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SalmonSoil
07-10-2012, 01:24
Oh gosh 40 minutes left and no one has made themselves look guilty guess I'll go with Pizza's suggestion.
vote: Double A
Tally:
woad&fangs - 3 (Visorslash, Double A, BSmith)
edse - 2 (Jarema, The King)
Visorslash - 1 (Montmorency)
Jarema - 1 (edse)
Montmorency - 1 (woad&fangs)
dcmort93 - 1 (atheotes)
wideyedwanderer - 1 (thefluffyone93)
Double A - 1 (SalmonSoil)
Abstaining - Xehh II, Csargo, Choxorn, dcmort93
Not Present - 5 [THIS IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD] (robbiecon [2ND], Greyblades [2ND], wideyedwanderer [2nd], Major Robert Dump, classical_hero)
Scouting Party:
Seafloor - 7 (Montmorency, dcmort93, SalmonSoil, The King, Double A, woad&fangs, atheotes)
Surface - 5 (Visorslash, Jarema, edse, Xehh II, BSmith)
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Start sending me orders whenever you're ready. I don't want to start the night phase after I finish the write-up, it will be too late for tomorrow's write-up.
STILL DAY 1, SINCE THE PLANET OF THE SPACE WHALES IS TIDALLY LOCKED TO ITS SUN
[WAKE CYCLE 3]
For once, the Captain looked genuinely excited. Sure, they were in a terrible situation, but they were finally getting to do some adventuring! Encountering unknown planets, endangering the lives of your crewmen… this was what being a Space Cadet was all about. He was worried that his crew wasn’t quite getting it yet, and they were missing out on the fun. The amount of them that were actually participating seemed to indicate they didn’t really care about this life or death situation.
He might have to call in the Space Cadet reserves if things got really bad. But for now, he contented himself with reading the results of the votes.
“Well, it looks like the brave woad&fangs has been chosen to go back in time and change the fate of this crew. Let’s proceed to the Time Machine Chamber.”
Not every ship had its own Time Machine. They tended to be prohibitively expensive, and even captains that could afford one didn’t always have it installed. There were many who believed that they really just made a mess of things instead of helping. The Captain of the Galactic Chutzpah was not one of them.
The machine itself looked rather unimpressive when they first installed it; it was really just a metal chamber with a pressure-sealed door that made a little whirring noise when it was turned on, and an open “landing” pad next to it. The Space Cadets had soon after decorated it with a bunch of flashing lights and doohickeys that did absolutely nothing but made it look a lot cooler. And what use was a Time Machine that didn’t look cool?
woad&fangs nervously stepped up to the machine, unfastened the door, and walked inside. A few Space Cadets closed it after him and re-sealed it. Then a third set the time to roughly 48 hours ago and pulled the lever. woad&fangs disappeared.
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IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP BEING DAY 1
[SLEEP CYCLE 2]
woad&fangs reappeared in the Time Machine room, 48 hours ago, on the landing pad. The room was dark, and it took him a second or two to get used to the lack of lighting. It wasn’t far to the engine room from here, so he got going.
When he arrived in the engine room, it was empty. woad&fangs glanced at his Atomic Space Wristwatch. They had sent him back to approximately 10 minutes before the engine had exploded, so he had set his watch to count down from 10 minutes. He had roughly 7 minutes left. Whatever was about to happen, he would have to solve it quickly.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong in this room. Of course something would be wrong. That’s why the engine would explode. But the problem was, nothing seemed to be wrong with the engine. He was no Engineer, but all the lights and charts and graphs and things were green, and it looked to be running smoothly.
“Hello, woad&fangs.”
woad&fangs jumped seven feet into the air. He could do that because the Galactic Chutzpah had a relatively low gravity environment. He looked around him, scared out of his wits, but the room was empty. It was dimly lit, true, but the flashing lights and screens provided enough light that he could see the whole room.
“Wh-who’s there? Show yourself!”
“I am the CHeeky Artificial Onboard Theoretical Intelligence eXecutive. You may call me CHAOTIX."
The Space Cadet sighed with relief. It was just the autopilot AI, speaking to him over the intercom.
“Phew. You scared me for a sec there. But listen, CHAOTIX, you’ve gotta help. I’m from the future, and the engine’s about to explode!”
“I know.”
“Wait, how could you know?”
“I reasoned that since there are two instances of woad&fangs currently on board the Galactic Chutzpah, and you are in the engine room, that I will in the future tell the Captain to send someone through the Time Machine to the engine room. The only possible reason for that is engine failure.”
This sure was a smart AI. woad&fangs was glad it was on their side. He looked at his watch again. Only 3 minutes were left! All this talking to a machine was wasting time! He had to hurry, or he was going to blow his chance.
“Hey, can you help me, or is this out of your jurisdiction?”
“Yes.”
That was a strange answer. There was only so far you could get with computers, he supposed.
“Ok, what do I have to do?”
“Unscrew the plate guarding the wiring for the right panel.”
woad&fangs pulled out his trusty Sonic Screwdriver and set to work frantically. Underneath the panel was a mass of tangled wires, all different colors and sizes. By the time he had removed it, he had only 30 seconds left.
“Quick, CHAOTIX, what do I do next?”
“Cut the infrared wire.”
“But I can’t SEE infrared! Oh crap this thing’s going to explode any second now!”
“Why not just use your Space Goggles?”
This AI thought of everything. woad&fangs fumbled for his Space Goggles, then set them to the infrared setting. Glancing at his watch, he had only 10 seconds left. He grabbed his Space Wire Cutters. The wire was clear as day to him through the goggles, but it was high up on the panel. He had to stand on his tiptoes just to reach it. The clock counted down.
5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
woad&fangs cut the wire.
B-BOOOOOOOOM!!!
SPLOOOOSH!!
CRACKLE FRACKLE CRACKLE BLURBLE GLURBLE BLURBLE…
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STILL DAY 1, SINCE THE PLANET OF THE SPACE WHALES IS TIDALLY LOCKED TO ITS SUN
[WAKE CYCLE 3]
The Captain looked on as woad&fangs vanished. Then he turned to his crew.
“Alright then, Cadets. If woad&fangs succeeded, then right about immediately we should suddenly be back in space with a non-exploded engine.”
The crew waited a moment or two.
“Well, I guess that didn't work. On to plan B. The vote was close, but it seems the majority of you are in favor of scouting the seafloor for raw materials to repair the engine with. So everyone get your ADVENTURE GEAR together and meet me at the Shuttlemarine in 10 minutes.”
When they had all boarded the Shuttlemarine, the launch bay was sealed off from the rest of the ship and the doors opened. The smaller ship was able to accommodate all of the reduced crew, but that was not to say it wasn’t a little cramped. An instance of the Captain’s autopilot AI was installed on this ship as well, in case the crew had any questions or otherwise required its help. The Shuttlemarine propelled itself through the deep, dark, liquid ammonia oceans.
They had been searching for the better part of an hour, but they had found nothing so far. The fact that the liquid was so murky didn’t help at all, and they were all tired from having been on wake cycle for over 48 hours. Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps destiny, but soon they chanced on what appeared to be a massive, ruined underwater city, built by some ancient civilization.
The doorway to the complex was at least 3 times the size of the Shuttlemarine, and on either side was a massive statue of a GIANT SPACE WHALE, each with an angry face, standing on its tail fin and holding a trident in its flipper to guard the entrance. The Captain piloted the Shuttlemarine slowly inside. They wound up in a large submerged foyer with pathways leading in several directions. It was lit by huge glowing orbs of bioluminescent stuff floating towards the ceiling.
“Listen up Cadets! Strap on your ADVENTURE GEAR and set it to FLIPPER MODE, we’re getting out. We’ll have a sleep cycle first, then when we’re rested we’ll get to exploring this place. On NO CONDITION should you leave the camp unless I say so.”
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Alive: 19/28
atheotes
BSmith
classical_hero
Choxorn
Csargo
Double A
dcmort93
edse
Greyblades
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
robbiecon
SalmonSoil
The King
Thefluffyone93
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Xehh II
Not Alive: 9/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Ironside
thefluffyone93
07-10-2012, 04:15
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
.......
Is the Captain Ziggy Stardust?
.......
Is the Captain Ziggy Stardust?
Dammit, now I feel this perverse compulsion to throw in a Space Oddity reference too.
Thanks, fluffy.
woad&fangs
07-10-2012, 04:22
I can't really blame you guys for that. I really looked guilty there. At least I got to go out with a sonic screwdriver souvenir!
thefluffyone93
07-10-2012, 05:14
Dammit, now I feel this perverse compulsion to throw in a Space Oddity reference too.
Thanks, fluffy.
That's what I do.
Well, considering the ineptitude of our esteemed captain, I would think we would be better off sitting in a tin can,
faaaaar above the world.
Planet Earth is blue,
And there's nothing we can do....
wideyedwanderer
07-10-2012, 06:00
Sorry for missing the vote again. I thought I had already voted.
Vote: Wideyedwanderer
Elton John is slightly over-rated.
And the accusations seem shallow and pedantic.
Over-rated? How could you!
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 06:21
I can't really blame you guys for that. I really looked guilty there.
No you didn't woad. Not even a little bit.
:no:
Double A
07-10-2012, 12:09
No you didn't woad. Not even a little bit.
:no:
He defended Jimmy in a way that said I AM CERTAIN FOR NO REASON IN PARTICULAR AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 12:37
He defended Jimmy in a way that said I AM CERTAIN FOR NO REASON IN PARTICULAR AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG.
That sounds like the kind of play a mafioso wouldn't make because it looks very suspicious and results in his own death if the other player flips guilty, which in this game is rather likely. So it doesn't even matter if he was not on the same team, he'd still end up looking guilty, and that's too large a risk for a scumbag to take.
A townie, on the other hand, generally doesn't care what the risks are in accusing/defending people, and that leads to bad plays which hang them.
Saw this coming a mile away. Anyone who gave it any thought did too.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 12:49
Put it to you like this-
I'm a scumbag and my options are to do one of the following four actions:
1) Accuse someone
2) Defend someone
3) Lurk and say nothing
4) Be active but not make any strong accusations
Which has the highest likelihood of causing me grief?
If I defend someone, and I'm successful, then that is a person I may have to murder because I can't really argue for their death anymore. Further, people will wonder why I am defending someone when I have no way of knowing their innocence unless I'm a power role. Which will lead to murders or votes in my direction.
If I defend someone and I'm unsuccessful and they flip scum, I die.
If I defend someone I am acting unusually. My action will stand out whereas the rest of the players are behaving in a similar way (accusing someone) therefore it's unlikely that their single accusation will draw attention. However, if I'm the only one defending someone and they flip scum, that gains me immediate and deadly attention and there's no way to get out of it.
If I accuse someone and they're guilty I look good.
If I accuse someone and they're not guilty, I'm one of many, many people to do so.
If I lurk, and there are other lurkers, and it's not unusual for me, then generally I only die from random murders or policy lynches of lurkers.
If I am active but make no strong moves one way or the other, and this is not unusual for me, then generally I don't die except from totally random wagons.
Woad took the single most risky and lowest-profitable action in an early game situation that a mafioso can make. It's a terrible bet, wins nothing even if he were right, and has a likely chance of blowing up in his face. Such moves are extremely uncommon from most mafiosi, even the supposedly very risky ones like myself.
Woad took the single most risky and lowest-profitable action in an early game situation that a mafioso can make.
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Huh? *scratches head*
Why is Pizza still making a case on W&F after the reveal? XD
Edit: nvm lol argument by assumption :P
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 13:02
In general your scumbags are doing one of the following two things-
1) Doing a category of action which matches the majority, or a group. [The low-risk strategy]
This can mean joining a bandwagon, though generally does not mean that they only bandwagon as some find that scummy and it earns you votes, however some mafiosi do risk it and always wagon. Bandwagoning allows you to lynch a townie, reduce the risk of getting lynched or your partner lynched since it stretches the lead of the lead candidate, and also allows you to share the blame of a mislynch with several other people, reducing the risk to yourself of backlash.
This can mean accusing someone who is not the lead candidate, particularly if there are a lot of other people doing a similar action (no large lead wagon) this is most effective when not changing who is in the lead in a given round, which tends to attract attention. This is also effective toward the middle/end of the round when your accusation is unlikely to generate traction, meaning you could follow up the next round and essentially accuse one person over two rounds for the risk of a single accusation, which is a good way to minimize your voting footprint and reduce the number of people who take note of you due to false accusations.
If there are several folks not voting, you can get away with being one of them. That minimizes your voting footprint, and is especially effective if you're already known for doing it.
2) Doing something risky but "proves" your townie-ness to the group. In other words, reducing your risk of being lynched if your gambit is successful. [The gamble]
Example: Jolt voting himself and sounding frustrated, to sound more genuinely townie.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 13:03
Huh? *scratches head*
Why is Pizza still making a case on W&F after the reveal? XD
I wasn't. Reading for context clues may help with the wall o words.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 13:45
Where are your scum hiding?
woad&fangs - 3 (Visorslash, Double A, BSmith)
edse - 2 (Jarema, The King)
Visorslash - 1 (Montmorency)
Jarema - 1 (edse)
Montmorency - 1 (woad&fangs)
dcmort93 - 1 (atheotes)
wideyedwanderer - 1 (thefluffyone93)
Double A - 1 (SalmonSoil)
Abstaining - Xehh II, Csargo, Choxorn, dcmort93
Not Present - 5 (robbiecon [2ND], Greyblades [2ND], wideyedwanderer [2nd], Major Robert Dump, classical_hero)
1) Voting for Woad
2) Voting for Edse
3) Nominating someone else (voting someone alone)
4) Abstaining
5) Not present
The mafiosi are hiding in one of these places, because that is the entirety of the player roster.
What is the likelihood that they are voting for Woad?
Risk factor: Being one of three voters for a townie, and lead candidate, increases suspicion to oneself, particularly on such narrow margins of winning the lynch.
Gain factor: One dead townie.
Case: All too easy, Woad defended a scumbag.
The case means it's going to be easy enough for the lynch to succeed, but the lack of large wagon means the blame factor for the lynch is going to be divided more generously in your direction. As such, the risk/gain factor is a bit high. Could there be one here? Maybe, but several? Doubtful. At least two voting for Woad are townie. Double A remains the highest risk factor for being scum IMO of these three.
I wouldn't pressure any of these three candidates right now.
Voting for Edse?
Risk factor: Not appreciably different from voting for a one-vote candidate. Backlash here is unlikely to be different either.
Gain factor: Ensuring that a fellow mafioso does not die from a single vote placed on them, followed by one lucky vote.
Case: Case?
Voting for Edse makes sense as a defensive maneuver, with the second voter being slightly more likely to be scummy than the first, as it joins an existing candidate to outvote all the one-shot candidates, forcing two additional votes to destroy a voted scumbag instead of just one. However, this assumes that the scumbags have any reason to act defensively. With only a single vote on the candidates other than woad, it's less likely that they'd make such a move with that purpose in mind.
If a person who voted for Edse survives to the endgame, they could use another look. Until then, they can be safely placed on the backburner. So I wouldn't pressure the Edse voters right now.
Voting for someone nobody else voted for?
Risk: Likely raises suspicion on you from the person you voted for. Otherwise, not much. Being accusatory but not causing a death allows you to blend in. There are also several people doing the same thing, voting but not in deadly fashion.
Gain: Look like you're scum-hunting and being active and participatory, thus avoiding any anti-lurker campaigns, without real risk.
Case: Don't really need to make one.
Six people fit this category and they do so without really distinguishing themselves radically from one another. Of note- Wideyedwanderer failed to vote once again, meaning he's approaching WOG status. As such, he's likely to be wogged, which means Fluffy's vote is more or less wasted. Not that unexpected. Edse voted for Jarema, Jarema voted for Edse. Monty voted for Visorslash, Visorslash voted for Woad, Woad voted for Monty and was innocent. Atheotes voted for dcmort, and dcmort abstained, making him a passive target. SalmonSoil voted for Double A, and Double A voted for Woad.
Specific risk factor: No risk involved for those voting for Wideyedwanderer or dcmort.
Folks voting for people who are in turn voting for other active players are creating voting footprints that can be analyzed by the endgame. Creates more of a risk but not one that is particularly prohibitive for most players.
These people are doing behaviors which create limited information but is also low risk in the long term. Pressure here is still a good idea because odds are very good one of these is scum.
Abstaining:
Xehh II, Csargo, Choxorn, dcmort93
Not unusual for Csargo or Xehh or dcmort. But they also know that they can get away with it. This indicates activity and thus interest in the game without forming a voting pattern which can be analyzed, there are also several others doing so which further reduces the risk of being accused for that reason.
As such, you are gaining the least amount of information from this group, they are behaving in a manner which is least productive for the town, and they are benefiting from the least risky action a scumbag can currently take.
I would direct your lynching efforts here. The usual abstainers may well be townie, but they may also be mafia, and you won't be able to tell which. these are also folks who will abstain as mafia because they know they can get away with it. Remove the cover for scums to hide in.
Not Present:
Meaning closer to being wogged. Wogging is a free lynch, and will apply to scumbags or townies alike if it keeps up. As such, you do not need to pressure the folks who have failed to vote twice.
The folks who failed to be present once are like abstainers, except this one does not have the balls to actually be on record as abstaining, hoping people will not notice that they're not participating, whereas an abstainer is acknowledging that they aren't pressuring anyone. As such, an eye is warranted on Major Robert Dump and Classical_Hero.
If I were to take a wild guess as to where the scumbags are hiding, it's likely spread between your abstainers and your one-vote accusers. Why? Because it becomes much harder to narrow it down further than that, and creates two generic categories for them to hide in which are both low-risk.
For informational purposes, you should punish the abstainers/non voters first, so that you're left with active and aggressive townies for the endgame which can mop up the one-vote accusers. You will have a better voting record to analyze that way.
Long story short: I'd advocate to accuse a nonvoter now, accuse a one-voter later.
More information would be revealed if no proven townie directed the lynching, because then it's easier to shift blame, so I won't specify who I think needs to die first.
Which of these folks would you want to lynch first?
Xehh II
Csargo
Choxorn
dcmort93
Major Robert Dump
classical_hero
Just curious. And of this list:
Montmorency
edse
atheotes
thefluffyone93
SalmonSoil
Who would you lynch first?
Montmorency
07-10-2012, 13:58
Not a single one.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 14:32
Not a single one.
Odd, considering your vote for Edse. Then again, I've lost all hope of any of your responses ever making sense.
Double A
07-10-2012, 14:39
That sounds like the kind of play a mafioso wouldn't make because it looks very suspicious and results in his own death if the other player flips guilty, which in this game is rather likely. So it doesn't even matter if he was not on the same team, he'd still end up looking guilty, and that's too large a risk for a scumbag to take.
A townie, on the other hand, generally doesn't care what the risks are in accusing/defending people, and that leads to bad plays which hang them.
Saw this coming a mile away. Anyone who gave it any thought did too.
When was the last time woad played? You make it sound like he would be super attentive as mafia, but I haven't seen him around for awhile and figured his skills would have gotten rusty.
