10 Year Reunion: Game Over!

[mith]

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Rules, Players

Day 1: Killed: Chuck, Lynched: Griffin
Day 2: Killed: Gomez, Lynched: kitakaze
Day 3: Killed: pikachamp, Lynched: Calfaile
Day 4: Killed: araya, Lynched: Murray
Day 5: Killed: AcidFast, Lynched: Soma^3
Day 6: Killed: Evil Empire, Lynched: borschevsky

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General Rules:

0. Have fun, and don't be a jerk.
1. Please don't flake; if you are unable to continue in the game, let me know so that a replacement can be found.
2. Don't edit/delete your posts.
3. No invisible text or extraneous formatting tags. No cryptography.
4. When you're dead, you're dead. Don't post anything game-relevant. There will be a quicktopic for the dead to discuss the game until it finishes.
5. No talking outside the thread, unless your role allows it.
6. No talking in the thread at night, even if the mod forgets to close it.
7. Do not quote the moderator. This includes role PMs.
8. If you are modkilled for breaking these rules, you lose.
9. There is no Forum Rule 9.

Game Rules:

a. Votes should be in the following format: Vote: Player. Unambiguous misspellings will be counted as if they were correct. Unvotes should likewise be bolded. You are not required to unvote to switch your vote (but it is recommended for ease of reading).
b. Days will last a maximum of two weeks. If no one has reached a majority by the deadline, whoever has the most votes will be lynched. If there is a tie, no one will be lynched.
c. Nights will last a minimum of 48 hours, and a maximum of 72 hours.
d. Players not posting regularly will be prodded/replaced as necessary. Please try to post frequently.


Sample Role PM:

[mith]

Players:

Alive (5)
Alfie
Elayne
mole
Quailman
Sofis

Dead Aliens (11)
Mackay, replacing CzarJ day 3 (Evil Empire, Innocent) - killed Night 5.
Internet Stranger (Soma^3, Innocent) - lynched Day 5.
Antrax (AcidFast, Innocent; bodyguard) - killed Night 4.
Zag, replacing Courk day 2 (Murray, K.A.K.A.P.O.) - lynched Day 4.
HyToFry (araya, Innocent) - killed Night 3.
Dragon Phoenix (Calfaile, Innocent) - lynched Day 3.
L'lanmal (pikachamp, Innocent) - killed Night 2.
Amb (kitakaze, Innocent) - lynched Day 2.
Luna (Gomez, Innocent) - killed Night 1.
firemeboy (Griffin, Innocent; one-shot investigator) - lynched Day 1.
Chuck - killed in the Pre-Game.

[mith]

Role PMs sent. The game will begin Friday, with Day 1.

[mith]

In the beginning, there was Chuck. And his dog.

Some time later, a Labyrinth was built. Chuck, in his infinitely prolonged wisdom, saw that this would inevitably lead to a forum for his wit, which was sorely lacking before the appearance of the universe. A forum, not his wit. Presumably.

Unfortunately, Chuck was too distracted by amusement at his future commentary to see a bit further along his timeline. Had he seen his death, however, he probably would have done nothing to prevent it. For one thing, everyone knows that that sort of thing just leads to becoming your own grandmother, or killing yourself, and that's not something Chuck could live with. For another, it's Steak Day, and, inevitable death or no, Chuck is out of steak.

As Chuck steps up to the counter at the butcher's, his thoughts are on a clever food-related cartoon read earlier in the paper, which he has decided to tack up on a wall of the Labyrinth at the earliest opportunity. He is thus not as observant of his surroundings as one pulling for his safe return to home and grill might hope, and completely misses the tell-tale signs of an evil organization using the butcher's shop as a front.

In fact, he fails to realize anything is amiss until he rests his palm on the counter and the "butcher" immediately grabs his wrist and plunges a knife into the back of his hand, pinning hand to counter.

Before the cleaver finishes the job, Chuck mutters cryptic final words: "Sounds good to me. I've never been eliminated from a game before it started."

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Next door to the butcher's shop is a mysterious portal dubbed "Meatworld", where the residents of the Labyrinth occasionally travel (some becoming lost for long periods of time). Soon after Chuck's brutal pre-game death, 15 of the Labyrinth's oldest citizens enter Meatworld together, braving the unknown to meet one another in a different light. They wear name tags, but due to a mix-up none of the name tags actually matches the identity of the wearer, and of course no one is sure what anyone else looks like beyond the portal.

