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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 03:57:50 PM »

It's technically hammertime, but I'm getting dragged away for lunch with the family. Since things are deadlocked, you have a bit of extra time (~1 hour) to make up your minds. If it's still a tie when I get back, we Hatbot the lynchee. We don't want that, do we?

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 03:43:06 PM »

That's not how it sounded from Cid's post, though I'll admit on rereading it's ambiguous. Alex did say it was today as a co-mod, however. I suppose all I can do here is ask for Cid's clarification here and for people to vote. Since I buy into VSM's townness, the one I'd prefer to see strung out of the current options is Nitori.

The no lynch rule takes effect on day three. I didn't want to change the rules while a day was still in progress. So yes, whoever has the most votes today gets axed.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 03:00:06 PM »

Update!

Cmdr_King (4): Strago, Shale, Mad Fnorder, Hunter Sopko
Corwin (1): Otter
Hunter Sopko (1): Corwin, Yakumo
Kilgamayan (1): Bobbin Cranbud
Nitori (4): Anonymous, Mad Fnorder, Taishyr, VSM, Corwin
Shale (0): Cmdr_King
VSM (5): Kilgamayan, Nitori, Carthrat, Excal, Cmdr_King

With fifteen alive, it takes eight to lynch.

There is 1 hour until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 09:29:57 AM »

Bonus Update!

Cmdr_King (3): Strago, Shale, Mad Fnorder
Corwin (1): Otter
Hunter Sopko (2): Corwin, Yakumo
Kilgamayan (1): Bobbin Cranbud
Nitori (3): Anonymous, Mad Fnorder, Taishyr, VSM
Shale (0): Cmdr_King
VSM (5): Kilgamayan, Nitori, Carthrat, Excal, Cmdr_King

With fifteen alive, it takes eight to lynch.

There are 7 hours until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 09:08:47 AM »

Update!

Cmdr_King (3): Strago, Shale, Mad Fnorder
Corwin (1): Otter
Hunter Sopko (2): Corwin, Yakumo
Kilgamayan (1): Bobbin Cranbud
Nitori (1): Mad Fnorder, Taishyr
Shale (0): Cmdr_King
VSM (5): Kilgamayan, Nitori, Carthrat, Excal, Cmdr_King

With fifteen alive, it takes eight to lynch.

There are 7 hours until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 06, 2008, 12:04:36 AM »

Update!

Cmdr_King (1): Strago
Corwin (1): Otter
Hunter Sopko (1): Corwin
Nitori (1): Mad Fnorder
Shale (1): Cmdr_King

With sixteen alive, it takes nine to lynch.

There 16 hours until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Mafia Mod Signups

« on: January 05, 2008, 11:58:44 PM »

Aw, I thought you were going to say Metal Guilty Gear mafia at first. I was close!

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Writeup Graveyard / Axel (vs. Mitsuru)

« on: January 05, 2008, 11:54:07 PM »

This is it! The time has finally come for Axel, Dark Hero, fashion plate and all-round cool guy, to make his triumphant comeback! His opponent? Some silly schoolgirl who thinks she can play with swords. She shouldn't be any trouble for a seasoned Dark Hero like Axel. He innately resists damage dealt by human opponents and iwll have no problem keeping Mitsuru on the defensive with his counters and powerful fist techniques. After all this time out of the spotlight, this is almost anticlimactic! Couldn't they have given him an opponent more worthy of such an august personage as himself? Ah well, scoring chicks is part of a Dark Hero's work too. He'll just have to set aside some time to thaw this frigid maiden's heart while she recouperates from her defeat!

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Writeup Graveyard / Mitsuru (vs. Axel)

« on: January 05, 2008, 11:43:01 PM »

So Axel likes to call himself a "Dark Hero," huh? What rubbish! Mitsuru Kirijo knows a fair bit about darkness and heroes both, and anyone who'd seriously try linking the two together is need of some serious re-education. Fortunately, she's in good shape to provide it, with powerful ice magic and a plentiful supply of healing to let her outlast her flamboyant foe. Gekkoukan High's resident overachiever isn't about to lose to some washed-up rock star, so there'll be no quarter given as brains meet brawn in the arena this week. This has-been's going right back where he belongs--the Travel Channel!

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 05, 2008, 07:11:52 AM »

Last mod note tonight, really: Mad Fnorder is taking over CPU's role. You may now return to your regularly scheduled paranoia.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 05, 2008, 07:04:42 AM »

Update.

