Rampage Out of Space

[Csargo]

I mean, I'm always willing to lop off someone's head, but it is a quote from the Blues Brothers. I honestly didn't expect it to be taken seriously. You do seem a lot more actively engaged than I expect from town Csargo though.

It's pretty easy given the thread. like you I'm also trying to alter my playstyle.

[Timsup2nothin]

It's pretty easy given the thread. like you I'm also trying to alter my playstyle.

Hmmm...yeah it doesn't have that ominous weight of 4000 posts immanent pressing down on it.

[hollowkatt]

It's best to nip that kind of thing in the bud, I find.

I completely agree

[c4e5g3d5]

[QUOTE=hollowkatt;2053820305]would be perfectly happy chopping panda/pzelda/raskol/QUOTE]

Think Panda's a misguided townie. He seems to really believe this snippet of mafia theory he's using.

[c4e5g3d5]

Whoops

[Timsup2nothin]

Busted quote, must be a wolf.

[hollowkatt]

Busted quote, must be a wolf.

if only it were that easy

[hollowkatt]

would be perfectly happy chopping panda/pzelda/raskol

Think Panda's a misguided townie. He seems to really believe this snippet of mafia theory he's using.

it seems easy to fake to me

[El-ahrairah]

Hello friends!

Sincerest apologies for not being here sooner. I pressed the LAUNCH button on my business on Sunday night, after nearly 18 months of preparation, and things picked up rather more quickly than I was expecting.

But, GOOD NEWS! I shan't be destitute immediately. And more GOOD NEWS! I randed town, which is my fav alignment, so now I don't have to feign interest in this game and genuinely do want to be here despite juggling 3 jobs, 1 of which doesn't know about the other two :P

Did I miss anything exciting (read: claims)?

My plan is to find a town and sheep them to victory because although I want to be here, my time is super limited.

Somebody please obvtown themselves to be ASAP or I will spam this game with Calumon gifs, NGL.

[El-ahrairah]

Oh god, a typo. I better read the rules before I edit that :|

[Timsup2nothin]

Hello friends!

Sincerest apologies for not being here sooner. I pressed the LAUNCH button on my business on Sunday night, after nearly 18 months of preparation, and things picked up rather more quickly than I was expecting.

But, GOOD NEWS! I shan't be destitute immediately. And more GOOD NEWS! I randed town, which is my fav alignment, so now I don't have to feign interest in this game and genuinely do want to be here despite juggling 3 jobs, 1 of which doesn't know about the other two :P

Did I miss anything exciting (read: claims)?

My plan is to find a town and sheep them to victory because although I want to be here, my time is super limited.

Somebody please obvtown themselves to be ASAP or I will spam this game with Calumon gifs, NGL.

There have been three claims, none of which has had even the tiniest shred of credibility. I wish I could refer you to someone as obvtown, but as of right now "not actively looking like a wolf" is about as high as anyone even seems to be striving for. My first reads list already had five wolves on it, and that was before five players had even checked in. It has gotten worse instead of better.

Please don't hit the gif button though, because since the last time I saw you do that I have seen two gif posters and they were both wolves. Amateurs giving gif posting a bad name, smh.

[El-ahrairah]

Okay, so.

There's some weird mechanic regarding ties. This is completely irrelevant to me. EOD is at Midnight or 1am for me (I'm not sure how far ahead we are since our clocks went forward 2 weeks ago). Either way, I won't be here for EOD. If I'm tied with a vote for someone, I'm always losing that whole rock-paper-scissors thing. So if it's the case that I'm lynched by majority, next day you lynch the scummiest person on my wagon. I might be able to give you a heads up in advance of who that will be. If I'm lynched by tie, don't auto-lynch my counter, just lynch the scummiest person on my wagon. I guarantee there'll be wolves on it. There always are, and now that I've revealed my EOD weakness they will probably try to exploit that.

Post cap, not an issue.

Player list looks fun. I can read these people:

hollowkatt
Raskol (but never seen him woofin)
Tim
Gnome (in turbos with 100% accuracy, slightly less in normal speed games)

I've also played before with LA, Nanook, Csar and Cap so feel comfortable reading them. If I think any are woofin, I'll let you know.

Just reading the spoiler text and it seems I can submit RPS actions ahead of time which is super nifty, so ignore the ramble above but always assume 1 wolf voting me.

I think that's about everything. Time to read up on what I've missed.

[Winston Hughes]

There have been three claims, none of which has had even the tiniest shred of credibility.

I resent this.

I have a 100% record of hardclaiming miller when I'm actually a miller. :crown:

[El-ahrairah]

Someone HMU with a link to the last noted vote count while I do ketchup?

[El-ahrairah]

ngl want to townread this

Want to, or do?


vote: Raskol for existing and also having more posts than he should by now.

Mmm


okay, sort of meh but I'll buy it.

Why buy the meh? I return meh for a full refund


kinda wanna wolf read you for this

mm


This made me laugh smh...

Jokes aside, I middly concerned by Dolby read on c4... pocket or ww or NAI? Gonna sleep on it

Ah, so this is what Rask looks like when he's woofin


probably equal

I'm a little puzzled by the OP

the thread is simple; we just chop Raskol, Chessguy, and HK, and if the wolves haven't slaughtered Argon for claiming cop we circle back and chop him

I chuckled

[hollowkatt]

Hello friends!

Sincerest apologies for not being here sooner. I pressed the LAUNCH button on my business on Sunday night, after nearly 18 months of preparation, and things picked up rather more quickly than I was expecting.

But, GOOD NEWS! I shan't be destitute immediately. And more GOOD NEWS! I randed town, which is my fav alignment, so now I don't have to feign interest in this game and genuinely do want to be here despite juggling 3 jobs, 1 of which doesn't know about the other two :P

Did I miss anything exciting (read: claims)?

My plan is to find a town and sheep them to victory because although I want to be here, my time is super limited.

Somebody please obvtown themselves to be ASAP or I will spam this game with Calumon gifs, NGL.

Congrats on launching your business! That's awesome!
BorgPicard (AKA LordArgon) has claimed Cop. He's probably lying. He's also possibly town. Just a thing he does.
That's about it for claims I think?
El-ahrairah

[El-ahrairah]

ngl want to townread this


vote: Raskol for existing and also having more posts than he should by now.


okay, sort of meh but I'll buy it.


kinda wanna wolf read you for this


This made me laugh smh...

Jokes aside, I middly concerned by Dolby read on c4... pocket or ww or NAI? Gonna sleep on it


Good morning fellow space citizens!

Page 1 - It looks like there's a wolf in csargo/rask. Dolby feels good. Borg guts town for fake derping.
Page 2 - I guess both wolves and towns posted on the page, but nothing decisive.
Page 3 - Lewwyn's choice of posts to respond to is noteworthy, but too light to be alignment indicative. Csargo being more active than usual is mildly unsettling.

Overall, not much to talk about yet. HK and Csargo could be waffles together, if Rask town, but that's a nasty association I got here. HK's approach to this game feels slightly diferent than the last time, but my alignment was different back then and It was easy to see towniness in his posts.
Rask feels really hyped for this game despite claiming light disappointment about his role. I haven't decided if it's a good look yet.
C4 posted enough for me to notice them, but that's all I can say about their posts with certainty.
Tim not flooding the gates with posts probably should be a villa lean, but it would be a meh meta lean.

Villa leans: Dolby, Borg
Scum potential: Rask, Csargo, HK

Look ma, I found a town

[El-ahrairah]

So apparently there's some sort of auto-queue that I haven't figured out how to clear yet...

[hollowkatt]

So apparently there's some sort of auto-queue that I haven't figured out how to clear yet...

just keep them in the queue, that way we'll never have to ask for progression :D

[El-ahrairah]

Panda towny

Town, or towny?

[El-ahrairah]

So: early reads...these are obviously subject to development, but will be decisive. Nulls are for wimps.

Argon: in first, claims cop, claims ridiculous n0 check on me, uses avatar basically open referencing that he is a wolf...just another day in the life for him...if he is a wolf he has partners and at least some of those partners would be saying "WTF dude?" because they don't know him. No sign of that discomfort; Argon town.

Chessguy: lots of posts, creates image of "let's get started" by picking at gif posters but doesn't say anything really, overeager to be read on this; probs just a wolf.

Csargo: throwing them gif, but a LOT of them, then shifted to words and stayed overbusy for Csargo; probs a wolf.

Raskol: Emphasizing "disappointed by the rand" which is code for "I claim village," doesn't mention me until he finds a way to be agreeable instead of challenging immediately so trying to stay off radar; probs a wolf.

Dolby: meaningless paragoning of Argon, early read of Chessguy that I disagree with, challenged and stuck to it in a good way. Town.

