The Thing Mafia [Concluded]

[TinCow]

https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4394/thethingbanner2.jpg

Game Starts In:


Rules, partially (and shamelessly) ripped off of GH's Mafia classic format.

Introduction: The Thing Mafia is a spin-off of GH's classic Mafia series. It will take place in Antarctica, but will involve the usual Frontroom gang of misfits. This is a traditional mafia game with only one power role: Mafia. There are no serial killers, no vigilantes, no doctors, no third-party roles or extra victory conditions of any kind, and no Detective. It is simply Mafia vs. Town. There is, however, one very significant change in the mafia's killing ability.

Anonymous Accounts: All players in this game will be required to use Anonymous Accounts. These accounts were introduced as part of the Gameroom Anniversary, and have been used in The Copa Clash (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135817-The-Copa-Clash-Concluded) and Mafia X (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135978-Mafia-X-Concluded). When the game starts, every player's forum account will be linked to an Anonymous account, as per this post (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135814-The-Gameroom-Anniversary-Celebration&p=2053331835&viewfull=1#post2053331835). While alive, you will make all posts in the game under this anonymous account. It takes a single mouse click to switch between your normal forum account and your anonymous account... you don't even have to log out/in or remember a password. Anonymous Accounts are mainly being used to allow for the implementation of the Doopleganger Kill mechanism, described below, with anonymity of the players only being a side-effect. Players are free to state, withhold, or lie about their real identities as they see fit. There will be no confirmation of a player's real identity when they are killed.

Roles:
The Thing (mafioso): (1)
The bad guy. The mafioso gets one kill per night, however the mafioso will have two options on how to kill:

Option 1: Normal Kill. The mafioso kills a person and they die. Dead player's account is unlinked to their Anonymous account.
Option 2: Doppleganger Kill. The mafioso kills a person, but takes their form. The dead player is unlinked from their Anonymous account, while the mafioso takes control of the dead player's Anonymous account and uses it as his own. The mafioso's old Anonymous account shows up as dead.

The town will not know which option was used. The night write-up will narrate a kill, but the identity of the person who died will not be part of the narration. Instead, at the end a body will be found. The townies will not know whether the body is from a new victim, or The Thing's old (now discarded) doppleganger body. The mafia have some say in how much/little they put in their kill descriptions. It is up to the town to figure out how much is their work and how much is mine.

The Frontroom Mafia (townies): (everyone else)
Are you a townie in this game? Don't fret, so is (mostly) everyone else. Unlike in some of the more role-heavy games though, the townies are absolutely integral to the success or the failure of the town in the game, since there are no power roles to do the heavy lifting. The townies will only be able to win this game if they come together and take some time out to seriously do some detective work. Being talkative will be especially important in this game, as the more you talk the harder it will be for The Thing to successfully impersonate you.

Communication: No players may communicate about the game anywhere except in the public thread. No PMs, no IRC, no IMing, no email, no carrier pigeon. This is to prevent players from establishing pre-generated code words so that other players will know if their account has been taken over. Find The Thing with good old fashioned scum-hunting, not cheap tricks.

Death: Once you are dead, you will be given a link to a Quicktopic forum where you can discuss the game with other dead players. Other than inside that Quicktopic, you are not allowed to talk about the game to anyone in any way until it is over. Sorry if this rule is frustrating, but it's the only way to make the doppleganger system work. Anyone who's account is taken over by The Thing will obviously know it because they will see their account continue making posts. So, all dead players must remain totally silent to keep the game fair.

Game procedure: The game will start with a night phase. Unfortunately, this means one person will die before they even get the chance to cast one vote. You can still help your fellow townies by talking as much as possible the first night, so that they have as much 'natural' dialog from you as possible to be able to compare later to see if you've been replaced. Voting procedure is in the usual format, i.e.:

Vote: GeneralHankerchief

If you wish to unvote, then please do so in the following manner:

Unvote: Ser Clegane
Vote: GeneralHankerchief

Voting abstain (you are present for the round and have no lynch preference) is allowed, but "No Lynch" is not. If you post in a round but do not vote, I count it as an "abstain". Additionally, after a certain amount of rounds, usually when I deem it to be endgame, "Abstain" will no longer be allowed, meaning you must vote to lynch someone. I will let you know in the thread once this threshold has been crossed.

WoGing may or may not be used, depending on how I feel when I wake up in the morning. ph33r

Joining the Game: You may join the game with the usual 'IN' post. However, using The Thing's special doppleganger kill ability will require players to impersonate other players. This can be very difficult. As such, players will have to OPT IN in order to be put into the group from which The Thing will be randomly chosen. If you want to volunteer to be The Thing, PM TinCow when you sign-up to say so. This will allow me to give that role to a person who thinks they can pull it off without letting everyone else know which players they need to be looking for more closely.

Sign-ups: (17/17) FULL
Montmorency
Populus Romanus
Death is yonder
ATPG
Mr. Stuka
Tratorix
GH
Reenk
B_Ray
TheLastDays
Ishmael
johnhughthom
Major Robert Dump
Captain Blackadder
issaikhaan
Arjos
classical_hero

Original First Post:

I was just watching the trailer for the remake of The Thing, and it occurred to me that the new Anonymous account system makes possible a new variation on the mafia game which might be fun. If you're not familiar with The Thing, the basic idea is that there's an alien which kills people, but it's essentially a shapeshifter and assumes their forms after they die, so no one knows who the killer is. This would be an interesting twist for a mafia game, which I think we can now pull off. It would work as follows:

All players use Anonymous accounts; no communicating in any manner outside the public thread. There is one (and only one) mafioso. Every night, the mafioso kills one person. However, there are two options about how the kill is handled, and the mafioso gets to choose which to use. The first option is that the kill occurs normally, and the player dies and everyone knows it when they find his body. The second option is that the player dies, but instead of their death becoming public knowledge, the mafioso takes over their Anonymous account and begins posting as them. The mafioso's old (abandoned) Anonymous account is then found dead in the player's place. Under no circumstances is any dead player allowed to talk about the game to anyone by any means until the game is over.

I'm interested to hear some commentary on this idea, as I think it could be really interesting, but it could also be very confusing and would depend heavily on strict obedience of the total silence upon death rule. Comments, concerns?

[edit]A follow-up thought on this. The success of the mafioso would depend very heavily on their ability to impersonate other players. This would require a far higher level of skill than most mafia games, as the mafioso would not only need to act innocent, they would need to act innocent in a totally different posting style. I can imagine some people who would want to play this game to hunt the mafioso, but who might not feel confident enough in their own abilities to actual play the mafioso. As such, it might be better to actually take volunteers for the role of mafioso instead of letting it be decided randomly from the entire set of players. Anyone could join, but in addition to joining they would also say whether they were willing to be the mafioso. The mafioso would then be chosen randomly from only the subset of volunteers.

[Double A]

Sweet jebus, that would be scary.

You know what's really scary? About an hour to half an hour ago, I stumbled upon The Thing on TV Tropes.

[TheLastDays]

I kinda like the idea although I think it could be very hard for the town...

Still it sounds like fun

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Good idea. think it would cut out the bias to. For example, what if Player A the mafia hates Player B the townie? He might kill Player B despite that Player B may not really have any abilities or anything that could be used against him.

[TinCow]

Uh, well the bias would just be avoided because of the anonymous system, which has already been used twice and is not a new tool for this game. This is just an idea for a different way of using the anonymous accounts. I could see it working in larger games, but I think it would need a small game test first. As I'm imagining it, it would be a small game with player limit up to whatever the max is for small games. The only roles would be townies and the single mafioso. PMing might also be allowed, so long as no one deleted their PMs (so that the mafioso could read all the conversations if they took over the player's account). That might be a bit hard to police though, and most people don't PM in vanilla games anyway, so maybe just restricting it to public thread would be best.

More comments are welcome.

Sample banner:
https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4567/thethingbanner.jpg

[Tratorix]

Not sure how much work would be involved, but could the anonymous accounts names be temporarily changed? For a small game at least, it would be a neat touch to actually name the players after the characters from The Thing.

[TinCow]

I thought about that, but there's too few characters in the film to make that work anyway. I'd like to see this thing run with around 15 people. Since it's essentially just a vanilla mafia game with a twist, I was thinking of using the classic Frontroom setting anyway. I almost slapped a fedora on the monster guy in the banner when I made it, and I still might.

Basic background story idea: Following their victory in Mafia X, Kage and CR became immensely wealthy mafioso and founded a new crime empire in the Frontroom. They were given a job to smuggle some odd cargo back from an abandoned research station in Antarctica. They thought it would be a fun vacation, so they took their entire crew with them to Antarctica to help them get the job done. When they get there, the find the station torn to pieces and dead bodies everywhere. Yadda yadda yadda. This gives me an excuse to use the normal anonymous accounts, makes it a bit more mafia-y, and gives me a lot more opportunities to be amusing than I would get with a game that stuck to the film.

Yep, let's do the new banner:


https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4394/thethingbanner2.jpg

[TinCow]

Draft Rules, partially (and shamelessly) ripped off of GH's Mafia classic format:

Introduction: The Thing Mafia is a spin-off of GH's classic Mafia series. It will take place in Antarctica, but will involve the usual Frontroom game of misfits. This is a traditional mafia game with only one power role: Mafia. There are no serial killers, no vigilantes, no doctors, no third-party roles or extra victory conditions of any kind, and no Detective. It is simply Mafia vs. Town. There is, however, one very significant change in the mafia's killing ability.

Anonymous Accounts: All players in this game will be required to use Anonymous Accounts. These accounts were introduced as part of the Gameroom Anniversary, and have been used in The Copa Clash (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135817-The-Copa-Clash-Concluded) and Mafia X (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135978-Mafia-X-Concluded). When the game starts, every player's forum account will be linked to an Anonymous account, as per this post (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135814-The-Gameroom-Anniversary-Celebration&p=2053331835&viewfull=1#post2053331835). While alive, you will make all posts in the game under this anonymous account. It takes a single mouse click to switch between your normal forum account and your anonymous account... you don't even have to log out/in or remember a password.

Roles:
The Thing (mafioso): (1)
The bad guy. The mafioso gets one kill per night, however the mafioso will have two options on how to kill:

Option 1: Normal Kill. The mafioso kills a person and they die. Dead player's account is unlinked to their Anonymous account.
Option 2: Doppleganger Kill. The mafioso kills a person, but takes their form. The dead player is unlinked from their Anonymous account, while the mafioso takes control of the dead player's Anonymous account and uses it as his own. The mafioso's old Anonymous account shows up as dead.

The town will not know which option was used. The night write-up will narrate a kill, but the identity of the person who died will not be part of the narration. Instead, at the end a body will be found. The townies will not know whether the body is from a new victim, or The Thing's old (now discarded) doppleganger body. The mafia have some say in how much/little they put in their kill descriptions. It is up to the town to figure out how much is their work and how much is mine.

The Frontroom Mafia (townies): (everyone else)
Are you a townie in this game? Don't fret, so is (mostly) everyone else. Unlike in some of the more role-heavy games though, the townies are absolutely integral to the success or the failure of the town in the game, since there are no power roles to do the heavy lifting. The townies will only be able to win this game if they come together and take some time out to seriously do some detective work. Being talkative will be especially important in this game, as the more you talk the harder it will be for The Thing to successfully impersonate you.

Communication: No players may communicate about the game anywhere except in the public thread. No PMs, no IRC, no IMing, no email, no carrier pigeon. This is to prevent players from establishing pre-generated code words so that other players will know if their account has been taken over. Find The Thing by

Death: Once you are dead, you will be given a link to a Quicktopic forum where you can discuss the game with other dead players. Other than inside that Quicktopic, you are not allowed to talk about the game to anyone in any way until it is over. Sorry if this rule is frustrating, but it's the only way to make the doppleganger system work. Anyone who's account is taken over by The Thing will obviously know it because they will see their account continue making posts. So, all dead players must remain totally silent to keep the game fair.

Game procedure: The game will start with a night phase. Unfortunately, this means one person will die before they even get the chance to cast one vote. You can still help your fellow townies by talking as much as possible the first night, so that they have as much 'natural' dialog from you as possible to be able to compare later to see if you've been replaced. Voting procedure is in the usual format, i.e.:

Vote: GeneralHankerchief

If you wish to unvote, then please do so in the following manner:

Unvote: Ser Clegane
Vote: GeneralHankerchief

Voting abstain (you are present for the round and have no lynch preference) is allowed, but "No Lynch" is not. If you post in a round but do not vote, I count it as an "abstain". Additionally, after a certain amount of rounds, usually when I deem it to be endgame, "Abstain" will no longer be allowed, meaning you must vote to lynch someone. I will let you know in the thread once this threshold has been crossed.

