Jack of All Trades Mafia -- OVER!

[Yaw]

Welcome to ACME Industries, where 26 work at creating inventions for the world. (While your company in known for the zany stuff sent to Wile E. Coyote, you actually make most of your revenue selling useful and less exciting items.) All of you are Jacks of all trades, skilled in performing any task as long as you have the equipment available. Unfortunately, evil elements are trying to take over the company, and it will take your unique skills to drive them off.

Still Know Jack (3):

Coron

--

Jack Thomas

, formerly Jack Evans

Mastermind of Sin

--

Jack Gallagher

, formerly Jack Lincoln

ThAdmiral

(replacing mystery meat of doom) --

Jack Zimmerman

, formerly Jack Davis

Open Office:

Jack Quinn
Jack Phillips
Jack Davis
Jack Evans
Jack Hall

Been Jacked Off:

ZONEACE -- Jack Smith (Night 0 kill, Not actually a player)
Bogre (replacing mlaker) -- Jack Gallagher (Day 1 lynch, Pro-town)
Blackberry (replacing Mariyta) -- Jack Wilkinson (Night 1 kill, Pro-town)
bluemonick (replacing viper0933) -- Jack Campbell (Day 2 lynch, Scum)
Fritzler -- Jack Vernon (Night 2 kill, Pro-town)
Brian McQueso -- Jack Bennett (Night 2 kill, Pro-town)
lordy (replacing ChannelDelibird) -- Jack Olson (Night 2 kill, Pro-town)
BabyJesus -- Jack Yates (Day 3 lynch, Pro-town)
zu_Faul(replacing Someone, who replaced DrippingGoofball) -- Jack Usher (Night 3 kill, Pro-town)
inHimshallibe (replacing Masterchief) -- Jack Ryan (Night 3 kill, Pro-town)
the silent speaker -- Jack Fox, formerly Jack Nelson (Night 3 kill, Serial Killer)
mathcam (replacing SpamWise) -- Jack Kay, formerly Jack Quinn, formerly Jack Johnson (Day 4 lynch, Pro-town)
MrBuddyLee -- Jack Nelson, formerly Jack Fox (Night 4 kill, Pro-town)
Yosarian2 -- formerly Jack Xavier (Night 4 kill, Pro-town)
Fuldu -- Jack Hall (Day 5 lynch, Scum)
Cogito Ergo Sum (replacing KingEnigma, who replaced Oberon, who replaced TheCesspit) -- Jack Zimmerman (Night 5 kill, Pro-town)
Uraj45 (replacing Colonel Kurtz) -- Jack MacDonald, formerly Jack Thomas (Day 6 lynch, Pro-town)
pablito (replacing armlx) -- Jack Campbell, formerly Jack Quinn, formerly Jack Kay (Night 6 kill, Pro-town)
PookyTheMagicalBear -- Jack Adams, formerly Jack Macdonald (Night 7 kill, Pro-town)
Quagmire (replacing Harry_Potter) -- Jack Johnson, formerly Jack Bennett, formerly Jack Adams (Day 8 lynch, Scum)
Thok (replacing ibaesha) -- Jack Irving, formerly Jack Evans, formerly Jack Johnson, formerly Jack Quinn (Night 8 kill, Pro-town)
spectrumvoid (replacing Shamrock) -- Jack Kay, formerly Jack Irving (Day 9 lynch, Pro-town)
Save The Dragons (replacing LoudmouthLee, who replaced Max) -- Jack Bennett, formerly Jack Johnson, formerly Jack Phillips (Night 9 kill, Pro-town)

Destroyed Office:

Jack Xavier

[Yaw]

The Rules:

(Stolen from MeMe, then modified)

• Votes must be in bold. If you do not bold your vote, it will not be counted.
• Please be attentive and unvote, if necessary, before casting a new vote. I am going to require this, as it makes vote counting much easier.
• Lynches will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. You may vote: no lynch – majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death.
• The game is not to be discussed outside of the thread.
• Once you have been killed, stop typing.
• Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts.
• Don’t use smaller-than-normal text, invisible text, or any other board tag-related way of encoding extra information in your posts.
• Don’t bet on the game.
• If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will mod-prod if necessary 12 hours prior to a night deadline, but I will not wait for you – if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made.
• If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 48-hour period, please post a notice to that effect in the thread and/or PM me. Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.
• Remember, it’s a game. It’s supposed to played. It’s supposed to be fun. Do your part.

New Rules:

• Names, alignments, and roles are all assigned randomly and independently.
• Players win with the town unless otherwise stated.
• Only alignment will be revealed upon death.

[Yaw]

Roles are going out now. Please

confirm by PM

. Feel free to ask any questions you may have about your role.

We will be

starting with day

when all confirms are in. This means

no night choices

, and

no night talking

.

[Yaw]

Still waiting on confirms from armlx and viper0933. Feel free to poke them if you see them. Replacement will happen tomorrow (Monday) evening if confirmation hasn't happened by then.

[Yaw]

Morning breaks and 25 Jacks converge in the staff dining room to start their day. It's a shame, as there are normally 26 of you. A quick look around reveals that Jack Smith's office is wide open. ZONEACE is inside smiling. He is, in fact, wearing two smiles -- one somewhat lower and bloodier than the other.

Killers have come to ACME. It's time to track them down.

It is now Day 1. With 25 alive, it will take 13 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

armlx (3): Mariyta, DrippingGoofball, Fritzler
BabyJesus (2): MrBuddyLee, Brian McQueso
DrippingGoofball (2): Mastermind of Sin, ibaesha
ChannelDelibird (1): mystery meat of doom
mystery meat of doom (1): Coron
MrBuddyLee (1): Yosarian2
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Mariyta (1): Fuldu

Not Voting: armlx, BabyJesus, ChannelDelibird, Colonel Kurtz, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, Max, mlaker, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shamrock, SpamWise, TheCesspit, viper0933

13 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

DrippingGoofball (5): Mastermind of Sin, ibaesha, DrippingGoofball, Fritzler, TheCesspit
Fritzler (4): MrBuddyLee, Mariyta, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2
ChannelDelibird (2): mystery meat of doom, BabyJesus
BabyJesus (1): Brian McQueso
mystery meat of doom (1): Coron
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Mariyta (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Harry_Potter
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
TheCesspit (1): SpamWise

Not Voting: armlx, Masterchief, Max, mlaker, PookyTheMagicalBear, Shamrock, viper0933

13 to lynch

A few notes:

1 -- With MeMeMeet coming up over the next few days, players should be aware that some may not be posting for this reason. It's better if players going post in thread (as Mastermind of Sin did), but I won't be replacing for lurking until the event ends.

2 -- I have received two requests for replacement that I will be dealing with later today. Players should be reminded that this is a game, and they should be contributing to a fun environment. Derogatory comments directed at players themselves will be met with disciplinary action. (Fritzler's second last post before this one earns him a "yellow card".)

Carry on.

[Yaw]

Someone replaces DrippingGoofball.

Blackberry replaces Mariyta.

[Yaw]

in fact, why is my man Jack Daniels not at this meeting?

I missed an obvious pun? Damn.

I think I'll crawl into a hole now.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Someone (3): Mastermind of Sin, Someone, Fritzler
Fritzler (3): MrBuddyLee, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2
BabyJesus (2): Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear
Blackberry (2): Fuldu, ibaesha
viper0933 (2): SpamWise, TheCesspit
ChannelDelibird (1): mystery meat of doom
mystery meat of doom (1): Coron
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Harry_Potter
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry

Not Voting: armlx, Masterchief, Max, mlaker, Shamrock, viper0933, BabyJesus

13 to lynch

Both replacements have confirmed.

Also note the rule against using small text in the game. I expect that won't be happening again.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

viper0933 (5): SpamWise, TheCesspit, BabyJesus, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom
Someone (3): Mastermind of Sin, Someone, Fritzler
Fritzler (2): ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2
BabyJesus (2): Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear
Blackberry (2): Fuldu, ibaesha
mystery meat of doom (1): Coron
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Harry_Potter
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry

Not Voting: armlx, Masterchief, Max, mlaker, Shamrock, viper0933

13 to lynch

[Yaw]

woo hoo, yellow card!

can someone not from the US tell me what that does, exactly?

It meant that's your one warning...but in hindsight, I'll revise that downwards.

Basically, I have no problem with any game-related play. However, I have to recognize that I have a problem when I start losing players because somebody's decided to insult them in thread, which is what Mariyta specified as the reason she asked to be replaced. I would prefer not to be involved in any disciplinary action, but if I start getting a rash of replacement requests because one player has decided to be a dick, I really don't have much choice in order to keep a functioning game.

I realize this is a subjective thing, and I recognize that some players are more abrasive than others and should be allowed to play that way. That said, there is a balance between the free speech of the players and my ability to run a game with a full complement. I am prepared to be very patient, but my patience is not infinite and if the player base indicates that somebody is a serious enough problem to threaten the game's integrity, for non-game related reasons, I'll have to take action.

For now, just note that this is what happened, and that I expect players not to create a mass exodus due to personality conflicts that have nothing to do with gameplay.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

viper0933 (7): SpamWise, BabyJesus, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, ChannelDelibird, mlaker, Someone
Someone (2): Mastermind of Sin, Fritzler
BabyJesus (2): Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear
Blackberry (2): Fuldu, ibaesha
mlaker (2): Yosarian2, Harry_Potter
mystery meat of doom (1): Coron
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry

Not Voting: armlx, Masterchief, Max, Shamrock, viper0933, TheCesspit

13 to lynch

[Yaw]

Thanks to the time missed from MeMeMeet and an upcoming vacation, mlaker has requested replacement. Bogre will be taking his place.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

viper0933 (5): MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, ChannelDelibird, Bogre, Someone
Bogre (4): Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Fritzler, BabyJesus
Max (2): Yosarian2, SpamWise
Someone (1): Mastermind of Sin
BabyJesus (1): PookyTheMagicalBear
Blackberry (1): Fuldu
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry
Spamwise (1): Coron

Not Voting: armlx, Masterchief, Max, Shamrock, viper0933, TheCesspit, Brian McQueso

13 to lynch

MeMeMeet is now over. I'll allow a day for travel time, and start dealing with any prods tomorrow if they're required. Please let me know if you feel anyone needs one.

[Yaw]

Just waiting for the page to turn over, my dear Someone.

