Go Play in Traffic! (Game over!)

[StrangerCoug]

Most people in the developed world use some sort of vehicle every day. After all, you can only get so far so fast on foot. Many people use cars. Some people use bikes. Some people don't drive, and someone else drives them instead—the bus driver, for example.

Welcome to Streetopolis, an urban city bustling with transportation users. It has some of the lowest commute times in the country. Accidents happen, but in Streetopolis they're less frequent than in other cities. Most people in town have hybrids now, and the public transportation system is the city's largest source of income.

This traffic utopia has become less of one, though. Some people have decided to break every traffic law on the books. They drive well over the speed limit; they cut people off about every minute and a half; they even run people over. The residents of Streetopolis fear for their lives.

Will the traffic network ever be safe again?

Spoiler: ALIVE (1/16)

Twomz, who was a

Bugatti Veyron, a Mafia goon

, has survived the endgame.

Spoiler: DEAD (15/16)

Starbuck, who was a

Yugo GVX, a Mafia roleblocker

, has been lynched on Day 1.
Shattered Viewpoint, who was a

traffic light, a vanilla townie

, has been punctured on Night 1.
yabbaguy, who was a

street light, a vanilla townie

, has been run over on Night 1.
Pittbunny, who was a

speed limit sign, a vanilla townie

, has been lynched on Day 2.
animorpherv1, who was a

Porsche 911, a Mafia goon

, has been punctured on Night 2.
Leafsnail, who was a

pedestrian crossing sign, a vanilla townie

, has been run over on Night 2.
Chronopie, who was a

Dodge Viper, a Mafia goon

, has been driven to suicide on Day 3.
FakeGod, who was a

speed bump, a vanilla townie

, has been punctured on Night 3.
Toogeloo, who was a

street name sign, a vanilla townie

, has been run over on Night 3.
Lowell, who was a

school zone sign, a vanilla townie

, has been lynched on Day 4.
kunkstar7, who replaced danakillsu, who was a

billboard, a vanilla townie

, has been run over on Night 4.
Riceballtail, who was a

drainage ditch, a vanilla townie

, has been punctured on Night 4.
JacobSavage, who was a

spike strip, a vigilante

, has been run over on Night 5.
CryMeARiver, who replaced Fate, who was a

red light camera, a cop

, has been lynched on Day 6.
Andrius, who replaced Seraphim, who replaced SensFan, who was a

roundabout, a vanilla townie

, has been run over in the endgame.

VOTE COUNT

CryMeARiver (2): Twomz, Andrius

Not voting (1): CryMeARiver

With

3

players alive, it takes

2

players to lynch.

IMPORTANT LINKS

Rules. Yes, they're important.
Day 1 start | Day 1 end
Day 2 start | Day 2 end
Day 3 start | Day 3 end
Day 4 start | Day 4 end
Day 5 start | Day 5 end
Day 6 start | Day 6 end/Endgame

CURRENT STATUS

Game over

[StrangerCoug]

RULES

1. This is a closed setup, which means the only roles you will know in advance are your own and that of any other player I mention in your role PM. All other role information is secret, including how many players with a certain role exist and even if the role exists in the first place. Yes, a game with absolutely no vanilla townies is possible. It's been done before.
   
   
2. To vote for a player, bold the word "vote" followed by said player's name, e.g.
   Vote: StrangerCoug
   . As long as I can tell to whom you are referring, spelling does not count and I will accept abbreviated or otherwise shortened forms of the name of the vote's recipient. If you change your mind about whom you want lynched, you must bold an unvote, preferably in the format
   Unvote: StrangerCoug
   . You may also
   Vote: No Lynch
   , unvoted the same way as before.
   
   
3. A majority of votes is required for a lynch, even at deadline. Once a lynch has been decided, it is final and further votes and unvotes do not count for the current day. If deadline is reached with no player having enough votes for a lynch, the day ends in an automatic No Lynch.
   
   
4. Once you die, I'll allow one "bah" post that doesn't contain any game-related content if you wish to make it, but you must thereafter stop posting in the game. Said "bah" post is the only post a dead player may make during twilight. Living players may continue to talk during twilight as long as they follow all of the rules.
   
