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Dafyd
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Harrumph. Much as I assume the Red Cat Goddess is telling the truth, if she were playing a devious game I think she would be doing exactly what she's doing now. (The detective investigates her, let's her know who he or she is, and then decides not to tell anybody else? It's possible I suppose. Also, she says that the detective is keeping quiet until he or she finishes her investigations - but the detective can't possibly finish her investigations faster than the mafia kill everyone off.)
I'm proposing to continue for the next couple of rounds on the assumption that the Red Cat Goddess is telling the truth; but if anyone can contradict her story could they please find a way of passing that knowledge onto the general public?
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The Great Gumby
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
I think that shows that the Red Cat goddess is almost certainly on our side.
Agreed.
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I would tentatively clear everyone who voted to lynch Reverse Minuto. The mafia might have decided to clear themselves in case anyone ever found them out in future on the assumption that they knew it was safe, but I think it's a bit early for them to try playing those games. They always feel clever when you're not mafia, but should one ever be mafia I think it feels better to play safe.
I'm not so sure about this. There's a hidden false assumption in there. I don't think we know whether Minuto was attempting a hit on Obble-42, picking the wrong robot to mess with, or Ruby, who was being guarded by the robot. If it was the former, it was a remarkable coincidence. If the latter, let's consider the implications:
The MAFIA knew Ruby to be innocent. They also therefore knew with a high degree of certainty that she was honest about being guarded by the security droid. They knew she was talking a lot (and had to be silenced) before the vote began, but to do that would involve sacrificing one of their number to remove her bodyguard. In those circumstances, they may have cooked up a plan to send Minuto (already under suspicion) on a kamikaze mission before the vote took place, and therefore voted to deflect suspicion, but also to ensure that Minuto survived to complete his hit.
If my reasoning and assumptions are correct, we're looking for someone who voted to lynch Minuto, but at a time when he was difficult or impossible to lynch. I'd say Herodartus, Jorfh and Grstamjualt all fit that description to some extent. Of course, it's just a different viewpoint, based on different assumptions, but I feel uncomfortable about assuming them innocent at this stage.
Now, who's for tennis?
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la vie en rouge
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I'm not sure about that. I was assuming that we had a security guard who could prevent a murder and stay alive. At any rate, the securitybot never contacted me prior to getting done in.
I had noticed that the hospitality bot was keeping quiet, it may be that the MAFIA had noticed the same thing. Someone keeping a low profile is either a) having an attack of real life b) hiding because they are a murderer or c) hiding from the murderers. So they might have gone for Obble-42 because they thought it was the psionic, or a security guard who protected others (they knew it wasn't one of them, so it had to be (a) or (c)).
The simpler explanation is that our erstwhile killers have just had a stroke of extraordinarily bad luck.
I shall be joining the snake in voting for Astraea Alcyone, unless she can come up with an extremely compelling defence. Wanting me dead is reason enough. Vindictive, moi? Too right.
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
At any rate, the securitybot never contacted me prior to getting done in.
Fair enough. I had it in my head that you would be protected by him, but obviously misremembered that as a claim you'd made, rather than something you'd requested. And looking back, I can't see any indication that the security officerbot would kill/be killed in preventing a hit, although it may be what happened. I like devious strategies, but they probably did just get lucky.
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Herodartus reviewed his notes, which as someone within a fondness for a past, he had written up in a mock-up of the ancient spreadsheet program "Excel."
Reverso had voted for Rudy and Ruby. The people who had voted for him while he was still vulnerable were Ruby, myself and kind of Jorfh. I think Rudy, Ruby and I should be assumed innocent for the time being.
I share suspicions of Astraea.
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I believe Ruby. Her story is too open to falsification to be made up.
I agree with Herodartus about trusting Rudy, Ruby (again!), and Herodartus himself.
I haven't absorbed all the recent posts enough yet to decide if I trust anybody else.
I don't have any suspicions yet.
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leonato
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Based purely on the voting so far I would suggest that the Red Cat and Herodartus are innocent. Also I don't think two mafia would both vote for the Cat when there was no chance of lynching, which exonerates Zoink. I would also suggest the same of Neversaid and Dr Netua, as I don't think Mafia would vote so quickly for no lynching when one of their own was up for nomination, although they might try and sway the vote this way.
Now either the Mafia have always voted together, in which case Astrea really does have some questions to answer, or, as I still think is more likely, they have split their votes to better conceal themselves. Voting for your own when there is no chance of lynching seems like a good tactic to me, which makes me suspicious of Grstamjuarlt and Jorfh.
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Minuto's search ended in failure - or so he thought. A small robot looked remarkably like the late Orac, as long as his casing was removed: something the robot objected to. While trying to deactivate the robot, the robot activated a self-destruct system. One major problem with being human-basic: no defence shields. As Minuto's life ended, some words of comfort entered his mind. "And so it begins..."
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The Power That Is, now having a real keyboard, decides to fix a little error/do some exposition . . .
