Mafia in La-La Land (Game over!)

[Quilford]

"I've never seen the night sky."

The year is 2059. The human race is intact. The world has not yet run out of oil or dry land, but it has run out of darkness.

Ready for Sleep

(2/21)

1. DeasVail,

Mafia Zzzoon

, survived and won Day 8!

7. Nachomamma8,

Mafia Zzzoon

, survived and won Day 8!

Resting in Peace

(19/21)

12. PMysterious,

Ordinary Neighbouriser

, lynched Day 1!

13. Shamrock,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 1!

15. MattP,

Ordinary Tracker of the Dreamt

, killed Night 1!

19. Knight of Cydonia,

Mafia Zzzoon

, lynched Day 2 but won!

16. Mehdi2277,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 2!

18. Gammagooey,

Mafia Zzzoon

, killed Night 2 but won!

11. Konowa,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 3!

4. Kimor,

Vigilante of the Undreamt

, killed Night 3!

17. Blotch,

Tired Doctor

, killed Night 3!

3. RachMarie,

Mafia Sleep Therapist

, lynched Day 4 but won!

8. Equinox,

Compulsive Pharmacist

, killed Night 4!

14. 4nxi3ty,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 5!

6. PeregrineV,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 5!

2. Staeg,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 6!

21. greygnarl,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 6!

21. Jarvis,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 7!

5. N,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 8!

9. petapan,

Vazzzilla Townie

, endgamed Day 8!

10. Empking,

Vazzzilla Townie

, endgamed Day 8!

---

Timeline

Rules
Setup
Day 1 begins
petapan replaces Darkcrimson
4nxi3ty replaces whispersilk
Knight of Cydonia replaces Jackal711
RachMarie replaces AGar
Night 1 begins
Jarvis replaces kondi2424
Equinox replaces Inox
N replaces manho

Day 2 begins
Night 2 begins
Notch replaces Blastoide
Kimor replaces xRECKONERx
Day 3 begins
Blotch replaces Notch
Night 3 begins
Greygnarl replaces Bitmap
Day 4 begins
Nachomamma replaces Seastormjt
Empking replaces Shiidaji

Night 4 begins
Day 5 begins
Night 5 begins
Day 6 begins
Night 6 begins
Day 7 begins
Night 7 begins
Day 8 begins
Endgame
Game Reveal

[Quilford]

Rules

a) Ethics and Etiquette

i) All the global rules and guidelines hold in this game, and are not duplicated below. Make sure you know what they prohibit.
ii) Never link to or quote from any QuickTopic provided by the mod, or from hydra QuickTopics. Loose paraphrasing should be fine.
iii) Excessive coarse language should not be directed at other players. Frustration is natural, but keep it in check.
iv) Cryptography and steganography are strictly forbidden.
v) If you have outside information which alters your knowledge of the game or suspect the game has been compromised, contact the mod immediately.
vi) If you are not sure whether an action you take could break these rules, err on the side of caution and privately contact the mod to find out.

b) Life, Death, and Lynching Mechanics

i) Your vote or unvote is valid so long as it contains the word 'vote' or 'unvote' directly followed by a player's name or 'no lynch', all in instantly readable unquoted bold text.
ii) Abbreviations or misspellings of a player's name or 'no lynch' are valid whilst voting, so long as they are unambiguous.
iii) A lynch occurs when a player receives greater than 50% of all votes.
iv) A no lynch occurs when greater than or equal to 50% of all votes are placed in favour. The game will progress to Night without a lynch.
v) Further votes and unvotes are invalid after a lynch or no lynch occurs.
vi) Players are not allowed to post once they have died through lynch or kill, including 'bah' posts.
vii) Votes and unvotes are invalid if they come from any account not listed as alive and presently in the game.
viii) If you are not sure whether a vote is or will be valid, err on the side of caution and privately contact the mod to find out.

c) Activity, Deadlines, and Action Submission

i) All Day phases last for 14 real life days.
ii) Night phases last 72 hours, but can be ended at the mod's discretion if all night actions are in and no player requests Night last its full length.
iii) Deadlines are extended only in exceptional circumstances or if a player needs replacement. No phase ends until all playerslots are occupied.
iv) Players may continue talking after a lynch has occurred until the mod flips the lynched player.
v) If Day or Night actions are not submitted via PM or bolded in a mod-provided QT before deadline, they do not resolve.
vi) Players who do not wish to perform an available Day or Night action should submit 'no action'.
vii) Players who do not post for 48 hours will be prodded. Not responding to a prod within 24 hours or receiving 4 prods will see a player being replaced.
viii) If a player expects to be unable to post for upwards of 48 hours, they should declare V/LA legibly, in bold, in-thread, to avoid being prodded.
ix) Keep in mind that being inactive disrupts the mod's and other players' enjoyment of the game and darkens their view of you.

d) Miscellaneous

i) When in doubt, ask the mod.
ii) Actions are resolved according to Natural Action Resolution, unless stated otherwise in your Role PM.
iii) The mod reserves the colour

Amethyst (#632174)

. Don't post in it.
iv) Don't exploit technicalities or poor wording in the rules to do something you should know is forbidden and unethical.
v) Punishment for breaking the rules is determined on a case-by-case basis, and may range from a warning to a modkill or force replacement.
vi) The mod reserves the right to add, modify, or remove rules as necessary, but will not change relevant rules during or after the fact.

[Quilford]

Setup

Mafia in La-La Land

features a Cry_Wolf-esque

Dream

mechanic. The following details of this mechanic are public knowledge:
-You know that all players have the following ability present in their Role PM:

>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

-You know that all

Dream

s are guaranteed to tell the truth, and all appear via PM in the following form:

You wake up, sweating. The Lunarium is almost pitch-black, but the lights have started to brighten slowly, so the wake-up process has begun. You lie on the mattress, your brain recovering from the intensity of your

Dream

. The bed, sensing your distress, blinks soothing projections onto the wall. But the shock has corrupted the video files and frames are filled with artifacts and blank spots, transforming a smiling girl into a purple, ghoulish horror.

You stare at her until the

Dream

's effects have fully permeated your brain. Suddenly, you are imbued with knowledge --!

You know that at least one of the following players is

not

aligned with the

Ordinary

:

[names]

The lighting is at normal brightness now, and the other customers of the Lunarium are beginning to awaken. You rub the sleep out of your eyes and slowly climb out of bed.