Vote Count:

Bogre (8): Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Fritzler, BabyJesus, TheCesspit, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2, armlx
viper0933 (3): MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, Someone
Max (1): SpamWise
Someone (1): Mastermind of Sin
BabyJesus (1): PookyTheMagicalBear
Blackberry (1): Fuldu
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry
Spamwise (1): Coron
Fritzler (1): Bogre

Not Voting: Masterchief, Max, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso

13 to lynch

I counted TheCesspit's vote this time, but in the future note that you have to actually vote for the players in the game. (Mlaker was replaced.)

Let me know if any players need prodding.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Bogre (10): Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Fritzler, BabyJesus, TheCesspit, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2, armlx, PookyTheMagicalBear, Max
viper0933 (3): MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, Someone
Max (1): SpamWise
Someone (1): Mastermind of Sin
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry
Spamwise (1): Coron
ibaesha (1): Fuldu

Not Voting: Masterchief, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, Bogre

13 to lynch

I have a cattle prod all charged up. Let me know who I have to poke.

[Yaw]

Sorry man, I don't do proxies. If it isn't in the rules, it isn't there. I'm not making up rules midway through the game.

[Yaw]

This is getting bad. Prodding those who haven't posted in a week:

armlx
Blackberry
Colonel Kurtz
Fuldu
Harry_Potter
Someone
SpamWise
viper0933

Expect a deadline if things don't pick up.

[Yaw]

Oh, and to start the new page...

Vote Count:

Bogre (11): Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Fritzler, BabyJesus, TheCesspit, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom
viper0933 (1): Someone
Max (1): SpamWise
Someone (1): Mastermind of Sin
Brian McQueso (1): the silent speaker
Masterchief (1): Colonel Kurtz
Harry_Potter (1): Blackberry
Spamwise (1): Coron
ibaesha (1): Fuldu

Not Voting: Masterchief, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, Bogre, PookyTheMagicalBear

13 to lynch

Remember, activity picks up or deadline hits.

[Yaw]

ChannelDelibird has indeed asked to be replaced due to time constraints. He will be replaced by lordy.

Also, Someone hasn't picked up his prod yet, and hasn't posted anything since July 2nd on the board. If anyone has any information about this, please let me know -- I want to give him a fair shake if he's gone on vacation. Thanks.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Bogre (10): Harry_Potter, Fritzler, BabyJesus, TheCesspit, ChannelDelibird, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom
SpamWise (3): Coron, Colonel Kurtz, ibaesha
TheCesspit (3): Fuldu, Mastermind of Sin, SpamWise
viper0933 (1): Someone

Not Voting: Masterchief, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, Bogre, PookyTheMagicalBear, Blackberry, the silent speaker

13 to lynch

[Yaw]

Someone hasn't picked up his prod, so is being replaced by zu_Faul.

Vote Count:

Bogre (9): Harry_Potter, Fritzler, BabyJesus, lordy, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom
SpamWise (4): Coron, Colonel Kurtz, ibaesha, TheCesspit
TheCesspit (3): Fuldu, Mastermind of Sin, SpamWise
viper0933 (1): zu_Faul

Not Voting: Masterchief, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, Bogre, PookyTheMagicalBear, Blackberry, the silent speaker

13 to lynch

And with participation still low, enter the retractable deadline. You have until

Wednesday, July 19 at Midnight EDT

to reach a decision. That should be plenty of time for the replacements to catch up as well.

[Yaw]

Oh be nice. zu_Faul did fix the tags.

Anyway, I'm prodding lordy, since people replacing into games should actually play in them at some point.

Your deadline's not getting lifted at this rate. I just realized I forgot to put it in the rules up front -- I'm going to go with normal deadline lynch rules at deadline, rather than the regular lynch. (That is, at half of the regular majority, first to that point in the event of a tie.)

Naturally, it's better if you can all agree on a lynch normally.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Bogre (10): Harry_Potter, Fritzler, BabyJesus, lordy, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, zu_Faul
SpamWise (6): Coron, Colonel Kurtz, ibaesha, TheCesspit, Bogre, Mastermind of Sin
TheCesspit (2): Fuldu, SpamWise

Not Voting: Masterchief, Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear, Blackberry, the silent speaker

13 to lynch

Remember, deadline is Wednesday. As stated on the previous page, it will take half of the regular majority to lynch at that point.

[Yaw]

Non-voters:

Never posted: Masterchief, Shamrock

Terribly sorry, I missed that since they didn't show up on the "Display posts by" tag at the bottom of the page. Never even thought to double-check. I feel like I've been using the Buddy System -- it

never

fails!

I will prod the two of them right away, and there are enough replacements waiting in the wings in case they don't show up. Since this is my fault for not checking, I'll also

extend the deadline to Saturday the 21st, at midnight EDT

, to give them a chance to show up and contribute, or any replacements to do the same.

[Yaw]

Since Shamrock hasn't picked up his prod, and hasn't posted anywhere on Scum for a month, he's being replaced by spectrumvoid.

Also note that BabyJesus has posted in the V/LA thread about some recent limited access.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Bogre (12): Harry_Potter, Fritzler, BabyJesus, lordy, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, zu_Faul, ibaesha, Colonel Kurtz
SpamWise (5): Coron, TheCesspit, Bogre, Mastermind of Sin, Masterchief
TheCesspit (1): Fuldu
lordy (1): SpamWise

Not Voting: Shamrock, viper0933, Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear, Blackberry, the silent speaker

13 to lynch

(Yes, the vote count is accurate.)

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Bogre (13): Harry_Potter, Fritzler, BabyJesus, lordy, Yosarian2, armlx, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, zu_Faul, ibaesha, Colonel Kurtz, spectrumvoid
SpamWise (5): Coron, TheCesspit, Bogre, Mastermind of Sin, Masterchief
TheCesspit (1): Fuldu
lordy (1): SpamWise

Not Voting: viper0933, Brian McQueso, PookyTheMagicalBear, Blackberry, the silent speaker

13 to lynch, so that does it.

After a lot of argument, the ACME employees decide that Bogre is the scummiest among them. They drag him over to the ACME Guillotine(TM), and chop off his head. Inspecting the body, they find that he was quite a loyal, non-evil employee.

The office of Jack Gallagher is locked up, and the rest of you retire for the night.

It is now Night 1.

To allow everyone a chance to make choices (I know there's a couple of people on limited access, and you shouldn't have additional information from them not having the opportunity to make a night choice), it's going to be a bit of a long night.

The deadline will be Monday, July 31 at Midnight EDT.

[Yaw]

Two notes.

1 -- viper0933 has requested replacement in all his games. He will be replaced by bluemonick.

2 -- I'm an idiot, and I thought I was making the deadline today. Obviously, that's not what I wrote, and I have to go by what was written. So the deadline will remain the 31st. If anyone wants to change choices thanks to the extended deadline, I'm willing to accept that. However, I'm going to start the game as soon as the last choice comes in, so if you have any changes to make you might want to make them soon.

[Yaw]

Morning comes, and the employees of ACME gather in the lunch room. Well, most of them...Blackberry is missing. A quick search finds poor Blackberry crumpled on the floor of his office in a bloody pool. There is no evidence to point to his being scum. Sadly, you remove the body and the office of Jack Wilkinson is locked up.

While walking back to the lunch room, you notice that the door of the office once belonging to Jack Gallagher is no longer locked...

Upon returning to the lunch room, you notice the new announcement posted on the bulletin board. There has been an office reassignment. SpamWise will now occupy the office of Jack Quinn, which ibaesha will occupy the office of Jack Johnson.

With all of these curious events, you are thoughtful as you eat your breakfast. Little do you realize that the events have not ended. As you are finishing up, there is a loud explosion. Everyone in the lunch room rushes towards the sound to find out what happened, to find out that the office of Jack Xavier is in flames. You use the firehose to put it out, but the office is rendered completely useless.

Blackberry, Jack Wilkinson (Pro-Town), killed Night 1
ibaesha reassigned to Jack Johnson's office
SpamWise reassigned to Jack Quinn's office
Yosarian2, occupying Jack Xavier's office, loses office
Jack Gallagher's office opened

It is now Day 2. With 23 alive, it will take

12 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

Oh, almost forgot. Fuldu will be out of town until Monday, so will have limited access.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

MrBuddyLee (1): ibaesha

Not Voting: armlx, BabyJesus, Brian McQueso, lordy, Colonel Kurtz, Coron, zu_Faul, Fritzler, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, Mastermind of Sin, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, SpamWise, TheCesspit, the silent speaker, bluemonick, Yosarian2

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

lordy (8): ibaesha, SpamWise, Mastermind of Sin, Colonel Kurtz, bluemonick, Yosarian2, BabyJesus, PookyTheMagicalBear
SpamWise (1): Masterchief
ibaesha (1): lordy

Not Voting: armlx, Brian McQueso, Coron, zu_Faul, Fritzler, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, spectrumvoid, TheCesspit, the silent speaker,

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Surgery? Hope you're better, Brian.

Vote Count:

lordy (8): ibaesha, SpamWise, Mastermind of Sin, bluemonick, Yosarian2, BabyJesus, PookyTheMagicalBear, Fritzler
ibaesha (1): lordy
Colonel Kurtz (3): the silent speaker, Harry_Potter, Masterchief
the silent speaker (2): mystery meat of doom, Colonel Kurtz

Not Voting: armlx, Brian McQueso, Coron, zu_Faul, Fuldu, Max, MrBuddyLee, spectrumvoid, TheCesspit

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

I will be gone 2-9 August in a scout Jamboree In Japan.

I don't intend to replace him for a week long absence.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

lordy (7): SpamWise, Mastermind of Sin, bluemonick, Yosarian2, BabyJesus, PookyTheMagicalBear, Fritzler
Colonel Kurtz (4): the silent speaker, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, armlx
the silent speaker (2): mystery meat of doom, Colonel Kurtz
ibaesha (1): lordy
MtBuddyLee (1): ibaesha
armlx (1): zu_Faul

Not Voting: Brian McQueso, Coron, Fuldu, Max, MrBuddyLee, spectrumvoid, TheCesspit

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

So who do I need to prod to get the activity back up?

[Yaw]

MrBuddyLee, Pooky, and bluemonick have been prodded. I'm not sure if that was a prod request on BabyJesus or not. I'll prod him as well if people wish.

Not much point in prodding Harry_Potter right now, but I'm willing to do it when he gets back from his vacation.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

lordy (4): SpamWise, Yosarian2, BabyJesus, Fritzler
Colonel Kurtz (4): the silent speaker, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, armlx
bluemonick (3): Fuldu, ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear
the silent speaker (2): mystery meat of doom, Colonel Kurtz
armlx (2): zu_Faul, Mastermind of Sin
Yosarian2 (2): Brian McQueso, bluemonick
ibaesha (1): lordy

Not Voting: Coron, Max, MrBuddyLee, spectrumvoid, TheCesspit

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Just to make clear, I am not going to prod someone I just prodded, and who has posted in response to said prod.