Day Three: Where the Twist Flops
There were only so many ways to navigate the interstellar wilds of the Carina Arm. Even a ship as fast as the Ariston was rumored to be couldn't avoid the simple fact that the laws of nature could only be skirted on technicalities, but never broken. Miro Tokomauro, head of Provisional Battlegroup Seven, Nineteenth Fleet Detatchment, Thirty-ninth Armada, Twenty-seventh Force (and so on) of the Presa Empire, was guarding exactly such a way. All indications were that an extremely large and spectacularly fast ship was approaching his position; if the Ariston failed to reach her final destination, the ensuing scandal could prove extremely useful for leveraging the Confederacy into reconsidering its neutrality . . .
Tokomauro prepared for the kill. His "small" battlegroup was already in the perfect position to ambush the unarmed ship that should be arriving any moment now . . .
The ensuing firefight settled nothing more than the long-understood tactical principle that the ideal strategy for ambushing unarmed vessels is not the same as the one for defending against unanticipated Caadran dreadnoughts.
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"Officer Rhyddwyn?"
"Sir."
"Congratulations. You're in command."
"Beg your pardon?"
The quartermaster had honestly not expected this interruption to his morning. Everything else? He already had a contingency in place. Two or three, in some cases. Being told that the Ariston was now his by the Ambassidor? Not so much.
"We looked over the chain of command; you're next in line."
"With all due respect, sir, I'm the quartermaster. I didn't think my name even showed up on that list."
"It does."
"Right. Doesn't procedure dictate that someone higher than me has to be off the bridge to keep this from happening?"
"That would be the head of engineering, who is slightly busy at the moment. We then come to the prime network monitor. Xhosimina, as you may have heard, is not in the best mental state to take command of a starship. Now, we've got you."
"I thought being quartermaster was supposed to disqualify you from this job—separation of powers and all that."
"Well, it looks like you get to be even more of a tyrant than most of your colleagues even want to be. Come now, your assistants can handle your absence—you don't actually need to spend the day coming up with a fifteenth backup plan."
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"I wouldn't be overjoyed either if I were her."
"But she's alive! You saved her!"
"And now she's stuck. Perhaps, dare I say it, permanently."
"Fine. I guess it sucks. I still wish she'd stop crying about it already."
"Quite frankly, I don't care what you think, so long as you keep an eye on her. Don't let her out of your sight—don't even blink." Mycroft turned sharply on the orderly and walked out of the ward.
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Astrea Alcyone sits alone in the dock—but is she really the only suspicious character on board? What does she have to say for herself? Would anyone else care to justify their past actions? All this and more, by Friday at midnight EST!
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la vie en rouge
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I still think the priestess looks as guilty as a puppy sitting next to a pile of poo - but here's what worries me. Why haven't the mafia put up a second candidate? Have they decided it's a lost cause and decided to cut her loose, or is she innocent and they are going to let her get lynched without any opposition?
Could be the former, of course.
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Antisocial Alto
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I see the lynch mob is after me yet again. Great Zeus... you take a few hours off to do a virtual sacrifice in the holodeck, just to keep your hand in, and all Hades breaks loose while you're gone.
So you all suspect me because of my voting record? There were other people who voted the same way I did both times. There was Reverse Minuto, and... and... oh dear. Well, we know now that Reverse was Mafia. If I were Mafia too, would I have been stupid enough not to split my vote from his at least once?
I know I appear suspicious because I've been voting to lynch when others have been advocating no lynching; I learned the strategy (unfortunately for me, it now seems) of kill-'em-all-and-let-God-sort-'em-out at the Battle of Ypres, much good it did us then. I'm sure Rudi would have been suggesting the same thing if he hadn't been ill, thanks to Ruby.
Speaking of Ruby, if I'm a Mafia, why haven't they put up a second candidate to take the heat off me, as she asks? It seems they want me lynched. It's pretty darn lonely up here on this gallows!
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In the desert, two times ago, the Mafia all voted together on the first round. In Ypres, they voted differently. So I don't think we can conclude anything from whether anyone voted the same as or different from Reverse Minuto.
It's odd that no-one else has been put up for lynching besides AA. That argues that AA is innocent.
On the other hand, anyone putting someone else up for lynching, now stands to get suspected as Mafia trying to protect AA. That renders it less suspicious that no-one's been put up, and tilts it back to being possible (though not necessarily likely) that AA is Mafia. It would mean that the Mafia would be risking losing a second Mafia very early on, which seems quite risky. So that tilts me back to thinking AA is innocent.
I agree with Leox that
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Voting for your own when there is no chance of lynching seems like a good tactic to me, which makes me suspicious of Grstamjuarlt and Jorfh.
I don't think we should have just one person up for lynching. Therefore, I nominate Jorfh (even if, by my own reasoning, that makes it likely for y'all to suspect me of being Mafia protecting AA. I'm not, but then, we'd all say that, wouldn't we?).
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Dafyd
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Assuming that there's a traitor, we may well have started with only two mafia.
I'm more suspicious of Gumblor, Leox and Miss Smudgeson than of Jorfh myself.
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Artichoke finally appears from the backroom of the little coffee shop, stretching her back and wishing that she was one of those lifeforms which had no knees. Much as she liked to cater for the wide variety of needs expressed by her customers, cleaning mocha stains off a large bath was not her idea of a good time. (In other words, many apologies that real life took me right away from the game for a few days, but I wasn't going to turn down the offer of lots of overtime at work or the offer of a brother to plumb in a new dishwasher in favour of a game of Mafia!).