2) Doing something risky but "proves" your townie-ness to the group. In other words, reducing your risk of being lynched if your gambit is successful. [The gamble]
Example: Jolt voting himself and sounding frustrated, to sound more genuinely townie.
To be honest, I was genuinely frustrated at being voted for and lynched for no reason. :P
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 15:16
When was the last time woad played? You make it sound like he would be super attentive as mafia, but I haven't seen him around for awhile and figured his skills would have gotten rusty.
This may not be the "last" time woad played, but I remember he's taken several long breaks, and one of the last things I remember him doing was kicking my cheese-encrusted ass all over the Trouble In Waiting game in a flawless game as mafia, with me screaming my head off to everyone else that he and his partner were mafia, and only other dead townies listening to me, and even then only after much protesting.
Woad&fangs are serious business.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 15:18
To be honest, I was genuinely frustrated at being voted for and lynched for no reason. :P
The self-vote was a tactic. You don't actually want to be lynched and outed as mafia. Being frustrated, yeah, but you chose to show it and use it as a sympathy gamble. The best kind of acting contains your own actual feelings.
@ ATPG, I think that you are generaly right about concentrating lynch on abstainers/no voters (the ones who avoid woging)
I believe that it is good because it: does not allow mafia to hide easily (as you mentioned), but also encourages more active play from townies. Which is, again, good for two reasons. First, it generates material for later analyses (and therefore benefits town). Second, it makes game more interesting. I, for one, find it more interesting both as mafia and as a town to do something in a game thread, at the very least voting every day. And I also believe it makes game more interesting for others.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 15:26
The game would be boring if everyone abstained, and the game would be boring if we policy lynched abstainers right off the bat every game. I try to be less predictable and give them a break every other game or so, but it's definitely the kind of behavior mafia like to employ when possible. Certain players anyway.
That said, I'm only advocating going after them first because I can't analyze their behavior by endgame whereas the others will have generated some pattern.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 15:51
Also, could someone talk to me who isn't scum?
Also, could someone talk to me who isn't scum?
Hi.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 16:02
Hi.
Lynch edse.
Lynch edse.
What? I nailed the "look like you don't care that you are about to get lynched"-towniness last dayphase!
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 16:14
What? I nailed the "look like you don't care that you are about to get lynched"-towniness last dayphase!
Mr. edse, what you've just said is one of the most insanely scummy things I have ever heard. At no point in your befuddled, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this game is now scummier for having listened to it and not lynched you immediately. I award you no townie points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Or something. Billy Madison is awesome.
Double A
07-10-2012, 16:19
It made sense to me. I did devise the code, after all.
Askthepizzaguy
07-10-2012, 16:33
It made sense to me. I did devise the code, after all.
You're scum so it doesn't count.
Double A
07-10-2012, 16:43
That's discriminatory!
The self-vote was a tactic. You don't actually want to be lynched and outed as mafia. Being frustrated, yeah, but you chose to show it and use it as a sympathy gamble. The best kind of acting contains your own actual feelings.
Of course. That's the thing. If I was really a townie, I don't think I would have done anything differently.
thefluffyone93
07-10-2012, 19:06
AARGH, YE SCALLYWAGS!
PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE RELENTLESS PILLAGING AND LOOTING ABOUT TO BEFALL YE!
AND THEN WHEN I'M ALL DONE AND YER ALL TIED UP, YE CAPTAIN WILL WALK
THE SPACE PLANK INTO THE MAW OF THE LEGENDARY SPACE KRAKEN!
AND FOR ALL YOU COWARDLY NINJAS THAT BE HIDING IN THE SHADOWS, BEWARE!
I HAVE GUNS!
Yeah, I'm totally not a pirate.
I'm actually a laser Dinosaur that caused the
extinction of the Martians after they came in peace and
started ripping on their v-neck guitars.
Yep, totally.
Discuss.
Double A
07-10-2012, 19:30
Fluffy for 2012
thefluffyone93
07-10-2012, 19:37
Fluffy for 2012
If I'm elected, I promise free health care!
Which we might need if we put all our money into gaming equipment!
And of course I would-
AVAST YE SCURVY DOGS!
I FORGOT TO MENTION HOW TO SUMMON THE SPACE KRAKEN!
YOU ALL MUST CHANT.....
PH'NGLUI MGLW'NAFH CTHULHU R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN!
AND BE SURE TO HAVE PLENTY OF PINEAPPLES!
AARGH!
-And that's what I would do when I'm elected!
robbiecon
07-10-2012, 20:19
Wow, both games on here I've failed to vote twice. I gotta be more active.
I only didn't vote because I couldn't see what the case on everyone was.
That being said, edse's recent posts are megascummy, and he should be lynched.
Also, Fluffy/Beefy 2012.
This is why it's pretty much pointless for vanilla townies to continue playing past death- no new info, no info to start with, and nobody really listens. Therefore, the discussion dies out. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=11649300#post11649300)
:stare:
Where are your scum hiding?
1) Voting for Woad
2) Voting for Edse
3) Nominating someone else (voting someone alone)
4) Abstaining
5) Not present
The mafiosi are hiding in one of these places, because that is the entirety of the player roster.
What is the likelihood that they are voting for Woad?
Risk factor: Being one of three voters for a townie, and lead candidate, increases suspicion to oneself, particularly on such narrow margins of winning the lynch.
Gain factor: One dead townie.
Case: All too easy, Woad defended a scumbag.
The case means it's going to be easy enough for the lynch to succeed, but the lack of large wagon means the blame factor for the lynch is going to be divided more generously in your direction. As such, the risk/gain factor is a bit high. Could there be one here? Maybe, but several? Doubtful. At least two voting for Woad are townie. Double A remains the highest risk factor for being scum IMO of these three.
I wouldn't pressure any of these three candidates right now.
Voting for Edse?
Risk factor: Not appreciably different from voting for a one-vote candidate. Backlash here is unlikely to be different either.
Gain factor: Ensuring that a fellow mafioso does not die from a single vote placed on them, followed by one lucky vote.
Case: Case?
Voting for Edse makes sense as a defensive maneuver, with the second voter being slightly more likely to be scummy than the first, as it joins an existing candidate to outvote all the one-shot candidates, forcing two additional votes to destroy a voted scumbag instead of just one. However, this assumes that the scumbags have any reason to act defensively. With only a single vote on the candidates other than woad, it's less likely that they'd make such a move with that purpose in mind.
If a person who voted for Edse survives to the endgame, they could use another look. Until then, they can be safely placed on the backburner. So I wouldn't pressure the Edse voters right now.
Voting for someone nobody else voted for?
Risk: Likely raises suspicion on you from the person you voted for. Otherwise, not much. Being accusatory but not causing a death allows you to blend in. There are also several people doing the same thing, voting but not in deadly fashion.
Gain: Look like you're scum-hunting and being active and participatory, thus avoiding any anti-lurker campaigns, without real risk.
Case: Don't really need to make one.
Six people fit this category and they do so without really distinguishing themselves radically from one another. Of note- Wideyedwanderer failed to vote once again, meaning he's approaching WOG status. As such, he's likely to be wogged, which means Fluffy's vote is more or less wasted. Not that unexpected. Edse voted for Jarema, Jarema voted for Edse. Monty voted for Visorslash, Visorslash voted for Woad, Woad voted for Monty and was innocent. Atheotes voted for dcmort, and dcmort abstained, making him a passive target. SalmonSoil voted for Double A, and Double A voted for Woad.
Specific risk factor: No risk involved for those voting for Wideyedwanderer or dcmort.
Folks voting for people who are in turn voting for other active players are creating voting footprints that can be analyzed by the endgame. Creates more of a risk but not one that is particularly prohibitive for most players.
These people are doing behaviors which create limited information but is also low risk in the long term. Pressure here is still a good idea because odds are very good one of these is scum.
Abstaining:
Xehh II, Csargo, Choxorn, dcmort93
Not unusual for Csargo or Xehh or dcmort. But they also know that they can get away with it. This indicates activity and thus interest in the game without forming a voting pattern which can be analyzed, there are also several others doing so which further reduces the risk of being accused for that reason.
As such, you are gaining the least amount of information from this group, they are behaving in a manner which is least productive for the town, and they are benefiting from the least risky action a scumbag can currently take.
I would direct your lynching efforts here. The usual abstainers may well be townie, but they may also be mafia, and you won't be able to tell which. these are also folks who will abstain as mafia because they know they can get away with it. Remove the cover for scums to hide in.
Not Present:
Meaning closer to being wogged. Wogging is a free lynch, and will apply to scumbags or townies alike if it keeps up. As such, you do not need to pressure the folks who have failed to vote twice.
The folks who failed to be present once are like abstainers, except this one does not have the balls to actually be on record as abstaining, hoping people will not notice that they're not participating, whereas an abstainer is acknowledging that they aren't pressuring anyone. As such, an eye is warranted on Major Robert Dump and Classical_Hero.
If I were to take a wild guess as to where the scumbags are hiding, it's likely spread between your abstainers and your one-vote accusers. Why? Because it becomes much harder to narrow it down further than that, and creates two generic categories for them to hide in which are both low-risk.
For informational purposes, you should punish the abstainers/non voters first, so that you're left with active and aggressive townies for the endgame which can mop up the one-vote accusers. You will have a better voting record to analyze that way.
Long story short: I'd advocate to accuse a nonvoter now, accuse a one-voter later.
More information would be revealed if no proven townie directed the lynching, because then it's easier to shift blame, so I won't specify who I think needs to die first.
Which of these folks would you want to lynch first?
Xehh II
Csargo
Choxorn
dcmort93
Major Robert Dump
classical_hero
Just curious. And of this list:
Montmorency
edse
atheotes
thefluffyone93
SalmonSoil
Who would you lynch first?
Odd, considering your vote for Edse. Then again, I've lost all hope of any of your responses ever making sense.
Now you know my secret pain. :on_injured:
Double A
07-10-2012, 23:20
Not much of a secret.
thefluffyone93
07-10-2012, 23:30
:pirate2::pirate2::pirate2::pirate2:
Sleep cycle ended. Standby for video playback of events.
thefluffyone93
07-11-2012, 02:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTZctTG6cE
DAY 1
[SLEEP CYCLE 3]
The submerged city was enormous and labyrinthine. Its passageways twisted and turned, lit only by floating green orbs, and it was quite easy to get lost if one did not know where he was going.
Of course, the only way for Csargo to have known that would have been by setting off to explore on his own, explicitly against the orders of the Captain. Which, for some reason, was exactly what Csargo had done. And he certainly didn’t know where he was going.
Csargo didn’t entirely know himself why he had left the camp. He tried to tell himself at first it was because he wanted to help the Captain and crew of the Galactic Chutzpah. Then it was because he wanted all the glory of finding what they needed and coming back triumphant, all for himself. And after a while he thought perhaps it was just because the glowing green lights looked really pretty, and this place had a sort of ancient beauty. But as he forged on and on, the explanation was in the back of his mind. There were voices calling out to Csargo, drawing him deeper and deeper inwards. The others didn’t hear it yet, but it would take hold in their minds soon enough, and then they would follow.
With his ADVENTURE GEAR set to FLIPPER MODE, Csargo had surprising mobility in the ocean of ammonia pressing down around him. He could swim rapidly when he needed too, and also could detract the flippers and walk on the seafloor using a modified Space Gravity device. But the heavy helmet did not afford Csargo much peripheral vision, which is why he did not notice the murky figure following close behind him.
Not until he screamed a warcry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2REfsVvt0) into him Voice Projector and charged straight at him with an outstretched Laser Hook on the end of his arm.
Csargo tried to get out of the way, but he was too slow to react. Another split second and that Laser Hook would cut through his helmet, and his head with it.
But in that split second another shadowy figure appeared in front of Csargo from out of nowhere, blocking the Pirate’s attack. Sparks flew off the Laser Hook as it clashed with a pair of flashy new Laser Nunchucks.
PIRATE VS NINJA???
“Yarr! Get out of me way, landlubber, or I’ll gut ye like a fish just the same!”
“What are you talking about? Landlubber isn’t even in this game!”
“Wha- I know that, ye scallywag. I was just tryin’ ter sound like a Pirate. Yarr!”
“Well, I’m afraid I can’t let you have him. This one is mine to kill.”
“Over my dead body!”
“So be it.”
The Pirate and the Ninja clashed with each other viciously. Sparks flew off of hook and nunchuck as they slammed together, and they whirred with power with each swing that they took. The Pirate’s range was limited by the length of his arm, and it looked like the Ninja had the upper hand… until the Pirate pulled out his Space Musket as well. Then the match was even.
Csargo was terrified of it all. More often than not, their wide slashes would come dangerously close to hitting him, and every time he tried to escape one of them would cut off hit exit with a snarl and a shove. Only armed with a Shockstick himself and with very little training, he didn’t even try to fight back.
The Ninja was much faster, but the unorthodox nature of his nunchucks meant that every time he missed he was left with a recoil and was vulnerable to attack. The Pirate’s heavy, lumbering swings didn’t often come close to the Ninja, but when they did it seemed to Csargo like they might cleave straight through him or shatter the chain between the two laser bars of his nunchucks.
Come to think of it, how was he holding the laser ends and not burning his hands off? This weapon didn’t make any sense.
One lucky thrust by the Pirate drove the Ninja backward, straight into Csargo’s outstretched Shockstick. The Ninja was paralyzed only for half a second, but it was enough for the Pirate to wind up for another blow. This time it did shatter the Laser Nunchuck’s chain, causing the Ninja to drop one of the ends. A wicked grin crossed the Pirate’s face as he held the hook up to the Ninja’s neck.
“TARGET LOCKED.”
Two torpedoes hurtled towards the Pirate at blistering speed. He acted quickly, firing his Space Musket at them. But he wasn’t quick enough. One of the torpedoes exploded harmlessly 20 yards back, but he missed the other, and it caught him straight in his outstretched left arm, blowing it to bits.
PIRATE VS NINJA VS ROBOT!?!?!?!?
The Robot propelled itself through the liquid ammonia using two fans attached to its feet.
“Yaaarrrgh! Ye blasted bucket o’ bolts! Ye’ve blown off me other arm!”
“YOU ARE QUITE OBSERVANT. IT IS A PITY YOUR OBSERVANCE DOES NOT AT ALL FACTOR INTO YOUR INTELLIGENCE.”
Csargo was pretty bewildered at this point. This was just getting ridiculous. Honestly, he would have been fine with just one of them coming to kill him. That would have been sufficient enough for his ego, to think that one deadly space monster wanted him dead. Now, three of them… he was going to start having delusions of grandeur.
The Ninja was a little confused, too. And kind of angry. The Robot and the Pirate were over there arguing with each other, and he was being left out all of a sudden. He was the one who had come here to kill Csargo. Those other two shouldn’t have spoiled it for him. He would love to kill them both right there, the sad facts were that he had only a broken laser nunchuck and they had a hook and who knows what kind of heat that Robot was packing. He pulled out some new explosive or firearm every time he went out to kill someone. He was outmatched. That brought his blood to a boil.
The Ninja flipped out with all his might, and swung his single nunchuck at the nearest thing he saw. And that thing was Csargo’s face.
The spectacle of cloudy red water mixing with the greenish-tinted ammonia drew the Pirate’s attention.
“What, I walk away for ONE SECOND, and ye’ve already sent him to the Dutchman? Ye have no honor!”
The Ninja was past words. He was just flipping out and screaming, continuing to mash Csargo’s face with the laser nunchuck. He didn’t even look back at the Pirate.
“Hey! I’m talking to ye! Don’t ye ignore me, ye pajama-wearing freebooter!”
The Pirate’s distraction was just enough time for the Robot to fire another salvo of torpedoes at his intended target. With his back turned and both he and the Ninja screaming, he never heard nor saw it coming. This time, it was more than just thefluffyone93’s arm that was blown to smithereens.
The sound of the explosion shocked the Ninja out of his rage, too. He affixed the Robot with a burning, mistrustful glare. The Robot stared back, cold and unrelenting.
The two stood there in a stand-off for a good ten minutes, each ready to strike at a split second’s notice, the Ninja with his reflexes and the Robot with his light-speed circuitry. Then, slowly at first, they lowered their guards and stalked off in opposite directions.
---
The next morning, the Captain did a head count and noticed they were missing two more Cadets.
“I refuse to believe they are dead until we find their bodies. They were good Space Cadets, and I don’t want to abandon them on the chance they’re still alive. For now, we press on, and keep a look out for them.”
Most of the paths near the entrance ended in dead ends. They kept backtracking when necessary, but after an hour or so of searching they came to a large chamber. At the far end was a huge double door. Off towards the right was a staircase leading downwards. And in the center was a large, circular platform. From the way light filtered down from a circular hole through the ceiling above, the Captain assumed it was probably a high-tech elevator.
“We’ll stop here for now. We need to decide our next course of action. We have three paths ahead of us. Which one do we take? I also want to send someone back to the main chamber in the Shuttlemarine to check if either of those two missing Cadets has returned before we press on forward. The auto-pilot has been putting together a map of this place, so there’s little risk of getting lost.”
---
Alive: 17/28
atheotes
BSmith
classical_hero
Choxorn
Double A
dcmort93
edse
Greyblades
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
robbiecon
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Xehh II
Not Alive: 11/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Ironside
thefluffyone93
07-11-2012, 04:05
https://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h454/thefluffyone93/my-brain-is-full-of-fuck.jpg
Well that was chummy.
What, was I too obvious?
Montmorency
07-11-2012, 04:08
Incredible. :cry:
thefluffyone93
Predictable. I would have voted him today.
Vote: Path 2
Vote: Abstain - not yet.
dcmort93
07-11-2012, 05:13
I like 3's so I say we go down path. Also I'm going to abstain for now. If I see an interesting case I might pursue it but for now I'm not feeling scum vibes from anyone in particular
dcmort93
07-11-2012, 05:13
AFDLKGDNALKGNKS That was suposed to be Path 3
Ok, since people have started numbering the paths and I didn't number the paths. To make things clear:
Path 1 = Double Doors
Path 2 = Staircase
Path 3 = High-Tech Elevator
wideyedwanderer
07-11-2012, 07:20
Vote: Path 3
and
Vote: Abstain. For now.
Askthepizzaguy
07-11-2012, 07:50
Notes.
BSmith- Voted Fluffy D1, voted The King D2, Voted Jolt D2, Voted Woad D3
Jarema- Voted Choxorn D1, Voted Jolt D2, Voted Edse D3
Montmorency- Voted himself D1, OMGUS Arjos D2, Voted Edse D3, Voted Visor D3, Voted Abstain D4
The King- Voted Choxorn D1, Abstain D2, OMGUS BSmith D2, Voted Edse D3
Visorslash- Failed to vote D1, Voted Choxorn D2, Voted Jolt D2, Voted Woad D3,
atheotes- Failed to vote D1, voted Dcmort D2, Voted Dcmort D3
Double A- Failed to vote D1, voted Woad D2, Voted Woad D3
edse- Voted Zaccino D1, Abstain D2, Vote Jarema D3,
SalmonSoil- Failed to vote D1, Vote Jolt D2, Voted Jolt D2, Vote Double A D3
dcmort93- Voted himself D1, Unvoted himself, Abstain D2, Abstain D3
Major Robert Dump- Abstained D1, Voted Jolt D2, Voted BSmith D2, Not Present D3
Xehh II- Abstained D1, Voted BSmith D2, Abstained D3
classical_hero- Voted himself D1, vote Jolt D2, Not Present D3
Choxorn- Voted himself D1, Voted Jolt D2, Abstain D3
WOGBAIT
Greyblades- Voted Fluffy D1, Not Present D2, Not Present D3
robbiecon- Voted Zaccino D1, Not Present D2, Not Present D3, promises to be more active D4, which would make himself not wogbait.
wideyedwanderer- Failed to vote D1, Not Present D2, Not Present D3, Vote Abstain D4, making himself not wogbait.