Cmdr_King (1): Strago
Hunter Sopko (1): Corwin

With sixteen alive, it takes nine to lynch.

Due to the considerable derailment caused by CPU's suicide rush, I am pushing the deadline back by twelve hours. Thus, it is now 33 hours until the deadline. I have also decided to implement the "No majority by deadline = no lynch" policy beginning on the next game-day, as this seems to force more active discussion (as opposed to having people let the deadline do the work for them).

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 05, 2008, 06:45:51 AM »

Mod note: I am taking CPU's last post as a tacit request for removal. At the least, such behavior ruins the game for everyone. I am presently looking for a replacement player for him, rather than simply tossing out another modkill. Hopefully I'll have it sorted out tonight (already had an inquiry). In the meantime, I'm discounting all votes for him because either the role will be modkilled or replaced by someone else (and the latter case would warrant coming in with a clean slate). Please ignore his last post and do your best to route the discussion back to more constructive threads while I sort this out. Thank you.

I will have an updated votecount in a moment.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 05, 2008, 01:56:18 AM »

Another day, another scumhunt...on the second morning the citizens took to pointing fingers at the quieter residents, recalling that those killed the day before had been among their more vocal members. Soon the focus of their scrutiny was the one called Unoriginal, who dealt with this as well as one might expect given that he was, in reality, a walking chemical factory whose main self-defense mechanism was spontaneous combustion:

He exploded. Quite catatrophically, too. The blast took out the Guild of Fools' guildhall and most of its membership, which all agreed wasn't such a bad turn considering how things could've gone. After a bit of spectating, the citizens were prodded into forming a bucket chain (albeit, in desultory fashion) to douse the flaming wreckage...and then they returned to the business of eyeing each other warily and hurling accusations.

Unoriginal, aka Generic Swamp Dragon, Draco Vulgaris (Town-aligned, Ghost), was modkilled at the player's request. And no, flavor-text aside, he wasn't a bomb.

With fifteen alive, it takes eight to lynch.

There are 26 hours until the deadline.

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General Chat / Re: Movie Quotes 8: A New Quiz In a New Board

« on: January 04, 2008, 11:00:07 PM »

Bump, because it got buried too fast. C'mon, people.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 04, 2008, 04:19:10 PM »

Update!

(Mid-day update courtesy of the Cid still being sick).

Hunter Sopko (1): Corwin
IhatethisCPU (1): Bobbin Cranbud
Unoriginal (2): Nitori, Carthrat

With sixteen alive, it takes nine to lynch.

There are 35.5 hours until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Mafia Mod Signups

« on: January 04, 2008, 04:14:32 PM »

Well, I may as well toss what other ideas I have on the list now, since it'll clearly be a while before it gets to be my turn again anyway.

Next thing I want to do is a small game. Classical composer Mafia. Yes, of course I'm serious. Twelve players max, minimal power roles. And, want to run a large (21 people max) Guilty Gear-themed game sometime thereafter.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 04, 2008, 03:48:29 AM »

Sobered and a little alarmed by their execution of an apparent innocent, the townsfolk slept uneasily that night, each grappling with visions of monsters in human garb coming to claim them in the night.

They had good reason to fear, as it turns out: Night Watch officers going about their rounds in the early morning found none other than their own Commander Vimes slain in the street, throat neatly slashed. There was no sign of a struggle; whoever killed him clearly took him by surprise. This came as a shock to the city as a whole--Sam Vimes, who evaded countless attempts on his own life in the course of his duty, slaughtered by monsters? Well, perhaps it wasn't quite that simple...

Curiously enough, another body was found sprawled in the street nearby, though this one was mangled nearly beyond recognition. It was the presence of a familiar glass eye that eventually led to this second victim's identification: Mister Teatime (pronounced "Teh-ah-tim-eh," as he was always quick to remind people), the one member of Ankh-Morpork's Assassins' Guild so dedicated to his craft as to frighten even his fellow assassins. Since the Guild had long since stopped taking requests for Vimes's inhumation, it seemed likely the slain assassin had been working on his own. Well, they needn't fear this particular loose cannon any longer, that's clear enough.

Smodge13, aka Commander Samuel Vimes, Copper (Town-aligned, Cop), was killed overnight!