The timing of Chuck's death mere hours before the "meetup" is not at all coincidental - Chuck's murderers have been waiting for 10 long years, since they first gained a tenuous foothold in the Labyrinth, to consolidate their power and take over the joint, and this first murder is meant to strike fear and break the will of their future victims. If only they had managed to finish Chuck off before he uttered those final words! Now they are bound by the rules of the "game", and this is the only thing slowing their conquest.

Will the others, shaken by news of Chuck's death as it reaches them in this unfamiliar Meatworld setting, rally together to find the scum in their midst? Or will they, like that first town so many years before, fall victim to paranoia and be picked off, one by one...?

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Chuck (Chuck, Traditional Pre-Game Brutal Murder) has been killed. It is Day 1. With 15 alive, it will take 8 votes to lynch.

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(This is the part of the game where the townsfolk discuss who they think is Mafia...)

[Antrax]

I'm not old, I'm well-traveled. But I'm pleased to be the first in this game to vote: IS.
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[Courk]

Vote: IS
I'm pleased to join the first bandwagon against IS.

[Elayne]

I didn't know what I expected to find day 1 since it is been so long since I played, but it wasn't two quick votes for IS...at least not from Antrax! Has everyone give up the pick someone supposedly at random since I last played?

I'll admit I was tempted by a vote IS tee hee just for old time's sake...well and for baiting the bear, but since others have already done that, I'll let it slide and watch the reaction.

I will point a body part of suspicion at Antrax for old times sake though. Mostly because I don't remember him being one of those people who jumped on IS day one. Or was he? Darn it I can't remember anymore!

Of course, maybe Antrax is jumping on IS to see who follows him so he will then turn around vote for them instead...

Okay too much thinking this early in the morning...must wake up more.

**goes to find caffeine, then remember she is giving it up and is sad**

[Quailman]

Alfie hadn't posted since 2004, and before that lone post it was 2002. He says he's "been lurking on and off for the last few years". I always like to lynch the lurkers.

vote: Alfie

[Alfie]

Alas, but the meatworld has a terrible grip on me. However, I'm not one for bandwagons, so I'll point appendages of suspicion at the bandwagoners. That starts with Courk, who's vote uses the least useful logical reasoning. I'll hold my vote a little longer, though, to see if any villainous scum let slip and clues to their identity...

Left Pointer Finger of Suspicion: Antrax
Right Pointer Finger of Suspicion: Courk
Sad Look of Disappointment: Quailman

[Antrax]

[HyToFry]

Vote: IS

A nostalgic game requires a nostalgic vote.

[L'lanmal]

Hey, people! Here's to hoping this game is well-played, insightful, is a reason to want to get out of bed every morning, and is a game worth immortalizing in an epic poem. (Well, we can hope.) Anyway, it's good to see you all again.

If we really want to be retro, you guys could wait for IS to say something inflammatory before bandwagoning him. It shouldn't take him more than one or two posts...

A preliminary Vote: Sofis here to help get things moving. mith appears quite nostalgic in this game as well, evidenced in post #6 here mirroring post #15 of the original mafia thread. If he is nostalgic about handing out roles, Sofis is the only original mafia goon in the game. (The Master was the other, and isn't playing.) I welcome solid arguments against, as I myself would hate to be lynched based on a mod's idiosynchrasies.

[L'lanmal]

[Elayne]

Antrax, did you have a body part preference? IS if you ever wake up, I am asking him, not you.

I was leaning towards a big toe, but I can be flexible within reason.

[Sofis]

Let it be known that internet outages are the great scourge of our time.

On topic, I am not a big fan of randomly picking someone to lynch, but I suppose that's how games get started. And while I don't particularly appreciate L'lanmal's vote, voting for someone who hasn't posted yet is a relatively reasonable method.

random.org says
Vote: firemeboy

[Dragon Phoenix]

Back from Paris - let me vote for the one person I actually met. Hi Bob!

Vote Quailman
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[Luna]

Vote: Alfie.

For absolutely no reason, other than I need to vote for someone.

[firemeboy]

No idea, so I'll join the Vote: IS crowd.
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[Antrax]

I generally prefer some body parts to others, yes. I guess I'm a bodyist or a partsist or something, and I certainly admit flexible big toes are not high on my list.
Speaking of lists, where's mole with his? It would make things easier, though I must admit you scum are making it pretty easy so far. The next person to vote IS while trying to keep his or her post under three words will be severely scrutinized. Also beaten with a hammer. But mostly scrutinized.
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[mole]

Lists? Uh... I thought that was mith's gimmick? Tell you what, next time I'll have a list for you.

