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Great fun was had today playing Oregon Trail...it turned out to be an "interesting" look into the mindset of some of our members while being great fun in the process. Only a few died, mostly because Reon didn't tget a chance to be "humanitarian". A long read, but fun/ny. I had to put this here on the forums for posterity.

Attempt 1

<@Wintermoot> Ok, who wants to be in my Oregon trail party?
<+DaylenPhoenix> Me!
* +DaylenPhoenix doesn't even know what it is.
<@Wintermoot>
<@Wintermoot> Anyone else want to join? xD
<+Dom> Join?
<+Reon> Me.
<@Wintermoot> My Oregon Trail party.
* @Wintermoot has two more slots open
<@Wintermoot> Come on...the plains to the Pacific. Great fun, I think...and it's my leadership, so you know it'll go fine.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Does the winner get to go to Oregon?
<@Wintermoot> Virtually, yes.
<+Reon> If I die, I swear to god...
<+DaylenPhoenix> Oh.
* @Wintermoot prepares to draft two people
<+Reon> Take Wuufu and Leuthy.
<@Wintermoot> Done! Re forced them into the party against their will.
<+Reon> I'm good at that kind of thing.
<@Wuufu> Whaaaa?
* @Leutheria Quit (Ping timeout: 186 seconds)
<+Reon> No one look too deeply into that sentence.
<@Wuufu> lol, what a response
<@Wintermoot> And we're in Independence, Missouri!
<+Reon> We're gonna die.
<@Wintermoot> Hmm...what month should we leave...
<+Reon> May.
<@Wintermoot> Not July?
<@Wintermoot> Ok, ok...we'll leave in May
<+Reon> July? Why would we leave in July?
<@Wintermoot> Cause it's summery
<+Dom> summery....haha
<@Wintermoot> Ok, now I have to buy oxen, food, clothing, ammo, and parts
<+Reon> Mhm/
<@Wintermoot> Ok, I spent $858 at the store
<@Wintermoot> We're at the Kansas River Crossing!
<+Reon> We're gonna die
<+Reon> .
<+DaylenPhoenix> I don't go anywhere in July. It's my birthday.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're taking a ferry across the river, and we got safely across
<@Wintermoot> And we DID NOT DIE.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Do I need sunscreen? My skin hates the sun.
<@Wintermoot> We found wild fruit!
* +DaylenPhoenix doesn't like fruit
<@Wintermoot> Meh, you'll live.
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<+DaylenPhoenix> Can we find wild chocolate please?
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're going to attempt to ford the next river...it's only got 3.5 foot depth
<@Wintermoot> Ok, that wasn't a good idea. <<
<@Wintermoot> We lost an ox
<+DaylenPhoenix> I know! I didn't bring my swimgear!
<@Wintermoot> And some clothing...not that either of you will care.
<@Wintermoot> And uh, I dunno how this happened...but Leuth broke her leg out of nowhere. O_o
<@Wintermoot> And uh...Wuufu has measles. ><
<@Wuufu> Oh :S
* +DaylenPhoenix steps slowly away from Wuufu
<+Reon> We're gonna die.
<@Wintermoot> We made it to the fort though!
<+Reon> Yep, we're gonna die...
<@Wuufu> Yay! Rest
<@Wintermoot> AND I've bought us clothes!
<+Reon> In all fairness and perfectly logical thinking... We should shoot Wuufu and leave Leuthy at the fort.
<@Wuufu> Yay! Clothes!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Who's carrying Leuth?
<+Reon> WHY'D YOU BUY CLOTHS!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Ah Re. Ever the humanitarian.
<@Wintermoot> Because I think we'll want them when it gets cold!
<+Reon> It is a humanitarian decision...
<+Reon> One death for four lives.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Sigh.
* +DaylenPhoenix decides he will never take another extended trip with Reon again
<+Reon> Listen.... It makes sense!
<+Reon> Those are decisions you have to make.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Is there an option for us to kill each other?
<@Wuufu> Nooooo
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're continuing!
<@Wuufu> Phew
<@Wuufu> Got out of that one lol
<@Wintermoot> "Reon is lost. Lose 2 days."
<@Wintermoot> Thanks Re.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lol.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Damn, Re. You're so bad!
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<@Wintermoot> We made it to Chimney Rock!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Did we remember to take Leuth with us?