Vote Count:

bluemonick (8): Fuldu, ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Fritzler, Brian McQueso, TheCesspit, Masterchief
lordy (3): SpamWise, Yosarian2, BabyJesus
Colonel Kurtz (3): the silent speaker, Harry_Potter, armlx
armlx (2): zu_Faul, Mastermind of Sin
the silent speaker (1): Colonel Kurtz
Yosarian2 (1): bluemonick
ibaesha (1): lordy
Masterchief (1): mystery meat of doom

Not Voting: Coron, Max, MrBuddyLee

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Let's start a new page with a

Vote Count:

bluemonick (8): Fuldu, ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Fritzler, Brian McQueso, TheCesspit, Masterchief
lordy (3): SpamWise, Yosarian2, BabyJesus
Colonel Kurtz (3): the silent speaker, Harry_Potter, armlx
armlx (2): zu_Faul, Mastermind of Sin
the silent speaker (1): Colonel Kurtz
Yosarian2 (1): bluemonick
ibaesha (1): lordy
Masterchief (1): mystery meat of doom
Harry_Potter (1): MrBuddyLee

Not Voting: Coron, Max

12 to lynch.

[Yaw]

spectrumvoid -- This seems to be a common complaint when people change their emails. Send Jeep an email from your new email, and he'll fix it up for you. (Also, there's an "I can't login" sticky thread in the Help forum you might want to post in to give him more notice.)

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

bluemonick (12): Fuldu, ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Fritzler, Brian McQueso, TheCesspit, Masterchief, Colonel Kurtz, BabyJesus, Max, the silent speaker
Colonel Kurtz (3): Harry_Potter, armlx, SpamWise
armlx (2): zu_Faul, Mastermind of Sin
lordy (1): Yosarian2
Yosarian2 (1): bluemonick
ibaesha (1): lordy
Masterchief (1): mystery meat of doom
Harry_Potter (1): MrBuddyLee

Not Voting: Coron

12 to lynch.

"I'm scum, dammit! Lynch me!"

The ACME employees listen to bluemonick, and he is placed into the ACME Guillotine(TM). One his head is gone, you find a Mafia calling card in his clothes. What do you know, he was right!

The office of Jack Campbell is closed up, and you all retire for the night.

bluemonick, scum, lynched day 2

.

It is now

Night 2

. Get your choices in by

Friday, August 18 at Midnight EDT

.

[Yaw]

I'm rather disappointed. If it were one or two I'd just go on without them, but when I'm missing

half

the night choices...

I'm extending night to

Monday, August 21 at midnight EDT

. Reminders will be sent out to those missing choices. Day 3 will begin at that time no matter what.

[Yaw]

Morning breaks like a pane of glass. The employees of ACME meet in the lunch room to discover that three are missing. A search of the offices turns up the broken bodies of Fritzler, Brian McQueso, and lordy. All three show no evidence of involvement with the infiltrators. All three offices are locked after the bodies are removed to the ACME Morgue.

On the way back to the lunch room, you notice that the office of Jack Campbell is now unlocked...

There is a new announcement on the bulletin board in the lunch room. Another office reassignment has been announced. MrBuddyLee will now occupy the office of Jack Nelson, and the silent speaker will occupy the office of Jack Fox.

After a quiet breakfast, it is time to go on the hunt again...

Fritzler, Jack Vernon (Pro-town), killed Night 2
Brian McQueso, Jack Bennett (Pro-town), killed Night 2
lordy, Jack Olson (Pro-Town), killed Night 2
MrBuddyLee reassigned to Jack Nelson's office
the silent speaker reassigned to Jack Fox's office
Jack Campbell's office opened

It is now Day 3. With 19 alive, it will take

10 to lynch

[Yaw]

Front page has been fixed. Thanks to zu_Faul for pointing that out.

Vote Count:

SpamWise (2): zu_Faul, TheCesspit

Not Voting: armlx, BabyJesus, Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Masterchief, Mastermind of Sin, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, SpamWise, the silent speaker, Yosarian2

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

SpamWise (2): zu_Faul, TheCesspit
BabyJesus (1): Mastermind of Sin
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): BabyJesus

Not Voting: armlx, Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Masterchief, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, SpamWise, the silent speaker, Yosarian2

10 to lynch.

I forgot to mention that Pooky was on V/LA until the 25th, but he also posted it in the official V/LA thread, and has been checking in from various airports. Nevertheless, I don't expect him to be back to full access until then.

I'm perfectly willing to prod people without V/LA notices on request, of course.

[Yaw]

SpamWise has requested replacement. He will be replaced by mathcam.

[Yaw]

Recent participation is getting bad. You have a reprieve while Cam catches up, but if this continues you can expect a retractable deadline soon afterwards.

Let me know if I need to prod anyone.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (2): zu_Faul, BabyJesus
BabyJesus (2): Mastermind of Sin, TheCesspit
Harry_Potter (2): ibaesha, Yosarian2

Not Voting: armlx, Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam, the silent speaker

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Prodding those who haven't posted since the 25th (and don't have a V/LA message):

Coron
zu_Faul
Fuldu
Masterchief
Max
mystery meat of doom
PookyTheMagicalBear

Getting on that now.

With everyone paying attention, I'm imposing a

retractable deadline

. You have until

Thursday, September 7 at 11 PM EDT

to either lynch someone or talk enough to make the deadline go away. (That'll give the legitimate V/LA people a chance to get back as well.) I'll adjust if necessary to deal with replacements.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

BabyJesus (3): Mastermind of Sin, TheCesspit, spectrumvoid
mathcam (2): zu_Faul, BabyJesus
Harry_Potter (2): ibaesha, Yosarian2

Not Voting: armlx, Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, Masterchief, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, the silent speaker

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

I don't expect this to be relevant, but just to be responsible...

I'm moving tomorrow. I expect to just be able to plug in my computer and have internet access, so I should have no disruption. Having not tried in this place before, of course, I can't guarantee it. At worst, I'll be gone for a few days while technical issues get worked out.

Pie has the most recent version of the game with all night choices, and has been instructed on what's going on with the prods. Even if I'm gone for a few days, you will experience no disruption in the modding of this game.

[Yaw]

inHimshallibe replaces Masterchief, who as far as I can tell hasn't had his computer recover yet. Both Max and Pooky have picked up their PMs, so I'll hold off until tomorrow on them.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

BabyJesus (3): Mastermind of Sin, TheCesspit, Harry_Potter
inHimshallibe (3): the silent speaker, Yosarian2, spectrumvoid
Harry_Potter (2): ibaesha, BabyJesus, armlx
Yosarian2 (2): PookyTheMagicalBear, inHimshallibe
mathcam (1): zu_Faul
Max (1): mathcam

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Well, since Max has posted elsewhere and picked up his prod, he obviously doesn't want to be in this game. Or many others, judging by his message history.

LoudmouthLee replaces Max. I'm really hoping that's the last one.

[Yaw]

Extending deadline until

Saturday, September 9 at 11PM EDT

.

Three reasons:

I want to give LmL a fair chance to catch up, knowing he's busy in meatworld at the moment.

I want to give the people returning from vacation with reasonable V/LA notices a fair chance to catch up as well.

I just started They-Won't-Let-Us-Call-It-A-Teacher's-College, and the first week is

packed

. So this will take a bit of a load off me by reducing work for this game down to (most likely) vote counts.

Meanwhile, it's still a retractable deadline and participation has been getting better recently. Keep it up.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

BabyJesus (4): Mastermind of Sin, TheCesspit, Harry_Potter, ibaesha
inHimshallibe (3): the silent speaker, Yosarian2, spectrumvoid
Harry_Potter (2): BabyJesus, armlx
Yosarian2 (2): PookyTheMagicalBear, inHimshallibe
mathcam (1): zu_Faul
Max (1): mathcam

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Max, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Yes, but not for the reason you think.

Colonel Kurtz asked to be replaced. He will be replaced by Uraj45. Deadline will be extended to

Monday, September 11 at 11PM EDT

to give him a chance to catch up and post.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

BabyJesus (5): Mastermind of Sin, TheCesspit, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear
Harry_Potter (4): BabyJesus, armlx, MrBuddyLee, inHimshallibe
inHimshallibe (3): the silent speaker, Yosarian2, spectrumvoid
mathcam (1): zu_Faul
Max (1): mathcam

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Max, mystery meat of doom

10 to lynch.

As usual, let me know if there's anyone I need to be concerned about with respect to participation.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Harry_Potter (6): BabyJesus, armlx, MrBuddyLee, inHimshallibe, TheCesspit, ibaesha
BabyJesus (4): Mastermind of Sin, Harry_Potter, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
inHimshallibe (2): the silent speaker, Yosarian2
mathcam (1): zu_Faul

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Fuldu, Max, mystery meat of doom, spectrumvoid

10 to lynch.

[Yaw]

I'm happy with the participation recently. Deadline off.

With the lurker situation, Max and Colonel Kurtz have already been replaced (by Loudmouth Lee and Uraj45, respectively). I'll check up on them about posting, but please do check the front post before making accusations about lurking.

I find it highly amusing that MrBuddyLee wants me to prod him in his own post.

Sorry, I missed Coron. He did get prodded the last time around, and for some reason I thought he'd posted. I'll either pester him to post, or replace him as soon as I get someone else on the replacement list.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

BabyJesus (7): Mastermind of Sin, Harry_Potter, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, Fuldu, zu_Faul, spectrumvoid
Harry_Potter (6): BabyJesus, armlx, MrBuddyLee, inHimshallibe, TheCesspit, ibaesha
inHimshallibe (2): the silent speaker, Yosarian2

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Max, mystery meat of doom

10 to lynch.

And for those who don't read the bottom of pages, the deadline has been removed.

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

BabyJesus (10): Mastermind of Sin, Harry_Potter, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, Fuldu, zu_Faul, spectrumvoid, TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee, ibaesha
Harry_Potter (3): BabyJesus, armlx, inHimshallibe
inHimshallibe (1): the silent speaker
TheCesspit (1): Yosarian2

Not Voting: Colonel Kurtz, Coron, Max, mystery meat of doom

BabyJesus is dragged to the ACME Guillotine(TM), and down comes the blade. Lynchings make BabyJesus bleed! Unfortunately, there's no indication of any involvement with infiltrators. His office is locked up as you retire for the night.

BabyJesus, Jack Yates (Pro-town), lynched Day 3.

