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2016/12/17 19:56:02
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Bryan Ansell
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Rape and Murder okay...but don't do that.....but do.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38342421/russia-does-the-hunger-games-for-real-in-siberia-but-no-guns-are-allowed
A Russian TV network has launched a real-life version of The Hunger Games.
Contestants will have to survive on their own for nine months in Siberia.
Producers say that anything goes, including rape and murder, although they warn people taking part that they're still subject to the rule of law and can be arrested at any time.
"You must understand that the police will come and take you away. We are on the territory of Russia, and obey the laws of the Russian Federation."
The 20 male and female participants taking part in Game2: Winter can carry knives but aren't allowed guns.
The contestants will have to survive from 1 July 2017 until 1 April 2018 in temperatures which can fall to -40C (-40F).
The men and women on the show have been given special survival training by former GRU Spetsnaz operatives, who used to work under Russia's military intelligence service.
Anyone who wants to take part has to be over 18 and "sane".
You'll also have to pay 10 million roubles (£130,000) - or be voted in by viewers.
Organiser and local entrepreneur, Yevgeny Pyatkovsky, says all participants will have to sign a release of liability in case they're injured or die.
In the frequently asked questions section on Facebook, it says the rules of the game could include "fights, alcohol, murder, rape, smoking, anything at all" but contestants must "obey the laws of the Russian Federation".
Yevgeny Pyatkovsky told the Siberian Times: "We will refuse any claim of participants even if they were to be killed or raped.
"We will have nothing to do with this. This will be spelt out in a document to be signed by the participant before the start of the show."
2,000 cameras will be set up in the forests around Novosibirsk to film what the contestants are up to and each one will carry a portable camera.
Contestants can form teams, or try to survive alone, and they'll be allowed 100kg (15 stone) of equipment.
Just like in The Hunger Games, viewers will be able to donate gifts to their favourites.
Producers are trying to get permission for contestants to be able to hunt.
If they're in trouble or want to leave the show, they can hit a panic button on a satellite phone and be rescued.
The winner will get 100m roubles (£1.3m), or if there's more than one winner, a share of the total.
Will this even go ahead?
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2016/12/17 19:57:32
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Keeper of the Holy Orb of Antioch
avoiding the lorax on Crion
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I doubt it..
Even in Russia this sounds crazy.
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Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all. |
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2016/12/17 20:06:41
Subject: Re:It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Mighty Vampire Count
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it says the rules of the game could include "fights, alcohol, murder, rape, smoking, anything at all" but contestants must "obey the laws of the Russian Federation".
They might not interefere but you will be arrested afterwards! 
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos 
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page
A Bloody Road - my Warhammer Fantasy Fiction |
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2016/12/17 20:09:02
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Confessor Of Sins
WA, USA
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 Ouze wrote:
Afterward, Curran killed a guy in the parking lot with a trident.
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2016/12/17 20:17:04
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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Is Prodos hyping a new boardgame?
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2016/12/17 20:26:38
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle
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Do the winners get inducted into the Adeptus Astartes?
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H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY  bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
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2016/12/17 20:33:32
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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 curran12 wrote:http://www.snopes.com/russian-reality-show-game2-winter-allows-rape-murder/
Click bait wins again!
I have a pretty low expectation of reality TV and even I thought this sounded absurd 
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2016/12/17 20:40:03
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Neat marketing trick. If contestents assault each other in just about any sport the organisers will likely disavow responsibility and the police will intervene. This just turns it into a marketing gimic.
The Japanese game shows just get on with it.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2016/12/18 03:18:58
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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You do not know how business is making in Russia? You declare a cool project, you take the money and its disappearing. If it were the 1st TV channel, then I would have believed. But now that sounds something without trust
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 Mordant 92nd 'Acid Dogs'
 The Lost and Damned
 Inquisition
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2016/12/18 04:47:41
Subject: It had to happen - Russia has own Hunger Games
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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 Freakazoitt wrote:You do not know how business is making in Russia? You declare a cool project, you take the money and its disappearing. If it were the 1st TV channel, then I would have believed. But now that sounds something without trust
That's a given. Contestants need to raise a stake equal to 10% of the prize money and there are thirty contestants.
Though there are secondary reasons for this ploy.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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