Verbose Mafia

[Ghost Post]

THE STATE OF THE GAME: Game Over, Town wins

Winners list:

Magness (town: Batman, fond of saying "Holy ____")
Quercitron (town: Newspaper editor, sensationalist)
radwulf (town: Wired to explosives, paranoid)
Taflinel (town: townsfolk, terrified of voting)
Soothsayer (dead townsfolk, obsessed with art)

Killed (7):
sweetwater (town: townsfolk, disagreeable)
mithrandir (mafia: Chicago, says "yeah") **Killed by Antrax**
Loopydog (town: copycat (copydog?), None initially)
mudster (town: witness protectee, assumed sweetwater's identity)
Antrax (town: doctor, bodypart of suspicion) **Killed by Antrax**
Dragon Phoenix (town: mason, no k's)
Samadhi (town: townsfolk, reminisces about dead players)

Lynched (6):
art begotti (town: townsfolk, impatient)
Soothsayer (town: townsfolk, obsessed with art)
tffff (town: mason, no k's)
crazycellist (mafia: lefty, says name of anyone who names her)
Mole (mafia: don, NONE)
Zealot (mafia: shorty, no contractions)

Death by too many rules infractions:
Macros (town: mason, no k's)

Transmuted due to inactivity:
PuzzleProdigy --> Dragon Phoenix


[This message has been edited by L'lanmal (edited 04-02-2002 08:57 PM).]

[Ghost Post]

Proof of mafia activity discovered!
Death of local merchant
by Elayne Fuchsia

Enalopita:

A stakeout of Quailman's Gun Emporium ushered in a new era of terror last night.

Local merchant Quailman, disturbed by the increasing trend of break-ins and robberies, worked with this reporter to watch his own shop. He suspected that those responsible for the robberies were two men who had harassed him earlier in the day, attempting to buy bullets. The men became agitated and aggressive when told that there were none available.

Hours of cold and silence stretched by, and for a while it appeared that no one was coming after all. Quailman contented himself with the cleaning of his rifle. Then three shadowy figures approached the shop. They rather unceremoniously bashed in the display window, and began rummaging around the shop. Moving stealthfully with his rifle at ready, Quailman approached the shop. "Well, well," he said, "What do we have here?"

Two of the men turned to look at him. The one who had been rummaging through the display models took the initiative.

"Allow me to introduce ourselves," began the nearest. He was a short fellow, a good head and shoulders under the towering Quailman. He would've appeared even shorter if he had been cowering in front of the rifle, yet having the barrel a scant 6 feet away didn't seem to faze him at all.

"That there is 'Chicago'," he continued, indicating the towering shadowy shape at his right. "We call him that because he is from Chicago. I would not point that gun at him if I were you. He does not like that very much."

"Yeah, I don't. You better watch it", contributed Chicago.

"You better tell your friend inside to get out here. And tell him to move slowly." Quailman tone left no room for debate.

The small man again responded, "Sure." "Lefty!" he called. "Would you come out front? There is a man who wants to meet you here."

"Sure thing Shorty!" came a voice from within the store.

"That is Lefty. We call him that because he is left-handed," Shorty again supplied unnecessarily as lefty emerged. "And me, you can call me Shorty."

"Aren't you going to tell me why they call you Shorty?" Quailman's voice was a sneer.

Shorty's fist curled into a ball. "If I were you, I would not----"

"Yeah, why do they call you Shorty?" Chicago unwisely asked.

Unable to take out his obvious irritation on the gunbearer, Shorty's fist found Chicago's shoulder. (Higher would've been too much of an effort.)

Quailman, feeling in control, continued. "Well, you should have listened to me the first time. I have no bullets left here. Except," he said, patting the gun, "A special one right here for you. Now we can do this the easy way or hard way. The easy way is to come with me now. You'll be well-treated, apart from limericks being written about your vileness. Then there's the hard way… Come to think of it, I prefer the hard way."

Quailman paused, noticing some motion in the play of shadow and light upon what was left of the window. He whirled around, his hand reaching desperately for his trigger as a knife moved to his throat. He found the trigger and pulled, but the gun did not fire. Shorty finished the introductions in the same calm voice he had always used. "And that there is the Don. When he becomes involved, it means you are making a big mistake."

Lefty and Chicago returned to their ransacking as Quailman's screams died away. "Shorty, deal with the body. Remember, the night is young. We have much to do tonight." Shorty dragged the body mere feet from my hiding spot, and my pulse quickened. Quailman's throat had a single, clean cut from end to end and it was gruesome to behold. "Chicago! Lefty! Are you about done in there?"
When calls of "Yeah" and "Yes, boss" came from the shop he continued. "Then lets get going. We have a lot to do."