It is now

Night 3

. I'm going to set a preliminary deadline of

Friday, September 15 at Midnight EDT

, but please bear with me as this might get extended. I'm going to make sure the replacement situation is worked out and all players, including any new replacements if necessary, have a chance to submit night choices.

[Yaw]

Everyone's been confirmed, so as of now there's no reason to extend the deadline. (I'll consider tomorrow if the number of choices in is horrible, but I don't expect it will be.)

[Yaw]

Too tired to figure out the night choices tonight, so I'll get to it tomorrow. If I receive your choice before I open, I'll count it. So if you're missing your choice it isn't too late yet...but you'd better get it in fast.

[Yaw]

It is gloomy outside when you wake and head down to the company lunch room. A quick count of heads reveals that three more employees are missing. Searching the building turns up three disfigured bodies: zu_Faul, the silent speaker, and inHimshallibe. Nothing turns up to indicate disloyalty on two of them...but you find a bloody ACME Hunting Knife(TM) on the silent speaker.

Returning to the lunch room, you notice that the office of Jack Bennett has been opened...

There is a notice posted on the bulletin board in the lunch room. Again offices have been reassigned, this time moving mathcam into Jack Kay's office, and armlx into the office of Jack Quinn.

With nothing else of interest occurring, you settle down for a quick breakfast followed by your job of hunting down the remaining infiltrators.

zu_Faul(replacing Someone, who replaced DrippingGoofball), killed Night 3 (Jack Usher, Pro-town)
inHimshallibe (replacing Masterchief), killed Night 3 (Jack Ryan, Pro-town)
the silent speaker, killed Night 3 (Jack Fox, formerly Jack Nelson, Serial Killer)
armlx reassigned to the office of Jack Quinn
mathcam reassigned to the office of Jack Kay
Office of Jack Bennett opened

It is now Day 4. With 15 alive, it will take

8 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Mastermind of Sin (1): Coron
Coron (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: armlx, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Mastermind of Sin, LoudmouthLee, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam, TheCesspit, Yosarian2

Oops. I was wondering why on earth people were still accusing Max of lurking, only to find out I forgot to change the front post. Fixed now. Max was replaced by LoudmouthLee towards the end of yesterday. I'm pestering him and Pooky by AIM to get them to the thread. I'll prod Harry_Potter and mystery meat of doom by PM.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Mastermind of Sin (1): Coron
Coron (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: armlx, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Mastermind of Sin, LoudmouthLee, MrBuddyLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam, TheCesspit, Yosarian2

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Coron (2): Uraj45, TheCesspit
mathcam (2): Coron, MrBuddyLee
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin

Not Voting: armlx, Fuldu, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, LoudmouthLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam, Yosarian2

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (2): Coron, MrBuddyLee
Coron (1): TheCesspit
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin
MrBuddyLee (1): Fuldu
Fuldu (1): ibaesha
ibaesha (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: armlx, Harry_Potter, LoudmouthLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam, Yosarian2

8 to lynch

I'll make sure LoudmouthLee posts this weekend or gets replaced.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (2): Coron, MrBuddyLee
Coron (1): TheCesspit
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin
MrBuddyLee (1): Fuldu
Fuldu (1): ibaesha
ibaesha (1): Uraj45
LoudmouthLee (1): Yosarian2

Not Voting: armlx, Harry_Potter, LoudmouthLee, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, mathcam

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

It's been quite long enough. It doesn't look like LoudmouthLee is going to get around to this. Save The Dragons replaces him.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

ibaesha (2): armlx, Coron
mathcam (1): MrBuddyLee
Coron (1): TheCesspit
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin
MrBuddyLee (1): Fuldu
Fuldu (1): ibaesha
Save The Dragons (1): Yosarian2

Not Voting: Harry_Potter, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, Uraj45, spectrumvoid

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

ibaesha (2): armlx, Coron
MrBuddyLee (2): Fuldu, ibaesha
Save The Dragons (2): Yosarian2, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin

Not Voting: Harry_Potter, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, Uraj45, spectrumvoid

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

MrBuddyLee (4): Fuldu, ibaesha, Harry_Potter, Uraj45
Save The Dragons (2): Yosarian2, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
ibaesha (1): Coron
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
mathcam (1): Save The Dragons

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, armlx

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

MrBuddyLee (4): Fuldu, ibaesha, Harry_Potter, Uraj45
Save The Dragons (2): Yosarian2, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
ibaesha (1): Coron
TheCesspit (1): Mastermind of Sin
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
mathcam (1): Save The Dragons

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, armlx

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

MrBuddyLee (4): Fuldu, ibaesha, Harry_Potter, Uraj45
Save The Dragons (2): Yosarian2, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
TheCesspit (2): Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, armlx

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

This is slowing down too much. Pick up the pace.

Let me know if anyone needs a prod.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mystery meat of doom (4): mathcam, Save The Dragons, Mastermind of Sin, ibaesha
MrBuddyLee (3): Fuldu, Harry_Potter, Uraj45
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
Save The Dragons (1): Yosarian2
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, armlx

8 to lynch

Prodding mystery meat of doom. I'll replace him if he fails to respond. (I'm not going to replace players who do respond and simply choose not to contribute enough for other players. If you want to hang yourself, that's your business.)

[Yaw]

Of course Thanksgiving is this weekend. Why would anyone think otherwise?

(Don't mind me. I have an irrational desire to aikido American exceptionalism sometimes.)

More relevantly, I'll be happy to fulfill mystery meat of doom's request. We'll see this resolved one way or the other.

[Yaw]

Prods sent as requested.

I'm going to hold off on a deadline until the mystery meat of doom thing is resolved. I recognize that the lack of posting is in part due to this and my allowing him the weekend.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

TheCesspit (4): Mastermind of Sin, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Fuldu
mystery meat of doom (2): mathcam, ibaesha
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

TheCesspit (5): Mastermind of Sin, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Fuldu, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
mystery meat of doom (1): ibaesha
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

8 to lynch

I'll try again with the lurkers. There aren't enough replacements available to just do that to everyone.

[Yaw]

TheCesspit has requested replacement (after being away on an unannounced vacation). I'll deal with that tomorrow.

[Yaw]

Please welcome Oberon, who replaces TheCesspit.

To vent briefly, we have a V/LA thread. I read it. Please use it. The only good excuse for disappearing for a few weeks without telling anyone is if your computer burst into flames. Vacations don't come up last minute. Even if things get really busy, try to take a few minutes to say so. Don't make me hunt you down.

Vote Count:

TheCesspit (5): Mastermind of Sin, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Fuldu, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
mystery meat of doom (1): ibaesha
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): TheCesspit, MrBuddyLee
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Oberon (3): Mastermind of Sin, Fuldu, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (3): Oberon, MrBuddyLee, Yosarian2
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx
Fuldu (1): ibaesha

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save The Dragons

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Oberon (3): Mastermind of Sin, Fuldu, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (3): Oberon, MrBuddyLee, Yosarian2
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx
Fuldu (1): ibaesha

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, Save The Dragons

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Oberon (3): Mastermind of Sin, Fuldu, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (3): Oberon, MrBuddyLee, Yosarian2
Fuldu (3): ibaesha, Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Oberon (3): Mastermind of Sin, Fuldu, mathcam
PookyTheMagicalBear (3): Oberon, MrBuddyLee, Yosarian2
Fuldu (3): ibaesha, Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Uraj45
ibaesha (1): Coron
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

8 to lynch

There.

Now

it's on the right page.

[Yaw]

Unfortunately, from what's been stated elsewhere there's no indication we're getting those posts back. We'll just have to continue from what we have. So the last vote count is on this page. I will prod anyone who hasn't posted post-crash in two days.

Just assume someone accidentally set off an ACME(TM) Time Machine.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (4): ibaesha, Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (3): Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Mastermind of Sin
Oberon (2): Fuldu, Yosarian2
PookyTheMagicalBear (2): Oberon, MrBuddyLee
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, Coron

8 to lynch

Have been prodded for not checking in since the crash: Oberon, Harry_Potter, Uraj45, armlx, mystery meat of doom, Coron

[Yaw]

Many apologies -- I got a kidney stone early Wednesday morning, and have been out of commission since. Starting to get used to the painkillers (damn thing hasn't passed yet), so I should be around more. At any rate, that has meant leaving the absent player issue longer than I wanted to. I'll get more active on that this afternoon/evening.

[Yaw]

Please note that spectrumvoid is reporting some problems with posting on scum at the moment. Apparently, not only has she been experiencing the time stamp problem, but has been unable to post in certain threads as well. This will hopefully be cleared up fairly quickly.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (4): ibaesha, Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (3): Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Mastermind of Sin
Uraj45 (2): MrBuddyLee, Yosarian2
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx
mathcam (1): Coron

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

8 to lynch

Still haven't posted since crash: Harry_Potter, armlx

I'm currently looking for replacements. At the rate things are going, you can expect a deadline soon after they're found.

[Yaw]

Well, that sucked.

I'll be making a note of who's here based on who posts from this point on. I'll give a few days before going through the prod-replace thing.

Let's work together to get this back on track, shall we?

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (3): ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (3): Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Mastermind of Sin
mathcam (2): Coron, Yosarian2
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, Save The Dragons

8 to lynch

Still to post since last crash: PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Oberon, armlx, mystery meat of doom

Sorry, things are busy here. I'll prod when I can, and let you know.

[Yaw]

Prods have been sent to: PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam, Harry_Potter, Oberon, armlx, mystery meat of doom

[Yaw]

Good to see we're back. It looks like things are mostly fixed now, so hopefully there won't be any further board issues.

I'll give everyone a few days to check in before prodding and replacing people. I hope to have a full complement of players again fairly shortly.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (3): ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (3): Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Mastermind of Sin
mathcam (3): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

8 to lynch

To be safe, I'm only counting Pooky and Coron as here so far. Everyone else should check in.

[Yaw]

Prodded: armlx, Harry_Potter, ibaesha, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid, Oberon

I'll be replacing those that don't respond. I will likely be imposing a deadline once we're up to capacity.

[Yaw]

Officially replacing armlx, Harry_Potter, ibaesha (sniff), and Oberon. Will slot replacements in as I get them.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (3): ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (3): Harry_Potter, Uraj45, Mastermind of Sin
mathcam (3): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Harry_Potter (1): spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (4): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid
Fuldu (3): ibaesha, PookyTheMagicalBear, mathcam
MrBuddyLee (2): Harry_Potter, Mastermind of Sin
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Mastermind of Sin (1): armlx

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, Uraj45

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Quagmire replaces Harry_Potter.
Thok replaces ibaesha.