-You know that exactly one player receives a

Dream

each night (unless the previous Day phase ended in a No Lynch), and that that this player is randomly selected from the pool of Sleeping players.
-You know that the players who appear in

Dream

s cannot be influenced by the moderator to, say, balance the gamestate (not that I would ever, ever dream of doing this), and that the method of player selection will be revealed at or before the end of the game.

This is a sample Role PM:

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Vazzzilla Townie

.

You have the following abilities:
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

The game is backed up by SnakePlissken. The setup was reviewed by chamber, DarthYoshi, and BBmolla (who also co-designed it). Nevertheless, it is still highly experimental.

[Quilford]

Distribution of Role PMs will start soon.

EDIT 9:30 PM AEST: Ten minutes from now, probably.

EDIT 10:00 PM AEST: All Role PMs are out. Pregame begins. It will end when I decide it ends. How delightfully arbitrary.

[Quilford]

Thanks for the snappy confirmations, guys! We have 17 people confirmed. I'm going to wait for two more, and then I'll start the game.

Now is a good time to familiarise yourselves with the rules and the setup post, if you haven't already done so.

[Quilford]

(Modnote: Flavour has no bearing on the game, but the game may have bearing on the flavour.)

Start of "Day" 1

June 19, 2059
8:30 PM

Dos surveyed the night.

He stood in the doorway of his apartment block and gazed out at the city. He had a fantastic view of the sprawl of the metropolis: millions of tiny lights arranged in perfect formations, some moving, some not. High rise buildings shot out of the ground like bars on a graph. Some were so tall that they were almost at eye level with him -- they had escaped the valley altogether and peered out into suburbia. Sometimes, from his room, Dos could see people in them peering out the window.

And then there was one other building, much, much taller than the rest, built in a feat of human engineering ten years prior. Dos had to crane his neck to follow its path upwards. The building was speckled with lights, but at a certain height they began to gradate into invisibility. Everyone knew why. At some point within the last decade air pollution had reached such unbelievable proportions that thick layers of smog blocked out the sky. During the days, hazy and overcast, it appeared as a shifting mass. At night it sat in the air, invisible, yet reflecting back light malevolently and perpetually. The world appeared badly in need of contrast. It was for this reason that Dos, gazing at the giant structure and wondering what was happening on the floors enveloped by smog, was about to leave his apartment.

Even in the middle at winter long after the sun had set, too much light penetrated people's windows for them to sleep. Some people tried to solve the problem in various ways. Some hung thick blackout curtains over their windows. Some wore darkly tinted glasses or sleep masks to bed. Some tried pseudo-scientific natural remedies or took sleeping pills to speed up the approach of unconsciousness. But most used Lunariums, structures deep underground built solely for the purpose of getting humanity a good night's sleep. Lunariums were so good that one night's rest in one could last you through the rest of the week. Two consecutive nights would see you leave with no trace of sleep deficit. If you used it any more frequently than that, Dos had been told, you would step out feeling completely rejuvenated, half a lifetime younger (and half a bank account lighter, no doubt). But people claimed that not only were the Lunariums costly, the use of artificial methods to fall asleep would bring ill health and a shortened lifespan. Rumours circulated that its users were secretly injected with illicit drugs that only put them under the illusion that they felt rested -- these people referred to Lunariums as 'La-La Land', a name that was starting to catch on with the wider population. Some pointed out that the corporation responsible for them was notoriously untransparent in its methods and refused to allow audits for standards complience. The only thing it cared about, they said, were its profits.

Dos wasn't a cynic, though. In the modern age, he believed, where humans litigated for anything from stepping in dog shit to tripping on the sidewalk, any corporation that so much as put a toe out of line would be filing for bankruptcy within a month. Lunariums still existed; ergo, they must not be doing anything wrong.

So he was heading to one -- after six days of non-stop work and play, he needed rest. A smooth transport pod glided up to Dos's feet. Its door hissed open, sliding up, and Dos climbed inside. He sat on the plush, comfortable seat and directed location information from his HUD to the pod's interface. Data appeared on his HUD; he confirmed it, paid using his credit chip, and the pod closed the door, locked itself, and slowly drifted down the valley towards its destination.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Not Voting

(21) DeasVail, Staeg, AGar, xRECKONERx, manho, PeregrineV, Seastormjt, Inox, Darkcrimson, Shiidaji, Konowa, PMysterious, Shamrock, whispersilk, MattP, Mehdi2277, Blastoide, Gammagooey, Jackal711, kondi2424, Bitmap

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Everyone but PeregrineV and Darkcrimson has confirmed. They have (expired on 2012-08-21 00:09:48) to confirm and post before they are replaced.

EDIT: PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.

[Quilford]

Activity

Ohay, I forgot to say that PeregrineV PMed me saying he'd be V/LA until the 20th. Updating the votecount...

[Quilford]

Questions

Mod:

Would you count someone as confirmed if they posted in a game-related QT, but didn't reply by PM?

No.

Day 1

DeasVail

(3) Shiidaji, kondi2424, Inox

AGar

(2) AGar, DeasVail

Bitmap

(2) Shamrock, PMysterious

PMysterious

(2) Bitmap, Blastoide

Inox

(1) Seastormjt

Shamrock

(1) Mehdi2277

Not Voting

(10) Staeg, xRECKONERx, manho, PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, Konowa, whispersilk, MattP, Gammagooey, Jackal711

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Everyone but PeregrineV and Darkcrimson has confirmed. They have (expired on 2012-08-21 00:09:48) to confirm and post before they are replaced.

PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.

[Quilford]

Day 1

AGar

(2) AGar, DeasVail

PMysterious

(2) Bitmap, Blastoide

Bitmap

(1) Shamrock

DeasVail

(1) kondi2424

Inox

(1) Seastormjt

Shamrock

(1) Mehdi2277

Not Voting

(13) Staeg, xRECKONERx, manho, PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, Konowa, whispersilk, MattP, Gammagooey, Jackal711, Shiidaji, Inox, PMysterious

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Everyone but PeregrineV and Darkcrimson has confirmed. They have (expired on 2012-08-21 00:09:48) to confirm and post before they are replaced.

PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.

[Quilford]

Day 1

kondi2424

(5) MattP, Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap

Bitmap

(2) Shamrock, Blastoide

MattP

(2) manho, Jackal711

AGar

(2) AGar, DeasVail

Seastormjt

(1) Gammagooey

Jackal711

(1) Staeg

DeasVail

(1) kondi2424

Inox

(1) Seastormjt

Not Voting

(6) xRECKONERx, PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, Konowa, whispersilk, Inox

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Everyone but PeregrineV and Darkcrimson has confirmed. They have (expired on 2012-08-21 00:09:48) to confirm and post before they are replaced.

PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.
manho has declared V/LA until the 22nd.
Bitmap has declared V/LA until the 23rd.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Konowa

(4) Staeg, Shamrock, MattP, Inox

kondi2424

(4) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap

MattP

(2) manho, Jackal711

Staeg

(1) DeasVail

Bitmap

(1) kondi2424

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Mehdi2277

(1) Konowa

Seastormjt

(1) Gammagooey

Inox

(1) Seastormjt

Not Voting

(5) xRECKONERx, PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, whispersilk, Blastoide

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

I really really don't want to replace PeregrineV because he's been here recently. However, I'm going to start to look for a Darkcrimson replacement.

Prodding whispersilk.

PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.
manho has declared V/LA until the 22nd.
Bitmap has declared V/LA until the 23rd.
Jackal711 has declared V/LA until the 22nd.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Konowa

(7) Staeg, Shamrock, MattP, Inox, xRECKONERx, kondi2424, DeasVail

kondi2424

(4) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap

MattP

(2) manho, Jackal711

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Seastormjt

(1) Gammagooey

Inox

(1) Seastormjt

Not Voting

(5) PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, whispersilk, Blastoide, Konowa

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

petapan replaces Darkcrimson!

All my thanks to him. :D

Prodding whispersilk.

About to hit prod reply deadline; I'll start looking for a rep later tonight if no posts are forthcoming.

PeregrineV has declared V/LA until the 20th.

Prodding; if no reply I'll skip straight to replacement.
manho has declared V/LA until the 22nd.
Bitmap has declared V/LA until the 23rd.
Jackal711 has declared V/LA until the 22nd.

[Quilford]

Activity

Looking for a whispersilk replacement. ;-;

[Quilford]

Day 1

Konowa

(6) Staeg, Shamrock, MattP, xRECKONERx, kondi2424, DeasVail

kondi2424

(5) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap, Gammagooey

MattP

(3) manho, Jackal711, Seastormjt

petapan

(1) Inox

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Not Voting

(5) PeregrineV, Darkcrimson, whispersilk, Blastoide, Konowa

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

4nxi3ty replaces whispersilk!

Thanks so much!

manho has declared V/LA until the 22nd.
Bitmap has declared V/LA until the 23rd.
Jackal711 has declared V/LA until the 22nd.

[Quilford]

Day 1

kondi2424

(7) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap, Gammagooey, petapan, Konowa

Konowa

(5) Staeg, xRECKONERx, kondi2424, DeasVail, 4nxi3ty

MattP

(3) manho, Jackal711, Seastormjt

PMysterious

(1) Shamrock

Inox

(1) MattP

Shamrock

(1) PeregrineV

petapan

(1) Inox

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Not Voting

(1) Blastoide

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Sorry for not getting to this sooner; unexpected LA.

Jackal711 has requested replacement. Wheeeee.

manho has declared V/LA until the 22nd.
Bitmap has declared V/LA until the 23rd.
Jackal711 has declared V/LA until the 22nd.

Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

kondi2424

(5) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Bitmap, Konowa

manho

(4) MattP, petapan, kondi2424, Gammagooey

Konowa

(3) Staeg, DeasVail, manho

MattP

(2) Jackal711, Seastormjt

PMysterious

(2) Shamrock, 4nxi3ty

PeregrineV

(1) xRECKONERx

Shamrock

(1) PeregrineV

petapan

(1) Inox

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Not Voting

(1) Blastoide

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-02 00:09:48).

Activity

Searching for a replacement for Jackal711. Will suspend deadline if necessary.

I am aware that activity is at a bit of a low; people with 2-3 days without a post will get an unofficial prod, people with >3 days will get a proper one.

Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

manho

(5) MattP, petapan, kondi2424, Gammagooey, Bitmap

kondi2424

(4) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Konowa

Konowa

(3) Staeg, DeasVail, manho

MattP

(2) Jackal711, Seastormjt

PMysterious

(2) Shamrock, 4nxi3ty

PeregrineV

(1) xRECKONERx

Shamrock

(1) PeregrineV

petapan

(1) Inox

Jackal711

(1) AGar

Not Voting

(1) Blastoide

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes.

Activity

Searching for a replacement for Jackal711.

Now searching for AGar replacement (he requested it). Suspending deadline until I get both. Might also have to replace Inox. (sigh)

EDIT: Knight of Cydonia replaces Jackal711. Thank you, and welcome!

Seastormjt's semi-prod is being upgraded to a full prod.

Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

manho

(5) MattP, petapan, kondi2424, Gammagooey, Bitmap

Konowa

(4) Staeg, DeasVail, manho, 4nxi3ty

kondi2424

(4) Mehdi2277, PMysterious, Shiidaji, Konowa

PMysterious

(2) Shamrock, PeregrineV

MattP

(2) Knight of Cydonia, Seastormjt

PeregrineV

(1) xRECKONERx

petapan

(1) Inox

Knight of Cydonia

(1) AGar

Not Voting

(1) Blastoide

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes.

Activity

Now searching for AGar and kondi replacements. Maaan.

Deadline is suspended until I get both.

Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Konowa

(5) DeasVail, manho, 4nxi3ty, xRECKONERx, Bitmap

manho

(5) MattP, petapan, kondi2424, Gammagooey, PMysterious

PMysterious

(5) Shamrock, PeregrineV, Knight of Cydonia, Staeg, Seastormjt

kondi2424

(4) Mehdi2277, Shiidaji, Konowa, Blastoide

petapan

(1) Inox

Knight of Cydonia

(1) RachMarie

Not Voting

(0)

---

With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes.

Activity

RachMarie replaces AGar! Thanks so much.

Still searching for a kondi replacement. Giving Inox 20 hours before I add him to the replacing out.

Deadline is still suspended until then.

Konowa has declared V/LA until September 4.
Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Knight of Cydonia

(5) RachMarie, Shiidaji, DeasVail, Shamrock, Bitmap

manho

(5) petapan, kondi2424, Gammagooey, PMysterious, MattP

Konowa

(4) manho, 4nxi3ty, xRECKONERx

PMysterious

(4) PeregrineV, Knight of Cydonia, Staeg, Seastormjt

kondi2424

(3) Mehdi2277, Konowa, Blastoide

petapan

(1) Inox

Not Voting

(0)

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With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes.

Activity

Apologies for absence; unexpected V/LA.

Unofficially prodding RachMarie, PMysterious, and Seastormjt.

