Six Degrees Of Infiltration.

A new game - Transformers are trying to infiltrate the Earth by making contact with high-profile humans. If they can do it in six steps or fewer then they will be successful.

The rules:

It's played like Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon. The winner of the previous round picks a character from Transformers, and a celebrity. They must have an idea of how to get from one to the other in six steps, so if you picked - say Lord Zarak and Lady Gaga then in your head you'd have to have an idea of how to do it in six steps. Then Ozformers post their own method, like so:

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Lord Zarak to Lady Gaga.

1. Lord Zarak was a major character in the Transformers comics.
2. Transformers comics were published in the United Kingdom by Marvel UK.
3. At Marvel UK, one of the editors was Neil Tennant.
4. Neil Tennant is also the singer from Pet Shop Boys.
5. Pet Shop Boys sang a medley of their songs at the Brit Awards last year with guest vocals from Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga: infiltrated in five degrees.

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If they do it successfully (as above) they get to post the next Transformer and celebrity. So they might post "Arcee to Ben Lee." Then another Ozformer might post a method that they've come up with, like this:

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Arcee to Ben Lee.

1. Arcee was in Transformers: the Movie with Galvatron.
2. Galvatron was voiced by Leonard Nimoy.
3. Leonard Nimoy was in Star Trek with William Shatner.
4. William Shatner's album Has Been was produced by Ben Folds.
5. Ben Folds was in The Bens with Ben Lee.

Ben Lee: infiltrated in five degrees.

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As long as they structure it that way (the end of one step is the beginning of the next) and they can do it in six steps or fewer then they 'win' and get to post the next infiltrating Transformer and celebrity. I hope that makes sense.

So a (relatively) easy one for people to try to start with:

Hot Rod to L Ron Hubbard.

im confused...lol hahahaha i think its just me. il wait til everyone starts off then i might just jump in the wagon when i slowly pick up on it...lol

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Originally Posted by Deceptic_Optics

im confused...lol hahahaha i think its just me. il wait til everyone starts off then i might just jump in the wagon when i slowly pick up on it...lol

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I'm confused too, but I think I get it. Though I have nowhere to begin with this one lol.

Lets see...

1. Hot Rod was played by Judd Nelson
2. Judd Nelson was in St Elmo's fire with Demi Moore
3. Demi Moore was in a Few Good Men with Tom Cruise
4. Tom Cruise is a scientologist
5. Scientology is based on the writings of L Ron Hubbard

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Lets see...

1. Hot Rod was played by Judd Nelson
2. Judd Nelson was in St Elmo's fire with Demi Moore
3. Demi Moore was in a Few Good Men with Tom Cruise
4. Tom Cruise is a scientologist
5. Scientology is based on the writings of L Ron Hubbard

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Hurrah! Bartrim gets it in five degrees and wins. Bart, now it's your turn to pick a Transformer and a celebrity to infiltrate.

Deceptic_Optic and 1Azrael1 - does that make sense? (Also note that there's no one right answer - as long as you can laterally think your way from one to the other in six accurate moves, you 'win'.)

Yay for me.

How about Bumblebee to (NRL player) Dave Taylor

1. Bumblebee is friends with Shia LaBeouf (aka Sam Witwicky)
2. LaBeouf worked with Australian actress Rachael Taylor
3. Dave Taylor is also an Australian with the same surname!

A bit of a stretch...I don't know if you can count the same last name or even country of origin in these games. I'll have to pass it onto thread creator Sky Shadow for a final ruling.

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

A bit of a stretch...I don't know if you can count the same last name or even country of origin in these games. I'll have to pass it onto thread creator Sky Shadow for a final ruling.

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It's up to you Bart. Maybe a clue about the degree you were expecting to lead into Dave Taylor?

It does stem from the movie but I was looking for more direct links rather then something like from the same country or surname.

Sorry Gok but I can't allow it. Otherwise it can open a precedent that'll make the game too easy. I'll leave it open for the standard 36 hrs.

How about:

1. Bumblebee was in the 2007 film with Megatron.
2. Megatron was voiced by Hugo Weaving.
3. Hugo Weaving was in Proof with Russell Crowe.
4. Russell Crowe is co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
5. The Rabbitohs is Dave Taylor's NRL team.

Dave Taylor infiltrated in five degrees?

Sky Shadow had a dog and his name was BINGO!:D

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Sky Shadow had a dog and his name was BINGO!:D

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Cool. Okay new round, anyone can play.