<@Wintermoot> I believe so
<+DaylenPhoenix> Cool. She can be on your back.
<+DaylenPhoenix> And not metaphorically this time.
<@Wintermoot> ^_^
* @Wintermoot might like that
* +DaylenPhoenix is not at all surprised
<@Wintermoot> Oh dear...
<+Reon> What the fuck did Daylen do/
<@Wintermoot> =/
<+DaylenPhoenix> Re!
<@Wintermoot> "Leuth has died."
<+DaylenPhoenix> Has he got us lost again>
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<+Reon> DAMMIT DAYLEN! You killed Leuth!
* +DaylenPhoenix sobs
<@Wuufu>
<+DaylenPhoenix> !!!
<+Reon> Told you we should have left her at the fort.
<+DaylenPhoenix> YOU SUGGESTED WE LEAVE HER!!!
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<+Reon> She would've lived if she had stayed at the fort.
<+Reon> This is your fault!
* +Reon weeps.
<@Wintermoot> The rest of us made it to the next fort though
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<+Reon> Congratulations.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're resting at the fort for a week
<@Wintermoot> And I bought more foot
<+Reon> Sounds like a brilliant fucking idea...
<+DaylenPhoenix> Can we get any meds for Wuufu?
<@Wintermoot> food
<+Reon> Is Wuufu any better.
<@Wintermoot> It's the 1850s...meds haven't been invented yet
<+Reon> Ain't no fucking medicine for the measles on the Oregon Trail..
<@Wintermoot> No update on Wuufu
<+DaylenPhoenix> Oh.
<+Reon> Well, they've been invented... It's just they're not in forts in America.
<+DaylenPhoenix> I never agreed to time travel.
<@Wuufu> Erk :S
<@Wintermoot> "Daylen has exhaustion"
<+DaylenPhoenix> Nothing new there then.
<@Wintermoot> "Wuufu has exhaustion"
<@Wintermoot> ffs, we just spent a week at the fort!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Total coincidence. I asure you.
* @Wuufu winks at Daylen
<@Wintermoot> "Daylen has typhoid"
* +DaylenPhoenix winks back
<+Reon> Wuufu and Dayen have been going pretty hard... Like we can't hear them... It's a caravan.
<+DaylenPhoenix> !!!
<+Reon> MOST PERFECT TIMING!
<+Reon> EVER!
<@Wuufu>
<+Reon> Right! That's getting recorded forever.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Well we've got nothing better to do! We're both infected!
<@Wintermoot> "A theif comes during the night and steals 77 pounds of food"
<@Wintermoot> But we made it to Independence Rock!
<+Reon> A thief...  In the middle of the Oregon Trail... Where the fuck would he hide? Behind the tumbleweed?
<@Wintermoot> I dunno...I'm just saying what the game told me!
<+Reon> And who the fuck can walk away with 77 pounds of food...
<+DaylenPhoenix> Re? You SURE it wasn't you?
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we rested for four days at Independence Rock
<@Wintermoot> "A theif comes during the night and steals 4 oxen" >>
<+Reon> Are you sure that's enough time? I mean Daylen and Wuufu have been having  A LOT of fun...
* Leutheria has joined #wintreath
<+Reon> He just walked away with four oxen?
<+Reon> The fuck is going on.
<+Reon> Leuthy, you died.
<@Wintermoot> That's what it says!
<+Reon> Daylen killed you...
<+DaylenPhoenix> It was Re!
<@Leutheria> I'm back
<+DaylenPhoenix> And THAT was Re too!
<+Reon> I suggested that we leave you at the Fort because you had a broken leg...
<+Reon> And shoot Wuufu...
<+Reon> BUT noooooo..
<+DaylenPhoenix> Think about. Wint is busy mourning his Queen. Wuufu and I have 'errands'. Re has all the time he needs to steal stuff!!!
<@Wintermoot> We made it to South Pass!
<+Reon> "Such a humanitarian, Reon..."
<+Reon> We're in a party together... I can't very well steal from myself.
<+Reon> And morning queens does not take that much time.
<+Reon> *mourning
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're starting to run low on food, so no rest here
<+DaylenPhoenix> You can take it all yourself. You've already tried to off two of us.
<@Leutheria> oh thanks
<+Reon> I DIDN'T TRY TO OFF LEUTHY!
<+DaylenPhoenix> They were married! It takes AGES to get over that!!!
<+Reon> I tried to save her in the most logical way possible.
<@Leutheria> ....
<+Reon> This is why I don't take you on my Oregon Trail trips.
<+Reon> YOU HAD A BROKEN LEG!
<@Wintermoot> Ok, I'm making the decision that we go to Fort Bridger instead of the Green River crossing
<+Reon> I suggested we leave you at the fort so that you could heal1