Still searching for a kondi replacement; now also searching for an Inox replacement.

Deadline is still suspended until then.

Konowa has declared V/LA until September 4.
Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

Knight of Cydonia

(6) RachMarie, Shiidaji, DeasVail, Shamrock, Bitmap, Mehdi2277

manho

(4) petapan, kondi2424, PMysterious, MattP

PMysterious

(4) PeregrineV, Knight of Cydonia, Staeg, Seastormjt

Konowa

(3) manho, 4nxi3ty, xRECKONERx

kondi2424

(2) Konowa, Blastoide

RachMarie

(1) Gammagooey

petapan

(1) Inox

Not Voting

(0)

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With 21 alive, it takes 11 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in 4 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes.

Activity

Still searching for a kondi replacement; now also searching for an Inox replacement.

*looks around for his prodding club*

Deadline is still suspended until then.

Konowa has declared V/LA until September 4.
Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Day 1

>>>

PMysterious

(11) PeregrineV, Knight of Cydonia, Staeg, Seastormjt, petapan, Bitmap, Shamrock, Konowa, MattP, Gammagooey, RachMarie

<<<

Knight of Cydonia

(3) Shiidaji, DeasVail, Mehdi2277

Shamrock

(2) xRECKONERx, 4nxi3ty

manho

(2) kondi2424, PMysterious

Konowa

(1) manho

kondi2424

(1) Blastoide

petapan

(1) Inox

Not Voting

(0)

---

At 11 votes, a lynch has been achieved.

Mod scene approaching...

Activity

manho has requested replacement via PM.

Still searching for kondi2424 and Inox replacements. Day 2 will not begin before all of these slots are filled. Ask around for replacements, please! <3

Konowa has declared V/LA during weekends.

[Quilford]

Start of "Night" 1 (Part 1)

June 19, 2059
8:50 PM

As he moved downwards, Dos kept his eyes on the building that vanished into the sky.

He fixed his vision on the uppermost light and watched it grow smaller and smaller until it was too small to be visible. Then he looked outside the pod's windshield. In front of him, humanity had sprung up: transport pods, buildings, giant billboards. He looked down through the transparent base of the pod and saw socialite humans walking with friends, chatting, eating in one of the city's many cafes, and drinking in one of its many bars. Dos felt subdued and isolated, alone. Very few pods were moving alongside him deeper into the heart of the city where the main business district was located, and an even fewer proportion of those, he knew, would arrive at the same location as him. He found a pod in his peripheral vision that seemed to be moving in the direction he was and focused on it.

As the computer system navigated him through packed streets he stared at the other pod's tinted windows and pretended its destination was his Lunarium. Who was inside? A university student, perhaps, looking for rest after a week spent cramming for their end of semester exams. A professional couple, seeking relief after a busy week. A tourist looking for dreams of home. A prostitute and their client. Dos imagined he was in the other pod, imagined someone gazing directly at where he was seated, unaware of their gaze seeking to penetrate the tinted exterior. A slight chill ran through his spine.

After a while the other pod abruptly turned away and Dos broke away from his daydream. He did not realise how far the pod had traveled without him noticing, and while he was scrambling to establish his location his Lunarium's entrance came into view. 'Entrance' being a poor term for it. Lunariums were in fact located hundreds of kilometres underground, buried deep under the earth. Because of their location, millions of them could service a single city. Gigantic tubes contained masses of water and made use of Archimedes' principle to convey patrons below and above the ground. There was only one place these lifts led to, as far as Dos knew: a large room, kind of like a lounge, where customers could converse with each other before and after their sleep. A large monitor was mounted on the wall. It displayed the rooms that were currently vacant. Dos had sat in the lounge before sleeping once, unsuccessfully trying to hit on a woman, and had looked up at the monitor during a lull in conversation to read the colour-coded floor plan. He hadn't done it for any reason other than to look busy during the awkward silence, but he felt a strange disquiet from noticing that precisely three rooms, out of the twenty-five total, were supposedly 'occupied'. If he had counted the people emerging from the water lifts he would be able to tell whether or not they contained people or whether the Lunarium was just not filled to capacity that night. As it were, though, he felt strange wondering if there were people within the rooms. Despite the expertly designed and furnished interior of the lounge, the highly personal feeling of the Lunarium was thrown off utterly by the minute detail that the software did not distinguish between empty rooms that would service no customers and rooms who already housed their customers. Dos found it hard to fall asleep that night.

In any case, the above-ground 'entrance' to his Lunarium was in sight. It was a one-storey building on the coast, located adjacent to the city's port. As you walked in, a receptionist would greet you, check for your appointment, and then you would be led into the oddly clandestine room containing the gigantic pipes and strapped into a small egg-shaped container. After what felt like forever, you would slowly begin to sink. It could be hard to tell you were falling, but there would be a subtle sensation of downwards movement and you would need to pop your ears. As far as Dos knew, there was no other room in the facility save what lay beyond the door behind the receptionist's desk. Dos was pretty sure it was a staff room. The door had a keycard reader and a keypad affixed, although he had never seen anyone go in or out.

Dos was thinking about the room when he felt the air temperature inside the pod change. He blinked and realised the door had slid open. The transparent surfaces had turned opaque. Dos's HUD displayed a brief thank-you message from the organisation that owned the pod. He could smell the sea and see the silhouettes of palm trees. A small breeze picked up. He stepped outside into the night.

He made his way to the Lunarium building, took a deep breath, and stepped inside. He kept his eyes on the glittering waters as the door shut behind him. It was a small ritual for him, having the sea be his last vision of the outside -- the building had no windows and the actual Lunarium obviously also lacked them. When he turned around, the receptionist was waiting for him. She had a pleasant expression on her face.

Things proceeded as usual. He had his appointment confirmed and was led to the room with the tubes. As the receptionist explained the function of the Lunarium, he noticed behind her shoulder another egg-pod had already begun to sink. He frowned. Ever since the day he'd seen three rooms occupied on the monitor, he had liked to be first one down. Today was, in fact, the first time it appeared he wouldn't make it.

He was no longer making eye contact, but the receptionist continued without a hitch. When she announced that he was ready to go, Dos drew his sight from the tube where the egg-pod had receded under the water and dragged it to the woman's face. She smiled and he felt himself smile back. Then he clambered into his egg-pod and waited. He selected a movie from the pod's entertainment database and watched it load onto his HUD. By the time the progress bar filled he was already moving, Dos realised with a slow shock. Then he settled back and played the film.

(Part 2 coming soon.)

[Quilford]

(Sorry for the delay. My internet died.)

