Mini 663 - Mind Screw Mafia II - Over

[Tarhalindur]

Mind Screw Mafia II

Moderator:

Tarhalindur

Backup Moderator:

armlx

MESSAGE ENCODING. AUTHORIZATION CODE: 3D14159
SITUATION CODE: BLACK

OPERATIVE 3679: WE ARE CURRENTLY AWARE OF YOUR REPORTED CIRCUMSTANCES. WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, UNABLE TO RENDER ASSISTANCE AT THIS TIME DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS. WE MAY, HOWEVER, BE ABLE TO SALVAGE SOME GOOD OUT OF THIS SITUATION.

YOU HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED ON THE MIND SCREW PROJECT: AN INSIDIOUS ATTEMPT TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THE COMMUNIST MENACE BY TAKING OVER A DIMENSION WHERE THOUGHT AND DREAM BECOMES REALITY. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNIST THREAT MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO SUCCEED WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY FAILED. WE ALSO HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE UNIVERSE YOU HAVE WOUND UP IN IS PROBABLY THE VERY UNIVERSE THAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE TRIED TO TAKE OVER ON AT LEAST ONE FORMER OCCASION.

YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, IS TO INFILTRATE WHATEVER INDIGENOUS GROUPS ARE ALREADY INHABITING THE MIND SCREW REALITY, IDENTIFY CHAIRMAN MAO AND HIS SUPPORTERS (WITTING AND OTHERWISE), AND TAKE CARE OF THEM WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE.

AS ALWAYS, IF YOU ARE DISCOVERED THEN THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ALL KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR EXISTENCE.

THIS MESSAGE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 5 SECONDS.

Game Stage:

Over (see Page 30 for details)

Loyal Members of the Party:

Loyal Former Members of the Party:

Former Enemies of the Party:

[Tarhalindur]

Rules:

<0> Game-specific rule: The first rule is that I cannot tell you any of the other rules.

[Tarhalindur]

Babylon 5 Mafia: Severed Dreams - Frequently Asked Questions

1) What the fuck is going on here?

That's a very good question, isn't it?

2) What do you mean, you can't tell me any of the other rules?

Exactly what I said the last time. What are you, ignorant of history? (Not to mention illiterate?)

3) So should I assume that there aren't any rules at all?

Not necessarily. I recommend you look up a little piece of philosophy called Pascal's Wager. It might be somewhat relevant to this situation.

4) But you're not God!

And how do you know that, again?

5) Will you at least tell us how many votes it is to lynch?

Did I not say that I cannot tell you any of the other rules?

6) When is our deadline?

Once again, I would like to remind you that I cannot tell you any of the other rules. Don't worry, only a bastard Mod would let a deadline sneak up on you without any warning...

... hmm, maybe you should lynch really, really quickly.

7) I saw your ruleset in Tarhalindur Mostly Mountainous. Can I assume that your rules here are similar?

You might think that. I couldn't

possibly

comment. *cackles evilly*

8) I saw your ruleset in Babylon 5 Mafia: Severed Dreams. I saw that it was significantly different from the ruleset in Tarhalindur Mostly Mountainous. Can I assume that your rules here are similar?

Wait, what do you mean you saw my ruleset in Babylon 5 Mafia: Severed Dreams? I can't start that game until I get a backup mod! Nice try!

9) What the heck is this "Rules Infraction" I see added onto my post?

It might be an indicator that you screwed up and broke the rules somehow. It might be the result of a game mechanic. It might, in fact, be the same mechanic that appeared in the original Mind Screw Mafia.

Or, it might be that your Mod is a bastard Mod and is just placing "Rules Infraction" at the end of random posts.

You decide!

10) Why are you not allowed to tell us any of the other rules?

I am not at liberty to reply to that question, either.

11) Does your inability to answer that question have anything to do with the card game Mao?

Now, now, that would be telling!

12) So, I have a night action. When should I send it in to you?

Reread your role PM, please. I sincerely doubt that your ability is supposed to be sent in at night.

13) Why are you saying that these are the Frequently Asked Questions for Babylon 5 Mafia: Severed Dreams when this is Mind Screw Mafia?

... *sigh*

Figure it out yourself.

[Tarhalindur]

Who are you, traveller? Why have you come here?

It is now the Confirmation Stage. Role PM's are out. Players who are supposed to confirm in the thread may now do so.

[DragonsofSummer]

/confirm

[dahill1]

/confirm

[Wall-E]

/confirm

Sup?

Vote: dahill1

because he smells.

[DrippingGoofball]

/confirm

[Cyberbob]

Hay guise

[MafiaSSK]

/confirm

[MafiaSSK]

/confirm

EBWOP HI GUIZ

[Tarhalindur]

Original Roll String: 1d15

1 15-Sided Dice: (10) = 10

[Tarhalindur]

"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so minbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.