   
5. You are not forced to like each other, but the fact that you badly want so and so offed does not give you the right to insult him or her. Please keep your hatred of people or groups thereof to yourself. Profanity is not in and of itself banned, but if it gets out of hand, it falls under this rule.
   
   
6. Do not hide text or otherwise hinder its readability by using spoiler tags, invisible or encrypyed text, etc. You may, however, post in any color that can be easily read against the forum background other than
   purple
   . (I know it sounds arbitrary to forbid a specific color, but I'm saving my favorite color for mod use since I am the mod )
   
   
7. Impersonating the moderator is prohibited.
   
   
8. Unless you're the moderator (that's me, obviously), co-moderator (that's nobody), or backup moderator (that's Vi) of this game, please do not delete or edit any posts in this thread.
   
   
9. You are not allowed to discuss this game outside of the thread unless I tell you otherwise, nor are you allowed to discuss other ongoing games in this thread.
   
   
10. Do not quote or pretend to quote any private communication, either from me or from anyone else you are allowed to talk with at night. This includes your role PM. You are allowed to paraphrase, but you are not allowed to plagiarize. If in doubt as to your paraphrase's legality, PM me with the wording you want to use.
    
    
11. Claiming to be scum with someone else is prohibited.
    
    
12. I will issue a prod to any player that does not post for 72 hours without notifying me of his or her absence. (I'm sorry, but I do not check the V/LA thread.) If you are prodded, you will have 48 hours from the time of submission to post in thread. Failure to do so may result in replacement. Keep in mind that I have the board time down to the second. I will only prod the same player twice—after that, he or she must post every 72 hours to ensure that he or she remains in the game.
    
    
13. The fastest and preferred way to get ahold of me is by PM'ing me, but you may also communicate to me in thread if it is day or twilight and you are still alive. To do so, bold "Mod:" followed by what you want to tell me, as in
    Mod: Please prod StrangerCoug
    or
    Mod: StrangerCoug should have five votes, not four.
    Please use your judgment call in whether or not what you want to tell me should be public knowledge before talking to me in the thread. In additon, I will not entertain questions regarding possible night actions, nor will I answer questions about a person's role unless you happen to be the person in question and you ask me privately.
    
    
14. Rule violations will be dealt with case by case based on severity. This can be a warning (of which I will only give two per player), ejection from the game, or even a modkill. Modkills are not a fun experience for anybody—the players affected automatically lose, I do it in the manner that I consider most harmful to your faction, and I die on the inside every time I have to do it.
    PLEASE
    save all of us the pain and be on your best, rule-abiding behavior.
    
    
15. I am not God. If I make any mistakes whatsoever, please let me know.
    
    
16. All rules are subject to change. In my previously modded games, things have come up that I didn't think about, and both my own and other's actions in those games have helped shape and modify these rules. It may happen again here.
    
    
17. The most important rule of all, saved for last for what I think is a very good reason:
    HAVE FUN!
    Enjoy! And good luck!

StrangerCoug, you are an

on-ramp, a a vanilla townie

. Your job is to let cars onto the highway and get to work as quickly as safely possible, but the speed demons in Streetopolis use you to get on the highway and trample people as quickly as unsafely possible, and that's just plain wrong!

You have no gun, no badge, no first-aid kit, no magic thingamajiggers, absolutely nothing special except for three things—street smarts, your brain, and voting abilities. But those three things are all you need to restore order to the transportation network!

You win when all threats to Streetopolis have been eliminated from the game.

Please PM me back acknowledging that you understand and confirm your role. The thread is here and you are playing a day start.

[StrangerCoug]

Everybody's role is out. You have 72 hours from now to confirm.

[StrangerCoug]

danakillsu is believed to be V/LA, so will not immediately be replaced. I'll allow him another 24 hours and open the thread in the meantime.

With

16

players alive, it takes

9

votes to lynch.

Ready... set...

GO!

[Pittbunny]

First!

I claim pigeon. =P

[animorpherv1]

Not first!