Start of "Night" 1 (Part 2)

June 19, 2059
10:20 PM

The film ended and as credits rolled down his vision Dos slowly faded back into reality.

He registered the strange, small sensation of weightlessness that meant he was falling. He was no scientist, but he thought about the physics involved in it all. Thoughts collided and ricocheted in his mind for a while, and he gave himself over to the feeling. Melancholy stole over him and made his skin tingle. He thought about the bustle of the city so far away.

After a bit the egg-pod was rocked with a small jolt and a smooth, mechanical voice told him that they had arrived at the Lunarium below ground. A mechanism whirred as it aligned the vehicle with the seal of the tube, and then the doors slid open. Dos stepped out, and they closed behind him. He pushed the 'up' button on the tube and the doors slid open again. He surveyed the interior of the egg-pod, and then he let the doors close once more.

Something was nagging at the back of his head, but he could not get a grip on it. He looked at the numbers on his keycard and opened his designated room. The lights flickered on, revealing a small but spacious room, rather like a hotel room but with a futuristic looking bed. It was reminiscent of the palm of a human hand. Nothing looked particularly abnormal. He closed the door and faced the lounge. Nobody else had arrived.

Nobody else had arrived...? Dos looked at the monitor in the lounge. It displayed exactly one room as occupied.

"What..."

Dos slowly half-turned, and made sure his door was locked. It was. And yet, the monitor still displayed one room as occupied. Then Dos remembered. Another egg-pod had already been sinking when he entered the Lunarium. The occupant must immediately have gone to bed upon their arrival on the bottom floor. This was strange, but not unheard of: most people enjoyed the hour or so of socialising before their rest. The whole place felt intimate, but there was some special quality that invited discussion between humans who would not otherwise have looked at each other as they passed on the street. It was hard to pinpoint.

The thought irritated him for the rest of the night. The other customers appeared to be pretty normal. Dos felt odd. He didn't try to hit it off with anybody. At half past eleven, he went to bed.

Some time later, he woke to a low rumble. Everything was shaking.

>>>

PMysterious,

Ordinary Neighbouriser

, lynched Day 1!

<<<

It is now Night 1.

All submissions for night actions must be in within (expired on 2012-09-12 01:35:54).

[Quilford]

Jarvis replaces kondi2424.

[Quilford]

Equinox replaces Inox.

... Huh.

[Quilford]

N replaces manho, meaning all our slots are once again full.

Thanks so much to all our lovely replacements!

[Quilford]

I'll endeavour to end Night 1 tonight, but there's a good chance my workload will delay it until tomorrow.

Regardless, the deadline to submit night actions has passed. Thank you.

[Quilford]

Start of "Day" 2

June 20, 2059
1:15 AM

Flavour

goes here, when I have the time to write it. (Didn't want to delay Daystart further.)

>>>

Shamrock,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 1!

<<<

>>>

MattP,

Ordinary Tracker of the Dreamt

, killed Night 1!

<<<

It is now Day 2.

Eighteen players remain.

[Quilford]

Day 2

Not Voting

(18) DeasVail, Staeg, RachMarie, xRECKONERx, N, PeregrineV, Seastormjt, Equinox, petapan, Shiidaji, Konowa, 4nxi3ty, Mehdi2277, Blastoide, Gammagooey, Knight of Cydonia, Jarvis, Bitmap

---

With 18 alive, it takes 10 to lynch or 9 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-27 09:55:18).

[Quilford]

Day 2

Knight of Cydonia

(5) Mehdi2277, Shiidaji, Gammagooey, petapan, Bitmap

N

(5) Equinox, Staeg, Knight of Cydonia, Jarvis, xRECKONERx

Konowa

(2) 4nxi3ty, DeasVail

Jarvis

(1) Konowa

Not Voting

(5) RachMarie, N, PeregrineV, Seastormjt, Blastoide

---

With 18 alive, it takes 10 to lynch or 9 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-27 09:55:18).

[Quilford]

Votecount Errors

Mod:

I think I'm voting for Konowa, unless there's a reason why I'm not.

You're quite right. Fixed, my apologies.

Day 2

Knight of Cydonia

(5) Mehdi2277, Shiidaji, Gammagooey, petapan, Bitmap

N

(4) Equinox, Staeg, Knight of Cydonia, xRECKONERx

Konowa

(3) 4nxi3ty, DeasVail, Jarvis

Jarvis

(1) Konowa

Not Voting

(5) RachMarie, N, PeregrineV, Seastormjt, Blastoide

---

With 18 alive, it takes 10 to lynch or 9 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-09-27 09:55:18).

Activity

I've finally got a bunch of spare time on my hands, so I'll be able to dedicate myself to this game fully now.

Unofficially prodding a bunch of people whilst I get back into the swing of things.

[Quilford]

:((((((((((((

[Quilford]

I will be on heavy V/LA for a week. SnakePlissken, backup mod, should be stepping in. Thanks so much to Snake. Sorry for the unforeseen need to take leave.

[Quilford]

I'm back. Give me a bit.

[Quilford]

Hi, I'm back. Sorry for my absence. Thank you to SnakePlissken for taking over for so long and on such short notice.

EDIT: And Gammagooey and BBmolla too. You guys are the best.

[Quilford]

Thanks, DV. First post updated.

Thanks also to all the reps who kept this game on life support when euthanasia must have looked like a pretty enticing option. (incl. mod reps)

[Quilford]

Confession

My last post contained a bad analogy.

Day 5

petapan

(1) Nachomamma8

DeasVail

(1) Staeg

Not Voting

(8) DeasVail, N, PeregrineV, petapan, Empking, 4nxi3ty, Jarvis, Greygnarl

---

With 10 alive, it takes 6 to lynch or 5 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-11-27 07:47:41).

[Quilford]

Day 5

Staeg (3) petapan, DeasVail, Jarvis

Jarvis

(1) 4nxi3ty

petapan

(1) Nachomamma8

DeasVail

(1) Staeg

Not Voting

(4) N, PeregrineV, Empking, Greygnarl

---

With 10 alive, it takes 6 to lynch or 5 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-11-27 07:47:41).

[Quilford]

Regarding Dreams

dreams can't be altered to influence the game state

I can guarantee nothing of the sort has occurred.

Day 5

Staeg (3) DeasVail, Jarvis, greygnarl

DeasVail

(2) Staeg, petapan

Jarvis

(1) 4nxi3ty

petapan

(1) Nachomamma8

Not Voting

(3) N, PeregrineV, Empking

---

With 10 alive, it takes 6 to lynch or 5 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-11-27 07:47:41).

