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What you are about to partake in is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a Metru Nui municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to access their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The Matoran's Court --- Two Matoran sit across from each other, in front of a massive wooden structure known as the bench in the middle of the large set. The Judge sits on top, looking down distastefully at the two Matoran below. “I’ve heard your complaints. Does the defendant have any final words?” The Ga-Matoran looks over to the team of Matoran across from him, and shakes her head silently. “Prosecution?” They start to shake their head, when they are suddenly interrupted by a loud thud as the doors to the courtroom are blown open. A frantic Po-Matoran rushes in, and begins screaming at the Ga-Matoran. “This is your fault? How can you just leave me like this? I thought we had something special!” The Ga-Matoran turns slowly to the Po-Matoran, and locks eyes with him. “I’m sorry, Hewkii. Our love is non-canon now. You know this.” Hewkii drops to his knees, and screams a long “NOOOOOOOOO” as he is forcefully escorted out. Again. “Court dismissed!” The Judge yells as he bangs his gavel. Everybody disperses, and then a massive logo covers the screen as the Judge walks down to the front of the stage. His blood-red eyes glance over the live studio audience, one of whom he high-fives, and then looks straight into the camera. “Thanks for tuning into this today’s edition of THE MATORAN’S COURT. You’ve helped keep the streets of Metru-Nui safe once again. Tune in tomorrow morning as we tally your votes and announce the results of the Macku-Huki case. Did you decide that their love never happened, or did you give them leeway? We'll find out in the morning!” “And remember. Only you can provide justice in this corrupt and crooked world. Now, a word from our sponsors!” The new 2016 Bloody Lynchestm, now available in stores everywhere! Ekin®. Go accomplish something! --- Goal: In a world where the justice system is a giant reality TV show, your goal is to, by the end of the round, have convinced the general populace that your client is in the right and thus win the case. Gameplay: Basically, this game is just a bunch of back-and-forth debating on a subject, but with a couple of restrictions so that it is actually a game. At the start of each ~5 day round(of which we will have two), I will give a brief description of a crime that has taken place, as well as a description of the suspected culprit. These will be very bareboned, and not have very much detail in them. From then on, the goal is to make the strongest case for your team. You do so by presenting your side of the case in the topic. However, there are some restrictions and rules. 1: Pretty much any and all details and evidence will be provided by you, the players. However, you may only present one piece of new evidence in a post. Any previous evidence provided by either side may be used referenced in any post, however. 2: All posts* are a part of the “Yes, but” rule. That being that you cannot simply negate somebody else’s post, instead, you must build up on top of it. Every post has to count. 3: You may not post for your team twice. As well, posting alternates between teams. This ensures that you can’t just teamwork a great argument for your team into place without any sort of rebuttal from the opposition. 4: Please include which side you are arguing for in your posts. It would really help the general populace keep track of what is going on. Finally, about every 24 hours or so I will post a little something explaining how the trial is affecting the general populace. Are they leaning towards the prosecution or the defendant, ect. That is about it as far as normal gameplay! With that, I think I’ll open sign- OBJECTION! Oh right, that. As well as the rules for basic gameplay above, every player has one OBJECTION! that they may use per round. This allows for the player to directly counter the previous post, twisting it however they like to benefit them. You may not OBJECTION! an OBJECTION!. Using an OBJECTION! is simple. Just post starting with the all caps, bolded OBJECTION!, then you have used your OBJECTION!. See examples section for some, you guessed it, examples. Judging I figure a bit about what the general populace will be looking for will help you in crafting your posts. They are not too knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the legal system, and so I will be looking for the team that plays fair, captures the imagination of the general populace, and shows their knowledge. Basically, if you tell a believable soap opera-y story, use a bunch of legalistic nonsense, but don’t make your case completely foolproof, you’ll be in really good shape. I don’t have any actual grading matrices for this or anything, though. Examples Here I have a quick and dirty example as to how the game is actually played, because I suspect that will help out a bit. The actual cases will not be anything as ridiculous as this**, and will not feature BZP members. Etc. Player List Defendants 1. fishers64 2. Colonel Roy Mustang (Burnmad) 3. RahiSpeak 4. Ghidora131 5. Underscore 6. Zakaro Prosecution 1. Quisoves Potoo 2. Lucina (Voltex) 3. Shadowhawk 4. Prowl Nightwolf 5. The Manhunter + 1x OBJECTION Signups will run for ~24 hours. We need at least 4 players for the game to start, but any number may join after that. Indeed, more is certainly better. As well, we will have another sign-up period between the two rounds, since we do have the extra time and so if somebody missed it they can get in/if somebody wants out they can. Finally, if you missed signups, you can still participate! You can just PM me during the last couple of days which side you think should win(after all, if you aren’t a part of the trial, you are a part of the general populace) and I will take that into consideration. It isn’t much, but *shreg* So yeah. You should sign up now!(or if you are from the future, you should vote in the polls!)*** *If an OBJECTION! is used, this is no longer the case. Because that is the point of OBJECTION!s. **lies ***It doesn’t even have to be for me!
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