Daniel Witwicky to Daniel Craig.

Daniel Witwicky to Daniel Craig.

daniel whitwicky appeared in transformers: the movie with arcee

arcee story in the idw comics was based around revenge

in the latest bond film, james bond was also looking for revenge

james bond was played by daniel craig

ok my turn

megatron and justin bieber

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Originally Posted by Tommy K

Daniel Witwicky to Daniel Craig.

daniel whitwicky was arcee's headmaster unit

arcee story in the idw comics was based around revenge

in the latest bond film, james bond was also looking for revenge

james bond was played by daniel craig

ok my turn

megatron and justin bieber

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Um... nice try, but not quite there, Roller II. As Bartrim said, the steps are really supposed to be about people or institutions, not vague concepts.

As a hint, it might be easier if the first move is:

1. Daniel Witwicky was in Transformers: The Movie with Wreck Gar.

Anyone with ideas on the rest?

so it cannot have anything to do with what happened in the show? ok ill change it, and DONT! i repeat DONT! call me roller II im Tommy K, got it? lol

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Originally Posted by Tommy K

so it cannot have anything to do with what happened in the show? ok ill change it, and DONT! i repeat DONT! call me roller II im Tommy K, got it? lol

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Okay, Tommy K. (Basically, the links need to be factual people in the same film, characters in the same comic, actors who played specific characters etc, rather than conceptual ideas like revenge.)

Let me have another crack... (this is becoming a game of wits between you and I Sky Shadow:p)

Daniel Witwicky was in TF:TM with Wreck-Gar
Wreck-Gar was played by Eric Idle
Eric Idle was in Monty Python with John Cleese
John Cleese plays "R" I believe in James Bond films now that "Q" has unfortunately passed away
Daniel Craig is James Bond... for now

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Let me have another crack... (this is becoming a game of wits between you and I Sky Shadow:p)

Daniel Witwicky was in TF:TM with Wreck-Gar
Wreck-Gar was played by Eric Idle
Eric Idle was in Monty Python with John Cleese
John Cleese plays "R" I believe in James Bond films now that "Q" has unfortunately passed away
Daniel Craig is James Bond... for now

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That looks good to me. (For the last two steps, I was thinking:

4. John Cleese was in Die Another Day with Judy Dench and
5. Judy Dench was in Quantum of Solace (or Casino Royale) with Daniel Craig.)

Do you have another Transformer/celebrity pairing for us, Mr. Trim? :)

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Originally Posted by Tommy K

megatron and justin bieber

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Thats easy. Everyone wants to see them two in a fight:D

Ok seriously my turn though.

Cliffjumper to Bill Hader

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Originally Posted by Tommy K

megatron and justin bieber

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Megatron Stomps Justin Bieber... Bieber dies.... WIN!:D:D Sorry cant resist:p:o get on with the game, nothing to see here....

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Cliffjumper to Bill Hader

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Cliffjumper was released as a redecoed toy of Bumblebee from the TF Movie
Bumblebee was voiced by Mark Ryan
Mark Ryan worked with original Monty Python member Eric Idle
Eric Idle worked with Trey Parker on South Park
Trey Parker also worked on South Park with Bill Hader

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

Cliffjumper was released as a redecoed toy of Bumblebee from the TF Movie
Bumblebee was voiced by Mark Ryan
Mark Ryan worked with original Monty Python member Eric Idle
Eric Idle worked with Trey Parker on South Park
Trey Parker also worked on South Park with Bill Hader

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Very interesting... I'll allow that.

VP's turn

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Very interesting... I'll allow that.

VP's turn

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Yay... hahaha... let's see... hmm....

Bludgeon ------> Michael Jordan

(this should be interesting :D)

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

Yay... hahaha... let's see... hmm....

Bludgeon ------> Michael Jordan

(this should be interesting :D)

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Glad to have you on board, VP. I have no idea if this is the sort of path you were thinking of, but...

1. Bludgeon was in the G1 comic with Ravage.
2. Ravage was in Beast Wars with Beast Wars Megatron.
3. Beast Wars Megatron (calling himself "Joe Convoy") was in Bee In The City with Animated Bumblebee
4. Animated Bumblebee was in Transformers: Animated with Professor Princess
5. Professor Princess was played by Kath Soucie
6. Kath Soucie (as Lola Bunny) was in Space Jam with Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan infiltrated in six degrees?