[Quilford]

asdf thanks party boat

[Quilford]

i'm here, albeit with spotty internet access

[Quilford]

Day 6

Staeg

(2) Jarvis, N

Nachomamma8

(1) Empking

Not Voting

(5) DeasVail, Staeg, Nachomamma8, Greygnarl, petapan

---

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch or 4 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-11 18:34:28).

[Quilford]

Day 6

Staeg

(3) Jarvis, N, DeasVail

Nachomamma8

(2) Empking, Staeg

Not Voting

(3) Nachomamma8, greygnarl, petapan

---

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch or 4 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-11 18:34:28).

Activity

Checking up on greygnarl.

[Quilford]

BAMP

[Quilford]

Day 6

>>>

Staeg

(4) Jarvis, N, DeasVail, Nachomamma8

<<<

Nachomamma8

(3) Empking, Staeg, greygnarl

Not Voting

(1) petapan

---

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch or 4 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-11 18:34:28).

[Quilford]

Day 6

>>>

Staeg

(5) Jarvis, N, DeasVail, Nachomamma8, greygnarl

<<<

Nachomamma8

(2) Empking, Staeg

Not Voting

(1) petapan

---

At 5 votes, a lynch has been achieved.

Mod scene incoming...

[Quilford]

>>>

Staeg,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 6!

<<<

It is now Night 6.

All submissions for night actions must be in within (expired on 2012-12-05 15:47:27). Submit to both me and Party Boat.

[Quilford]

>>>

greygnarl,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 6!

<<<

It is now Day 7.

Six players remain.

[Quilford]

Day 7

Not Voting

(6) DeasVail, N, Nachomamma8, petapan, Empking, Jarvis

---

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch or 3 to No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-19 16:24:42).

[Quilford]

Day 7

>>>

No Lynch

(3) petapan, DeasVail, N

<<<

Not Voting

(3) Nachomamma8, Empking, Jarvis

---

At 3 votes, a No Lynch has been achieved.

Mod scene incoming...

[Quilford]

Nobody was lynched Day 7.

It is now Night 7.

All submissions for night actions must be in within (expired on 2012-12-09 16:53:45). I will end the night once all actions are in, unless there are any objections.

[Quilford]

>>>

Jarvis,

Vazzzilla Townie

, killed Night 7!

<<<

It is now Day 8.

Five players remain. As per setup rules, no

Dream

was distributed last Night.

[Quilford]

Day 8

Not Voting

(6) DeasVail, N, Nachomamma8, petapan, Empking

---

With 5 alive, it takes 3 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-24 00:43:19).

[Quilford]

Day 8

N

(1) DeasVail

Not Voting

(4) N, Nachomamma8, petapan, Empking

---

With 5 alive, it takes 3 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-24 00:43:19).

Activity

also, can we prod empking? or replace him, or something?

Patience! The day is young.

[Quilford]

bamp

[Quilford]

Day 8

N

(1) DeasVail

Not Voting

(4) N, Nachomamma8, petapan, Empking

---

With 5 alive, it takes 3 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-24 00:43:19).

[Quilford]

Day 8

N

(1) DeasVail

Not Voting

(4) N, Nachomamma8, petapan, Empking

---

With 5 alive, it takes 3 to lynch or No Lynch.

Deadline hits in (expired on 2012-12-24 00:43:19).

[Quilford]

Day 8

>>>

N

(3) DeasVail, petapan, Nachomamma8

<<<

Not Voting

(2) N, Empking

---

At three votes, a lynch has been achieved.

Mod scene incoming...

[Quilford]

End of Day 8

You've had nightmares before. You know how they work: you've finally been trapped in a hopeless situation. Death is imminent. You throw up your hands to shield your face, or you lash frantically at your attacker as they withdraw a knife or a gun. Maybe the walls are slowly grinding together like one of those classic death traps from old thriller movies. Maybe a snake is slithering across the ground towards you, ready to pump you full of venom. Maybe you are free-falling, the ground rushing up to meet you. In any case, you know that when the bullet enters your body, or the knife enters your skin, or the moment you make contact with the ground at terminal velocity -- in that instant you know you will wake up. It's just what happens.

>>>

N,

Vazzzilla Townie

, lynched Day 8!

<<<

...

...

[Quilford]

Endgame

This time, however, you wake up and the nightmare doesn't end.

>>>

A win condition has been achieved!

<<<

...

...

[Quilford]

Endgame

Dimly you see someone standing above you. The room is dark and you can not make out their figure. Your brain screams danger and sends a rush of adrenaline through your body, but it is too little too late. You try to sit up but your assailant pushes you back down onto the soft mattress and draws a blade across your throat. Just like that.

>>>

petapan,

Vazzzilla Townie

, endgamed Day 8!

<<<

>>>

Empking,

Vazzzilla Townie

, endgamed Day 8!

<<<

...

...

[Quilford]

Endgame

Jesus Christ you've had enough of this. Honestly, kill a bunch of customers of this sleep centre thing? Undetected? You better be getting paid handsomely. You wish you knew for what purpose you just murdered all those people, but *someone* slacked off on the flavour. That doesn't bode well for your pay. Ugh. You and your other alive accomplice split up to extract the memorycells from your dead accomplices so they can be re-lifed above surface, and then you scram. You don't want to stick around this creepy place any longer than necessary. You've got things to do, people to see. You take one last look around the dark Lunarium before you close the door to the place and start the long journey up.

>>>

DeasVail,

Mafia Zzzoon

, survived and won the game Day 8!

<<<

>>>

Nachomamma8,

Mafia Zzzoon

, survived and won the game Day 8!

<<<

>>>

RachMarie,

Mafia Sleep Therapist

, posthumously won the game Day 8!

<<<

>>>

Gammagooey,

Mafia Zzzoon

, posthumously won the game Day 8!

<<<

>>>

Knight of Cydonia,

Mafia Zzzoon

, posthumously won the game Day 8!

<<<

The

Mafia

have won! The

Ordinary

are defeated.

This game is now over. Role distribution, setup reveal, night actions, and mod comments are to be revealed.