This reporter can only imagine what acts of terror these men may do. They seem to be an unstoppable force for this small town. I will do my best to document their future activities.

-EF

The newspaper editor read through the scrawled article. He had warned his reporters not to interfere with the mafia, lest they come to a bad end. But Elayne was possibly too inquisitive for her own good. Well, now all he could do was publish it.

And he just got another hot story. Sweetwater was found in a ditch, a bullet through his head. This sure is a great news day!

Ms. Fuchsia has not been seen since.

(editted for a typo)

[This message has been edited by L'lanmal (edited 02-27-2002 03:12 PM).]

[Ghost Post]

Rules:

Timing:

Limits for daytime may vary, but 3 days is default. Time limit for night is 1 day, and ideally choices (where applicable) may be sent even before night is declared. If something unexpected occurs in the game, earlier choices may be overwritten and I will go with the last e-mail received.

Posting:
Each post should be at least 3 sentences long, unless it is a correction to a previous post. (Note: one word does not count as a sentence, even if it is your complete thought. Go with the spirit of the game.) Every time a game day begins, a posting deadline will be set (normally within the next three real days). You must post at least 6 sentences total before the posting deadline unless you are absent (see below). Your posts need not be entirely on-topic, but please be reasonable. If you fail to post without declaring an absence, you risk immediate replacement. If no replacements are available, you risk immediate death by moderator. Similar punishments will result from other infractions of the rules. I hope this will never be necessary.

Absences:
If you will be unable to post for 3 real days in a row, you may request an absence by e-mailing me (Llanmal@yahoo.com). It may be advisable to let the other players know about your absence, but that is up to you. Your absence will be announced with the posting deadline.

Voting:
If a player acquires the majority of the votes, they are deemed to be lynched immediately, and night begins. (Unvoting will not save anyone.) If the time limit is reached with no majority, there will be a lynching if there is a "clear candidate". I will not be saying what constitutes a "clear candidate", so if you want the leader in votes to be lynched, you should vote for him to be on the safe side.

Roles/Sharing of Information:
There are two sides: Townsfolk and Mafia. There will be no other explicit roles; when someone is lynched, he or she is revealed as either Townsfolk or mafia. Mafia will be selected randomly amongst the players who have signed up. Players will be mailed a side, a role, and possibly a characteristic. (eg. Town: mason, none) But when lynched, only side will be announced ("townsfolk" or "mafia"). You may not state a characteristics even under threat of lynching.

Any groups which communicate by e-mail may do so at any time, and may also communicate by AIM, IRC, etc. Otherwise, you may not privately contact other players with information about the game. As a verbose mafia, if you have thoughts, give them in the thread. I would quite happily need to start a new thread if the original gets too full.

Editting posts is entirely permissable

Posting at night is approved of. Posting during the day is even more encouraged.

Any groups that make nighttime choices should be discussing them during the day. Once again, it is appreciated if choices are sent in right as a previous day ends.

[This message has been edited by L'lanmal (edited 02-19-2002 10:32 PM).]

[Elayne]

**is verbose in being sappy in telling L'lanmal how wonderful he is and how much she enjoys being co-mod with him and <snip> **

[edited to remove the juicy parts]

[radwulf]

Well I'm not sure if we're allowed to talk at night, but I guess the worst thing that could happen to me, considering this is verbose mafia, is that I get shot for something I say. But I can't keep my mouth shut til daybreak, and unlike some of our fellow "citizens", I have no one to secretly talk to during the night, so I'll just do my talking here on the post, fair enough? Also, please see the sign-up thread for the rules regarding the sale of my votes and FOS's. I'm hoping the evil powers of the night will realize how beneficial my business will be towards making this game a truly unique experience, and will thus decide to spare my lowly life. Also, seeing how I've exposed myself so recklessly, a doctor's help to survive the night would be more than welcome.

[radwulf]

I'm bored... and nobody wants to chat. I'll just post what I think is the best mafia song.