Still looking for armlx and Oberon. Illumina's on my list from pre-crash, so looking for confirmation about that replacement.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (5): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Thok, Uraj45
MrBuddyLee (2): Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin
Fuldu (1): PookyTheMagicalBear
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
Mastermind of Sin (1): pablito
pablito (1): mathcam

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, spectrumvoid

8 to lynch

pablito replaces armlx. The vote count has been fixed to reflect the new replacements.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

mathcam (6): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Thok, Uraj45, pablito
MrBuddyLee (2): Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin
Fuldu (1): PookyTheMagicalBear
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1): Fuldu
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
pablito (1): mathcam

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom, spectrumvoid

8 to lynch

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

mathcam (8): Coron, Yosarian2, Save The Dragons, Thok, Uraj45, pablito, spectrumvoid, Fuldu
MrBuddyLee (2): Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin
Fuldu (1): PookyTheMagicalBear
Uraj45 (1): MrBuddyLee
Oberon (1):
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): Oberon
pablito (1): mathcam

Not Voting: mystery meat of doom

After much arguing and a few breaks to repair system malfunctions in the company, it is decided that mathcam is the most suspicious among you. The ACME(TM) Guillotine takes care of him, but his body shows no signs he was helping the infiltrators.

The office of Jack Kay is locked up and you head off for the night, wondering why the last day seemed to take forever...

mathcam, pro-town, lynched day 4

It is now Night 4. I realize it's around the holidays, and I need to get a replacement in for Oberon before starting the next day. I'll give everyone a week to make family commitments easier, so your deadline for night choices will be

Midnight EST on December 28

. If anyone has any issues with the deadline, please PM me. I'm willing to move it to accomodate people.

[Yaw]

KingEnigma replaces Oberon to fill up the game again.

I may be extending night -- I want to give all the new players an opportunity to catch up before night ends in order to have the game run more smoothly. If you need an extension, please let me know.

[Yaw]

Extending night until

Saturday, December 30

. Same time.

[Yaw]

And now until

Monday, January 1

. Same time. Sorry for delays, trying to be fair to everyone with the holidays.

[Yaw]

You wake to the first pale rays of the sun. Breakfast in the cafeteria is a quiet affair, with all 12 of you deep in thought.

...Twelve?

Looking around the building, you find the body of Yosarian2, crumpled in a hallway alcove. MrBuddyLee's body lies strangled in his office. Neither shows any evidence of working for the infiltrators. The office of Jack Nelson is locked up after the body has been carried out.

On the way back to the cafeteria, you see that Jack Kay's office has been reopened...

Yosarian2, officeless (Pro-town), killed Night 4
MrBuddyLee, Jack Nelson (Pro-town), killed Night 4

It is now

Day 5

. With 12 alive, it will take

7 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Not Voting: pablito, Uraj45, Coron, Fuldu, Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, KingEnigma

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Who do I have to poke to get this moving?

[Yaw]

Have prodded Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin, PookyTheMagicalBear, and KingEnigma.

Next step is a deadline. Get posting.

[Yaw]

KingEnigma has disappeared. I will be replacing him. Everybody else is here.

As soon as KingEnigma's replaced, you're getting a deadline.

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (1): Thok
Coron (1): spectrumvoid

Not Voting: pablito, Uraj45, Coron, Fuldu, Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, KingEnigma

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Sorry I missed that.

Corrected Vote Count:

Uraj45 (2): Thok, pablito
Coron (1): spectrumvoid

Not Voting: Uraj45, Coron, Fuldu, Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, KingEnigma

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Cogito Ergo Sum replaces KingEnigma.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (2): Thok, spectrumvoid
Coron (1): Fuldu
spectrumvoid (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, KingEnigma, pablito

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

hm. I seem to be prone to missing in-line votes recently. I'll go back to the beginning of the day a bit later and check that I have everything.

In the meantime, way too little participation recently. You now have a

retractable DEADLINE

. Make me remove it with good posting, or the day will end on

Friday, January 26 at midnight EST

.

[Yaw]

Prods sent to the four on pablito's list.

Also, as promised, tracked from the beginning of the day...

Vote Count:

Fuldu (3): Thok, spectrumvoid, Cogito Ergo Sum
Cogito Ergo Sum (1): Mastermind of Sin
Coron (1): Fuldu
spectrumvoid (1): Uraj45
Quagmire (1): pablito

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Well, it's not getting retracted at

this

rate.

Vote Count:

Fuldu (4): Thok, spectrumvoid, Cogito Ergo Sum, pablito
spectrumvoid (2): Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear
Cogito Ergo Sum (1): Mastermind of Sin
Coron (1): Fuldu
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Coron, mystery meat of doom

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Fair enough question. For those replacing, deadline lynch rules are:

I just realized I forgot to put it in the rules up front -- I'm going to go with normal deadline lynch rules at deadline, rather than the regular lynch. (That is, at half of the regular majority, first to that point in the event of a tie.)

Naturally, it's better if you can all agree on a lynch normally.

I realize a lot of people weren't around when those were posted originally.

Vote Count:

Fuldu (3): Thok, spectrumvoid, Cogito Ergo Sum
spectrumvoid (3): Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear, mystery meat of doom
Save The Dragons (2): Fuldu, pablito
Cogito Ergo Sum (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Coron

7 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Fuldu (5): Thok, spectrumvoid, Coron, Cogito Ergo Sum, pablito
spectrumvoid (3): Save The Dragons, PookyTheMagicalBear, mystery meat of doom
Save The Dragons (1): Fuldu
Cogito Ergo Sum (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: None

7 to lynch

Still

4 hours to deadline

.

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

Fuldu (6): Thok, spectrumvoid, Coron, Cogito Ergo Sum, pablito, Save The Dragons
spectrumvoid (2): PookyTheMagicalBear, mystery meat of doom
Save The Dragons (1): Fuldu
Cogito Ergo Sum (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: None

"Oh what the hell, let's just lynch Fuldu." With that, you drag Fuldu over to the ACME Guillotine(TM), slide his head into position and release the blade. After he's dead, you find a business card in his pocket identifying him as a member of the Mafia.

The office of Jack Hall is locked up, and you all retire for the night.

Fuldu, Scum, lynched Day 5

It is now

Night 5

. Night will last until

February 1 at midnight EST

. Get your choices in.

[Yaw]

I have the night choices, but this game takes time to process them and I won't have that tonight. Day will start tomorrow (Friday).

[Yaw]

Breakfast is served cold, in a room now only half full. There are only 10 of you now, but the deaths have grown normal, so you finish your meal before going off to search for the missing body. It doesn't take long after finishing to find Cogito Ergo Sum facedown in a bloody pool in the doorway of Jack Lincoln's office. There is no indication of involvement with evil parties. Removing the body, you lock up the office.

On the way back to the break room, you find the doorway of Jack Hall's office is open...

The announcement board is littered with paper today. It seems that in this time of crises,

everyone

has been reassigned to a new office! After a quick dash to find out your new assignments, you reconvene to try to find the remaining infiltrators.

Cogito Ergo Sum, Jack Zimmerman (Pro-town), killed Night 5
Jack Hall's office opened
pablito reassigned to Jack Campbell's office
Uraj45 reassigned to Jack MacDonald's office
Coron reassigned to Jack Thomas' office
Quagmire reassigned to Jack Bennett's office
Thok reassigned to Jack Evans' office
Mastermind of Sin reassigned to Jack Gallagher's office
Save The Dragons reassigned to Jack Johnson's office
mystery meat of doom reassigned to Jack Zimmerman's office
PookyTheMagicalBear reassigned to Jack Adams' office
spectrumvoid reassigned to Jack Kay's office

It is now

Day 6

. With 10 alive, it will take

6 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

I've had some comments by players to the effect that the front post is confusing. It's not intended to be, so if anyone has any suggestions for improvements to the organization there, please feel free to make them. I'll fix it up as best as I can.

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (2): spectrumvoid, pablito
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

6 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (4): spectrumvoid, pablito, Save The Dragons, Coron
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

6 to lynch

[Yaw]

The front post is correct. Or rather, it's more correct to say it's

effectively

correct -- some odd things may have appeared to happen so that all night choices were actually processed. I always resolve night actions from a mechanical standpoint, not a story standpoint, if that helps any.

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (4): spectrumvoid, pablito, Save The Dragons, Coron
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

6 to lynch

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (4): spectrumvoid, pablito, Save The Dragons, Coron
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear

6 to lynch

[Yaw]

I haven't touched the thread to delete stuff this entire game. If there's an issue with posts, it's likely board-related.

[Yaw]

Don't make me deadline you. Pick up the pace.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Uraj45 (4): spectrumvoid, pablito, Save The Dragons, Coron
pablito (1): Uraj45

Not Voting: Quagmire, Thok, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, Mastermind of Sin

6 to lynch

[Yaw]

Don't worry about me, folks, STD has an old address. That's been since turned into a tattoo parlour. I'm sure those bikers will be awfully happy to see their place burned down...

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

Uraj45 (6): spectrumvoid, pablito, Save The Dragons, Coron, PookyTheMagicalBear, Uraj45
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Thok, mystery meat of doom, Mastermind of Sin

6 to lynch

After much argument over Uraj's guilt, he finally had enough. Quite obligingly, you think, he runs over to the ACME Guillotine(TM), sticks his own head in, and drops the blade.

Sadly, as you find from examining the body, this was a suicide born of frustration rather than guilt. Another office locked up, you head off to sleep.

Uraj45, Jack Macdonald (Pro-town), lynched day 6.

It is now Night 6. Please have your choices in by

Midnight EST, Monday, February 26

.

[Yaw]

The morning is grey and rainy as you wander down to have breakfast. As you are eating, you notice that only 8 are here. Sighing, you go off to search for the missing person after dropping off your dishes.

Lying in a pool of blood by his office is pablito. His clothing reveals nothing connecting him to the evils that have plagued your company. His room is locked up, and the body disposed of.

The bulletin board downstairs lists the latest results of the ongoing reorganization. Quagmire has been assigned to the office of Jack Johnson, and Save The Dragons has been assigned to the office of Jack Bennett.

Weary from the toll of the past week, you sit down for another attempt at ridding the evil in your midst.

pablito, Jack Campbell (Pro-town), killed Night 6
Quagmire reassigned to the office of Jack Johnson
Save The Dragons reassigned to the office of Jack Bennett

It is now

Day 7

. With 8 alive, it will take

5 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

This is going a bit on the slow side. Pick it up a bit. If anyone needs prodding, let me know and I'll get on that tomorrow.