QuietRain, aka Mister Teatime, "Teh-ah-tim-eh" (Self-aligned, Serial Killer/Ghost (evades attempts at investigation)) was killed overnight!

It is now day two. You have 48 hours until the deadline.

With sixteen alive, it takes nine to lynch.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 04, 2008, 01:46:53 AM »

Day one final votecount:

Carthrat (0): Cmdr_King, EvilTom, Corwin, EvilTom
Cmdr_King (0): Yakumo, IhatethisCPU
Corwin (0): Excal
EvilTom (0): Shale, Strago, Taishyr, QuietRain, Carthrat, Hunter Sopko, IhatethisCPU, Cmdr_King, Excal, Yakumo
Hunter Sopko (0): Nitori, Kilgamayan, Excal
IhatethisCPU (2): Cmdr_King, Bobbin Cranbud, Smodge13
Kilgamayan (0): Hunter Sopko
Nitori (0): Excal, Smodge13
Otter (3): Strago, Nitori, EvilTom, Corwin
QuietRain (0): Taishyr, Hunter Sopko
Shale (0): Carthrat
Smodge13 (1): Kilgamayan
Strago (0): Smodge13
Taishyr (0): Quietrain, Bobbin Cranbud
Unoriginal (0): Unoriginal, Carthrat, EvilTom
VSM (0): Cmdr_King
Yakumo (0): Smodge13

And so the citizens gathered before the Patrician's Palace for the first summary judgement of street justice. Amidst the blistering summer heat, tempers flared, accusations were hurled, denials and comdemnations were voiced. At first unfocused, the myriad voices in time agreed that they'd better find a scapego--er, suspect to focus on if they were to learn anything conclusive.

Given the state of rampant fear and paranoia, it wasn't much surprise that it was a foreigner that the fearful citizens turned against, one whose ways and mannerisms were strange to them. A seemingly harmless little man, with glasses and the look of someone from the Counterwight Continent, across the ocean. "I'm a humble tourist," he declared, but this plea was lost in the din. "He talks funny!" shouted one bystander. "He hasn't even got real teeth, I saw him take 'em out just this morning!" added an innkeeper whose roof the tourist had the ill luck to stay under while in the city. In the boiling cauldron of unrest that Ankh-Morpork had become, even this was enough to send a man to the gallows.

In the end, the reserved actuary met his fate calmly, solemly declaring that it was a noble death to give one's life for a greater whole, and voicing his fervent hope that something beneficial could be learned from his execution, however misguided it was. This disquieted a few members of the mob, but not enough to save the poor Agatean visitor--which is all he was, as became apparent when his swinging body failed to transmute into some otherwordly horror after death.

EvilTom, aka Twoflower, Tourist (Town-aligned, Vanilla Townie) was lynched!

It is now night. Please send in night actions if you have not done so already.

Edit: On the advice of my co-mod, cardflips will include roles.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 04, 2008, 01:19:28 AM »

HAMMER. Stop talking.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 04, 2008, 12:53:21 AM »

This is your thirty-minute warning. If anyone has any last-minute comments, now's the time.

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General Chat / Re: Sigs, Factions and Avatars: The Revolution

« on: January 04, 2008, 12:11:09 AM »

Rob, that is officially my favorite avatar of yours...by far.

Indeed. Mr. Sparkle is ultimate win.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 03, 2008, 11:16:14 PM »

Update!

Carthrat (0): Cmdr_King, EvilTom, Corwin, EvilTom
Cmdr_King (0): Yakumo, IhatethisCPU
Corwin (0): Excal
EvilTom (9): Shale, Strago, Taishyr, QuietRain, Carthrat, Hunter Sopko, IhatethisCPU, Cmdr_King, Excal, Yakumo
Hunter Sopko (1): Nitori, Kilgamayan, Excal
IhatethisCPU (1): Cmdr_King, Bobbin Cranbud
Kilgamayan (0): Hunter Sopko
Nitori (0): Excal, Smodge13
Otter (3): Strago, Nitori, EvilTom, Corwin
QuietRain (0): Taishyr, Hunter Sopko
Shale (0): Carthrat
Taishyr (0): Quietrain, Bobbin Cranbud
Unoriginal (0): Unoriginal, Carthrat, EvilTom
VSM (0): Cmdr_King
Yakumo (0): Smodge13

With nineteen alive, it takes ten to lynch.

There are 2 hours until the deadline.