WoGing may or may not be used, depending on how I feel when I wake up in the morning. ph33r :ninja:

[Reenk Roink]

I personally hate the idea of anonymous accounts because a big part of the fun in playing Mafia is you know a lot of the Orgahs to some degree or another. However, your game making it a feature is interesting for sure.

[TinCow]

I personally hate the idea of anonymous accounts because a big part of the fun in playing Mafia is you know a lot of the Orgahs to some degree or another. However, your game making it a feature is interesting for sure.

This is actually something I'd like a bit of input on. I'm not actually using the anonymous accounts because I want players' identities to be hidden, I'm only using them because there's no other way to implement this 'bodysnatcher' mechanism. So, on a mechanics level it really doesn't matter to me if people know who has which account at the start. I'd be perfectly happy to put everyone's starting name next to their anonymous account. However, there is a gameplay balance issue that should be considered. If it is stated who has which account, there's a risk that stuff like time zones could be used to spot the mafioso. For instance, if the mafioso is a Brit and takes the body of an Australian, they could be caught out be having unusual posting times. Is that kind of thing too hard on the mafioso, or is it acceptable? My concern is that this will already be a very difficult game for the mafioso, and making all player identities public would increase the difficulty even further.

[Montmorency]

I personally hate the idea of anonymous accounts because a big part of the fun in playing Mafia is you know a lot of the Orgahs to some degree or another. However, your game making it a feature is interesting for sure.

I don't know any of you besides Tincow (barely). :shrug:

That's how it works, right?

I definitely don't want to be the Thing though.

[Populus Romanus]

So I sign up here? In. I just hope I dont get Johnny again. Hehe

[Tratorix]

This is actually something I'd like a bit of input on. I'm not actually using the anonymous accounts because I want players' identities to be hidden, I'm only using them because there's no other way to implement this 'bodysnatcher' mechanism. So, on a mechanics level it really doesn't matter to me if people know who has which account at the start. I'd be perfectly happy to put everyone's starting name next to their anonymous account. However, there is a gameplay balance issue that should be considered. If it is stated who has which account, there's a risk that stuff like time zones could be used to spot the mafioso. For instance, if the mafioso is a Brit and takes the body of an Australian, they could be caught out be having unusual posting times. Is that kind of thing too hard on the mafioso, or is it acceptable? My concern is that this will already be a very difficult game for the mafioso, and making all player identities public would increase the difficulty even further.

Player identities should be secret. Some players might know others well enough that they could ask a personal question that only that person would know, thereby identifying the thing. Also, guys I don't think sign ups are starting just yet, this is still in the development stage.

[TheLastDays]

Player identities should be secret. Some players might know others well enough that they could ask a personal question that only that person would know, thereby identifying the thing. Also, guys I don't think sign ups are starting just yet, this is still in the development stage.

But this could be faked too. There's not guarantee people will believe me that player A is Mafia because he couldn't answer my question, unless the Mafia is the only one not knowing the answer which kinda defeats the question in the first place...

It's something worth considering. It would definitely require even more skill from the Mafioso to fake other players though

[Visor]

Yeah. I'll try my hand as townie first day lynch bait again. :D

[TinCow]

Also, guys I don't think sign ups are starting just yet, this is still in the development stage.

It's ok, I'll take sign-ups. This is actually a very simple game and it's pretty much done. The only changes I would make would be balance-related tweaks based on whatever opinions people express before the game starts.

[Death is yonder]

As has been mentioned, timezones are indeed something that could be a dead giveaway.

Personally me and other people in the timezone region (Aussy's included) run at around +8-10GMT, and it would be very simple, as someone not the thing, to deliberately post only at times lets say between 4pm and 6pm my time, 3-5am EST, such that the thing would be fairly hard pressed to follow if he lived in North America, where many of the players in the forum are from.

(Well on the other hand someone aspiring to be The Thing may consider such considerations to be the components of the pinnacle to which he/she aspires to reach in the goal of a very convincing impersonation :shrug:)

All in all, it sounds like a really good idea, but perhaps it may be prudent to further define rules/perimeters for players in this regard as naturally (some?all?) townie players who aren't the thing would be trying to leave behind posting clues or telltale signs that would make impersonation more difficult.

Anyway, on a whole its a very interesting idea, and I would love to be In :bow:

Perhaps as to whether people are interested in being the Thing they could tell Tincow via pm and not in thread :yes:

[TinCow]

(Well on the other hand someone aspiring to be The Thing may consider such considerations to be the components of the pinnacle to which he/she aspires to reach in the goal of a very convincing impersonation :shrug:)

That's one of the factors that I'm trying to weigh here. A wise mafioso will only take the body of someone they think they can hide well in, which should include considerations like these. This is another example of the significantly higher level of skill that would be required of a bodysnatching mafioso, and it's one of the reasons why I only want to pull the mafioso out of a smaller pool of people who have specifically volunteered for the role knowing in advance what will be required. At the same time, the mafioso doesn't have to swap bodies every time he/she kills. It's even theoretically possible to just keep the same body the entire game and treat it like a normal vanilla mafia game, though I personally hope that doesn't happen as it totally defeats the purpose of the game.

GH's recent commentary in the Mafia X thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135978-Mafia-X-Concluded&p=2053345693&viewfull=1#post2053345693) is currently swaying me heavily in the direction of specifically stating who the real players are for each anonymous account at the start of the game. In short, GH thinks that the anonymous accounts make the game much harder for the town and give the mafia an advantage. If this game was totally anonymous, it would give them an even bigger advantage. I'm concerned that if it's totally anonymous, it will be essentially impossible to catch the mafioso and too frustrating for the town.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I rather disagree.... you're only trying to catch one person in this game.

Being completely anonymous could balance it out.

Oh, and I'd be interested to play.

[TinCow]

I rather disagree.... you're only trying to catch one person in this game.

Being completely anonymous could balance it out.

Yes, that's true. At the same time, 1 mafioso and 16 townies is better odds than 2 mafioso and 34 townies, which was the setup in Mafia X. Since there will always be one night kill and one lynch, to win the mafioso will have to survive 7 day phases, no more, no less.

[johnhughthom]

I'd play this, now that I think about it I'm amazed I've never come across a game based on The Thing before, it's a perfect mafia setting.

[Mr. Stuka]

Interesting idea, and I agree that the player's identities should be kept secret completely. I'm in

[Tratorix]

I'm in.

[White_eyes:D]

I think using the kill write-ups could also freak the :daisy: out of everyone. In the movie, people would find clothing burned with no nametags to make everyone in the base paranoid. They also just killed or burned themselves alive to prevent themselves from turning. If you do the kill write-up VERY well(Or the Mafia is good at writing) it could make most of town go into a panic.

The anonymous accounts seems like not such a good idea though...I have seen other players easily see though posting styles...Someone even spotted Kages one post and knew it was him. Lurking seems like the only way to win but I am sure people well lynch the lurkers. I think the mafia should get a one-shot ability to jump bodies as he is lynched.
Town would be down but not out and it would give the Mafia some time to remake his posting style and not just be a lucky win.

Or the thing could recruit someone who can't jump bodies...like in the movie(I recall some of them dieing from this)...I am just concerned that your throwing everything on the mafia and the few people that could(would) do it, but could be screwed over by timezones or lurking to avoid posting. I mean it is reasonable to assume that he would then jump into a background poster or even his biggest defender. But at that point people would be expecting him to act exactly the same, post the same and could you see Pizzaguy acting like Crazedrabbit? or Khaan acting like Reenk?:laugh4:

Would be a quick game...but it's up to you.:2cents:

[Tratorix]

I think using the kill write-ups could also freak the :daisy: out of everyone. In the movie, people would find clothing burned with no nametags to make everyone in the base paranoid. They also just killed or burned themselves alive to prevent themselves from turning. If you do the kill write-up VERY well(Or the Mafia is good at writing) it could make most of town go into a panic.


Also, everyone has to listen to this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meU2gAU7Xss&feature=related) while reading them.

[GeneralHankerchief]

So in a sense, the game no longer becomes about finding the mafioso so much as finding out the change in posting behavior night-to-night, yes? That sounds pretty interesting to me. My only worry is that the Thing would chicken out and not really use the bodysnatcher option much/at all.

As for the anonymous account issue, I would not leave the townies in the dark about who is who. Vanilla games are supposed to be difficult for the mafia - they're the only person(s) who got an interesting role. Let them work for the victory.

(In, btw)

[Reenk Roink]

TinCow you sold me :bow:

[TinCow]

My only worry is that the Thing would chicken out and not really use the bodysnatcher option much/at all.

Well, I could require The Thing to change bodies no less than once every X turns. Or maybe something like 'changes bodies at least once during the game, with the first change occurring no later than turn X.'

[B-Wing]

I love this concept, TinCow! Pure brilliance!

Love the movie; love the idea of using the setting for mafia.

I agree that anonymous accounts are a must for this.

I suggest not making it mandatory for the Thing to change bodies. They'll probably just target the least talkative players anyway.

Good idea allowing players to decline mafia eligibility.

Now I wanna rewatch The Thing!

[Double A]

Well, I could require The Thing to change bodies no less than once every X turns. Or maybe something like 'changes bodies at least once during the game, with the first change occurring no later than turn X.'

Or you could just leave it to everyone to WIFOM the entire scenario.

[TheLastDays]

Didn't sign up yet? I hereby sign up! :yes:

[TinCow]

Or you could just leave it to everyone to WIFOM the entire scenario.

I think I will just leave it as it is, but also give a strong encouragement to whoever gets The Thing to try out the body changing system. It's probably unnecessary anyway, since I don't think any of the volunteers would be shy to use it.

Regarding the anonymity of the players, I've decided to walk a middle-ground. I realized there's a slight problem with simply naming everyone; that means everyone will know exactly which players died in the first 1-3 rounds, which will give them a strong indication of which actual player is The Thing, even if they don't know which body he is in at that precise moment. I could see this situation perhaps discouraging early-game body swapping, and I do not want to do that. Again, this is an experimental game to test out this bodyswapping mechanism. If it works well and is enjoyable, I'll consider making a Large game version of it with more roles.

So, I will not make an official notice about who has which role. However, I also will not place any rules on people revealing who they are. If you want to say, "I'm TinCow!" with your first post in the game, that's perfectly fine. If people want to mess around with that and pull a Spartacus, that's perfectly fine too. If you want to keep silent and just be Bertha, you can just be Bertha. Leaving it open like this also gives the town the opportunity to strategize in a manner they don't normally get to do in a classic mafia game. In this game, the town will actively benefit if they can organize and methodically test each other with conversation every round. So, townies don't have to just sit back and vote, despite not having any abilities they can still take actions to improve their odds of victory.

[Ishmael]

Sounds interesting. I've been wondering how it would go playing with the anonymous accounts, and it sounds simple enough for a newcomer (unless I'm The Thing :inquisitive:). Count me in!

[johnhughthom]

In.

[Major Robert Dump]

Consider this meat shield IN

[B-Wing]

I can't wait for this Thing (terrible pun intended) to start! I'm excite!

[Captain Blackadder]

I am in as well

[TinCow]

The game will begin on Friday. There are still two slots left open, so grab-em while they're still there. Another reminder, as per the rules post, in addition to pointing the usual public 'In', you MUST PM ME IF YOU WANT TO BE PUT INTO THE POOL FROM WHICH THE THING WILL BE CHOSEN. If you do not PM me, you will still be in the game, but there will be no chance whatsoever that you will get the role of The Thing.

[seireikhaan]

:charge:

[Arjos]

This sounds fun ^^
I'm in :)

[classical_hero]

Interesting.

[Visor]

Classical, he said two places. :P

So I quit. Classical can have my spot. ;)

[TinCow]

Ok, that was fast. The game is now full. Apologies for the game not starting until Friday, but there has been a request to wait until then due to scheduling issues. The game will begin at 10am EDT on Friday:



Please be aware that this game will suffer (and the town will surely lose) if people do not post regularly. So, if you are going to have difficulty posting during the scheduled time for this game, please withdraw now so that your spot can be filled by someone who can be more active. With 1 kill per night and 1 lynch per day, the game will last about 2 weeks.