It also appears I'm going to need a minion to make me a wiki page... 8)

[Yaw]

Prodded.

[Yaw]

Pooky has also been prodded.

[Yaw]

Replacing mystery meat of doom, who hasn't been seen on the site since February 24.

Pooky's around, so he's not getting replaced.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Thok, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid

5 to lynch

[Yaw]

Ok...I guess we aren't replacing then. Works for me.

[Yaw]

Announcement: On Saturday, I'm heading off to Mexico for three weeks of practice teaching, followed by a week of vacation. I don't expect I'll be accessing Scum during this time, so Pie will be modding this game while I'm gone. He has all my notes, so any necessary replacing can take place, and lynches and nights will proceed as normal. I will be back April 5.

[Yaw]

MoS -- Thank you!

STD -- Never own a credit card.

[Yaw]

Back. Mexico was fun. The airline owes me a suitcase.

Vote Count:

Quagmire (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Thok

5 to lynch

I'll get to the prods, and any other requests people may have, tomorrow afternoon. Although as of now, Pie's deadline looks perfectly reasonable to keep in place.

[Yaw]

Prods sent to...well, everybody. (Jeep rocks for the mass PM feature.)

I'll consider extending depending on what happens.

[Yaw]

Smartass.

Vote Count:

Quagmire (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Thok

5 to lynch

[Yaw]

Well, only two people have yet to pick up their prods, and those two are fairly reliable overall. So it isn't a matter of people needing replacement. It's a matter of people needing to get off their asses, which there's only so much I can help with.

Since it is the Easter weekend, and I expect that has a bit to do with this, I'm going to extend the deadline to

Friday, April 13

. Don't expect it to get moved or repealed again unless people start posting.

[Yaw]

*grumble*Stupid corrupted backup*grumble*

Ok, the deadline passed with no lynch, so we're technically in night. The final vote count was:

Vote Count

Quagmire (1): Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, PookyTheMagicalBear, spectrumvoid, Thok

Because of the downtime and backup errors, I have no night choices in my PM box. To those with choices, please resend. I'm going to set up a new night deadline so everyone has a chance to do this -- let's make it

Tuesday, April 24 at Midnight EDT

. I'll also prod people with choices as we get closer to the date.

I hope this is not too much of an inconvenience.

[Yaw]

I have all the choices on time, but I'm tired tonight. I'll figure things out and open the game tomorrow.

[Yaw]

Another grey morning dawns. Perhaps this morning will be better. Perhaps your lack of action yesterday has convinced the scum to stop killing your colleagues through its peacefulness.

Alas, it is not to be, for there is someone missing at breakfast. A search of the building reveals a beautiful new bear-skin rug adorning the floor of an office...and behind it the rest of PookyTheMagicalBear's corpse. If anything, the situation is growing worse. With liberal use of ACME(TM) Disenfectant, you clean and lock up the office, noting no indications that Pooky was involved with evil forces.

On your return to the cafeteria, you find a notice on the board. Thok has been reassigned to Jack Irving's office.

PookyTheMagicalBear, killed Night 7 (Jack Adams, formerly Jack Macdonald, Pro-Town)
Thok reassigned to the office of Jack Irving

It is now

Day 8

. With 7 alive, it will take

4 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

Sorry about that. Hit the copy instead of the cut. Fixed now.

Vote Count:

Quagmire (1): Mastermind of Sin

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Thok, Save The Dragons, mystery meat of doom, spectrumvoid

4 to lynch

[Yaw]

I'm feeling proactive today. Prodded Coron and mystery meat of doom.

Also, spectrumvoid posted the following in the V/LA thread on Thursday:

Computer off-limits because I got caught playing scum.net when I was supposed to be studying... I blame scumchat I should be able to return this weekend (on leave from work due to exams obviously.)

[Yaw]

Both players have picked up their prods, and so are technically here.

Everyone should start posting if they want to avoid a deadline. (Or propose some sort of alternative if you don't want to see the scum just pick you all off at night without resistance.)

[Yaw]

Prodded.

This is getting quite bad for posting as well. Perhaps a

retractable deadline

will get things to pick up. Let's say

Wednesday, May 9

. Post and it will get removed.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Quagmire (3): Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid

Not Voting: Coron, Quagmire, Thok, mystery meat of doom

4 to lynch

[Yaw]

Well, mystery meat of doom didn't pick up the last prod, so he is now being replaced my ThAdmiral.

To give ThAdmiral a chance to catch up, I'm revoking the deadline. However, without some pick-up in participation you can expect it back.

[Yaw]

Yes, ThAdmiral is around. I checked to see that he had posted recently when I found I needed a replacement, then PMed him to ask if he was still interested. I wouldn't have announced the replacement had he not responded.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Quagmire (3): Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Thok, ThAdmiral

4 to lynch

[Yaw]

Happy to see things pick up again. Please keep the involvement up so I don't have to deadline. If anyone needs prodding, just ask.

Vote Count:

Quagmire (3): Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Thok, ThAdmiral

4 to lynch

[Yaw]

Poked

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Quagmire (2): Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire

Not Voting: Coron, Thok, ThAdmiral, Mastermind of Sin

4 to lynch

Pick it up a bit so I don't have to deadline you.

[Yaw]

I see people want a deadline. Consider it arranged.

Retractable deadline set for

Midnight EDT, Wednesday, June 13

. That gives you over a week to get discussion up to a reasonable level or make a decision. Get cracking.

[Yaw]

You didn't. But you have to

vote

for someone before you can unvote them, and you didn't do that either.

[Yaw]

Poked.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Quagmire (3): Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid, ThAdmiral
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
ThAdmiral (1): Coron

Not Voting: Thok, Mastermind of Sin

4 to lynch

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

Quagmire (4): Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid, ThAdmiral, Mastermind of Sin
Mastermind of Sin (1): Quagmire
ThAdmiral (1): Coron

Not Voting: Thok

"May as well lynch Quagmire. I've got nothing better to do."

And so the employees finally decide to lynch Quagmire, dragging him over to the ACME(TM) Guillotine, shoving his head into place, and dropping the blade. Alas, poor Quagmire, done in by his predecessor Harry_Potter, who was known for sleeping through meetings. He will be...wait a second, this card in his pocket shows he was an infiltrator!

Quagmire, Scum, lynched Day 8

It is now Night 8. Night will end on

Wednesday, June 13 at Midnight EDT

.

[Yaw]

The morning is dull as you gather in the cafeteria for breakfast. Sadly, there is another missing employee. Searching the building, you find Thok, facedown in a pool of blood. There is no evidence that he was a member of the infiltrators. Saddened, you dispose of the body, and lock up his office.

No messages appear on the announcement board today.

Thok, Pro-town, killed Night 8.

It is now

Day 9

. With 5 alive, it will take

3 to lynch

.

[Yaw]

Ah, that reminds me. I should have posted this with the opening post.

From the V/LA thread this past Monday:

Away on all weekends (got a new job because I need $.)

I will be away this wed-fri afternoon because of exams.

[Yaw]

I

can't

win. I'm the

mod

.

I just poked Save The Dragons and spectrumvoid, though, since they haven't posted yet today. (I don't expect anything out of the latter until Monday, though, because of the V/LA message.)

[Yaw]

It is possible the

mod

might rush the day if he doesn't see more frequent posting. (Although the mod will make allowances for the upcoming MoS-Faire, because he's cool like that. The mod is also amused by referring to himself in the third person.)

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Coron (1): ThAdmiral

Not Voting: Coron, Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid

3 to lynch

[Yaw]

Since I first mentioned it, I may as well answer that one (particularly since it affects V/LAs, which is part of my modly responsibility).

MoS-Faire is a MafiaScum meetup being hosted by Mastermind of Sin this very weekend (June 22-25). There is a sizable thread in General Discussion detailing the event, and a page on the Wiki where things should be posted as they happen. Both Mastermind of Sin and Coron are attending, so I'd tend to expect less posting out of them during the event. (Also, as previously mentioned, since this is a MafiaScum event planned well in advance, I'm being lenient with respect to posts during this time. That said, conversation can still continue between those that are here, and I expect things to pick up on the 26th. With a modly

or else

...)

[Yaw]

It's now June 26. Modly leniency over. Pick it up. Tell me who to prod if that's necessary.

[Yaw]

Done, done, and done.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Coron (1): ThAdmiral
spectrumvoid (1): Mastermind of Sin

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid

3 to lynch

[Yaw]

Sigh...

STD hasn't picked up his prod yet, but on looking at his posting history he's been fairly consistent in having 3-4 day gaps between posts on Scum at large. So I'm not overly concerned as long as it doesn't stretch out too much longer. I would very much prefer if he could let us know about his schedule when he checks in, just so everyone has a good impression of how well he can keep up with and contribute to this game.

That said, I

really

don't want to have to look for another replacement if he's in any way around.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Coron (1): ThAdmiral

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid, Mastermind of Sin

3 to lynch

Save The Dragons -- Would you mind filling us in a bit on your schedule when next you post? I'd like to have some impression of how well and how consistently you're able to keep up. Thanks.

[Yaw]

So here's the story.

I'm moving around August 20, and am unsure of how quickly I'll have regular access upon arrival. That means I want this game finished by then. Given that there are only 5 people left alive, that's a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

I'm willing to deadline in order to enforce this goal, but I don't think anyone really benefits from the mod deadlining a game right to the end. That means you have got to pick things up. There's no way there should be this few posts this close to the end of a game.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Coron (1): ThAdmiral
ThAdmiral (1): spectrumvoid

Not Voting: Coron, Save The Dragons, Mastermind of Sin

3 to lynch

[Yaw]

I can accept that it's Thespival, but once that's over, you can all expect a deadline. Unless you'd like to post more?

[Yaw]

Welcome back!

Let's get this moving. Retractable

Deadline will be next Friday, July 27 at Midnight EDT

.

I would prefer not to replace STD -- this game has seen quite enough replacements, and having people catch up on 83 pages is kind of nasty -- but if it becomes necessary I'll do it. (And if it's necessary, deadlines will be altered to allow replacements to catch up.)

[Yaw]

Poked

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

spectrumvoid (3): Mastermind of Sin, Save The Dragons, spectrumvoid
Coron (1): ThAdmiral

Not Voting: Coron

After a silent day, suspicion turns to spectrumvoid. She obligingly walks over to the ACME(TM) Guillotine and does the deed herself. Upon investigation, you find no evidence she was working with the infiltrators.

spectrumvoid, Pro-Town, lynched day 9

It is now Night 9. Night will end on

Friday, July 27 at Midnight EDT

. Please get choices in by then.

