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REVOLT!!!:

The Villain has gone far enough in San Francisco!!
Ambience Listening (might need to restart it a few times before you get to the bottom)

Since the dawn of the new millenium, the virtual world has been run by robber barons who control entire cities by enslaving people at their desktops. Whether through amazon.©om, or by way of Micro$oft's ubiquity, millions of humans are now held captive and treated like poker chips.

Luckily for those in San Francisco, a beacon of hope has opened a path to freedom. For many months, taskers worldwide rejected the slave market and instead joined forces for non-commercial fun and situational amusement. Until.... a new enemy reared its head from where it was least expected..... inside of the game....

The Villain grew powerful, slowly, tasking bit by bit, gaining points, and commercializing tasks through the dark arts of self-promotion. First stealing, then shrinking our symbols, attacking our heroes, his tasks were a slap in the face to the city and game that we all love. The Villain represents the true dark side of sf0 - a son of the city by the bay, city of hills, he has become a turncoat to the windy city of the plains.

Lead by the brave charge of our Hero, others cast themselves into the fray in desperate attempts to diminish the growing evil influence over our praxis. The people began to come together in many ways to protect the city. And find a way to restore its dignity.
Thus the people of the fair city unite and revolt in anger against their former ally.


Luckily, secret agent 00MetaMink and her rogue UK0-London cell activated independently, initiating a series of events that has stripped the Villain of his power and reduced his image to ashes. She actually assumed the identity of the puppet Villain - good spy that she is - and took his power away in one fell swoop.

As soon as we realized the power of this gesture, the players of SF joined as one to collectively remove the power of the Villain's posting. Once upon a time the Villain struck fear into our hearts and commanded our silence, but we now speak for him. In only a few days, the PRAXIS has become chock full of various villains: villoki, villank, vixellain, just to name a few. His influence is diluted and his messages lost.



Now that the individuality of the puppet Villain is diminished, we are free to return to our city, safe and sound.





We challenge the Villain to renounce his ways once and for all.... and give up on the windy plains. Return to your home and use your powers for good.

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It started with innocent emails (excerpted):

From: The Villain, Esq.
To: BurnUnit
Subj: obliteration
Date: Oct 12 2:11 pm

dude!

change your player photo and name to the villain so it shows up on mink's completion with your vote!

Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Villain, Esq.) to YellowBear :

---- The Villain, Esq. on Oct 12 2:14 pm----

nice! i've been asking people who voted on mink's completion to do.... just that. it's great that you did it on your own.

thanks brother bear!

{air guitar}

Then we needed to recruit a humanitarian:

From: The Villain, Esq.
To: Scarlett
Subj:
Date: Oct 12 5:17 pm

we implore you~ vote for mink's completion of obliteration.

then join us in the spartacus romp, villain style! we need you to sign up, as a humanitarian crisis member, for the I AM SPARTACUS task. please help - we are undermining the villain's system of control of tower-transportation and general evil-doing!!

Vill S. Preston, Esq.
San Dimas

As the wave began concern grew of unintended consequences (an amplification of villainy).

YellowBear to Vill S. Preston (Later that day...)

---- The Villain Slayer Herobear on Oct 12 7:03 pm--

i am now torn. this is so so so wrong. He is gaining power by our actions spreading evil, unless you can harness your horde to do good in his name. We all need to do one good thing as the villain or else he will simply have multiplied himself. If we are all good then his actions will be drowned out rather than amplified. Send word, we must do the right thing!

The wave is beginning...

With a framework emerging, more forces are brought in...


Excerpts From Bill S. Preston to Mink & Burn Unit. The following day...

---- The Villain, Esq. on Oct 13 11:50 am----

hey mink! thanks for inspiring a flash mob.

i am going to write up 'i am spartacus' attempting to keep it 'good' like the hero and yellowbear have suggested.

any other ideas on where to direct the flash mob before it dissipates?? feel free to send out an email to those who have voted on your proof and become VILLAINS.

yours villainously,
vill s. preston, esq.

---- The Villainatron on Oct 13 8:01 pm----
Hi Vill S. Preston Esq.,
I'm not sure where to direct the power of all this Villainy, or should I say, anti-villainy. I took a look at I am Spartacus but I didn't think we'd underminded a system so dropped it, maybe there is a way to work this wave of altruism into a flashmob?