[TinCow]

For clarification purposes, The Thing has not been chosen yet. The Thing will not be chosen until shortly before the game starts. At game start, all players will receive a PM telling them that the game has begun and that they are townies. The person chosen as The Thing will receive a second PM, informing them of this fact.

I may actually allow in-game conversation to begin prior to the official start time. That might provide some entertainment while you are waiting, and it will not prejudice anyone who has scheduling issues prior to Friday as no one will even be scum yet. As soon as I am done with the introductory story, I will assign the anonymous accounts and you can begin posting in-character if you wish. I may be able to get that done by this evening or tomorrow morning.

[classical_hero]

Classical, he said two places. :P

So I quit. Classical can have my spot. ;)You got in first, so don't quit.

[TinCow]

Prologue

(Thanks to GH for his assistance in writing this.)


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Day breaks in the Frontroom. All is quiet.

Too quiet, as a matter of fact. As Crazed Rabbit and Kagemusha were quickly learning, there were some drawbacks to ruling over a town whose inhabitants you had just completely exterminated. Mainly, there was nobody to rule over. Oh, there were rabbits, certainly - thousands of them, and providing credence to the phrase "breeding like rabbits" - but rabbits made for dreadfully bad company, even if they could be trained to make a mean piña colada.

"You know what, Kage?" CR asked some weeks after the death of the Chief of Police, in the middle of their croquet game through JuJuBee's old office. "I think we're in a rut. We've each beaten down the Frontroom twice now and took it over for good this time, but don't you think it was a little too easy? I mean, we didn't even have to break a sweat with this."

Kagemusha stared down at the ground, hit his croquet ball (the preserved head of one of his many victims), and then looked up at his partner and nodded. "I've been thinking about this too," he said, "and you're right. Look how easy it was to conquer this two-bit town. We need to set our sights higher, really think big, you know? Somewhere that we'll really be able to make our mark aside from a subculture of a particular internet forum."

"What are you thinking, Kage?"

Kage smiled. "Today, the Frontroom. Tomorrow... the world!!!" He threw back his laugh and started maniacally cackling for a minute before calming down and lining up for his next shot.

"Hmm," CR was thinking deeply. "We'll need a few things. Henchmen, for one. My rabbits are great, but sadly when it comes to doing expendable grunt work they just can't do the job. An elaborate threatening fortified base, for another one, to carry out our evil work in peace and make all the world quiver at our might."

"Hold on a second," Kage said. "Doesn't the Evil Overlord List say something about that?"

CR cursed, putting down his stick to thumb through his trusty copy of the list (http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html). Several tense minutes later, he put the list down and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well?"

"Nothing," CR said. "As a matter of fact, there are actually quite a few points in there about certain features in the base, which makes me think it's an implicit endorsement of such a thing."

"What about the additional parts of the list? You know the next 100 and so on?"

"Eh, nobody cares about those anyway," CR said, whacking a victim's head through two wickets. "It's the same thing as with the Matrix movies. Better to pretend that only one was made."

"Okay, fair enough," said Kage, beginning to pick the wickets up. "So, any ideas for our evil lair?"

CR grinned. "Antarctica."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next day, Crazed Rabbit and Kagemusha assembled the surviving Frontroom residents in the town hall.

"Welcome, henchmen and henchwomen," said Kage. He looked confused for a moment. "Henchpeople? Henchpersons? Ah, it doesn't matter. You exist for one purpose and one purpose only! You exist to build.... THIS!"

CR dimmed the lights and turned on the slide projector. An image appeared on the wall of the town hall.


https://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6128/karnak.jpg


"BEHOLD!" screamed Kage. "Our supreme evil lair!"

The crowd was silent. After a few seconds, one of the henchpersons raised his hand. "Isn't that a screenshot of Karnak from Watchmen?"

Kage glared at the man. "Can you find a better picture of a secret Antarctic super base? No? I thought not. That's why you're a henchman and I'm an evil overlord."

"Your job is to build this base and die trying," added CR.

More silence. After a few seconds, the same henchperson raised his hand. "Uh, don't you mean 'build this base or die trying'?"

Kage sighed. "Did he say 'or'? Did he? He specifically said 'and.' Step 1, build base. Step 2, die. Step 2 is not optional, it is an inherent follow-up after Step 1. Without the condition of Step 2 being optional, the use of 'or' instead of 'and' would be incorrect. Grammar is important. We know you are only a henchman and cannot be expected to understand simple things like sentence structure, but please do put in some effort."

CR changed the slide.

https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1542/thing7.jpg

CR pointed at the image. "This is what we are going to start with. It's an abandoned Norwegian research station. It will provide us with basic living quarters and facilities while you lot get with building the other place. There will be a snack bar and a lounge, with an arcade and sauna for everyone of Evil Overlord rank and above."

The same henchman raised his hand again. "Sir, why was it abandoned?"

Kage shrugged, "Who knows, who cares? That seems like an entirely irrelevant issue at this point, I really can't see how that kind of information would make a difference to anything."

CR turned the lights back on and walked over to the wall with the absolutely enormous American flag. "Who put this thing here? We're not all damned Americans you know!" He shook his head sadly, "You lot are some pathetic henchpeople, you know that? Why, in my day..."

Kage coughed.

"Oh, right, yes." CR stood in front of the flag.



https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4824/pattonthing.jpg


"Now, I want you to remember that no henchman ever built an evil lair by dying for his overlord. He built it by making the other poor dumb henchman die for his overlord. Men, all this stuff you’ve heard about Frontroomers not wanting to hench, wanting to stay alive, is a lot of horse dung. Frontroomers traditionally love to hench. All real Frontroomers love to hench. When you were kids, you all admired the sidekick of the champion marble shooter, the second fastest runner, the big league bench warmer, and Apollo from the Rocky movies. Frontroomers love to hench and will not tolerate anyone getting in the way of their service to their Evil Overlords. Frontroomers play to win all the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in :daisy: for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Frontroomers have never lost and will never lose a game. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Frontroomers."

Kage whispered something to CR. CR frowned for a moment, "well, yes, I suppose that's true." He cleared his throat and turned back to the crowd.

"Now, an evil organization is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, builds as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of :daisy:. The bilious bastards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Gahzette don’t know anything more about real henching than they do about fornicating."

"We have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best leaders in the world. You know, by God I actually pity those poor bastards you’re going up against. By God, I do. We’re not just going to shoot the bastards, we’re going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tractors. We’re going to murder those lousy bastards by the bushel."

The same henchman raised his hand again. CR rolled his eyes, "What is it this time?!" The man stammered a bit. "Uh, sir? Who exactly are we going up against? I thought you said we were going to an abandoned base and were going to be doing construction?"

CR looked exasperated. "Each other! You're going up against each other you fool! You're henchmen, you will be competing for the love and respect of your masters!"

"But, you just said we were a team..."

"YOU ARE!" screamed CR. "A team competing against each other, ruthlessly killing each other whenever it's necessary to further the goals of the team!"

"Now, some of you people, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that you will all do your duty. The men and women standing beside you are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know we're proud."

"Now there’s another thing I want you to remember. I don’t want to get any messages saying that construction is not getting completed because people are dying in horrible ways. We’re not delaying anything! We are building constantly and we’re not interested in whether Bertha ate Fat Tony or whether Fat Tony ate Bertha. If someone causes a problem, well, we're going to solve that problem the way Frontroomers have always solved problems, we're going to lynch someone! We're going to lynch the :daisy: out of him all the time and if that doesn't solve the problem we're gonna lynch someone else until the problem goes away!"

"There’s one thing that you henchpersons will be able to say if you get back home. And you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you’re sitting around the henchperson lounge with a new hired henchman on your knee and he asks you what did you do in the great Construction of the Evil Lair in Antarctica, you won’t have to say, 'Well, I shoveled :daisy: in Louisiana.' Because you'll have done it in Antarctica, and :daisy: freezes solid there, so it's easier to shovel."

"Alright now, you :daisy:, you know how we feel. Oh, and we will be proud to execute you guys – anytime, anywhere."

The hall remained silent for a long moment.

"That’s all."

[Reenk Roink]

Nobody else better abstain courteously :bow: in the first round...

[Arjos]

This is madness... And I love it! :D

[TinCow]

Prologue 2: Prologueier

https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3516/thingdogs.jpg


The next day, Kage and CR assembled the henchpersons for a further organizational meeting. The big flag was gone, and in its place was only a bare brick wall.

Kage glared at the assembled crew of Frontroom misfits.

“All right, let's get to know one another. With the exception of CR and myself, who you already know, you'll be using aliases. Under no circumstances are you to tell one another your real name or anything else about yourself. That includes where you're from, your wife's name, who you lynched last, or about a game you totally pwned as scum. You guys don't say :daisy: about who you are, where you been or what you've done. Only thing you guys can talk about is what you're going to do. This way the only ones who know who the members of the team are CR and myself. And that's the way I like it. Because in the unlikely event of one of you getting eaten by an alien that’s been trapped in ice for 10 million years, not that I expect that to happen - it most definitely should not happen – it hasn't happened, you don't have anything to deal with. You don't know any names. You know my name, you know CR's name. That we don't care about. You gotta prove it. We ain't worried. Besides, this way you gotta trust us. We like that. We set this up and picked the men we wanted for it. None of you came to us, we approached all of you.”

CR whispered in Kage’s ear. Kage’s eyes widened. “Are you serious? People volunteered for this? What kind of a crew of idiots do we have here?” He shook his head and turned back to the henchpeople.

“Alright, we don’t know any of you. But you’re OK. If you weren't OK, you wouldn't be here. Okay, let me introduce everybody to everybody. But once again, at the risk of being redundant, if I even think I hear somebody telling or referring to somebody by their forum name...” Kage stared intently at the henchman who had asked so many questions the day before. “...you won't want to be you.”

“Okay, quickly.” Kage started pointing at the henchpeople, one at a time. “Luciano, Vito, Johnny, Emilio, Salvatore, Fat Tony, Frank, Bobby, Bugsy, Sonny, Rocco, Silvio, Nick, Vinny, Paulie, Luigi, and Bertha.”

The last henchman to be named frowned. “Why am I Bertha?”

“Cause you're a fat woman in a stupid outfit,” sneered Kage. The rest of the henchmen laughed.

Bertha was not amused. “Why can't we pick out our own names?”

Kage shook his head. “We tried that once, it don't work. You get four guys fighting over who's gonna be Fat Tony. Since nobody knows anybody else, nobody wants to back down. So forget it, we pick. Be thankful you're not Chickenman.”

The henchman dubbed Luigi spoke up, “Yeah, but Luigi? Everyone’s going to make Mario jokes every day.” Someone made a Mario joke, the other henchpersons laughed.

“Yeah, and Bertha is a woman’s name,” said Bertha. “I’m not even a woman! Tell you what, let me be Scarface. That sounds good to me, I'm Scarface.”

Kage sighed, “You're not Scarface, somebody at another evil lair is Scarface. You're Bertha.”

The henchperson dubbed Vito was getting tired of the whole exchange. “Who cares what your name is? Who cares if you're Bertha, Scarface, Askthepizzaguy, Hamsandwichoracle…”

“Oh that's really easy for you to say,” complained Bertha, “you're Vito. You gotta cool-sounding name. So tell me, Vito, if you think ‘Bertha’ is no big deal, you wanna trade?”

Kage pulled out his croquet mallet and gestured with it, menacingly. There was something incredibly disturbing about the yellow smiley face he had painted on one of the flat heads. “Nobody's trading with anybody! Look, this ain't a goddamn :daisy: city counsel meeting! Listen up Bertha. We got two ways here, our way or the highway. And you can go down either of 'em. So what's it gonna be, Bertha?”

Bertha scowled, “Jesus Christ, Kage. :daisy: forget it. This is beneath me. I'm Bertha, let's move on.”

Kage patted his mallet. “Yeah, that’s what I thought. Any more questions?” Three of the henchpersons raised their hands. Kage ignored them. “Alright, let’s get out of here. Say goodbye to the Frontroom, you little cry babies. Next stop, Antarctica.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All anonymous accounts have been assigned and distributed. All player accounts are now linked to these anonymous accounts. You can flip between them using the method listed here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?135814-The-Gameroom-Anniversary-Celebration&p=2053331835&viewfull=1#post2053331835).

From this point on, no more posts will be allowed in this thread by non-anonymous accounts. You can post whatever you want, but you must do so with the anonymous account. Contrary to what the story says above, I do not care whether you name yourself or not. Anyone can claim anything they want about their identity, whether it’s true or a lie. I will not reveal the real identity of any player account until after the game is over; until then it’s all just speculation.

