Jesse April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 So, is this going to be the longest game of Mafia ever?? I'm starting to think we should give up on the Biz DL. Of course, at the same time, I'm still thinking, "But this could be the time it works!!" but that is why I lose money in Las Vegas. Despite what seemed to be a pretty clear clue, Crazed Spruce comes up hero in my investigations. So maybe go for Mark this time?? Link to comment
Meredith Quill April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 I agree, Biz has to die sooner or later so we shouldn't give up - never surrender! Plus we didn't lose anyone last Night so haha (blows raspberry @villains!) Link to comment
formerlyfreedom April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Hah, now I can't edit that post above. This space reserved for updating the past-games index. Maybe we should just have a locked separate topic to keep past game info in? And just current game and future game info in the pinned topic? Link to comment
halgia April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Maybe we should just have a locked separate topic to keep past game info in? And just current game and future game info in the pinned topic? Good idea! It let me split the post out, but not edit it down. In terms of the actual game (sorry about that interlude): Building off what Bob said yesterDay and we didn't pay enough attention to, to recap: D4 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect D5 we DL Mark, to no apparent effect D6 we DL MMCS, succesfully D7 we DL Biz, killing Agnew D8 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect So, it seems like this is the most likely situation:D4 Biz is protected from our DL D5 Mark is protected from our DL D6 Biz is protected, letting us DL MMCS D7 Mark is protected, letting us eat up Biz's apparent first life D8 Biz is protected In which case, probably Mark is protected and we should absolutely go for Biz toDay. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Good idea! It let me split the post out, but not edit it down. Cool! I'm guessing that the issue became the sheer number of links, so if going forward, it's just one game per post, that will make it more manageable. Back to Game talk.... I'm lost, guys. I will probably join a Biz DL, but I'm feeling dejected, and kind of down in the dumps at the moment. /end Game Talk. Link to comment
SVNBob April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 In terms of the actual game (sorry about that interlude): Building off what Bob said yesterDay and we didn't pay enough attention to, to recap: D4 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect D5 we DL Mark, to no apparent effect D6 we DL MMCS, succesfully D7 we DL Biz, killing Agnew D8 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect So, it seems like this is the most likely situation:D4 Biz is protected from our DL D5 Mark is protected from our DL D6 Biz is protected, letting us DL MMCS D7 Mark is protected, letting us eat up Biz's apparent first life D8 Biz is protected In which case, probably Mark is protected and we should absolutely go for Biz toDay. That is exactly what I meant, Dougal. Which is why I would have preferred to go for Mark yesterDay. And I agree that we should go for Biz toDay. So count me in on that if the speed voting starts up again. So, is this going to be the longest game of Mafia ever?? Here possibly. However, over on the board that's hosting the Mafia Championship, they've got one that's going to be longer. It was set up so that each Day/Night cycle lasts one real-world year. And it only started in November, so they're just around halfway through Day 1. Link to comment
halgia April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 However, over on the board that's hosting the Mafia Championship, they've got one that's going to be longer. It was set up so that each Day/Night cycle lasts one real-world year. And it only started in November, so they're just around halfway through Day 1. wat. Here's the thread. They don't even have stories to pore over for a year, and the only power is one investigator. Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Maybe we should just have a locked separate topic to keep past game info in? And just current game and future game info in the pinned topic? Good idea! It let me split the post out, but not edit it down. I'm thinking you should probably pin that thread, too, to keep it at the top of the forum. Building off what Bob said yesterDay and we didn't pay enough attention to, to recap: D4 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect D5 we DL Mark, to no apparent effect D6 we DL MMCS, succesfully D7 we DL Biz, killing Agnew D8 we DL Biz, to no apparent effect So, it seems like this is the most likely situation:D4 Biz is protected from our DL D5 Mark is protected from our DL D6 Biz is protected, letting us DL MMCS D7 Mark is protected, letting us eat up Biz's apparent first life D8 Biz is protected In which case, probably Mark is protected and we should absolutely go for Biz toDay.I concur wholeheartedly. There's no way in hell that she'd protected two nights in a row. Link to comment
Jesse April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Here possibly. However, over on the board that's hosting the Mafia Championship, they've got one that's going to be longer. It was set up so that each Day/Night cycle lasts one real-world year. And it only started in November, so they're just around halfway through Day 1. Wow! That's bananas. But I actually meant in terms of number of Days/Nights, not time taken to play. Link to comment
Drogo April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 floats in HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Have some glitter.) floats out 1 Link to comment
