The Hot Seat is a risky place to be, if you find yourself here then there is a very big chance that you will be getting very messy indeed!
The idea is that this a place that people can be sent to as a punishment or forfeit from other games (thread based or private). If sent to the hot seat, you must declare in this post along with the reason why, leave your clothes at the door and take a naked walk of shame to the gunge tank. Your only hope to avoid a nude slopping is for someone to take your place
By default the mess is a bucket of gunge, although it is possible (and encouraged) for someone to be sent with an extra item to add to the bucket(s) which will accumulate until dropped. (For ease with limits, no meat or eggs are to be added to the tank.)
If you are sat in the hot seat on a Tuesday or Friday then it's time to be very worried. Any player can unleash the gunk by pulling the metaphorical lever at any time on a 'release day' - just post that you are doing so on either Tuesday or Friday. Once the tank has been activated, it is safe until the next release day.
However, if you're keen to dish out the mess take care Whoever pulls the chain must take the first seat in the next round. It is likely that somebody will take your place but it is not guaranteed!
If anyone tries to pull the chain when it is 'safe' (ie on a different day or after it has already been activated) then they must take the hot seat as punishment for trying to fish out an untimely gunging.
One wild card rule if you are unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of this three times, you earn a 'hot seat hat trick'. This gives you the power to pull the chain on any day you like and also throw a pie of your choice. (Although the hat trick privilege is single use and will still put you back in the hot seat.)
Pics of prepared slop buckets are encouraged but please avoid clogging up the thread with session pics (just upload to profile if you wish).
As is it is customary for OP to enter first I am now sat in the hot seat
Just to make sure I'm getting this right, is the only time items can be added to the tank when someone is put on the hot seat, or can we add items at will?
Only when someone goes in, just to stop it running away
Although if you really want to add something out of turn then you would have to take the seat as a rule-breaker and just hope that someone gets sent to replace you before the slop gets dropped
gooeygunge said: If a player is sat in the hot seat, they can only escape themselves by winning 5 games in a row with no losses. Any attempts to be declared so we can gloat over their failure Each loss has the potential for an extra item to be added to the gunge.
does it matter which games the player sat in the hot seat plays, if they want to try to escape themselves?
gooeygunge said: If a player is sat in the hot seat, they can only escape themselves by winning 5 games in a row with no losses. Any attempts to be declared so we can gloat over their failure Each loss has the potential for an extra item to be added to the gunge.
does it matter which games the player sat in the hot seat plays, if they want to try to escape themselves?
Any 2 player game, a 5-0 win against the same player - either that or they're not allowed to win escape from their own games which rule should I implement?
i think the possibility to try to win escape is cool, especially as trying and failing would make their predicament & humiliation so much worse!
gooeygunge said: I quite like the countdown element of the release days tbh but I can see it would be good to have some extra forfeits for the waiting gungee-to-be
I'll add these rules unless strong objections?
Anyone can throw a pie at the person in the hot seat at any time, stating where it 'lands'. A maximum of 3 pies per person can be thrown within a week (Mon-Sun) - if you exceed this amountyou're taking a turn in the hot seat. Any player that has been in the hot seat that week (whether gunged or not) is not allowed to throw any pies until the next week, if they doyou know what
If a player is sat in the hot seat, they can only escape themselves by winning 5 games in a row with no losses. Any attempts to be declared so we can gloat over their failure Each loss has the potential for an extra item to be added to the gunge.
I think the beauty of the original Hot Seat was its simplicity. Adding additional rules turns this into an incomprehensible game with too many options and loopholes.
Gungewedgiesub said: It looks like it's your lucky day captainCustard, me being awful at battleships means your safe from the hot seat and I'm taking your place
It's 0100 on Friday here in the UK, so that means the lever can be pulled! I trust poster's local time counts, which does widen the window given the global nature of the site. EDIT - Just had a thought, why not have a reset period, perhaps 6 hours after a lever pull? That way, someone like myself having pounced early in the window is at more risk of getting gunged as the release window slides westwards. Intheory, someone in the eastern end of the time world could pull the lever regularly, while those in the West miss out.
Enough waffle, lever pulled enjoy the gunge Gungewedgiesub!.
And that puts me in the Hot Seat (I guess whether poster's local time is acceptable or not!)
Oh dear Gunger_88 the tank had already been activated and there is only one gunging in the day! So unfortunately your post has only put yourself into the hot seat