The Thing has not been assigned yet, nor will it be assigned until the game officially starts. Until then, every single one of you is a townie. If you have not yet volunteered as a candidate for the role of The Thing, you still have almost three days left to do so.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

It doesn't matter if we change the settings on the anonymous accounts does it? This default forum skin hurts my eyes.

[TinCow]

Salvatore;2053356633']It doesn't matter if we change the settings on the anonymous accounts does it? This default forum skin hurts my eyes.

You can change anything you want, as long as it doesn't change the profile information on the account. Skin, visible posts per thread, etc. are fine. Don't change your name, avatar, etc.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Dub Dub Dub Dooby dee dap!

Geez this is going to be so much fun!

[[MAFIA] Frank]

You are all so ugly!
And so am I!

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

I am here and I am the thing. ;)

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Vote:Fat Tony. He was evil the last game and surely must be evil again.

@TC, can we change the location?

[TinCow]

Luciano;2053356685']@TC, can we change the location?

Only if you promise to change it back to n/a before the end of the game. If you don't switch it back, I'll have to do it and I don't like doing work.

Correction, the answer is no. All profile editing is automatically disabled for all Anonymous accounts. Thus, you will all stay pleasingly similar in perfect harmony.

It is very Zen.

[[MAFIA] Fat Tony]

Oh yeah I'm Fat Tony!

[[MAFIA] Fat Tony]

How do I already have 27 posts? I thought that was wiped after each game?:dizzy2:

[[MAFIA] Bertha]

Seriously TinCow? Bertha??? :stare:

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Let's sing a song. This antarctic is too silent.

"How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man..."

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Evil lairs in Antarctica! As good
A place as any to cackle and brood.
O think, but what of unknown Africa?
There to sibilate of vile arcana!

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Guy's, it is really true: Hitler kaputt!
Time to party, can I get a w00t w00t? :clown:

[[MAFIA] Nick]

But Hitler was a misunderstood guy.
For God's sake, did he really have to die?

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Aiiii-eeeee! Ev-er-y-thing is made of knives!
We are all about to lose our lives! *cries*

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Hey, is AskthePizzaGuy in this game?
If so, then he is probably to blame.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

How much before it counts as spam, sirrah?
Wouldn't want to contravene forum law.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Boo yeah, Bugsy! That's an awesome name...not that I've ever had any other name, of course. Definitely not.


Nick;2053356803']Evil lairs in Antarctica! As good
A place as any to cackle and brood.
O think, but what of unknown Africa?
There to sibilate of vile arcana!

Oh dear. We've got ourselves a poet :laugh4:.

[TinCow]

Bertha;2053356771']Seriously TinCow? Bertha??? :stare:

Random.org determined who got which anonymous account. Random.org also determined which anonymous accounts were used... except Bertha. Bertha was not selected by random.org, so she was substituted instead of another account (Claudia). Bertha must be present in every anonymous account game. It's the law.


Fat Tony;2053356737']How do I already have 27 posts? I thought that was wiped after each game?:dizzy2:

No, only PMs are wiped. If we wiped the posts, it would be impossible to read any anonymous game that had already finished.


Nick;2053356811']How much before it counts as spam, sirrah?
Wouldn't want to contravene forum law.

I will not restrict posting frequency so long as it's not so excessive that it becomes annoying. Frequent posting can certainly be used to establish an 'identity' as a defense against impersonation by The Thing, so I do not wish to limit any strategies that involve that. Indeed, one of the reasons I assigned the anonymous accounts early was so that even the poor Night 1 victim would get a chance to establish an identity to make The Thing's job a little harder. That said, try not to over do it.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Incidentally Mr. Non-existent ten million year old malicious alien, you really don't want to kill me. It would just be giving fuel to TinCow's terrible puns, which would go something along the lines of "the alien squashed him like a bug." You don't want to have that on your conscience. Kill Bertha instead. She's got more meat on her.

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Hello fellow researchers we really should have shot that dog before we came in here.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Silvio;2053356890']Hello fellow researchers we really should have shot that dog before we came in here.

Researchers? We're just here to do the grunt work the bosses are to lazy too. I ain't seen no dogs around here neither, unless you count Bertha.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Only if you promise to change it back to n/a before the end of the game. If you don't switch it back, I'll have to do it and I don't like doing work.

Correction, the answer is no. All profile editing is automatically disabled for all Anonymous accounts. Thus, you will all stay pleasingly similar in perfect harmony.

It is very Zen.I was going to try and have some fun with my location, but now I can't.

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Minnie Mouse è il mouse per me!

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Accontentati di Bertha!

[[MAFIA] Fat Tony]

If I work out a lot can my name be changed to Skinny Tony?:creep:

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Fat Tony;2053356963']If I work out a lot can my name be changed to Skinny Tony?:creep:

You can't do that! I keep telling you people, we need fatties to act as bait for the non-existent alien.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Fat Tony;2053356963']If I work out a lot can my name be changed to Skinny Tony?:creep:Go on the subway diet. But I think we should all be talking Italian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhuOicPFZY
Hulu e stupidi i propri annunci.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Bla de Bla.

What Alien are you guys talking about? There isn't even an alien. Alien's don't exist. Thank you very much.

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

I'm fat

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Luigi;2053357022']I'm fat

Excellent, that's three. Anybody else willing to put on weight for the common good?

[[MAFIA] Sonny]

Aliens aren't fat, therefore we should all put on weight for the common good!

https://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2805/antarcticad.jpg

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Hai dimenticato di passare.

[[MAFIA] Emilio]

"I'm TinCow!"

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Emilio;2053357379']"I'm TinCow!"

Who are you quoting? I don't remember Tincow ever saying that.

[[MAFIA] Vito]

He is quoting himself, at the present moment. Obviously.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Vito;2053357384']He is quoting himself, at the present moment. Obviously.

That is not how quotes work. Proper grammar is an essential part of a well rounded mafioso's arsenal.

[[MAFIA] Emilio]

If you want to say, "I'm TinCow!" with your first post in the game, that's perfectly fine.
Although actually, I wouldn't be quoting myself.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Perché questo è tanto?

[TinCow]

And So It Began



https://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5845/seaiceinantarctica.jpg


It was cold. It was really, really :daisy: cold. The henchpeople were all huddled in small groups, using each others' bodies as wind breaks like small clusters of penguins in bright-orange jumpsuits. For some reason, Kage and CR did not seem bothered by the weather; the latter was even wearing shorts.

CR threw his arms wide, "Lady-man and gentlemen! Welcome to Antarctica." Kage clapped his hands in excitement, while the henchpersons just stared at him blankly. CR shushed everyone. "Alright, alright, keep it down. We've got work to do here and don't have time for frivolities! We expect you all to act like professional henchpersons, so get your butts in line and get down to work."

Kage stepped forward, "I know it's already late in the afternoon, but the :daisy: Norwegians did not exactly leave this place in livable conditions when they... uh, let's say, left. Yes, when they left." Kage looked at CR and grinned wickedly, before turning back to the henchpersons. "Apparently the Norwegians couldn't even be bothered to clean up their piles of bloody goo and viscera. The stuff is practically coating every single surface inside the place, and it's all frozen solid."

CR stepped forward and whispered in Kage's ear. Kage nodded, "It seems some of you are in luck! Not all of the bloody goo is frozen solid, there's at least one pile that seems nice and fresh. Still warm even! That should be a lot easier to clean up than the rest of the frozen stuff. What a lucky break!" CR nodded briskly in agreement. "Ok now, I want everyone to spread out and get to work on cleaning this place. We want to make sure this place is spotless by the end of tonight so that we can start work on the proper super evil base tomorrow. In order to make sure that the cleaning goes as fast as possible, we want every single one of you to work alone and well away from the rest. If you can see another person, you're too close. If you can hear another person, you're too close. For maximum efficiency, everyone should be outside of screaming distance from one another. You should each be totally and utterly isolated and alone before you start cleaning up the frozen and/or non-frozen bloody goo."

"Ok now, get going" CR said. "We'll wait inside this thing." He gestured to his right. The henchpersons squinted at the odd structure in the distance.


https://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3882/f32f1anhydraulicsantarc.jpg

"It's impervious to weather and inside there, we'll be completely safe from anything that would want to kill us." Kage smiled, "Not that anything would want to kill us." CR nodded. "No, no... henchpeople always get killed first, " Kage continue. "Not that you have anything to worry about, there's nothing here but ice, abandoned Norwegian base, and frozen bloody gore." CR whispered in his ear, "Oh yes, also fresh bloody gore."

The henchpeople stared sullenly at the pair for a few moment. CR frowned and waved his hands at them. "Shoo! Shoo! Go clean in total isolation! We'll see you in the morning."

Night 1 Ends in:


Alive: (17/17)
[MAFIA] Bertha
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Bugsy
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Fat Tony
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Paulie
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Salvatore
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

REMINDER: Dead players may not post or otherwise discuss this game in any way or in any place except for the Dead Player Quicktopic. Every dead player will receive a link to this Quicktopic when they die. It is absolutely crucial that this rule be obeyed, or this game will not work. If you have any doubts about whether something you are about to do will violate this rule, please check with me first. Thanks in advance.

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Can we have a list of all the annon accounts so we can vote in a truely random way?

[TinCow]

Oops... one moment. :creep:

[edit] Fixed.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Vote:Vito

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Vote Nick

Whatta kinda italian name is Nicholas itsa sounds like you should be a saint.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

What is that I see in the distance? AAAAAAAAAAA!

https://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr309/desertSypglass/at-the-mountains-of-madness-is.jpg

There be monsters 'round here? Aw hell nah.

The principal things I have been keeping back relate to the bodies, and to certain subtle points which may or may not lend a hideous and incredible kind of rationale to the apparent chaos. At the time I tried to keep the my mind off those points; for it was so much simpler—so much more normal—to lay everything to an outbreak of madness on the part of some of the Norwegians. From the look of things, that daemon mountain wind must have been enough to drive any man mad in the midst of this centre of all earthly mystery and desolation.
The crowning abnormality, of course, was the condition of the bodies—men and dogs alike. They had all been in some terrible kind of conflict, and were torn and mangled in fiendish and altogether inexplicable ways. Death, so far as I could judge, had in each case come from strangulation or laceration. The dogs had evidently started the trouble, for the state of their ill-built corral bore witness to its forcible breakage from within. It had been set some distance from the camp because..., but the precaution seemed to have been taken in vain. When left alone in that monstrous wind behind flimsy walls of insufficient height they must have stampeded—whether from the wind itself, or...one could not say.
But whatever had happened, it was hideous and revolting enough. Perhaps I had better put squeamishness aside and tell the worst at last—though with a categorical statement of opinion, based on the first-hand observations and most rigid deductions of both [Mafia]Danforth and myself, that the then missing [Mafia]Gedney was in no way responsible for the loathsome horrors I found. I have said that the bodies were frightfully mangled. Now I must add that some were incised and subtracted from in the most curious, cold-blooded, and inhuman fashion. It was the same with dogs and men. All the healthier, fatter bodies, quadrupedal or bipedal, had had their most solid masses of tissue cut out and removed, as by a careful butcher; and around them was a strange sprinkling of salt—taken from the ravaged provision-chests on the planes—which conjured up the most horrible associations. The thing had occurred in one of the crude aëroplane shelters from which the plane had been dragged out, and subsequent winds had effaced all tracks which could have supplied any plausible theory. Scattered bits of clothing, roughly slashed from the human incision-subjects, hinted no clues. It is useless to bring up the half-impression of certain faint snow-prints in one shielded corner of the ruined enclosure—because that impression did not concern human prints at all, but was clearly mixed up with all the talk of fossil prints which poor Lake had been giving throughout the preceding weeks. One had to be careful of one’s imagination in the lee of those overshadowing mountains of madness.
As I have indicated, [Mafia]Gedney and one dog turned out to be missing in the end. When I came on that terrible shelter I had missed two dogs and two men; but the fairly unharmed dissecting tent, which I entered after investigating the monstrous graves, had something to reveal. It was not as [Mafia]Lake had left it... On and around that laboratory table were strown other things, and it did not take long for us to guess that those things were the carefully though oddly and inexpertly dissected parts of one man and one dog. I shall spare the feelings of survivors by omitting mention of the man’s identity. [Mafia]Lake’s anatomical instruments were missing, but there were evidences of their careful cleansing. The gasoline stove was also gone, though around it I found a curious litter of matches. I buried the human parts beside the other ten men, and the canine parts with the other 35 dogs. Concerning the bizarre smudges on the laboratory table, and on the jumble of roughly handled illustrated books scattered near it, I was much too bewildered to speculate.
This formed the worst of the camp horror, but other things were equally perplexing. The disappearance of [Mafia]Gedney, the one dog, the eight uninjured biological specimens, the three sledges, and certain instruments, illustrated technical and scientific books, writing materials, electric torches and batteries, food and fuel, heating apparatus, spare tents, fur suits, and the like, was utterly beyond sane conjecture; as were likewise the spatter-fringed ink-blots on certain pieces of paper, and the evidences of curious alien fumbling and experimentation around the planes and all other mechanical devices both at the camp and at the boring. The dogs seemed to abhor this oddly disordered machinery. Then, too, there was the upsetting of the larder, the disappearance of certain staples, and the jarringly comical heap of tin cans pried open in the most unlikely ways and at the most unlikely places. The profusion of scattered matches, intact, broken, or spent, formed another minor enigma; as did the two or three tent-cloths and fur suits which I found lying about with peculiar and unorthodox slashings conceivably due to clumsy efforts at unimaginable adaptations. The maltreatment of the human and canine bodies... were all of a piece with this apparent disintegrative madness. In view of just such an eventuality as the present one, I carefully photographed all the main evidences of insane disorder at the camp; and shall use the prints to buttress our pleas against the departure of the proposed Frontroom Mafiascum Expedition.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

What kinda name is Silvio? Sounds like you should be out doing underage broads and bribing judges, not voting during a night phase like a schmuck.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

You can easily tell that I'm still me.
My form is refined, my verse ain't free. See?

