Mafia on the Orient Express - alko, MNOWAX, and CTD win

[Poker]

The Orient Express. The grand trains spanning the European continent. This trip, however, would be an unusual one in the Calais coach. First, the passengers. You would have hardly ever seen such a wide variety of nationalities and trades present in one place. Second, a snowdrift blocked the train, causing delays. Third, the body of one of the passengers, a Mr. Samuel Edward Ratchett, was discovered dead - stabbed repeatedly in the chest. A famous Belgian detective onboard, Hercule Poirot, managed to solve the murder, but that didn't mean that matters were settled. The passengers grew restless as the snowdrift was not cleared. Eventually, direct conflict broke out...

Suspects (2/16):

1. MNOWAX (replacing 8-ball) - Pierre Michel, Mafia Roleblocker WON
11. CrashTextDummie (replacing Pooky) - Hildegard Schmidt, Mafia voteblocker WON

Victims (12/16):

5. HyToFry - Countess Andrenyi, Mason - Stabbed Night 1
10. phashizzles - Mary Debenham, Mafia Tracker - Poisoned Night 1
16. Xylax - Colonel Arbuthnot, Mafia Doctor - modkilled day 1
8. Leonidas - Hector MacQueen, Mafia Permanent Voter - lynched day 1
4. filibuster - Dr. Constantine, Superdoc - bludgeoned night 2
9. Mgm - Count Andrenyi, Mason - stabbed Night 2
6. IH / Ignition4596 - Greta Ohlsson, Mafia Watchperson - lynched day 2
2. al_kohaulec - Edward Henry Masterman, Mafia cop - shot night 3 WON
3. Amb - Princess Dragomiroff, Mafia votechanger - lynched day 3
13. Ether (replacing ralphmerridew) - M. Bouc, seeker - poisoned night 4
12. Quailman - Mrs. Hubbard, Mafia godmother - lynched day 4
15. theopholis - Antonio Foscarelli, mason - strangled night 5
7. Primate (replacing Lauritz Melchior) - Hercule Poirot, supercop with nightkill immunity, lynched day 5
14. Talzor - Cyrus Harman, mason, killed night 6
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I'm with me.

[Poker]

The Rules:

1. Have fun.
2. There are no unusual game mechanics twists - this is a typical day-and-night Mafia game starting in night. (The roles themselves may be somewhat tricky, however.)
3. If you're dead, you're dead. You are only allowed to make one "bah" post, but that's it.
4. No PM communication unless your role allows it.
5. Voting must be in bold in the form of Vote: Talzor. Unvoting must also likewise be in bold: Unvote: Amb Unvoting is not mandatory unless you wish to completely remove your vote from anybody.
6. I hope day deadlines won't have to be established, but if they are, they will be one-week deadlines. Every night has a default five-day deadline. If I can't get around to posting day or night until a bit later, and your choice or vote comes in before then but still late, I'll be lenient and count it.
7. The day will end at a deadline or at the number required to lynch, which will be the first whole number higher than half the number of surviving players (4 for 6, 7 for 13, etc.) If the day ends with the number met, the player lynched will be lynched. If the day ends with a deadline, the player with the most votes will be lynched. In the event of a tie, there will be no lynch.
8. "No lynch" is permitted in this game.
9. During nights, if you don't have a choice, I request that you send a confirm - just to let me know you're still here.
10. In any disputes not settled here, I have the final say.

(Added Nov. 4): 11. No editing posts.

Send in your choices/confirms!
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I'm with me.

[CzarJ]

[Amb]

[Amb]

Bump...?

[Poker]

So much for the five-day deadline...

Look, I'll give you three more days. If I don't receive PM's from at least half of you who need to send them, I'm going to cancel the game. I won't reveal the setup so I can run it at a later date. If I do get the necessary number, the game will switch into day with the remaining choices randomized and any needed replacements urgently requested.
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I'm with me.

[Mgm]

That's depressing beyond belief.

[Courk]

Xylax has been having problems logging in.

8-Ball hasn't posted since Aug 8.

al_kohaulec hasn't posted since Aug 24 -- you might be able to find him on AIM, though.

Ignition hasn't posted since Aug 26, but seems excited about the game, so he might be around.

phashizzles posted Sept. 1, so he should be around, too.

I think the rest should be around.

[al_kohaulec]

[Amb]

Mafia has been real slow of late... I was hoping this game would signal a turn around.

Maybe the GL will spring back to life in Winter

[Lauritz Melchior]

If people sign up, then find out that they can't play anymore, then they should at least post something saying that. But of Mafia on the Orient Express can't bring the GL back to life, then Babylonian Mafia probably couldn't either =(
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2500th member give or take 3

[filibuster]

A good tie-in to a really popular movie/TV franchise might help - I might even run one myself if I get time.