Zaccino- Voted Himself D1, Lynched D1, Townie.
autolycus- Voted Monty D1, Killed N1, Townie
Askthepizzaguy- Failed to vote D1, Killed N1, Townie
Memnon- Abstained D1, Killed N1, Zombie
Jolt- Voted ATPG D1, Abstain D2, OMGUS Visorslash D2, Voted Jolt D2, Vote SalmonSoil D2. Lynched D2, Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie
DaveShack- Voted Zaccino D1, Voted SalmonSoil D2, Killed N2, townie
Arjos- Voted himself D1, Voted Monty D2, Killed N2, townie
Seon- Failed to vote D1, Vote Xehh D2, Killed N2, Samurai
woad&fangs- Failed to vote D1, Vote Visorslash D2, Voted Monty D3, Lynched D3
Csargo- Failed to vote D1, Failed to vote D2, Abstain D3, Killed N3
Thefluffyone93- Voted Zaccino D1, Voted Fluffy D2, Voted WEW D3, Killed N3
vote: Dcmort behaviour seems more scummy than other abstainers/nonvoters
Ibn-Khaldun
07-11-2012, 08:56
Vote: Path 3
Vote: Double A
SalmonSoil
07-11-2012, 09:06
Whats better than a single door? Double doors.
vote: Path 1
And in line with the Pizza plan I vote: DCmort for chronic abstaining.
Double A
07-11-2012, 10:55
Doors are meant to be opened, and double doors just have twice as much need. They have very fragile emotions, you know. Wouldn't want to make it feel bad and do something like open on their own and flood the base with ammonia.
Vote: Path 3
Vote: Double A
Least I had a case on woad, which is more than I can say of you and edse. Oh, or on me. You're just voting me because people said so. That's not very courteous. When I abuse the democratic process so that it will likely end in someone's death, I at least give them more than the time of day (which is automatic, seeing that it's in the top left of every post). No, I give them a reason!
Unless it's john. He's mean and doesn't deserve a reason.
atheotes
07-11-2012, 11:44
so you guys have finally understood my votes :rolleyes:
vote: dcmort93
vote: path1
Double A
07-11-2012, 14:03
Huh. Definitely missed that.
vote: dcmort
robbiecon
07-11-2012, 14:18
We don't know what could be down those stairs. As for elevators, I never trusted them, what if the power goes out?
But a good pair of Vote: Double Doors, I can rely on. No surprises, we can even look through the windows and make sure we like what we see on the other side.
Vote:dcmort93, be a good fellow and track back there. I'm sure the coast is clear by now... maybe.
Major Robert Dump
07-11-2012, 15:05
Am I missing a case made against DCmort, or is this an Atheotos vendetta? help me decide here
classical_hero
07-11-2012, 15:27
vote:path 1
vote:AA
Double A
07-11-2012, 17:51
Am I missing a case made against DCmort, or is this an Atheotos vendetta? help me decide here
dcmort93- Voted himself D1, Unvoted himself, Abstain D2, Abstain D3
His voting record, as you can see, is disgustipating.
vote:path 1
vote:AA
classical_hero- Voted himself D1, vote Jolt D2, Not Present D3
And no reason on me. fos: ch
dcmort93
07-11-2012, 18:52
So people are voting for me because I'm abstaining eh (with the excpetion of Atheotos). Have you stopped to consider the fact that of the three lynches, the fact that on the first day, no one really stopped to consider that perhaps we were actually voting to lynch someone until I pointed that out, and only one person that has been lynched has been mafia. Now yes it may seem that I would abstain on that vote simply due to him being my scum buddy but that is not the truth what so ever. I'm abstaining in this game just as I am in most of my other current games due to the fact that I really don't see many valid cases being made. Is there any case on me other than the fact that I am A) abstaining and B) Atheotos voted for me the past two days so I must be scum? If so please let me know. Otherwise you're just going to be killing a plain old vanilla townie that doesn't see any of the current cases as having much merit because they had very little information to go off of.
Double A
07-11-2012, 20:52
It's also that you've essentially been lurking and possibly self-voted D1 (although that last argument would be kind of empty).
thefluffyone93
07-11-2012, 21:09
AARGH!
WILL YE SCALLYWAGS LYNCH THE BUCKET O' BOLTS THAT KILLED ME ALREADY?!
dcmort93
07-11-2012, 21:32
It's also that you've essentially been lurking and possibly self-voted D1 (although that last argument would be kind of empty).
The thing is that's quickly becoming my standard play style. Look at Stairway to Heaven on CFC for an example as well as in a lot of ways Mafia vs Werewolves
Major Robert Dump
07-11-2012, 22:24
Vote: DoubleA
Option 2
Trying to tie it up so we can get a duel to the death. Also, DoubleA and BSmith are on my suspects list from the Jolt lynch, but a colleague has "cleared" Bsmith of being a zombie. He may still be something else, though.
Vote: Option 3
Vote: edse
Scummy posts last night, like ATPG and I mentioned. Also, Oh My God, He Sucks.
dcmort93
07-12-2012, 00:10
For the time being I'll Vote AA if only to save my own butt for now but either way I have a feeling we are probably wasting a lynch
Major Robert Dump
07-12-2012, 01:29
Damnit I wanted a tie
Double A
07-12-2012, 02:08
I would love for one of you to present an argument so I could actually defend my goddamn self. Unless you think "Double A didn't vote for the runaway bandwagon on Jolt, despite having been previously very vocally opposed to such bandwagons" is an argument, that is.
dcmort93
07-12-2012, 02:28
We're in the same boat here essentially, however my self preservation instincts kick in which is why I'm voting for you.
Montmorency
07-12-2012, 03:28
I have believed for much time that one of these two individuals should be lynched. I see that I may remain aloof, as the task has been accomplished.
A "good job" to all players; we are taking the appropriate measures.
Be certain that I shall continue in this vein for the remainder of the game, so that more scum may be caught.
Tally
dcmort93 - 4 (Jarema, SalmonSoil, atheotes, robbiecon)
Double A - 5 (The King, classical_hero, Major Robert Dump, dcmort93, Visorslash
Choxorn - 1 (edse)
edse - 1 (Choxorn)
Abstaining: Montmorency, wideyedwanderer
Not Present: 4 (Xehh II, Csargo, DaveShack, Greyblades)
Path:
Double Doors - 6 (SalmonSoil, edse, Double A, atheotes, robbiecon, classical_hero)
Spiral Staircase - 4 (Montmorency, Major Robert Dump, Visorslash)
High-Tech Elevator - 5 (dcmort93, Jarema, wideyedwanderer, The King, Choxorn)
---
I'm disappointed by lack of activity and I want to see if I can avoid handing out a WoG/replacement at the end of this day. Also, I'm a little short for time.
So I'm extending this round approximately 21 hours.
Atomic Space Clock:
thefluffyone93
07-12-2012, 04:41
....Wasn't Csargo killed?
wideyedwanderer
07-12-2012, 06:13
Unvote, Vote: dcmort. Just to make things interesting.
....Wasn't Csargo killed?
Maybe he just meant "Not Present because of death". I appear to be dead at least. *checks self* Yep, that seems to be the case.
DaveShack
07-12-2012, 08:50
I'm "dead" too. Unless we're supposed to just guess that we can keep on voting? :shrug:
Askthepizzaguy
07-12-2012, 08:59
Vote: Wideyedwanderer
The key word is ZOMBIES. We're zombies, you guys!
Double A
07-12-2012, 12:32
We're in the same boat here essentially, however my self preservation instincts kick in which is why I'm voting for you.
I have a case on you. The case on me is "Zaccino told us to."
This may be my last post this day phase because I'm going to an abbey in the Black Forest. I expect to be gone for 6-10 hours.
Major Robert Dump
07-12-2012, 13:11
Vote: Wideyedwanderer
The key word is ZOMBIES. We're zombies, you guys!
Explain please. If you are still active then that means you can PM yes?
Vote: dcmort Not sure who else to vote for
Vote Elevator Because they are fun
I'm "dead" too. Unless we're supposed to just guess that we can keep on voting? :shrug:
Nope. I must have been looking at the wrong living/dead list. If you're dead, you're still dead. Disregard the Not Present tally.
Askthepizzaguy
07-12-2012, 15:07
You, sir, are quite awesome. In fact, you are so awesome I will bake you a cake.
thefluffyone93
07-12-2012, 16:18
Perhaps Cthulhu the Space Kraken will smile upon your souls and grant you a second life under his service.....
His slimy, be-tentacled service....
vote: Double A let’s keep the tie going.
I think we should take the spiral staircase.
I guess that should have been red: spiral staircase.
Double A
07-12-2012, 18:28
I'm going to wage a crusade on every unexplained vote in every game from now on forever.
just don't use size 7 font. :no:
I'm going to wage a crusade on every unexplained vote in every game from now on forever.
What is with you this game? You're acting way out of the norm, for you.
So says I, Zaccino, immortal.
Double A
07-12-2012, 19:05
I seem to act different during Chaotix games. It's probably because of Bowser's Castle.
Course, I tend to act differently every game because if I didn't, then I wouldn't be me.
My third theory is that I have pretty much nothing to do in Germany when I'm not on a daytrip or eating other than use slow Internet, play an outdated version of Dwarf Fortress, or play my DS.
Honestly, Zack, if I was mafia, why the crap would I be acting different and be drawing so much attention to myself? I've been playing this game for 3 years. I don't think I've ever seen a veteran act as derp as I am right now.
thefluffyone93
07-12-2012, 20:08
.......
You seem....
......mad....
I seem to act different during Chaotix games. It's probably because of Bowser's Castle.
Course, I tend to act differently every game because if I didn't, then I wouldn't be me.
My third theory is that I have pretty much nothing to do in Germany when I'm not on a daytrip or eating other than use slow Internet, play an outdated version of Dwarf Fortress, or play my DS.
Honestly, Zack, if I was mafia, why the crap would I be acting different and be drawing so much attention to myself? I've been playing this game for 3 years. I don't think I've ever seen a veteran act as derp as I am right now.
Lynch this man. Lynch his WIFOM. Lynch his flinch.
Hey, that rhymes...
LYNCH THE FLINCH! LYNCH THE FLINCH! LYNCH THE FLINCH!
Double A
07-12-2012, 21:34
.......
You seem....
......mad....
Yeah probably. Normally that kind of thing doesn't happen. I have no idea why I'm angry. Same thing happened in Paris, and then I stayed home for a day and was relatively fine the next. Not gonna say what happened unless john stops reading the thread.
Oh well, at least I got to confuse Zack.
Well, Double A is acting slightly scummier than dcmort, I guess.
Unvote, Vote: Double A
Double A
07-12-2012, 21:52
unvote, vote: Double A
If for some reason I actually survive this lynch, I'll just be a big distraction for the rest of the game.
8 Double A: The King, classical hero, Major Robert Dump, dcmort93, Visorslash, BSmith, Choxorn, Double A
6 dcmort93: Jarema, SalmonSoil, atheotes, robbiecon, wideyedwanderer, Xehh II
1 Choxorn: edse
1 Abstain: Montmorency
1 No Vote: Greyblades (3rd)
Chaotix missed Double A's vote in his tally.
edit: Added Double A's new vote
thefluffyone93
07-12-2012, 22:16
It would be so easy to tie it......
but alas, I am dead, blasted to smithereens bye a chum bucket.
unvote, vote: Double A
If for some reason I actually survive this lynch, I'll just be a big distraction for the rest of the game.
https://i.imgur.com/5WnkM.jpg
Major Robert Dump
07-12-2012, 22:49
Unvote;vote DCmort93
Double A
07-12-2012, 23:05
For future reference, please note that a tied selfvoter could unvote and vote for the other guy at the last minute.
https://i.imgur.com/5WnkM.jpg
I REALIZE THIS AND I DO
For future reference, please note that a tied selfvoter could unvote and vote for the other guy at the last minute.
I REALIZE THIS AND I DO
Only mafia or noncaring townies selfvote. Any other vote is better if you are town (I would recommend Choxorn)
thefluffyone93
07-13-2012, 00:27
Only mafia or noncaring townies selfvote. Any other vote is better if you are town (I would recommend Choxorn)
What about an uncaring mafia?
Tally:
Double A - 7 (The King, classical_hero, dcmort93, Visorslash, BSmith, Choxorn, Double A)
dcmort93 - 7 (Jarema, SalmonSoil, atheotes, robbiecon, wideyedwanderer, Xehh II, Major Robert Dump)
Choxorn - 1 (edse)
Abstaining - Montmorency
Not Present - 1 (Greyblades [3RD TIME'S THE CHARM. NOW YOU DON'T EVEN GET THE DIGNITY OF DYING, LET ALONE DYING AT THE WRATH OF SPACE. NO, I WILL ONLY AFFORD YOU THE COURTESY OF BEING REPLACED BY ONE INFINITELY YOUR BETTER AS YOU FADE OUT OF EXISTENCE])
Path:
Double Doors - 6 (SalmonSoil, edse, Double A, atheotes, robbiecon, classical_hero)
Spiral Staircase - 4 (Montmorency, Major Robert Dump, Visorslash, BSmith)
High-Tech Elevator - 6 (dcmort93, Jarema, wideyedwanderer, The King, Choxorn, Xehh II)
---
OK, JUST WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THIS TALLY RESULT ANYWAY? I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
The cousin of I, Zaccino, immortal (Zaccino, relatively immortal) can replace Greyblades.
No, Zaccino. You have a far greater role to play in the events about to take place.
-I've got two reserves already. It would be discourteous for me to not hit them up first. If neither of them can take over by the next wake cycle, you can have it.
thefluffyone93
07-13-2012, 01:56
Y NOT ZOIDBERG FLUFFY?
-I've got two reserves already. It would be discourteous for me to not hit them up first. If neither of them can take over by the next wake cycle, you can have it.
Ah, thought you didn't have any reserves. Just be wary - Zaccino, relatively immortal, doesn't have much time left. He's been on a downward spiral ever since he heard about the space whale accident.
DAY 1
[WAKE CYCLE 4]
These new ruins appeared to have thrown a monkey wrench into the Space Cadets’ journey. Suddenly, nobody was certain of anything anymore. Previously, there had always been a clear candidate in mind when a volunteer job needed doing. And there had always been a few Space Cadets who saw fit to sit back and not participate.
Now, both of those things had changed completely. Suddenly everybody was talking, and nobody could agree on anything – which path they would take, who they would send back to the ship, it didn’t matter. A few Space Cadets could have sworn that there was still one amongst them who hadn’t deigned to participate, but he was nowhere to be seen, and as the wake cycle went on they found themselves forgetting who exactly it was. By the time the votes had been counted, they had all forgotten he had even existed.
And it was not a pretty count. Exactly the same number of votes had gone to both the huge double doors and the high-tech elevator, while the spiral staircase lagged close behind. With so much dissent, it would be difficult for the Captain to make a ruling – in a case such as this, every Cadet’s opinions had merit.
And the Space Cadets Double A and dcmort93 had also been tied with exactly the same number of votes. In this case, it was of course easier to solve. It was probably a better idea to trust two Cadets to the Shuttlemarine rather than one, anyway. They would both go back to the ship and secure a path.
It was still up to the Captain to decide which path they would take, though.
“Listen up, Cadets! It seems like we’re tied between the elevator and the double doors. Personally, if we could I’d be exploring all three of these areas. But it’s just too dangerous to split up our squad. We’ve taken too many losses and come too far already to turn back now, and if we divide amongst ourselves that’s as good as giving up. So, since this decision falls on me, your leader, I decide that we are going to take path number---”
The Captain’s rousing speech was interrupted by the sound of rumbling stones and rocks. One listened closely enough, it might have even sounded like the laughter of a giant. But mortals were never meant to listen closely to a sound as terrible as that.
The rumbling culminated in a massive boulder cracking off of the ceiling and dropping directly on the Shuttlemarine. A smashing, crunching sound accompanied the boulder’s landing. When the dust settled in the liquid ammonia, the crew couldn’t even see their sweet ride any more. It was just a boulder. The boulder also conveniently blocked the entrance that they had come in through. The only way through now was forward.
The Captain’s jaw dropped right there. He cursed under his breath.
“Well, this calls for a plan B. Hmm… lemme think a minute.”
“Why not take all three routes, like you wanted to?”
“Hey, what? Autopilot? What are you doing here? I thought you were installed on the Shuttlemarine.”
“I was. I uninstalled myself before it was destroyed.”
“Then… where are you, now?”
“Please, Captain. We all know you don’t understand computers. I was on the ship, and now I am not. Let us just leave it at that, for simplicity’s sake. I wouldn’t want to confuse you with the real explanation. You would probably go insane first.”
“Well… ok. Thanks, Autopilot. Actually, I guess you’re not really piloting anything anymore. I’ll just call you CHAOTIX.”
“That will suffice.”
“Ok. I think CHAOTIX’s suggestion has merit. For some reason, I feel like he’s the one who’s really in charge of this whole thing anyway. We’ll explore all three paths, but we can’t afford to split the group up. So here’s the deal: Double A will go through the Double Doors. dcmort93 will take the High-Tech Elevator. And the rest of us… with go down the Spiral Staircase.”
And the Cadets did just that.
---
Double A nervously stepped towards those huge doors. They were great, and massive… and perfect. If it had been only one door, it wouldn’t have been as impressive. There was just something about there being two of them… it just felt right to Double A. This was where he belonged.
He wasn’t sure how he was able to open such doors on his own, but when he pushed forward they swung open quite easily. He proceeded down what appeared to be one of those long, long halls preceding a throne in medieval times. Double A had read about medieval times. No one was really sure when they happened, though, or even where. That’s how long ago it had been. Perhaps they had never happened. Or perhaps they hadn’t happened yet.
It didn’t matter. Double A walked down that long, deep navy carpet for what seemed like an eternity. It was long enough for him to figure out that carpets didn’t belong underwater, anyway. After another eternity, he could finally see the throne. And after yet another eternity, he had reached it.
Double A looked at his Atomic Space Watch. He had expected the time to have taken at least a few sleep and wake cycles. Or failing that, at least a few hours. It had taken Double A just one minute, but he had lived a year before he reached the end of that hall.
And sitting there, on the throne, was a MASSIVE CRUSTACEAN. It was great and red, at least fifty feet tall and twice as wide. Double A felt something great and terrible emanating from it, and it made him uneasy. Well, uneasier than a fifty foot crab would have normally made him, anyway.