For me, I want IS to show up and tell us who all the mafia are already. If we kill off the Paragon of Mafia Hunters without giving him the chance to win the game for us I'm going to be very disappointed.

Vote: HyToFry

[Elayne]

Hmm, so Amb wanted to be in this game and thought he wouldn't be allowed. An exception was made to let him in and now he is not posting?

IS not posting yet is also suprising, but he might be waiting for a dramatic enterence, and there are too many people voting for him already for me to want to add another just yet.

So Vote: Amb

[mith]

Vote Count: 8 to lynch.

Internet Stranger: 4 (Antrax, Courk, HyToFry, firemeboy)
Alfie: 2 (Quailman, Luna)
Amb: 1 (Elayne)
firemeboy: 1 (Sofis)
HyToFry: 1 (mole)
Quailman: 1 (Dragon Phoenix)
Sofis: 1 (L'lanmal)

Not Voting: 4 (Alfie, Amb, CzarJ, Internet Stranger)

[Internet Stranger]

You won't be hearing much from me for the next couple of weeks as I'm out on the road on the "Internet Stranger U.S. Tour 2010". Right now I'm posting this on a tiny little phone at the Seattle airport and its annoying as liquid shit.

In the meantime, I will:
Vote: Sofis

I believe that his scum partner is someone that hasn't posted yet.
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[Dragon Phoenix]

Unvote Quailman
Vote amb

I don't like the IS wagon, it's downright rude to off a comeback player like alfie day one, so switching to someone with a vote who has not posted yet.
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[Alfie]

Elayne's logic is not without merit. My appendages (previously specified ) remain pointed at their targets of suspicion, but I'll incline my head to

Vote: amb

[Elayne]

Soooo the great IS has spoken and voted Sofis and said someone who has not posted is his scum partner.

Now, its been a while, but I would think two mafia with sixteen players would be a very unbalanced game without some other crazy roles. Even two mafia and one serial killer seems a bit off to me. Two mafia of two might work though. So either IS is slipping (and will blame it on the phone as he could not possibly be wrong) or he might have some insider information. If there are two kills in night one, IS going to look very suspicious to me. I am going to go with IS is just blowing smoke for now.

Finger of suspicion: Alfie for being the third vote for Amb after he pointed fingers at suspicion at Antrax and Courk for bandwagoning IS.

My Amb vote will stay where it is for now.

[Quailman]

Since Luna joined me in voting for Alfie, I am going to keep my vote there. I've always wanted to connect with Luna, and this is as close as I'll ever get.

[Elayne]

But are you really connecting with Luna? I mean the intro says all the name tags were wrong... maybe Luna is really IS!

[HyToFry]

Keeping my vote as is. Especially if IS has a good excuse to stay aloof.

[Amb]

Hi all, I've been down with a cold the last three-four days. So to all the people voting on me on that basis - wow you suck :-p. Of course, there is no one falling into that category since none of you knew I was 'off sick'. So the 'you suck' also applies to those who think Im being too quiet.

In the meanwhile, there are too many people on the IS bandwagon.

Vote HyToFry for being third on the list published by Mith. If he wasn't the third voter (and I will double check in a moment) then I will change my vote to the third voter.

[Amb]

That said I still could easily vote for FireMeBoy too...

Also welcome back Alfie. I think you were the owner of the cleverest line in GL history. IMHO anyway. ("Making an Obscene Clone Fall" anyone?)

[Internet Stranger]

Internet acess in Montana is spotty. But ill stick with Sofis and put Fingers of Suspicion on everyone voting for me.
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[L'lanmal]

[Amb]

So you are asking, "if someones rolename is 'Sofis', you want to vote them indirectly?"

In which case it would be very easy to pick scum. I'd vote whoever has the rolename "The Master" off hand.

[L'lanmal]

Or one step further, vote: player with alignment "scum", or "mafia", or what-have-you.

But I'm still a bit confused as to whether I am supposed to be L'lanmal playing with my role's nametag, or if I'm my rolename playing with the name tag "L'lanmal".

[Sofis]

Unvote: firemeboy

This is all very confusing. Anyone want to play a game of chess instead?

[HyToFry]

I still haven't seen anything that will make me change my nostalgic vote.
Though, I'm adding Amb to my FOS for a combination of my reason to vote IS and Elayne's logic.

[CzarJ]

Hey, I'm here... a combination of lack of internet and lack of anything substantive to say has kept me from posting. In the spirit of not being completely inactive, though, I'll go ahead and vote: firemeboy--a few votes for IS for old times sake is understandable, even inevitable, but enough is enough. Not that that's much to go on, but it's all we've got for now.