Advertising Mafia - Over, see 1183

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A

DVERTISING

M

AFIA

A 14p Open Deep South Smalltown Game

Alive:

(italic=confirmed)

vollkan

- Head of Account Services

curiouskarmadog

- Account Executive

Goatrevolt

- Copywriter

Yosarian2

- Art Director

Creative Teams:

none left

(originally:
Adel-SensFan
Goatrevolt-Yosarian2
TDC-Budja

new teams distributed during Day 3 Morning Meeting:
Goatrevolt-Budja
MichelSableheart-Yosarian2)

Dead:

Seraphim, Account Executive, killed Day 1

FaerieLord, CEO, fired Day 1

TDC, Copywriter, killed Day 2

SensFan, Art Director, fired Day 2
OhGodMyLife

Nuwen

, Account Executive, killed Day 3
Ren Hoek, Account Executive, killed Day 3
Ojanen

crywolf20084

, Account Executive, endgamed
scotmany12, Creative Director, endgamed
MichelSableheart

Adel

Copywriter, endgamed
Budja, Art Director, endgamed

Prods:

Ren Hoek: 2 (Day 1)
scotmany12: 1 (Day 1)
SensFan: 1 (Day 1); 1 (Day 2)
Budja: 1 (Day 1)
Ojanen: 1 (Day 2)
OhGodMyLife: 1 (Day 2)

Important Links:

Day 1: Morning Meeting - Working Hours - Death Scene - Replacement (Nuwen) - Lynch Scene
Day 2: Morning Meeting - Replacement (crywolf) - Working Hours - Death Scene - Replacement (Adel) - Flavour - Lynch Scene
Day 3: Morning Meeting - Working Hours - Finale

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Roles

1 player will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are the CEO at Generic Ad Agency.
It took you years of feigning competence, but here you are.

You have access to the agency mail server, the Creative Department's mail server, The Account Services Department's mail server, and the management server; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

You have the one-shot ability to appoint a new Creative Director, regardless of whether the original Creative Director is still alive.

Account Services Department

1 player will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are the Head of Account Services at Generic Ad Agency. You have the tiring job of taking care of those lazy account executives as well as personally handle clients. You are an important and underappreciated part of the agency's work, but at least the pay's good enough to buy a small country.

You have access to the agency mail server, the Account Services department's mail server, and the management mail server; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

In the first phase of each day, the Account Services Department's employees have to choose up to 3 (three) of 5 (five) presented accounts.
Each account is an ability; the details will be included in each brief. The first phase of the day ends when you have reached a consensus. Your vote counts double for this first phase.

5 players will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are an account executive at Generic Ad Agency. Your job is simple; you handle the accounts. You don't get much perks, but at least you can mess with the paperwork.

You have access to the agency mail server and the Account Services Department's mail server; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

In the first phase of each day, the Account Services Department's employees have to choose up to 3 (three) of 5 (five) presented accounts. Each account is an ability; the details will be included in each brief. The first phase of the day ends when you have reached a consensus.

Creative Department

1 player will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are the creative director at Generic Ad Agency.
You are the sole ruler of the creative department, and second only in the agency to the CEO. Head of Account Services? Just a title without power in comparison.

You have access to the agency mail server, the Creative Department's mail server, and the management mail server; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

Each day, after the first phase is complete, and before the second phase begins, you may assign the chosen accounts to the creative teams.
You also have a one-shot ability to change the Creative Teams' pairings, with the clause that Copywriters may only be paired with Art Directors and vice versa. If all Copywriters or all Art Directors are eliminated, you gain a one-shot ability to pair up any remaining Copywriters or Art Directors with other Copywriters or Art Directors respectively.

3 players will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are a copywriter at Generic Ad Agency.
You are one of the people who design ads, writing their scripts, their mottos. You also get to smoke pot at work.

You have access to the agency mail server, the Creative Department's mail server, and a seperate server for your creative team; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

You are one half of a creative team; your partner is AAAA, an art director. During the second phase of each day, you may be assigned accounts to work on; each account is an ability; the details will be included in each brief. You may decide to use these abilities any time during the second phase of that day.

3 players will recieve the following PM:

Congratulations, you are an art director at Generic Ad Agency.
You are one of the people who create ads, designing the graphics, the layout. Also, you get to smoke pot at work.

You have access to the agency mail server, the Creative Department's mail server, and a seperate server for your creative team; due to current circumstances all other forms of communication have been banned. Still, the show must go on.

You are one half of a creative team; your partner is AAAA, a copywriter. During the second phase of each day, you may be assigned accounts to work on; each account is an ability; the details will be included in each brief. You may decide to use these abilities any time during that phase of that day.

In addition, each player will receive a seperate PM containing their alignment and win condition. The town PM will look like this:

You are aligned with the town. You win when your faction is the only remaining one.

Players' roles as well as current creative teams will be public.

