User blog comment:Perturbed Maverick/How does this idea sound for a pasta?/@comment-26425680-20160307192410

Here's some questions that would have to be addressed in order for the story to make any sense:


 * Why would 87 people get together and come up with an insanely complicated plan just so they can terrorize people? Can't they do their terrorizing without hacking into the 911 system?


 * How exactly does a group of homicidal maniacs that large get together? Usually, serial murderers work alone. You may occasionally hear of two murderers working in concert. Three would be extremely rare...but this is 87? C'mon dude.


 * The FBI doesn't destroy buildings, nor do they throw bodies in the water.


 * This premise isn't the least bit creepy. Suspenseful? Perhaps. But not creepy.

In all honesty, this sounds like a disaster waiting to happen (sorry). I suppose you could address all these questions in the story, but doing so would most likely interrupt its flow to the point where it no longer made sense. Unless this premise is going to be handled by an extremely proficient writer, it's going to be ridiculous.

Anyway, there's no harm in coming up with concepts and floating them out there. I think the idea of someone intercepting a 911 call, and then going to the home, is pretty good, but not if it's a large criminal organization that doesn't have much to gain from doing so.

Lastly, if you're referring to the emergency number, it's "911." No slash needed.