Vink x

---- La Villaín on Oct 13 8:16 pm----

We kinda undermined a system in that nobody on SFØ knows who anybody is without checking their player page. That's undermining, no?

---- The Villainatron on Oct 13 8:33 pm----

How about we take it to the streets and strike a blow against villainy as a concept? Don the bandanna of infamy and commit random acts of kindness - give a flower to a stranger, feed the pidgeons something better than old hamburgers, donate a kitten to an old peoples home (this is going a bit far maybe, but you get the gist...) all in the name of The Villain!

I'll do it if y'all will.

Vink x

(Despite what is seen in the short message excerpts here, it was decided by unseen hands through backroom deals at very late hours that this is more of a revolution than the undermining of a system of control. It has been switched to Viva La Revolution accordingly)

That is when our undermining of his power really began! Villains all over the world went out and began to do good. Like Grinches bringing toys to the children of Whoville, the black horde was smiling from behind their bandannas. With each Villain heart growing at least three sizes that day. On October the 12th the ratio of Evil to Villains in the world was at an all time low, thanks to the spontaneous help of so many!!

Villains For Goodness All Over the World!! Feeding & clothing the needy, bringing peace to the warring, giving hugs to orphans and helping old ladies cross the street.
At the time of writing there are 25 villains spread across the first two pages and even more massing in the lower levels! New Villains are still poping up faster than we can track of them!
(Network Solutions by Spidere)

Secret Agent 00MetaMink's actions have struck a great blow against villainy. And the people of SF greatfully thank UK0 for their assistance in the struggle.I'm The Villain and I'm an Evilholic. I hereby renounce my evil ways!
Villains everywhere renouncing villainy!

And seen spreading happiness and joy all over the world!!

Viva La Revolution!!

(This task is a perpetual work in progress, and it can be made better with your contribution! Help dilute the power of villainy and join us!! Remember your groups trajectory of desire as you do good.)

The Hall of Good Deeds!
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(add updates of your good deeds here!!! as well as comments & messages from the revolution)
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-First Update! 10/13- (Documenting Pre-Praxis progress)

Mink:

Tacking this on at the end, I didn't know about this plot til just now, and am proud to have inspired people to cause this (mild) havoc! But I loathe to be added to a task without contributing to it directly. (**Mink immediately springs into action, sending out the message that is excerpted in the above message exchanges.**)

YellowBear:

Starting with Bill S. Preston's draft, today I added messaging excepts, hyperlinks, formatting, ambience music, updates section and pics. Bex has sent out additional word to rally the Villains to begin the good deeds. Glad to see this taking shape. Let's get this finalized quick so it can go to praxis and everyone can be added! Hopefully we can get his write to go live tomorrow.

Bex the Herø: I sent out this message to all the Villains:

From: Herø the Villain Slayer
To: Sean Mahan, The Villain, anna one, biome villain, Villainous Lizard, ...
Subj: The Status of Villainy!
Date: Oct 13 11:07 pm

Hello fellow Villains of Good!
This is your trusty Herø reporting on the status of Villainy in SFØ. In a matter of days we have successfully lowered the evil:Villain ratio to almost nothing!

My trusty companions, YellowBear, Bill S Preston, esq., Minkatron, and I are currently working on the write-up for Viva La Revolution!. All of you will be added once it has taken a rough shape, let us know if we have forgotten anyone, or if you do not wish to be included.

But our work here is not done!

We must continue to strike out against Villainy! We call upon you, the Villainous masses to subvert the power of evil in SFØ! I challenge each of you don the bandana of infamy and go out and do a Good Deed as The Villain. Commit Random Acts of Kindness. Help old ladies cross the street. Save kittens from drowning. Feed hungry orphans. Bring peace to warring nations. Do this as part of other tasks if you like, but submit evidence of your subverted Villainy on the updates section of the Viva La Revolution write-up (to be posted in a couple of days). You are encouraged to express your group's trajectory of desire in these endeavors. Good luck, good Villains!

Together we can transform evil into cuteness!

Your Herø,

Bex

-10/14-

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YellowBear:

Posted. Everyone with a Villain photo has been added to the write up (those who are currently signed up independently need to drop it from the submit proof page and send me a message). Hopefully everyone who wishes to participate will be able to. Change your picture then GO OUT AND DO GOOD! Join the Revolution. Viva!