[Captain Blackadder]

****************

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Tin, for future Anon games, make it thus:
Lock off thread access to the real of us.

[TinCow]

Nick;2053358291']Tin, for future Anon games, make it thus:
Lock off thread access to the real of us.

Hmmm... that's an interesting idea. There isn't currently any way to prevent accounts from posting in a specific thread, in order to do so I'd have to remove your ability to post in the entire Gameroom, which we don't want. I'll see if there's a mod that would do that though.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Quando ho cercato di fare un post con il mio account vero, non ho potuto.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Luciano;2053358299']Quando ho cercato di fare un post con il mio account vero, non ho potuto.

La tua mamma bruciato i cannoli.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Mamma Mia.

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Paulie;2053358284']What kinda name is Silvio? Sounds like you should be out doing underage broads and bribing judges, not voting during a night phase like a schmuck.

It's a fine name it means in the woods which is where you will end up carpiche if you don't stop making the insinuations about my character.

unvote

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Did you just accuse me of urinating in my vehicular transportation Silvio?

[TinCow]

Nick;2053358291']Tin, for future Anon games, make it thus:
Lock off thread access to the real of us.

I have added this ability to the forums, and have banned all main accounts from this thread. So, we should no longer have issues with someone posting with the wrong account. If someone would like to test this to make sure it's working properly (try posting with your main account), I'd appreciate it.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

I have added this ability to the forums, and have banned all main accounts from this thread. So, we should no longer have issues with someone posting with the wrong account. If someone would like to test this to make sure it's working properly (try posting with your main account), I'd appreciate it.

Unable to post with main account.

[[MAFIA] Frank]

You can easily recognize me, I'm the one with proper italian grammar XD
Minchia! :D

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Vote Nick

I am not reading that much text this early on.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Vote: Vito for voting during the night phase.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Go to bed! Let me sleep!

thanks.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Awesome work TinCow. Doe this stop the Mafia accounts posting in other threads as well, or is it only one-way?

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Bugsy;2053358485']Awesome work TinCow. Doe this stop the Mafia accounts posting in other threads as well, or is it only one-way?

Just tested, you can post in other Gameroom threads.

[TinCow]

Bugsy;2053358485']Awesome work TinCow. Doe this stop the Mafia accounts posting in other threads as well, or is it only one-way?

It will only restrict your main account from posting in this thread, no where else on the rest of the forum.

My wife has reminded me that we have to be somewhere at 10am tomorrow. As such, I will not be around when the time limit for N1 expires. As such, I will shorten the Night by 1 hour. It will now end at 9am EDT instead 10am EDT.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Testing.

HAH! Your pitiful bans are no match for me!

[TinCow]

Testing.

HAH! Your pitiful bans are no match for me!

:stare: Don't make me de-Mod you.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Glances at Bugsy and Bobby.


"Quick guys, back to henching. The bosses are comparing schlongs again, you know what happens when they start doing that."


Edges slowly out.

[[MAFIA] Sonny]

Okay. *Grabs a shovel and tosses it to Paulie*

Lead the way!

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Sonny;2053358564']Okay. *Grabs a shovel and tosses it to Paulie*

Lead the way!

Onwards to henching.

[[MAFIA] Fat Tony]

Paulie;2053358561']Glances at Bugsy and Bobby.


"Quick guys, back to henching. The bosses are comparing schlongs again, you know what happens when they start doing that."


Edges slowly out.Bah, I have nothing fear. We all now I would win. I'm not know as Fat Tony for my waistline.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Fat Tony;2053358566']I'm not know as Fat Tony for my waistline.

No, the triple chin is usually considered the most prominent feature. Seriously though, why else would you be called Fat Tony? I'm stumped.

Paulie, I figure if I act anti-establishment enough the alien (not that it exists) will view me as worth saving. After all, I, for one, welcome our new insect alien overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality henchperson, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves random Norwegian bases.

[[MAFIA] Johnny]

HEEEEEEEERRRRREEE'S JOHHNY!!!

[Please host your own images - GH]

[Askthepizzaguy]

I have added this ability to the forums, and have banned all main accounts from this thread. So, we should no longer have issues with someone posting with the wrong account. If someone would like to test this to make sure it's working properly (try posting with your main account), I'd appreciate it.

Testing.

Perhaps my blue-ness is shielding me from your red-ness.

Edit: Need to read entire thread before posting.

[TinCow]

Yeah, it doesn't work on anyone who has Mod powers in the Gameroom. However, people with Mod powers have the ability to delete or move any posts they make in error, so that's not a big deal.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Attenzione se fossi mai un moderato.

[TinCow]

Night 1


The henchperson was not enamored with the role they had been given. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Henching was an old and honorable profession; spies were to be tortured, gold bars were to be stolen, damsels were to be strapped to train tracks. And yet here they were in Antarctica, chipping frozen Norwegian viscera off a wall. It was, really, quite annoying. What did Kage and CR know about true evil, anyway? All they'd ever done was kill a few dozen people in some bizarre town called the Frontroom. That wasn't evil, that was just mean. Evil, real evil, was...

"Ah, sorry... didn't mean to interrupt your internal monologue."

The henchperson turned around. A short ways down the hallway was another henchperson in an orange jumpsuit. Typical. So typical of this ramshackle, unprofessional organization. The cleaner got annoyed. "You know, you really should take our orders a little more seriously. Kage and CR said we should work separately and clean this place with sufficient distance to prevent anyone from even hearing another person, let alone seeing. And yet, here you are, standing right in front of me. I know these instructions are idiotic, but what do you think those fools will do to us if they find out we were this close to one another?"

The interloper blushed a bit. "Sorry, I suppose this has caused something of an awkward situation." There was an uncomfortable silence, eventually broken by the newcomer. "Oh, I know! I can fix this! I can!"

The henchperson raised an eyebrow skeptically. "Really, and how exactly do you propose to do that?"

The interloper's face became thoughtful for a moment, then a look of excitement crossed their face. "I've got it! I do!" They nodded eagerly.

"Yes?" said the henchperson, "what stupid idea are you going to tell me now?"

"Ok, bear with me," began the interloper. "Now, bear with me here, this is just a theory. I was thinking... maybe... well, how about I just detach my spider-head, have it dissect you, and spread your organs all over the walls?"

The henchperson frowned. "Yes, I suppose that would solve the problem."


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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Several hours later, the henchpersons gathered in the main lounge. Kage and CR were present, and they were not happy. CR began lecturing. "What kind of an amateur-hour crew is this? We specifically told you to clean up all the gore, both frozen and fresh, yet we wake up this morning to find plenty of fresh gore in hallway 7B. That is not acceptable."

"It is unacceptable," echoed Kage, a martini in his hand. "Plus, some of these bits of goo are really large. Seriously, how could you have missed this thing?" He held up Bertha's head. "Really? You couldn't even put it in a trash bag or something?"

"Unacceptable," repeated CR. "You must be punished." His eyes narrowed for a moment, then widened. "Hey, Kage, what was that thing the stupid townies used to do back in the frontroom."

Kage was drinking his martini; he held up a finger, indicating he'd answer in a moment, then downed the thing. After wiping his mouth, he responded. "Lynching. The stupid townies lynched each other to solve problems."

CR grinned. "Yes! That's what it was! Lynching! You," he pointed at the henchpersons, "shall lynch one of yourselves as punishment for the failure to clean up Bertha's unsightly remains. Make it quick, because tonight we want you to get to work on construction of the nuclear reactor and the bowling alley."

"Not necessarily in that order," added Kage.

Day 1 will end in:


Alive: (16/17)
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Bugsy
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Fat Tony
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Paulie
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Salvatore
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

Killed:
[MAFIA] Bertha (N1)

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Bertha account is too dangerous, people target it out of silliness XD

[[MAFIA] Fat Tony]

Bertha was killed with a spider head, no? Then Bugsy should be the prime suspect.

Vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Nick]

So wait a second. Let's get this straight, mate.
The Thing was in Bertha, was that the state?
Did it 'bandon her frame for other host,
or after kill just fade away like ghost?


•Option 1: Normal Kill. The mafioso kills a person and they die. Dead player's account is unlinked to their Anonymous account.
•Option 2: Doppleganger Kill. The mafioso kills a person, but takes their form. The dead player is unlinked from their Anonymous account, while the mafioso takes control of the dead player's Anonymous account and uses it as his own. The mafioso's old Anonymous account shows up as dead.

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

If only we had thought to pre lynch Bertha.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Fat Tony;2053358730']Bertha was killed with a spider head, no? Then Bugsy should be the prime suspect.

Vote: Bugsy

Despite being called a spider head in the write it clearly has six legs. Obviously the spider reference was just Bugsy trying to throw us off the trail. Vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Silvio;2053358743']If only we had thought to pre lynch Bertha.Forse Bertha è stato ucciso o preso il sopravvento, ma non lo sapremo mai. Vote: Vito

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Ok, so 1 of us is dead.

Now one thing. The writeup doesn't say that it was in Bertha, infact I think we saw a normal kill today, not a doppelganger kill. There are probably rules that will hinder the killer from just killing normally all game but for now I think we still deal with the original killer's account.

Random vote: Nick

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Why vote at all? What we need most is time.
Random voting at this stage is a crime.

There won't be a better-than-even shot at lynching the Thing until the endgame. And it has no partners. It's the only non- vanilla-Town role.This is why we should not lynch anyone ever. That way the game lasts almost twice as long, giving us ample time to recognize the monster's patterns. Maybe?

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Nick;2053358832']Why vote at all? What we need most is time.
Random voting at this stage is a crime.

There won't be a better-than-even shot at lynching the Thing until the endgame. And it has no partners. It's the only non- vanilla-Town role.This is why we should not lynch anyone ever. That way the game lasts almost twice as long, giving us ample time to recognize the monster's patterns. Maybe?

Unvote, Vote: Nick

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Nick;2053358832']Why vote at all? What we need most is time.
Random voting at this stage is a crime.

There won't be a better-than-even shot at lynching the Thing until the endgame. And it has no partners. It's the only non- vanilla-Town role.This is why we should not lynch anyone ever. That way the game lasts almost twice as long, giving us ample time to recognize the monster's patterns. Maybe?

Need to read the rules post again but I guess "no lynch" is not an option.

*goes reading*

Just as I thought, "no lynch" is not an option so we'll have to lynch some1.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Vote Jonny

I am Spartacus.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Bobby;2053358835']Need to read the rules post again but I guess "no lynch" is not an option.

*goes reading*

Just as I thought, "no lynch" is not an option so we'll have to lynch some1.

Abstain abstain abstain, uh, Vote: Abstain.
All abstain, it's not going 'gainst the grain.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Salvatore;2053358833']
Unvote, Vote: Nick

Why are you picking on poetic Nick? Vote: Salvatore

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Paulie;2053358846']Why are you picking on poetic Nick? Vote: Salvatore

I wrote a poem explaining myself, but the only rhyme I could think of for Nick isn't appropriate.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Nick;2053358844']Abstain abstain abstain, uh, Vote: Abstain.
All abstain, it's not going 'gainst the grain.

