CASE SOLVED!
Enough details have been uncovered and brought into connection to declare this case as solved. Please wait a bit for
post-game summary.As already mentioned, the man was on a hot air balloon with several other passengers. The balloon was going to crash. The man took off his clothes and threw them off but this didn't work. The match was the deciding factor to see who would be the one to... "vacate" the premises. Sadly for that man, he seemed to get the short-end of the stick...
YESThe man was taking part in a trip over the desert in a hot air balloon.
Suddenly the balloon started to sink due to damage of the hull or lack of gas.
In an attempt to make the balloon rise again, the passengers first threw off every their bags.
As that didn't help, they then started to get naked and threw off their clothes, but the balloon was still too heavy to rise.
Since the passengers knew that crashing in the desert would mean certain death, no matter whether they survived the initial impact or not, they had to take desperate measures.
So it was decided:
The only way to lose weight on the balloon was for one of the passengers to jump off into the desert.
Since obviously noone wanted to volunteer, they let luck decide.
They burnt a match that they had still kept in the balloon, blew it out, and then mixed it with unlit matches.
After that, every passenger drew a match, with the knowledge that the one who drew the burnt match would have to sacrifice himself.
When the man saw that he lost the gamble, he gave in to his fate and jumped.
My, my, my,
what a spectacular show from you, my dear players.
I certainly did not expect this riddle to be solved within a single day, even if I myself find it to be easier than the last one.
This time my special congratulations go to Sir Trancehime, who entered this game and immediately revealed the truth from the facts that all of you had already discovered.
Also I applaud to Sir Thundr, who was the first to ask for the balloon, a question which was of great importance for this case.
Wonderful, simply wonderful.
I am certainly highly pleased with how this game is going.
Well then, like before, it is time for a short break.
Have a tea and enjoy the feeling of achievement that comes after a solved riddle.
I shall inform you that, from the next riddle on I shall no longer have to rely on those riddles that I have kept in my memory.
Thanks to the courtesy of a dear friend of mine I have here in my hands a number of fifty cards that contain even more riddles.
From those I shall choose the next one you will challenge.
Expect the new riddle to appear in about eight hours, when the clock strikes midnight here in my home.