Hollowkatt: comes in swinging to draw attention, early targeting on Raskol so reval as potential w/w there, seems to be worried about me an appropriate amount. Town

Nanook: enters by establishing slanker cred, immediately threatens to kill the person that helps him. Town


Winston: entry by Hardclaim, no additional posts. lean town

Lewynn: entry is softballed off previous post, but second post indicates reading of full thread, then back to softballing off another entry. Probs wolf

Pzelda: opens with a developed reads post which he just got wolf bombed for last time I saw him and he didn't get bombed for it here. May just have done a better job of it, but... Probs just town.

Panda: points out Pzeldas read post as unique, which is accurate, but wolfs it just for that without challenging the reads. Wolf

Many not posted yet. Gnome, Ibn, Laurentus, El, Vro...get your stuff together.

Town #2 identified

[Timsup2nothin]

El landing hard on the thread is a town read for now.

[Timsup2nothin]

Nice crosspost.

[El-ahrairah]

spricht keiner von euch deutsch?

oder ist es so, dass meine Lügen mich eingeholt haben und niemand mehr etwas glaubt, was ich "hardclaim"?

Yeah... don't do that.


This feels like a very shy thread. Anyone could be a scummy scum scum. I read it all and am happily clueless.:help:

"Anyone could be scum" is hardly breaking news but I'm glad to see you got a proper avatar. That stock one you had in the sign-up thread was super forgettable.


:/

Do I need to AtE selfvote for you to have a read on me?

Ace?!?!?

[El-ahrairah]

I have been keeping my eye on the thread.
Don't know who to vote yet.

Oh look, another town. I don't know what you were talking about Tim, they're easy enough to find.

[Winston Hughes]

Yeah... don't do that.

Sorry, but I've got a reputation to hold down.

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh look, another town. I don't know what you were talking about Tim, they're easy enough to find.

While I don't disagree with any of your finds so far the only one I absolutely hard agree on was me. But yeah, there are some. There's just too many wolves though. :(

[hollowkatt]

townies (not ordered)
El
Tim
Winston
Dolby
C4
Gnome
Lewwyn

Dunno
Everyone who's not already named

Do Day Murder To (not ordered)
BorgPicard
Raskol
pzelda
Panda

[El-ahrairah]

Don't think Rask is mafia.
Csargo could be one?

Ibn-Khaldun

If you haven't already, can you elaborate on the bolded?



Bad

So here's my problem with Rask. It feels like he's mashing his mouthparts together and expecting something substantial to come out, but it's not. We've got his second sussing Csargo, that I was writing off as a joke until I saw this


If Rask flips town, speed-lynch Dolby.


It is nice being town cop so I can be certain of my reads. So I can assure everyone don't worry about Tim.

Okie dokie


UGH WHY IS IT TINY

:tiny:

[Winston Hughes]

I'm literally reading the thread at the exact same speed as El, but without managing to post any analysis whatsoever! :shame:

[El-ahrairah]

Sorry, but I've got a reputation to hold down.

If you're going to randomly spout other languages in the game thread, you could at least make it a language that's awesome and sexy, like Klingon.

[Winston Hughes]

If you're going to randomly spout other languages in the game thread, you could at least make it a language that's awesome and sexy, like Klingon.

SoSwI'

[Winston Hughes]

apparently in klingon the words "mother" and "hardclaim: miller" are the same :laugh4:

[Winston Hughes]

I am objectively playing the most pro-town of anyone right now.

Never lynching here today.

[Winston Hughes]

Lewwyn looks townie enough, though I would warn against underestimating his ability to fake it.

[Winston Hughes]

HK feels natural. And being the top poster by a distance, I'm never voting here d1.

[El-ahrairah]

Tim, I need to go to bed. Who are we voting?

[Winston Hughes]

I have set myself a meta so that even now that I am a cop mafia can't tell if I am lying or not. The only way they can tell is if I green check one of them and then I probably will be ignored. I have played with most of the people here so I feel like I can pull this off without disrupting town. Once I get a red check I will share it since getting one of the mafia is probably as good as it will get. Then all my green checks will be cleared when the mafia silences me.

This logic pleases me, but also seems rather scumsome.

[Winston Hughes]

vote: pzelda

[El-ahrairah]

Vote: Dolby

Let's give that a try. Super tired, going to bed. GL town.

[Winston Hughes]

Vote: Dolby

not that I have any kind of townread here, but this feels a bit milquetoast


Let's give that a try. Super tired, going to bed. GL town.

nn :bow:

[Winston Hughes]

lord have mercy this post is bad
Vote: pzelda

hadn't read this when i voted

that's a mindmeld

[Winston Hughes]

Confidence says the interactions between Tim and Lewwyn look very t/t.

Paranoia says Tim and Lewwyn would probably do something like it if w/w.

[Timsup2nothin]

Tim, I need to go to bed. Who are we voting?

Unless someone has a better idea I'm gonna concede to not trusting Raskol. Him town reading me early just strikes me so much as "yeah we're gonna just night kill you Tim and that will make this look good." I legit have wolfed him so hard so often that I cannot explain how he would trust me so quick and easy there.

[NANOOK]

Hi guys I was going to play today but then I fell asleep instead. Sleep deprivation is a helluva drug.

Who are we killing and why is it tim?

[Winston Hughes]

Panda feels townie to me for reasons I can't currently explain.

[Timsup2nothin]

Vote: Dolby

Let's give that a try. Super tired, going to bed. GL town.

Night El.

[Timsup2nothin]

Hi guys I was going to play today but then I fell asleep instead. Sleep deprivation is a helluva drug.

Who are we killing and why is it tim?

Was this supposed to be in wolfchat?

[Winston Hughes]

Got to be honest here...

I really don't want it to be Rask, but I think it might very well be.

[Winston Hughes]

Was this supposed to be in wolfchat?

:laugh4:

[Timsup2nothin]

Got to be honest here...

I really don't want it to be Rask, but I think it might very well be.

I have killed Raskol early so many times, as a wolf and as misguided town, that I feel bad doing it even if it's right. But he's way off if he's town...almost so far off as to be in too wolfy to be a wolf territory. Which is weird because I have seen him just openwolf it before too so TWTBAW isn't a defense I'm really comfortable allowing him either.
Raskolnikov get in here and town it up please.

[Winston Hughes]

you should read the proceding 3 posts to that again I think

Why does this happen?

No need for a correction here if you're town. Just let it play out.

[Winston Hughes]

Feeling better about El's vote now.

[Winston Hughes]

hk and skinner can be town

rask and dolby can join pzelda in the burn pile

[Csargo]

Why buy the meh? I return meh for a full refund


mostly cause i can understand it, and see how Dolby got there. i just didn't really agree with the take

[Montmorency]

HOST TALLY 1-5

Zelda (2): c4, Winston
Rask (2): Csargo, Zelda
c4 (2): Borg, Panda
Panda (2): Lewwyn, Hollow
Winston (1): Rask
Borg (1): Ibn-K
Dolby (1): El-A

Not Voting (6): Dolby, Tim, Gnome, Nanook, Laurentus, Vroendal

This wagon formation always...

Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda
[c4] Borg >> Zelda
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda


EOD 1


It is vanishingly unlikely anyone will reach the postcap today.

[NANOOK]

How do I vote here?

[Winston Hughes]

Worth saying at this point that if this is a 10 pages day, wolves will have a blast.

This rings scummy to me. Feels of trying to think like town but not quite getting there.

[hollowkatt]

How do I vote here?

manually. bold text, vote: name

[Timsup2nothin]

How do I vote here?

Like this:

vote: Dolby

That gives us five wagons to choose from at two votes tied...time to choose among them and consolidate...let's get our stuff together here town.

[Montmorency]

HOST NOTICE


How do I vote here?

Check the Rules spoiler in the OP. There are some important need-to-know rules there.



1. Vote to oust a player each day, e.g. Vote: Visorslash. Not allowed are Vote: No Lim (aka Sleep) and Vote: Abstain, since you're all a decisive, rough and ready sort of folk by flavor. Unvoting (Unvote:) is noted, but not required to place a new vote. Stick to this format. Misspellings and nicknames are acceptable as long as they are not obscure.

[Winston Hughes]

I'd be happy with rask/dolby/pzelda going rps.

[Csargo]

I'd be happy with rask/dolby/pzelda going rps.

This is where I'm at

[BorgPicard]

I don't like the Dolby part. They are obviously town and any attmpys to say otherwise will lead to disapproving stares.