[Quilford]

Role Distribution

1. DeasVail -

Mafia Zzzoon

2. Staeg -

Vazzzilla Townie

3. RachMarie

(AGar)

-

Mafia Sleep Therapist

4. Kimor

(xRECKONERx)

-

Vigilante of the Undreamt

5. N

(manho)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

6. PeregrineV -

Vazzzilla Townie

7. Nachomamma8

(Seastormjt)

-

Mafia Zzzoon

8. Equinox

(Inox)

-

Compulsive Pharmacist

9. petapan

(Darkcrimson)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

10. Empking

(Shiidaji)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

11. Konowa -

Vazzzilla Townie

12. PMysterious -

Neighbouriser

13. Shamrock -

Vazzzilla Townie

14. 4nxi3ty

(whispersilk)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

15. MattP -

Tracker of the Dreamt

16. Mehdi2277 -

Vazzzilla Townie

17. Blotch

(Blastoide -> Notch)

-

Tired Doctor

18. Gammagooey -

Mafia Zzzoon

19. Knight of Cydonia

(Jackal711)

-

Mafia Zzzoon

20. Jarvis

(kondi2424)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

21. greygnarl

(Bitmap)

-

Vazzzilla Townie

Setup Reveal & Night Actions

Spoiler: Role PMs

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Mafia Zzzoon

.

You have the following abilities:
>

Permanent Unconsciousness

: Target a player with this ability to kill them. This ability is factional (everyone in your faction has it listed in their role PM). You may perform any number of factional abilities at one time, but each can be used only once a night.
>

Nightmare

: Target a player with this ability to block them from using any targeting ability the same night. This ability is also factional.
>

Dream Planter

: Select a number of alive players, one of whom must be a member of your faction. These players' names will be sent in the form of a

Dream

to a randomly selected Sleeping player. If there is a no-lynch going into Night, you will not need to submit this action. This ability is subject to change; further details will be posted by the Mod in your QuickTopic. This ability is also factional. This ability must be performed each Night.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

You may converse with the other members of your faction in your QuickTopic in Pregame and at Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when at least one member of the

Mafia

is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Mafia Sleep Therapist

.

You have the following abilities:
>

You Are Feeling Sleepy

: Target a player to be told whether or not they successfully used their Sleep ability during the Night.
>

Permanent Unconsciousness

: Target a player with this ability to kill them. This ability is factional (everyone in your faction has it listed in their role PM). You may perform any number of factional abilities at one time, but each can be used only once a night.
>

Nightmare

: Target a player with this ability to block them from using any targeting ability the same night. This ability is also factional.
>

Dream Planter

: Select a number of alive players, one of whom must be a member of your faction. These players' names will be sent in the form of a

Dream

to a randomly selected Sleeping player. If there is a no-lynch going into Night, you will not need to submit this action. This ability is subject to change; further details will be posted by the Mod in your QuickTopic. This ability is also factional. This ability must be performed each Night.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

You may converse with the other members of your faction in your QuickTopic in Pregame and at Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when at least one member of the

Mafia

is alive and all other players are dead (or if nothing can prevent the same).

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Vazzzilla Townie

.

You have the following abilities:
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Vigilante of the Undreamt

.

You have the following abilities:
>

With the Fishes

: Target a player with this ability to kill them. This ability only resolves on players who have not appeared in a

Dream

.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Compulsive Pharmacist

.

You have the following abilities:
>

Sleeping Pills

: Target a player to double the chance they receive a Dream the night of use. You must use this ability each night.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

(Modnote: The

Sleeping Pills

ability resolved before kills.)

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Neighbouriser

.

You have the following abilities:
>

Sleeptalking

: Target a player to invite them to converse in your private QuickTopic at any time. Players you target on following nights will all be added to the same QuickTopic, which remains open even if you die.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Tracker of the Dreamt

.

You have the following abilities:
>

In Your Dreams

: Target a player with this ability to see who they target with any of their abilities the same night. This ability only resolves on players who have appeared in a

Dream

.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

Welcome to

Mafia in La-La Land

, [playername]!

~~~

You are a

Tired Doctor

.

You have the following abilities:
>

After Hours Clinic

: Target a player to protect them from all Kills. If your Sleep ability was performed the previous night, this action will succeed on anyone. If you last performed your Sleep ability the night before last, this action will only succeed on Sleeping players. If you last performed your Sleep ability more than two nights ago, this action is guaranteed to fail.
>

Sleep

: This ability gives you the possibility to

Dream

each Night. The use of any other ability will remove that possibility for the same Night.

Your Win Condition is as follows:
>>> You win when all threats to the

Ordinary

are eliminated and at least one player with this Win Condition is alive.

~~~

Please confirm by replying to this PM with your

role name and alignment

.

The game thread is here. Good luck, and have fun!

(Modnote: Had to sleep Night 1: action would fail.)

Spoiler: About the Dream Planter ability / Dream mechanic

The Mafia must create two lists, one ranking themselves in order of preference (most to least) to appear in a Dream, and one ranking everybody else in order of preference (most to least) to appear in a Dream. They must indicate how many of themselves they want to appear in the Dream (they must choose at least one) -- the number they choose is the number of names taken from the top of the Mafia list. The remainder is drawn from the 'everybody else' list (9 - 6(mafia/town) rounded to the nearest number equalled the number of players that were to appear in a dream). If any player from either list dies (from Vigilante or Mafia kill), simply replace them with the next player in the respective preference list. A maximum of two players may appear in concurrent Dreams, but not for three or more Dreams in a row (if not possible, this condition was waived).

Compose the PM using the sample PM in the Setup modpost.

Then, create a list of all the players who did not use an action at night (including those who had no action to use, i.e. Vazzzilla Townies and some Mafia Zzzoons), factor in the action of the Compulsive Pharmacist, randomise it using random.org's List Randomiser, and send the PM to whoever appears at the top of that list.

This was explained to the Mafia like so:

You must create two lists -- one containing the names of members presently in your faction ranked from greatest to least preference to appear in a Dream, and the other containing the names of players who are not presently members of your faction ranked from greatest to least preference to appear in a Dream. You must also indicate how many members of your faction you want to appear in the Dream. This number must be greater than or equal to one (1) unless otherwise specified. These two lists are used to compose the Dream. The number of members in your faction you specified you wanted to be in the Dream will be drawn from the top of the list in which you ranked your faction members from most to least preference to appear. The remainder of players necessary to fill the number of slots to appear in a Dream -- a number you are not aware of -- will be drawn from the top of the list of names of players who are not part of your faction ranked from most to least preference to appear in a Dream. The Dream is then composed and sent to a randomly selected Sleeping player. This ability resolves after kills, meaning that a Dream cannot be sent to a dead player, nor can dead players appear in a Dream. If a player who was to appear in a Dream dies, the next player down in their list is selected to take their place, provided they too are still alive.