I too am convinced by the cat's story. Concocting a story like that would be far too open to being proved a liar and thus far too risky a tack to take unless telling the truth, I'm sure. (Or maybe I'm just judging her by my own lack of ability to lie convincingly over time!) So I will not be backing any allegations against the cat.
For this reason, I am happy to go along with her assertion that the moose is also innocent.
I am uncertain of the roles played by AA, but also by RR. That Rudi certainly seems to be a bit of a rat. It has occured to people here that there being an unsplit vote indicates that AA is not mafia, but I am sure that the mafia are clever enough to counterbluff. By not proposing another victim they could well be manipulating us into not voting for her. Oh my, this is confusing... and I haven't even had my morning cuppa yet.
I will vote for Astrea Alcyone.
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Autenrieth Road
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
Ahem. I have it on good authority that Jorfh the Moose is innocent.
I'm willing to believe that, and regret my nomination. Unless, I suppose, he is a traitor, but we've got no evidence to suggest that.
At this rate, I'm never going to vote for a lynching.
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As has already been noted, Grstamjuarlt didn't have feelings, emotions, or anything that most corporeal beings would readily understand as a train of thought*. But that said, (and using approximate language) it did rather feel as if its options were somewhat limited.
That the MAFIA did not see fit to quickly accuse anyone in response to the initial accusation of Astraea does rather suggest that this being is innocent. So if that rules out voting for her then this only leaves the question of Jorfh and no lynching.
Of course, everyone on the Ariston 'heard' these words in a different way: Grstamjuarlt was able to directly transmit the thoughts straight into their brain, and those ideas had a knack of manifesting themselves in the correct language, idiom, cadence and phrasing for the individual who was hearing. Concepts are powerful.
In previous rounds it has seemed prudent to look for a conviction wherever possible. Since there is no substantial evidence to the contrary, it is still possible that he may be so voting for his lynching seems like a sensible idea.
The process of 'hearing' these concepts was not altogether pleasant for the others on board. Some reacted with a distinct discomfort of the bowel. Others began to worry that the voices were a sign of mental imbalance. Still others decided to back off the acid for a while. Nobody was truly comfortable.
On another note, I suggest that Artichoke's behavior is somewhat suspicious. An early declaration of voting intention coupled with a long period of silence could be considered classic MAFIA modus operandi.
* There were some evolutionary accidents in the outer regions of the Pledian arm of the galaxy: transcendental beings who happened to be passing by decided that there was some merit in investigating the feasibility of sexual relations between themselves and the hermaphrodite species which they found there. The offspring were not easy to describe in words...
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Antisocial Alto
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Are we voting now? My usual strategy is to vote for lynching whenever possible, but *ahem* in this case I don't seem to feel so bloodthirsty. No lynching.
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la vie en rouge
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I find the priestess's defence unconvincing. The absence of another candidate is a point in her favour, but it isn't enough. I suspect the counterbluff.
The fact is that faced with the choice between an evil MAFIA killer and a perfectly innocent moggie, she voted early to lynch the pussy-cat.
One bad turn deserves another.
I vote for Astraea Alcyone.
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I think the MAFIA, if there are any more left, are so convinced of the groundswell of opinion against the priestess that attempting to oppose her execution would expose them. I wonder if, after her death, I'll be able to investigate the archive material that most priestly types carry around with them? Anyway... my vote is for Astraea.
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Definitely Astraea Alcyone.
(corrected spelling)
[ 05. March 2011, 19:44: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
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Dafyd
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Neversaid, having advocated holding off lynching for a while, thought they needed to start lynching at some point. He had a fair idea of a number of people who were innocent. Astraea Alcyone wasn't among them.
He had an idea that expelling traitors from airlocks was considered an appropriate mode of execution by some respected admirals.
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Zoink was amazed at how much certain small hyperactive robots sucked the energy out of her. Before going for a sleep, that she was grateful to get the chance to have, she voted for Astraea Alcyone for lyncing.
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Oh, how lovely! I find someone suggested an army of brutes, semi-barbarians and well-arranged pieces of scrap knock my door in and lights out. How pleasant, yet silly. I have been declared innocent by a generally trusted source, which I take to be a death warrant for the night; even better. Finally, I'm being asked for my say in the whole thing.
Naturally I will stick to the tactics I've employed during this entire journey, to vote for the lynching of someone other than me to see some action that might reveal whose Who's Who's main purpose is to list the security guard and psionic, not the members of the Mafia.
There is a rusty piece of metal among us, but I am not it. I believe Astraea Alcyone might be.
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Originally posted by Dafyd:
I'm more suspicious of Gumblor, Leox and Miss Smudgeson than of Jorfh myself.
Well, that's up to you, but I can assure you that I'm innocent of everything but a burning desire to win the Intergalactic Pan-Dimensional Tennis Open (Wimbledon was so 20th Century, you know). With luck, someone will be able to confirm that.
As for the vote, I suspect that the deafening silence after Astraea's nomination indicates that we have the wrong being, but with this wretched bot unable to distinguish between sporting ambition and murderous criminality, I'd feel much more comfortable in the majority voting for her, especially if she does turn out to be guilty. Tricky.