In response to the various queries: I don't have any intention of switching to a format where not having a majority by the deadline results in a no-lynch situation. For the forseeable future, we will continue having the player with the highest number of votes be lynched in the event of not having a majority vote by deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 03, 2008, 05:44:50 PM »

Update!

(Mid-day update on account of me being home sick. Yay? Only sort of).

Carthrat (0): Cmdr_King, EvilTom, Corwin, EvilTom
Cmdr_King (2): Yakumo, IhatethisCPU
Corwin (1): Excal
EvilTom (6): Shale, Strago, Taishyr, QuietRain, Carthrat, Hunter Sopko
Hunter Sopko (1): Nitori, Kilgamayan, Excal
IhatethisCPU (1): Cmdr_King, Bobbin Cranbud
Kilgamayan (0): Hunter Sopko
Nitori (0): Excal, Smodge13
Otter (3): Strago, Nitori, EvilTom, Corwin
QuietRain (0): Taishyr, Hunter Sopko
Shale (0): Carthrat
Taishyr (0): Quietrain, Bobbin Cranbud
Unoriginal (0): Unoriginal, Carthrat, EvilTom
VSM (1): Cmdr_King
Yakumo (0): Smodge13

With nineteen alive, it takes ten to lynch.

There are 7.5 hours until the deadline.

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Forum Games / Re: Discworld Mafia is go!

« on: January 03, 2008, 06:22:05 AM »

Update!

Carthrat (1): Cmdr_King, EvilTom, Corwin, EvilTom
Cmdr_King (2): Yakumo, IhatethisCPU
Corwin (1): Excal
EvilTom (4): Shale, Strago, Taishyr, QuietRain
Hunter Sopko (1): Nitori, Kilgamayan, Excal
IhatethisCPU (0): Cmdr_King
Kilgamayan (0): Hunter Sopko
Nitori (0): Excal, Smodge13
Otter (2): Strago, Nitori, EvilTom
QuietRain (1): Taishyr, Hunter Sopko
Shale (0): Carthrat
Taishyr (1): Quietrain, Bobbin Cranbud
Unoriginal (1): Unoriginal, Carthrat, EvilTom
VSM (1): Cmdr_King
Yakumo (0): Smodge13

With nineteen alive, it takes ten to lynch.

There are 19 hours until the deadline.

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General Chat / Movie Quotes 8: A New Quiz In a New Board

« on: January 03, 2008, 02:50:00 AM »

You guys know the drill. Twenty quotes, four bonus, reverse-chronological order, PM responses, yada yada yada. You have until next Friday to respond, mass whipping will ensue if that's what it takes to get you lot moving. Not much else to note for now, except that number fifteen gets my vote for best dumb line in a good movie.

1. It's not hip-hop, it's Electro.

2. I beat the shit out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something, I dunno, like I accomplished something.
 
3. Ted Nugent called. He wants his shirt back.

4. Until next time, dear readers...Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.

5. I'm a mental patient, I'm supposed to act up!

6. It can't rain all the time.

7. You can't handle the truth!

8. It's not a tumor!

9. How's it going, royal ugly dudes?

10. Ten minutes to Wapner. We're definitely locked in this box with no TV.

11. No, I said "'allo," but that's close enough.

12. What is light without dark? I am part of you all!

13.  I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain.

14. Fra-gee-lay. Must be Italian!

15. There is not one brain among them...except one.

16. Heeeeeere's Johnny!

17. Harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much.

18. My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived. Henry Fitz-Empress, first Plantagenet, a king at twenty-one, the ablest soldier of an able time. He led men well, he cared for justice when he could and ruled, for thirty years, a state as great as Charlemagne's. He married out of love, a woman out of legend. Not in Alexandria, or Rome, or Camelot has there been such a queen. She bore him many children. But no sons. King Henry had no sons. He had three whiskered things but he disowned them. You're not mine! We're not connected! I deny you! None of you will get my crown, I leave you nothing and I wish you plague! May all your children breach and die!

19. You're tearing me apart!

20. I'll get you, my pretty...and your little dog too!

Bonus - Special Anglophilia Edition

1. I mean, they're sort of tall, and they don't talk too much, and they have fucking British accents, right? They talk like they're from England!

2. I saw something nasty in the woodshed.

3. I have just narrowly avoided having a buggering, and have come in here with the express intention of wishing one upon you.

4. If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?