[Vroendal]

D1 Reads:
Town leans -
El-A - Opening reads very townie to me, puts in immediate effort to lock down his thoughts on thread, asks for clarification on posts through read-through.
CutePanda - Makes a post that catches flak, claims it was a contradictory bait. Calls on others to defend him for his activity. I will vouch that I’ve seen CP make plays like this before as town and that I’m doubtful he would take this approach as scum. Has a confusing ISO.
hollowkat - High amount of analysis in general, provides unique takes on players such as Rask, LA,
c4 - Early game indicative of townie WIM, shields HK, calls a weird post by CP townie while taking it as face value which is mehhh, bemoans post-count multiple times, makes a decent push on pzelda.
Lewwyn - Has been sheeping a few reads. Has broached on the idea of Winston/Garden being suspicious.
Raskolnikov - I have absolutely no read on his posts, I’m more inclined to town-read the way he went about interacting with Csargo and Winston, felt townier.
Tim - Makes a very detailed reads-list and attempts to take charge early. Makes high-effort analysis on defending players such as LA. Would be higher but I don’t trust him at all.

Nulls -
Dolby - Dayshielded LA for reasons I don’t quite understand, has cross-examined multiple posts.
BorgPicard - Conforms to own claiming meta, changes up his claim.
pzelda - First post is analysis, I was unable to establish any read based on his posts.
Csargo - Posted too many gifs, has been cross-examining.
Laurentus - Has yet to post. Will likely not post today. He has done this as town and scum.
Nanook - Conforms to own WIL meta.

Scum leans -
Ibn-Khaldun - Makes opportunistic vote to see tie, attacks LA for being anti-town, probably not w/w with LA.
Garden Gnome - Leads with nothing, interaction with Winston feels forced. Complains of lack of information. Opportunistically pushes BorgPicard based on jokes. Made a distancing poke at Winston for voting HK.
Winston - First post is a “Muller” hardclaim, forces players to use google translate, omgus votes Rask. Makes promise to analyze. Spams thread near EoD. Has been pursuing a wolfy playstyle intentionally.

Winston why are you town?

[Winston Hughes]

Where are you on pzelda, Tim?

[Winston Hughes]

Winston why are you town?

The joy.

[BorgPicard]

Unvote
Mainly cause it was a joke vote

[Vroendal]

The joy.

Is this a response or an exclamation?

[BorgPicard]

Vote: Winston
For not answering the simple question.

[Winston Hughes]

Is this a response or an exclamation?

I'm town because I'm enjoying myself. I'm totally relaxed. Not playing any angles. Just having fun being weird and annoying and seeing how people react to that.

[Winston Hughes]

It's the one thing I can't fake.

[Timsup2nothin]

Where are you on pzelda, Tim?

I'm standing with my initial read there. Pzelda has a history of being kinda lackadasical on day one and getting caught woofin' before he settles in. The way his first post went by without stirring an immediate alarm sort of seems like town Pzelda. Not a "wait for LYLO and look again" read by any stretch but I think there are better places to go today.

Raskol needs to show up here.

Dolby is looking worse every time I look.

I'd run either of them out ahead of Pzelda.

[Winston Hughes]

How are you feeling about me now I've got serious, Tim?

[Vroendal]

It's the one thing I can't fake.

I believe you're enjoying yourself. I also don't see why this would make you town. Do you not enjoy yourself as a wolf?

[Timsup2nothin]

How are you feeling about me now I've got serious, Tim?

Respectful?

I'm not gonna clear you for the long haul on being joyful and relaxed, but have no interest in killing you today...which given may penchant for widerangeing bloodthirstiness should be good enough. It's firmer than my early lean off your one joke post anyway.

[Winston Hughes]

I believe you're enjoying yourself. I also don't see why this would make you town. Do you not enjoy yourself as a wolf?

There have been wolf games I've enjoyed, but it's a duty not a pleasure.

[Timsup2nothin]

Vro coming in swinging at whoever is handy is a stark contrast to the way El came in, as late arrivals go. Not gonna go spontaneous combustion about it, but noted.

[NANOOK]

vote: dolby

In el we trust

[Winston Hughes]

If I was scum here, I wouldn't have spammed up the thread with my weaksauce flow-of-consciousness reads in the latter part of the day.

I'd either have gone strong earlier or tried to roll it out as a low-poster.

[Timsup2nothin]

If I was scum here, I wouldn't have spammed up the thread with my weaksauce flow-of-consciousness reads in the latter part of the day.

I'd either have gone strong earlier or tried to roll it out as a low-poster.

Not a fan of this post but not throwing out a tubful of bathwater over a little dirt washing off the baby either.

[Winston Hughes]

Not a fan of this post but not throwing out a tubful of bathwater over a little dirt washing off the baby either.

If you don't think I'm truth-telling, you need to call me out harder than this.

[Winston Hughes]

:whip:

[Timsup2nothin]

If you don't think I'm truth-telling, you need to call me out harder than this.

I think that post was null at best, and I am absolutely sure that you know that it was null at best...there is also nothing in it to indicate the agenda behind it..."truthful townie telling it like it is" certainly possible...so id WIFOMy wolf

[Winston Hughes]

I think that post was null at best, and I am absolutely sure that you know that it was null at best...there is also nothing in it to indicate the agenda behind it..."truthful townie telling it like it is" certainly possible...so id WIFOMy wolf

You have more respect for my scumgame than it deserves.

[Vroendal]

Vro coming in swinging at whoever is handy is a stark contrast to the way El came in, as late arrivals go. Not gonna go spontaneous combustion about it, but noted.

It's interesting to me how you're classifying my push as "swinging at whoever is handy" since I don't see why you would reach that conclusion. Care to elaborate?
Sure. El and I are different people. Make of our differences what you will.


If I was scum here, I wouldn't have spammed up the thread with my weaksauce flow-of-consciousness reads in the latter part of the day.

I'd either have gone strong earlier or tried to roll it out as a low-poster.

Are you debating to the thread or to me? If it's to the thread, fine, but I don't see why this would be a good defense to me since I've never played with you before, I have no basis to believe this. If they're really weaksauce reads to you, it feels more like you're just inflating your postcount by contributing for the sake of contributing.

[hollowkatt]

If you don't think I'm truth-telling, you need to call me out harder than this.

Truth Tell is like a balk.

Truth Tell Rules

You can't just be up there and just doin' a truth tell like that.

1a. A truth tell is when you

1b. Okay well listen. A truth tell is when you truth tell the

1c. Let me start over

1c-a. The player is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, thread, that prohibits the thread from doing, you know, just trying to chop a wolf. You can't do that.

1c-b. Once the player is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the townie, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna chop you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.

1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?

1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.

1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.

1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A truth tell is when the player makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the thread and field of

2) Do not do a truth tell please.

[Montmorency]

HOST TALLY 1-6

Dolby (3): El-A, Tim, Nanook
Winston (2): Rask, Borg
Zelda (2): c4, Winston
Rask (2): Csargo, Zelda
Panda (2): Lewwyn, Hollow
Borg (1): Ibn-K
c4 (1): Panda

Not Voting (4): Dolby, Gnome, Laurentus, Vroendal

This wagon formation always...


Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda
[c4] Borg >> Zelda
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda
[Borg] c4 >> Winston


EOD 1


It is vanishingly unlikely anyone will reach the postcap today.

[Dolby]

Vote: Rask

All 3 votes on me suck

more to follow

[Timsup2nothin]

Truth Tell is like a balk.

Truth Tell Rules

You can't just be up there and just doin' a truth tell like that.

1a. A truth tell is when you

1b. Okay well listen. A truth tell is when you truth tell the

1c. Let me start over

1c-a. The player is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, thread, that prohibits the thread from doing, you know, just trying to chop a wolf. You can't do that.

1c-b. Once the player is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the townie, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna chop you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.

1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?

1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.

1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.

1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A truth tell is when the player makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the thread and field of

2) Do not do a truth tell please.

I think he was saying "if you think I am lying you need to do something about it," not talking about truth tells. You are being hyper sensitive.

[Timsup2nothin]

Vote: Rask

All 3 votes on me suck

more to follow

Well, there's a solid argument by the defense.

[Dolby]

Well, there's a solid argument by the defense.

yours felt the worst tbh

[Vroendal]

I think he was saying "if you think I am lying you need to do something about it," not talking about truth tells. You are being hyper sensitive.


If you don't think I'm truth-telling, you need to call me out harder than this.

This looks like talking about truth-tells to me.

[Winston Hughes]

Are you debating to the thread or to me? If it's to the thread, fine, but I don't see why this would be a good defense to me since I've never played with you before, I have no basis to believe this. If they're really weaksauce reads to you, it feels more like you're just inflating your postcount by contributing for the sake of contributing.

I'm not debating anyone. I just tried to think of how I would have played this thread as scum.