I fully expect her to be lynched, but I vote for no lynching.
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Well the Mafia may have been silent because Astraea is the only active mafiosa left, or she has one remaining partner who would be painting a great big "I am Mafia" sign on themselves if they said too much.
While I still don't think all mafia would have voted the same way, so there is a good chance that Astraea is an unfortunate innocent, I don't think we can take the risk that she is guilty, so I vote for Astraea Alcyone.
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"Option 1: our lynch mob takes out the last remaining MAFIA operative this afternoon. Perhaps unlikely, but it could happen. It would be wise to plan for even the most unlikely of outcomes. Option 2: we take more drastic measures to try to contain the incident. If we were to place the ship on a partial lockdown, we might be able to ensure the safety of at least some of the passengers, while still allowing the investigation to proceed. Option 3: full lockdown—confine everyone to quarters shipwide. This will stop the killing, at the price of any further knowledge. This assumes, of course, that anyone who could cripple the ship could be stopped by simple door locks. Option 4: total surveillance. All passengers and crew must be in public areas at all times. Security blockades all exits from these areas, and we watch every single move anyone makes. Option 5: give me time, I'll come up with it."
Mycroft was surprised at nothing the ex-quartermaster was proposing, especially not the number of increasingly draconian contingency plans. He almost suggested "kill them all, God will sort the dead" as option 6, but was half-afraid that Rhyddwyn would take it seriously. The steward was also quite glad he hadn't mentioned the Xhoronos virus—though he was fairly certain nobody on board knew how to activate it, the head of supplies was nothing if not persistent . . .
"By the way, what's this I hear about a virus capable of incapacitating people? Perhaps it could be, oh, plan 8?"
"Sir, I don't think we're supposed to know about that. It's probably best left unmentioned. Furthermore, viruses are uncontrollable things. It seems rather imprudent to release a partially-tested military bioweapon on board a starship with a multitude of races from many planets. You wouldn't happen to have a containment plan for when things get messy, would you?"
Rhyddwyn looked slightly uncomfortable. "Not yet. Perhaps I should start developing one, just in case?"
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Mycroft may have been being sarcastic (or just clueless) when he suggested "retail therapy," but Xhosimina was discovering that, perhaps, there was a point to it after all. Not that she really enjoyed endless dithering and consideration; far from it, in fact. What was interesting to her, however, was discovering how many different ways various races and species had of changing their appearance. She had yet to discover whether this supposed . . . well, whatever it was she was made of . . . would be suitable for some of the more exotic techniques, but, as she'd already found out, it was almost perfect for about any sort of tattoo—it was nice to have her wings back. And the piercings. And the stones and beads she'd had woven into her eggplant purple cornrows.
Perhaps being corporeal wasn't going to be so bad after all.
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To all would-be reprobates: you have less than twenty-four hours remaining before voting is closed. Remember, voting is compulsory!
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Oh my oh my oh my! Rudi Rattelschneck breathlessly bobbed round the corner test-running excuses through his brain. Anything sounded better than the honest: “I forgot all about youse guys because I was busy attending the Cologne carnival for a few days.” His speed was hampered by the huge curvy pirate's sabre by his side – silly carnival costume makers never think of producing rat sizes!
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On role-blocking: I don't really regret blocking the rat.
Well, I hope not! At least YOU should have enjoyed it. This was a very nasty bug indeed and if you don't behave from now on, I'll tell everybody all the little details of what you inflicted on me. ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif) Believe me, the mere description will make the more fainthearted passengers sick to the point of rocking this boat with their convulsions!
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge: I sometimes get the impression that rat likes to disagree with me just to be contrary.
Not so. Relax, it's a game.
Indeed methinks an active roleblocker is a loose cannon. Blocking of players whose role you can't know is dangerous and without benefit. This is bad imho but not bad enough to lynch you. But I think with our lucky strike last night we have almost won anyway, so it won't matter.
Btw: Are we actually sure that Minuto's „assailant“ can only have been a Mafioso? Are there any other killer roles? All seems so flux and the descriptions so cryptic in this round that I have no clue (admittedly I don’t read most of the sci-fi stuff in the posts).
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is probably just sour grapes about the nasty bout of Xhoronos that he now knows is headed his way. (Sorry mate).
Sour grapes? Wouldn't I have had to know in advance you were going to make me sick? ![[Smile]](smile.gif) Instead I went to bed unsuspecting of any impending doom. Just as I was in the middle of the sweetest dream full of nubile rats that give delight and hurt not, a thousand dangling instruments humming about mine ears when I abruptly awoke and found myself in the process of dying an agonising death ... and things got worse from there.
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our security guard is unfortunately deceased
Our doctor is dead?! Who was he/she/it? How? When? Why? By whom? I am only a rat, nobody tells me anything. This is very exciting.
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The psionic has told me he/she/it doesn't intend to contact everyone he/she/it finds innocent, in order to reduce the number of people in the know and the chances of someone inadvertently letting something slip before investigations are complete.
Imparting all information to one player only is unnecessary. After the psionic's death there should be an unmistakable trail in his posts. The web of knowledge is only relevant for lynching, i.e. during the game, not after the psionic has bitten the bullet.