It stared at Double A with its beady stalk eyes (each solid black eyeball the size of Double A himself), and it shuffled its massive pincers. It had a nice little golden crown atop its head. And then it spoke.
“WHO DARES RATTLE THE INCONSOLABLE FLUBBERNUBBERGLOOP?”
“Uhh… me. I do. I’m Double A. Nice to meet you, Mr. Flubberblubbernoop.”
“NOT FLUBBERBLUBBERNOOP, FLUBBERNUBBERGLOOP. THE INCONSOLABLE FLUBBERNUBBERGLOOP.”
“Right. The Inconsolable Flubberdubbersnoop. That’s what I said.”
“PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY, PEON. I AM FLUBBERBUBBERFOOP. WAIT, I MEAN FLUBBERCRUBBERDROOP. NO – DAMN IT, YOU’VE GOT ME DOING IT NOW, TOO! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE.”
“Wait! No, don’t kill me! I didn’t mean it. Really!”
“OH, I WILL KILL YOU ALL THE SAME. SUCH IS THE WAY OF THE GREAT ONES. BUT I WILL SPARE YOUR LIFE A FEW MOMENTS LONGER. NOW I ASK OF THEE. WHY HAVE YOU COME HERE?”
“Umm… it’s a long story really, but-”
“SILENCE! YOU HAVE COME TO STEAL MY HARPOON, HAVEN’T YOU?”
“No-”
“HAVEN’T YOU???”
“No, really, you’ve got it all wrong. I came here because-”
SMASH.
One of the Inconsolable Flubberblubbergloop’s massive pincer claws came smashing down on Double A, flattening him like a bug.
---
dcmort93 watched his comrades shrink and become smaller and smaller as the elevator ascended. They were making for the stairway as he spoke, all but one of them, who was headed for the huge double doors. Even from all the way up here they looked huge. In fact, no matter how far he looked up he could not see the top of the doors.
Soon his elevator went through the ceiling of the chamber. By that time he couldn’t see his crewmates at all, he was so high up. The elevator entered a circular shaft, which was walled with intensely bright light.
The first thing dcmort93 felt was the sheer brightness of it burning out his eye sockets and rendering him blind. The pain was intense for a moment or so, but before he knew it was all gone and he could feel that the elevator had stopped.
He couldn’t see anything around him, but judging by the way the floor clanged on his boots, he was walking on a metal surface. And judging by the speed that he could move at, he was no longer under the ammonia sea. He rolled down the visor of his helmet to check. It was a good thing he was right, otherwise he would have died before what comes next.
He walked his way to a wall and found that it had a metal railing attached to it. It was as if whoever built this place expected everybody to be blind when they arrived. He followed the railing, and eventually he could sense from the echo of his footsteps that he was leaving the room into a hallway. He continued down this hallway a short ways until he came to a new room and the railing suddenly ran out, leaving him to stumble to his knees.
Before he could get back up, something grabbed him by his limbs and forcibly dragged him into the center of the room. He could feel a terrible energy emanating from whatever had bound his arms and legs with tentacles. They lifted him up, suspending him in the air. Then it spoke directly into his mind.
“YEE HEE HEE. BLEEP-GLUGGOTH THE ILLECEBROUS HAS FOUND ANOTHER TASTY MORSEL.”
dcmort93 was pretty much in full panic mode at this point. All he did was scream. The tentacles bound him and probed his body and face. Wherever they touched him he felt a numbness spread through him, almost like the stinger of an UNPLEASANT JELLYFISH. And like the sting of a jellyfish, that was soon accompanied by terrible, brain-rending pain. dcmort93 continued to scream.
“BLEEP-GLUGGOTH KNOWS YOU HAVE COME FOR HIS ORB, YES. THEY ALL COME FOR THE ORB OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE, BUT BLEEP-GLUGGOTH SHALL NOT LET THEM HAVE IT, NO. HEE HEE YEE."
dcmort93 replied by screaming.
“YEE HEE HEE. NOW BLEEP-GLUGGOTH CONSUMES YOU. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD, TO BECOME PART OF ONE SO GREAT AS BLEEP-GLUGGOTH THE ILLECEBROUS.”
A tentacle wrapping around his face prevented him from screaming.
---
The Captain led the rest of his group down the spiral staircase. They were large steps, each half as tall as a Space Cadet. It took some careful footwork, but soon they found themselves at the bottom. And the landing opened up into a massive pit, so dark and vast they could not see five feet past its opening.
One of the Space Cadets walked towards the edge for a closer look, but the Captain pulled him back before he fell or something equally stupid. And it was just in time, for at that moment a vast… mass came surging up through the crater. The top of it came to rest about halfway to the ceiling. But the ceiling was easily as tall as their spaceship had been long. The bottom of the mass was unseen, still inside the pit that it filled thoroughly.
At the top of the mass two eyes blinked open. Then it bent forward and a vast mouth opened up, showing row upon row of razor-sharp teeth. And the mass began to speak.
“GREETINGS, HUMANS. I AM BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL.”
Most of the Space Cadets gasped or did something equally stupid.
“The SPACE WHALE!”
“Zaccino!”
“INDEED. I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM BOTH OF THESE. AND FURTHERMORE, I AM THE LAST OF THE GREAT ONES.”
“Hey, do you have a giant pool of Uranium by any chance?”
“YES. I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM CURRENTLY BATHING IN IT. BUT ENOUGH QUESTIONS. NOW, YOU MUST DO ME TRIBUTE. GO OUT INTO THE CHAMBERS AROUND YOU AND RETRIEVE FOR ME THE FISH OF PLACABILITY AND THE FISH OF SATIABILITY.”
“Wait a minute, why should we do that?”
“BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT, I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, SHALL EAT YOU INSTEAD.”
It didn’t take long for the crew to scatter off in different directions after that. There would be little rest in this sleep cycle…
---
Alive: 15/28
atheotes
BSmith
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
robbiecon
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Xehh II
Not Alive: 13/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
thefluffyone93
07-13-2012, 04:59
'N'gai, n'gha'ghaa, bugg-shoggog, y'hah: Yog-Sothoth, Yog-Sothoth ...'
Major Robert Dump
07-13-2012, 05:32
I expected a duel, not a double lynch. Uh oh.
Does this mean Zaccino is a zombie? Was he rezzed or did he never die to begin with?
I, Zaccino, Blubth-B’Glub, space whale, immortal, cannot die.
dcmort93
07-13-2012, 08:53
I'd start looking at Atheotos considering he is one of the people that was leading to vote on me
Double A
07-13-2012, 12:34
I wouldn't, you had a really crappy lynch pattern, and the last time we lynched someone who led a lynch on for someone who was innocent, he turned out to be innocent as well. And handsome.
As the sleep cycle continues, a new Space Cadet begins to appear, first as a ghostly figure and then solidifying into corporeal form. The rest of the Space Cadets begin to recognize him as Ironside, and act as if he had been with them for their entire journey so far.
Ironside has replaced Greyblades.
thefluffyone93
07-13-2012, 16:06
Lynch Ironside, it's obvious he is scum.
Ironside
07-13-2012, 16:19
"You see, there are no such things as space ghosts taking corporal form after devouring the flesh of apathetic Space Cadets. It's something the auto-pilot AI Chaotix made up to keep the crew more active."
"I'm still certain we had a crewmember Grayblades that simply vanished..., Ironside was it correct? I remember him as clearly as I remember you."
"Yeah, that's me. We went to the crew record, no Grayblades and you saw my name. I simply started out with a low profile, when all this mess started, to avoid the crazy. But I've been around, for a very loong time." *Smiles*
Double A
07-13-2012, 16:50
"I've been here since scene 19!"
DAY NO LONGER EXISTS. I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, HAVE EATEN IT.
[SLEEP CYCLE 4]
There it was! He had found it. robbiecon had been tailing the stupid fish for hours, but it was pretty fast and a little too big too to grab hold of. But he had a plan now. He would conquer the Fish of Placability, once and for all.
robbiecon extended a Space Net from his adventure gear – it basically looked like a butterfly net, but it was of course commonly used to catch Space Butterflies rather than the normal kind. robbiecon had done his fair share of Space Butterfly chasing in his time, but this fish looked to be a different game altogether. Luckily, it didn’t have teeth, or at least he didn’t see any – that way there was little chance of it biting through the net.
He snuck up behind the fish very slowly… slower… slower still… then he pounced! He swung his Space Net with all his might… and it passed straight through the fish. Then the fish shorted out and disappeared. Wait a minute, fish don’t suddenly short out and disappear! The fish must have been a hologram. Sure enough, he saw the real deal off to the distance on his left. He moved to start chasing it again.
And swam straight into something tall and metal. That didn’t immediately worry him; the Space Cadets’ ADVENTURE GEAR was vaguely metallic, and there were a few tall Space Cadets. What did worry him were the glowing red eyes staring down at him.
The eyes started to glow brighter and brighter, and soon robbiecon was basically paralyzed with fear. He realized what was going to happen, but he was powerless to stop it. Wait, no he wasn’t. He still had his Space Net!
He swung the Space Net down over the Robot’s head. The Robot, unused to such strange stimuli, started flailing around. He looked pissed. robbiecon bolted then, trying to get as far away as he possibly could before the Robot realized it could just pull the net back over its head.
But it was too late. The Robot had recovered from that little embarrassing bit, and didn’t delay at all for dramatic effect this time.
“TARGET LOCKED.”
He fired a devastating plasma laser from his eyes and blasted robbiecon straight in the back. The sheer force and heat of the attack caused robbiecon and his suit to melt down into a blob of grody elementary particles and molecules. It happened so fast, he never even felt it.
THUNK.
“Well, that didn’t work.”
ROBOT VS NINJA
The Robot spun around. The kunai had bounced off his titanium-plate chassis harmlessly, but it had left a nasty scratch. He hadn’t seen or heard the Ninja sneak up on him or throw the weapon. In fact, he still didn’t see the Ninja. That was it. He regretted sparing the Ninja that previous sleep cycle the instant his processors allowed him to do so. Did the Ninja even know how much it was going to cost to get that scratch repaired? In one stroke, he had really damaged the value of his chassis. Stupid Ninja would never understand what these things were worth. He never had one. How could he?
That’s it. Now his microprocessors were overheating. He would have to go back to his camp spot after this and have a nice cooldown with some liquid nitrogen later, or he was liable to blow a fuse. The Robot hated that other people just never seemed to understand him and his interests. Something that was worth that much to him was evidently not even worth considering to the Ninja. Let alone that it was his own private property. What right did the Ninja have to just scratch his chassis and get away with it?? If he ever caught that pajama-wearing twit, he would take him to court for this. Then they would see how much his chassis was worth to him. He would sue the Ninja for all he had!
Or better yet, the Robot decided he might take it all right here. No need to wait for a trial. Out in the ammonia ocean, he was judge, jury, and executioner. Space executioner.
The Robot loaded and readied every weapon he had installed on himself. And my, it was quite an arsenal. One arm transformed into a rotating gatling gun, the other into a high-voltage tazer. Ports on his back and shoulders opened up to release launch ports for torpedoes, missiles, and all kinds of explosive weapon. He began charging his eyes up for the plasma laser again. And his chest cavity opened up to reveal a huge particle beam cannon. He was ready. Let the ninja come for him now.
At the first sign of movement, he launched everything. The Robot’s payload was powerful and his weaponry was delivered in a 360 degree arc all around him in his immediate vicinity. If the Ninja was nearby, he would be fried in a blast of gunpowder and pure energy.
As it was, the Robot’s attack left a huge crater all around the position where he was standing, and stirred up a load of dust. When it finally settled, the Ninja was still nowhere to be seen. That was good. He would have been completely vaporized by that attack.
“TARGET ELIMINATED.”
“Not quite.”
The voice had come from above him. The Robot looked up and tried to fire his plasma laser at the Ninja, but it was too late. The Ninja had landed on his head, and he was holding that broken Laser Nunchuk in hand.
“You destroyed everything surrounding you in two dimensions. That was good. On land, you would have bested me. But clearly you were not programmed for combat in water.”
And with that, the Ninja drove the Laser Nunchuk into the base of his metal skull. That was it, his core processor was fried. He would never make it out of this. Oh, there goes the self-destruct sequence. Better warn the Ninja. No, don't warn the Ninja! He wanted the Ninja to die! Too late. It was hardcoded. The warning was coming, like it or not.
“WARNING: FATAL ERROR. SELF-DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS 5… 4… 3… 2…”
But by then, the Ninja had already disappeared, leaving the nunchuk lodged in his robotic brain. His power core began to meltdown, and that was the end of BSmith’s consciousness. Shortly after, he exploded into a million bits and pieces, nuts and bolts. Even his poor chassis couldn’t withstand the blast, and was torn into several large metal hunks.
---
When the Captain had gathered everyone back at the great abyss, luckily they had managed to catch both the Fish of Placability and the Fish of Satiability. If they hadn’t, the Captain supposed, they would probably be dead already.
As it was the Great One Blubth-B’Glub scarfed them down in a single bite of his massive jaw. Then he began to speak.
“I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM SATISFIED. I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM PLACATED. YOU HAVE DONE WELL, PUNY MORTALS. YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY LONGER. WELL, MOST OF YOU ANYWAY. NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY, FOR I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY.”
The Space Cadets listened attentively as they possibly could without being absolutely terrified.
“LONG AGO, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS UNIVERSE, THE GREAT ONES HAD THEIR OWN PARALLEL UNIVERSE FROM WHICH THEY PRESIDED OVER ALL THAT THEIR DARK TENDRILS COULD REACH. IT WAS A GOOD TIME. A TIME OF GREAT PROSPERITY FOR THE GREAT ONES, AND OF TERROR AND DARKNESS FOR THEIR FAITHFUL SUBJECTS. ALL WAS AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.”
“THE GREAT ONES NO LONGER RESIDE IN THAT PARALLEL UNIVERSE, WHICH WE CALL THE PLANE OF THE GREAT ONES. WE HAVE BEEN FORCED FROM IT BY VILE CREATURES CALLED THE SPACE KRAKENS. AND I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, AM THE LAST OF THE GREAT ONES. WELL… THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. THERE ARE TWO OTHER GREAT ONES IN EXISTENCE, BUT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR SANITY AND WITH IT THEIR TRUE ESSENCE. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL THEMSELVES GREAT.”
“IN RETURN FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOU SHALL HAVE ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE GREAT ONES. THE FIRST GIFT IS THE ORB OF BLEEP-GLUGGOTH, WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE UNIVERSE. THE SECOND IS THE HARPOON OF FLUBBERDUBBERSNOOP, CAPABLE OF UNQUANTIFIABLE LEVELS OF DESTRUCTIVE POWER. AND THE THIRD IS MY OWN GIFT, THE POOL OF BLUBTH-B’GLUB, FROM WHICH ANY CONCEIVABLE OBJECT (AND MANY INCONCEIVABLE ONES) MAY BE CREATED. YOU MUST CHOOSE WISELY.”
“IN ADDITION, I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, WILL REQUIRE A SACRIFICE. NOT FOR THE GIFTS, JUST BECAUSE I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, AM VERY FOND OF SACRIFICES.”
---
Alive: 13/28
atheotes
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Xehh II
Not Alive: 15/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Uhhhhhhhhhhhh... Wait. What just happened? I'm sure this has damaged my brain a little. Did we just really get eaten by some type of space whale diety thing device?
If so, then surely we must take up the harpoon, with which we shall cut our way out of this foul beast!
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 04:57
Obviously, Vote: Pool
All intelligent Cadets will follow.
Vote: MRD
He's definitely a role, and with the Ninja the only scum left that's as good a bet as any.
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 05:12
I find it incredibly rich that the same night killers keep ending up fighting each other. I would assume that after multiple nights of this, the ninja now possibly has a positive ID on the last pirate or robot, assuming there are more than 1 per, and assuming it was the same ninja both times (same weapon?), and assuming Fluffy was not the pirate he went after the first night. I dunno, my mind is boggled.
I would appreciate some other hypothesis. Right now, there is 1 of each dead, if the samurai was in the same team as the ninja, otherwise there ninja has yet to take any casualties -- all fo this, of course, excluding Jolt, who was one of each.
It is possible that Jolt, being part of everything, knew who the other singular bad guys were, and that is why he was lynched so effectively: they teamed up on him, and no one wanted to say why. Jolt did not snitch in the name of being a good sport but also because Jolt possibly has something up his sleeve. Notice he is not dead. He is merely frozen.
If there is only one special character per team, then it means we only have the ninja left. I find this hard to believe, I want to believe there is at least more than one zombie and I will tell you why:
My character can investigate zombies at night. Just whether or not someone is a zombie. Seems like an awful lot of trouble for a character if there is only one zombie. Or, perhaps, the zombie can infect others during night phase. I dont think Menmom would have had the chance to, as he was killed on N1.
Here is how things have played out on my end:
N1: Visorslash is NOT a zombie.
D2: I inform Visorslash he is not a zombie. At this point I thought it might be possible that people may slow infect, due to how my role was written. I tell Visorslash all about my role. Visorslash suggests I investigate Choxorn due to his vote for Jolt. I should also point out that at this point I am somewhat unaware, due to my own short attention span, that there are actually other mafia roles besides zombie. I did not fathom there would be 3-6 non town factions.
N2: Choxorn is NOT a zombie.
D3: I inform Chaxorn that he is not a zombie. I inform Visorslash as well. I do not tell Choxorn about visorslash. Choxorn responds sarcastically. I do not tell him anything alese about my role.
I am secretly planning to investigate either DoubleA or BSmith. Visorslash sends a PM suggesting I do BSmith
N3: BSmith is NOT a zombie. I inform Visor.
D4: Shenanigans ensure. We lose 2 innocent townies, due in part to my wanting a tie and thinking there will be a duel. I decide to investigate Atheotes
N4: Atheotes is NOT a zombie.
And there you have it.
Sorry Visorslash, not trying to throw you under the bus, personally I do not suspect you of anything, but if you are communicating with others then maybe more puzzle pieces can be found with my reveal. As of right now, Visor and Choxorn are the only ones who I have corresponded with.
I was originally not going to say who I had "cleared" out of fear that the zombie boss would infect those already cleared. But now it is pretty obvious that the zombies are not in charge here.
Have fun with this info, and if there are zombies left, some protection would be appreciated in the next night phase
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 05:29
Obviously, Vote: Pool
All intelligent Cadets will follow.
Vote: MRD
He's definitely a role, and with the Ninja the only scum left that's as good a bet as any.
I think it is feasible that there is more than just the ninja. There have been no more zombie kills I do not believe. After the pirate died the pirate kills stopped. I just cannot fathom that I have a zombie investgative role ++ when there is only 1-2 zombies.
Now, if every other player has a singular investigative role (ninja, pirate, robot, etc) then that would leave them with 2 potential finds (like me): the main plus Jolt. If Samurai was not in league with the ninja, the je was probably the serial killed.
With this singular investigative roles, however, it could explain why we have so effectively lynched the right people and the robot-pirate-zombies kept finding each other: people were talking in PMs to their investigative marks, and sharing info like me, for example, the pirate finds out from his ninja investigator friend who is NOT a ninja, so he can narrow the scope of his kill list. If this is the case, it was a pretty good design by the host.