Although I personally think that Mass claiming is stupid, I'm a miller. I am an Angry Truck driver.

[SensFan]

Vote: animorph

Lynch Claimed Millers, etc...

[animorpherv1]

Vote: animorph

Lynch Claimed Millers, etc...

I'd like to live through Day 1, at least.

[Fate]

Vote: SensFan

Policy lynches are anti-town, etc.

/end RVS

[animorpherv1]

shortest RVS. EVER.

[animorpherv1]

shortest RVS. EVER.

oh yeah,

vote:SensFan

Reasons:

1) To start a wagon, and possibly gain some info off of this later.
2) What Fate said

[Pittbunny]

Vote: Sensfan

I love wagons! =D
Also, my claim is total BS, and didn't expect anyone to follow suit, BS or not. Wow.

[Leafsnail]

Millers are generally meant to claim on day one in any case. Y'know, to stop a mafia member from "remembering" his role after a cop has inspected him. Therefore, animorph's claim is pretty null in terms of working out alignment.

Vote: Starbuck

. What is your stance on claimed millers?

[yabbaguy]

The only policy lynch I would harbor is on those who throw the white flag. ("Bah, this game is stupid, lynch me all you want.") Lynching claimed millers = stupid, but not scummy.

Also, my claim is total BS, and didn't expect anyone to follow suit, BS or not. Wow.

Why not?

[Toogeloo]

Not first!

Although I personally think that Mass claiming is stupid, I'm a miller. I am an Angry Truck driver.

Like I haven't seen this tactic before

Vote: Sensfan

I love wagons! =D
Also, my claim is total BS, and didn't expect anyone to follow suit, BS or not. Wow.

Good thing too... I hate pigeons and would have voted you out of spite... stupid rats with wings, pooping on everything.

Vote: Fate

How dare you dictate when a phase ends, I want my RVS back =(

[yabbaguy]

Oh by the way, I'm policy voting anyone who starts the RQS. I've never seen a concrete example where it works.

Nor the RVS, really. I just like being argumentative to start the game since, well, we're arguing.

[Toogeloo]

I like to think we are discussing...

...arguing is what my parents used to do on whether we got the Frilly Pink Curtains or the Denver Broncos Curtains for the living room window.

[SensFan]

animorph, please give an example of where someone else has claimed Miller in their first post.

No one else better come anywhere near this topic until he answers it.

[Twomz]

Erm... far to much WIFOM in the miller claim for me to take a stance one way or the other... but taking a 'policy' that will dictate your actions by a preplanned set of 'rules' reeks of scum to me.

Although, after I've come back from my long break I've seen someone say something to that effect in all of my current ongoing games (2 right now, soon 3, will ponder upon it if it comes up there too).

Dammit, I see policy lynches, but no

huggles

? Has everything I loved about mafia changed over these years?

Huggle: Toogeloo

for the Mr. Saotome avi.

[SensFan]

Huggle: Twomz

You prob don't recognize me, but I was around back in your days

[animorpherv1]

@Sens:

I can't remember reading a game where anyone claims miller in their first post, TBQH. If I think of one, I'll post it.

[yabbaguy]

Twomz, please give an example of where someone else has huggled in their first post.

No one else better come anywhere near this topic until he answers it.

[yabbaguy]

BTW, would someone kindly replace into Spades so that StrangerCoug can finally claim he's finished a Mish Mash? Thanks.

[SensFan]

I call bullshit.

1) He claims that mass-claiming is stupid
2) He claims Miller in his first post
3) When pressed, he can't come up with an example of someone claiming Miller that early

Those 3 sentences cannot possibly all come from the same frame of mind. He's Scum.

Yabba - For huggles in first posts, just read any Pooky game circa 2006 or so. Also, shut up.

[Pittbunny]

Unvote; Vote Ani

Legitimate point.

@Yabba: I'd expect a mass claim at the earliest page 2. Not post 2. Games usually exit the RQS/RVS stages before mass claims are offered. Also, I never exactly offered a mass claim, yet Ani 'thought' I did by my whimsical post. But hey.