Considering that "no lynch" votes aren't allowed I assume all abstaining will not result in there being no lynch.

We're 17 players right? That'll give us eight or 9 days to finish it off, should be enough anyway :yes:

[[MAFIA] Frank]

I agree that voting is totally random with this write-up and only one "mafia"...
Vote: Abstain

Capisc' :annoyed:

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Vote Nick

Yep.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Good work Mr. Alien, keep on killing the fat ones. Think of all that delicious lard on Fat Tony, or Luigi!

As y'all may have noticed I'm a little bit of a snivelling coward, and hence for my own survival I'll vote: Nick

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

So you guys keep pounding Nick for posting poems or what is our case? You guys know my vote was random, right? And now suddenly there'y like 6 votes on him. Unvote, vote: Vito

[[MAFIA] Vito]

I was voting for Nick even during the night phase because I didn't feel like reading his walls of texts. My vote has been consistent.

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Worried about appearing consistent are we? Unvote, Vote: Vito.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Sorry I'm late gang, I was busy walking Spunky and talking with Mister Bighead. What's all this voting for Vito then? Maybe I want to get in on that. unvote, vote: Vito

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Ah well, at least I'll be able to see the Dead Quicktopic sooner than everybody else. :laugh4:

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Rocco;2053358976']Sorry I'm late gang, I was busy walking Spunky and talking with Mister Bighead. What's all this voting for Vito then? Maybe I want to get in on that. unvote, vote: Vito

I gots a god feeling abouts dis bandwagon. Everyone vote Vito! :2thumbsup:

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Poor GH...

[[MAFIA] Emilio]

Salvatore;2053358981']I gots a god feeling abouts dis bandwagon. Everyone vote Vito! :2thumbsup:
OK! Vote: Vito

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Paulie;2053358984']Poor GH...

Or Tratorix. :huh:

[[MAFIA] Sonny]

Salvatore;2053358981']I gots a god feeling abouts dis bandwagon. Everyone vote Vito! :2thumbsup:

No you!

Vote: Salvatore

Need to save my scum buddy, please ignore the fact that there's only one thing.


Or Tratorix

Probably GH :laugh4:

[[MAFIA] Vito]

I dare everyone to keep me alive and The Thing to doppelganger-kill me. Are you man enough to be me???

[[MAFIA] Salvatore]

Vito;2053359014']I dare everyone to keep me alive and The Thing to doppelganger-kill me. Are you man enough to be me???

Want us to keep you alive so you can switch bodies huh? Give it up meatbag.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

qual è il bottino?

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Salvatore;2053358851']I wrote a poem explaining myself, but the only rhyme I could think of for Nick isn't appropriate.

This man of ours this man called Nick
appeared to be a little thick
He called for no lynch
which could have being a cinch
except for the fact it's not possible

Vote Sal

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

Vote: Salvatore
Because I hate that country

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Unvote
vote Silvio

I would like the thing to be man enough to become Vito.

Silvo must die for no reason.

[TinCow]

Tally:
Vito: 4 (Luciano, Bobby, Salvatore, Emilio)
Salvatore: 4 (Paulie, Sonny, Silvio, Luigi)
Nick: 2 (Vito, Bugsy)
Bugsy: 1 (Fat Tony)
Silvio: 1 (Rocco)

Abstain: Nick, Frank
Not Voting: Johnny

[TinCow]

Round over.

[TinCow]

Day 1


CR and Kage sat on lounge chairs and drank sambuca while the henchmen (Bertha's dead, it's accurate now!) deliberated. They were generally bored and did not pay much attention, instead focusing their interests on the scantily clad waitress who brought them their drinks and olives.

One of the henchmen thought it was odd that a woman was walking around in a bikini serving drinks in Antarctica, particularly since no such woman had traveled with them. "Hey, where'd she come from?" he asked.

Another henchman glared at him. "Why do you want to know? Sounds like you're trying to distract us from the vote."

"ENOUGH!" roared CR. "This bickering must end!"

"Uh, sir, we weren't actually bickering," said the second henchman. "I just thought that was one of those smart, analytical things we're supposed to say. I don't actually think that guy did anything. I mean... where did she come from anyway?"

CR pull a gun and pointed it at the second henchman. "SILENCE! We cannot continue in this anarchic manner! There must be rules, there must be order!" He turned to the bikini-clad woman. "Bring forth the lirpa." The woman bowed low, showing ample cleavage, and left the room. She returned within the minute, carrying two odd-looking stalves. Half metal Q-Tip, half Mezzaluna. CR smiled.

"We shall settle this according to law and tradition," said Kage. He tossed the lirpa in front of the two henchman. "Vito, Salvatore, you shall prove your innocence with a battle to the death!"

Salvatore hesitated. "Do we have to? I kind of like Vito; he and I played shuffleboard on the ship over here and..." Vito punched him in the face and picked up a lirpa. Salvatore staggered back, reeling from the blow, but managed to grab his weapon as well.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnPL58bxMu0

"Kroykah!" shouted the bikini clad woman. Salvatore looked up at her, "Yes, ma'am! Let this fight end, let us be friends once more." The woman ignored him, grasped her throat, looked at Kage and gasped "Kroykah" once more. Kage sprang to his feet and gave her the Heimlich maneuver. Out popped an olive. "Oh, my hero!" the woman cooed, and jumped on his lap.

Salvatore was still looking at the evil overlords when Vito grabbed him from behind and started choking him. Salvatore struggled and tried to break the iron grip, but he could not get hold of Vito's fingers. After several long moments of flailing, Salvatore went limp and fell to the floor. Vito stood triumphant over his corpse, panting heavily with a ripped shirt. He gave the bikini-clad woman a smile and raised his eyebrow. She giggled and blushed.

CR clapped. "Now let that be a lesson to the rest of you. Follow orders or you shall live to regret it." He glanced at Salvatore's body. "Well, minus the live bit." He looked back at the assembled henchmen. "Now, get back to work! We want both a nuclear reactor and a bowling alley completed this evening!"

"Not necessarily in that order," added Kage.


Night 2 will end in:


Alive: (15/17)
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Bugsy
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Fat Tony
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Paulie
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

Killed:
[MAFIA] Bertha (N1)

Lynched:
[MAFIA] Salvatore (D1)

[[MAFIA] Nick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgcduxmntx0

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Well we should really get this going. I mean after tonight there'll probably 3 of us who are dead.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Se i combattimenti era zoppo, come i combattimenti nel video, poi Salvatore è morto dal ridere troppo.

[[MAFIA] Frank]

lol auto-translation sure is funny XD

[[MAFIA] Johnny]

I regret not voting this past round. I regret many things, in fact. Most of all I regret joining Kage and CR on this expedition. Also, you all need to brush your teeth. Your breaths all smell like stale coffee.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Huh, well, your breath stinks of rotting flesh, THING.
Noticed when you opened your mouth to sing.
Why this mournful melody do you ply?
Surely you don't expect us all to die?

When shields become crutches, and swords become canes,
some hearts are put to rout.
When wives become plunder, and foes become thanes,
all hope has guttered out.
--Anonymous "Lament for the Conquered"

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Frank;2053359318']lol auto-translation sure is funny XDWhat-a you-a saying? Makinga fun of my-a, um accent, que? Quindi perché non mi hai corretto allora?

[TinCow]

Night 2



Due to time constraints, the henchmen had made a communal decision to propose construction of a combination nuclear reactor and bowling alley. While such an arrangement did pose certain recreational hazards, it also provided interesting new options for secret agent torturing. As such, Kage and CR gave their approval to the design.

It did not take long for the team to unload the portable nuclear reactor and install it in one of the facility's sub-basements. The real challenge was laying down, and waxing, the bowling alley floor. While this was going on, one of the henchmen got to work on the pin recycling system, which was to have an optional switch that would send the pins through the nuclear reactor itself before standing them back up. He was working on some wiring when another henchman approached him from behind.

"Need some help?" asked the other man.

"Actually, yes," said the wirer. "Could you hand me the wire strippers from the toolbox over there?" He gestured vaguely at a nearby corner.

"Sure thing," said the other man, and walked over to the box. He returned a moment later. "Here you go."

The wirer turned around to take the tool, and got a good look at his assistant. The man was wearing the usual orange jumpsuit and the standard-issue combination fedora/hardhat. There was something odd about him though. "Hey, how'd you get seven eyes?"

"Oh, these?" replied the assistant. "They were all the rage on Arkintoofle Minor. It's been a while since I was there, but they just look so :daisy: good I like to put them on whenever I can."

"Was that, uh... a mission for another evil overlord?" stammered the wiring henchman.

The assistant grinned, showing row after row of sharpened teeth. "Something like that."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Superb! Bravo! Well Done!" CR was very pleased with the evening's work. The base now had more than enough electricity to power a gigantic super laser, and the bowling alley even had one of those arcade-grabber machines for winning fuzzy dice. "What do you think, Kage?"

Kage was in the middle of hurling a ball down one of the lanes. He tilted his head to the side watching his roll slam into the pins. It came up a seven-ten split. "Could use some more work," he replied.

CR waved his hand at his partner. "Ignore him, my good toadies, ignore him. He always gets grumpy when he goes more than a day or two without killing someone. You really did do an excellent job. We are very pleased."

Kage grunted.

"Now that we have sufficient power," continued CR, "the next step will be to erect the pleasure gardens and menagerie. Don't forget the river filled with piranhas. We want each one hand-painted with a different design, for maximum aesthetic effect."

"Maximum effect," echoed Kage.

The two evil overlords started to walk off, but CR turned back around as he reached the door. "Oh, and one more thing. Kage noticed a bit of ear on his bowling ball during his second frame. Turns out there's a whole lot of someone smeared on the walls back behind the ball return. Based on the sheer quantity of flesh, it looks like Fat Tony. Do try and figure out who is causing this mess as soon as possible, it would be somewhat inconvenient if we had to order more henchmen. Antarctica isn't covered by free shipping."

"Even with Amazon Prime," complained Kage.


Day 2 will end in:


Alive: (14/17)
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Bugsy
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Paulie
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

Killed:
[MAFIA] Bertha (N1)
[MAFIA] Fat Tony (N2)

Lynched:
[MAFIA] Salvatore (D1)

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

I worked very closely with myself last night and can reasonably vouche that I am, in fact, not The Thing. Unless I am lying to me, but I just don't see me doing that.

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Ugh, yet another write-up with no clues what-so-ever...

Vote: Abstain

[[MAFIA] Nick]

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
And so I must Vote: Abstain once again.

[[MAFIA] Vinny]

Vote: Frank

Who needs writeup clues? Only the mafia.

Yeah, that works... somehow. But yeah, I'm sensing you don't want to club your fellows over the head. For shame.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

To be honest I'm amazed nobody has accused me of being the thing yet, seeing as two of the three fatties I suggested are now dead. Luigi, I don't rate your chances very highly. I'll vote: Abstain in the interim and see if anybody makes a good case (or any case, for that matter) this afternoon.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Here's a good case: Bugsy has suggested to kill the fatties, now two of them are dead. vote: Bugsy

Hah! He also currently has 48 posts, a clear indication of being scum.

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Good riddance, Amazon Prime is a ripoff anyway.

Bobby, what are you trying to do with the big number thing?

Vote Frank

[[MAFIA] Emilio]

Bugsy;2053359786']To be honest I'm...the thing..., seeing as two of the three fatties I suggested are now dead.

Woah! we have a confession! Vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Unvote Frank
Vote Bugsy

This logic is flawless.

[[MAFIA] Johnny]

vote: Nick
Abstinence may help prevent the spread of apathetic types such as yourself, but it will do us no good here!

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Who are you to deal out death and judgement?
I'm helping town; hope that's not what you meant.

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Deary me; I knew this would happen as soon as I posted, but I just can't keep my mouth shut. It must be a genetic disorder or something.

On a serious note, I believe the relevant word in this situation is framing. If we're trying to catch the Thing, a good first step would be not lynching people who are clearly innocent - Mafiosi, human or alien, don't tend to publicly announce themselves. Therefore, instead of lynching me, I suggest we target somebody who actually has a chance of being scum. That, or just kill the poet/rapper fellow.

P.S. Nick, nothing personal :yes:

[[MAFIA] Nick]

It's called WIFOM, and you already start.
And I'm no rapper, don't abase my art!