<+Reon> THEN YOU DIED!
<+DaylenPhoenix> You didn't word it like that!
<+Reon> We're gonna die...
<+DaylenPhoenix> You just said 'leave her'.
<+Reon> [09:19] <+Reon> In all fairness and perfectly logical thinking... We should shoot Wuufu and leave Leuthy at the fort.
<+DaylenPhoenix> See!
<+Reon> Why else would we leave her at the fort?
<@Wintermoot> "Reon has typhoid"
<+DaylenPhoenix> Cos... you have it in for us brits!!!
<@Wintermoot> "Daylen has measles"
<+Reon> DAMMIT DAYLEN!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Shit.
<@Wintermoot> We made it!
<+Reon> I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD'VE SHOT WUUFU!
<+DaylenPhoenix> I've been spending a little too much time with Wuufu.
<+Reon> AND YOU GAVE ME FUCKING TYPHOID!
<+Reon> YOU SHIT.
* +DaylenPhoenix blushes
<@Wuufu>
<+Reon> *glare*
<@Wuufu> Daylen, you've been cheating on me! :O
<+DaylenPhoenix> Well stop trying to intterupt us then Re! :p
<+Reon> YOU CAME OVER TO MY FIRE!
<+Reon> Don't you even start!
<+DaylenPhoenix> No! Honest! I didn't! He-he... barged in on us!
<+Reon> He came over to my fire wearing the skintiest clothing!
<+Reon> I could see his ankles!
<+Reon> HARLOT!
<@Leutheria> neither typhoid, not measles are STIs....
<+Reon> Yeah...
<+Reon> But...
<@Wintermoot> Ok, I bought 1000 pounds of food and 3 oxen...we only have $69 left though.
<@Leutheria> *nor
<@Wuufu>
<+Reon> Why would we ever be near each other except for sex?
<@Leutheria>
<@Wuufu> $69 dollars
<@Leutheria> typhoid's water-Bourne
<@Wintermoot> Yes, $69 lol
<+Reon> I mean you and Wintermoot, maybe... But... None of the rest of us interact except for sex...
<+DaylenPhoenix> I'm not a harlot!
<+Reon> Water...
<+Reon> Well... There's a couple ways I can think of of transfering water...
<+DaylenPhoenix> I might want to slap you Re. I feel that way a lot. Pretty good reason to be close to you.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're going to Soda Springs now!
<+Reon> Flashing your ankles all over camp... SLUT!
<@Wuufu> Oooh Soda!
<@Wintermoot> We made it without incident
<+Reon> Yay.
<@Wintermoot> And onward to Fort Hall!
<+Reon> We're gonna die.
<@Wintermoot> And we made it!
<+Reon> We're gonna die.
* +DaylenPhoenix votes we ditch Reon's cynical ass.
<@Wintermoot> Onwards to the Snake River crossing!
<+DaylenPhoenix> I don't like snakes!!!
<+Reon> I do.
<@Wintermoot> "Reon has exhaustion."
<+DaylenPhoenix> Go figure.
<@Wintermoot> But we made it
<+Reon> Not my fault.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Re! Stop wanking!
<+Reon> Winter's faultt.
<@Wintermoot> We're like over halfway thorugh this now!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Really? Wow.
<+Reon> We're gonna die.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Do we get to have an orgy at the end if we make it?
<+Reon> Smallpox or some shit.
<+Reon> I call middle!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lol.
<@Wintermoot> Now we just have to cross this river...
* +DaylenPhoenix strips off
* +Reon wasn't wearing clothes to begin with.
<@Wintermoot> "You had no trouble floating the wagon across"
<+Reon> The computer has determined that I do not speak english..
<@Wintermoot> "A theif comes during the night and steals 98 bullets"
<+Reon> All of my ads are now in spanish...
<+Reon> I feel I should be offended somehow...
<+DaylenPhoenix> Why do we have bullets?!
* +DaylenPhoenix glares at Reon
<@Wintermoot> Oh dear...
<@Wintermoot> "Reon has died."
<+DaylenPhoenix> ...
<@Wuufu> ...
<@Leutheria> yay
<@Wuufu> lol
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lmao!
<@Wintermoot> And a theif stole all our oxen...>>
<@Leutheria> *thief, dammit >.>
<@Wuufu> ^
* +DaylenPhoenix doesn't care as now HE get's to plan and arrange the orgy.
<+Reon> THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THEM THEIFS...
<@Leutheria> *thieves
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lol.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, I traded some stuff to get our oxen back
<+DaylenPhoenix> Ever the spelling bee. Even from beyond the grave.
<@Leutheria> seemingly
<@Leutheria> although I never knew I was alive, so...
<@Wintermoot> And I bought some food...but we're out of money now...
<@Wintermoot> !!!! << >>
<@Wintermoot> I hit escape...and the game ended. <<