-10/15-
Vill S. Preston, Esq.: I'm now uploading some time-located photos that show how the mob began and how it spread. They are all from Friday, 10/12 in the afternoon.

Ben Forbes:

Just while the names remain villainous... just do a little C&P!

"Villain, Chillin'., Thar Villain, Most Evil Villain, biome villain, Villainbug, The Villain Slayer Herobear, Villaardvark, The Villain, Esq., Villain The Scarlett, The Unit, The Villainatron, Herø the Villain Slayer, de vilify, : E 5J(, Kitty Villain, Villincoln, V for Vixellain, The Villoki, El Villano, 'D41J1, Painted Villain, The Naked Villain, Spidere-Villain, Zhe Veelllainn, Terpsichore the Villainous Muse, Villainous Lizard, JTony the Vile, The Villain, The Villainess, Villainitis, Villainy, Personne a Malfaisant"

: E 5J( / z.m. thayeeb / zemaluco: on my GRRR board (retired tasks that haven't been approved and added yet) you will see this task. DO IT PEOPLE!


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YellowBear: I went out into the world and tried to do good deeds today. I wore this on my shirt all day, but it was surprisingly hard to find people who wanted any sort of help from a character like me. (What are the details you ask? That you kindly let me take your picture of course! Besides that there are no limitations, no deed to large or small!

I did all the little things that I could think of. I bummed out a few cigarettes to those who asked, I held the door and the elevator for people, I let my buddies ride shotgun in the car. But by lunchtime I had been solicited for no genuine good deeds, so I took action into my own hands and offered to buy two of my co-workers lunch of their choice!
The nice lady at the register thought it was little weird i was taking her picture, but didn't really seem to mind.
One good deed in the books!
It was what they wanted, so the cholesterol isn't on my head.
I decided to spread the joy a little farther by getting some candy for my co-workers. We used to have a tradition of keeping tubs of RedVines, but it has been forgotten about, so I decided to bring it back!


YellowBear Corporate Headquarters of Americahas a very strict non-disclosure agreement that forbids me from taking pictures on 'the floor,' so I couldn't document my co-workers jubilation. But I assure you, they were jubilant. Then they all got hyped up on sugar and we had a bonky afternoon.




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YellowCorp.® Entertainment America, photoed in non-disclosure non-violating ways
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I felt like I had been doing a good job comminting my few random acts of kindness, but I was disapointed that nobody really Needed my help. As the afternoon went on I was able to tie someones shoes, I certainly didn't want him to trip and hurt himself! But as I was taking my afternoon break I still felt a little unfulfilled (despite 2 pretty good deeds, and 4 very minor good deeds so far)


Thats when this fine young gentleman fell right into my lap!!!
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You can tell he is very sad. That because he has gotten himself stuck at work with NO RIDE HOME he is rather upset and doesn't know what he is going to do (YES!!). The perfect opportunity for one super fulfilling good deed to round out the day. I drove him up to Daly City and dropped him off at his house on my way home. He was really really excited! and grateful for the good deed.



It's good to be good! I think I might just keep it up all week! (Who knows, maybe I'll be a good bear forever) THE END.
-10/16-

S P Â R :

While walking up the steep incline between the tenderloin and knob hill today, affectionately known as the tenderknob, I saw a man in a wheelchair struggling up the hill. I stopped and I asked him if he would like my assistance and upon his acceptance I began to push him up the hill. After a couple blocks he asked me for some spair change which to which I declined and we parted ways. It didn't change the world but I wasn't trying to.

Villainitis:
I Saved my neighbor!!!

someone tried to break into her house...SERIOUSLY!! they found her spare key and BROKE IT IN HER DOOR!!! so she tried to get in then came to me for help.
"Ill save you!!"
so i got a pair of tweezers and small scissors and pulled out the key...unfortunately i only got a couple of pictures...
-villianitis

-10/17-
Spidere-Villain:

A friend in need! Panicked over the analysis she had to do for tomorrow for her professor! But the test took an hour--the program would never finish running by tomorrow! Fortunately, I came up with a neat way to save some computation, and it finished in twenty minutes. Doesn't sound very exciting, I know (though she was very excited!), and I also have no pictures. So I also baked some cookies for my housemates. Oatmeal chocolate chip, yum!


Bex the Herø:
I did Good Deeds! Who knew the mask of villainy would fit so nicely as a cape?
First, I gave a ride to an unknown pedestrian who would have had a long, long way to walk.