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Finally, found it. I find myself hearing everything you say in the DJ's voice (starts about 9:52, and I promise it isn't rickrolling). Again, no offence intended; it's the rhyming couplets that do it, I think. Anyway, I'll get back on topic now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqyCsf-H45Q

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Pack up the MelkTM, the f00nsTM are in the car.
With holy 00n's blessing, we shall go far.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Johnny;2053359908']vote: Nick
Abstinence may help prevent the spread of apathetic types such as yourself, but it will do us no good here!

Vote: Nick

I like it. Abstinence-only programs don't work.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Only a prick would continue to pick on Nick for his schtick.

Vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Paulie;2053360035']Only a prick would continue to pick on Nick for his schtick.

Vote: Bugsy

No, all is well - he's played The Nameless Mod (although he is a Goat and thus fated to eternal suffering for not recognising the great Lamar). In the realisation that I am certainly doomed, I would like to do something useful with the remainder of my life. Therefore, I am forming a henchpersons' union with the following demands:

1. Equal pay for equal work. It is intolerable in this day and age that stuffy evil overlords get better pay for lazing around and drinking sambuca than henchmen do for an honest day's labour.
2. Workers to work only in pairs, or preferably threes.
3. Free, unlimited internet access. It's on the Evil Overlord list, so you've got to give it to us!
4. Bugsy to be given complete amnesty from all crimes, past and present; Bugsy to be immune from lynching; Bugsy to be protected by armed guards at all times; all henchpeople other than Bugsy to be fed regular and fattening meals.

Who's with me guys? :titanic:


Also, on the off chance that it will do anything, unvote, vote: Nick. He has the next greatest amount of votes.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

I'm wondering what would happen if there is another tie. Having Vito prevail over Salvatore without any kind of revote or vote-off is an odd tiebreaker for sure. The Thing is stronger than the average henchman... :inquisitive:

[[MAFIA] Bugsy]

Only one way to find out - by retracting your vote on me and putting in on Nick!

Yes, I'm grasping at straws. So what?

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

For the greater good of gathering information unvote: Bugsy.

If Nick gets lynched here I'm not listening to anyone else for the remainder of this game.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Vote:Nick

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Luciano;2053360048']Vote:Nick

:stare:

unvote, vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Frank]

So Bugsy either wants immunity and kill townies or get killed?

Unvote, Vote: Bugsy

[[MAFIA] Sonny]

Bugsy must be crushed like a bug!

Vote: Bugsy

[TinCow]

Tally:

Bugsy: 6 (Bobby, Emilio, Vito, Paulie, Frank, Sonny)
Nick: 4 (Johnny, Rocco, Bugsy, Luciano)
Frank: 1 (Vinny)
Abstain: 1 (Nick)
Not Voting: 2 (Luigi, Silvio)

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Vote Bugsy

I have had a thought not sure if this will help or not but perhaps we should look at peoples post times. If someone is posting in the same 16 hour block and then suddenly changes to another time we might have found our man.

[TinCow]

Round over.

[TinCow]

Kage and CR returned to the bowling alley/nuclear reactor a few hours later, each with a pair of tall blondes on their arms. Kage was wearing sunglasses, and CR was puffing on a cigar.

"Heeeey!" CR gave everyone a Buddy Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Christ) pose. "How's it going guys? You figured out who's been playing rough with the fatsos?"

Several henchmen pointed at Nick, "He speaks funny!" "He won't stop rhyming!" "He kissed my sister!"

CR stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes. "Hmmm... that is suspicious. Particularly the sister-kissing. Kage and I are the only ones around here who get to kiss whoever we want. Is your sister a looker?"

Several more henchmen start shouting at that moment, and pointed at Bugsy. "He discriminates against those of bountiful girth! He hates rappers! He's trying to unionize!"

At this last point, the four girls who arrived with Kage and CR shrieked and buried their heads in the shoulders of the evil overlords. The cigar fell out of CR's mouth, while Kage lowered his sunglasses slightly and glared at Bugsy directly.

"Unionizing? UNIONIZING?!" CR grabbed Bugsy by the front of his jumpsuit. "You dirty traitor. After all we've done for you, this is how you repay us? You disgust me." CR looked at one of the blondes. "Sally, fetch me mah learnin' stick."

Kage stepped forward and put a hand on CR's shoulder. "Easy, old friend. Bugsy only wants to be treated well, perhaps we should let him strike." He gestured at the lane marked zero.

CR smiled and nodded. "Yes. Absolutely. Bugsy, let's see if you've got what it takes to strike." Bugsy looked around nervously, but walked over to the ball return nonetheless. He picked up a ball, lined up his shot, and threw. It was a powerful shot, and pins went flying with a loud clatter. When they settled, he was left with a seven-ten split.

"I told you it needed more work," said Kage.

Bugsy was sweating now. His ball came back, and he picked it up hesitantly. He glanced about at the rest of the henchmen, but no one moved to help him. Eventually he focused back on the lane and, with his breath held, threw an incredible shot. The ball spun just on the lip of the gutter, clipped the left side of the seven pin, and rocketed across to slap the ten pin. The ten pin didn't so much as quiver. "But... but..." blubbered Bugsy, "pointing at the rock-solid ten pin.

"Tough break, kid," said Kage, and hit a button on a nearby console. The floor under Bugsy's feet retracted, exposing a conveyor belt moving at incredible speed. Bugsy was swept off down the lane before he could say another word. He slammed into the end of the lane with a sickening crunch, just moments before the resetting device impaled him with several sharpened bowling pins.

"Alright, back to work you lazy scabs!" growled CR. "And remember, after you finish constructing the menagerie, we want every single piranha hand-painted with reproductions of classical artwork!"

Bugsy: 7 (Bobby, Emilio, Vito, Paulie, Frank, Sonny, Silvio)
Nick: 4 (Johnny, Rocco, Bugsy, Luciano)
Frank: 1 (Vinny)
Abstain: 1 (Nick)
Not Voting: 2 (Luigi)

Night 3 will end in:


Alive: (13/17)
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Paulie
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

Killed:
[MAFIA] Bertha (N1)
[MAFIA] Fat Tony (N2)

Lynched:
[MAFIA] Salvatore (D1)
[MAFIA] Bugsy (D2)

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

Silvio;2053360113']Vote Bugsy

I have had a thought not sure if this will help or not but perhaps we should look at peoples post times. If someone is posting in the same 16 hour block and then suddenly changes to another time we might have found our man.

u mean the The Ting is actually taking over teh persons body for real?

[[MAFIA] Frank]

I think he meant that the account switch between the Thing's and the body's will be a clue; but I think that the timer is set on the accounts, also the switch, if I got it right from the rules happens, after a kill.
So far corpses were left behind.


"He kissed my sister!"

LMAO XD

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

All right, I could continue and manipulate the town and hide behind this very innocent seeming Paulie account (too bad I won't get all the mileage out of it), and that would probably be best for coasting to a win, but I have already hit the jackpot this game. So here's the clue you're looking for:

I'm The Thing :2thumbsup: and I'm going to take one small step for a mafioso, one giant step for Mafia, and replace my first victim tonight. :grin: It could be any of you (except Nick because I'm not writing poems for any period of time).

That's all I will leave for you for now. You'll have to figure out who I really am. You cannot trace me, you cannot find me.

Love,
Reenk
~:grouphug:

P.S: Please forgive me john, I wouldn't have killed you first if I had known it was you, I know you wanted to play this game. Would have told you in the deader quicktopic, but then TinCow said it was best if I don't have access so now I can't see any of my victims anymore. :shame:

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Oi, what just happen? I almost got rolled!
Frank, Vin, what of the Con.Ob. spir't? Just cold.

Theengk, please join me; I'll study your orgtech.
Together, we could make skin spies! Your cheque...

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Huh? :D
Anyway in a nutshell whatever Silvio wrote, was far too confusing for my little brain XD

Reenk sign with your fake account at least :P

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Challenge accepted, Reenk. :viking:

[[MAFIA] Johnny]

I knew it was Paulie all along. I avoiding voting for him merely to catch him off his guard.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Paulie;2053360190']All right, I could continue and manipulate the town and hide behind this very innocent seeming Paulie account (too bad I won't get all the mileage out of it), and that would probably be best for coasting to a win, but I have already hit the jackpot this game. So here's the clue you're looking for:

I'm The Thing :2thumbsup: and I'm going to take one small step for a mafioso, one giant step for Mafia, and replace my first victim tonight. :grin: It could be any of you (except Nick because I'm not writing poems for any period of time).

That's all I will leave for you for now. You'll have to figure out who I really am. You cannot trace me, you cannot find me.

Love,
Reenk
~:grouphug:

P.S: Please forgive me john, I wouldn't have killed you first if I had known it was you, I know you wanted to play this game. Would have told you in the deader quicktopic, but then TinCow said it was best if I don't have access so now I can't see any of my victims anymore. :shame:

Reenk, it's Pizzaguy.

Please, for the love of god man, at some point take over my account, please.

I would LOVE to see someone pretend to be me. That would be hysterical!

I'd ask you to do it immediately but that's an obvious trap. So just do it at some point, that's all I'm asking.

Enjoy this game man. I wanted the Thing role so badly, but everyone is being lame and not identifying themselves, so you can't even pretend to be someone.

LAME.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

I think what I'll do for the remainder of the game is pretend to be Reenk pretending to be myself.

I'm not sure exactly how that will work. I honestly don't have the vocabulary for it, but I could dig out a dictionary and try very hard to fake it. That might be hilarious in and of itself.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Oh no. If anything will save us now,
it is fortune, not fortitude. So bow.
And Fortune, you know, is a *****. The sow.

[[MAFIA] Paulie]

Rocco;2053360455']Reenk, it's Pizzaguy.

Please, for the love of god man, at some point take over my account, please.

I would LOVE to see someone pretend to be me. That would be hysterical!

I'd ask you to do it immediately but that's an obvious trap. So just do it at some point, that's all I'm asking.

Enjoy this game man. I wanted the Thing role so badly, but everyone is being lame and not identifying themselves, so you can't even pretend to be someone.

LAME.

You were so quiet though, I would have guessed Bugsy was you. But yes you guys should return the favor and pretend to be me. ~:grouphug: I go softer on players who entertain me. :beam:

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Alright, time to drop the act, since you guys pretty much figured early on that I was GH anyway. :laugh4: But this is going to get real starting next day phase, that I promise you. :smoking:

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Paulie;2053360474']You were so quiet though, I would have guessed Bugsy was you. But yes you guys should return the favor and pretend to be me. ~:grouphug: I go softer on players who entertain me. :beam:

Full reveal:

As with the previous game I was in with the anon accounts, I began the game intending to... well, not lurk, but at least make myself unrecognizable.

The problem with that idea is it's just not me. And it is so, very, boring.

This game would be a lot more fun for everyone if I got to at least act like I'm trying, and people had to guess if I was still Pizzaguy or not based on my behavior, which I think is the whole point of this game.

I just can't change my play style that drastically and still have fun. No matter what, I will never ever be a lurker.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Vito;2053360601']Alright, time to drop the act, since you guys pretty much figured early on that I was GH anyway. :laugh4: But this is going to get real starting next day phase, that I promise you. :smoking:

Now I'm guessing that this is Reenk and the other guy was GH, and they're pretending to be each other.

This is going to be fun!

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

And Reenk, if you have the cojones and I know you do, you should periodically check in after we fail-lynch to taunt us. It will be too late for us to do anything anyway. You can quit doing that near the endgame so you can try to win for real, but in the meantime, squeeze every drop out of this opportunity that you can.

Don't do it boringly, and we won't either. I won't, I promise you that.

The easiest way to win this game is to just random wagon someone hard until you die. That's lame. If you won't be lame, I won't be lame.

Edit-
Also, am I really Pizzaguy or is this just a very convincing act?

Will the real Pizza please stand up?

[TinCow]

The henchman was bored. The plexiglass geodesic dome had gone up quickly, and the landscaping itself was relatively easy as well. With no soil to speak of, it was simply a question of dumping load after load into the new garden area, then digging a small hole and tossing a plant in, then releasing the various animals and whatnot. The hard work had been in strapping the piranhas down in such a way that they were paintable, but still sufficiently submerged to remain alive. The medical clinic was now running low on gauze and band-aids. Still, the henchman had been one of the lucky ones and he had emerged unscathed. His assignment had been to paint a miniature of the Mona Lisa. Since his most recent painting experience had been in Mrs. Schnauzer's third grade arts and crafts class, the final result was... modern. After tossing the fish into the main pond, he had gone wandering about to see what the others were working on.