A maximum of two players may appear in concurrent Dreams, but not for three or more Dreams in a row.

The

Dream Planter

ability resolved last.

Spoiler: Night Actions (warning: mod errors, horrific formatting ahead)

Night 1

Gammagooey

targets

petapan

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

Blastoide

takes no action with his protect ability. (his protect ability is guaranteed to work Night 2)

xRECKONERx

targets

Shamrock

with his vigilante kill. (successful,

Shamrock

dies)

Seastormjt

targets

MattP

with the factional kill. (successful,

MattP

dies)

DeasVail

,

Staeg

,

N

,

PeregrineV

,

petapan

,

Shiidaji

,

Konowa

,

Blastoide

,

4nxi3ty

,

Mehdi2277

,

Knight of Cydonia

,

Jarvis

, and

Bitmap

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

Equinox

targets

Shiidaji

with her

Dream

probability-doubling ability. (successful,

Shiidaji

is twice as likely to

Dream

)

MattP

targets

N

with his tracker ability. (unsuccessful,

MattP

is dead)

RachMarie

targets

Shiidaji

with her sleeping detector ability. (successful,

Shiidaji

slept)

The

Dream Planter

submission:

Knight of Cydonia

,

DeasVail

,

Konowa

,

Jarvis

,

N

,

Bitmap

, and

PeregrineV

will all appear in the Dream

Jarvis

receives the

Dream

.

Night 2

DeasVail

targets

4nxi3ty

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

Notch

takes no action with his protect ability. (

or, at least, SnakePlissken did not report that Notch had taken any action

)

Kimor

targets

Gammagooey

with his vigilante kill. (successful,

Gammagooey

dies)

DeasVail

targets

Mehdi2277

with the factional kill. (successful,

Mehdi2277

dies)

Seastormjt

,

Staeg

,

N

,

PeregrineV

,

petapan

,

Shiidaji

,

Konowa

,

Notch

,

4nxi3ty

,

Jarvis

, and

Bitmap

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

Equinox

targets

N

with her

Dream

probability-doubling ability. (successful,

N

is twice as likely to

Dream

)

RachMarie

targets

Equinox

with her sleeping detector ability. (successful,

Equinox

did not sleep --

SnakePlissken unfortunately made an error and told RachMarie Equinox had slept, this was corrected Night 4 by Gammagooey

)

The

Dream Planter

submission resulted in

Seastormjt

,

petapan

,

Shiidaji

,

4nxi3ty

, and

Konowa

all appearing in the Dream (

another unfortunate error from SnakePlissken: Staeg, PeregrineV, and N should also have appeared in the Dream

)

Staeg

receives the

Dream

.

Night 3

DeasVail

targets

PeregrineV

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

Blotch

targets

Equinox

with their protect ability. (successful, nothing happens)

Kimor

targets

Blotch

with his vigilante kill. (successful,

Blotch

dies)

DeasVail

targets

Kimor

with the factional kill. (successful,

Kimor

dies)

Seastormjt

,

Staeg

,

N

,

PeregrineV

,

petapan

,

Shiidaji

,

4nxi3ty

,

Jarvis

, and

greygnarl

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

Equinox

targets

???

with her

Dream

probability-doubling ability. (

SnakePlissken did not report the target

)

RachMarie

targets

petapan

with her sleeping detector ability. (successful,

petapan

slept)

The

Dream Planter

submission resulted in

DeasVail

,

Jarvis

,

N

, and

Staeg

all appearing in the Dream (

another unfortunate error from SnakePlissken: Equinox, greygnarl, and 4nxi3ty should also have appeared in the Dream

)

greygnarl

receives the

Dream

.

Night 4

DeasVail

targets

N

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

DeasVail

targets

Equinox

with the factional kill. (successful,

Equinox

dies)

Nachomamma8

,

Staeg

,

N

,

PeregrineV

,

petapan

,

Empking

,

4nxi3ty

,

Jarvis

, and

greygnarl

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

Equinox

targets

Empking

with her

Dream

probability-doubling ability. (successful,

Empking

is twice as likely to

Dream

)

The

Dream Planter

submission resulted in

Nachomamma8

,

4nxi3ty

,

Empking

,

greygnarl

,

Jarvis

,

PeregrineV

,

petapan

, and

Staeg

all appearing in the Dream.

Nachomamma8

receives the

Dream

.

Night 5

DeasVail

targets

N

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

DeasVail

targets

PeregrineV

with the factional kill. (successful,

PeregrineV

dies)

Nachomamma8

,

Staeg

,

N

,

petapan

,

Empking

,

Jarvis

, and

greygnarl

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

The

Dream Planter

submission resulted in

Nachomamma8

,

DeasVail

,

Empking

,

greygnarl

,

N

,

petapan

, and

Staeg

all appearing in the Dream.

Jarvis

receives the

Dream

.

Night 6

Nachomamma8

targets

Empking

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

Nachomamma8

targets

greygnarl

with the factional kill. (successful,

greygnarl

dies)

DeasVail

,

N

,

petapan

,

Empking

, and

Jarvis

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

The

Dream Planter

submission resulted in

Nachomamma8

,

DeasVail

,

Empking

,

Jarvis

,

N

, and

petapan

all appearing in the Dream.

Empking

receives the

Dream

.

Night 7

Nachomamma8

targets

petapan

with the factional roleblock. (successful, nothing happens)

Nachomamma8

targets

Jarvis

with the factional kill. (successful,

Jarvis

dies)

DeasVail

,

N

,

petapan

, and

Empking

all take no action and Sleep successfully.

QuickTopics

Mafia had two QuickTopics: the first SnakePlissken couldn't unlock (my fault), so he created a second one. The Dead QT (a veritable bastion of frenzy and excitement) is here. The Neighbour QT is here, but sadly its owner died before it could be put to any good use (sob).

--

I am so, so sorry for flaking on this game. Unforeseen real world stuff took all my spare time away. Thanks to SnakePlissken for his efforts, Gammagooey and BBmolla for taking over after him (you guys were superb), my reviewers, all those who replaced in, and all those who played through to the very end. I hope this game has not badly coloured your perceptions of me. I'm sorry if that was the case.

I have a few more comments to make on the setup, but I'll save them until after the thread is unlocked.

Thanks for playing!

[Quilford]

I was hoping it would get to 3p LYLO and then I could say postgame 'so the modding sucked, but at least the setup appears to be balanced!' but nooooo, the scumteam was far too good for that. (The

Dream

mechanic should really have been a bit stronger, with one or two less players appearing in dreams per night.)