On the inflating postcount thing, that's a solid suspicion. It's the kind of thing scum do. And you have no reason to think I wouldn't do likewise (except for my lampshading it).

[NANOOK]

Truth Tell is like a balk.

Truth Tell Rules

You can't just be up there and just doin' a truth tell like that.

1a. A truth tell is when you

1b. Okay well listen. A truth tell is when you truth tell the

1c. Let me start over

1c-a. The player is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, thread, that prohibits the thread from doing, you know, just trying to chop a wolf. You can't do that.

1c-b. Once the player is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the townie, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna chop you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.

1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?

1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.

1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.

1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A truth tell is when the player makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the thread and field of

2) Do not do a truth tell please.

I laughed, good analogy

[Timsup2nothin]

yours felt the worst tbh

I pointed out the issues I had, particularly with your unnecessary defense of Argon. If they aren't valid explain why not and I'll move along because I'm not screaming for your blood here...but don't just OMGUS like you have been towning it up and don't merit any consideration as a possible wolf.

[Winston Hughes]

At this point, Ras still voting me means either totally absent or totally guilty.

[BorgPicard]

yours felt the worst tbh

Mainly because he is mafia.

[BorgPicard]

Well in order to save our eternal leader
vote: Panda

[Dolby]

At this point, Ras still voting me means either totally absent or totally guilty.

he's probably just gone. I don't think he's been here for more than a day

[hollowkatt]

I think he was saying "if you think I am lying you need to do something about it," not talking about truth tells. You are being hyper sensitive.

Hi Tim, let me introduce you to the Balk Rules copypasta:
Balk Rules

You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.

1a. A balk is when you

1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the

1c. Let me start over

1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that.

1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.

1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?

1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.

1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.

1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.

1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.

1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...

1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of

2) Do not do a balk please.

[Timsup2nothin]

Mainly because he is mafia.

How did I go from green checked mason to mafia???

[Dolby]

Not a fan of GG from my reskim but can't really put it in words quickly.

Winston can be town.

Could switch to Panda.

Think that most of the points directed at Pzelda are more reflective of how he decides to engage than anything, which I've seen and pushed him on in the past.

I think that Csargo has been fine throughout the thread.

I like El's #267 a lot and want to say that he's town from that


hk and skinner can be town

rask and dolby can join pzelda in the burn pile

;(

Yeah I really don't understand the votes on me, all three of them feel unprompted. Tims and El touched on me briefly. El didn't really make a conclusion on me excepting maybe he wanted to imply that he didn't like my take on Rask. Tims didn't like me townshielding Argon, don't care, HK was pushing a policy yeet one point and I don't think resistance to that was bad.

[Vroendal]

Well in order to save our eternal leader
vote: Panda
Why? I don't think Panda's scum atm.


D1 Reads:
Town leans -
CutePanda - Makes a post that catches flak, claims it was a contradictory bait. Calls on others to defend him for his activity. I will vouch that I’ve seen CP make plays like this before as town and that I’m doubtful he would take this approach as scum. Has a confusing ISO.


I think it's more likely that a townie CP would make what he thinks is a contradictory post as a bait then a wolfy CP trying to invent that kind of excuse. If CP's vote bad? Yeah, I think so. I also don't think we should be landing on him today.

[Dolby]

Vro coming in swinging at whoever is handy is a stark contrast to the way El came in, as late arrivals go. Not gonna go spontaneous combustion about it, but noted.

Yeah, gotta agree with Vro's response if only because I don't think that Winston is a easy target given thread dynamics.

[Winston Hughes]

Think that most of the points directed at Pzelda are more reflective of how he decides to engage than anything, which I've seen and pushed him on in the past.

Can you unpack this?

[Csargo]

If I was scum here, I wouldn't have spammed up the thread with my weaksauce flow-of-consciousness reads in the latter part of the day.

I'd either have gone strong earlier or tried to roll it out as a low-poster.


:2thumbsup:
:thinking2:

[hollowkatt]

Not a fan of GG from my reskim but can't really put it in words quickly.

Winston can be town.

Could switch to Panda.

Think that most of the points directed at Pzelda are more reflective of how he decides to engage than anything, which I've seen and pushed him on in the past.

I think that Csargo has been fine throughout the thread.

I like El's #267 a lot and want to say that he's town from that



;(

Yeah I really don't understand the votes on me, all three of them feel unprompted. Tims and El touched on me briefly. El didn't really make a conclusion on me excepting maybe he wanted to imply that he didn't like my take on Rask. Tims didn't like me townshielding Argon, don't care, HK was pushing a policy yeet one point and I don't think resistance to that was bad.

Where was I pushing a policy?
Vote: Dolby

[Timsup2nothin]

Not a fan of GG from my reskim but can't really put it in words quickly.

Winston can be town.

Could switch to Panda.

Think that most of the points directed at Pzelda are more reflective of how he decides to engage than anything, which I've seen and pushed him on in the past.

I think that Csargo has been fine throughout the thread.

I like El's #267 a lot and want to say that he's town from that



;(

Yeah I really don't understand the votes on me, all three of them feel unprompted. Tims and El touched on me briefly. El didn't really make a conclusion on me excepting maybe he wanted to imply that he didn't like my take on Rask. Tims didn't like me townshielding Argon, don't care, HK was pushing a policy yeet one point and I don't think resistance to that was bad.

My objection wasn't to you townshielding Argon. Heck everyone who has played with him before townshielded him to some extent. It was the things you said in the process that just seemed disconnected from the action.

And wtf is "feel unprompted" supposed to mean?

[Dolby]

Can you unpack this?
sure


Tbh, the whole take is vaguely in null territory. A great comment or action from HK would make it minor a nuisance. Tbh, talking about Largon doing the same thing every game isn't moving game forward and I find it slightly off that HK uses it to push Borg. Also, his meta read on Tim - It's good but it's also deliberately keeping Tim in nulls.
But again, I don't think any of this is substantial enough to call HK scum. The Tim read actually got me slightly paranoid about Tim, who immediately posted about changing his style every game - and that's not a post, which makes man feel safer.

Overall, this feels like an old school d1 with surface interactions and lack of substantial reads.

lord have mercy this post is bad
Vote: pzelda
HK has a explanation later on becasue I asked him about this but I think that these types of posts are just par for the course from pzelda in general

[BorgPicard]

How did I go from green checked mason to mafia???

When you started attacking Dolby.

[Dolby]

My objection wasn't to you townshielding Argon. Heck everyone who has played with him before townshielded him to some extent. It was the things you said in the process that just seemed disconnected from the action.

And wtf is "feel unprompted" supposed to mean?
Y'all voted me at a time that I didn't expect it at, given your posts

[hollowkatt]

sure



HK has a explanation later on becasue I asked him about this but I think that these types of posts are just par for the course from pzelda in general

no, that post was bad

[Timsup2nothin]

Yeah, gotta agree with Vro's response if only because I don't think that Winston is a easy target given thread dynamics.

I didn't say "easy target," I said "whoever was handy." Arrive late, pick a fight with whoever is around, get credit for a lot of obvious activity without actually laying down much of anything in the way of reads or real content. El on the other hand came in and started immediately doing due diligence.

[Winston Hughes]

HK has a explanation later on becasue I asked him about this but I think that these types of posts are just par for the course from pzelda in general

Are you townreading pzelda off this, or just doubting my reasons for the scumread?

[Dolby]

Where was I pushing a policy?
Vote: Dolby


vote: BorgPicard

BorgPicard, also known as LordArgon, is well known for claiming Cop D1 with his very first posts, and then maintaining that claim till he dies. He also plays with a lot of chutzpah and confidence.
Basically this is NAI for him here. Still, kinda wanna do brutal day murder to him

Also yes, my vote on Borg is legit

cause I think he's lying


You've basically spent a third of the cycle legitimizing pressure against him

It ends here, but you still have him in your bottom tier for no reason than what amounts to "he does this every game and it's not productive"


would be perfectly happy chopping panda/pzelda/raskol today, Borg is meh but also I'm kinda eh so..

[Timsup2nothin]

Y'all voted me at a time that I didn't expect it at, given your posts

My posts questioning the way you shielded Argon were hours before, and shielding Argon was IMO your most notable content at that point. If "feel unprompted is a ten dollar wrapper around a ten cent OMGUS cigar then I can consider it a peace offering and smoke it I guess, since you are here now and giving some additional content.

Was the Raskol vote just a self-pres thing?

[Montmorency]

HOST TALLY 1-7

Dolby (4): El-A, Tim, Nanook, Hollow
Rask (3): Csargo, Zelda, Dolby
Panda (2): Lewwyn, Borg
Zelda (2): c4, Winston
Winston (1): Rask
Borg (1): Ibn-K
c4 (1): Panda

Not Voting (3): Gnome, Laurentus, Vroendal


Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda >> Dolby
[c4] Borg >> Zelda
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda
c4 >> Winston >> Panda


In case y'all haven't noticed, [B]IT IS EOD

30 minutes left


EOD 1


It is vanishingly unlikely anyone will reach the postcap today.