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The psionic is also concerned about revealing his/her/its identity to a potential traitor.
Is there such a role? As I said in that case my (or rather: originally Dafyd's) idea won't work.
I hope the detective thinks again about assuming his team too stupid to be trusted and meanwhile stick to No lynching.
Oh, and the usual: I trust TGG 2 b innocent.
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Originally posted by Sylvander:
Is there such a role? As I said in that case my (or rather: originally Dafyd's) idea won't work.
I'm not worried about the traitor for the time being.
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Well if Reverse Minuto was MAFIA; and if Astraea Alcyone is lynched and proves also to be MAFIA; and if there are only two MAFIA, then the chances are that the traitor will not have had time to connect with either of them. In which case the MAFIA lose. If, however, there were three MAFIA to begin with, then the possibility is that the traitor may well connect with them and the game is on again.
Then there is the tantalizing suggestion from our host that strange things may occur along the way. We have already had an instance of an 'automated defense lawyer program'. Voices and characters thought gone seem to have a way of transmogrifying - I suspect it ain't over yet by a long shot....
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"Well, that pretty much settles it. Eight to three, who cares about abstentions; Astrea Alcyone, you have been condemned by the LUNCHMOB. Any suggestions on how the guilty should be introduced to the next world?"
Mycroft blinked in the moment before he expected chaos to reign.
Nothing happened.
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Then everything did.
Passengers of the Starship Ariston: all active members of the MAFIA have been eliminated. Complete, unqualified victory is yours
The Power That Is made Its presence known. Its power was exceeded only by its wisdom, Its wisdom only by its power . . . and for one infinitely long flash of a demimoment, even that made sense.
We are slightly disappointed in how quickly this "game" we played with you mortals lasted. In retrospect, we see we might have wished to have gone with Predestination Plan Number Two—More Badnicks, This Time At Each Other's Throats! Our cunning Plans and Ideas? Our ways of making you wonder what in Acratlatia was going on in our ineffable head? To be implemented after *another* lynching . . . or any lynching at all, for that matter. But we didn't do that, and you all got smart, so good work.
But!
BUT!!!
The Fun Doesn't Have To End Now.
We have Powers. Plot holes are Nothings to us.
It can all be retconned in the sequel . . .
As the exterior appearance of motion by which the passage of time can be measured by the power of judgment of sensible beings paused (don't ask), a pair of options appeared before each and every member of the LUNCHMOB:
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DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE?
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Awww. All over. Winning by lucky punch on day two is rather anti-climactic ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Rudi Rattelschneck hoped that from now on this boat would steer in calmer waters. Or any waters for that matter. He was space-sick and longed for a sea-breeze.
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Oh. It's finished already…
The psionic (I'll let him reveal who he is) and I were just having a big strategic discussion about what to do next. I'd taken it for granted there was a third killer.
And truth be told, the Red Cat had just made a rather embarassing tactical blunder. I'd just blocked Gumby (because I suspected him of being the third murderer) and it turns out that he had limited keeping-alive powers and was planning to use them to save me. (It was to my advantage to get my pick in ASAP because of actions that would cancel each other out. Whoever got in first would have their action counted.) Whoops ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
What do we think of unlimited communication? I think it was a worthwhile experiment but probably makes it too hard for the mob, if you once work out how to get round the "being sure someone is telling the truth" problem. A third mobster or a defector might have evened things out a bit.
OTOH I got to Reverse the old-fashioned way - decide how you think the killers would have voted, analyse the votes, make the best pick on the available evidence. Eliab has said in the past that he thinks it's more satisfactory to win the game by deduction than detection, and I agree with him. That's the other reason I was never keen on the "secret web of knowledge" idea (that, and the problems with liars - if I'd been mafia, I think I almost certainly would have tried it on just for kicks - and the possibility of a traitor). It seemed to me to be producing a rather dull game. I'd thought about declaring as a useful strategy already, and being nominated made me decide to do it earlier than I'd planned. But I have to confess: I was getting bored waiting around. So I decided to set the Red Cat among the pigeons (as I said at the time, to pep the game up) and see what happened.
That said, I do think the MAFIA were spectacularly unlucky.
Would it be wrong of me to use this as a new sig?
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Originally posted by Demosthenes 0.9:
But, hey, check out the cat chick! Is she smooth or what? I mean, we are talking FRICTIONLESS BEARINGS here. If the beer here were that smooth, I'd be in the bar ALL DAY, dude, and I'm an AI construct, man!
Coming from the mighty Eliab himself, I'm pretty proud of that one ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Much as I love this game, I think I might be in favour of a brief rest before we start it up again. I guess we should see how the Circus hosts feel about it as well.
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
And truth be told, the Red Cat had just made a rather embarassing tactical blunder. I'd just blocked Gumby (because I suspected him of being the third murderer) and it turns out that he had limited keeping-alive powers and was planning to use them to save me. (It was to my advantage to get my pick in ASAP because of actions that would cancel each other out. Whoever got in first would have their action counted.) Whoops
That's fair enough - how were you to know? But I'm a little hurt you thought I was a bad guy. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) I didn't reveal myself before that point because I didn't have a vital role, and I wanted to wait long enough to be sure you were who you claimed. Even then, I held out on you a little - as well as being able to "protect" people, at least as far as temporarily being able to speak from beyond the grave, I could (if I chose) turn someone else into me (my role, my alignment) but at the expense of my own life. That was my fallback if I came under too much suspicion or became too obvious a target for the MAFIA.
