Welcome to "Posting for Points" - This is a forum style game and as I know you all loved the previous one, I know this one will be right up your street even more. I will be opening a channel on The Mole discord and your job is to ensure every player posts immediately BEFORE and AFTER every other player exactly 3 times, no more, no less.
Example: Player 1 posts, Player 2 posts, Player 1 posts, Player 3 posts.
In the example player 1 successfully posts before and after player 2 once, but player 3 does not post immediately after player 2 as player 1 is between their two posts. You have unlimited lives in which to achieve this put if you are restarting you must say the word *Restart* in the channel, then you can begin again.
If you successfully complete this challenge, 1250 points will be added to the pot. You have 24 hours. I wish you the very best of luck.
Time for the test, 10 questions about the actions and identity of The Mole. The player who knows the least will be eliminated and become The Mole's 5th victim.
1. In "All for One", Was The Mole one of the first 3 players to be chosen?
2. In "All for One", Was The Mole one of the 4 people who reached consensus on the first vote?
3. In "Posting for Points", Of all 91 posts, did The Mole make a post in the #50s?
4. In "Posting for Points", Of all 91 posts, how many times did The Mole make an odd numbered post?
5. Up until this point in The Game, has The Mole earned any jokers?
6. Up until this point in The Game, has The Mole earned any exemptions?
7. Of all the remaining player's real first names, does The Mole's come in the first half alphabetically?
8. What is The Mole's worst fear?
9. How many pets does The Mole have?
10. Who is The Mole?
You have 24 hours in which to send me your answers via discord. If anyone has any items left they may also select to play them when submitting their answers to me. All items must be used on either this test, or the next one.
Episode five begins and only five of you remain. For this challenge each of you has been given a briefcase. Your very simple task is to decide whether you want to open it or not. If you all agree to not open your case, 1500 points will be added to the group pot. If just 1 of you decides to open your case, that player will win an exemption for this final five quiz and 1000 points will be added to the group pot. If 2 of you decide to open your case, those 2 players will receive a message from The Mole and 500 points will be added to the group pot. If 3 or more of you open your case, this challenge is lost. No money, No exemption, No messages.
You have until midnight tonight (7pm EST, 2am Turkish time. 8am Poison's time?) to DM me if you would like to open your case or leave it shut. You can change your mind as many times as you want, I will only take your last answer. Good luck!
In the previous challenge no points were added to the group pot as everyone except Savy opened their case. Before beginning this challenge the 5 remaining players have sorted themselves into 5 different categories.
Ethan has 'books and literature'
Poison has 'around the world'
Feather has 'film and television'
Wonder has 'music'
Savy has 'mythology'
Each player will shortly receive six different anagrams relating to these broad subjects. The answers to the six anagrams in each category has a connection in themselves. If a player correctly sends me the correct answer to all six of their anagrams, 100 points is added to the pot. If a player correctly sends me the connection between their six answers, 100 points is added to the pot. Note, I will be strict on the connection. Each player can add 200 points to the pot at this stage. You must do this part of the challenge alone, without the help of anyone else.
You have 12 hours. Part 2 will be revealed tomorrow. Good luck
As a group you managed to earn 700 points in the first part of the challenge. You may now freely share your answers with each other, this is important as you will need to correct the failed anagrams for this second part of the challenge. For this second part of the challenge you are going to take all 30 completed anagrams and put them in alphabetical order and send them to me via discord DM. However, as ever there is a catch. Each player must submit a group of six answers and in the right order. Further to which I will be DM'ing each of you a clue as to what your own personal answers can and cannot contain. Your challenge, is to send me all 30 in the correct alphabetical order within 12 hours. 100 points for each group sent correctly. A bonus 250 points if all 5 groups are correct making this second part of the challenge worth up to 750 points.
Time for the test. 10 questions about the actions and identity of The Mole. The player who knows the least will be eliminated and become the sixth victim of The Mole.
1. In "Cash Cases", did The Mole open their case?
2. In part one of "Anagram Anarchy", did The Mole receive either the 'Film and Television' or 'Music' category?
3. In part one of "Anagram Anarchy", did The Mole correctly submit their anagrams?
4. In part one of "Anagram Anarchy", did The Mole correctly find their connection?
5. In part two of "Anagram Anarchy", was The Mole either the 1st, 3rd or 5th person to submit their answers?
6. In part two of "Anagram Anarchy", did The Mole correctly submit their answers?
7. Has The Mole earned any jokers or exemptions up to this point in the game?
8. How old is The Mole?
9. How many pets does The Mole have?
10. Who is The Mole?
You have 24 hours. This is your last chance to play any items you may still have. Good luck!
