Bronto Blog

Bronto just wrapped up a game called Assassin. For those unfamiliar with the game, it breaks down like this:

• Everyone at Bronto is an assassin.
• Each assassin receives a plastic dart gun and the name of a their target.
• In order to assassinate their victim, the assassin must hit him/her
  with a dart. If the hit is successful, the assassin then pursues the target of his newly slaughtered prey.
• The office is a DMZ. Everywhere else is fair game.
• Assassins are encouraged to play secretively. There are to be no public acknowledgments of your target or your killer.
• Trust no one. Kill everyone.

It is fair to say that the game brought out the absolute worst in all participants. Though some Brontos died quickly and uneventfully - others went to great extremes to avoid their would-be killer or to construct the perfect crime. For instance,  Michael killed DJ while DJ was in muscle pump class at the YMCA. Truly a dastardly deed. (This, by the way, was after he showed up at DJ’s residence to try for the kill house-call style.)

The Engineering team protected their family a la the Corleones…and also banded together for a terrified dash out the front door every day for lunch and then again for quitting time. Matt actually conducted an extended stakeout from the 2nd level of the parking deck in order to nab Sean on his way back from lunchtime workout.

Some Brontos suffered great physical harm as a result of their participation. Todd skinned both knees pretty badly after running down Andrew Rambo-style in the parking lot. Michael actually broke his wrist after attempting some sort of roll manuever while attacking his prey. At least his unfortunate physical investment yielded a spot in the final shoot-out with Matt and, ultimately, the victor’s trophy - an iPod shuffle.

Congratulations, Michael. And get well soon.