Athena April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 I'm lost, guys. I will probably join a Biz DL, but I'm feeling dejected, and kind of down in the dumps at the moment. /end Game Talk. Yeah, I'm in the same boat. Biz is resilient! Link to comment
SVNBob April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Wow! That's bananas. But I actually meant in terms of number of Days/Nights, not time taken to play. Like I said, this game has the potential to be our longest. So far it's the second-longest. The Whedonverse game still holds the record. And for a similar reason (*looks from Biz to Drogo and back*). But this is the largest game in number of starting players: 23. So it being a long game isn't too surprising to me. Link to comment
BizBuzz April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Awwww ... the heroes are feeling bad ... do yourselves a favor, sacrifice yourselves for the greater good, come and join us on the dark side. End the pain and misery once and for all. It's fun on this side of the fence ... an undisclosed number of you already have ... Expect the unexpected. Link to comment
caprice April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Hmm, if any substance is given to what the disembodied one is saying, it might help to have a list of surviving characters. At least it would help me, given that I don't actually watch the show and lost track of all the names long ago.... Link to comment
Lady Calypso April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Well, it's been twelve hours and I, for one, am ready to at least TRY to kill a villain. So.... 1 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso) 8 to try, try again. Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 I'm down for that. 2 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce) 7 to bust out the insecticide Link to comment
Guest April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 3 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP) 6 to bust out the insecticide Link to comment
halgia April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 4 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal) 5 to finish what Woodward and Bernstein started Link to comment
Meredith Quill April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 5 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal, SilverStormm) 4 to give it another try Link to comment
TJtrack99 April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 Thank you for the analysis, Dougal. 6 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal, SilverStormm, TJ) 3 to leave evidence this time. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 7 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal, SilverStormm, TJ, saoirse) 2 to refuse to cry with frustration! Link to comment
Jesse April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 8 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal, SilverStormm, TJ, saoirse, Jesse) 1 to question Ehrlichman. Link to comment
caprice April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 (edited) No, really, I do think it would be helpful to see who's here as a character and where they stand before this Day is finished. Or at least where they might be standing. I know I'm still on the side of good. Edited April 12, 2016 by caprice Link to comment
Athena April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 9 to DL BizBuzz (Lady Calypso, The Crazed Spruce, CP, Dougal, SilverStormm, TJ, saoirse, Jesse, Athena) 0 smurfs. Link to comment
egavasc April 12, 2016 Author Share April 12, 2016 And that's Day! There are 12 hours for Twilight actions. With any luck the Night story will go up early tomorrow. 1 Link to comment
Jesse April 12, 2016 Share April 12, 2016 No, really, I do think it would be helpful to see who's here as a character and where they stand before this Day is finished. Or at least where they might be standing. I know I'm still on the side of good. Still Smitty, still good. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 From the first Day, this is @The Onion Knight's list of possible characters. I've added in some we've since learned, but it's by no means been checked, so please feel free to edit/make notes next to folks. The good guys are probably: 1. Phillip J. Fry 2. Bender 3. Leela - aquarian1/In Robot Hell 4. Zoidberg 5. Amy Wong 6. Professor Farnsworth 7. Kif 8. Hermes Conrad - Lisin/In Robot Hell 9. Hedonism Bot - Drogo/In Robot Hell 10. Scruffy - HangedMan/In Robot Hell 11. Officer Url - OinkyBoinky/In Robot Hell 12. Officer Smitty 13. Nibbler The bad: 9. The Don Bot - MuuMuuChainsmoker/In Robot Hell 10. Robot Devil 11. Nixon 12. Emperor Lrr 13. Flexo 14. The Huge Brain - Deadpool/In Robot Hell 15. Agnew - NPC/In Robot Hell 16. Zap Brannigan Please edit/add/tear apart as you see fit. (I think there was commentary on the list someone in the past 20 pages, but I just used the first post, so errors are mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.) Link to comment
Machiabelly April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 The list looks good...but if you are asking people to identify, then I have a long history of not letting the villains know who I am. I figure that if I freely claim a vanilla role, then don't claim the next game it is because I am hiding from them...and become a target. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 The list looks good...but if you are asking people to identify, then I have a long history of not letting the villains know who I am. I figure that if I freely claim a vanilla role, then don't claim the next game it is because I am hiding from them...and become a target. No, not asking anyone to identify, Machia - I know full well who some players are, but left it to just who is on the In Robot Hell list when choosing who to identify. Just thought this might help, per caprice's request. 1 Link to comment