Welcome players to the fifth elimination. This is the final time at which items could be used and I can reveal that both jokers and an exemption were played. This translates to the following outcome:
The sixth victim is now known. I can reveal that of the four genuine players that took that test. At least half of them failed to answer more than half the questions correctly. Some people are still swimming in either blissful ignorance or tunnel vision. What will happen as we reach the semi finals!?
Welcome final four, this challenge will be incredibly familiar to some of you and I have put my own twist on it. The stakes could not be higher because in this challenge you are not only are you fighting for the most amount of points so far, you are fighting for the biggest prize in this game besides winning, someone at the end of this game will have an exemption to the final 3. Here's how the challenge works.
You each start with 3 points. You will DM me a list containing each of your three other players and tell me if you wish to ally or to betray them each individual. If a pair both select to ally with each other, that pair earns 2 individual points and 333.33 points for the group pot (Yes, you read that right). If one person chooses to ally and the other selects to betray, the player who betrays will earn 3 points whilst the person who allies loses 2 points. If both players elect to betray, nobody earns anything.
One further rule. Everyone, including The Mole must choose to ally at least once. The player with the most points at the end of this challenge will earn an exemption to the final 3. In the case of a tie, NOBODY will win the exemption.
2000 points can be won for the group pot in this challenge.
In the previous challenge only 333.33 points was earned for the group pot and nobody won the exemption after Feather and Poison tied for the most amount of points. In this challenge the final four will have to complete a jigsaw found at the following link:
You will need to send me a screenshot of the completed puzzle and the time you completed the puzzle in. If all four of you complete the jigsaw in an accumulative time of under 18 minutes, 2000 points will be added to the group pot.
Jigsaw Jumble was a huge success for the group with the final four being able to complete their jigsaws in record time. 2000 points was added to the group pot. The group pot now stands at 8473 points out of a possible 15850.
However, four must now become three as we approach the penultimate test. Ethan, Feather, Poison and Wonder .... one of you is The Mole. One of you is about to fall before the final. Here are 10 questions about the actions and identity of The Mole. The player who scores lowest will be eliminated and become The Mole's seventh victim.
1. In "The Ambidex Game" - Did The Mole ally with you?
2. In "The Ambidex Game" - How many people allied with The Mole?
3. In "The Ambidex Game" - How many points did The Mole finish on?
4. In "Jigsaw Jumble" - Was The Mole one of the two quickest players to complete the jigsaw?
5. In "Jigsaw Jumble" - Was The Mole one of the first two players to submit their answer?
6. Up until now has The Mole earned either jokers or exemptions?
The final four sat down and took their penultimate test. Someone is about to fall before the final. I wish you the best of luck as the elimination begins:
To the eliminated player, please do not share your test answers with anyone! To the remaining three, a massive congratulations. You are the finalists of The Mole. 2 more challenges to go before the final test and that moment we all find out the answer to the one question everyone wants the answer to .....
For this challenge the players privately answered three different questions. They had to write down one of their fellow finalists as the answer to each question. Once they had done that, the other two finalists had to try and match the answers given. For each set of matching answers, 500 points would be added to the group pot. If all three sets of answers matched, a bonus 250 points would also be added. Here are the results.
Ethan
First question, I asked Ethan; Which of your fellow finalists is most likely to serve time in jail? Feather and Poison said "Feather" - Correct
Second question, I asked Ethan; Which of your fellow finalists is likeliest to be alone in 10 years time? Feather and Poison answered "Poison" - Correct
Third question, I asked Ethan; You can live the life of either of your other finalists for one day only, who do you choose? Feather and Poison answered "Feather" - Correct
500 points have been added to the pot.
Feather
First question, I asked Feather; Which of your fellow finalists would be most help in a crisis? Ethan and Poison answered "Ethan" - Correct
Second question, I asked Feather; Which of your fellow finalists would you not trust with your most valued secret? Ethan and Poison answered "Ethan" - Incorrect, Feather said Poison.
Third question, I asked Feather; The three finalists are trapped in a desert, you're the only one with supplies left. You can only share your supplies with one of them, who do you choose to leave behind? Ethan and Poison answered "Poison" - Incorrect, Feather said Ethan.
No points here.
Poison
First question, I asked Poison; Which of your fellow finalists is the most sneaky? Ethan and Feather said "Ethan" - Correct
Second question, I asked Poison; Which of your fellow finalists is most likely to vote for themselves in a popularity contest? Ethan and Feather said "Ethan" - Correct
Third question, I asked Poison; A deadly snake has bitten both of your fellow finalists and you only have enough antivenom to save 1. Who do you save? Ethan and Feather said "Feather" - Incorrect, Poison said Ethan.
No points here either.
500 points out of a possible 1750 were earned during this challenge. That means going into the final challenge tomorrow the group pot currently stands at 8973 out of a possible 17600. Remember if the pot is restricted to 9800 or less then The Mole is eligible to win this game. I'll see you tomorrow for the final challenge!