[Lewwyn]

Good morning all. I'm making my way back through the thread.


I am resisting an OMGUS reaction here.

You ask what I'm up to, I tell you.

Now you complain about how that wasn't as productive as actual reads...to the only person in the game that has given a comprehensive reads list. I'm trying out this "be a cooperative townie" thing instead of my more comfortable "hard nose FPSing pot stirring solo wolf hunter" style, and apparently you aren't seeing it. Is there really something missing on my part, are you just really quick to tunnel, or are you just a wolf?

I'm just not taking it all on face value. You posted a comprehensive reads list way early and then say that you've never done that, but you have friends who believe in it and you're trying something new. Fine, but that doesn't make you more townie or not. You could be a cooperative townie or you could be playing at it. I'm not sure yet.

[Dolby]

Are you townreading pzelda off this, or just doubting my reasons for the scumread?

I don't remember why you're sussing pzelda anymore, but I don't think that HK's reasons to sus pzelda are valid because those are the types of empty posts he'll make early as either alignment.

[Dolby]

When you started attacking Dolby.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/033/779/I've_Looked_At_This_For_Five_Hours_Now_Banner.jpg

[Timsup2nothin]

Good morning all. I'm making my way back through the thread.



I'm just not taking it all on face value. You posted a comprehensive reads list way early and then say that you've never done that, but you have friends who believe in it and you're trying something new. Fine, but that doesn't make you more townie or not. You could be a cooperative townie or you could be playing at it. I'm not sure yet.

Fair. We will continue to circle each other warily for a while.

[Dolby]

The worst thing about my wagon is that I'm kinda thinking it's 3/4 town rn

[Winston Hughes]

I don't remember why you're sussing pzelda anymore, but I don't think that HK's reasons to sus pzelda are valid because those are the types of empty posts he'll make early as either alignment.

Solid response. I can't read you town for it because you're totally capable, but it makes me lean towards keeping you around.

[Lewwyn]

Tim , LA , Laurentus, Vro and above all HK can confirm that J have obvious reasons for single hit and run. I have school and I got to study as well at home , so you won't see much of me on D1 . My activity rises as the game goes forward, and I can gurantee that I will be of some use later on.

You seem pretty quick to respond when called out on Day 1 though. Why is it you're not available Day 1 but are available later days? We're all busy with lives too.

[Csargo]

i just think it's Rask

[Winston Hughes]

i just think it's Rask

:sweatdrop:

[Dolby]

You seem pretty quick to respond when called out on Day 1 though. Why is it you're not available Day 1 but are available later days? We're all busy with lives too.

Lewwyn I'd advise you to drop that line. Response rate and time is NAI, and should be treated as such unless it's something like somebody drops a bombshell and who it's on going quiet to avoid spewing stuff in their defense

[BorgPicard]

The worst thing about my wagon is that I'm kinda thinking it's 3/4 town rn
Well I know one of the 4 is a wolf, so it gives me little confidence on the rest of them.

[Csargo]

:sweatdrop:

~:handball:

[hollowkatt]

cause I think he's lying


Also yes, my vote on Borg is legit


BorgPicard, also known as LordArgon, is well known for claiming Cop D1 with his very first posts, and then maintaining that claim till he dies. He also plays with a lot of chutzpah and confidence.
Basically this is NAI for him here. Still, kinda wanna do brutal day murder to him


You've basically spent a third of the cycle legitimizing pressure against him

It ends here, but you still have him in your bottom tier for no reason than what amounts to "he does this every game and it's not productive"

I said I think he's lying, not "it's unproductive".
Something about Borg is giving me bad feels beyond the normal "this is LA doing LA things" I usually have when he posts.
I've also said, and you quoted, that I'd do the day murder to Rask/pzelda/panda, and that borg was "meh" and I'm "eh" about him.

You saying "HK is policy pushing Borg" feels wrong, because it is wrong, but it also feels wolfy to push that line of thinking.

[Winston Hughes]

~:handball:

:bow:

[Csargo]

:bow:

:bow:

[Dolby]

I'm actually kinda concerned about LA voting Panda

[hollowkatt]

cause I think he's lying


Also yes, my vote on Borg is legit


BorgPicard, also known as LordArgon, is well known for claiming Cop D1 with his very first posts, and then maintaining that claim till he dies. He also plays with a lot of chutzpah and confidence.
Basically this is NAI for him here. Still, kinda wanna do brutal day murder to him


The worst thing about my wagon is that I'm kinda thinking it's 3/4 town rn

Who would be the wolf if there is one? Also, where are the wolves, if they're not pushing you?

[Timsup2nothin]

The worst thing about my wagon is that I'm kinda thinking it's 3/4 town rn

I'm not seeing any reason it can't just be pure. You haven't really towned it up here. There were five wagons at two and if you aren't a wolf presumably at least one of the others is...I think wolves would have been trying to roll an easier counterwagon rather than going after you hard.

[Vroendal]

I didn't say "easy target," I said "whoever was handy." Arrive late, pick a fight with whoever is around, get credit for a lot of obvious activity without actually laying down much of anything in the way of reads or real content. El on the other hand came in and started immediately doing due diligence.

Oh, so you're saying I was picking a fight with Winston specifically since he was in the thread at the time of my post. No, I pushed him because he has what I believe to be the clearest wolfy behavior from his lackluster posts throughout the day, making reading his posts purposefully harder by putting one and another language and needlessly stringing out reads into multiple posts, his stilted interactions with another suspicious player, and his lackadaisical vote and unvote on Rask.

I have difficulty analyzing this early and I struggle to articulate my reads, but that doesn't mean I'm making things up based on nothing. El seems like a good player and I respect his effort and playstyle, I can't be El though.

[hollowkatt]

oh no! I have been bitten by the multi-quote monster!

[Dolby]

I said I think he's lying, not "it's unproductive".
Something about Borg is giving me bad feels beyond the normal "this is LA doing LA things" I usually have when he posts.
I've also said, and you quoted, that I'd do the day murder to Rask/pzelda/panda, and that borg was "meh" and I'm "eh" about him.

You saying "HK is policy pushing Borg" feels wrong, because it is wrong, but it also feels wolfy to push that line of thinking.

Ok, I took you saying that he was lying as referring explicitly to his cop claim, which should be NAI.

You kept him in your "can yeet" tier later on though.

[Winston Hughes]

he has what I believe to be the clearest wolfy behavior from his lackluster posts throughout the day, making reading his posts purposefully harder by putting one and another language and needlessly stringing out reads into multiple posts, his stilted interactions with another suspicious player, and his lackadaisical vote and unvote on Rask.

:bow:

[BorgPicard]

vote: Rask
All glory to the eternal leader.

[Dolby]

Who would be the wolf if there is one? Also, where are the wolves, if they're not pushing you?

Think El's good. tbh despite his and your votes I think that you and Tims are good. No take on Nanook. To answer Tims, think it's easy for wolves to disperse across aforementioned 5 wagons

Read Rask's posts, He always flips red more often than me

[Dolby]

vote: Rask
All glory to the eternal leader.

Thank you comrade-soldier.

[Timsup2nothin]

I'm actually kinda concerned about LA voting Panda

I'm kinda concerned that Lord Argon got so active about you catching some votes. You hard shielding him is so predictable as to be NAI except you did it weird...him jumping into the mix so hard to defend you is even more weird.

[hollowkatt]

Ok, I took you saying that he was lying as referring explicitly to his cop claim, which should be NAI.

You kept him in your "can yeet" tier later on though.

yeah, I kept him there b/c I think he could be a wolf.
I'm back to you not being one tho

vote: Raskol

[c4e5g3d5]

Here for the last bit but I've still got catchup to do. Cliffs?

[hollowkatt]

I'm kinda concerned that Lord Argon got so active about you catching some votes. You hard shielding him is so predictable as to be NAI except you did it weird...him jumping into the mix so hard to defend you is even more weird.

I'm always down to pew pew some Borg

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh, so you're saying I was picking a fight with Winston specifically since he was in the thread at the time of my post. No, I pushed him because he has what I believe to be the clearest wolfy behavior from his lackluster posts throughout the day, making reading his posts purposefully harder by putting one and another language and needlessly stringing out reads into multiple posts, his stilted interactions with another suspicious player, and his lackadaisical vote and unvote on Rask.