Rules

RULES

Behavior

⁽⁰⁾ Follow the site rules. That means no discussion of ongoing games especially (exceptions are mod-revealed information; if you are unsure about a specific thing, contact both the mod of the referenced game and this one)
⁽¹⁾ Have fun.
⁽²⁾ Play to win.
^(2b)Claiming a player to be your scum partner is generally considered a direct infraction of rule (2).
⁽³⁾ I will be posting in dark red. Please don't use dark red, or in colours that are hard to read.
⁽⁴⁾ I don't mind profanity, but respect your fellow players. As a mod, I will only take action if the offended party PMs me with their objections; I request that any such PMs include the list of offending posts, so that I can make a decision.
⁽⁵⁾ Quoting of mod communications is

allowed

. However, see Rule (0).
^(5b) For this reason, night actions will be acknowledged by quoting the original message back to the sender; any result or answer to questions will be communicated in as simple a full sentence as possible, without any quotes. Warnings will be public.
⁽⁶⁾ Don't talk about this game outside the thread unless your role allows, whether you’re dead or not. However, feel free to contact me if you have any questions or a need to vent.
⁽⁷⁾ Do not edit or delete your posts if you would otherwise be able to.

Activity Levels and Prods

⁽⁸⁾ If a player doesn't post in any game-related thread in 72 hours, they will be prodded. In practice, this might not happen on every occasion; please be patient, my schedule is pretty tight.
⁽⁹⁾ Players may request a prod on another player at any time, either by PM or by posting in thread. Note that this will not count towards the "three strikes" (see Rule (11)) without 72 hours' inactivity.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Not picking up a prod within 72 hours will result in replacement.
⁽¹¹⁾ If I have to prod you more than three times in a game-day or more than five times overall, you will be replaced.
⁽¹²⁾ If you are on V/LA, please take the time to either post to that effect in-thread or PM me.

Voting, Lynches, and Deadlines

⁽¹³⁾ Please vote in bold, such as

Code: Select all

[b]vote: Korts[/b]

Unvoting is not necessary, but I'd prefer it if you did anyway.
^(13b) You may use nicknames and acronyms when voting, as long as it is clear exactly whom you are referring to.
^(13c) Please place your votes at the beginning or the end of your posts, in a seperate line, otherwise I may miss it.
^(13d) Minor formatting issues will be ignored and the vote will count; in general, if the intent is obvious, the vote will count. As a mod, I don't endorse trick votes.
⁽¹⁴⁾ I will try to post vote counts on every page. Vote counts will be in seperate posts for clarity, as well as edited into the first post of the page.
⁽¹⁵⁾ A lynch will require the votes of a majority of players (half of all living players plus one). When a majority is reached, no further votes/unvotes will be counted.
^(15b) If the game reaches deadline before a majority lynch happens, the player with the most votes at that time will be lynched. In the event of a tie, the player who had the most votes (of those tied) before the tie will be lynched.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Each game day will have a mostly non-negotiable deadline of

3 days+(number of living players)x2 days.

However, special circumstances may lead to deadline extension.
⁽¹⁷⁾ Posting in twilight is acceptable, for both the lynchee and town members. Feel free to post as much or as little as you want of whatever you like.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Once your death scene is posted, you may make only

one "bah" post

. Make sure it has no game relevant information, or someone in your faction may be punished for the infraction.

Miscellaneous

⁽¹⁹⁾ If you fake breaking a rule, or I percieve you as breaking a rule, it will incur the same punishment as actually breaking the rule. I do not take well to my rules' loopholes being lawyered.
⁽²⁰⁾ I'm not infallible. Please be patient if I make mistakes. If you notice something, notify me in-thread, preferably in the following format:

Code: Select all

[b]mod:[/b] <message>.

If I have made a major mistake, please be kind and notify me by PM, leave it out of the thread.
⁽²¹⁾ For game purposes, my word is sacred, and my decision final. See rule (20).
⁽²²⁾ I reserve the right to add rules if necessary.