[Yaw]

Another grey morning finds the three remaining employees of ACME congregating in the cafeteria. As per usual during this troubled time, one of your number has not shown up. A quick search of the building finds a dead and bloody Save The Dragons, and a quick search of him finds no evidence he was not a loyal employee. With the body disposed of, you get down to the job of finding killers again.

Save The Dragons, Pro-Town, killed Night 9

It is now

Day 10

. With 3 alive, it will take 2 to lynch.

[Yaw]

Poked

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Not Voting: Coron, Mastermind of Sin, ThAdmiral

2 to lynch

[Yaw]

My plane is now officially booked, for Friday August 17 in the evening. That means that this game has to be finished by then.

It would be preferable if it were finished a couple days before so I could contribute to some post-game discussion.

In other words, get off your asses.

[Yaw]

Vote Count:

Not Voting: Coron, Mastermind of Sin, ThAdmiral

2 to lynch

Nice to see the participation up. Keep going.

[Yaw]

That's a lynch. No time to get up the scene and all the ending stuff right now. It'll be up later tonight.

Thanks to all for playing. Final post, game setup, and my comments will be up soon.

[Yaw]

Final Vote Count:

ThAdmiral (2): Coron, Mastermind of Sin

Not Voting: ThAdmiral

2 to lynch

And with that, ThAdmiral is dragged to the ACME Guillotine and relieved of his head. Coron's search of the body reveals nothing to indicate he was working with the infiltrators. Coron gets to his feet and turns around to find Mastermind of Sin's knife coming at his throat.

ThAdmiral, Pro-town, lynched Day 10

Mastermind of Sin (Mafia) wins!

[Yaw]

Setup

This is going to look a little odd, because of the way in which it was created. The original game setup consists of three "stubs" -- one containing 26 names, a second containing 25 alignments, and a third containing 25 roles. All three were randomized independently by Excel to create the initial setup. (The odd name out became the night 1 flavour kill.)

Names:

Jack Adams
Jack Bennett
Jack Campbell
Jack Davis
Jack Evans
Jack Fox
Jack Gallagher
Jack Hall
Jack Irving
Jack Johnson
Jack Kay
Jack Lincoln
Jack Macdonald
Jack Nelson
Jack Olson
Jack Phillips
Jack Quinn
Jack Ryan
Jack Smith
Jack Thomas
Jack Usher
Jack Vernon
Jack Wilkinson
Jack Xavier
Jack Yates
Jack Zimmerman

Alignments:

2 Mafia Group 1
2 Mafia Group 2
1 Serial Killer
20 Town

Roles:

13 Unpowered
1 Doc
1 Cop (Sane)
1 Cop (Insane)
2 Managers (can switch the roles of two players each night)
1 CEO (one shot – can reassign the roles of all players)
1 Superintendent (can reopen an office each night, but does not move a player into it)
1 Bomber (can destroy an office each night – this removes a player’s role, but doesn’t kill the player)
3 Masons (night communicators – setup naturally guarantees no knowledge of a player’s alignment in this group)
1 Roleblocker

Notes:

New players occupying the cop roles do not receive previous night results.
The bomber only removes office-related roles. It cannot remove scum’s inherent ability to night kill. It can be used as a roleblock against any office-related ability.
The CEO role has only one shot the entire game. This means players assigned to the CEO role after the ability has been used effectively get an unpowered role with additional flavour.
The doctor can only save a player from one kill attempt per night.
Manager switches get assigned before a CEO mass switch if both happen the same night.
Role switchers can target themselves as part of a switch.

I had role PMs made up for each role and the scum alignments, and just mixed and matched once Excel was done its work to create the final role PMs. Excel came up with the following initial setup:

Randomized Roles (Initial Setup):

Harry_Potter/Quagmire (Jack Adams, Mafia Group 2 with Mastermind of Sin, Insane Cop)
Brian McQueso (Jack Bennett, Town, Unpowered)
viper0933/bluemonick (Jack Campbell, Mafia Group 1 with Fuldu, Sane Cop)
mystery meat of doom/ThAdmiral (Jack Davis, Town, Manager)
Coron (Jack Evans, Town, Unpowered)
MrBuddyLee (Jack Fox, Town, Unpowered)
Mlaker/Bogre (Jack Gallagher, Town, Unpowered)
Fuldu (Jack Hall, Mafia Group 1 with viper0933, Bomber)
Shamrock/spectrumvoid (Jack Irving, Town, Roleblocker)
SpamWise/mathcam (Jack Johnson, Town, Mason with BabyJesus and Masterchief)
armlx/pablito (Jack Kay, Town, Manager)
Mastermind of Sin (Jack Lincoln, Mafia Group 2 with Harry_Potter, Unpowered)
PookyTheMagicalBear (Jack Macdonald, Town, Superintendent)
the silent speaker (Jack Nelson, Serial Killer, Unpowered)
ChannelDelibird/lordy (Jack Olson, Town, Unpowered)
Max/LoudmouthLee/Save The Dragons (Jack Phillips, Town, Doctor)
Ibaesha/Thok (Jack Quinn, Town, Unpowered)
Masterchief/inHimshallibe (Jack Ryan, Town, Mason with BabyJesus and SpamWise)
Colonel Kurtz/Uraj45 (Jack Thomas, Town, Unpowered)
DrippingGoofball/Someone/zu_Faul (Jack Usher, Town, Unpowered)
Fritzler (Jack Vernon, Town, Unpowered)
Mariyta/Blackberry (Jack Wilkinson, Town, Unpowered)
Yosarian2 (Jack Xavier, Town, Unpowered)
BabyJesus (Jack Yates, Town, Mason with Masterchief and SpamWise)
TheCesspit/Oberon/KingEnigma/Cogito Ergo Sum (Jack Zimmerman, Town, CEO)

Night 0 victim: Jack Smith

[Yaw]

The initial role PMs were as follows:

Harry_Potter/Quagmire (Jack Adams, Mafia Group 2 with Mastermind of Sin, Insane Cop):

You are Jack Adams. Your office contains a desk and chair, and an ACME Investigation KitTM. This will allow you to investigate a player of your choice each night, and the kit will give you a guilty or innocent result.

You are also part of a mafia group, along with Mastermind of Sin. This gives you the additional ability, as a group, to kill one player per night. You will have to PM me with the name of the player you wish to kill, as well as which of you will carry out the kill, to do so. Be aware that each of you may only perform one action per night. You win when no player outside your group is left alive.

Brian McQueso (Jack Bennett, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Bennett. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

viper0933/bluemonick (Jack Campbell, Mafia Group 1 with Fuldu, Sane Cop):

You are Jack Campbell. Your office contains a desk and chair, and an ACME Investigation KitTM. This will allow you to investigate a player of your choice each night, and the kit will give you a guilty or innocent result.

You are also part of a mafia group, along with Fuldu. This gives you the additional ability, as a group, to kill one player per night. You will have to PM me with the name of the player you wish to kill, as well as which of you will carry out the kill, to do so. Be aware that each of you may only perform one action per night. You win when no player outside your group is left alive.

mystery meat of doom/ThAdmiral (Jack Davis, Town, Manager):

You are Jack Davis. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Guide to Managing People for DummiesTM. Armed with this knowledge, you will be able to switch two players’ roles each night. To do this, PM me with the players to be switched and the role names to reassign them to.

Coron (Jack Evans, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Evans. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

MrBuddyLee (Jack Fox, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Fox. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Mlaker/Bogre (Jack Gallagher, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Gallagher. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Fuldu (Jack Hall, Mafia Group 1 with viper0933, Bomber):

You are Jack Hall. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Bombing KitTM. Using this kit, you will be able to bomb one office each night, destroying it. This will not kill players, but it will destroy their ability to use their role. Permanently.

You are also part of a mafia group, along with viper0933. This gives you the additional ability, as a group, to kill one player per night. You will have to PM me with the name of the player you wish to kill, as well as which of you will carry out the kill, to do so. Be aware that each of you may only perform one action per night. You win when no player outside your group is left alive.

Shamrock/spectrumvoid (Jack Irving, Town, Roleblocker):

You are Jack Irving. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Disruptor RayTM. Using the disruptor, you will be able to prevent one player from performing any action each night.

SpamWise/mathcam (Jack Johnson, Town, Mason with BabyJesus and Masterchief):

You are Jack Johnson. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Telephone with Speed DialTM. On the speed dial are the numbers of Jack Ryan (Masterchief) and Jack Yates (BabyJesus). Using the phone, you will be able to communicate with them at night.

armlx/pablito (Jack Kay, Town, Manager):

You are Jack Kay. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Guide to Managing People for DummiesTM. Armed with this knowledge, you will be able to switch two players’ roles each night. To do this, PM me with the players to be switched and the role names to reassign them to.

Mastermind of Sin (Jack Lincoln, Mafia Group 2 with Harry_Potter, Unpowered):

You are Jack Lincoln. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

You are also part of a mafia group, along with Harry_Potter. This gives you the additional ability, as a group, to kill one player per night. You will have to PM me with the name of the player you wish to kill, as well as which of you will carry out the kill, to do so. Be aware that each of you may only perform one action per night. You win when no player outside your group is left alive.

PookyTheMagicalBear (Jack Macdonald, Town, Superintendent):

You are Jack Macdonald. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Skeleton KeyTM. Using this key, you will be able to reopen one empty office each night. (Offices become empty when players die.) You cannot assign players to newly opened offices (but someone else might be able to do so…)

the silent speaker (Jack Nelson, Serial Killer, Unpowered):

You are Jack Nelson. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

You are also a Serial Killer. This gives you the additional ability to kill one player per night. Be aware that you may only perform one action per night. You win when no other player is left alive.

ChannelDelibird/lordy (Jack Olson, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Olson. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Max/LoudmouthLee/Save The Dragons (Jack Phillips, Town, Doctor):

You are Jack Phillips. Your office contains a desk and chair, and an ACME Medical KitTM. This will allow you to save a player of your choice from being killed each night.

Ibaesha/Thok (Jack Quinn, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Quinn. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Masterchief/inHimshallibe (Jack Ryan, Town, Mason with BabyJesus and SpamWise):

You are Jack Ryan. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Telephone with Speed DialTM. On the speed dial are the numbers of Jack Johnson (SpamWise) and Jack Yates (BabyJesus). Using the phone, you will be able to communicate with them at night.