As Dafyd was openly suspicious of me, I decided the best option was to try to buy a day by "protecting" you, then (having been effectively declared innocent, and with no protection) to commit that strange form of suicide the next day. Fortunately, it didn't come to that.
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
The psionic (I'll let him reveal who he is) and I were just having a big strategic discussion about what to do next. I'd taken it for granted there was a third killer.
I totally thought you were the psionic because of all the "My friend the psionic says" stuff! You were going to die as soon as I could make it look like a coincidence.
I'm sorry Rev and I didn't make the game more challenging- I was enjoying playing in this universe. It was a combination of crossed signals in one of the voting rounds, bad luck (his) and inexpertise (mine).
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Hooray. We won! And only two innocents dead.
I agree that secret communications for the innocents makes it easier for them. Possibly too easy, but I'm not sure. The mafia have a lot of advantages as it is.
I don't know whether to chalk this up in favour of the delayed lynching strategy. On the one hand, delying lynching made it more likely that the mafia would gun for Obble before too many people were killed. But we were lucky they went for him so early. On the other hand, La Vie en Rouge correctly spotted a mafia member using old fashioned spot them and lynch them techniques. Whether Reverse Minuto would have stood out so much if so many innocents weren't trying out the no lynching strategy I don't know.
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Question: one person contacted me privately to out themselves as the traitor and expressed a wish to keep playing on the innocents team. (They can identify themselves if they wish.) The mafia were weaker than they might have been given that the traitor was actively trying for an innocent victory. What do people think? Is this fair?
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What was with the round-robin letter by the way?
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quote:
Originally posted by Dafyd:
Question: one person contacted me privately to out themselves as the traitor and expressed a wish to keep playing on the innocents team. (They can identify themselves if they wish.) The mafia were weaker than they might have been given that the traitor was actively trying for an innocent victory. What do people think? Is this fair?
Possibly fair, depending on the drafting of the rules and roles for this game by mine host, but a typical Traitor should only achieve a win in the event of both a successful defection and a victory for the mafia, to prevent just this sort of situation.
The Traitor's meant to provide balance (as well as a slight check on the knowledge gleaned by a straight detective), but if you allow them this sort of option, it tends to make the game more unbalanced in one direction or the other, as it effectively allows them to bolster the winning side.
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*sigh*
Alright, it's over. Time for the shroud to be lifted, our thought process to be revealed, and who won/lost . . .
That's as decisive a loss by the MAFIA as I could have ever imagined. Furthermore, as the turncoat (yes, there was one) never met up with the MAFIA—and, it seems, was even working against them—she lost as well.
Reverse Minuto, Astrea Alcyone, and Boa Languina, we hereby condemn you to an eternity of eternal horror—watching the Black-Eyed Peas Superbowl Halftime show with people who think it's amazing . . . until the moment it seems so-bad-it's-good. At that point, we'll force you to listen to seminarians delivering theologically-based sermons, with no chance of sleep.
Enjoy. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
The rest of you . . . well, we should be arriving soon. In the meantime, enjoy the following revelations:
We deliberately left the roles in play vague; as much as anything else, we wanted to see you discover what was really going on amongst yourselves as who was working for whom. Some of the roles were guessed at, some were self-identified, some were misappropriated, and others were never even mentioned . . . which is just fine, since a couple of them were weird. From our Power's Oculus Vantage, here's who you all were:
Their Netua———————-Empath (is aware that they are being investigated, as well as who is doing the investigation; cannot, however, tell what the investigator's role is)
Jorfh "The Moose"————-Psionic Adept (once per night, can determine guilt or innocence of one target)
Obble-42————————-Security Officer (if targeted by MAFIA, is killed, but takes one assailant along for the ride; if investigated by turncoat, kills her)
Eliabus Dautius Zurcon——Inscrutable (all investigations fail; alignment remains unknown at death)
Ruby/Red Cat Goddess——Bioweapon Smuggler (from nightfall to voting phase, target can neither act nor speak)
Neversaid A.I.——————-Clairvoyant (can determine role of target, but not alignment)
Gumblor————————-Medium/Conditioned (chooses two targets; if either of these two are killed during the night, they get an extra day to reveal anything they might have witnessed. In addition, the conditioned may choose to sacrifice her/him/itself, giving their role and alignment to any other player [e.g., a MAFIA-aligned turncoat would become an innocent medium])
We almost thought about making the conditioned role MAFIA-specific, but decided at the last minute that it would give the baddies too much of an advantage, so we assigned it at random. Additionally, we seriously thought about eliminating the turncoat and going with two MAFIA factions—one Presa, one Caadran—who had no knowledge of the other's existence, and only won when the other side was eliminated. Of course, we'd only take kill orders from whomever messaged me first, so it might take a little while for even the killers to figure out that there was something going on . . .