Artist/Band: Dispatch
Song title: Open Up
Album: Who Are We Living For

They were looking for me when I came to
They were looking for me when I came back
Said hey you, you're looking very suspicious
I said relax man get off my back
I said relax man get off my back

I, I, I ain't opposed to seeking justice
But you're going about it all wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

So they took me down to the gallows
And this boy he said to me
Why do you smile when the rope's around your neck
I said I tell you boy when I get back
I said I tell you boy when I get back

I, I, I ain't opposed to seeking justice
But you're going about it all wrong
The man you're looking for does not exist
He's just a figment of the higher man's tongue
He's just a victim of the higher man's tongue

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

Hands above your head
Que le via bien
Step out of line and we'll fill you with lead
How are we to know that you are not a liar
Don't you see we have a job to do
And our job is the law, job is the law
You fit the description of a criminal crosser
We believe that he is you and that is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw
That is your flaw

And they say
Open up we're coming inside
You can't run so you may as well hide
We got the place covered from head to toe, head to toe
Open up we're coming inside
What's it feel like to know you're going to die
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row
On the other side of the row

[Samadhi]

I remember in my day there be shop set up to sell Saturn 5 by now peddler peddling other questionable fare. And then someone much smarter would tell them they should get good night's sleep and rejuvenate their chi.
Hmmm...let Samadhi see... some nice, useful Jasmine...very nice...just get it lit..ah excellent that help me sleep nice I tell you right.


Now shut up and go bed!

[This message has been edited by Samadhi (edited 02-26-2002 02:12 AM).]

[Samadhi]

And in my day I tell you right people did not post and then delete post right after they sat back let the smoke clear a little bit. Not good Mr. r. Why you try to do this thing? You make me very angry. I tell you this time. None of your sha-na-na-gans once we all get to votin you hear you? You hear?

[Soothsayer]

sets up hot dog stall

Just got off the phone and am pleased to announce that for this game only I have finest supply of hot dogs the world has ever seen. Beware of all fake imitations - they are nothing compared to the wonderful and juicy (with free onions, relish and amusing gossip) hot dogs that are only available on my stall.

First 3 customers get a free Saturn 5 voucher (i'll pay you later CF)[/i]

[tffff]

Sets up ice-cream stand

May I say what a great honour it is to be a member of our magnificent city? All the better for offering everyone the chance to buy some of my delicious ice-creams. May I tempt anyone with a 'night-glow' fluorescent lemon-flavoured brand? Or is everyone asleep?

[mudster]

It seems that although I would love to buy your products, I have to attempt to sell mine first to get the money. And so I shall now open my barn for anybody to take a peek at my Sheeps and Chickens.

Or perhaps I should start a promotion in order to get my products a demonstartion.

Attempting Headless Chicken sale
Vote Radwulf

[Soothsayer]

[Elayne]

Correct. That means you could reveal you were a mason, but not the none.

[Soothsayer]

Don't you hate first day lynching - personally the very thought of killing someone based on tarot cards, dice or other random ideas seems pointless.

Taking a leaf out of Bladerunner mafia when Mith found out that Antrax was a replicant on the first night it provided us with an interesting scenario. The point being is that he is reliant upon the doc protecting him from then on. Well I am in a similar dilemma - I know for a fact that Art Begotti is 100% mafia. No reason to lynch an innocent now but I implore the doc to protect me from now on.

With only 18 players in the game - getting rid of a mafia goon on day 1 would be great. Obviously they will know that I am a cop but it will take some time before the doc (hopefully more than one) will be found and caught. That means I can help the town for a while longer.

vote the evil and nasty looking: Art Begotti

[mith]

Isn't it night? And I'm curious to know how you know that he's Mafia before the game has actually started.

That said, I'm sure I'll have to go along with you, but shut up, I'm sleeping.

[mith]

Wait a sec. I thought L'l said there weren't cops in this game.

*~gives Sooth the Snore of Suspicion~*

[Antrax]

Ah, soothsayer, you think you've caught a mafia. But have you? Can you REALLY be sure that Art Begotti is one of the festering piles of mafia genes that plague our city? I say, not without my Gunpowder Sniffer. Yes, the gunpowder sniffer is able to find even the faintest traces of gunpowder, pinning down the evil mafia members or forcing them to use less effective means of killing. Why rely on things like suspicious behavior and voting patterns? With this mechanical gizmo at your disposal, the mafia's votes will all be the same - to get as far away from you as possible, before you sniff them out. Not sold seperately.
Antrax

------------------
I'm cool, really

[mith]

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[This message has been edited by mith (edited 02-20-2002 11:09 AM).]

[ChienFou]

Sets up PortaBar(tm). "Get your Saturn 5's here". A Saturn 5 consists of any 4 measures of spirits, made up to an Imperial pint with any mixture of beer and/or cider. a beer/cider mixture is known as snakebite, and is cloudy as the apple gets precipitated in the beer. A particularly fine Saturn 5 is made from whisky, plum brandy, Cointreau and Gin in a 2:1 rough cider/Guinness mixture. Without question it will launch you into low earth orbit. Further Saturn 5 recipes will be posted each night.