Game Specific

⁽²³⁾ Each Day of the game will have two main phases: Morning Meeting and Working Hours.
⁽²⁴⁾ During Morning Meeting, the members of the Account Services Department will be required to choose up to three seperate role actions ("accounts") from a list of role actions unique to each Day.
^(24b) Morning Meeting is defined as the interval starting at the announced start of the Day and ending when the members of the Account Services Department have come to a majority decision.
⁽²⁵⁾ Between Morning Meeting and Working Hours, the Creative Director will be required to assign the role actions chosen by the Account Services Department to the Creative Teams.
^(25b) Each Creative Team may be assigned up to two role actions; note, however, that one player can only perform one action.
^(25c) Individual Creative Department Members (those who have lost one half of their Creative Team) may not be assigned any role actions.
^(25d) However, note that the Creative Director has a one-shot ability to reshuffle the Creative Team pairings, and if all three Teams have been broken up, the Creative Director also has a one-shot ability to pair up Creative employees of the same type (copywriter with copywriter or art director with art director).
⁽²⁶⁾During Working Hours, players may vote to lynch other players; role actions may also be performed during this phase. Working Hours are divided into three sub-phases: Morning, Afternoon and Twilight.
^(26b) Morning is defined as the 72 hour interval at the start of each Working Hours phase.
^(26c) Afternoon is defined as the interval starting at the end of Morning as per Rule (23b) and ending either when the lynching vote is placed or when deadline hits.
^(26d) Twilight is defined as the interval between the end of Afternoon as per Rule (23c) and the mod's post declaring the start of next Morning.
⁽²⁷⁾ Role action submissions may be submitted during Morning and Afternoon of the Working Hours.
^(27b) Role actions submitted during Morning resolve simultaneously at the end of Morning, to avoid a race for being the first to send an action in.
^(27c) Role actions submitted during Afternoon resolve instantaneously.
^(27d)Immediate actions' public results (if any), most notably kills will be posted between 0 and 24 hours of me opening the PM, to avoid Time Zone differences breaking the game.
⁽²⁸⁾If the Creative Director and CEO both die, and the CEO hasn't used up their one-shot ability, a

one time

public vote may be conducted to elect a new Creative Director.

Role resolution:

Immediate actions: alignment investigate, kill--within 0-24 hours if public
rest of day actions: protect, roleblock, track, watch, plant evidence (Framer and Undertaker), busdrive--exact time stamps
end of day actions: track (result), watch (result), alignment investigate (result)--after lynch scene

Note: the one-shot abilities of the CEO and the Creative Director are Immediate Actions and cannot be blocked or redirected.

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FAQ

Can the QTs be used at any time?

Yes, you may start communicating with whomever you are allowed from the moment you get the link to the QTs you have access to; after that, you only need to shut up when you die.

Mod: Can we choose the same ability twice? Or can each ability only be chosen once?

Each seperately listed Account may be chosen only once. Note that in those cases where one Account is listed multiple times (like, in this case, the tracker), that particular ability may be chosen as many times (with the upper limit of 3, naturally).

(feel free to ask anything by PM, AIM or MSN, and I will reply to you. I will only add the answer to this post if you give me permission to do so.)

[Korts]

Roles and alignments have been distributed. Once a majority of players have confirmed (8 of 14), the thread will be opened and the Morning Meeting of Day 1 will start.

[Korts]

From: ether@genericads-hq.com
To: All Departments
CC: -
Subject: Important

Dear Generic Ad Agency employees!

It has come to my attention through a contact in Growth Personnel Consulting that the Misanthropolis office of GAA has been infiltrated by Evil Corp. agents, with plans of taking over. We cannot have this foolishness. Can you please lynch the idiots?

On another note: the R.O.P.L. pitch is in two weeks, and I personally want it to happen. I don't want this Evil Corp. bullshit to interfere. And while you deal with this mess I told Client Services to give you only small local accounts to handle. I'm sure you can multitask.

Hugs and kisses,
Ether

P.S.: Really, don't fuck this one up.

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From: vollkan@genericads-mis.com
To: Account Services Department
CC: -
Subject: Accounts

These are the prospective clients we will discuss in today's morning meeting:

NW Escort Service

wants a simple ad campaign to popularize themselves. They don't need anything particularly fancy, in fact they explicitly asked for a streamlined concept--they want to emphasize that their escorts are beautiful, respectable and have perfect grace.

Holmes & Marlowe PI Firm

want two parallel-running campaigns with two different concepts. Mr. Holmes has expressed a particular request that it be shown that they solve puzzles, and Mr. Marlowe is a big film noir buff.

Lou from

Lou's Downtown Gun Shop

wishes to place a couple of billboards indirectly advertising his shop, and would like an innovative approach that doesn't break any laws. This might be a nice challenge for both our lawyers and our creative teams.

Daedalus Bus Manufacturing Co.

, a newly founded company, would like to break into the public transportation business, and needs marketing research, professional advice, and a possible ad campaign for billboards and television.

Meeting starts at 9 AM sharp. Don't be late.

vollkan
Head of Account Services

Accounts

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; that player's actions will, from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, be blocked.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; you will, at the end of the day, recieve a list of all the players visited by your target between the time you targeted them and the end of the day.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; you will, at the end of the day, recieve a list of all the players visited by your target between the time you targeted them and the end of the day.

During the Morning phase of Working Hours, you must choose one of you to use the following passive ability: anyone who targets you during that day will be killed. If you don't send a choice of a user until the end of Morning, one of you will randomly be chosen.

During Working Hours one of you may target two players; these two players will, from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, switch places for targeting purposes. The order in which you put the two players you target is important, because for tracking purposes, only your first target will register.

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The Account Services Department may choose up to 3 (three) accounts. This will happen in the following manner: each Account Services Department employee may vote for one account, until an account reaches majority vote; this will happen three times. "None" is an option. Note that the Head of Account Services is a double voter for this phase.