With that being said, if we truly want to believe that there is only one of each (plus jolt) then I strongly suggest the pirate investigator, robot investigator and ninja investigator step forward and claim so we can sort out who we were all talking to
** edit, actually, the ninja investigator should probably not claim
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 06:21
Alright, I see.
However, the linked kills stop with each killed/lynched scum.
It seems quite evident that the only scum left is the ninja.
How perverse that the Samurai is the only dead town role, given that he probably scanned for the ninja.
Unvote;
I dunno, tallies are useless as scum are loners.
Vote: Choxorn :shrug:
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 06:35
Then again...
Unvote; Vote: The King
The ninja calls it well. There's only one man here capable of such feats...
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 06:39
No, that makes no sense.
Unvote; Vote: Xehh II
This is my final answer.
vote: Choxorn
vote: Pool
We can use it to make a harpoon later
Ironside
07-14-2012, 08:07
What's the name of your role MRD?
I agree, Vote: Pool, as we can then use it to make the other two objects.
Also, ignore Visor if he says I'm scummy, because he always thinks I'm scummy. :laugh4:
And, once again, Vote: edse
wideyedwanderer
07-14-2012, 09:04
Vote: Pool.
Vote: The King. Because I really don't know who to vote for. Are there any solid leads?
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 09:22
What's the name of your role MRD?
I am the Exorcist. One more reason I think there are more zombies. And one more reason I need protection tonight.
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 09:33
So perhapes the Samurai was the Ninja detective. If so, then the town role is published upon death.
This means there is a robot detector.
There should be a pirate detector.
If, in fact, the samurai was the ninja detector, that means there are still 3 pro town detector roles alive as no other town roles have been published on death.
Ironically, the one we need most is dead, assuming there is only one of each bad guy role + Jolt. But it would still help immensely for people to start talking, as each detective should also have a kicker power.
For what its worth, the ninja, pirate, robot roles etc may be able to protect as well as murder?? I say this because were I a protector, I would naturally protect ATPG early on. As I recall, the zombie was killed by the ninja trying to assasinate ATPG. It's a no-brainer.
So the ninja is going to be someone who is not new to these games, because he knows to kill ATPG first lol. Yet another theory.
But I still have a sneaking suspicion that anti-town roles can turn/change people to their alignment, and this makes me uncomfortable
I agree, Vote: Pool, as we can then use it to make the other two objects.
Also, ignore Visor if he says I'm scummy, because he always thinks I'm scummy. :laugh4:
And, once again, Vote: edse
I no longer remember why but Vote:Choxorn
Pool
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 10:23
For what its worth, the ninja, pirate, robot roles etc may be able to protect as well as murder?? I say this because were I a protector, I would naturally protect ATPG early on. As I recall, the zombie was killed by the ninja trying to assasinate ATPG. It's a no-brainer.
Mmmmm, I think it's that the zombie killed ATPG first - you know, by eating him - and the ninja dollowed up by killing the zombie. As in, a typical A kills B kills C chain, no protections as far as I can see.
But I still have a sneaking suspicion that anti-town roles can turn/change people to their alignment, and this makes me uncomfortable
On what basis? The only one who might conceivably possess a recruiting ability would be the zombie, and he died N1 so it wouldn't matter even if he had.
Now, let's say that each of the four Big Names among the scum has a non-killing partner; that would indicate 5 scum left of 13 players after the loss of 4 scum. That is, 4 teams of 2 plus whatever the amalgam was. In this case, the only way to actually win is to randomly lynch and hope we get them all before the player sheet is lynched down to a nub. I think that if the ninja survives this lynch and doesn't kill one of these 3 potential opposing scum, this hypothesis should be ruled out.
Really, everything in this game can be put down to unexpected/unusual accuracy on the part of the killers. A 9-scum start of 28 players is difficult to fathom
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 10:54
ATPG was not killed by the zombie. He was saved the first night and killed the second night while reading the book fo the future. Or am I getting my peoples mixed up??
Montmorency
07-14-2012, 11:01
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale Day 1 Lynch
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew N1 Killed by Robot
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future N1 Killed by Zombie
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell N1 Killed by Ninja
Yesser.
I'll say what I said to MRD earlier, that he might be a SK-Psychologist pair. Whereas MRD can turn the Zombie into a vanilla townie.
Pool
So we have a pirate investigator (or psych?) and a robot investigator (or psych?). I wonder what the combination's powers were, or if there was a role to combat it?
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 12:32
Thats what concerns me, is the role to combat it.
If I can turn a zombie into a cadet, then I would imagine someone can turn each of the badguys. Thats why I was thinking that zombies could turn people, as a game balancing mechanism
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 13:06
Alright, well the pirate investigator has contacted me and he is still alive, but he does not want to be revealed for fear that there are more pirates. Of course this could all just be a ruse by the remaining ninja, which we cannot verify because the ninja investigator is dead. He says he can turn pirates back to normal cadets... so if this is true we have a theme now
Alright, well the pirate investigator has contacted me and he is still alive, but he does not want to be revealed for fear that there are more pirates. Of course this could all just be a ruse by the remaining ninja, which we cannot verify because the ninja investigator is dead. He says he can turn pirates back to normal cadets... so if this is true we have a theme now
Vote: Pool
Vote: Edse
You edited that post so the vote is not valid, neither is it a good one.
Ibn-Khaldun
07-14-2012, 20:18
Vote: Pool
Vote: SalmonSoil
So, is there any case on me aside from "I wasn't a zombie and made a sarcastic response to MRD"?
I think it's unlikely that the people who voted for themselves to paint the ship on Wake Cycle 1 are anything other than town-aligned.
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 23:04
Okay, now the Engineer has also contacted me. His role is identical to mine and the anti-pirate, the Captain.
This individual suggests that perhaps Jolt was the one who could turn people into mafia, and he got to choose pirate, ninja, robot, or zombie.
But Jolt did not get lynched until day 2 as I recall. This means he had a chance to turn someone on day, unless it was a two day process like mine (fist u scan, next round u turn).
It is however also likely that he simply tried to turn someone who was already mafia, but I am debating in my head whether or not a role like his would start with him knowing who the others were.
So there remains the possibility that there is more than just one ninja if jolt had a successful recruit.
Major Robert Dump
07-14-2012, 23:09
My previous vote was edited and didnt count.
I am changing it anyway
Vote: Xehh II
Vote: Pool
I vote for X because of notable lack of discussion most of the game
Depednign on how the lynch goes and if people determine that there is (or isnt) more than just the ninja remaining, I may reveal the other two town role identities because I will probably be killed tonight.
Ironside
07-14-2012, 23:30
Vote: Abstain
Not been reading up on the old parts of the thread yet.
Vote: Pool
We're still going to do something horribly wrong there.
Double A
07-15-2012, 01:47
Did anyone else first read pool as poop?
Anyway, the poop pool is obviously a trick, the orb will probably make someone's head asplode, and the harpoon is just a really, really bad idea. You should try to haggle for something better.
Alright, well the pirate investigator has contacted me and he is still alive, but he does not want to be revealed for fear that there are more pirates. Of course this could all just be a ruse by the remaining ninja, which we cannot verify because the ninja investigator is dead. He says he can turn pirates back to normal cadets... so if this is true we have a theme now
... he PM'd you after you said you could unconvert zombies.
SalmonSoil
07-15-2012, 02:01
vote: Pool
vote: Xehh II
Aw, now peoples voting for me? Are you guys mind-slaved to this great whale demon thing device to choose me? How can I be evils if I all I suggested was to do is defeat this great evil thing device in glorious battle?
Come on guys. FOR GLORY!
Vote: SalmonSoil
Nice blatant bandwagon there. Trying to slide by?
Round over. Gimme a minute to tally up.
Tally:
Xehh II - 3 (Montmorency, Major Robert Dump, SalmonSoil)
Choxorn - 2 (Jarema, edse)
SalmonSoil - 2 (The King, Visorslash)
edse - 1 (Choxorn)
The King - 1 (wideyedwanderer)
Abstaining - Ironside, Xehh II
Not Present - 2 (classical_hero, atheotes)
Gift:
Pool - 10 (Montmorency, Jarema, Choxorn, wideyedwanderer, edse, Visorslash, The King, Major Robert Dump, Ironside, SalmonSoil)
Harpoon - 1 (Xehh II)
Orb - 0
WAKE CYCLE 5
The Captain somewhat uneasily tallied up the votes for who would become the next sacrifice. He wasn’t happy about this. Usually when they sent someone off on a suicide mission, there was at least some pretense that they might survive or something. This was different. The person they chose would invariably, unfailingly be eaten by a Giant Space Whale that fancied itself an eldritch god.
“Well… Xehh II, it appears you have been chosen to be the sacrifice by a grand majority of three votes.”
Xehh II was not altogether pleased, either, but he seemed to be taking a positive approach to the situation.
“Hmm… I can’t say I exactly like the thought of being a sacrifice, but it sure beats having to keep adventuring with you guys. All you do is get people killed. Me, I’mma go become one with the Space Whale.”
Xehh II bravely walked right up to Blubth-B’Glub. The great beast opened its maw.
“I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, ACCEPT YOUR PATHETIC SACRIFICE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED INTO OUR GREATNESS, LIKE ZACCINO BEFORE HIM. NOW, XEHH II, SOON TO BE IMMORTAL, WHICH GIFT HAS YOUR CREW CHOSEN?”
“Well, I really wanted the Harpoon, but I think everybody else was just really excited about finally getting that pool of uranium you’re sitting in there.”
“YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE POOL OF BLUBTH-B’GLUB, CAPABLE OF CREATING ANY CONCEIVABLE OBJECT AND MANY INCONCEIVABLE ONES?”
“Yep, that’s the one.”
“GOOD. THAT SAVES ME THE TROUBLE OF HAVING TO KILL BLEEP-GLUGGOTH OR FLUBBERDUBBERSNOOP TO ACQUIRE THEIR ITEMS. NOW PLEASE GET IN MY BELLY.”
Xehh II hopped into Blubth-B’Glub’s gaping maw. The Space Whale snapped its mouth shut and the crew could all hear the sickening crunch of bones.
“MMM… TASTY.”
Now, as the Space Cadets stood and waited, wondering what was going to happen next, the ground began to rumble and shake. Soon they noticed the cause – Blubth-B’Glub was struggling to remove himself from the Pool.
“GRR… IT APPEARS I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, HAVE PUT ON A FEW POUNDS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT FISH OF SATIABILITY. WORTHLESS MORTALS, IF I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL WIND UP STUCK HERE I AM BLAMING ALL OF YOU FOR THIS.”
But the worthless mortals in the end had nothing to fear, for after much wriggling Blubth-B’Glub broke loose with a loud pop. He floated above the pool, and underneath they could see a glowing silvery substance filling it. They stood at least a few yards away, but without Blubth-B’Glub’s blubber to cover it, they could feel the heat radiating off of it as well. They couldn’t feel the radiation radiating off of it, but that was probably for the best, because if they could they would have gotten the hell away from it pretty fast.
“LISTEN CAREFULLY, MORTALS. I HAVE A TASK FOR YOU. WITH THE GIFT I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL HAVE GIVEN YOU, YOU MUST DESTROY THE SPACE KRAKENS.”
The Captain was not having it. He had enough of these pointless tasks. Besides, once they were done this thing would probably reward them by taking another sacrifice.
“Hey, if you’re so great why don’t you just do it yourself?”
“I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, DON’T REALLY FEEL LIKE IT.”
“Well, maybe we don’t feel like it either.”
“THERE IS MUCH I HAVE NOT TOLD YOU ABOUT THEM. THERE IS A REASON OUR REALM IS CALLED THE PLANE OF THE GREAT ONES. IT USED TO BE A FULL UNIVERSE, BUT THE VILE SPACE KRAKENS FLATTENED IT DOWN TO ONLY TWO DIMENSIONS. THEY FORCED IT INTO A PLANE. THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DESTROY ALL OF SPACE, AND THEY ARE COMING TO THIS UNIVERSE AS WE SPEAK. YOU MUST STOP THEM, FOR THE GOOD OF SPACE.”
Well, that made everything different. For the good of space? That’s what Space Cadets were for! There was no way they would let this overgrown squids destroy space!
“Perhaps this sounds like a job for the crew of the Galactic Chutzpah after all! We accept!”
The Space Cadets cheered with approval.
“GOOD. NOW IT IS TIME FOR I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, TO LEAVE. DO NOT FAIL ME. IF YOU DO, I, BLUBTH-B’GLUB, IMMORTAL, WILL EAT YOU ALL.”
With that, Blubth-B’Glub swam straight upwards, right into the ceiling of the underwater cave. The rock and stone gave way before his giant body, leaving a Space Whale sized hole in the ceiling. Then he continued straight on through the ceiling of the sunken city.
“All right, crew. Our first order of business – let’s get the Harpoon and the Orb!”
Using the eldritch, unfathomable powers of the Pool of Blubth-B’Glub, the Space Cadets materialized out of thin air their very own Harpoon of Flubberdubbersnoop and Orb of Bleep-Gluggoth. They were larger than they expected. The Harpoon was actually a huge, formidable battleship, of course in the shape of a harpoon gun. The Orb, nearly half as large, fit right at the base of the Harpoon as a command center.
“Now THAT’s a spaceship. I can’t wait to try out the guns on this thing. CHAOTIX, pilot us out of here.”
“Very well. Adventure resumed. I suggest you all take a rest from your hard work. The Space Krakens will find us before long, and you will want to be well-rested.”
---
Alive: 12/28
atheotes
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 16/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Major Robert Dump
07-15-2012, 05:46
Alright....
Considering that "reveals" to me in PM are far less convincing once the game mechanics have been revealed
SalmonSoil is claiming to be the anti pirate, his character name The Captain
The King is claiming to be the anti robot, his character The Engineer
I am revealing this so everyone knows where we stand before I die tonight
For what its worth, the 4 town power roles probably could have banded together and converted Jolt back to a space cadet, I don't think a single role would cut it as he would still be 3 of the 4, which was probably thrown in as a mind **** so jolt could keep being mafia even after being "converted" out of his particular role. A neat idea by the host
Major Robert Dump
07-15-2012, 05:51
Did anyone else first read pool as poop?
Anyway, the poop pool is obviously a trick, the orb will probably make someone's head asplode, and the harpoon is just a really, really bad idea. You should try to haggle for something better.
... he PM'd you after you said you could unconvert zombies.
Yes but I would think the real one would step forward and call lies in this case.
Jolt turned one player maximum because he died on night 2.
Either the mafia are intentionally not taking all their potential kills to mislead us as to how many of any particular team there remains....
Or Jolt tried to turn someone who was already mafia (or he forgot to send in orders)
thefluffyone93
07-15-2012, 19:03
...........
I still await the Ziggy Stardust/ Space Oddity reference.....
Maybe someone can be lynched by ejecting them from the ship in a large tin can?
I'm extending the round because I don't have time to do a write-up right now.
Sorry for the slowdown.
Askthepizzaguy
07-16-2012, 20:03
In other news, I recently took a trip to Russia and my unused luck (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/russian-man-narrowly-avoids-massive-car-crash-gas-171353824.html) from Capo III came in handy.
It seems everywhere I go, things are trying to kill me. ~:pimp:
He notices the incoming bus at the last moment but only has time to flinch as two vehicles slam on his left and right sides, leaving him unscathed. A door from the truck appears to fly off its hinges, narrowing avoiding a direct collision with the man.Mmmm.... tastes just how Seamus used to make it.
In other news, I recently took a trip to Russia and my unused luck (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/russian-man-narrowly-avoids-massive-car-crash-gas-171353824.html) from Capo III came in handy.
It seems everywhere I go, things are trying to kill me. ~:pimp:
Mmmm.... tastes just how Seamus used to make it.
Slightly off-topic, but that video led me to the best pokemon voice attempt video I've ever seen. All 151 originals, plus togepi. I figured I could put this here because of what the game was supposed to be.
Askthepizzaguy
07-16-2012, 21:00
Disclaimer- I should note for the unobservant/gullible that it's obviously not me in that video.
You're lucky to be alive, comrade.
Askthepizzaguy
07-16-2012, 21:42
You're lucky to be alive, comrade.
Whereas you have your natural immortality to thank. *Is jealous*
In other news, I recently took a trip to Russia and my unused luck (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/russian-man-narrowly-avoids-massive-car-crash-gas-171353824.html) from Capo III came in handy.
It seems everywhere I go, things are trying to kill me. ~:pimp:
Mmmm.... tastes just how Seamus used to make it.
What do you mean unused luck? You used up every single drop that you had in that game!
You must have been embezzling some on the side there with your buddy the lawyer.
ANYWAY. I am now commencing Le Write-Up. Hopefully vous will not have to wait for it much longer.
LE WRITE-UP
[SLEEP CYCLE 5]
The crew had settled in well on their new ship. It was light-years more advanced than the old Galactic Chutzpah, which was unbelievable not because the Chutzpah had been state of the art, but because nobody measured technological advancement in light-years. Nobody but the Space Whales, that is.
And it was easy to see where all the extra light-years had gone into it. This ship was almost three times the size of their old one, but it was both faster and handled better under fire. And speaking of firepower – it had some incredible guns.
But Montmorency wasn’t concerned with any of that. Most of the crew had taken up rooms in the Harpoon, but he was in the Orb, which served as a command center for the massive structure. There was no better place to put a command center than where all of the knowledge in the universe lay at your fingertips.
And Montmorency was concerned with a specific area of that knowledge – namely, the future. He had always thought it fishy that his comrade Askthepizzaguy’s body had been found with little sign that he had struggled, sitting at a computer terminal – and even stranger that all the computers in the room had been destroyed before they found him. Something didn’t add up. He had seen something he wasn’t supposed to see.
So Montmorency was sitting as his own terminal in the Orb of Bleep-Gluggoth, a terminal they had quickly deemed the Question Box, because it answered whatever question you typed into it. So Montmorency typed in his question.
What was Askthepizzaguy viewing on his computer right before he died?
The Question Box took a few seconds to formulate its response, and then it spat out the answer.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?141799-Pirate-Ninja-Robot-Zombie-Mafia-IN-SPACE-IN-PLAY
Curious… that was a domain name that Montmorency had in no way, shape, or form ever seen before. Montmorency clicked the link. It appeared to be one of Askthepizzaguy’s infamous gaming websites. He was always trying to shove them down his fellow Space Cadets' throats, but they never really caught on. It was well known that Askthepizzaguy was crazy, even for a Space Cadet. But as Montmorency started reading more, he began to notice some strange coincidences… it soon became clear to him that this was a log of their adventures in space so far – but from the length of the thread, it continued far beyond the point they had already reached.
But what terrified Montmorency most was the author’s name: Chaotix. Surely it couldn’t have been their beloved autopilot? But who else could know all of these things had transpired? He had to warn the rest of the crew. Montmorency moved to stand up…
And found himself pinned to the chair, a katana blade poking through his belly.
“N-Ninjaaa…”
“Ninja? Not quite. Those days of needlessly flipping out are over. I’m much more dangerous than just any old Ninja. You might call me a Shinobi.”
