Annihilation

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Mojooo

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13,138 posts

192 months

Friday 7th March
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In 10 days time the world is going to war

1- everyone knows its coming
2 - only a single country will be left standing
3 - only way to win is if every other person outside your country is dead
4 - any method to kill can be used and any person can go anywhere
5- countries can op-operate but there can only be one winner
6 - for arguments sake when a countries population gets down to 5% the rest of the population automatically die - this is to avoid those situations where a group of people go underground for 70 years
7 - for arguments sake, 'the system' knows which country you represent at all times and where you are. So if rule 6 comes in to play, you drop dead.
8 - at the start each person starts from the country they want to represent. But there must be a valid reason - i.e. you already live there, are a citizens etc


Questions

a - who wins / is this even possible?
b - how long does it take for a winner to emerge?
c - how much damage would be done to the earths natural surface?


rodericb

7,600 posts

138 months

Saturday 8th March
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Threads

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Edited by rodericb on Saturday 8th March 06:36

Easternlight

3,564 posts

156 months

Saturday 8th March
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Happy Saturday everyonerofl

Cotty

40,896 posts

296 months

Saturday 8th March
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Have you seen the film Equlibrium? Here is a quote from Father (Du Pont)

"In the first years of the 21st century, a third World War broke out. Those of us who survived knew mankind could never survive a fourth; that our own volatile natures could simply no longer be risked. So we have created a new arm of the law: The Grammaton Cleric, whose sole task it is to seek out and eradicate the true source of man's inhumanity to man - his ability to feel".

Huzzah

27,818 posts

195 months

Saturday 8th March
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It sounds unlikely.

K87

3,914 posts

111 months

Saturday 8th March
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Huzzah said:
It sounds unlikely.
...but possible.

Any UK city is a target.

Cotty

40,896 posts

296 months

Saturday 8th March
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K87 said:
Any UK city is a target.
Maybe but given the choice they would drop one on London, so I will be toast.

Hub

6,732 posts

210 months

Saturday 8th March
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What country will people forget about? Iceland maybe? Or some remote island nation.

HTP99

23,659 posts

152 months

Saturday 8th March
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I've often wondered if it did kick off and a load of nuclear missiles were headed our way, would we get a heads up about it, or would it just happen, realistically what use would an official warning be in it would only cause mass panic?

K87

3,914 posts

111 months

Saturday 8th March
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Cotty said:
K87 said:
Any UK city is a target.
Maybe but given the choice they would drop one on London, so I will be toast.
In November last year someone revealed that the targets were Hull, Cumbria and a certain part of Edinburgh. Reasons were not given but possibly docks, Sellafield and nuclear submarine base.



Skyedriver

20,049 posts

294 months

Saturday 8th March
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Ten days time you say. Hmm, won't bother getting the lawn mower out then.
Could it not be sorted by a method like say "Strictly" where the war is won by some sort of phone in voting and a dance off?

Cotty

40,896 posts

296 months

Saturday 8th March
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Skyedriver said:
Ten days time you say. Hmm, won't bother getting the lawn mower out then.
Could it not be sorted by a method like say "Strictly" where the war is won by some sort of phone in voting and a dance off?
Did you ever watch Blake's 7. In the episode Death-Watch the planets Teal and Vandor are locked in an endless war whose battles are decided periodically by representatives from both worlds fighting to the death in one-on-one combat.

You can watch it here https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50gu5s

NuckyThompson

1,874 posts

180 months

Saturday 8th March
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Collectingbrass

2,498 posts

207 months

Saturday 8th March
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HTP99 said:
I've often wondered if it did kick off and a load of nuclear missiles were headed our way, would we get a heads up about it, or would it just happen, realistically what use would an official warning be in it would only cause mass panic?
You'd have four minutes

Cfnteabag

1,203 posts

208 months

Saturday 8th March
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I think if the balloon really did go up, then we would get no warning at all, if the priority is to get heads of government and royal family etc to safety, the last thing they want is a load of headless chickens running around getting in the way

CrgT16

2,243 posts

120 months

Saturday 8th March
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According to Trump you are probably safe in Lesotho…

Cotty

40,896 posts

296 months

Saturday 8th March
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HTP99 said:
I've often wondered if it did kick off and a load of nuclear missiles were headed our way, would we get a heads up about it, or would it just happen, realistically what use would an official warning be in it would only cause mass panic?
I think I would be more worried about an EMP

TGCOTF-dewey

6,200 posts

67 months

Saturday 8th March
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K87 said:
Huzzah said:
It sounds unlikely.
...but possible.

Any UK city is a target.
Not true, Hull has been hiding under a clever disguise of a post apocalyptic wasteland since the 1970s.

To outside forces, there's no need to target the place as the job is already done.

Wills2

25,330 posts

187 months

Saturday 8th March
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Mojooo said:
In 10 days time the world is going to war

1- everyone knows its coming
2 - only a single country will be left standing
3 - only way to win is if every other person outside your country is dead
4 - any method to kill can be used and any person can go anywhere
5- countries can op-operate but there can only be one winner
6 - for arguments sake when a countries population gets down to 5% the rest of the population automatically die - this is to avoid those situations where a group of people go underground for 70 years
7 - for arguments sake, 'the system' knows which country you represent at all times and where you are. So if rule 6 comes in to play, you drop dead.
8 - at the start each person starts from the country they want to represent. But there must be a valid reason - i.e. you already live there, are a citizens etc


Questions

a - who wins / is this even possible?
b - how long does it take for a winner to emerge?
c - how much damage would be done to the earths natural surface?
I've read some odd stuff over the years but well done.






Ebo100

500 posts

216 months

Saturday 8th March
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Cotty said:
Skyedriver said:
Ten days time you say. Hmm, won't bother getting the lawn mower out then.
Could it not be sorted by a method like say "Strictly" where the war is won by some sort of phone in voting and a dance off?
Did you ever watch Blake's 7. In the episode Death-Watch the planets Teal and Vandor are locked in an endless war whose battles are decided periodically by representatives from both worlds fighting to the death in one-on-one combat.

You can watch it here https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50gu5s
Does that mean Puton would win with a judo throw?