Who Will Die - Guessing Contest

Based on the Who Will Die teaser campaign for CoH: Freedom, I'm running a contest to guess which signature hero will die during this story arc. To allow for more varied entries to the pool, we'll also be betting on who will kill them, either a signature villain (or hero), or an enemy group. All that is known at the moment is that it will be one of the surviving Eight who dies. They are:

Statesman
Sister Psyche
Manticore
Positron
Numina
Citadel
Back Alley Brawler
Synapse

**Entries are now closed**

• To enter: send an in-game e-mail to me (@Bubbawheat) with your entry fee and in the body of the e-mail include your guess.
• You must include both the victim, and the culprit in your guess.
• The culprit can be a signature villain (or hero) or an enemy group.
• If the culprit is a well known member of an enemy group, like an Arachnos patron, or Vanessa DeVore, and both the specific person and the general group are guessed, the more specific answer will win. If only the group was guessed, then it would be considered correct and win.
• If the culprit is a part of a branching dialog, every option available in-game will be considered equally correct.
• The culprit may be considered to be the one who is manipulating the events to create the death or the one who does the actual killing blow. If both are guessed, the one who makes the killing blow is the more correct answer.
• You may enter as many times as you wish, each entry is 30 million inf. You may include as many entries as you wish in a single in-game e-mail.
• You may *not* repeat someone else's guess.
• Once the deadline for the contest is reached, the prize will be awarded when the full information on the victim and culprit is revealed, likely episode 6 in February or episode 7 in March.
• The winner will be the person or persons who correctly guess which hero dies *and* who kills them. If no one correctly guesses both, the prize will be split evenly between all persons who correctly guess which hero dies rounded down to the nearest million. The remainder will be given randomly to one of the winners.
• The winner or winners will be awarded the *entire* prize pool, sent to them through in-game e-mail.
• Entries will be collected here.

Current prize pool (11-21-11): 2,560 million inf

Entries so far:

Back Alley Brawler killed by
Circle of Thorns - @The Holy Flame
Colonel Mustard (in the lounge, with the revolver) - @Doctor Gemini
Duray - @Bramphousian
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
Fusionette (accidentally) - @Kay Nova
Malaise(s) - @Artphobia
Manticore - @Bramphousian
Marauder - @ITNet1, @Bramphousian, @Blazing Neon
The player - @Bramphousian
Praetorians - @Necrotech Master
Protean - @Agent79
Rularuu/Rulu-shin - @The Holy Flame
Shivans - @Dark Energon
Tyrant - @Bramphousian
Unknown (a new villain created in this arc) - @Bramphousian

Citadel killed by
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
Praetorian Hamidon Lichen - @War-Nugget
Himself - @Bramphousian
Lord Recluse - @Trollslayer
Luminary - @Bramphousian
Malaise(s) - @artphobia
Television - @Aether Crash
Unknown (a new villain created in this arc) - @Doctor Gemini

Manticore killed by
Black Scorpion - @Trollslayer
Bobcat - @Mellissandria
Colonel Duray - @Ninja Earl 2
Darrin Wade/Rularuu - @The Holy Flame
Dr. Aeon - @OVCorax
Ghost Widow - @Kid Street
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
Lord Recluse - @Necrotech Master
Malaise(s) - @artphobia
The Player - @William Valence
Praetor Tillman - @Mellissandria
Protean - @Liberties, @Necrotech Master
Arachnos - @Thea Anastasis

Numina killed by
The Dream Doctor - @The Holy Flame
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
The Letter Writer - @Doctor Gemini
Ghost Widow - @Trollslayer
Cap'n Mako - @Neuronium

Positron killed by
The Civic Squad - @Aether Crash
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
The Player - @Daniel Stevens
The Praetorians - @The Holy Flame
Scirocco/Mu Mystics - @The Holy Flame

Sister Psyche killed by
Emperor Cole/Tyrant - @Casual Player
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
Malaise - @Zamuel
Mother Mayhem - @The Holy Flame
Praetorians - @Necrotech Master
Protean - @Zamuel

Synapse killed by
Cap'n Mako - @Liz
Freedom Phalanx + The Player - @Quantum Evil
Ghost Widow - @Liz
The Mu - @The Holy Flame
Scirocco - @Trollslayer

Statesman killed by
Circle of Thorns - @Liberties
Hamidon/Devouring Earth - @Nowhereman
Himself (heroic self-sacrifice) - @SlickRiptide
Malaise(s) - @Artphobia
Mender Silos/Ouroboros - @artphobia
Mother Mayhem - @Necrotech Master
Nemesis - @Necrotech Master
The Player (after he is corrupted) - @Narda
The Player (by actions of the revealed villain or by request from Statesman) - @KemLi
Positron - @Grimrose
Rularuu - @Liz
Tyrant - @Dr Emerald