The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babelfish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic. "

The Zeroth Vote Count (aka the "Eh, Close Enough" Vote Count):

Vote Count:

iamausername (0)
forbiddanlight (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (0)

Not Voting (12): iamausername, forbiddanlight, malthusis, Jebus, dahill1, Cyberbob, DrippingGoofball, DragonsofSummer, MafiaSSK, Natirasha, Wall-E, Battousai

Votes required to lynch: ???

FoS Count:

iamausername (0)
forbiddanlight (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (0)

Current Deadline:

???

I have enough confirms in (10/12) and enough reason to trust that the remaining two players will soon confirm (Natirasha has picked up his role PM; Battousai has been a reliable player in both of my previous games) that I'm going to go ahead and start up the game.

Natirasha has picked up his role PM and has a short period of time to confirm that he has read his role PM. If he does not do so then he will be forcibly replaced.

Battousai has a reasonable period of time to pick up his role PM.

New Rule
New Rule

BEGIN GAME!

MafiaSSK has received a Rules Infraction for post 9.
MafiaSSK has received a Rules Infraction for post 10.
Tarhalindur has received a Rules Infraction for post 12.

Deadline set.

[forbiddanlight]

Hi there. First, let's play mod watch. That vote count quote is from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Of course, the parenthesis is what Tar calls a Mod Hint I guess?

Second, I'm going to

Vote:Tarhalindur

for breaking the rules.

[iamausername]

I was wondering if I was the only one who was told to confirm by PM.

OK,

Vote: Battousai

. Alphabet. And I want to see who it actually ends up on.

Everyone (besides Battousai & MafiaSSK): Have you read the first Mind Screw game?

[Tarhalindur]

Point of Order!

"And you don't seem to understand... and you seemed like an honest man..."

The First Vote Count (aka the "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot?" Vote Count):

Vote Count:

iamausername (0)
forbiddanlight (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (1) - iamausername
Tarhalindur (1) - forbiddanlight

Not Voting (10): malthusis, Jebus, dahill1, Cyberbob, DrippingGoofball, DragonsofSummer, MafiaSSK, Natirasha, Wall-E, Battousai

Votes required to lynch: ???

FoS Count:

iamausername (0)
forbiddanlight (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (0)

Current Deadline:

???

Mod Scene Forthcoming

[Tarhalindur]

The First Mod Scene

A voice, whispered in the wind. A network, overriding reality. A closed circle. A building, someone stands on it. A name, a name of legend. A gunshot, a crack in the dark.

Wait, a gunshot?

forbiddanlight, Lain Iwakura (from Serial Experiments Lain), Vanilla Townie, Killed by Gunshot Day 1

Vote Count Reset. Play continues.

[Tarhalindur]

"I am not a number! I am a free man!"

The Second Vote Count (aka the "Holy Shit Quotient" Vote Count):

Vote Count:

iamausername (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (0)

Not Voting (11): iamausername, malthusis, Jebus, dahill1, Cyberbob, DrippingGoofball, DragonsofSummer, MafiaSSK, Natirasha, Wall-E, Battousai

Votes required to lynch: ???

FoS Count:

iamausername (0)
malthusis (0)
Jebus (0)
dahill1 (0)
Cyberbob (0)
DrippingGoofball (0)
DragonsofSummer (0)
MafiaSSK (0)
Natirasha (0)
Wall-E (0)
Battousai (0)

Current Deadline:

???

End Point of Order!

[iamausername]

OK, nobody else vote for Tar.

[Battousai]

/confirm

Vote: Iamausername

(top of the loyal members of the party list), want to see if Malthusis gets a voted for instead.

Question for everyone: How are you supposed to confirm?

I had to confirm in game.

[Battousai]

EBWOP: oops, read it wrong. I had to confirm via pm

[dahill1]

wow
i was just about to post about why i thought Tar might be a player this game and then vote for him
good thing the thread was locked right as i posted
this is what originally piqued my interest..

Tarhalindur has received a Rules Infraction for post 12.

due to this and the whole forbiddan getting killed thing: i think it is likely that Tar is actually playing this game (as opposed to being a role like in the last game)
anyways,

vote MafiaSSK

due to the fact that he tends to be anti-town regardless of alignment

Preview Edit: i had to confirm in the game

[dahill1]

woah i just had a good idea
we don't really know too much yet about Tar as a potential player, but how about this:

instead of a lynch, we get the scummiest person to vote for Tar. if nothing happens, then we proceed with the lynch. if the person is daykilled, then we can possibly continue the day?
what do you guys think about that?

[Tarhalindur]

Am I a player in this game? That would make things rather interesting, wouldn't it. Also, your plan doesn't work. Why? I can't tell you that. Enjoy.

[Wall-E]

I believe that Tarhalindur simply rules-infractioned himself to show us a rule infraction example. I have nothing to back that up with except guts.