DATA THIEF VARIATION RULES:
“Data Thief” will be a version of “Hide and Seek/Capture the Flag”. Players will solve clues and puzzles, as in previous games to unlock their “Active” status.
The first Player to unlock this status will receive an “Encrypted Data Transmission” (a text from the Guildmaster making them aware that they are the target). “Data Couriers” must report their location in the form of a Google Maps Screenshot, which must include your cellphone clock for authentication, to the Guildmaster every 15 minutes. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL DELETE THE ENCRYPTED FILE.
If the “Encrypted File” is deleted due to failure of the “Data Courier” to report their location to the Guildmaster, all “Active” Players will receive new “Encrypted Data” coordinates.
The first “Active” Player to send a selfie from the new coordinates becomes the new “Data Courier”. **NOTE: ALL “ACTIVE” PLAYERS WILL RECEIVE THE SAME COORDINATES AT THE SAME TIME; BE FAST, AND EXPECT MANY CELLPHONE SHOOTOUTS.
One minute after receiving the “Data Courier’s” GPS location with selfie authentication, the Guildmaster will release that intelligence to all “Active” Players.
As other players unlock their own “Active” they will receive a Bounty Puck Holo Transmission informing them which Player(s) possesses the “Encrypted Transmission”.
Players will then hunt and eliminate the “Target” just as in the standard Bounty Hunt Rules.
Once a Target is eliminated, they lose possession of the “Encrypted Data” to the Hunter who got them. That Hunter then becomes the designated “Target/Data Courier”.
The eliminated Player is now “Stunned” and reverts to “Inactive” status. Stunned Players must solve another clue/puzzle to reset their “Active” status, at which point they may attempt to recapture the “Encrypted Data”.
The Data Courier in “Possession of the Encrypted Data” at the end of the designated game time will be the winner.
WAYS TO OBTAIN THE ENCRYPTED DATA:
-Be the first Player to unlock “Active” status
-Unlock the “Active” status and eliminate the
“Data Courier” currently in possession of the
“Encrypted Data.”
**NOTE: ALL Players who unlock “Active” status will receive a Bounty Puck Holo Transmission of the current Data Courier in possession of the Encrypted Data.**
**NOTE: Bounty Puck Holo Transmissions will be updated as the Encrypted Data changes hands.**
**NOTE: Only photos taken by and of players AFTER they have unlocked their own “Active” status are eligible for use in capture/elimination.**
DOWNTOWN BOUNTY HUNTS TIPS FOR SUCCESS:
READ ALL DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY, AND ARRIVE TO THE PREDESIGNATED STAGING AREA AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE HUNT TO ADDRESS ANY CONFUSION ABOUT THE RULES AND GAMEPLAY.
PAY ATTENTION TO ALL (GROUP/PRIVATE) TEXT MESSAGES AND PICTURES SENT BY THE GUILDMASTERS; EVERYTHING IS A CLUE!!!
THIS GAME IS FULLY INTERACTIVE, AND SPANS MANY CITY BLOCKS. PLAYERS CAN EXPECT TO WALK UP TO FIVE MILES PER GAME. THINGS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR BOUNTY HUNTERS KIT ARE:
COMFORTABLE WALKING SHOES (INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR PRE-APPROVAL PHOTO IF APPLICABLE)
SUNSCREEN; THIS GAME IS MOSTLY OUTDOORS
WATER BOTTLE
EXTRA POWER CELL FOR YOUR PHONE/DEVICE
POCKET NOTEBOOK AND PEN