No one gets killed - @Riffster

Valkyrie killed by (note - guess made before the surviving eight info was revealed)
Silver Mantis - @StaticDude1

Current teaser pics so far:




Current clues so far:

*spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoi ler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler** spoiler**spoiler**spoiler*
Synapse was the first target of a powers stealing obelisk. He survived, but his death is still a possibility.
Numina and her father were the second target. Her father was saved, and there is reference to another obelisk.
Manticore and Statesman were the third target. This plan was successful in the fact that Miss Liberty (not Ms. Liberty) was killed.
Sister Psyche was the target of the fourth arc.
The Lost, Igneus, and the Circle of Thorns are featured in the first arc.
Alastair, a Spectral Knight, also mentions that he's working with someone other than the CoT.
Rulu-Shin: followers of Rularuu, and Banished Pantheon are featured in the second arc.
Rogue Arachnos, Marshal Blitz of Warburg, and Darrin Wade are featured in the third arc.
There is a mention of Cimerora and Imperious working with Sister Airlea.
Final battle of second arc takes place within sight of Hamidon.
From the final cutscene in arc #2 (ponytail guy is revealed to be Malaise in arc #3):
[NPC] Malaise: We could destroy her, but the obelisk will not absorb the powers of a spectre.
[NPC] ???: Does this mean that the list is shortened?
this refers to Numina being safe, though the question is not actually answered.
[NPC] Malaise: But you had better save the killing blow for me.
They mention that Statesman will be vulnerable after the death of his daughter.
Malaise is dead, killed by Sister Psyche. Still unknown for sure if he was the Primal or Praetorian Malaise
It was said Synapse and Numina are basically off the chopping block for now.
Darrin Wade was the mastermind behind the entire plot, though he may not be the one doing the killing blow.
Statesman is off on his own and will be the focus of Episode 5
*end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler**end spoiler*

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Just received a donation to the prize fund of 1 billion inf from Dumpleberry. If you have any questions feel free to ask here in this thread. Send in your guesses!

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That's the starting amount. For every tier of arbitrary awesomeness this contest achieves, I will add another billion to the pot. Further, I am not entering this contest and will not be eligible for the prize.

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There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.

I'd say you managed to achieve a pretty awesome level of awesome already.

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So...and im not being anything other than a evil red side type at the moment.

If I want to join the fun...I need to send you inf, and every other guess after that I need to send you 10 mill inf to add another.

Is it possible that A) I could hold the pot, just to be sure B) Write you an IOU? C) Perhaps interest you in some Swamp Land In Nerva?

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I'm not entering the contest, but my guess is that Mayuri Shiina dies! Time Manipulation wasn't enough to save her.

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Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP

Remember kids, crack is whack!

Samuel_Tow: Your avatar is... I think I like it

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I sure hope it's Positron....

I mean, not that I want him to die, it's just that I put two guesses on him :x

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This is awesome!

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Issue 23: All your base are belong to us?

Hopefully it's States.

Edit: Maybe he merges himself with Tyrant and becomes MEGALORD JESUS STATESMAN and then blows up, sealing the rift between the worlds.

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There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.

my entry fee and bets are in, please update for great justice...

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"when i can savagely beat sheep while issuing ultimatums and torturing people, then i may go back into it" -vara nocturne
Not enough Evil...
I take it back NC SOFT is enough evil for anyone...

We now know..........its the server hamsters...clearly keep dieing

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Thanks for the bump, I'll update the entries later this afternoon or tonight when I can pop on after the servers go back up. Also adjusted the rules slightly since all 8 heroes have been guessed, and clarified how I will be splitting the pot if no one gets both the victim and the culprit.

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And the master list is updated - total pot up past 1.7 billion inf!

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Dance for me, monkeys!

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There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.

Manticore killed by Scirrocco with a sword, in the basement.

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"Men strunt �r strunt och snus �r snus
om ock i gyllne dosor.
Och rosor i ett sprucket krus
�r st�ndigt alltid rosor."

Synapse, by Shivans

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Some random new character created for the arc by the random bad guy created for the new arc.

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Shadowy Presence - Absolutely, positively worse than playing a Kheldian... --Myrmydon

I would say Manticore... no one would know the difference.

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I don't mind seeing random guesses for fun, but just a reminder - no guesses are official unless they are in-game e-mailed to me along with the appropriate entry fee.

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Getting closer to 2 billion inf. With i21 being released on Tuesday, there's a chance the first signature arc will be available, and something may be revealed. If the death is revealed, but not the killer, entries will still be collected but at a higher entry fee. So get your guesses in now!

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I like those terms. Also, this thread requires more awesome.

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There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.