We also thought about not revealing any roles at all and seeing what you figured out. That seemed slightly cruel though, as did not revealing the guilt or innocence of anyone who was killed (or not revealing it after Jorfh died).
And now, for the Strange Things we were planning on. First, the Lockdown—divide the players into two random groups and spend a night phase that way. If the MAFIA get split up, each faction can act independently, albeit with something of a penalty due to the security restrictions. We've been playing with this idea for a while under different guises and settings. Second, A Masked Ball—there's a chance that your investigations/assassinations accidentally (but successfully) target the wrong person. Third (and in the list of things we kinda wish we'd included), a recruitment/cultist faction—each day someone gets the chance to convert someone to The Cult. The new convert, filled with missionary zeal, converts someone else. That new person does the same—and so on. Of course, the cultists don't know until the end who the others are, so there's a good chance that someone gets "converted" more than once. The cultists win, regardless of faction, if a majority of those left standing are members.
That, by the way, was the inspiration for my little card trick—we mostly just wanted to see who was talking to whom. It's what we would have done if we were playing—though, of course, the possibility of someone lying out their ass was something we were counting on. Just a little experiment, nothing more.
Thank you all,
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Originally posted by Imaginary Friend:
What was with the round-robin letter by the way?
I was given the letter by the Master of the Universe with the instruction to add my name to the list and send it on to whom I liked. Once it came back to me I was to give it back to where I got it from with the list of names at the bottom.
I was not allowed to tell from whom I got it.
It never made it back to me.
As to its purpose Ariston best can tell.
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Well, by the great god Insinuous, the rainbow serpent and his spirit Belinda, I did not expect the ride to finish so quickly.
Yes, yes, I was the snake who was really a snake. I was allowed to investigate the role of one person each night. On the first night I investigated Eliab, simply because he's a combative player and I wanted to find out whose side he was on. At the same time he was obviously targeted by the Mafia, so that was really a wasted night.
On the second night I decided to investigate either obble or Zoink, as they were laying low in below deck service roles. Typical mafia behaviour, methought. I went for Zoink, and discovered Zoink was innocent, while obble was killed along with Reverse Minuto. Obble proved to be the security-bot. So for the second night I failed to find any felons.
I decided that I would try to make use of the free contact rule, and carefully chose Dafyd. Dafyd got knocked out very early in the last game of Mafia, so I thought he might make a keen ally. His voting pattern indicated he might be innocent, and possibly in private contact with the Red Cat, who I also assumed to be innocent. At the back of my mind was Gumby's last game plan where he held off contacting mafia until right at the end, which made for an extremely interesting game.
I was prepared to be incredibly traitorous. To play for no-one but my self. To get Dafyd believing I didn't want to be a traitor, to play the part of the 'good' snake, and then quietly pick people off. I nominated AA in order to make myself look extremely innocent, not realizing she was the last mafioso - but then, most everyone else also thought she had to be mafia by the way the votes fell out. Had the game gone two more turns, I think my strategy might have paid off; but it didn't.
It was an interesting scenario, Ariston, and I really think the mafia had quite bad luck very early on. It's always a huge gamble as to how many mafia to appoint - perhaps, given the free contact rule, it should have been three. That would be my only suggestion.
BL. Failed traitor.
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It was a fun game. We haven't really had one decided by luck recently, so I guess we were due for one. I'd probably be up for a mafia rest too, but at some point I'd like to go on another outing as the clueless-but-keen historian who ended up being rather fun to play.
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I thought I'd change my strategy from the rather unsuccessful one last game. At first I was somewhat disappointed with getting the psionic abilities - it means you have to be careful and stay alive and lots of responsibilities to the team. To play it well takes some skill. I first thought of researching Eliab the first night, but changed that to La Vie when he outed his ability. Good choice. I didn't trust him - I still thought of investigating him the next night - but it seemed reasonable to go with what he said for at least the first night. La Vie proved to be a lucky stroke, as I got to know for certain that she was innocent and thus could use her as my mouthpiece - and what a mouthpiece! I contacted her and she trusted me immediately, possibly because I quoted AristonAstuanax's rather vivid depiction of her.
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Though this is probably the only time it's ever been (or will be) said about her, Ruby the Red Cat Goddess is innocent.
Her reasoning is what I wish I'd sit down and think. Greatly impressed.
Either way, for the next night the problem was to clear her of accusations, so that she could become a more permanent mouthpiece - protected by the doctor she'd stay alive, and I'd remain hidden (which didn't turn out too well). Therefore I picked Smudgie for the second investigation. If innocent, she's rather clever (proven by how quickly she caught on to the "Jorfh is checked and declared innocent" bluff) and could declare La Vie innocent too, via a network of pm's, but most of all she's rather quiet, which in my mind made her somewhat expendable (the declared innocents tend to be killed off). Had she been guilty, La Vie had been able to point her out and get the credit for it. It seems La Vie didn't need any such help.
Trying to lay low and roughly following the majority eventually got me a nomination, but I didn't think I'd get any votes. I was the alternative to a rather obvious kill-off. Not an obvious mafia member, but an obvious suspect.