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, Nuwen, Seraphim, curiouskarmadog

4 to approve

It is now Morning Meeting of Day 1. Everyone may post, but only Account Services players have votes.

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

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Mod: Can we choose the same ability twice? Or can each ability only be chosen once?

Each seperately listed Account may be chosen only once. Note that in those cases where one Account is listed multiple times (like, in this case, the tracker), that particular ability may be chosen as many times (with the upper limit of 3, naturally).

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Vote Count 1.1.1

(0) Roleblocker-
(2) Tracker- crywolf, Ren Hoek
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, Nuwen, Seraphim, curiouskarmadog

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

What's up with Vollkan being late to his own meeting? He's wasting my valuable time.

Disclaimer: flavour is flavour, it contains no game relevant information.

[Korts]

Mod: How are roles distributed if the CEO has used his one shot power already and the Creative Director is dead? Does the CEO get to pick a new Creative Director even though he's used his 1-shot already?

The CEO's power is one-shot, regardless of circumstances. If they've used the ability up already, and the Creative Director dies, the role dies with them.

What happens if both the CEO and Creative director are dead? How are roles distributed?

Knew I forgot to include something. Updating rules. If the Creative Director and the CEO both die without the CEO having used their one-shot ability to promote a new Creative Director, a one time public vote may elect a new Creative Director. If this player dies as well, the role stays dead and the creative department loses all active abilities.

[Korts]

Mod: I might've missed it, but can you confirm that the Bus Driver can actually target himself?

The Bus Driver cannot target themselves.

Mod: Will the creative teams be able to privately PM you their decisions without their partner's knowledge or do both members need to reach a consensus?

Yes, unless their partner also sends in a choice. It is therefore enough that they reach a consensus on who uses the ability.

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Vote Count 1.1.2

(0) Roleblocker-
(2) Tracker- crywolf, Ren Hoek
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, Nuwen, Seraphim, curiouskarmadog

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

One question; mod, can the CEO accidently be killed if he uses his appointment ability on the PGO and/or if he gets redirected to the PGO by the bus driver? Can he end up getting his appointment ability re-directed to someone else by the PGO, appointing the wrong person by mistake?

Yes to the PGO, no to the redirection.

Note: the one-shot abilities of the CEO and the Creative Director are Immediate Actions and cannot be blocked or redirected.

Regarding the CEO/CD, Adel is correct.

So, the bus driver has to TARGET two players, and if one of them is the PGO, then the bus driver would die, right?

For targeting purposes, only the first target of the Bus Driver is taken into account.

[Korts]

mod: Were alignments randomly assigned?

No comment.

SensFan has been prodded; vollkan hasn't picked up his role and alignment yet. If he doesn't pick it up until tomorrow, he will be replaced. CKD's V/LA is noted.

[Korts]

mod: Were alignments randomly assigned?

No comment.

That's...a very interesting thing for the mod to "no comment" on. It usually just goes without saying in a smalltown game. I'm wondering how much I should read into that.

It's... a very interesting thing to be asked in a Smalltown game. I don't see the relevance. For the record, it was random.

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Vote Count 1.1.3

(0) Roleblocker-
(3) Tracker- crywolf, Ren Hoek, curiouskarmadog
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, Nuwen, Seraphim, curiouskarmadog

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

Vote Count 1.1.4

(0) Roleblocker-
(5) Tracker- crywolf, Ren Hoek, curiouskarmadog, vollkan, vollkan
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

Nuwen, Seraphim

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Tracker ability has been approved.

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Vote Count 1.1.5

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(0) PGO-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

Nuwen, Seraphim, crywolf, Ren Hoek, curiouskarmadog, vollkan

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Approved

Tracker

[Korts]

Congratulations, everyone passed the first activity check!

[Korts]

Vote Count 1.1.6

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(2) PGO- curiouskarmadog, Nuwen
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

Seraphim, crywolf, Ren Hoek, vollkan

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Approved

Tracker

[Korts]

Vote Count 1.1.7

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(4) PGO- curiouskarmadog, Nuwen, crywolf, Seraphim
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

Ren Hoek, vollkan

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Paranoid Gun Owner ability has been approved.

[Korts]

Vote Count 1.1.8

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) None-

not voting:

Ren Hoek, vollkan, curiouskarmadog, Nuwen, crywolf, Seraphim

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Approved

Tracker, PGO

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Ren Hoek and scotmany12 have been prodded.

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Vote Count 1.1.9

(0) Roleblocker-
(0) Tracker-
(4) Bus Driver- curiouskarmadog, vollkan, vollkan, crywolf
(0) None-

not voting:

Ren Hoek, Nuwen, Seraphim

4 to approve

Deadline for Day 1 is 6 PM EST August 4.

Bus Driver ability has been approved.

Approved

Tracker, PGO, Bus Driver

Working Hours will begin once I receive choices from the Creative Director.