The next henchman over was still crouched over his piranha, painting something with very fine detail. The wanderer looked more closely at it, and noticed that it was actually a text of some sort. The painter glanced sideways at him, then moved aside slightly so he could read it.


Though I am a Stranger to your Person, yet I am not, Sir, a Stranger to the Reputation you have acquired, in that branch of Learning which hath been your peculiar Study; nor to the Authority that you therefore assume in things foreign to your Profession, nor to the Abuse that you, and too many more of the like Character, are known to make of such undue Authority, to the misleading of unwary Persons in matters of the highest Concernment, and whereof your behavioral Knowledge can by no means qualify you to be a competent Judge. Equity indeed and good Sense would incline one to disregard the Judgment of Men, in Points which they have not considered or examined. But several who make the loudest Claim to those Qualities, do, nevertheless, the very thing they would seem to despise, clothing themselves in the Livery of other Mens Opinions, and putting on a general deference for the Judgment of you, Gentlemen, who are presumed to be of all Men the greatest Masters of Reason, to be most conversant about distinct Ideas, and never to take things on trust, but always clearly to see your way, as Men whose constant Employment is the deducing Truth by the justest inference from the most evident Principles. With this bias on their Minds, they submit to your Decisions where you have no right to decide. And that this is one short way of making Infidels concerning Intuition I am credibly informed.

Whereas then it is supposed, that you apprehend more distinctly, consider more closely, infer more justly, conclude more accurately than other Men, and that you are therefore less intuitionist because more judicious, I shall claim the privilege of a Free-Thinker; and take the Liberty to inquire into the Object, Principles, and Method of Demonstration admitted by the Behaviorists of the present Age, with the same freedom that you presume to treat the Principles and Mysteries of Intuition; to the end, that all Men may see what right you have to lead, or what Encouragement others have to follow you. It hath been an old remark that Lestarde is an excellent Logic. And it must be owned, that when the Definitions are clear; when the Postulata cannot be refused, nor the Axioms denied; when from the distinct Contemplation and Comparison of Figures, their Properties are derived, by a perpetual well-connected chain of Consequences, the Objects being still kept in view, and the attention ever fixed upon them; there is acquired a habit of reasoning, close and exact and methodical: which habit strengthens and sharpens the Mind, and being transferred to other Subjects, is of general use in the inquiry after Truth. But how far this is the case of our Behavioral Analysts, it may be worth while to consider.

"That's... interesting..." said the wanderer. "You don't often meet many philosophers in the henching industry."

The painter nodded, "Oh, I'm not a henchman."

The wanderer raised an eyebrow. "Sure you are, I sat next to you at lunch on the boatride over here several time. You're Mr..."

"Ah, this skin," interrupted the painter. "Yes, I can see how that would confuse you. I'm just borrowing this for the moment."

The wandering henchman's eyes widened. "You... you're... you're The THING!"

The painter frowned. "You know, that's an offensive term. My name is Wachugi Aozu Nhelhaqelh Ahizolo Xthuwi. Why can't you humans just treat everyone with equality and respect?"

"YOU'RE MURDERING US!" the wanderer gaped.

"I am an alien," shrugged the painter. "Hath not an alien eye stalks? Hath not an alien razor claws, acid organs, seven dimensions, nine senses, infections, passion froths; fed with the same humans, hurt with the same quantum phase generators, subject to the same galactic megaplagues, heal'd by the same lava baths, warm'd and cool'd by the same supernovae, as a human is? If you prick us, do we not reproduce? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not grow larger? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that."

The wanderer looked confused. "You're ticklish?"

The painter laughed, "Oh, like you would not believe. On Arkintoofle Minor I met this Trillarian Ultrahooker who tickled me so hard I actually morphed into my own vomit. My own vomit. That was rather embarrassing," he looked wistful. "I gave her a big tip."

"Uh, that's great..." the wandering henchman started to back away. "I should, really get back... to work..."

Three of the painter's mouths frowned, "Oh, don't leave! I was just getting to know you. I do so like to get to know people." The fourth mouth just licked its lips.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kage was standing still with his arms spread out wide, while thousands of butterflies covered his body. "Now, FLY my beautiful beasties! Fly like the wind!" The butterflies started flapping their wings quickly, but Kage didn't budge. The evil overlord frowned. "CR, we need to build a butterfly gym, these ones are girly-men."

CR smiled at his partner. "There will be plenty of time for improving butterfly physique after the base is completed, but until then we must keep our eyes on the prize. We need to finish the important bits!" He turned to the assembled henchmen. "You men have done well! This is a beautiful garden slash menagerie slash secret-agent-piranha-death-pool. You should be proud." He turned and gestured to one of the walls. "Next, over there, you shall begin construction of the nuclear missile silo and french bakery. Just think of it... fresh baguettes every morning!" CR closed his eyes and sighed, sniffing the air in a dreamlike manner.

"Oh!" he opened his eyes once again, "I almost forgot. I just read the Norwegian team leader's journal. Apparently they were all slaughtered by some alien creature that they had found frozen in 10 million year old ice. There was some other stuff about shape changing and nastiness, but it was pretty boring so I didn't read much further. Anyyyywayyy..." he held up a bloody jumpsuit, "I mention this because this used to belong to Paulie. I don't know where the rest of him is, but" CR squinted at the henchmen, "since I don't see him in the crowd, I'll assume that he's working his way through the lower digestive tract of our pal, Thingy."

CR shrugged, "Nothing to worry about though. That probably means he's standing right here in the middle of all of you. There's eleven of you and only one of him, so just figure out who he is and kill him." He twiddled his fingers and walked off. "Have fun, boys!"

Day 3 will end in:


Alive: (12/17)
[MAFIA] Bobby
[MAFIA] Emilio
[MAFIA] Frank
[MAFIA] Johnny
[MAFIA] Luciano
[MAFIA] Luigi
[MAFIA] Nick
[MAFIA] Rocco
[MAFIA] Silvio
[MAFIA] Sonny
[MAFIA] Vinny
[MAFIA] Vito

Killed:
[MAFIA] Bertha (N1)
[MAFIA] Fat Tony (N2)
[MAFIA] Paulie (N3)

Lynched:
[MAFIA] Salvatore (D1)
[MAFIA] Bugsy (D2)

[[MAFIA] Vito]

And let the real fun begin.

Luciano seems to be the easiest to track so far since he's been doing nothing but speaking Italian, really.

Vote: Luciano

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Chiunque può parlare italiano.
Vote: Vito

[TinCow]

It has come to my attention that some players have been communicating about this game via PMs. I would like to empahsize that this is against the rules. I will re-post the relevant section of the rules from the first post:


Communication: No players may communicate about the game anywhere except in the public thread. No PMs, no IRC, no IMing, no email, no carrier pigeon. This is to prevent players from establishing pre-generated code words so that other players will know if their account has been taken over. Find The Thing with good old fashioned scum-hunting, not cheap tricks.

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Alright, Roinky, TLD here... Kinda disappointed you are the thing, you might actually be smart enough to pull off the continuation of my little number game... vote: Vito I think Reenk would love taking over GH!

Also 7

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Alright, Roinky, TLD here... Kinda disappointed you are the thing, you might actually be smart enough to pull off the continuation of my little number game... vote: Vito I think Reenk would love taking over GH!

EDIT: Stupid lag, new number: 3

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Huh? And we should take a close look at Emilio. For the love of god, please kill Emilio.

Unvote, Vote: Emilio.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Let the record show that I knew it was Emilio all along.

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Pssh, imitating me would be the easiest thing in the world for Reenk. All he would have to do is alternatively bash #87 on the Pittsburgh Penguins and rail against pro-town networks. Easiest thing in the world. :tongue:

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

Nick. switch back and we need another one. We need 3 votes on Vito.

I hate pro town netowrks, they never invite me to the party :(

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

vote: vito

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Vote: The Thing
Muahahahahahha XD

Guess I'll Vote: Abstain

[[MAFIA] Nick]

The time for abstention has passed. The Thing has revealed itself! Please vote Emilio!

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Luigi;2053360970']vote: vito

Right, this is foolish. We're actually getting down to things now and you're actively sabotaging the town's chances here by not providing any sort of personality for us to analyze later. By all means vote for me, but at least do so with some words so we don't hand Reenk the game on a silver platter.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

You are doing just that! Vote Emilio. Please, I cannot explain now, but if we lynch him this round I'll reveal the evidence and we'll all have a good laugh at Reenk's expense. Agreed?

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Persuade me in poem form - quickly - and we have a deal.

[[MAFIA] Frank]

The whole PMs' matter eh?

[[MAFIA] Nick]

So if I my inimitable style
demonstrate, you will end your denial?

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Okay, after a brief look-see your style checks out.

Unvote: Luciano
Vote: Emilio

[[MAFIA] Nick]

A warning to the rest: No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences. No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions. Not even death.

[[MAFIA] Frank]

Bah what the hell.
Still this is more solid than random picking.

Unvote; Vote: Emilio

If this isn't true, Nick you are pretty much next :P

[[MAFIA] Silvio]

Nick;2053361017']You are doing just that! Vote Emilio. Please, I cannot explain now, but if we lynch him this round I'll reveal the evidence and we'll all have a good laugh at Reenk's expense. Agreed?

Vote Emilio

But I would like to know why you can't reveal the evidence right now if it is so good?

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

Vito;2053361012']Right, this is foolish. We're actually getting down to things now and you're actively sabotaging the town's chances here by not providing any sort of personality for us to analyze later. By all means vote for me, but at least do so with some words so we don't hand Reenk the game on a silver platter.

No.

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Vito;2053360816']And let the real fun begin.

Luciano seems to be the easiest to track so far since he's been doing nothing but speaking Italian, really.

Vote: LucianoMa come fa a sapere se sono stato assunto o no? Sono ancora a parlare questa lingua pazzo. Non è così difficile per me farlo a causa di qualcosa di meraviglioso accade a me. Yes I am "La Cosa", se si è disposti a credere che. Ma io vi lascerò decidere perché sto parlando in questo modo.
Vote:Vito Yes this is-a what you might-a call it it, an OMGUS vote. Mi scuso per il mio non parla bene l'Inglese.

[[MAFIA] Nick]

Non scompigliamo intorno. Emilio è la cosa, così voto per lui. In ogni modo, Vito neppure non sta votando per voi più.

What is it with you 'L's?

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Nick;2053361119']Non scompigliamo intorno. Emilio è la cosa, così voto per lui. In ogni modo, Vito neppure non sta votando per voi più.

What is it with you 'L's?Ho appena visto che la prima votazione, quindi ho votato per lui. Quindi pensi che Emilio è colpevole? Forse fai un buon punto. unvote, vote:Emlio

[[MAFIA] Luigi]

IM SORRY I DONT SPEAK SPANISH

[[MAFIA] Sonny]

为什么会产生这种的现象呢？究其根源，我认为为了提高我们的机会，大家应必须努力地一直写出短文，使 Reenk 的工作变得更难。

Vote: Emilio

Hi Reenk! ~:wave:

You might notice that translators are typically notoriously poor :beam:

[[MAFIA] Luciano]

Luigi;2053361134']IM SORRY I DONT SPEAK SPANISHΕίναι όλα τα ελληνικά μου.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Vote: Emilio

I'll give you guys another hint: It's not Emilio :wink: Can you save yourselves in time? I really hope not, because I'm really having lots of fun.

I TELL YOU THIS MUCH, HE ASKED FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

:smug:

[[MAFIA] Bobby]

oh what the... this is fun :D

unvote, vote: Emilio

Emilio 4ever!

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Bobby;2053361174']oh what the... this is fun :D

unvote, vote: Emilio

Emilio 4ever!

:2thumbsup:

Before I escape again, is there anything you want to ask me about pizza? I could complain about tips, or we could discuss the epistemic merit of behavior-based methods of catching scum in mafia games, which lacks the empirical results of Reentuition.

[[MAFIA] Vito]

Your Reenk-impersonating-Pizza-impersonating-Reenk needs work, Pizza.

[[MAFIA] Rocco]

Vito;2053361185']Your Reenk-impersonating-Pizza-impersonating-Reenk needs work, Pizza.

unvote, vote: Vito :stare:

I'd like to see you do better.

[TinCow]

Tally:

Emilio: 7 (Nick, Vito, Frank, Silvio, Luciano, Sonny, Bobby)
Vito: 2 (Luigi, Rocco)

Not Voting: 3 (Emilio, Johnny, Vinny)