[radwulf]

He he, anybody want to buy my vote to use it against art begotti? Perhaps we could pay him a visit later tonight. And mudster, what the hell got into you??? FOS: mudster

[crazycellist]

Hmm, what's this noise I hear? Y'all woke me up from a nice dream about peaceful cities where mafia never strikes. You can't lynch someone at night! It's too dark, you might accidentally get the wrong one. So go back to sleep, y'all, and have sweet dreams about voting for Mayor Magness.

[LoopyDog]

Sets up Lunapr0n stand next to the mafia books stall. We sellers of the printed page must stick together, eh, mith? Items for sale:

$25.00 picture of "Portable Rack (in use) with interesting accessories"
$20.00 picture of "another use for 4 pints of custard"
$2.00 hacked library of Lunapr0n from the IS web-site (not good value)
$25.00 picture of "Chandelier abuse"
$20.00 picture of "Hanging off the Library shelves"

$100.00 complete set available signed by the models in a limited numbered edition

[The DogPack]

Shopping List:

May we have 6 Headless chickens please. We need a supply of these for those members of The DogPack who play in other mafia games. We'd also like to purchase an "anti-bandwagon" Mafia-Hunter kit, as our success in avoiding bandwagons is slightly less than the square root of SFA. LocoLobo wants a seafood pizza please. AhoInu needs a pregnancy test kit (are you surprised?) and TokigHund says he doesn't need an AIDS test kit as he practises safe sex. LoopyDog wants some FangPolish(tm) and ChienFou needs some chainmail breeches to protect her butt from LoopyDog's attention. that's all for now

[LoopyDog]

Relatively short verbose post: I have two solid reasons for voting. The first reason is that a player has set up in competition to my good friend S00thsayr. The second reason is that he's been fingered.
Vote Art Begotti with extreme prejudice

[Soothsayer]

I think in my eagerness I have tried to lynch someone in the night. oops.
well it just shows you how i feel about AB

...goes back to sleep

[Macros]

begotti got fingered! soor,y bad joke in poor taste
want to hunt mafia down? but want to be stylish whilst giving chase? get a tractor, Magness has even gone to McDoinalds in one, i peronsally have never gone to Mcdonalds, but i have gone into the town for fast food, see? theyre so cool BUY A TRACTOR TODAY!

[quercitron]

It seems that what I am selling has been changed from balls to spheres! This is an outrage! An absolute travesty! To take away my free speech is a crime against all of this town and all of humanity! I call upon the town to rally behind this grave offense, this incredible error!

In other news...
art begotti has been named as 100% Mafia!! The town is in a veritable frenzy of lynching, as all the loyal townsfolk close their stores to drag his evil carcass to the lynching tree! Bravo, good citizens! Like all supporters of the town, we must trust our beloved investigators and vote: art begotti!!!!!!!

That's all for now! Oh, and buy my ba...spheres! Spheres of all shapes and sizes! Throw them at Mafia! Juggle them! Squeeze them! Buy a bowling ball and set a trap in your home!

q

[Elayne]

Far be it for me to hamper free speech! **uses mod powers** There all better

[crazycellist]

~wakes up again and wanders out into the night~
What's this I hear about a tractor? Magness, you must tell me these things before you reveal them to the public! You never know when a simple thing such as riding on a tractor to MacDonald's can get you into trouble with the media. Why, I can just picture the reaction of the Chick-Fil-A interest group if they found out you'd even though about hamburgers while riding said tractor...
~shakes her head and goes back to sleep~

[mudster]

*Sells the DogPack 6 Headless Chickens*
Can I interest you in some Mindless Sheep too?

Ooh, now I can go shopping

[mudster]

Oh and Unvote Radwulf till it's day.

[mole]

PP: Since nobody has come to the zoo so far, I would like to merge my kakapo/kiwi enterprise with your penguin stand. After all, penguins can't fly, and they live in New Zealand, so I should be able to handle them... And you can triple the number of different items you can sell! What do you say?

[Ghost Post]

[Day time marker]

Sweetwater is dead. (See second post)

Voting begins.

