PMs have timestamps. When users have not disabled the feature, you can also see the time at which the recipient of your PM read it.