Social Operation Categories for Legal Location-Based Prank Wars

Core Operation Types

1. COVERT OPERATIONS

Stealth-based actions requiring secrecy and timing. Pranks executed without immediate detection, designed to create delayed discovery moments.

• Examples: Hidden objects, subtle environmental changes, time-delayed reveals

2. OVERT OPERATIONS

Direct, visible pranks announced or immediately obvious. High visibility actions that create instant reactions.

• Examples: Flash mobs, public challenges, coordinated group actions

3. PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS (PSYOPS)

Mind-game tactics using misdirection, pattern disruption, or expectation manipulation. No physical props required.

• Examples: Fake rumors of pranks, scheduling phantom events, gaslighting with moved objects

4. RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS

Intelligence-gathering phases to identify vulnerabilities, routines, and optimal prank locations/timing.

• Examples: Schedule monitoring, location scouting, habit analysis

5. DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS

Strategic spreading of false information to create confusion or misdirect targets from real pranks.

• Examples: Fake event announcements, decoy prank hints, misleading clues

6. INFILTRATION OPERATIONS

Embedding assets (objects, people, or messages) into target territory for future activation.

• Examples: Planted props, sleeper agents, staged scenarios

7. DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS

Counter-prank measures and protective strategies to prevent incoming attacks.

• Examples: Security sweeps, ally networks, early warning systems

8. ALLIANCE BUILDING

Recruiting and coordinating with third parties to expand operational capacity.

• Examples: Team formations, neutral party manipulation, temporary truces

9. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION

Intercepting or modifying resources before they reach the target in harmless ways.

• Examples: Swapping supplies, relabeling items, hiding commonly needed objects

10. ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION

Altering physical spaces to create unexpected experiences without causing damage.

• Examples: Rearranging furniture, temperature adjustments, lighting changes

11. COMMUNICATION HIJACKING

Intercepting or spoofing digital/physical communications within your authorized access.

• Examples: Group chat takeovers, fake announcement posters, email signature changes

12. TEMPORAL OPERATIONS

Time-based pranks exploiting schedules, deadlines, or duration expectations.

• Examples: Early/late arrivals, calendar manipulation, countdown pranks

13. PROXY OPERATIONS

Using intermediaries or indirect methods to execute pranks with plausible deniability.

• Examples: Anonymous deliveries, third-party messaging, automated systems

14. SENSORY ASSAULTS

Non-harmful pranks targeting specific senses for maximum comedic effect.

• Examples: Harmless smells, unexpected sounds, visual illusions

15. TERRITORIAL MARKING

Claiming spaces with harmless but obvious indicators of prank team presence.

• Examples: Branded decorations, team colors, symbolic objects

16. EXTRACTION OPERATIONS

Temporarily relocating objects or people to unexpected locations (with their safety ensured).

• Examples: Desk relocation, hiding personal items in findable places, surprise location changes

17. MISINFORMATION SEEDING

Planting obviously false but entertaining "facts" that spread through social networks.

• Examples: Absurd policy announcements, fake trivia, ridiculous backstories

18. RAPID RESPONSE OPERATIONS

Quick-strike pranks executed in response to immediate opportunities or counter-attacks.

• Examples: Instant comebacks, opportunistic pranks, flash deployments

19. SUSTAINED CAMPAIGNS

Long-term prank strategies with escalating or recurring elements over days/weeks.

• Examples: Daily small pranks, progressive reveals, themed weeks

20. JOINT OPERATIONS

Coordinated multi-team pranks combining resources for large-scale harmless chaos.

• Examples: Cross-team alliances, synchronized pranks, compound operations

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MANDATORY LEGAL & ETHICAL RULES

✅ ALWAYS LEGAL:

• Obtain permission for location access
• Respect personal property (no damage/theft)
• Maintain physical safety at all times
• Keep pranks reversible within reasonable time
• Respect workplace/institutional policies
• Honor opt-out requests immediately
• Stay on public property or authorized private property
• Document consent for any recordings
• Avoid discrimination or targeting protected characteristics
• Keep pranks appropriate for the environment

❌ NEVER LEGAL:

• Trespassing on restricted property
• Damaging or stealing property
• Physical harm or safety risks
• Harassment or bullying
• Impersonating authority figures (police, etc.)
• Creating public disturbances/panic
• Interfering with emergency services
• Violating privacy laws
• Breaking workplace harassment policies
• Non-consensual recording in private spaces

GOLDEN RULE: If it could result in injury, property damage, legal action, job loss, or genuine distress—it's not a prank, it's harmful.