[art begotti]

oh, the frivolousy of it all. i am so suddenly voted to die in a game in which i have accidentally set up a "competing" food stand. so help me God, but i did not see your initial message stating your choice of sales. if its any help to stop everyone's whining, ill sell lemonade. sheesh, you people are picky. just let me remind you that in the signup page i did try to make a merger/peace with sooth. i dont know if he did respond, but what does it matter now? i am already being lynched, because i even proposed setting it up. i have not yet, btw. this is the first i have seen of this actual game and i have not even set up my stinkin stand yet. but no. i am settling for a stupid old cardboard box because i am not allowed to be human and make mistakes.

and where do yall come across telling me that i am mafia? are there insane cops in this game? wait, there are no cops! how can you tell that i am mafia? i mean for God sake, i havent even posted yet! where are you getting your purely false crap?

so now, in all honesty, i think that all sooth's vote is is to throw the spotlight on me just because he has such a big whoop-dee-doo against me running my (still non-existant) stand. how does he think that i am mafia? there are no cops! how is he able to tell if i am mafia? (which i aint) and what is the bladerunner crap? how does that apply to this? thats also a load of unadulterated crap. i am not the mafia! i am not there, i am not here!

in all honesty, i would point all 10 fingers and toes and a tongue, and a vote, at sooth. for being a bleep. thats right, censoring. but no, i have to stick to a stupid little tradition. i have no vote. i would want to vote the butt off of sooth, but no. traditions prevaileth.

LEMONADE! GET YOUR FRICKIN LEMONADE! BECAUSE SOOTH HAS SUCH A BIG THING AGAINST ME BEING HUMAN! ONLY 25 CENTS!

[mole]

I'm really not sure who to vote for at the moment, though the two obvious suspects are art begotti and Soothsayer. If Soothsayer can convince me that he has investigative powers (despite there being no cops in this game), then I'll gladly vote with him. If not, you'll have to do a better job explaing why you shouldn't be lynched, I guess...

On the other hand, I don't find art's defense very convincing at all... his 'tradition' seems to be more important than catching mafia. If you know Sooth is lying, then you should vote for him; if you're not prepared to do so, I don't see why I should support you.

[radwulf]

Art Begotti, I must say I am rather surprised that you're capable of defending yourself so passionately; not any better than usual, just more passionate. And I would believe you for now, if it wasn't for Sooth's allegations. According to Sooth, there ARE cops in this town and he's one of them, and you are one of the mafia! Capisci? Ok then, I will Vote: art begotti, and urge all the well meaning citizens to do the same.

I will also take this opportunity to send Soothsayer a very stern warning: this town maybe a bit more looney than the GL usual, but don't think you're going to get away with any kind of gambit. If you have an inkling that you might be a bit dumb or paranoid, you better say so now... after art begotti's death it will be too late to do it if ab turns out to be innocent.

[mudster]

I have to disagree with both Sooth and Art. It looks like Sooth is a compulsive liar (or a finger pointing townie). Or at least he is role-playing it. And Art was given an excessive talker role.

I think both are townsfolk. But I do feel that Radwulf seems to be trying to push things around. He seems rather suspicious considering the fact that THERE ARE NO COPS, regardless of whatever Sooth has said.

Vote Radwulf

[radwulf]

Mudster, I'm not trying to push anything... a bunch of people before me have spoken in support of Sooth and against art begotti... some have even voted for him during the night.
I'm warning you Mudster, don't mess with me!!! If you want to see headless chicken flying, then go mess with art begotti and the likes. If you mess with me you'll see Molotovs landing on your puny little shack!

[tffff]

Fellow citizens, it seems that we have an evil mafia presence among us. It is our duty to flush it out. As this is a verbose mafia, being silent isn't really an option, but I've noticed that Magness, Puzzle Prodigy, Taflinel and Zealot have been particularly quiet so far.

art begotti's argument sounded along the lines of his usual plea of desperation, so I'll request him to come up with something a little more convincing if possible. However, mole claims that there are 'two obvious suspects', which seems a little premature, unless of course he's aware of something we aren't. Therefore I shall give mole a shifty sideways glance.

Soothsayer's argument also interests me. Maybe you could give us some reasoning for your suspicions of art begotti, sooth.

[This message has been edited by tffff (edited 02-27-2002 12:17 PM).]

[Samadhi]

Ohh poor Sweetwater! He such good man. So quiet. Not like you mouthy people. So much talk talk. Make a my head spin. I not know what to do. Hmmmm....ahh...Lotus Flower...yes....good....samadhi much relaxed now. Center...ahhhhh....

I know now what is good to vote. Why combo number 5.....I mean loopy dog say extreme prejudice without real reason? Why? You stupid silly man? You? No. I think he know we call him dead if art begotti is not Enron. Why you Enron AB? Why?

Vote: Art Begotti

Edited only to test ISE

[This message has been edited by Samadhi (edited 03-03-2002 03:27 AM).]