I have difficulty analyzing this early and I struggle to articulate my reads, but that doesn't mean I'm making things up based on nothing. El seems like a good player and I respect his effort and playstyle, I can't be El though.

Fair.

[Vroendal]

I'm not willing to vote Dolby, I'm not convinced on Rask, voting CP is just a bad idea in general.

Vote - Winston Hughes

I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself, I like you as a player. Unfortunately, you're a wolf, and I can't stand for that.

[Dolby]

I'm kinda concerned that Lord Argon got so active about you catching some votes. You hard shielding him is so predictable as to be NAI except you did it weird...him jumping into the mix so hard to defend you is even more weird.

I think that we have good bants, but I was more worried at that specific time bc I think that LA would open wolf and refuse to vote for his teammates, and for some reason I thought that Panda was a worse vote than Rask if he wanted to save me

[Winston Hughes]

I'm not willing to vote Dolby, I'm not convinced on Rask, voting CP is just a bad idea in general.

Vote - Winston Hughes

I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself, I like you as a player. Unfortunately, you're a wolf, and I can't stand for that.

:bow:

[c4e5g3d5]

I'm not willing to vote Dolby, I'm not convinced on Rask, voting CP is just a bad idea in general.

Vote - Winston Hughes

I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself, I like you as a player. Unfortunately, you're a wolf, and I can't stand for that.

Wait those are the options?

Vote: Raskolnikov

[Timsup2nothin]

I think that we have good bants, but I was more worried at that specific time bc I think that LA would open wolf and refuse to vote for his teammates, and for some reason I thought that Panda was a worse vote than Rask if he wanted to save me

Now he's switched so I guess he thinks so too.

[Dolby]

Here for the last bit but I've still got catchup to do. Cliffs?

My wagon ramped up and I don't understand my, was pretty spontaneous I guess.

Rask is also a wagon and had bad posts yesterday imo

Panda and Pzelda have some votes. Pzelda has some empty posts that trigger HK and Winston but I consider that normal for early him. Panda had a particular bad reaction on one of the earlier pages

[c4e5g3d5]

My wagon ramped up and I don't understand my, was pretty spontaneous I guess.

Rask is also a wagon and had bad posts yesterday imo

Panda and Pzelda have some votes. Pzelda has some empty posts that trigger HK and Winston but I consider that normal for early him. Panda had a particular bad reaction on one of the earlier pages

Who's wagonning you?

[Lewwyn]

Town leans -
CutePanda - Makes a post that catches flak, claims it was a contradictory bait. Calls on others to defend him for his activity. I will vouch that I’ve seen CP make plays like this before as town and that I’m doubtful he would take this approach as scum. Has a confusing ISO.


Scum leans -
Winston - First post is a “Muller” hardclaim, forces players to use google translate, omgus votes Rask. Makes promise to analyze. Spams thread near EoD. Has been pursuing a wolfy playstyle intentionally.


If this is Panda's MO we'll see. He did ask you to confirm his later usefulness.

Winston is being tough right now, but I think he's right in his freedom, I don't think he's restricted by concerns. Was more suspicious earlier but he's been fairly consistent.

[c4e5g3d5]

Town, or towny?

Towny

[Montmorency]

HOST TALLY 1-8

Rask (6): Csargo, Zelda, Dolby, Borg, Hollow, c4
Dolby (3): El-A, Tim, Nanook
Winston (2): Rask, Vroendal
Zelda (1): Winston
Panda (1): Lewwyn
Borg (1): Ibn-K
c4 (1): Panda

Not Voting (2): Gnome, Laurentus


Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda >> Dolby >> Rask
[c4] Borg >> Zelda >> Rask
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda
c4 >> Winston >> Panda >> Rask


[B]IT IS EOD
10 minutes left

EOD 1

[c4e5g3d5]

If Rask flips town, speed-lynch Dolby.

Dichotomy ewwww

[BorgPicard]

Dichotomy ewwww

Yeah that is just dumb man.

[Lewwyn]

I'm not willing to vote Dolby, I'm not convinced on Rask, voting CP is just a bad idea in general.

Vote - Winston Hughes

I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself, I like you as a player. Unfortunately, you're a wolf, and I can't stand for that.

Money where your mouth is, like that.

[Timsup2nothin]

Man I was thinking Dolby's defense sounded kinda townish, but this pile on Raskol seems like people taking the easy way out and no matter which way he flips I'm gonna have some questions about that.

[Winston Hughes]

last-minute zelda counter-wagon?

[Dolby]

Tried to make a list, scrapped it because I think I'm townreading the active players to much

[Timsup2nothin]

vote: Argon

[Lewwyn]

I'd vote: Rask over Dolby in a heartbeat.

[Winston Hughes]

vote: Argon

~:confused:

[Csargo]

vote: Argon

no thx m8

[Dolby]

last-minute zelda counter-wagon?

I dragged open his ISO and I'm always voting Rask here, but not as opposed as I was before. Specifically there was a comment about HK calling himself lazy that I really don't like

[BorgPicard]

vote: Argon

Okay then Tim your date is sealed.

[Dolby]

vote: Argon

Protect the paragon

[c4e5g3d5]

last-minute zelda counter-wagon?

Vote: pzelda

[Timsup2nothin]

~:confused:

Just checking the pile ons here. No one interested in Argon at all?

[Montmorency]

HOST TALLY 1-9

Rask (6): Csargo, Zelda, Dolby, Borg, Hollow, Lewwyn
Dolby (3): El-A, Tim, Nanook
Zelda (2): Winston, c4
Borg (2): Ibn-K, Tim
Winston (2): Rask, Vroendal
Panda (1): Lewwyn
c4 (1): Panda

Not Voting (2): Gnome, Laurentus


Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda >> Dolby >> Rask
[c4] Borg >> Zelda >> Rask >> Zelda
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda
[Borg] c4 >> Winston >> Panda >> Rask
[Tim] Dolby >> Borg
[Lewwyn] Panda >> Rask


EOD 1[/QUOTE]

[c4e5g3d5]

Wait how do you ISO here again?

[Winston Hughes]

:whip:

[c4e5g3d5]

Gotta know before night gogogo

[Montmorency]

Wait how do you ISO here again?

Click on Replies from the subforum, to the right of the thread.

[Timsup2nothin]

Wait how do you ISO here again?

Overnight when you can take your time you just put everyone on ignore except who you want to see and read the thread

[Dolby]

Gotta know before night gogogo

under search thread in the tool bar right above the first post of the page.

go advanced

[Montmorency]

DAY IS OVER

DO NOT POST

[Dolby]

well that's 3 different ways

[Timsup2nothin]

I only get the one vote, currently on Argon

[Montmorency]

Day One

https://i.imgur.com/lcGgc4H.png

The Marines still couldn't believe what was happening. Had the major gone crazy? This scheme was totally against their training, their brotherhood, and it plain didn't make sense anyway. Nevertheless, their obedience to the chain of command began to tell. Though some still refused to get with the program, and yet others simply milled about the sidelines, accusations and suspicion finally began their exchange. Albeit in haphazard fashion. Of the people putting themselves out, all seemed to be condemning all the rest of each other. One might even call it a free-for-all.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Major Montmorency shoved into the middle of the caucus. His grip on his weapon was tight, a finger nuzzled against the fire selector. Shocked out of their wits, a group kicked Raskolnikov to the ground behind him.

Now that's what I like to see Marines, keep improving on that teamwork. We have something the Bionics don't, which is the power of - camaraderie, which is our unique advantage as human people over other forms of life. Human-strong! Now...

The Graff Brannigan NS5XE3 is a wonderful weapon for close assault. Noise-suppressed and chambered in 5 millimetres with a 1700-round-per-minute rate of fire. For the assault teams, shooting cover fire, it means putting more rounds on target in a whole lot less time. Along with the standard loadout of fragmentation grenades and flashbangs each Marine could also be armed with an MK53 .45-caliber ACP with a modified KAC noise suppressor and a tritium laser aiming module—LAM—with four selector modes: visible laser only, visible laser/flashlight, infrared laser only, and infrared laser/illuminator. Favored by Navy Special Warfare teams and the Special Boat Service, some of whose finest we have - or maybe used to have - with us here, the MK53 is a marvel of durability, having been torture-tested by both the SEALs and the SBS for extreme temperature, saltwater submersion, dry-firing, impact, and a weapon’s worst enemy, dirt. Like a good Nokia phone, the MK53 takes a licking and keeps on ticking—or in this case, keeps on firing.

Yep, good-old legacy XX century slugthrowers. But nowadays, no serious fighting person goes without their pew-pew lazer gun, as we're all equipped with today. Trademark bionic subdermal ceramic shielding makes projectiles obsolete even if they weren't obsolescent.

With that the major sharply swung about his lazer gun and blasted someone in the face.