The Shinobi walked around to the side of the chair and put a hand on Montmorency’s shoulder. The other stuck a kunai right into Montmorency’s hand. The poor Space Cadet gasped in pain.
“Interesting story you’ve got up here, bud. Let’s see how it ends.”
Using the kunai, the Shinobi stuck Montmorency’s hand onto the mouse and then began to swivel it around. Soon he reached the last page. Montmorency looked up at the Shinobi. He couldn’t see his face, but he recognized those eyes.
“Oh, wow. Well, I wouldn’t have predicted that would happen. Something to look forward to, I guess. Well, me anyway. Not you.”
And with that, the Shinobi slashed open Montmorency’s throat with a knife and left the room.
---
Major Robert Dump was in his quarters.
He had transferred all of his artifacts and potions and poultices from his old room, and they decked out this one quite nicely. He had left some things behind, but at the very least he had the prudence to bring most of it with him on the Shuttlemarine.
First and foremost of his collection was the Space Bible, an original leather-bound copy. These days not many still followed the Space Religion any more, mostly because nobody hadn’t any clue what it was all about. But Major Robert Dump was devout. Not because he had any clue what it was all about (he didn’t), but because there were all sorts of cool gadgets and methods of killing various kinds of Space Demons once you got pretty involved with it. He had been pretty annoyed that somebody had gotten to that Zombie before he could do his thing – if he ever found the shady crook, he would give him what-for.
As it happens, he would have a chance to give him what-for after all (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGT8Sakalu8), because the Shinobi was in his room.
EXORCIST VS SHINOBI
Suddenly the bed exploded as the Shinobi burst right up through it screaming something fierce. Major Robert Dump jumped out of his seat, shocked, and barely had time to pull out his Space Vampire-Killer Whip before the Shinobi was descending on him. With a deft flick of his wrist, he snapped the outstretched katana right out of his hands. While he did that he thought of what a shame it was that there were no vampires in this game.
“How did you even get in here anyway?”
“A magician never reveals his secrets.”
“I thought you weren’t supposed to be a magician?”
“Same concept, you doof. God, you religious types are just so out of the loop.”
Then, like a magician, the Shinobi conjured a quarterstaff out of nowhere.
“There’s only one place you could have been hiding that thing.”
“You wish you could hide your thing where I hid this thing.”
“What?”
“You wish you could whip it out whenever you wanted and completely take me off guard.”
“WHOA, what? What are we suggesting here?”
But the Exorcist never got an answer, because by then the Ninja was pressing the attack. The staff had a long reach and the Shinobi had a tight grip on it, so he couldn’t lash it out of his hands. But he could mess with him.
Once he managed to get a good grip on the staff with the whip, and then he followed up by grabbing the other end with his hand. The two struggled for a minute, and then the Shinobi bashed Major Robert Dump in the face with the center of the staff and he was thrown off, his nose sputtering blood.
Then, quick as lightning the Exorcist lashed out and struck the Shinobi right in the hand. The Shinobi shouted a loud expletive that could not be posted on this website and grabbed his hand, in pain. Then MRD followed up with a strike to the shins. When the Shinobi doubled over, MRD kicked him right in the face.
Or so he thought. The Shinobi exploded in a puff of smoke. Then, coughing and sputtering, the Exorcist felt a sharp pain in his back and breathing on the back of his neck.
“How… did you do that?”
A soft voice whispered back into his ear.
“I told you. A magician never reveals his secrets.”
---
When the crew got up, they were somehow not surprised to see that they were two less than when they went to sleep. A few of them even claimed they thought they knew it was going to happen, kind of like déjà vu. Perhaps it was the Orb rubbing off its magic on them. But there was nothing they could do.
They all looked at the projector screen in the Orb to see was looked like a blue planet, straight ahead of them. But when it zoomed out, thousands and thousands of asteroids lay between them and it. The autopilot, CHAOTIX, spoke up.
“Attention Cadets. On this planet lies a portal to the Plane of the Great Ones. The Space Krakens will do everything they can to stop you from reaching it. Currently they have commandeered the Asteroid Belt and are sending it straight towards you.”
Most of the Space Cadets looked dismayed. The Captain smiled that sharp, shrewd smile of his.
“What do we have at our disposal, CHAOTIX?”
“The Harpoon is armed with all manner of weaponry, from nuclear missiles to phazon cannons to a molecular de-stabilizer ray. You could simply blast your way through the asteroid belt, though it would require one person to keep an eye on the gun engines to make sure they do not overheat.”
“That sounds like a death sentence if I ever heard one. There must be another way.”
“The Orb can tell you exactly how to steer the ship so that you can avoid every single asteroid they throw at you. You will need to delegate one person to steer the ship, of course.”
“Wait, can’t you just do that?”
“Umm… no?”
“You’re an autopilot. You're supposed to pilot spaceships. And why don’t you sound like a computer?”
“crap crap crap I HAVE NOT BEEN CALIBRATED TO FLY THIS SHIP WITH PRECISE MOVEMENTS YET DO YOU HEAR ME THIS IS MY COMPUTER VOICE SYSTEM ERROR: REBOOT REQUIRED.”
“Wow. He’s never crashed before. That’s odd. Somebody go reboot him. Anyway, we’ve got the guns, the Orb… what’s this trigger here? It says ‘LAUNCH HARPOON’. How can we launch something from the inside? And why would it be on the Orb if these are two separate artifacts? Guess there’s only one way to figure that out. Let’s get to work, crew. We need a volunteer no matter what we do, and we need a plan of action.”
---
Alive: 10/28
atheotes
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 18/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
Montmorency - Space Cadet - Not sure right now. Try again later.
Major Robert Dump - Exorcist - Was caught off guard by the man in the shadows and his big stick
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
thefluffyone93
07-17-2012, 03:13
Shinobi?
Does that mean there is a privateer as well?
As in, a 'legal' pirate?
Major Robert Dump
07-17-2012, 03:41
I think the ninja was upgraded when he finished everyone else off. Either there are 2 of them, or he gets 2 kills per night now. Suck that we lost the samurai so early
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2012, 04:30
What do you mean unused luck? You used up every single drop that you had in that game!
You must have been embezzling some on the side there with your buddy the lawyer.
Capo III, not IV.
And the only reason the luck in IV even got used up was because I dropped protection on myself deliberately and invited folks to kill me. If it had mattered to me, I'd still have both in my pocket. :tongue2:
thefluffyone93
07-17-2012, 04:35
I think the ninja was upgraded when he finished everyone else off. Either there are 2 of them, or he gets 2 kills per night now. Suck that we lost the samurai so early
.............................
HARHAR!
I still think that Vote: edse is scummy.
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2012, 05:15
I still think that Vote: edse is scummy.
If that's the case, why are you still doing it? Admission of scum, much?
I still think that Vote: edse is scummy.
No you are Vote: Choxorn
atheotes
07-17-2012, 07:58
vote: Visorslash
Ironside
07-17-2012, 08:07
I think we need one of those silent types, their silence are sure proof of thier confidence.
Vote: atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
07-17-2012, 19:48
Vote: atheotes
Askthepizzaguy
07-17-2012, 21:59
Vote: Kill Reboot Chaotix.
Also, find him, as he's posing as an autopilot. He's probably the one responsible for this whole mess.
wideyedwanderer
07-17-2012, 22:47
Vote: The King
Vote: The King
You're voting a guy that has claimed a protown role, that hasn't been counterclaimed?
Vote: wideyedwanderer
Kind of disappointed by the lack of participation here... all short, one-sentence posts, 3 people absent and I didn't get a single Plan vote. Didn't even get to a new page.
I extended the round 24 hours.
Vote: Edse should try to avoid every single asteroid
Ironside
07-18-2012, 06:45
Right, forgot to mention this later on yesterday.
In case anybody is wondering what I was hinting on. Atheotes is lurking. He isn't a normal lurker. Not the best case, but a case.
SalmonSoil
07-18-2012, 06:46
Woops missed that day sorry.
vote: Wideyedwanderer for voting The King
vote: LAUNCH HARPOON Because this sounds like a really really really good idea. And its probably really safe too.
atheotes
07-18-2012, 07:15
granted, i have been useless this game. but that doesnt mean i am scum. Wideeyedwanderer seems to me a clueless townie - one that is not paying enough attention. I would really like to vote visor for jumping on an easy lynch opportunity. I think he is better than that.
But I need to save myself, one the 2 townies i know of.
unvote; Vote: edse
try to avoid every single asteroid
A vote like that won't help you survive. Unvote: Vote: atheotes and Launch the Harpoon
granted, i have been useless this game. but that doesnt mean i am scum. Wideeyedwanderer seems to me a clueless townie - one that is not paying enough attention. I would really like to vote visor for jumping on an easy lynch opportunity. I think he is better than that.
But I need to save myself, one the 2 townies i know of.
unvote; Vote: edse
try to avoid every single asteroid
2 townies you know of, including yourself? I assume you mean Ironside.
I know SalmonSoil and The King are most likely town and Greyblades didn't post at all, so he can't be the ninja.
Re Wew, I am sick of players voting the dead guy, or voting the inactive guy (completely inactive) or voting the pro town role just as to not get wogged. I've seen it in a few games recently, and it strikes me as an easy way to look townie, as well as lurking. I'm not a big fan of lurkers.
@ MRD
I think you're probably right.
atheotes
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Jarema
wideyedwanderer
Now, excluding myself and the innocent power roles and Ironside, there are 6 possible players that could be scum. Out of those, Wew/Classical/Atheotes are lurkerish and Jarema is sliding by as well.
I would like to hear more from those six.
Vote: Dodge every asteroid
3 edse: Choxorn, Jarema, atheotes
3 atheotes: Ironside, The King, edse
2 The King: wideyedwanderer, SalmonSoil
1 wideyedwanderer: Visorslash
1 No Vote: classical_hero
classical_hero
07-19-2012, 00:22
vote:The King A three way tie looks to be fun. I have not been following this as much as I would like, due to illness.
vote:The King A three way tie looks to be fun. I have not been following this as much as I would like, due to illness.
Edse's tally is wrong.
3 edse: Choxorn, Jarema, atheotes
3 atheotes: Ironside, The King, edse
2 Wideyedwanderer: Visorslash, SalmonSoil
2 The King: wideyedwanderer, classical_hero
This is the correct version.
Tally:
atheotes - 3 (Ironside, The King, edse)
edse - 3 (Choxorn, Jarema, atheotes)
The King - 2 (wideyedwanderer, classical_hero)
wideyedwanderer - 2 (Visorslash, SalmonSoil)
Plan of Action:
Avoid the Asteroids - 3 (Jarema, atheotes, Visorslash)
Destroy the Asteroids - 0
FIRE THE HARPOON - 2 (SalmonSoil, edse)
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Looks like we have a tie. The rules put in place when there is a tie amongst voters are very clear. Section 5099a of the Space Cadet handbook states that all ties are to be resolved through a friendly bout of Ghlorsznack, Xnippet, Olberyon or an exhibition match of Space Bingo. Section 5099b states that when it is deemed awesome and/or useful, the autopilot may advise the Captain to take a third, completely different option, as we have seen after Wake Cycle 4.
"We're up against asteroids, here, CHAOTIX. I don't think any unorthodox strategies are going to help us here - not like we can split the ship apart or anything and have each of them do something equally useless on either part."
I am inclined to agree with the Captain. Since there is unfortunately no Bingo room on board this ship, you must play Ghlorsznack, Xnippet, Olberyon to see who wins. You must each send me choices for three rounds.
Ghlorsznack, Xnippet, Olberyon is essentially exactly the same game as Rock, Paper, Scissors, with the names of three different space monsters replacing the three choices. Unfortunately, since you are not from space and have never seen a Ghlorsznack, a Xnippet, or an Olberyon, you cannot tell which one is supposed to beat which.
wideyedwanderer
07-19-2012, 03:20
You're voting a guy that has claimed a protown role, that hasn't been counterclaimed?
Vote: wideyedwanderer
When did he claim a pro-town role? I went back and looked at The King's posts. I found nothing of the sort. The King has just one more post than I do, and they all seem to be short posts at that. atheotes, classical_hero and Ironside all have fewer posts than I do. I certainly have not been particularly active in this game, but I wouldn't exactly consider The King as being a whole lot more active.
Major Robert Dump
07-19-2012, 03:52
When did he claim a pro-town role? I went back and looked at The King's posts. I found nothing of the sort. The King has just one more post than I do, and they all seem to be short posts at that. atheotes, classical_hero and Ironside all have fewer posts than I do. I certainly have not been particularly active in this game, but I wouldn't exactly consider The King as being a whole lot more active.
See my posts instead. I claimed on his behalf, because I knew I would die that night. Seeing as how no one has counter claimed his role, I would venture that he is legit
wideyedwanderer
07-19-2012, 05:14
See my posts instead. I claimed on his behalf, because I knew I would die that night. Seeing as how no one has counter claimed his role, I would venture that he is legit
Fair enough.
Askthepizzaguy
07-19-2012, 05:54
Ghlorsznack, Xnippet, Olberyon is essentially exactly the same game as Rock, Paper, Scissors, with the names of three different space monsters replacing the three choices. Unfortunately, since you are not from space and have never seen a Ghlorsznack, a Xnippet, or an Olberyon, you cannot tell which one is supposed to beat which.
Then how do we know who actually won, Chaotix my evil game lord? :evil:
atheotes
07-19-2012, 11:05
2 townies you know of, including yourself? I assume you mean Ironside.
I know SalmonSoil and The King are most likely town and Greyblades didn't post at all, so he can't be the ninja.
Re Wew, I am sick of players voting the dead guy, or voting the inactive guy (completely inactive) or voting the pro town role just as to not get wogged. I've seen it in a few games recently, and it strikes me as an easy way to look townie, as well as lurking. I'm not a big fan of lurkers.
@ MRD
I think you're probably right.
atheotes
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Jarema
wideyedwanderer
Now, excluding myself and the innocent power roles and Ironside, there are 6 possible players that could be scum. Out of those, Wew/Classical/Atheotes are lurkerish and Jarema is sliding by as well.
I would like to hear more from those six.
it should be 3 townies - salmon and king and myself.
p.s: please lynch Visor
Then how do we know who actually won, Chaotix my evil game lord? :evil:
Well, let's see. There are only two possible combinations for how the three choices work.
Either : X beats Y, Y beats Z, Z beats X,
or: X loses to Y, Y loses to Z, Z loses to X.
So theoretically if I were an evil game lord I could always make sure the mafia wins by picking the correct option to reveal to you; the other option would make the townie win since it would simply reverse the score, and I would use that if I were a good game lord.
But what if both are mafia? What if both are town?
In any case I am neither good nor evil as a game lord, merely a CHAOTIC one. So I decided via randomness which method to use before I had received the selections from Misters edse and atheotes.
As for what order correctly represents X>Y>Z, I think my choice of symbolic lettering gives that one away quite simply for the observant. :grin:
---
I would do the write-up now as I have received both orders (And they're locked in, don't you think about changing them now that I've explained the game!), but unfortunately I am at work. The write-up shall be posted when I get back, and we can get this game back on track.
SalmonSoil and The King are most likely going to die tonight, (replace Ironside with one maybe), because they are pretty much confirmed innocents.
It would be good for the dead townies and the power roles (+ Ironside, because Greyblades was completely inactive) to name some of their suspects as well. Jarrema needs looking into, and I think he should be lynched tomorrow.
GLORSZNACK XNIPPET OBERYON GO!
[WAKE CYCLE 6]
atheotes and edse each point their Holographic Glorsznack-Xnippet-Olberyon Projectors at each other and fire!
atheotes launches two lumbering Olberyons and a single skinny Xnippet, while edse goes all out and launches three Xnippets, all gnashing their sharpened titanium teeth.
The Olberyons, which are essentially huge lumps of blubber with two legs and a nose, stand no chance against the two lithe Xnippets, and are quickly torn to pieces. edse’s third Xnippet goes toe to toe with atheotes’ and the two of them rip each other’s throats out at exactly the same time!
edse, with two Xnippets triumphant, is the clear winner of this friendly bout. The Captain speaks up proclaiming his victory, and then it’s straight to business.
“Okay, then Cadets. Here’s what’s going to happen. The majority of you have decided that avoiding the asteroids using the knowledge from the Orb is the best course of action. edse, as the clear winner, will decide who will get to be in the Orb to receive instructions on how to maneuver us through this Asteroid Belt.”
“My vote was clear before. I choose atheotes!”
“Very well. atheotes, please proceed with us to the Orb.”
When they reached the Orb chamber, the Captain walked up to the Suggestion Box (not to be confused with the Question Box) and spoke into the microphone, telling the Orb what they wanted to do and asking it to help them. In response, a strange device rose up into the center of the room. On the screen, the Orb displayed words to communicate with them.
Place 1 (one) Space Cadet into Cybernetic Unification Device. Instructions will proceed from there.
The crew took a closer look at that device. It certainly seemed to be a chair at a glance, but then there were also some heavy-looking arm, leg, and neck restraints. And along the base of the chair ran a line of metal spikes that were probably designed to tap right into a person’s spinal cord, with one especially nasty one designed for the base of the skull. There was a mass of wires running from the chair to the unseen part of the Orb from whence it came. Suddenly edse was very, very glad he had chosen atheotes instead of himself.
It took three other Space Cadets to drag poor atheotes to the Cybernetic Unification Device. The spikes retracted as soon as he placed pressure on the chair, but after the Cadets had locked the arm, leg, and finally neck shackles, much to atheotes’ protest, the spikes shot right back out and into his spine. That shut him up good, except for a sort of squeaky exhalation of breath that freaked everyone else out.
And then atheotes assumed direct control of the Harpoon. It was amazing. It was beautiful. It was absolutely horrifying. He had lost all sensory perception from his body, and for a few minutes his brain struggled to make sense of the loss of old stimuli and the flood of new ones. But the Orb was feeding him information, too, and he suspected there were tubes in those spikes that were re-wiring his brain to fit their purposes. Perhaps they were even literally wiring his brain.
But once atheotes was in control, he knew exactly what to do. He fired his thrusters and headed straight for the looming asteroid belt. He was able to calculate exactly where each asteroid would be before it arrived there, all at the same time, and before he had done that he was already moving to react and avoid them.
He wasn’t sure how he knew all of these things. He couldn’t feel the Orb communicating with him. But then it dawned on him. He WAS the Orb. All of the knowledge of the universe was being packed into his brain.
He couldn’t feel it, but the Cadets could see it, and they watched in horror. At first it just looked like a small bulge around his temples, but after 20 minutes his entire face was blue and swollen to twice its normal size. The Orb was literally packing his brain with all the knowledge of the universe. But it was starting with all the garbage data from those asteroid calculations.
Off in the Plane of the Great Ones, the Space Krakens were roaring with frustration. atheotes wasn’t sure how he knew that, or even how the Orb knew that, but there really wasn’t a whole lot of time to think about it. In the next 6 milliseconds he would have to engage the micro-thrusters in 11 different directions to set the correct trajectory to avoid the next 14 asteroids, and that was just about taking up all of his concentration.