Jesse April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 Because of reasons, I can add Calculon and Mom to that list. Link to comment
egavasc April 13, 2016 Author Share April 13, 2016 Night 9 After his near brush with death, Professor Farnsworth knew something must be done. An astonishing number of people of people near him had died as of late. Even though very few had actually died and a few had managed to return, it was far too many deaths as far as he was concerned. And none of them could even be attributed to him! After all of those suicidal missions to the PTV galaxy. What a shame. Anyway. The Professor had come up with a great plan. Using what he called “The Farnsworth Effect” (a method of time travel that involved the Crystalline Opal that kept the heads in jars alive), the Professor and his crew would travel back to Nixon’s original time. First to the Head Museum! At the Head Museum, the Planet Express Crew gathered around the jar containing the head of former president John F. Kennedy. “Now everyone, gather round close. Once I lick JFK’s head, a psychedelic bubble will appear and transport us back to the time of Kennedy. But only if you’re within the radius of the bubble. Closer. Closer!” “Professor, there are five of us. It’s not real hard to stand close to the head,” replied Bender. “Gentlemen, gentlemen. And of course, lovely lovely lady. Please ask not what your president can do for you, but what you can do for your president. And what you can do for your president is not lick my head!” Kennedy’s head said in his thick Boston accent. He squirmed, as much as a head in a jar could squirm, to avoid the pending tongue bath he knew was coming his way. “Too late! Professor get him!” Yelled Bender. The Professor sprinkled some extra crystalline opal powder into the jar and stuck out his tongue for a big lick. A large bubble appeared, encompassing the Professor, Zoidberg, Bender, Amy, and Fry. The Planet Express crew vanished, leaving JFK’s jar to drop precariously to the ground. The crew arrived in DC (yeah I know, the technology is supposed to keep them in the same place but I don’t feel like trying to get them from New York to DC), decked out in couture from the late 1950s. “Oh my goodness! This dress! It’s so first season Mad Men!” Squeeled Amy in excitement. “I must look just like Joan.” “Eh, you’re more of a Peggy,” Bender snarked, leading Amy’s face to fall into a grumpy pout. “Now you’re even more of a Peggy.” “Quick! We have to find a newspaper so that we know when in time we arrived. Clearly we’re before the presidency, but when exactly will be important.” “Oooh! Here! Here’s a newspaper vending machine! But it needs a dime. Anyone got a dime?” “Fry, you buffoon, there’s a window so that you can see the newspaper. You don’t actually need to purchase a copy. Just read the date through the window,” the Professor shook his head, frustrated with his idiot great-uncle. “Oh yeah, right. The date is October 1st, 1960.” “Excellent, that puts us just after the first debate. Nixon is weakened! Now we just need to get him out of the office and somewhere alone. Then we can enact my great plan.” The Professor said with a conniving smile. Sometime later, the Planet Express crew had lured current Vice President Nixon to the Great Falls of the Potomac through methods. Perhaps they had promised a large donation to his campaign, perhaps word of the strange lobster creature had drawn him out. Use your imagination! Regardless, the VP came alone to the Great Falls. A very risky move on his part. “So, what am I doing here?” Vice President Nixon asked. “You’re here so we can right a future wrong.” Professor Farnsworth said. “Bender, now!”Bender grabbed Nixon before he could try to get away, bent him in half (as was his wont), and threw him into the Potomac. His body bounced over the falls, as his screams of agony could be heard for miles. There was no way he could have possibly survived the drop. “Zoidberg! Go fetch the body! We have to make sure he’s cremated and nothing of him survives. We can take no chances of his DNA being recovered.” The Professor ordered. “Oooh! In the river with all those lovely fishes to eat? Zoidberg will feast today!” “Quickly Zoidberg!” Saddened by his inability to gorge himself on all the free food the river had to offer, Zoidberg quickly dragged the lifeless form of Vice President Nixon out of the dregs. The crew quickly built up a fire and burnt the corpse until nothing was left. Just in time too, as the psychedelic bubble reappeared and transported them back to the future. A future where everything had changed. Back in New New York, the loss of Vice President Nixon had had a great effect upon the timeline. Many things had changed, although some things were very similar. For example, the President of Earth was still a former US President whose head was now in a jar. An evil maniacal head in a jar with a penchant for peanuts. So that’s that! A death finally and a nasty infernal paradox. Will your lovely and charming narrator find away out of her time travel paradox? Will she even care about it tomorrow? What will Earth be like under the rule of an evil Jimmy Carter? Could anyone really be worse than Nixon? Find out next time on the further adventures of FUTURAMA! Still Alive and Well in New New York MarkHB CuriousParker SilverStormm Athena Machiabelly saoirse SVNBob Firearcher Lady Calypso Dougal The Crazed Spruce caprice The Onion Knight Jesse TJTrack99 Now in Robot Hell HangedMan - Scruffy - MagistrateWhat else can be said, you are Scruffy. Planet Express’s janitor, most of the employees have no idea you exist. Regardless, you have a deep and abiding love for Planet Express (and your mop bucket). Where else could you do so little and get away with viewing so much Zero G Juggs? As such, during twilight you may protect someone from the results of a day lynch if you fear they have