It was a fun game, which I believe would have been exciting as those strange things started happening. Also, a double mafia would be a great idea, I think. If they all had to be killed off but could kill off each other, it would have made it all pretty exciting. I think one might have gotten it as soon as the first mafia fell to the floor at night, but it would still make the entire game trickier and it would be a great surprise. Thank you AristonAstuanax!
As for the rest of you, thank you for this round. It was a lot of fun playing with you!
[eta: code fix.]
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Thanks everybody for an enjoyable game. quote:
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
On the second night I decided to investigate either obble or Zoink, as they were laying low in below deck service roles. Typical mafia behaviour, methought. I went for Zoink, and discovered Zoink was innocent, while obble was killed along with Reverse Minuto. Obble proved to be the security-bot. So for the second night I failed to find any felons.
Sorry laying low had nothing to do with guilt, but lack of internet access and moving during the game!
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Originally posted by Sylvander:
quote:
Originally posted by Imaginary Friend:
What was with the round-robin letter by the way?
I was given the letter by the Master of the Universe with the instruction to add my name to the list and send it on to whom I liked. Once it came back to me I was to give it back to where I got it from with the list of names at the bottom.
I was not allowed to tell from whom I got it.
It never made it back to me.
As to its purpose Ariston best can tell.
The letter stopped at me - I sent it to Obble (he was keeping quiet and I wanted to know if he was hiding or just off line) and then he promptly get murdered.
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Originally posted by JFH:
Therefore I picked Smudgie for the second investigation... She's rather quiet, which in my mind made her somewhat expendable
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I reckon I am getting old. I love a puzzle and I love sci-fi but I think lack of time to commit to this plus a gently mouldering brain made it hard to keep track of something so much more complex than the basic Mafia game. (Not a criticism - I think it was an amazing thread and would have had me rivetted a couple of years ago!) Thank goodness I was innocent - by far the easiest role to play. Expendable, though? Expendable?? Where else would you get a decent cup of coffee?
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quote:
Originally posted by Hart:
I'd probably be up for a mafia rest too, but at some point I'd like to go on another outing as the clueless-but-keen historian who ended up being rather fun to play.
I mentioned a while back that I was working on a spot of Cluedo, which would allow everyone to roleplay to their hearts' content in a non-mafia environment. If you give me a while, I should be able to get that in order for a game.
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GG: after Easter perhaps?
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I'm ready whenever, but that's just me—certainly a month of "no mystery" might be permissible.
And, when the time comes (next year, perhaps), I'd be up for hosting another game . . . like I mentioned, this setting only came about after I scrapped my original Name of the Rose-esque one. By that time, I may even have more ideas to make the game Interesting.
Thank you all for playing! Though it was short, it was extremely enjoyable—though I tend to become a little attached to all my Mafia characters, I'm going to miss Mycroft and (especially) Xhosimina. It's fun getting to play an eight-foot-tall angel with an attitude—who knows, she may be appearing elsewhere on the Ship one of these days.* To think that she spawned mostly from an attempt to make a few bad jokes (yes, I did manage to work all nine choirs of angels into her introductory text, as well as the obligatory Weeping Angel gag), but turned into . . . well, what you might expect the child of Thomas Aquinas, Arthur C. Clarke, and Russell T. Davies to be like.
Once more, I thank you all for a most enjoyable experience. We should be landing shortly.
*ETA: we're about due in for another name change amnesty, no? It can't be any weirder than my current name—and now that Antisocial Alto is on board, it seems we've got two AA's running about!
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It's good to see the innocents win. Well played to vie for spotting Reverse, and sort-of well played to BL for picking Astrea as the best possible nominee to cover her treacherous designs. And, of course, to everyone who voted correctly and made it work.
Yes, the MAFIA were very unlucky - the security officer's ability is a big hit against a two-being mob, and taking that hit at precisely the moment that Astrea was blatantly compromised by the revelation of Reverse's guilt would have been next to impossible to recover from: but the town still had to identify Reverse as a nominee for us to have the chance to get that lucky. The Red Cat Goddess may have been a stage name, but some of the deity's wisdom had rubbed off.
I think it was perfectly fair (indeed, excellent play) in this game for a traitor commited to a MAFIA win to claim to be playing for an innocent victory. The lie was simple, plausible, and difficult to expose, given that we weren't told the traitor's win condition.
A traitor who genuinely can elect which side to play for is (as TGG says) an inherently unbalancing factor, because he or she will obviously pick whichever side already looks like winning, and make it stronger. I don't see that as an automatically bad thing, but I'd think very carefully before running a set up in which one player stood a very good chance of being kingmaker.
I loved the background and the narrative links, and I'm pleased that the Ariston got through safely in the end, even without Tribune Eliabus (and even before I could come up with a plausible haunting). I liked playing Demosthenes 0.9 (really? you could tell?) and for the record, I had, personally, no suspicion of the Red Cat Goddess whatever at the time of writing. D.0.9, a true advocate, was prepared to spin any remotely credible story to provide an alternative to convicting his client.
I'm inclined to suspect, at that point that Reverse survived the vote, he was unlikely to have been lynched in the near future unless something happened to change public opinion. Astrea should probably have been carrying out the hits at that point - Astrea was far more compromised by Reverse's guilt than the other way around.
Thanks to AristonA for running the game.
I'd be up for Cluedo.
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