[Korts]

From: scotmany12@genericads-mis.com
To: Creative Department
CC: faerielord@genericads-mis.com
Subject: Re: Accounts

Thanks (not really) for being so orderly during morning meeting. It is always a pleasure to see the department you are responsible for act so immaturely. Hopefully our hard-working CEO doesn't mind your childish antics, and the Head of Account Services has his Head of Assprobing Services up his own so much that he wouldn't really notice anything you did.

As always, those who have assignments can find the briefs in their mailboxes, attachments and all. If you haven't gotten any, think about what you did wrong and try to lick my ass more thoroughly next time. That, or try doing some work for a change.

As agreed in the meeting which you very thoroughly trashed, we are preparing one campaign each for Holmes & Marlowe, Daedalus and Lou's Guns. So get your asses to work.

Ever so lovingly,
Scot Many

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It is now Working Hours of Day 1; the Morning subphase ends on July 13, 12PM EST, and any actions submitted before then resolve at that time simultaneously.

(0) everyone-

not voting:

everyone

8 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

bumping vote count to next page

[Korts]

(2) Seraphim- TDC, FaerieLord

(1) vollkan- Adel
(1) Ren Hoek- Seraphim

not voting:

everyone

8 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

Prodding Budja, Nuwen, Ren Hoek, and SensFan.

Morning subphase ends in 6 hours.

[Korts]

Morning subphase is now over; it is now Afternoon subphase.

Deadline is 6PM EST, August 4.

[Korts]

Sorry guys; busy day, vote count and activity check coming up tonight (6 hours from now)

[Korts]

(7) Ren Hoek- Seraphim, Budja, Yosarian2, Adel, vollkan, SensFan, Ren Hoek

(2) Seraphim- FaerieLord, crywolf
(1) crywolf- TDC

not voting:

Nuwen, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, Goatrevolt

8 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

Prodding Nuwen and Seraphim.

[Korts]

From: faerielord@genericads-mis.com
To: All Departments
CC: ether@genericads-hq.com
Subject: Tragedy

Dear Generic Ads Misanthropolis Employees!

As you are likely aware, today saw the tragic demise of a fellow account exec. Seraphim, as he was lovingly called, apparently fell out of a window on the sixth floor, falling spine-first onto the rail of the stairs leading up to the entrance of our offices. It can't be said yet whether it was an accident or not; in other circumstances I would say that rumours should not be allowed to spread, but really--we're a lynch mob. Let's get the fuckers who did this.

With undying love
FaerieLord, CEO

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Seraphim, Account Executive, killed Day 1

(6) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, Adel, vollkan, SensFan, Ren Hoek

(1) crywolf- TDC

not voting:

Nuwen, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, Goatrevolt, FaerieLord, crywolf

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

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(4) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan, SensFan

(2) FaerieLord- Adel, Goatrevolt
(1) crywolf- TDC

not voting:

Nuwen, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, FaerieLord, crywolf, Ren Hoek

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

Nuwen hasn't picked up her prod in 72 hours. Contacting replacements.

TDC has been prodded.

[Korts]

OhGodMyLife replaces Nuwen effective immediately.

Vote count and activity check coming up shortly.

[Korts]

(4) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan, SensFan

(3) crywolf- TDC, Adel, Ren Hoek
(2) SensFan- scotmany12, curiouskarmadog
(1) FaerieLord- Goatrevolt

not voting:

OhGodMyLife, FaerieLord, crywolf

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

No-one has been prodded.

[Korts]

(4) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan, SensFan

(2) SensFan- scotmany12, curiouskarmadog
(1) crywolf- TDC
(1) FaerieLord- Goatrevolt
(1) Budja- Ren Hoek
(1) Goatrevolt- Adel

not voting:

OhGodMyLife, FaerieLord, crywolf

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

Activity check coming up.

[Korts]

FaerieLord has been prodded.

[Korts]

(4) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan, SensFan

(2) SensFan- scotmany12, curiouskarmadog
(1) crywolf- TDC
(1) FaerieLord- Goatrevolt
(1) Budja- Ren Hoek
(1) Goatrevolt- Adel

not voting:

OhGodMyLife, FaerieLord, crywolf

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

(4) Ren Hoek- Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan, SensFan

(2) FaerieLord- Goatrevolt, Adel
(1) SensFan- scotmany12
(1) crywolf- TDC
(1) Budja- Ren Hoek

not voting:

OhGodMyLife, FaerieLord, crywolf, curiouskarmadog

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

[Korts]

From: faerielord@genericads-mis.com
To: All Departments
CC: ether@genericads-hq.com
Subject: you'll regret this

As I'm sure you're aware, since you idiots did this, I have just been fired. Just so you know, I never liked you, and every one of you is an annoying, self-absorbed, pretentious jerk. Suck it, losers!