been wrongly accused. Deadpool - Huge Brain - role blockerYou are the Huge Brain of the Brainspawn, an alien race set out to understand the whole universe. Once your race has compiled all of the information on the universe, you will destroy it to ensure no future information can be created. Your race has the power to stupification fields, making everyone in the vicinity dumber. Your ability to block the Delta Brain Wave allows you to select one person per night and stop their abilities for the night. Lisin - Hermes - TrackerYou are Hermes Conrad, Grade 36 bureaucrat and proud of it. If there ever was a man born to file, stamp, and collate it would be you. Before becoming a bureaucrat professionally (let’s be real, you’ve always been a bureaucrat. You were requiring applications in triplicate to your tenth birthday party!), you were an Olympic limboer who was only bested by your fiercest rival Barbados Slim. Although you are anal only 78.36% of the time, each night you may fill out the proper forms to track the movements of one player. Drogo - Hedonismbot - Jack-of-all-TradesYou are Hedonismbot, a robot with with the concept of hedonism written right into your very code! As your sole purpose is to seek pleasure, you over indulge in just about everything - chocolate icing, sex orgies, opera, you name it. You are made of solid gold and have a robosexual relationship with your valet Djambi. You have the ability to indulge in powers, to once investigate, once protect, and once operate as a vigilante. How delightful! MuuMuuChainsmoker - Donbot - VanillaYou are the Donbot, head of the Robot Mafia. You are from the planet Sicily 8 and are accompanied by your goons Clamps and Joey Mousepad who do your dirty work. You are out for revenge, seeking penance for the many crimes Bender has committed against you not limited to sleeping with your wife and your daughter! You have no additional powers in this game. OinkyBoinky - Officer URL - investigator pairYou are Officer URL, the robot half of the buddy cop pair of Smitty and URL (pronounced Earl). Programmed to be a cop, you have many features to employ in the capturing of bad guys such as a siren, a megaphone, and a violations printer. You often use excessive force, even in non-violent circumstances. Your baton looks not unlike a light saber, although is noticably duller. You may communicate with Officer Smitty outside the main game thread and together may select one person per night to investigate. Spiro Agnew - NPC aquarian1 - Leela - investigatorYou are Turanga Leela! Former cryogenic counselor turned space pilot, you were abandoned as a baby and believed that you were the last of your alien species. Although you’re actually a mutant whose parents are still alive and living in the sewers below New New York, your upbringing in the Orphanarium made you tough. Strong willed and confident, you are a fierce protector of all living things. Your only weakness is your insecurity about your single eye, something that shouldn’t be that unusual in a world populated by creatures like Zoidberg! You kept the chip scanner from your last job as a career counselor which allows you to see the true nature of each character. Each night you may discover the role of one player in the game. BizBuzz - President Nixon - 2 killYou are President Nixon, President of Earth. The head of the 37th US President kept alive in a jar, you are carried around by the headless body of Vice President Spiro Agnew. You won the election for President of Earth by one vote and proceeded to enlist the people of Earth into pointless wars. Typically you can be found playing poker with the Robot Devil. Any attack against you will first kill the headless body of Agnew. There are no clues in the story. Please submit night actions by 1:30pm EDT Thursday. Enjoy the bar! 2 Link to comment
Meredith Quill April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 Finally, we're getting somewhere, woot! Link to comment
BizBuzz April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 Floats in ... SOMEONE BEER ME Floats out ... 1 Link to comment
MarkHB April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 I'm actually drinking. AND I gave blood today. So I'm ahead of all of you! 3 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 Floats in ... Orders some pasta (craving carbs for some reason!!) Floats out ... 1 Link to comment
caprice April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 It's about time!! Now, I want something big and sweet, and with five times more rum in it than I really need. 2 Link to comment
Machiabelly April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 Well that was a lot of work. Good riddance Nixon. Link to comment
Oinky Boinky April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 It's about time!! Now, I want something big and sweet, and with five times more rum in it than I really need. You could be describing my guy :-) 1 Link to comment
Oinky Boinky April 13, 2016 Share April 13, 2016 I'm actually drinking. AND I gave blood today. So I'm ahead of all of you!Good for you. So many could and don't. I am used to the blood mobile parking outside my hospital but I guess I have to go find them. Link to comment
caprice April 14, 2016 Share April 14, 2016 You could be describing my guy :-)I might have been thinking of someone particular, although not YOUR guy, since, you know, we've never met. ;)Ghosties, you know you don't have to leave, right? You can stay around at Night. :D 2 Link to comment
egavasc April 15, 2016 Author Share April 15, 2016 Hey folks! I'm working on the story, but I'm thinking that it won't go up until Monday. It could go up at the earliest sometime this evening, but there seems to be less activity on the weekends and I don't want to start a day if no one is going to be around. 2 Link to comment
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