Attempt 2

<@Wintermoot> We didn't die...we're doing this again!
<+Reon> Threesome?
<+Reon> There's five of us...
<+DaylenPhoenix> I'm saying WE didn't die.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, second try, same people.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Sigh.
<+DaylenPhoenix> I'm bringing a few medical text books with me this time.
<+DaylenPhoenix> And a doctor.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, that didn't turn out so well...
<+Reon> What happened/
<@Wintermoot> "The wagon tipped over while floating."
<@Leutheria> <.<
<+Reon> And we all died.
<@Wintermoot> We lost 6 sets of clothing, 3 wagon axles, 201 pounds of food, and Reon drowned.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lmao!
<+Reon> THE FUCK!
* +DaylenPhoenix is laughing out loud far too loudly
* +Reon can't swim in real life... Fitting death.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Really?
<@Wintermoot> Second time wasn't the charm for Reon lol
<@Wintermoot> I have no clue why this is so fun...or funny lol
<+Reon> Yeah, can't swim...
<+Reon> Sort of.
<+DaylenPhoenix> It's okay. We've got gotten rid of the cynic. Should make it easier on the rest of us.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Sort of?
<+Reon> I am unable to pass a swimming test and officially by any standard other than a logical one I cannot swim.
<@Wintermoot> We crossed the next river without incident though
<@Wintermoot> "Daylen has a fever"
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<@Leutheria> aww
<+Reon> But if asked to swim across a river, I have done it without drowning.
<+DaylenPhoenix> An interesting sight to behold I'm sure.
<@Wintermoot> Ok, I replaced everything we lost, except Reon of course.
<@Wintermoot> "Wuufu has typhoid"
<@Wuufu> Aaaw
<@Leutheria> how did I die the first time?
<@Wintermoot> I dunno, you had a broken leg, and then out of nowhere you died
<+Reon> Broken leg, likely an infection.
<@Leutheria>
<@Wintermoot> Woo!
<@Wintermoot> We found an abandoned wagon with a set of clothing, 21 bullets, and 3 wagon axles!
<+Reon> But no Reon...
<+Reon> T.T
<+Reon> Wuufu... It has rules for balloons but what if I want a balloon filled with alcohol?
<+Reon> For the post.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Oh god. Lol.
<@Wintermoot> :Daylen has measles"
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<+Reon> You're all going to die.
<@Leutheria> I assume a combo of stuff
<@Wintermoot> "Daylen has died"
<+DaylenPhoenix> ...
<+DaylenPhoenix>
<@Wuufu> Erk :S
<@Wuufu> And what Reon?
* +DaylenPhoenix is inconsolable.
<@Wuufu> What post is this?
<@Leutheria> three left
<+Reon> Your native.. Mail.
<@Wintermoot> "Leuth has a broken leg"
<@Leutheria> again?
<@Wuufu> Oh right, interesting...
<+Reon> You're gonna die.
<@Wintermoot> Again -.-
<@Leutheria> can you cure people?
<@Wuufu> I don't think they'd accept that
<@Wintermoot> It's the 1850s...no.
<+Reon> Well, it doesn't say you can't...
<@Leutheria> they had SOME medicine
<+Reon> Not for poor farmers traveling across the country for distorted reasons.
<@Wintermoot> We can rest at the fort now that we're there though
<@Wuufu>
<@Wuufu> Well, you could try, but my first guess would be that they wouldn't accept it
<@Wuufu> Why would you want it in a balloon anyway?
<@Wintermoot> "Wuufu has measles"
<@Wuufu> Erk :S
<@Wuufu> Typhoid and Measles
<@Wuufu> I sense a death soon
<@Leutheria> why aren't you dying, Moot?
<+Reon> Just a threoretical, Wuufu..
<@Wintermoot> I dunno...
<+Reon> It's true... Moot is godheading our party.
<@Leutheria>
<@Wintermoot> "Wuufu has dysentery"...that's a new one.
<+DaylenPhoenix> Maybe he's been making us carry him and do all the hard work?
<@Leutheria>
<+Reon> OH GOD...
<+Reon> DYSENTERY!
<+Reon> YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!
<+DaylenPhoenix> Poor Wuufu. Do you have the whole set now?
<+Reon> AND IT WILL BE AWFUL!
<@Wuufu> Yup
<+Reon> GOD!
* @Wuufu runs around kissing everyone
<+DaylenPhoenix> Lol.
<+Reon> People still die from Dysentery...
<@Leutheria>
<+Reon> FUCK THAT>
<@Wintermoot> Wow...how'd I get 1000 bullets lol
<@Leutheria> shoot Wuufu!!
<+Reon> Lol, what..
<+Reon> Yeah, shoot Wuufu.
<@Leutheria> many times!!
<+Reon> Three times in the head... 997 times in the colon.
<@Leutheria>
<+Reon> Fuck dysentery.
<+Reon> Dysentery..
<@Wuufu>
<@Wuufu> Aaaw, are you sure you don't want a kiss!
<@Wintermoot> Well, the good news is we've made it to the Blue Mountains!
<+Reon> One sec. BRB.
* Reon is now known as Reon|BRB
<@Wintermoot> Ok, we're running low on food, so I lowered our rations to adequate
<@Wintermoot> It's probably good Reon and Daylen aren't around to eat our food, in any case.
<@Leutheria> yup
<@Wintermoot> "Leuth has dysentery"
<@Leutheria> DX
<@Wuufu> Sorry
<@Wintermoot> We're almost there though!
<@Wuufu> Yay!
<@Leutheria> I have a broken leg too >.>
<@Wintermoot> Hmm...do we float down the Columbia River or take the Barlow Toll Road
<+Reon|BRB> Road.
* Reon|BRB is now known as Reon
<@Wintermoot> You're supposed to be dead.
<@Leutheria> road
<+Reon> Divine intervention.
<+DaylenPhoenix> I love the name 'Evan'. Very american.
<@Wintermoot> "Congratulations! You ahve made it to Oregon!"
<@Leutheria> :O
<@Leutheria> yay
<@Wuufu> Woot!
<+Reon> I know one person named Evan and he's British...
<+DaylenPhoenix> Really? Lol.
<@Wintermoot> 3 people in fair health!
<@Wuufu> And then me
<@Leutheria>
<@Wintermoot> 1011 bullets, and $139 cash left
<@Wuufu> I expect
<+Reon> Dysentery is not fair health...
<@Leutheria> I got it too!
<@Wintermoot> I think anyone that didn't die is counted as in fair health lol
<@Wuufu> Oh
<+DaylenPhoenix> Do we get funeral's now? Please.
<+Reon> Dysentery is begging for death...
* +Reon wants a boulder named after him.
<@Wintermoot> omg, that was too fun >> lol[/quote]