Colonel Kurtz/Uraj45 (Jack Thomas, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Thomas. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

DrippingGoofball/Someone/zu_Faul (Jack Usher, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Usher. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Fritzler (Jack Vernon, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Vernon. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Mariyta/Blackberry (Jack Wilkinson, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Wilkinson. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

Yosarian2 (Jack Xavier, Town, Unpowered):

You are Jack Xavier. Your office contains a desk and chair, but is otherwise empty. This means you have no powers in this game.

BabyJesus (Jack Yates, Town, Mason with Masterchief and SpamWise):

You are Jack Yates. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Telephone with Speed DialTM. On the speed dial are the numbers of Jack Johnson (SpamWise) and Jack Ryan (Masterchief). Using the phone, you will be able to communicate with them at night.

TheCesspit/Oberon/KingEnigma/Cogito Ergo Sum (Jack Zimmerman, Town, CEO):

You are Jack Zimmerman. Your office contains a desk and chair, as well as an ACME Organizational Management ChartTM. Using this chart, you will be able to reassign all players in the game (including yourself if you wish) to other roles. Unfortunately, the chart contains only enough room to do this once. To use this ability, PM me with a new list of players assigned to their new role names. If I do not receive a PM from you by the deadline, I will assume you are not using this role that night.

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Game Log

Day 1: Bogre lynched

Night 1:
PookyTheMagicalBear reopens Jack Gallagher office
the silent speaker chooses not to kill
TheCesspit chooses not to use his CEO ability
Max protects ibaesha
spectrumvoid blocks SpamWise (does nothing)
armlx chooses not to switch
Harry_Potter investigates BabyJesus (insane, gets Guilty)
bluemonick kills Blackberry
mystery meat of doom switches ibaesha --> Jack Johnson (Mason), SpamWise --> Jack Quinn (Unpowered)
Fuldu bombs Yosarian2 (Jack Xavier)
Mastermind of Sin chooses not to kill

Day 2: bluemonick lynched

Night 2:
PookyTheMagicalBear reopens Jack Campbell office
the silent speaker kills Fritzler
TheCesspit chooses not to use his CEO ability
Max protects ibaesha
spectrumvoid blocks MrBuddyLee (does nothing)
armlx chooses not to switch
Harry_Potter investigates ibaesha (insane, gets Guilty)
mystery meat of doom switches MrBuddyLee --> Jack Nelson (Unpowered) and the silent speaker --> Jack Fox (Unpowered)
Fuldu kills Brian McQueso
Mastermind of Sin kills lordy

Day 3: BabyJesus lynched

Night 3:
PookyTheMagicalBear reopens Jack Bennett’s office
the silent speaker kills zu_Faul
TheCesspit chooses not to use his CEO ability
LoudmouthLee protects mathcam
spectrumvoid blocks TheCesspit (does nothing, TheCesspit made no choice)
armlx switches armlx --> Jack Quinn (Unpowered) with mathcam --> Jack Kay (Manager)
Harry_Potter investigates TheCesspit (insane, gets Guilty)
mystery meat of doom doesn’t submit a choice to switch
Fuldu kills the silent speaker
Mastermind of Sin kills inHimshallibe

Day 4: mathcam lynched

Night 4:
PookyTheMagicalBear reopens Jack Kay’s office
KingEnigma chooses not to use his CEO ability
Save The Dragons protects Mastermind of Sin
spectrumvoid blocks Coron (does nothing)
Quagmire investigates Uraj45 (insane, gets Guilty)
mystery meat of doom switches Yosarian2 into Jack Gallagher’s office (Unpowered)
Fuldu kills Yosarian2
Mastermind of Sin kills MrBuddyLee

Day 5: Fuldu lynched

Night 5:
PookyTheMagicalBear reopens Jack Hall‘s office
Cogito Ergo Sum uses his ability, switching pablito --> Jack Campbell (Sane Cop), Uraj --> Jack Kay (Manager), Coron --> Jack Thomas (Unpowered), Quagmire --> Jack Bennett (Unpowered), Thok --> Jack Evans (Unpowered), Mastermind of Sin --> Jack Gallagher (Unpowered), Save the Dragons --> Jack Johnson (Mason), mystery meat of doom --> Jack Zimmerman (CEO), PookyTheMagicalBear --> Jack Adams (Insane Cop), spectrumvoid --> Jack MacDonald (Superintendent), Cogito Ergo Sum --> Jack Lincoln (Unpowered)
Save The Dragons protects pablito (blocked)
spectrumvoid blocks Save The Dragons
Quagmire investigates pablito (insane, gets Guilty)
mystery meat of doom switches spectrumvoid --> Jack Kay (Manager)
Mastermind of Sin kills Cogito Ergo Sum
(Due to CEO switching, offices of Jack Quinn, Jack Phillips, Jack Davis, and Jack Irving left unoccupied.)

Day 6: Uraj45 lynched

Night 6:
Quagmire kills pablito
pablito investigates Quagmire (sane, gets Guilty)
PookyTheMagicalBear investigates Thok (insane, gets Guilty)
spectrumvoid switches Save the Dragons --> Jack Bennett (Unpowered) with Quagmire --> Jack Johnson (Mason)

Day 7: No lynch

Night 7:
Mastermind of Sin kills PookyTheMagicalBear
PookyTheMagicalBear investigates Quagmire (insane, gets Innocent)
spectrumvoid switches Thok --> Jack Irving (Roleblocker)

Day 8: Quagmire lynched

Night 8:
Mastermind of Sin kills Thok
spectrumvoid chooses not to switch
Thok blocks Coron (does nothing)

Day 9: spectrumvoid lynched

Night 9:
Mastermind of Sin kills Save The Dragons

Day 10: ThAdmiral lynched

[Yaw]

Notes:

Modding Notes

This might just be the most mod-intensive game ever. Thanks for everyone for bearing with me -- I had no idea how confusing the role-switches would be to keep track of on my end. Every role switch required PMing a lot of people (particularly if it was a communication role, as everyone in that group had to know about the change), and resulted in a lot of appends in my Word file. I eventually had to start colour-coding to keep which offices were still in play straight. I still think it's an incredibly interesting mechanic that deserves to be explored more, but anyone who tries should consider this piece of advice:

Plan out how to record the changes first!

For a variety of reasons, this was the second-longest game ever played on Scum (behind only Intrigue Mafia). Part of this was poor luck with the crashes and with players needing replacement. The rest has to do with games taking longer in general across the site (although I think as time went on this game suffered more from inactivity than others). As complex as this game was, I still think a 25-player game should not take 14 months to complete. I think it's worth using this as a stepping-off point to try to figure out ways to address this issue.

Gameplay Notes

Now it can be told -- yes, bluemonick blew Fuldu's cover at the end of day 2. Unfortunately, I only saw it after people had commented on the post, so was forced to leave it up in the hopes Fuldu would be able to explain it away by WIFOM. I did try to contact bluemonick to engage him in dialogue about why what he did was wrong, but got no response. Because of this, I intend not to let him into any more games I run until this is addressed. I have no interest in revenge, but I insist on accountability, and no scum should have to put up with a partner that believes it's ok to sell out the entire group due to frustration. To Fuldu's credit, he managed to survive two more days without being lynched, despite bluemonick's mistake being brought up both days.

I find this to be a funny little game, in that despite the existence of power roles, it has a very Mountainous feel to it when it comes to trying to find scum because none of the roles are inherently trustworthy. I'm not sure if other people found the same thing, but from watching it occurred to me that the most productive way to play as town here (even in a power role) would be to ignore that power roles existed at all. There were a lot of interesting interactions between roles waiting to be exploited, but only one person came close to pulling it off.

That person was Cogito Ergo Sum. Follow the game log through and look at what havoc that mass-switch did on Night 5. The remaining scum group suddenly went from a position of strength to two straight nights in which the wrong kill would have lost them the game. Mastermind of Sin and Quagmire needed some very tight play to pull out the win based on CES's one-shot action alone.

Setup Notes

Overall, I liked this experiment. All the roles fit and made sense in context, and I think they only started to tap into some of what's possible from this sort of game. I'm not sure if I'd run it myself, but I'd be interested in seeing a game like this run in the future (with some changes, of course). It could also form the basis for an open setup (sort of) if someone wanted to put that together.

Some details on a few choices:

Why only groups of 2 scum? Probability has a tendency to do weird things when I'm around (look at the Hobbit Mafia 1% chance of survival for an example). Most importantly, I wanted to guarantee that the scum couldn't monopolize the role-switching roles. Groups of 2 meant it would be impossible for Excel to stick all three of these roles in one scum group. Groups of 3 meant there was a chance of it happening. (And having stated this would be random, I felt like I shouldn't mess with whatever Excel decided to do.) That said, upon running this I'm convinced that going up to regular-sized groups could be done without problem.

Why no vigilante? I considered it, but was stuck with a problem -- what if a scum group got the vig role? Either they'd get a second kill (which seemed like it could be unbalancing), or the vig role would be negated (which didn't seem fair either -- why have a role that can't be used?) The best choice was therefore to leave it out entirely. I'm not sure there's a satisfying solution other than not to have a vig in a role-motive split game, but people are welcome to try to figure one out.

For all the thinking about brokenness and how to avoid it, it turns out I invented a broken role: the CEO. Nothing should

ever

be that swingy. I liked the idea of having an extra check on the regular role-switchers, but this was far too powerful, and gave me ridiculous headaches trying to resolve what went on Night 5 when it was used. For all my railing against how broken bulletproof vest roles are, this was far, far worse. (Incidentally, this is the only game I'd seriously consider a bulletproof vest role for, because it's exactly as unreliable as every other role. Besides, scum suddenly get night choices that can get rid of it in the role-switchers and the bomber. In this context, the bulletproof vest is potentially balanced.)

Again, thanks to all who participated, and a particular thanks to those who followed this through to the end.

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Correct. Although you could think of roles that follow the office as "items" if you want -- they did have the power to give you things like investigations and doc protections.

I see your thinking now, though I was wondering why you wouldn't kill at the time. It's true that the SK is in an odd position with this, as he can't pass off a kill to a buddy in order to make use of an office role. I like having it be either/or in terms of night choices for the mafia, but in the SK's position it might be worth making an exception to allow for both a kill and an office choice each night to balance this out a bit better.

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Flay -- Well, it wasn't an open setup either. If the scum had a switching role and just refused to use it, it's unlikely anyone would know any better. People would in the future, though, since the secret's out. (As a sidenote, I think something like this might work as an open mini. I'll post a bit later in the MD thread to see what the reaction would be.)

One thing I forgot in the comments was to explain the day start. I much prefer night starts, but it didn't make sense in this game because of the role-switching mechanic. (Why give someone a role if I'm just going to have to give them a new one before day 1 even starts?)

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