The final challenge has been played and I can reveal at this point that in Challenge #16 - '3 Questions Reloaded' a total of 500 points was added to the group pot making the pot stand at a grand total of 9473 out of 19600. This makes The Mole eligible to win this game. So to the two genuine players remaining in this game, I wish you the very best of luck. Your final test is now.
1. What is The Mole's first name?
2. How old is The Mole?
3. What is The Mole's favourite colour?
4. How does The Mole describe themselves in 1 word?
5. In "Music Mayhem", name 2 songs The Mole submitted in their answers.
6. In "Safe Space", what was the combination that would have opened The Mole's safe.
7. In "Keep the ball rolling", was The Mole ever responsible for the group losing a life?
8. In "Table of Treats", what was the item that The Mole took from this game?
9. In "Majority Rules", how many times was The Mole in the majority?
10. In "Popularity Contest", how much was The Mole's own envelope worth?
11. In "Puzzlers Paradise", did The Mole successfully solve Puzzle 1?
12. In "All for one", was The Mole one of the first 3 players to approach the box?
13. In "Posting for Points", what numbered post was The Mole's first?
14. In "Anagram Anarchy - Part 1", did The Mole successfully complete their anagrams?
15. In "Anagram Anarchy - Part 2", did The Mole successfully send their answers in alphabetical order?
16. In "Ambidex Game" - Did The Mole ally or betray you?
17. In "Jigsaw Jumble" - What time did The Mole complete their jigsaw in?
18. In "3 Questions" - How many times did The Mole answer with your name?
19. In "3 Questions Reloaded" - Did either Aleks, Savy or Wonder get eliminated from the game despite answering the question "Who is The Mole?" correctly?
20. Who is The Mole?
You have 24 hours to send me your answers via discord DM.
Its over. The finalists have taken their tests and I'm pleased to announce we have a winner. Both genuine finalists scored a maximum of 20 points on the final test and I have therefore had to go on count back to previous test scores to determine our winner. No screens, no charades just one big reveal.
Here are the finalists and the role that they played .....
Congratulations to our winner who was onto The Mole from the very start. They only got 1 question wrong the entire season. No spreading from him there. Full credit to the runner up also who was basically this season's challenge ace. A few honourable mentions I would like to give, firstly to Wonder who was this season's Mr Tunnelvision. Secondly to Savy who would have survived to the final 4 had Wonder not played his exemption. Thirdly to Daniel who was knocked out by the slimmest of margins and finally to Connor ... who sadly removed himself from the game despite only him and Feather being onto Poison from the start.
The Mole did some memorable and often blunt sabotages which both annoyed and delighted some people, especially the one during "Safe Space". I thank The Mole for being such a great sport throughout this, you did a great job!
Of course if you didn't spot The Mole from their sabotages there were hidden clues which a few of you looked for and one of which did get solved! Here are all four of them.
Hidden Clue #1
In "Music Mayhem", from the timestamp 2:47 on the following six songs can be heard.
Gangnam Style - Psy
That's What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
I Love It - Icona Pop
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia
Troublemaker - Olly Murs
La La La - Naughty Boy
Had any of you listed the artists of the songs as appeared in the video, I think you will agree by taking the first initial of them this game would have become a lot easier!
Hidden Clue #2
The car used as the picture in the challenge "Jigsaw Jumble" formed part of a clue dating all the way back to a challenge in episode one. The car in question is a 1933 Pierce Arrow 836. In "Safe Space", 3 digit combinations were needed to open everyone's safe ... The Mole's was opened by 836.
Hidden Clue #3
The clue that got solved! For winning the Majority Rules challenge Feather and Aleks both opted to receive a message from The Mole. One half of the message was some meaningless poem full of drivel designed to make people tear their hair out, (Sorry Wonder!). The other half was this clock gif. The times shown are 4:15, 9:19 and 3:14. By translating the first and third times into 24 hours and using an A = 1, B = 2 cipher, you arrive at this solution:
16:15 - P O
9:19 - I S
15:14 - O N.
Congratulations to Feather for being the first to solve this and congratulations to Wonder for also solving it yet still voting Feather as The Mole.
Hidden Clue #4
In Anagram Anarchy you yet again had the chance to spot Poison's name lurking around the anagrams. Here are the answers to the Around The World set of anagrams:
SKOPJE
ANDORRA LA VELLA
PRAIA
KINSHASA
NICOSIA
PYONGYANG
Taking the 4th letter of every answer and reading down, the traitor once again reveals himself.
That's all for this season of The Mole. Who knows if I will be back or not with another but I've had a blast. Thank you to all 10 players and congratulations once again to the winner!