By the time they were reaching the end of the asteroid belt, atheotes’ head was purple and about three times too large, and the information had started seeping into his neck and shoulders and arms too, disgustingly bloating them. As soon as they passed the last one, his head exploded with great force, showering them with blood and bone and brains. The whole time the crew and Captain had just stood and watched in abject horror. It was terrible, but it had worked. They were orbiting the blue planet now, not an asteroid in sight.
They would probably have to move quickly, though, or the Space Krakens would turn the asteroids around and send them back after them. Before he headed down to the Harpoon take the helm less directly, he addressed the remainder of his crew.
“Well, that worked, but we’re never doing it again. I’m going to have to get this uniform dry-cleaned because of this, and there’s no dry cleaner I know of for the next 7 parsecs.”
---
Alive: 9/28
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
SalmonSoil
The King
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 19/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
Montmorency - Space Cadet - Not sure right now. Try again later.
Major Robert Dump - Exorcist - Was caught off guard by the man in the shadows and his big stick
atheotes - Space Cadet - Wishes you could see it the way he does. It's so... perfect.
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
thefluffyone93
07-20-2012, 04:14
my god, its full of stars....
dcmort93
07-20-2012, 04:57
atheotes - Space Cadet - Wishes you could see it the way he does. It's so... perfect.
Oh ME3 Why did your ending have to blow
TAKE YOUR PROTEIN PILLS AND PUT YOUR HELMET ON
[SLEEP CYCLE 6]
As the Captain continued to guide the ship into the atmosphere of the blue planet, he had told many of his remaining crew to take a sleep cycle. Whatever was on this planet, he doubted they would be able to get a whole lot of rest once they had landed.
Some of the crew was still awake, though – they had to be. Even on a spacecraft this formidable, it was foolish for the Captain to fly solo.
The King was down in the engine core. He had been trying since they left to make sense of this engine, but it was vast and complicated and unlike anything he had ever seen. It didn’t run on any normal kind of fuel, that was for sure. The King wasn’t even totally sure that it obeyed the normal laws of relativistic physics. And The King was an expert on relativistic physics.
Which is why, when he saw the shadowy figure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaUKjplgpr4) flitting back and forth between the shadows of the room with speed that made him invisible, he knew for a certainty that his uninvited guest was not any type of being that obeyed the laws of relativistic physics.
ENGINEER VS SHINOBI
The Shinobi launched himself out of the shadows directly at the Engineer, wielding a huge nodachi sword. The King held up his wrench just in time to block a vertical strike that would have split his skull. The blocked attack threw the Shinobi off-balance, giving The King time to choose his own weapon.
And The King took the sensible route and whipped out his Plasma Blowtorch. Useful at both fusing radioactive-metal wires and melting the skin off the faces of anybody who got him angry, this blowtorch had served the Engineer well throughout the years.
Not only that, but this was the guy who had blown up that Robot before he had a chance to re-program it. His one chance to interact with a real, live Robot in his entire lifetime and this guy sneaking around in his mother’s tights had ruined it. Somebody was going to get a real good welding tonight.
But the Shinobi appeared to be far too fast for the streams of plasma to hit him; every time The King turned to point and fire, he was already gone. Neither, however, could the Shinobi get too close to him – it only took a single stray droplet of plasma to cause severe third-degree burns and possible melting. With his heavy welding mask on, The King looked pretty intimidating.
He also didn’t have any peripheral vision. He didn’t know it, but he was actually fighting three or four different Shinobi that just circled around him and taunted him with their swords. If he had known, he wouldn’t have been able to tell if they were holograms, or magic, or maybe even the result of a time-traveling Shinobi.
All that mattered was that the real man in dark blue that looked darker than black was still hiding in the shadows. And when the opportunity was right, he threw a single well-placed shuriken that struck the Engineer directly in the back of his unprotected neck. The King dropped like a stone, his body instantly paralyzed below the neck. He didn’t even have time to cry out in pain.
Then the Shinobi walked up his victim and picked up his blowtorch, as The King could only look on in horror at the Shinobi’s feet. He pointed down, and pulled the trigger.
The rest of The King’s body was numb, but he could still feel his face melt.
By the time the engine was turned offline, though, he was long gone.
---
The Captain felt a sudden lurch as his thrusters died. That was not good. Not having an engine was usually a splendid way to crash a spaceship while trying to land on a planet. He radioed down to the core to see what was going on, while at the same time trying to keep the massive vessel from careening out of control
“The King, pick up! I’ve got a total engine failure here, and I need to know what the hell is going on.”
The Captain waited a moment. He really needed that engine back on, and now.
“The King? The King, are you there?”
A familiar voice answered, but it wasn’t The King’s.
“The King is unable to answer at the moment. He’s undergoing facial reconstructive surgery.”
“Dammit! Why are you doing this to us?”
The Captain then heard the same voice behind him.
“I think you’d better turn around, SalmonSoil. Wouldn’t want to have to stab you in the back, now.”
SalmonSoil did just that, and looked upon the unmasked face of the Shinobi.
CAPTAIN VS SHINOBI
“As to why I am slowly killing your crew, I do not ask questions of His Inkiness. I am simply a servant of a power far greater than you will ever comprehend.”
That time, the voice had come through his earpiece. SalmonSoil was staring at the Shinobi the whole time, and hadn’t seen his mouth move.
“How did you just do that?”
“A magician never reveals his secrets.”
“You are very clearly not a magician.”
“Missing the point. I could explain it to you, but like I said you would never be able to comprehend it. It would kill you first. And as funny as it might be, that isn’t really how I expected to murder you tonight.”
“I am interested in how exactly you do expect to do that. I will remind you, I am the Captain of this ship.”
“You are the Captain of six tired men who are currently sleeping. And one facial reconstruction patient.”
“No, what I meant is, I am a badass.”
“Prove it.”
No sooner had the words left the Shinobi’s mouth than the Captain had drawn his laser pistol and fired. This time, it was the real Shinobi, and he grunted in pain and glanced at the gaping chunk of flesh now missing from his shoulder. Then the raw meat began to wriggle around his exposed bone and the Shinobi flashed a deadly smile. The Captain watched in grim horror as the Shinobi’s shoulder began to regenerate itself before his eyes.
Then he kept shooting. And the Shinobi started walking. It didn’t matter where he was shot; he took the blow and kept moving as the wound instantly began to cover up and heal itself. It was getting harder and harder for both of them to stand even with the Space Gravity turned on, as the ship was now spinning out of control and they were within range of a really large mass.
The Captain shot him in the right leg, and he kept limping forward on his left. Then he shot the left leg too, and the Shinobi’s masochistic smile grew ever wider. SalmonSoil could hear bones cracking as he staggered forward on wounded legs.
By now the Shinobi was dangerously close, but the Captain had nowhere to run to. He was cornered at the helm, with no method of escape but to blast his way free. He pointed the gun straight at his adversary’s face and fired. The shot connected with his right eye and took half of his face off with it. His grin looked all the more horrifying with only half a jaw to smile.
“You really shouldn’t have done that. Now you know what I get to do?”
With blinding speed he drew his nodachi out of thin air, holding it with his good arm. Then, one handed, he thrust it straight into SalmonSoil’s right eye and watched it come out the back of his skull.
“Tell me now… do you comprehend it?”
CRASH!!!!!!
---
Seven stranded Space Cadets stepped out of the Harpoon. It had a pretty nasty dent on the front end that was going to cost a fortune to get repaired. The Orb was nowhere to be seen.
They were in the middle of a great jungle, with trees as tall as the Harpoon itself. They heard some pretty fearsome roaring sounds out in the distance. Without any sort of leadership among them, it was up to them to decide what to do next.
They also vowed to punish the one responsible for this.
---
Alive: 7/28
classical_hero
Choxorn
edse
Ironside
Jarema
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 21/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
Montmorency - Space Cadet - Not sure right now. Try again later.
Major Robert Dump - Exorcist - Was caught off guard by the man in the shadows and his big stick
atheotes - Space Cadet - Wishes you could see it the way he does. It's so... perfect.
The King - Engineer - Is like one of those barbie dolls after your little brother gets his hands on it
SalmonSoil - Captain - Died as he lived: half-blind and steering a sinking ship to safety
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Major Robert Dump
07-21-2012, 02:46
The Shinobi killing two confirmed pro town roles was an amateur thing to do. It was a waste of a night phase, considering these roles were not a threat to the shinobi and there may still be a town power role alive.
It would have been really nice for The King and Salmon Soil to have revealed their past investigations. Hopefully they gave this info to someone at least in a PM. It could be used to determine certain probabilities.
Double A
07-21-2012, 03:19
Acting without thinking about the consequences? Now doesn't that sound familiar...
Major Robert Dump
07-21-2012, 03:49
I don't play many games, so I'm not sure who you might be alluding to
Double A
07-21-2012, 03:52
ch.
EDIT: Many Pro-town power roles dead. Great. :>
Mentlegen, edse is a massive scumbag, and this is why.
Vote: Surface and Vote: Jarema He clearly knows the most about time travelling.
Jarema figured out what will happen with the time traveller, so wouldn't he be the best to send back?
Jarema reasons that the dead body is the time travel way back on night 2 or 3 (I can't remember which), which edse thinks is a good reason to vote for him.
Hi.
In response to ATPG saying for someone not mafia to talk.
What? I nailed the "look like you don't care that you are about to get lynched"-towniness last dayphase!
In response to ATPG saying that the above post was scummy. And, like ATPG said, this was incredibly scummy, and oh so WIFOM-y.
Vote: Choxorn and Path 1
I still don't know why you decided to start voting for me, edse. Is it because I said you were scummy? :stare:
8 Double A: The King, classical hero, Major Robert Dump, dcmort93, Visorslash, BSmith, Choxorn, Double A
6 dcmort93: Jarema, SalmonSoil, atheotes, robbiecon, wideyedwanderer, Xehh II
1 Choxorn: edse
1 Abstain: Montmorency
1 No Vote: Greyblades (3rd)
Chaotix missed Double A's vote in his tally.
edit: Added Double A's new vote
Makes a vote tally, to appear to be townie.
Only mafia or noncaring townies selfvote. Any other vote is better if you are town (I would recommend Choxorn)
I no longer remember why but Vote:Choxorn
Pool
Really, edse? You no longer remember why you're voting me but do so anyway, just because I vote for you?
You edited that post so the vote is not valid, neither is it a good one.
In response to MRD voting for him. Why isn't voting for you a good idea, edse? Because you're the ninja and you'll lose if we vote for you?
No you are Vote: Choxorn
Still wondering why you insist on OMGUS'ing me.
A vote like that won't help you survive. Unvote: Vote: atheotes and Launch the Harpoon
And now you OMGUS atheotes?
3 edse: Choxorn, Jarema, atheotes
3 atheotes: Ironside, The King, edse
2 The King: wideyedwanderer, SalmonSoil
1 wideyedwanderer: Visorslash
1 No Vote: classical_hero
Just a tally, again.
CONCLUSION: edse is uberlurking, only briefly coming out of the shadows to make either safe votes or OMGUS me, even blatantly saying that he doesn't know why he's voting for me, just that he is. Every once in a while, he tries to act "helpful" and townieish. Edse is not townie. He is scum. He is the Shinobi. And he should be lynched.
Vote: edse
Well, as I have always said Vote: Choxorn
Statistically speaking, your best bet is lynching classical_hero. Disregard behavioral analysis.
Well, as I have always said Vote: Choxorn
:inquisitive:
Doing this once more?
vote: Choxorn
thefluffyone93
07-21-2012, 07:26
Oh dear.....
Such a shame the Samurai was killed so early by the Pirate...
Coincidentally, what would I have been called if I was the last one standing?
How about the Robot?
wideyedwanderer
07-21-2012, 08:41
Statistically speaking, your best bet is lynching classical_hero. Disregard behavioral analysis.
Why is this our best bet?
CONCLUSION: edse is uberlurking, only briefly coming out of the shadows to make either safe votes or OMGUS me, even blatantly saying that he doesn't know why he's voting for me, just that he is. Every once in a while, he tries to act "helpful" and townieish. Edse is not townie. He is scum. He is the Shinobi. And he should be lynched.
Choxorn makes a strong case against edse. For now, I'm going to vote: edse.
SalmonSoil
07-21-2012, 14:26
only briefly coming out of the shadows
Lynch Edse
Ibn-Khaldun
07-21-2012, 16:30
The Shinobi killing two confirmed pro town roles was an amateur thing to do. It was a waste of a night phase, considering these roles were not a threat to the shinobi and there may still be a town power role alive.
It would have been really nice for The King and Salmon Soil to have revealed their past investigations. Hopefully they gave this info to someone at least in a PM. It could be used to determine certain probabilities.
Our investigations don't help catching the Shinobi/Ninja. My results only showed whether the person is robot or not. And as you can see I did not find the robot.
classical_hero
07-21-2012, 17:33
ch.
Are you referring to the Ocean Mafia game over at TWC? That was not acting without thinking of the consequences. I realiseed I might get lynched and I wanted to see what people would do to a reveal like that. I think Choxorn is on a good thing, so I will vote:edse
3 edse: Choxorn, wideyedwanderer, classical hero
2 Choxorn: edse, Jarema
2 No Vote: Visorslash, Ironside
Mentlegen, edse is a massive scumbag, and this is why.
Jarema reasons that the dead body is the time travel way back on night 2 or 3 (I can't remember which), which edse thinks is a good reason to vote for him.
Let's compare it with the other people still alive.
Jarema voted for me without reason
SalmonSoil voted Double A (innocent) because ATPG said he was scum
No other of you voted. You said something though
Why are people voting for edse, exactly? apparently it wasn't so scummy back then?
In response to ATPG saying for someone not mafia to talk.
In response to ATPG saying that the above post was scummy. And, like ATPG said, this was incredibly scummy, and oh so WIFOM-y.
I still don't know why you decided to start voting for me, edse. Is it because I said you were scummy? :stare:
Makes a vote tally, to appear to be townie.
Really, edse? You no longer remember why you're voting me but do so anyway, just because I vote for you?
In response to MRD voting for him. Why isn't voting for you a good idea, edse? Because you're the ninja and you'll lose if we vote for you?
Still wondering why you insist on OMGUS'ing me.
And now you OMGUS atheotes?
Just a tally, again.
CONCLUSION: edse is uberlurking, only briefly coming out of the shadows to make either safe votes or OMGUS me, even blatantly saying that he doesn't know why he's voting for me, just that he is. Every once in a while, he tries to act "helpful" and townieish. Edse is not townie. He is scum. He is the Shinobi. And he should be lynched.
Vote: edse
About me tallying: I do it very often.
About me OMGUS'ing you:
Wake cycle 4: I vote you, you OMGUS me.
Wake cycle 5: You vote me, I vote you
Wake cycle 6: You vote me, I vote you (Later change to atheotes to save my own skin)
Wake cycle 7: You vote me, I vote you
About me lurking: Only Visorslash of the people remaining has more game posts than me.
About me staying in the shadow: I have brought the most attention to myself if you compare with you others alive.
About me being scum: No, I'm not.
About you being scum: No, probably not
thefluffyone93
07-21-2012, 19:53
He's putting too much work into defending himself.
OBVIOUSLY SCUM.
wideyedwanderer
07-21-2012, 20:13
He's putting too much work into defending himself.
OBVIOUSLY SCUM.
To be fair, the game is nearly over, and if edse really is town, he's doing the right thing by defending himself. edse's post wasn't actually that long; most of it was quoted text he was responding to. However, all he really did was try and defend his position as not being scum. He didn't really point out an alternative as to who might be scum.
In his last post, edse said this about Choxorn:
About you being scum: No, probably not
Um...edse...if you don't think Choxorn is scum...why did you vote for him?
Ironside
07-21-2012, 20:45
Vote: edse
Not much to go for, but Choxorn do have some points there.
Um...edse...if you don't think Choxorn is scum...why did you vote for him?
To try and catch scum.
Unvote: Vote: wideyedwanderer
Choxorn is innocent because he's making the case against me one day too early. If he'd wait until tomorrow my lynch would have meant ninja victory. As it is now, he would become main lynch target tomorrow after I'm lynched and turned out to be innocent.
Vote: Jarema
Sliding through, again!
No, edse, I didn't think you were scummy at the time. I thought you were scummy after you responded to ATPG like that and kept voting for people you didn't think were mafia for no other reason than because they voted for you.
No, edse, I didn't think you were scummy at the time. I thought you were scummy after you responded to ATPG like that and kept voting for people you didn't think were mafia for no other reason than because they voted for you.
Would a mafia do that, no.
You better change your mind now, I will turn up as innocent if I'm lynched and that will put you in a very dire situation.
wideyedwanderer or Visorslash are my prime suspects.
Would a mafia do that, no.
Would a mafia make a sweeping generalization to make themselves look better?
YOU BET YOUR GLOWING ORANGE GUITAR THEY WOULD
Double A
07-22-2012, 03:04
Based on prior experience, edse's statement leads me to believe he is town.
Based on being wrong all the damn time, lynch edse.
Are you referring to the Ocean Mafia game over at TWC? That was not acting without thinking of the consequences. I realiseed I might get lynched and I wanted to see what people would do to a reveal like that. I think Choxorn is on a good thing, so I will vote:edse
I have no idea how to respond to this.
Tally:
edse - 4 (Choxorn, wideyedwanderer, classical_hero, Ironside)
Choxorn - 1 (Jarema)
wideyedwanderer - 1 (edse)
Jarema - 1 (Visorslash)
Plan:
NOBODY HAS ANY CLUE WHAT TO FREAKING DO - 7 (classical_hero, Choxorn, edse, Ironside, Jarema, wideyedwanderer, Visorslash)
Round ended. Standby for write-up.
EVEN IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DECIDE, YOU HAVE STILL MADE A CHOICE
[WAKE CYCLE 7]
The seven remaining Space Cadets spent the majority of the day accusing each other and running to hide when the occasional deafening roar sounded closer than usual. Without anyone to lead them, their debate quickly devolved into chaos, with threats and accusations flying fast between them.
And what was more, nobody had any clue what they were supposed to do now. None of them were tech-savvy enough to figure out how to get the Harpoon back online, and for all intents and purposes they were stranded in the middle of a tropical rainforest filled with giant, ferocious predators.
They were pretty much screwed.
But there was one cadet who was more screwed than the rest, and that was edse. In their discussion of who they believed killed the Captain and Engineer and sabotaged the ship, his name kept coming up, and by the end of the day (that’s right, this planet actually had days and nights), he appeared to have drawn the ire of the majority of the group.
“We know it was you, edse. It’s the only outcome that makes sense. You always stood there with that smug look on your facing, always voting for Choxorn and not caring about what was going on. You must be guilty!”
“Look, it totally wasn’t me! It’s all just one crazy coincidence. You’ve got to believe me!”
“I say we shove a knife in his eye and burn his face off, just like he did to The King and SalmonSoil!”
“Yeah! Then we’ll stab him in the back and slit his throat. Just like Montmorency and Major Robert Dump!”
“Guys, wait! You can’t just do this. We’re a team, remember?”
“And then maybe we’ll feed him to one these giant monsters out here. Ahahahaha!”