And that's how you learned that Daylen, Wuufu, and I only interact for the purposes of sex.

When you weren't wanting to shoot Wuufu and leave Leuth at a fort!

Hahahhaha that looks pretty fun. Moot, did you ever get any illness?

It was fun! Oddly enough, I never got any illnesses...

I didn't think so... suspicious

Isn't there a zombie version of the Oregon Trail?

Oooo...is there? Sounds like an excellent next adventure for our IRC!

I'll see if I can find it haha

E: Found it - http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html

Also, can someone agree with me that that decision is completely legitimate and sensical? The one to shoot Wuufu and leave Leuthy.

I'll see if I can find it haha

E: Found it - http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html

I just played Organ Trail, using the names of ex-Prime Ministers. I killed Margaret Thatcher after she broke her leg. Tony Blair was bitten by Zombies twice, but I didn't kill him until after he looked like he was about to turn into a face eating monster (showing signs of Greenn Flu). Winston Churchill was bitten about four times but made it to Oregon, and Gordon Brown managed to avoid Zombies completely, but broke a few limbs and almost died of measles. He made it however, along with David Cameron whom I had selected as my leader.

I don't have the patience for this game

The whole game takes like 30 minutes...

What Oregon trail version are we playing?

I want to play!

This is the version I was using when I played.

http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html