It was Raskolnikov. They're dead! Not even most bionics can withstand face lasers, and the major had been overcharging it while he gave his monologue.

Raskolnikov was a

UMENSES Operator!


https://i.imgur.com/ZwQI1Xz.jpg

UMENSES Operator

You are a Marine, or maybe a whole fireteam of Marines, with at least 5 years of exemplary combat service.
Every one of you steely-eyed veterans has been blooded against the Bionics before.
The present battle engaged and after days of hard fighting both sides have nearly been wiped out.
Now, with the remnants of the Bionic command group cornered, you have your chance to fulfill your mission and return a hero.


You are Vanilla Town. You win when all threats to your mission are eliminated. Vote in the thread every day to liquidate potential threats.

There is a hard 125-post cap Days 1-3. Vote-only posts do not count toward the cap during EOD only. Twilight is always uncapped.

Twilight lasts for the next hour from this post.


FINAL TALLY

:skull: Rask (6): Csargo, Zelda, Dolby, Borg, Hollow, Lewwyn
Dolby (2): El-A, Nanook
Zelda (2): Winston, c4
Borg (2): Ibn-K, Tim
Winston (2): Rask, Vroendal
c4 (1): Panda

Not Voting (2): Gnome, Laurentus


Movement
[Rask] Csargo >> Winston
[Hollow] Rask >> Borg >> Panda >> Dolby >> Rask
[c4] Borg >> Zelda >> Rask >> Zelda
[Winston] Rask >> Hollow >> Zelda
c4 >> Winston >> Panda >> Rask
[Tim] Dolby >> Borg
[Lewwyn] Panda >> Rask



[B]Living Players (16)

c4e5g3d5 (c4)
hollowkatt (hollow/HK)
Dolby (Dolbster/Dolb)
Winston Hughes (Winston/WH/McGinty)
Timsup2nothin (Tim/Tims)
Garden Gnome (Gnome/GG)
Ibn-Khaldun (Ibn/IK)
Lewwyn (Lew)
BorgPicard (Borg/Picard/LA/Argon)
NANOOK (Nook)
Csargo (Csar)
Laurentus (Laur)
El-ahrairah (El/El-A)
Vroendal (Vro)
pzelda (Zelda/Capage/Cap)
CutePanda (Panda/CP)

Dead Players (1)
Raskolnikov (Raskol/Rask)

[Montmorency]

In case you forgot, there are 55 minutes of Twilight remaining.

[Timsup2nothin]

ugh...RIP Raskol

[Winston Hughes]

:stupid:

[c4e5g3d5]

Oh right we can still talk

Why tf was Dolby a wagon?

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh right we can still talk

Why tf was Dolby a wagon?

I explained my reasons for being there to him enough, you'll find them tonight.

[hollowkatt]

wellllll shit :(

[Csargo]

I've failed you Sergeant Visorslash :shame:

[c4e5g3d5]

I explained my reasons for being there to him enough, you'll find them tonight.

That'll take time. TL;DR?

[hollowkatt]

I voted for Dolby b/c I thought he was wolfy in the way that he characterized my reasoning/thinking on Borg. I retracted that and moved back to Raskol after watching his interactions with Tim, and how he interacted with me

[c4e5g3d5]

Oh btw Vro's opening readlist was super towny. No extraneous sentences or words. He didn't write it for show, he wrote it for himself.

[Timsup2nothin]

On one hand...the wolves had nothing to worry about since we produced no coherent counterwagon so they have no real need to have been on Raskol here.

On the other hand that wagon looks sketch AF at a glance. There is no one there who if they flipped wolf I would have to say it was shocking. No heavy wolf leans, but no one I think is solidly town.

[c4e5g3d5]

Oh Tim do you have a read on me yet? You might've already said it idk.

[Timsup2nothin]

That'll take time. TL;DR?

You have the night phase, but the timing of the shield drop on Argon struck me more as "this is expected of t!Dolby" than a genuine "as t!Dolby I better shield Argon here."

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh Tim do you have a read on me yet? You might've already said it idk.

My early read on you was wolf side. I had too many wolf reads and knew it, but I also just saw one of them flip town so...

I haven't seen anything from you that forcefully changes my mind and you will definitely get a thorough looking over during night phase. Anything to declare?

[c4e5g3d5]

Dolby was towny when I was paying attention to him.

[c4e5g3d5]

My early read on you was wolf side. I had too many wolf reads and knew it, but I also just saw one of them flip town so...

I haven't seen anything from you that forcefully changes my mind and you will definitely get a thorough looking over during night phase. Anything to declare?

I mean, I'm obvious, but that never stopped you.

[Timsup2nothin]

I voted for Dolby b/c I thought he was wolfy in the way that he characterized my reasoning/thinking on Borg. I retracted that and moved back to Raskol after watching his interactions with Tim, and how he interacted with me

Why the pile on? Why not stir the waters a bit and see what might surface? I get that Raskol was far from towny, but we kinda waster that EoD there.

[Timsup2nothin]

I mean, I'm obvious, but that never stopped you.

From doing overnight examinations? Man, no one is that obvious, ever.

[Dolby]

0-200

I think that HK is probably the towniest person in the thread rn (watch him be wolf on me lol).

Looking back I still like Lewwyn, his earlist activity looks more null to me now than earlier, but still good. There's a lot of stuff from him in the mid-100s that I like

I have concerns about GG but it might be that they just enjoy vibing with the thread more. I don't like the two posts they had addressing Argon starting #146

I'm just gonna say no take on IK, though I think that the overview of LA's possibilities in #186 is easy to make. Lewwyn actually has a good response to that imo

I think that GG just latched onto the LA stuff and didn't do anything after that?

[c4e5g3d5]

Tim is there any part of Dolby's Borg shield that you actively thought Dolby wouldn't do? Otherwise this is just "Dolby's scum for acting like town Dolby".

[c4e5g3d5]

Lewwyn's towny but you knew that.

[c4e5g3d5]

I said I think he's lying, not "it's unproductive".
Something about Borg is giving me bad feels beyond the normal "this is LA doing LA things" I usually have when he posts.
I've also said, and you quoted, that I'd do the day murder to Rask/pzelda/panda, and that borg was "meh" and I'm "eh" about him.

You saying "HK is policy pushing Borg" feels wrong, because it is wrong, but it also feels wolfy to push that line of thinking.

It looks really easy to mistake for a policy vote meh

[Timsup2nothin]

Tim is there any part of Dolby's Borg shield that you actively thought Dolby wouldn't do? Otherwise this is just "Dolby's scum for acting like town Dolby".

It was what he said when he did it. "I'm dropping the shield because pressure on Argon" just seemed like calling attention and excuse making, because IMO there really wasn't any significant pressure on Argon. Like "look, it's me, t!Dolby doing what t!Dolby does here."

[c4e5g3d5]

IMO there really wasn't any significant pressure on Argon.

Smh

Wait until D2 to Tim this game up again.

[Dolby]

Ok I checked and GG didn't vote so they probably just forgot about the game


What's your policy here , make a post saying "This guy is town" after he places some read sort of stuff? Posting D1 reads are wolfy , while I questioned zelda's alignment , I actually contradicted my words over the fact that D1 reads are wolfish.
How did the contradiction escape your eyes?

I have such mixed feelings about this post everytime I look at it. I focus on the "just making a 'this guy is town' isn't good" aspect of it and it's good, but the whole thing about contradiciton is super bad as a point to hold against c4.

maybe to early but I want to say that LA and Panda are anti-aligned from the vote because I think that voting Rask there would be much more natural appearing vote from Argon if he was worried about that as maf, and wouldn't push teammate!Panda up


You voted hollowkatt because he called you "town"?
This is a super weaksauce thing to point out, especially since it's easily explained in the posts directly before it and after it, and GG is going to have to bring their game up tomorrow. It's pointing out a banter vote which clearly isn't going to be kept

I'll ask El to give a take on it tomorrow, i do like the interconnected thing that they make in #267 to say why they think Pzelda is town


Don't think Rask is mafia.
Csargo could be one?
got this from El
Ok, this is a hot take, and given the plausible game state (maf probably feel that one of their own ain't going down) and assuming IK is super rusty or is newish, I think that he could afford pointing to someone else if mafia, especially since I feel that Csargo is one of the more townread than not people at that point, but he does need to explain why he thought or still thinks this.

looking at El's spurt of activity again it isn't as towny as I first thought it was seeing that the bigger posts within it tended to be non-directly game related, and the only game related thing I can point to liking is the you Pzelda tihng, but also pointing out Pzelda and Tims as town for that is basically saying that they're town for "big post that's consistent with basic facts is good"

Think Winston is good still as a vibe, but placing me in the burn pile is 100% unjustified for what I did to get there

Yeah I think that Vro is town if only for that first reads post. Vibe super hard with his scumreads (winston obviously excepted), and honestly even his more controversial TLs to me (Panda) looks good. Only thing that I don't even like about the post is El as the top town, but yeah this guy is just good.