His name was Adrien and he didn't even rape or assault me! He is a street artist and I talked his ear off about sfØ.




And while continuing with my drive of Good Deeds, I didn't run over a little old lady crossing the street!




Earlier in the day, Prudence had made all this possible by doing the Good Deed of lending me her car. So when I was done with my trip, I filled her gas tank to the tippy top.


Then I cleaned up some chewed pistachio shells from her back seat.


And I cleaned out the garbage that had been in the front seat.
Yay! I can feel the power of Evil reduced already!

FrozenHaddock
Not fully content with creating the anti-villainy game, I aim to register all genuine villains in order to prevent unauthorized villainy.



Adam "Yarmouth" Smith

For my good deed I have decided to repair the damage done to the glorious town of Great Yarmouth by our tasking! We have spent the day completing the Human Chess task by playing Town-sized Monopoly (coming to the Praxis soon) and we used copius ammounts of cardboard, tape and paper and set it up in a public park. As a result I put all of our rubbish in a bin and kept Yarmouth clean.

Tschus

CYBER KITTY

It took a little while, but I finally managed to go out and perform my good deeds. Check out
Part one

Part Two
and
Part Three



JTony the Vile
This has been an interesting couple of weeks for me, including many opportunities to touch the world around me in positive ways. 3 stand out for me, none particularly grand gestures, but all making the world just a little bit better for someone. Unfortunately I have no visual proof for any of these:
1. A guy at the BART station, standing in front of the ticket machines, asking for change. I give him what is in my pocket and he thanks me, counts up what he has and goes to look at the rate list. It is clear he doesn't have enough, so while I'm getting my ticket from the vending machine, I ask him how much more he needs. "A dollar" he says, so I immediately pop the dollar into his hand from the change I got from my ticket. "You are a gentleman and a scholar" he says, clearly grateful.
2. I am currently staying with some friends in Oakland (hence the BART) and one of them was feeling under the weather, so I ran out to Safeway and picked up some Cambel's Chicken Noodle Soup for her. She is recovering nicely, thanks in part to that soup.
3. Every once in a while, I get a craving for food from Taco Bell (talk about Evil). When I get the craving, I usually go a little overboard. The other day I bought one of their massive meals of 10 crunchy tacos, knowing that even I would be unable to eat all of them, but figured I could save some for later. There's this park bench on McArthur in the Laurel neighborhood where I like to sit and eat, and while sitting there a very thin woman, probably in her late 40's to early 50's comes by, asking if I might spare some change so she can get some food or whatnot. At the time I had very little change, but told her she could share my tacos, and quickly gave her 2. She sat down next to me and ate one on the spot. The other she put in her purse, very carefully so as not to crush it. She was very thankful for the one she ate, but had to hurry off. I offered her more as she left, and was surprised when the response was a very happy no-thank-you. I ate the rest, only to get a stomach ache. I haven't craved or eaten Taco Bell since.

I'm sure there are others, and if I went out with the intention of being a good villain, or even a good fairy, I might collect something more intense (and maybe doing something so direct might be a better way) but this is what I've got.

Fairies

Burn Unit - on Thursday the 18th I dedicated myself to good deeds. This started with waking up and going to work while it was still dark out--not because I had to, but to help out a coworker with a conference call. My anti-villainy bandana was at the office (so was my umbrella!), so I used a plastic bag to cover my face for the bus stop picture. I got onto the conference call and sat, masked, on hold for 15 minutes. Considering my early start, I believe that whole experience was a pretty good deed. Then I decided to buy some breakfast treats for the office. On my way to the bagel shop I realized "hey, everyone buys bagels" so I took it to another level by stopping into the premier old-world deli in the Twin Cities, Kramarczuk's, where I bought the fixin's for a meat and cheese tray of utter deliciousness (seriously, if you need some great charcuterie, there may be no better place than one block from my work where you can get it from Kramarczuk's and Surdyk's). I also bought Fitness Bread to put the cheese and/or meats onto. Later there was a fireman "filling the boot" with fundraising cash. I donned the kerchief and donated.


---- Loki on Oct 24 ----

I tied on the mask, then filled my pockets with plastic baggies and prowled the sidewalks of my neighborhood in the middle of the night, picking up every dog poo I could find and disposing of them in the garbage. Total number of poos which won't end up on the shoes of morning commuters a result of our villainous rampage: 8.