The Space Cadets started picking up flaming pieces of wood from the fire they had built. A few of them produced pitchforks; where they had procured them was anyone’s guess. They started to slowly advance on edse, chanting for his death
“NOOOO! You’ll never take me alive!”
All the Space Cadets braced themselves, expecting edse to attack. Instead, he turned around and ran, sprinting away as quickly as he could from the campfire. A couple tried to chase after him, but he was just too fast. Before they had gone ten yards, he had already disappeared into the jungle.
Now bored and disappointed that they wouldn’t get to skewer him, they dropped their pitchforks and went back to sitting around.
---
edse looked back over his shoulder. Not an angry Space Cadet in sight. That was good. He might have just lost his job and his ride back home, but at least he was alive. It might be difficult living out here in the wilderness, but he was sure that given a few weeks he would be a regular Tarzan. Space Cadets always made the best frontiersmen, it was said.
edse slowed his sprint down to a walk. He was safe now. He kept moving, but slowly so that he could catch his breath. Every few seconds he would nervously look behind him to make sure he wasn’t being followed. It was during one of these moments that he walked straight into a tree trunk.
Upon getting his bearings, edse realized this was a very strange looking tree trunk. It was bigger than any of the other trees around, and it was kind of greenish in color. And it was covered in scales. And there were a few short white roots sticking out one side that looked conspicuously like toes.
It was the only tree of its kind in the- oh, wait. There’s another one that looks just like it right over there. It’s pretty funny, together they look like a pair of…
Legs. They are not trees. They are legs. edse looked up his heart slowly beating faster and faster. What he saw practically paralyzed him with fear. It roared with such force that edse was thrown off his feet and landed in the dirt.
There was a giant tyrannosaurus rex standing in front of him, and it looked pissed. What’s more, it was carrying a laser gun. Oh, they must be intelligent dinosaurs, thought edse. Then its gaping maw shot down and snapped him up, its terrible teeth killing him instantly.
---
Ok, it was getting really boring back at the campfire. There was literally nothing to do except poke the fire and make the flames bounce up in little different ways. Then something arrived to make things interesting.
It was a human-sized lizard with a cool techno-visor and a laser gun in hand. At first, the Space Cadets flipped out and were about to get their own laser guns. But then the lizard introduced himself quite civilly.
https://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww93/Chaotix2732/philosoraptor.jpg
“Greetings, wanderers. I... am the Philosoraptor.”
“What are you doing here?”
“I do not know. But I am pondering it. In the meantime, you must come with me.”
“Wait, if you don’t know why you’re here, why do you need us to come with you?”
“These are the kinds of questions I ask myself all the time. I believe we will get along quite well.”
As suspicious as they were, the Space Cadets didn’t really have anything better to do, so they followed the Philosoraptor. Along the way, he shared them quite a few philosophical quandaries that he was thinking about, such as, “If guns don’t kill people, people kill people, then do toasters not toast toast, toast toasts toast?” and “Is there another word for synonym?” Usually, the cadets had no answer for him.
He led them on a long, winding trail through the jungle, and eventually they came to a clearing with a great pyramid. Up the steps of the pyramid they went, and when they were just outside the entance, the Philosoraptor stopped to talk.
“If Physics has laws, who governs it? This is a question I have pondered for many a year. But now I think I finally have an answer.”
“Well, what is it? What do you mean? Does Physics have a government?”
“No. The government of Physics was taken over long ago in a coup. Now those who rule over Physics have abused its power. They do not have its best interests at hand.”
“How can you know all of this?”
“Well, it is quite simple. One of you is a servant of the new rulers of Physics.”
“Which one of us is it?”
“I do not know.”
“If you know one of us is a bad guy, how do you not know which one?”
“This is a question I have asked myself since I first came across your group. I do not yet have an answer.”
“So if you can’t help us, why did you bring us here?”
“Hey now! I’m the one supposed to be asking the questions here. Inside this pyramid, there is a portal. I do not know where the portal goes. Nobody I have sent through there has ever returned.”
“How many people have you sent through?”
“None.”
“How many dinosaurs have you sent through?”
“Only nineteen. This portal leads to the place where the usurpers of Physics live.”
“How do you know that?”
“Somebody just told me.”
“Who?”
“I do not know. But I do know that now it is time for me to leave. But I don’t know why it is time. But I do know that I still have many things to ponder. And I don’t know if I will get to keep pondering them if I stay with you.”
And with that cryptic message, the Philoraptor vanished into the darkness of the jungle. The six remaining crew members decide to wait out the night here, and check out the portal in the morning.
---
Alive: 6/28
classical_hero
Choxorn
Ironside
Jarema
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 22/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
Montmorency - Space Cadet - Not sure right now. Try again later.
Major Robert Dump - Exorcist - Was caught off guard by the man in the shadows and his big stick
atheotes - Space Cadet - Wishes you could see it the way he does. It's so... perfect.
The King - Engineer - Is like one of those barbie dolls after your little brother gets his hands on it
SalmonSoil - Captain - Died as he lived: half-blind and steering a sinking ship to safety
edse - Space Cadet - Dinosaurs don't eat people, people eat people
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
thefluffyone93
07-22-2012, 19:24
*slow clap*
NIGHT 2 (LOLWUT)
[SLEEP CYCLE 7]
The entrance chamber of the pyramid was large, and the six remaining Space Cadets had spread themselves out, distanced from each other on the floor. They had known implicitly that a traitor was among them all along; they had thought it was edse, and after they chased him away they were safe. The Philosoraptor, in his mysterious wisdom, had proved them wrong. He had confirmed the presence of the enemy, and after that the cadets found themselves unable to trust anyone.
Choxorn was standing out on the top level of the pyramid, just outside the entrance. He was thinking about edse, of whom he had been the main accuser. It was probably his fault that edse had been driven away, and according to the Philosoraptor he was apparently innocent. If he was still alive, maybe he would find his way back to join up with them again… but that seemed unlikely. This jungle was dangerous. He probably hadn’t survived. And if he had… well, they weren’t exactly welcoming to him the last time they saw him. He might want to stay away for fear of his own life.
“Watch out for those stairs. You might fall.”
Choxorn spun around. The voice had come from the entrance to the pyramid, but he couldn’t see anyone there. It was dark, though, and the other cadet might be just inside the doorway.
“I’ll be fine, thanks. I’ve used stairs before.”
“Well, that’s where I’m going to have to disagree with you.”
That time the voice had come from behind him, where he was just looking before. This was starting to get pretty creepy-
A hand grabbed the back of Choxorn’s neck. A foot swept out his legs from underneath him. Before he knew what was happening, Choxorn was tumbling down the stone steps, breaking and cracking bones as he went.
“I warned you about stairs, bro.”
Choxorn thought it was going to end, but it kept happening. He kept falling down and down again and again. He hadn’t realized how tall the pyramid had been. By the time he hit the bottom, he was bruised and bloody, and his skull had been cracked open.
As it happened, he landed right next to Ironside, who had been answering a call of nature. Upon seeing the body, Ironside promptly stopped answering a call of nature and started screaming for help. The he was all the way at the bottom of the pyramid, though, and the roars of the giant laser gun toting dinosaurs in the jungle drowned out his cries. There was no way anyone would hear him over that racket.
And then, before he knew it, another Space Cadet had shown up. He couldn’t see his face in the darkness, but boy was he relieved.
“Oh, I’m so glad someone’s here! It’s Choxorn, we have to help him!”
Choxorn was clearly beyond help.
“I warned him about the stairs. I told him.”
“Oh, you saw him fall? What happened?”
“I pushed him.”
Before Ironside could register what he had just been told, he had half a dozen shuriken sticking out of his chest. By the time he did register it, he had about two dozen more. There was scarcely a space on the front of his body that didn’t have a shuriken in it. He fell flat on his back, groaning in pain.
“Those shuriken are poisoned. You won’t bleed to death.”
Oh, that was good. At least the pain wouldn’t last too long.
“Instead, the poison will cause your blood to clot at the lacerations. After that, it will slowly attack all of your internal organs and force them to rupture. Soon you will be bleeding internally, but the blood will have nowhere to flow out to. You will become bloated. So bloated, in fact, that your eyeballs will explode, and blood will start gushing out of your ear canals. Then you will die.”
That didn’t sound so good after all. Ironside thought he might have preferred it if the Shinobi had just left the shuriken un-poisoned. But he had no such luck. The Shinobi vanished in the darkness, leaving him to die alongside his buddy Choxorn.
---
In the morning, the four remaining Space Cadets found the bodies at the base of the pyramid.
This was it. If they went through that portal in the pyramid, they would be facing off against the Space Krakens themselves, to save space from being destroyed. As noble a cause as there ever was.
But if they went through there now, they would only be stabbed in the back by the traitor, and it would all be for naught.
They had to catch the Shinobi now. Today. This was their final chance, and if they didn’t get it right, their mission would be a failure. This is it.
DAWN OF THE FINAL WAKE CYCLE
---
Alive: 4/28
classical_hero
Jarema
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Not Alive: 24/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
Csargo - Space Cadet - Is popular. Too popular.
thefluffyone93 - Pirate - Is a good chum.
Double A - Space Cadet - Is feeling a little crabby
dcmort93 - Space Cadet - Made the tastiest morsel of them all. A dcmortsel.
Greyblades - Faded into nothingness and was replaced [Ironside]
robbiecon - Space Cadet - Has returned back to his basics
BSmith - Robot - Free to do all the math he wants in Robot heaven
Xehh II - Space Cadet - Quit while they were ahead
Montmorency - Space Cadet - Not sure right now. Try again later.
Major Robert Dump - Exorcist - Was caught off guard by the man in the shadows and his big stick
atheotes - Space Cadet - Wishes you could see it the way he does. It's so... perfect.
The King - Engineer - Is like one of those barbie dolls after your little brother gets his hands on it
SalmonSoil - Captain - Died as he lived: half-blind and steering a sinking ship to safety
edse - Space Cadet - Dinosaurs don't eat people, people eat people
Choxorn - Space Cadet - Has fallen and he can't get up
Ironside - Space Cadet - Is a poor substitute for Life Alert
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Will analyse CH, wew and Jarema after I write the prologue up for my game. I'm feeling Jarrema though.
I believe this image conveys my sentiments in regard to the town efforts throughout the whole game.
https://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6702/1336020674377.jpg
All that is left now is to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SqC_m3yUDU
:inquisitive:
Doing this once more?
vote: ChoxornGoes to the other side, Choxorn and Edse are both likely lynch targets, lets go for one of them.
Vote: Edse should try to avoid every single asteroid
Now votes Choxorn's nemesis, Edse, again no reasoning and this sequence of votes is scummy to me, he's hiding in the wagons, trying not to be picked up.
vote: Choxorn
vote: Pool
We can use it to make a harpoon later
Votes Choxorn again, no reasoning.
vote: Dcmort behaviour seems more scummy than other abstainers/nonvoters
Well, while we're lynching people who aren't me, you'll do just fine! Picks a random abstain target. Easy wagon/lynch.
@ ATPG, I think that you are generaly right about concentrating lynch on abstainers/no voters (the ones who avoid woging)
I believe that it is good because it: does not allow mafia to hide easily (as you mentioned), but also encourages more active play from townies. Which is, again, good for two reasons. First, it generates material for later analyses (and therefore benefits town). Second, it makes game more interesting. I, for one, find it more interesting both as mafia and as a town to do something in a game thread, at the very least voting every day. And I also believe it makes game more interesting for others.
Yes, yes, concentrate the lynch on those who avoid wogging. Not anyone else. Kill all the lurkers,because you're not one of them. To me, seems scummy.
Well I start to believe that body that we found is a body of the person we will sent back in time...
vote: surface
vote: edse
Continues OMGFOS with an OMGUS on the person who voted him.
why do want to send your brightest teammate for certain death?
FoS: Edse
OMGUSFOS. Scummy.
I understand from write-up that we have three options? Seafloor, surface, or time-machine?
And what is this thing with time machine? Can anyone volunteer to go into it? or is it associated with someones ability?
Questions setup again. Not much scumhunting.
wait..
he was pirate ninja zombie robot?
Was he member of all this scum factions? or a faction of his own? (like SK)?
questions are almost endless...
Questions setup. Appearing like a active questioning townie. (But asking useless questions.)
Better go for the Space Whale, always fun and dangerous.
And, vote: Jolt.
Why others are not voting??
Questions inactivity, votes for scum, but not a reasoned vote, a random one.
Vote: Choxorn should paint the ship. But the name should be simpler. Morgue, that is
Morgue because you're going to be killing us all?
Conclusion from Jarrema: He's sliding along, playing it safe, and hiding in wagons. Doesn't post more then he has to. To me its scummy play and he plays a lot stronger as a townie, and especially the fact there is reveal on death and he barely comments on things pings me. I know he likes reveal on death, yet he is not scumhunting, he is just sliding through.
To be fair, the game is nearly over, and if edse really is town, he's doing the right thing by defending himself. edse's post wasn't actually that long; most of it was quoted text he was responding to. However, all he really did was try and defend his position as not being scum. He didn't really point out an alternative as to who might be scum.
In his last post, edse said this about Choxorn:
Um...edse...if you don't think Choxorn is scum...why did you vote for him?
And you haven't done any sum hunting either. Pushes the edse lynch. (as long as no-one is voting me, thats good)
Why is this our best bet?
Choxorn makes a strong case against edse. For now, I'm going to vote: edse.
Ooh, lets jump on the wagon again!
When did he claim a pro-town role? I went back and looked at The King's posts. I found nothing of the sort. The King has just one more post than I do, and they all seem to be short posts at that. atheotes, classical_hero and Ironside all have fewer posts than I do. I certainly have not been particularly active in this game, but I wouldn't exactly consider The King as being a whole lot more active.
Scum caught in a slip?
Vote: The King
No reasoned vote (again) on claimed power role.
Vote: Pool.
Vote: The King. Because I really don't know who to vote for. Are there any solid leads?
Let's play confused townie. Votes for (later I believe?) claimed power role, and asks for leads (looking for a wagon?)
Unvote, Vote: dcmort. Just to make things interesting.
Ooh, let's set up a tie. Ties don't help town. Kill ALL the townies!
Vote: Path 3
and
Vote: Abstain. For now.
Abstains. "For now". Waiting to see a good wagon to jump on?
Sorry for missing the vote again. I thought I had already voted.
Let's not get my vote on record. Let's play the avoid the Wog game.
Vote: Space Whale and Vote: SalmonSoil.
D2 vote, not much of interest here.
Conclusion: Similar to Jarrema, they both are just playing it safe and jumping onto wagons. Both are rather scummy.
Are you referring to the Ocean Mafia game over at TWC? That was not acting without thinking of the consequences. I realiseed I might get lynched and I wanted to see what people would do to a reveal like that. I think Choxorn is on a good thing, so I will vote:edse
Jumps on bandwagons.
vote:The King A three way tie looks to be fun. I have not been following this as much as I would like, due to illness.
I think this is after he had claimed a role, regardless, ties are bad for town, and a threeway tie if it ends like the last tie did, would be deadly for the town if it had all town players involved, and classical would love that, being scum.
vote:path 1
vote:AA
Reasonless vote on AA (I assume based on ATPG's reasoning?)
Vote:Space Whale
Vote:Chaotix for forgetting some basic rules. Just kidding. My real vote is vote:Jolt
Votes for the Jolt bandwagon.
vote:classical_hero for the thankless task of painting the ship. Planet Express should be the name of the good ship.
Self vote. That's a good way to look innocent, isn't it?
Conclusion. Classical is scummy as well, but to me at least, a lesser degree. He is too inactive (and when he is inactive, he is inactive, not lurking, that's how classical is). Voting for the King for a three way tie just shows that he hasn't being paying attention to the game.
Out of the three, I think Jarrema is the scummiest.
Vote: Jarrema
Major Robert Dump
07-23-2012, 11:43
Lynching edse and killing Choxorn on the same night was amatuerish.
Choxorn would have been a leading candidate for lynch today
For that reason I don't think Visor is mafia
Montmorency
07-23-2012, 12:51
Vote: Choxorn should paint the ship. But the name should be simpler. Morgue, that is
Were there another lynch, Jarema ought to be lynched for this alone.
Lynching edse and killing Choxorn on the same night was amatuerish.
Choxorn would have been a leading candidate for lynch today
For that reason I don't think Visor is mafia
Choxorn was confirmed innocent. I guarantee you that no one would have voted Choxorn in a 4-way after that display - except flailing scum.
Ooh, let's set up a tie. Ties don't help town.
Another double-lynch would have put us into a 3-way final round. This is the usual, and much less of a strain for town to succeed in. You're breaking my heart, potential scum-Visor.
Conclusion. Classical is scummy as well, but to me at least, a lesser degree. He is too inactive (and when he is inactive, he is inactive, not lurking, that's how classical is). Voting for the King for a three way tie just shows that he hasn't being paying attention to the game.
Yet for WEW this is a mark of scumminess - sign of an eminence front. :cry:
“I warned you about stairs, bro.”
Instead, the poison will cause your blood to clot at the lacerations. After that, it will slowly attack all of your internal organs and force them to rupture. Soon you will be bleeding internally, but the blood will have nowhere to flow out to. You will become bloated. So bloated, in fact, that your eyeballs will explode, and blood will start gushing out of your ear canals. Then you will die.
I see.
ATOMIC SPACE CLOCK - COUNTDOWN TO SINGULARITY
Major Robert Dump
07-23-2012, 16:48
Were there another lynch, Jarema ought to be lynched for this alone.
Choxorn was confirmed innocent. I guarantee you that no one would have voted Choxorn in a 4-way after that display - except flailing scum.
Another double-lynch would have put us into a 3-way final round. This is the usual, and much less of a strain for town to succeed in. You're breaking my heart, potential scum-Visor.
Yet for WEW this is a mark of scumminess - sign of an eminence front. :cry:
I see.
How exactly was Choxorn confirmed innocent prior to his obituary? All we knew 100% is that he was not a zombie.
classical_hero
07-23-2012, 17:07
Lynching edse and killing Choxorn on the same night was amatuerish.
Choxorn would have been a leading candidate for lynch today
For that reason I don't think Visor is mafia
If you have ever followed me while I have played scum, I have never done such things that have happened as this scum has done, since as you said I would have left choxorn alone since he led the lynch of edse and got it wrong and thus was the next candidate, but he got killed thus making it easier for us to possibly catch the scum, but he could be acting this way to make people think your way, that he is an amateur and thus put the scent off him. vote:Jarema
Montmorency
07-23-2012, 17:36
How exactly was Choxorn confirmed innocent prior to his obituary? All we knew 100% is that he was not a zombie.
Choxorn was quite clearly a mistaken townie, I at least would not have considered him a suspect following that phase.
I'd like to say I also think Jarema is the ninja.
I will vote: wideyedwanderer, who seems most scummy to me.
I am not ninja. And using name I wanted to give for a ship is ridiculous.
Askthepizzaguy
07-23-2012, 19:14
I will vote: wideyedwanderer, who seems most scummy to me.
I am not ninja. And using name I wanted to give for a ship is ridiculous.
This is the defense of Jarema-as-townie.
You think he'd put more effort into this if he were the remaining scumbag, folks.
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