Ever so lovingly,
FaerieLord, ex-CEO

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(7) FaerieLord- Goatrevolt, Adel, Ren Hoek, TDC, Budja, Yosarian2, vollkan

(1) Ren Hoek- SensFan
(1) SensFan- scotmany12

not voting:

OhGodMyLife, FaerieLord, crywolf, curiouskarmadog

7 to lynch

Deadline for Day 1 is 6PM EST August 4.

FaerieLord, CEO, fired Day 1

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@Mod:

are you replacing Crywolf?

Yes, I've contacted a prospective replacement.

[Korts]

From: vollkan@genericads-mis.com
To: Account Services Department
CC: -
Subject: Accounts

These are the prospective clients we'll be discussing today:

Holmes and Marlowe PI Firm

are back with a request for another campaign. Apparently they liked our previous pitch so much that they don't even want to wait until the success of the last campaign is evident. Dumbasses.

Thugs'R'Us Security

is opening up a Misanthropolis branch, and they want us to show people just how large their muscles are. This should be a nice, challenging job.

Protective Technologies

has made a new bulletproof vest and wants to broaden its horizons. The brief says that they want to make it clear that in today's scum infested world only a bulletproof vest can make a household truly safe. Lolza.

Lou's Downtown Gun Shop

wants us to make a campaign for their bargain shotgun shells. Again, Lou wants something legal as well as something that's relevant to the shop. And he also wants a seperate campaign for the new batch of 9mm handguns he got shipped. If this weren't Misanthropolis, I wonder if Lou could order three seperate ad campaigns in short succession...

Meeting at 9 AM. Be there or be fired.

Hugz,
vollkan, Head of Account Services

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Accounts

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; you will, at the end of the day, recieve a list of all the players visited by your target between the time you targeted them and the end of the day.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; that player's actions will, from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, be blocked; they will also be protected from one kill attempt.

During Morning phase of Working Hours, you must choose one of you to use the following passive ability: any kill attempts against you will fail. If you don't send a choice of a user until the end of Morning, one of you will randomly be chosen.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; that player will die.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; that player will die.

[Korts]

(0) Tracker-
(0) Jailkeeper-
(0) Bulletproof-
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

It is now Morning Meeting of Day 2. Everyone may post, but only Account Services players have votes.

Deadline for Day 2 is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

(0) Tracker-
(3) Jailkeeper- vollkan, vollkan, Ren Hoek
(0) Bulletproof-
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

crywolf, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Jailkeeper has been approved.

[Korts]

(0) Tracker-
(0) Bulletproof-
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, crywolf, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Approved

Jailkeeper

[Korts]

(0) Tracker- vollkan, vollkan, curiouskarmadog
(0) Bulletproof-
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

crywolf, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife

3 to approve

Approved

Jailkeeper

Tracker has been approved.

[Korts]

(0) Bulletproof-
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

crywolf, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, vollkan, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Approved

Jailkeeper, Tracker

[Korts]

Ojanen replaces crywolf effective immediately.

[Korts]

(4) Bulletproof- curiouskarmadog, Ren Hoek, vollkan, vollkan
(0) Vigilante-
(0) None-

not voting:

crywolf, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife

3 to approve

Approved

Jailkeeper, Tracker, Bulletproof

Bulletproof has been approved.

I await the Creative Director's choices.

[Korts]

From: vollkan@genericads-mis.com
To: Account Services Department
CC: scotmany12@genericads-mis.com
BCC: ether@genericads-hq.com
Subject: Meeting

Thank you everyone for your contributions today. I'd like to say, as Head of Account Services, which is not a title to be taken lightly, that I was satisfied with all of you today. Apart from our beloved Mr. Hoek, who was considerably late, although on par with his past performances, everyone's been doing their job well, and that is a compliment to me as Head of Account Services.

I'm particularly excited to see what our creative wizards can do with Protective Technologies. This I say in full Head of Account Services seriousness. Lolza.

Hugz
vollkan, Head of Account Services

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It is now Morning of Day 2 Working Hours. Morning will end at 6 PM EST July 31.

() -

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, TDC, Adel, Goatrevolt, SensFan, Budja, Yosarian2

7 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

Adel will be replaced as per his request.

Note the change to Rule (4):

⁽⁴⁾ I don't mind profanity, but respect your fellow players. As a mod, I will only take action if the offended party PMs me with their objections; I request that any such PMs include the list of offending posts, so that I can make a decision.

As such, if I don't get any PM, I will go with the assumption that there has been no offense. Since this present issue seems to have been resolved with Adel's replacement, I will take no further action unless you PM me with specific complaints.

[Korts]

(3) Adel- Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog

(3) SensFan- Budja, scotmany12, Adel

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, TDC, Goatrevolt, SensFan, Yosarian2

7 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

Ojanen has been prodded.

[Korts]

From: budja@genericads-mis.com
To: All Departments
CC: -
Subject: Uh

Guys, we're another man down. I was about to go consult T.D.C. about an idea I had for Thugs'R'Us, but, well, he's not in a creative mood. Like, there's a paper spike sticking out of his forehead. The sight's completely ruined my trip.

