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-The Hotseat has been one of the [[shows:Industrial Zone]]'s most iconic gunge devices since its introduction in the second season, as well as one of the simplest games. It was invented by [[character:Blue]], who was also the first player to be gunged by it.+The Hotseat has been one of the {zshow:iz}'s most iconic gunge devices since its introduction in the second season, as well as one of the simplest games. It was invented by {zchar:blue}, who was also the first player to be gunged by it.
  
 A player is seated inside a booth cut into the wall, which has a waist-high metal panel as its front door that can be lowered then raised to allow walking inside. The booth is lit from above in green, with a dazzling array of computer panels, pipes and lights lining its inner walls. A player is seated inside a booth cut into the wall, which has a waist-high metal panel as its front door that can be lowered then raised to allow walking inside. The booth is lit from above in green, with a dazzling array of computer panels, pipes and lights lining its inner walls.
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 If even a single wrong answer is given, the player is first sprayed with a set of jets of green gel from the left and right front edges of the tank, playing up and down them to coat their front. After a few seconds, the main tank above them is opened and they'​re showered by a flood of smooth opaque slime that's usually yellow or orange. After both tanks have run out, a third tank pours a heavy black lumpy gunge on to them from above, leaving them completely coated in a sickly mixture of slime. If even a single wrong answer is given, the player is first sprayed with a set of jets of green gel from the left and right front edges of the tank, playing up and down them to coat their front. After a few seconds, the main tank above them is opened and they'​re showered by a flood of smooth opaque slime that's usually yellow or orange. After both tanks have run out, a third tank pours a heavy black lumpy gunge on to them from above, leaving them completely coated in a sickly mixture of slime.
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 +The machine is controlled from behind the scenes with a rewired game controller, using the analogue sticks to control the angle of the sprayers and the shoulder triggers to open and close the various tanks. It's {zchar:​cliff}'​s favourite device to gunge people in, giving the operator more chance for artistic flair than a usual single gunge reservoir.
  
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-The Hotseat comes from the game "​Teacher on the Hotseat"​ from Hangar 17, where teachers were asked three questions in the same way as in the IZ game. The three stages of the gunging were from a misremembered reconstruction of how Hangar 17's gunge tank worked - in the real version, the tank sprays gunge from the sides and top at the same time before a brief splatter of thicker gunge is dropped from above. This kind of machine later came to the Industrial Zone in the form of [[izgames:The Cockpit]].+The Hotseat comes from the game "​Teacher on the Hotseat"​ from Hangar 17, where teachers were asked three questions in the same way as in the IZ game. The three stages of the gunging were from a misremembered reconstruction of how Hangar 17's gunge tank worked - in the real version, the tank sprays gunge from the sides and top at the same time before a brief splatter of thicker gunge is dropped from above. This kind of machine later came to the Industrial Zone in the form of {zgame:The_cockpit}.
  
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