[Xylax]

K im useing a computer at the liberey i can play
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They say that one can take paint and canvas and paint a picture worth 1,000 words,
They also say that one can take a camera, actors, and a set and shoot a video or movie worth 10,000 words,
But with a computer and a few clicks of a mouse, one can create an environment so detailed and imaginative, so realistic and ambient, so that it can often render the viewer speechless. -Xylax

[al_kohaulec]

[Xylax]

i know "8-ball" ill try to get him started
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They say that one can take paint and canvas and paint a picture worth 1,000 words,
They also say that one can take a camera, actors, and a set and shoot a video or movie worth 10,000 words,
But with a computer and a few clicks of a mouse, one can create an environment so detailed and imaginative, so realistic and ambient, so that it can often render the viewer speechless. -Xylax

[theopholis]

I'm not marked as (in), so I guess I forgot to confirm. I'm here, though. PMing the mod right now.

[al_kohaulec]

[Poker]

All right. Things are looking up a bit. I need replacements (or night choices if they come) for 8-Ball, Leonidas, and phashizzles, and a clarification from one other player (whom I will deal with personally - and no, you won't get to know who it is).
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I'm with me.

[Poker]

Daytime has finally dawned. There are two dead bodies.

The first is that of the Countess Andrenyi (a.k.a. HyToFry), who was a normal, everyday vanilla Mason.

However, there is good news. For the second body was that or Mary Debenham (phashizzles), who was a member of the Mafia! Not only that, she was a Mafia Tracker!

Also, 8-Ball has been replaced by MNOWAX.

With 14 alive, it will be 8 to lynch.

Edit: Almost forgot: HyToFry was stabbed; phashizzles was poisoned.
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I'm with me.

[ralphmerridew]

Not a bad start.

Vote: Leonidas to get the ball rolling.

[Ignition4596]

To also get things started,
Random Vote: theopolis
Finally, we start playing...
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"But wait! What if I just shat myself? Would that change your feelings about me?"

[Amb]

Finally - Vote Pooky

Its a revenge vote thing. Pooky offered to let me be one his no-vote day 1 buddies some time ago, and then he promptly starting voting me day 1. Sure its a grudge, but I prefer that to using the dice tags

[theopholis]

To keep some continuity between this thread and the sign-up thread, I will Vote: MNOWAX.

Nice start of day 1. Sure we have a dead mason, who I am mourning appropriately, but we also have a dead mafia dude. If we can keep this mafia/town kill ratio, the game should be over in no time.

[MNOWAX]

i concur
random vote:Quailmand cause i used to like doug lol
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The Man The Myth The Legend
MNOWAX

[Quailman]

OMGUS vote: MNOWAX

Doug ripped off my name.

[MNOWAX]

lmao
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The Man The Myth The Legend
MNOWAX

[Mgm]

If we need to pick someone to vote, a player who can't spell the name of a fellow player correctly, is as good a choice as any.

Vote: MNOWAX

[Leonidas]

vote: Quailman because it feels good (but still random).

[filibuster]

Vote: Amb

There's always a third way.
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I not only think that we will tamper with your mother's nature. I think your mother wants us to.

[MNOWAX]

so i hae a typing impediment so what? that kind of logic sounds scummy to me!

Unvote, Vote Mgm
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The Man The Myth The Legend
MNOWAX

[MNOWAX]

P.S. you like picking on disabled people to lynch?
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The Man The Myth The Legend
MNOWAX

[Mgm]

Even people with a type impediment can check their posts for typos.

[Talzor]

Pure random voting won't start any constructive conversations, so I'll blatantly join Amb's revenge vote Pooky. I always end up thinking that he's scum anyway .

[Amb]

Who, Me or Pooky or both

[Amb]

Anyways I see MNOWAX is being trainwagoned? Are we going to apply pressure on him for spelling Quailman with a D?

[Talzor]

[theopholis]

Well, at the moment our only options are random voting or bandwagoning on assumptions and flimsy excuses. I'll stick with my flimsy excuse and continue to vote for MNOWAX right now.

P.S. Ignition4596 spelled my name wrong in post 21. New bandwagon?

[Amb]

[MNOWAX]

vote ignition4596 for spelling theopholis( like i can spell tha myself )[/b]
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The Man The Myth The Legend
MNOWAX

[Ignition4596]

It seems that MNOWAX has a small bandwagon forming. Since it takes 8 to lynch, and one of the scum was killed last night, I think I'll add a mite of pressure by Unvote, Vote: MNOWAX. (read: OMGUS, his name don't make sense! TheoPOLIS makes more sense to me... [like, god-city, or summat...])
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"But wait! What if I just shat myself? Would that change your feelings about me?"