Muah muah
Budja

---

Morning Subphase is over 48 hours late.

TDC, Copywriter, killed Day 2

[Korts]

(3) Adel- Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog

(3) SensFan- Budja, scotmany12, Adel

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, Goatrevolt, SensFan, Yosarian2

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

MichelSableheart replaces Adel effective immediately.

[Korts]

(2) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt

(2) Yosarian2- Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, SensFan, scotmany12

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

Activity check in a moment.

[Korts]

SensFan has been prodded.

[Korts]

(3) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen

(1) Yosarian2- OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12, Ren Hoek

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

Activity check in a moment.

[Korts]

SensFan is one day from being prodded. Consider this a warning.

[Korts]

(3) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen

(1) Yosarian2- OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12, Ren Hoek

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

Flavour has been added to FaerieLord's lynch scene and Day 2 Morning Meeting. The rest will be updated later.

[Korts]

From: ether@genericads-mis.com
To: All Departments
CC: -
Subject: Remember

While you are lynching scum, I hope you remember to put some effort in the R.O.P.L. pitch. Don't forget, it's important shit.

Love always,
The One Who Signs Your Paycheck

Note: this is an interlude and purely flavour.

[Korts]

(3) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen

(1) Yosarian2- OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12, Ren Hoek

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

Activity check coming up

[Korts]

OhGodMyLife has been prodded.

[Korts]

(3) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen

(1) Yosarian2- OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12, Ren Hoek

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

Ojanen is 10 hours from being prodded.

[Korts]

bumping vote count to top of page

[Korts]

(3) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen

(1) Yosarian2- OhGodMyLife
(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12, Ren Hoek

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

[Korts]

(5) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife

(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) Ren Hoek- MichelSableheart
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

No prods.

[Korts]

From: scotmany12@genericads-mis.com
To: All Departments
CC: ether@genericads-hq.com
Subject: Termination

So, as you all know--shit, you

voted

for him to be fired--SensFan, as of today, is no longer our colleague. I've taken the liberty of raiding his desk, and apart from a nugget (confiscated, naturally), a few empty cigarette packs, and a couple assorted magazines, there's nothing: he was just another pothead of an art director, like the rest of you. Checked his laptop, too: he was only subscribed to the circle jerk that is advertising blogs, nothing suspicious. Apparently you just lynched one of your own. Great fucking job.

My eternal love
Scot Many

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(6) SensFan- Budja, Goatrevolt, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, MichelSableheart

(1) MichelSableheart- curiouskarmadog
(1) curiouskarmadog- Yosarian2

not voting:

vollkan, SensFan, scotmany12

6 to lynch

Deadline is 6 PM EST August 22.

SensFan, Art Director, fired Day 2

It is now twilight--expect me to announce Day 3 Morning Meeting tomorrow.

[Korts]

From: vollkan@genericads-mis.com
To: Account Services Department
CC: -
Subject: Accounts

Gentlemen! These are our prospective clients for today:

Lou's Downtown Gun Shop

wants a riff on the previous flop of a campaign on shotgun shell bargains--who knows, maybe this time people will give a shit.

The MAPD

has contacted us; the police force is at an all time low in terms of public appeal. They want a campaign depicting the newly introduced mob-friendly tear gas and rubber bullets, as well as their Flower Power uniforms, worn every Thursday. How gaily they must frolic on the streets of Misanthro.

Daedalus Bus Manufacturing Co.

is back for marketing advice; they are considering introducing a new line of minibuses, for the family guy.

We Make Shoes Inc.

wants to crack open the unexploited market of people who are running

away

from something. Seriously, who makes up this shit?

9 AM sharp, be there or be yelled at for the rest of the meeting.

Ta,
vollkan, Head of Account Services

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Accounts

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; that player will die.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; at the end of the day, you will receive a result of "Guilty" or "Not Guilty", depending on alignment.

During Working Hours one of you may target two players; these two players will, from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, switch places for targeting purposes. The order in which you put the two players you target is important, because for tracking purposes, only your first target will register.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, any action targeting you will fail and any action targeting your target will have the same effect on you as on your target.

During Working Hours one of you may target a player; from the time you sent your choice of target onwards until the end of the day, any action targeting you will fail and any action targeting your target will have the same effect on you as on your target.

[Korts]

(0) Vigilante-
(0) Cop-
(0) Bus Driver-
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMylife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

It is now Morning Meeting of Day 3.

Deadline for Day 3 is September 8th 6 PM EST.

[Korts]

Flavour has been added to the end of Day 2 Working Hours and TDC's death scene.

[Korts]

(0) Vigilante-
(0) Cop-
(3) Bus Driver- Ren Hoek, vollkan, vollkan
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

Ojanen, OhGodMylife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Bus Driver Ability has been approved.