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

Glad to have you on board, VP. I have no idea if this is the sort of path you were thinking of, but...

1. Bludgeon was in the G1 comic with Ravage.
2. Ravage was in Beast Wars with Beast Wars Megatron.
3. Beast Wars Megatron (calling himself "Joe Convoy") was in Bee In The City with Animated Bumblebee
4. Animated Bumblebee was in Transformers: Animated with Professor Princess
5. Professor Princess was played by Kath Soucie
6. Kath Soucie (as Lola Bunny) was in Space Jam with Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan infiltrated in six degrees?

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Yeah that works for me... lol :D

Your turn SS...

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

Yeah that works for me... lol :D

Your turn SS...

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I worked out about a minute after I posed all that that it might have been less complicated if I remembered that Frank Welker was in Space Jam too. :p Okay - how about:

Rumble to Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

Okay - how about:

Rumble to Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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Rumble is one of Soundwave's minions
Soundwave was voiced by Frank Welker
Frank Welker voiced Scooby in the Scooby Doo cartoons
Scooby Doo was made into a live action movie featuring Freddy Prinze Jnr

How's that?

Rumble is a cassette of Soundwave
Soundwave was voiced by Frank Welker
Frank Welker voiced Fred of Scooby Doo cartoons
Fred was played by Freddy Prinze Jnr in the live action Scooby doo movie

There now, is that ok?

That's great liege... almost pretty much what I said... lol :D

Well it's up to Sky Shadow to adjudicate... so who's turn is it SS?

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

That's great liege... almost pretty much what I said... lol :D

Well it's up to Sky Shadow to adjudicate... so who's turn is it SS?

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You're both right. (You could also have gotten there through Robot Chicken and Sarah Michelle Gellar. :D)

VP you were first, so technically it's your go if you have something (unless you want to defer your turn to Liege. And Liege, as Vector said, it's good to have you onboard our growing empire of infiltration. Soon, we will take over the world. Muhahahah! Um... Anyway...)

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

VP you were first, so technically it's your go if you have something (unless you want to defer your turn to Liege. And Liege, as Vector said, it's good to have you onboard our growing empire of infiltration. Soon, we will take over the world. Muhahahah! Um... Anyway...)

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I've had a go already so I'll defer my turn to liegeprime... liege?

Oh freakin out I have no idea for a pair, so I'll just pick something random... and dont ask me for an answer coz I wont have a clue on this pair heheh

Starscream -- Bill Clinton

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Originally Posted by liegeprime

Starscream -- Bill Clinton

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1.Starscream is the right-hand man of Megatron (debatable)
2.Megatron was voiced by Hugo Weaving
3.Hugo Weaving starred alongside Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta
4.Natalie Portman appeared alongside Samuel L Jackson in the Star Wars prequels
5.Samuel L Jackson appeared in Coming To America, starring Eddie Murphy & Arsenio Hall
6.Arsenio Hall had a special guest play saxophone on his show - Bill Clinton

How's that? Too much of a stretch? :D

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

1.Starscream is the right-hand man of Megatron (debatable)
2.Megatron was voiced by Hugo Weaving
3.Hugo Weaving starred alongside Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta
4.Natalie Portman appeared alongside Samuel L Jackson in the Star Wars prequels
5.Samuel L Jackson appeared in Coming To America, starring Eddie Murphy & Arsenio Hall
6.Arsenio Hall had a special guest play saxophone on his show - Bill Clinton

How's that? Too much of a stretch? :D

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That's pretty damn impressive, I think. :eek:

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

That's pretty damn impressive, I think. :eek:

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Hahaha... you can kinda tell I'm a movie buff... :D

So umm, who determines who gets to go next?

Do we have to wait for liegeprime to adjudicate?

Wow... okay you got it VP! I didnt even have the slightest clue how the 2 relates heheheh:D

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

Hahaha... you can kinda tell I'm a movie buff... :D

So umm, who determines who gets to go next?

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Your turn, VP.

(I did have a method of getting from Starscream to Bill Clinton, but it involved Marvel Comics Spider-Man, so your way was heaps better. :p)

Here's a curly one...

HOT ROD ----> KIM KARDASHIAN

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

Here's a curly one...

HOT ROD ----> KIM KARDASHIAN

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Ummm doesnt ... erm he infiltrates ... erm ok Ill shut up now:p;):o