[Korts]

(0) Vigilante-
(0) Cop-
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMylife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Approved

Bus Driver

[Korts]

For reference, the Creative Director's one-shot abilities must be used

before

Morning subphase of Working Hours for it to take effect the same day. The last opportunity is when the approved abilities are being distributed.

[Korts]

The following are the new creative teams:

Budja-Goatrevolt
Yosarian2-MichelSableheart

New QT threads' links will be sent shortly.

[Korts]

(3) Vigilante- vollkan, vollkan, Ren Hoek
(0) Cop-
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

Ojanen, OhGodMylife, curiouskarmadog

3 to approve

Vigilante has been approved

Approved

Bus Driver, Vigilante

[Korts]

(0) Cop-
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

Ojanen, OhGodMylife, curiouskarmadog, vollkan, Ren Hoek

3 to approve

Approved

Bus Driver, Vigilante

[Korts]

No-one has been prodded.

[Korts]

(3) Cop- curiouskarmadog, Ren Hoek, Ojanen
(0) Hider-
(0) None-

not voting:

OhGodMylife, vollkan

3 to approve

Cop has been approved

Approved

Bus Driver, Vigilante, Cop

Working Hours will start once I receive the Creative Director's choices.

[Korts]

From: ether@genericads-hq.com
To: All Departments
CC: -
Subject: Accounts, ROPL pitch, et cetera

Ladies!

I hope you aren't forgetting about our Random Overhyped Product Line pitch amidst all this democracy foolishness. Representatives from the ROPL's manufacturers will be coming next week, I want this business solved by then. Meanwhile, I hope the local businesses are striving under your loving capitalist care; I heard Lou's shop is blooming. Good on him, and good on you. There might even be a worthless award and the acclaim of the ad business and the like in small jobs like these, so carry on my wayward sons.

Hugz and kisses
Ether

---

It is now Working Hours. Morning subphase ends 72 hours from now, on August 22th 9 AM EST.

() -

not voting:

vollkan, Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, MichelSableheart, Goatrevolt, Budja, Yosarian2

six to lynch

Deadline is September 8th 6 PM EST

[Korts]

Immediate actions:

alignment investigate (result),

kill--within 0-24 hours if public
rest of day actions: protect, roleblock, track, watch, plant evidence (Framer and Undertaker), busdrive--exact time stamps
end of day actions: track (result), watch (result)--after lynch scene

Korts, we need a clarification.

I apologize, that seems to be a typo. The alignment investigation resolves immediately, the results will be received at the end of the day.

[Korts]

(1) Goatrevolt- vollkan

not voting:

Ojanen, Ren Hoek, OhGodMyLife, curiouskarmadog, scotmany12, MichelSableheart, Goatrevolt, Budja, Yosarian2

six to lynch

Deadline is September 8th 6 PM EST

Morning actions will be resolved 24 hours early, due to my V/LA from 22 to 29. Send actions if you haven't done so yet. BM will take over modding duties during my absence, so be good, kids.

[Korts]

Day 3 Morning Meeting and Day 3 Working Hours flavour has been added.

[Korts]

Morning ends.

Death Scene

From: ether@genericads-hq.com
To: vollkan@genericads-mis.com; ckd@genericads-mis.com; goat@genericads-mis.com; iagree@genericads-mis.com
CC: mrevil@muahaha.com
Subject: Dear evil persons

Gentlepersons!

Thank you for ridding Generic Ads of incompetence and saving on severance pay, I appreciate all your generous help. I hope not to be working with you again, but morons are plentiful in this business. I apologize for the crushing display of crude democracy that you had to withstand, I was interested to see whether my precious employees could perform contrary to expectations. Ah well.

With ever so bleeding heart
Ether

OhGodMyLife, Account Executive, killed Day 3

Ren Hoek, Account Executive, killed Day 3

The Mafia win!

Congratulations, vollkan, curiouskarmadog, Goatrevolt and Yosarian2!

[Korts]

Due to my impending V/LA, I will post actions and any additional setup information when I return.

What did you think of the game? Did you like the concept? Did you like the execution? Did the method of role distribution make it easier or harder on town or scum? Did the overlapping QT neighbourhoods influence the game in any big way? Were there any fuckups on my part? Was the 4:10 ratio too much in favour of the scum?

I used 4 scum instead of the three which would otherwise be balanced because of the way in which town got power roles--the fact that the town practically had a guarantee that at least 2 power roles would be present at endgame seemed to indicate that power should be given to scum as well. However, I didn't want to give scum any additional powers other than the ones granted by their roles and their group kill. I'm still not sure whether I made the right call.

[Korts]

For reference, alignment was distributed completely randomly--perhaps I shouldn't have done this, it could've turned up far more in favour of scum or town. This particular distribution seemed pretty balanced, though.

Also, what did you think of the daily ability options? Were they too swingy, were the breaking strategies very obvious? I tried to give choices that were both interesting and appropriate to the game state--did I succeed?

[Korts]

Note that I am back but for now short on time--I will post actions and whatever additional setup information I can find within the week.