Ok, I wish that Tims had given some specification, but #323, particularly the pzelda part, doesn't look as bad as I initially thought


Vro coming in swinging at whoever is handy is a stark contrast to the way El came in, as late arrivals go. Not gonna go spontaneous combustion about it, but noted.
Very much disagree.

ngl I think that Nanook intentionally minposted but I dont know what minposting is for this game

HK interaction with me good

[Dolby]

AMA

[Timsup2nothin]

It looks really easy to mistake for a policy vote meh

For the record, HK is less tolerant about lying as town than a lot of players...I should know, he gets on my case about it often enough. And Argon was very clearly lying...which also for the record setting me up for the NK is kinda annoying Argon. I have enough problems.

not to say that I have never embraced an NK myself either, so can't be too upset

[Dolby]

Thinks I didn't mention

I'm not townreading csargo as much as before

I like c4

[c4e5g3d5]

AMA

Thoughts on El dichotomizing you/Rask?

[Dolby]

Thoughts on El dichotomizing you/Rask?

I didn't like that, looking back and given his vote I guess he could have just not liked what I was saying about Rask, but I don't think that it was bad. Looking at it like that I don't really think he meant for it to be a pure dichotome as much as "Dolby should die unless Rask flips red" if that makes sense but that's not a good take

[Dolby]

gtg soz

[BorgPicard]

Oh yeah by the way I actually did n0 check you Tim. Just be aware of that.

[Montmorency]

NIGHT ONE BEGINS

Send in orders if you have them.

D2/3 postcap will be expanded to 200 posts!

Phase ends
SOD 2

[Montmorency]

Night One

https://i.imgur.com/vTORgs4.jpg

---Earlier---

The four Bionics interrupted the squad of Marines busily extracting data in the command center. The latter were the victorious survivors from the teleported waves of stormtroopers in the Strike Envelope, and so absorbed were they in their privileged work that not one could know to raise an alarm. The Supralatus, glorious of status, raised a hand and in a heartbeat all the Marines dropped dead from concentrated gamma radiation.

All the halls and chambers of the complex were already dead; now they were certainly the only living humans here. But there were many more Marines still coalescing topside, who would soon enough seek to clear out the Bionic bastion. Therefore time was short, and the Bionic cell could not take the opportunity to restore the facility autonomous defense network. No matter - with planning, they would be more than enough of a match for the persistent Marine flotsam. The immediate task would have to be to sabotage the biochemical laboratories so that nothing of the highest-level Bionic technoscientific corpus fell into enemy hands. There was also the matter of the specimens...

As a higher form of being it was natural for Bionics to establish dealings with extraterrestrial life forms. Some of which could be useful in alternative, unappreciated ways. The evidence of which was arrayed in the lab ferociously before the Bionics; power failures and enemy action had breached the containment measures for the captives. And they were very agitated. Still, nothing four topline Bionics couldn't handle...

It was an exhausting fight, a very wasteful one. It was a tragedy that so much hard work had to go up in flames all of a sudden. As a fighting force such well-enhanced humans must be awesome to contemplate, but after this much expenditure of power they would have to bide their time against even the Marines for a spell.

...

Where was the second Operator?

Three followed the chilling crackles to a utility room, from whose entrance spread out a spool of carnage. All systems ready they barged in, to find a creature in the process of - consummating with - the fourth Bionic. This thing. Of all the blasphemies from Beyond that the Front had secured for its menageries, this was the most mysterious, the most difficult to handle. In spite of its quantological fetters, it must have relied on the waves of alien fury boiling themselves against the Bionic's defenses to outmaneuver him; how careless, how distasteful.

The Bionic was clearly dead, gray and shrunken, delectable enhancements spilling out of the cadaver into the bubbing, burbling form of the alien. Throughout the room emanated vapors of nauseous coruscance.

In the duration of the Bionics' faltered moment of breath, it spoke.

Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule. I know of no greater absurdity than that propounded by most systems of philosophy in declaring evil to be negative in its character. Evil is just what is positive; it makes its own existence felt. Leibnitz is particularly concerned to defend this absurdity; and he seeks to strengthen his position by using a palpable and paltry sophism. It is the good which is negative; in other words, happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end. This explains the fact that we generally find pleasure to be not nearly so pleasant as we expected, and pain very much more painful.

The Supralatus advanced under indignant choler. Disgraceful abomination, your penalty should be instant death. In respect for your value to the cause I will allow you to submit yourself for sequestration and transportation immediately.

T̴he ṕl͝e̶àsur͞e ҉in̢ ̷t̷hìs͞ ̢w͘or̕ld̛, ͞it͠ ha̵s͞ ̡bee̵n̨ said, o͠uţw͏eighs̶ t̨he ̴p͏aįn;̴ or,̀ a͝t͏ ̴a͜n͝y ̷rate,̡ t͞h̸e͡r̵e is a͘n e̴ve͘n ͝ba̵l͘anće be̢tw̵e͜en ̕t͝he ҉two.͝ ̕I͢f͘ ͜th̵e͜ ̢l͜i̶s͢t͡ener̡ wįshes͡ t̡o s͟e͞ę ͜s̢h̡órt̡l̀y͏ ͡wh̴et͞he͟r͘ ͘thi̴s ́s̀tatemen͡t ͜is̢ ̶t҉rue̡,̢ ͞lèt ͡hi͞m͟ ̸c͘ompa̸re the respe̕c̨ti͜ve f̶eȩl͏i͠ng̸s̀ ͡o̢f ̡t͜wǫ ͏a͝n͟i͢m͠al͡s,̀ ón̷e̵ ͠o̢f͞ ̢whįch͟ is en̶g͠aged ͟i̧n ̀e͠at͝ing ̨the͜ o̧the̕r.̨ Thé b̶e͏s͏t̶ c̕onsolat͘ión̨ ̴in͏ ̴m̸is͜f͞ortune͏ ̷o͢r̴ affl͢i͠cţi͡on̵ ͘o͜f ҉an͢y ́k̡ind͞ ̵wi͡l̨l͢ ̛bè the̴ th͡óught o͏f oth͢eŕ ̧p̷eo̕pl͟e whǫ ͜a̡re ͟in̸ ̧a̛ s̵tįl̨l ̡w͟ors͝e͢ ̛pli̵g̢ht ͡th̸án ҉y̴ourśelf́; ͏an͟d͝ ̡t͘hi̧s i̶s͠ a̶ ̸fo͡r̛m̛ of͢ cons̢o̧latįo̶n͜ oṕen ҉t͏o e̴v͜e̶r̀y one.͜ B҉u͢t ͞w̸hat a͡n aw͟fu̕l҉ fat̵e ̕this ͜me̷a͞n͢s for̛ ̀m͝a͞n͢k͞in̛d͞ a̡s͏ ҉a̸ ̨wh̸ole̵!͏

Y̢o͡u a̸ŗe like la͏mbs͢ in a͝ ̷f̷ie̢l̡d, ͞di͢spor̴ti͞n̸g ̸t́h̵em̢se͡l͠v̷es͝ ͟under t̵hé èye ̷òf͟ ҉th͠e ̴but̸che͝r̛, ͝whó ̀c͢h̷oos̶e͘s o̸u͟t̛ ̧first͞ ̷one͞ an̸d ţhe̛n͝ an̕ǫt͞he͘r for̴ his̡ ̷p̀rèy.͘ S̛o ̶i͡t̢ ̧is҉ ́th͟a҉t ̢i͘n͘ ̨y͟o҉u͝r g͟ood̛ days y͘o͜u̷ ̸a̷ŗe҉ ͟a͜l̛l ͠uncon͘s͝cío͠u̧s̸ ́o͝f ̵t͘he e͜v̀il͘ ͘Fat͟e҉ ́m͝ay ͞have̵ ͝pr̴e̵sèn҉t̀l̀y in s̛t́ore f̕òr̴ ͞you—sìc͘kńe̛ss, pov̧ert̨y,͠ mu͠ti͞la̶tion͝, l͏os͏s o҉f̛ sight o͡r͟ ̨r̛ȩason.̛

The violently-convulsing organism was a presence that could no longer be tolerated. Unleashed in synchrony were the plasma cannon, the gamma beam, the flamethrower, and the nanocarbon flechette; the contents of the room were fairly obliterated, including the fallen Bionic.

But somehow, the alien had burst out of the room in a snarl, leaving the Bionics bruised and splayed out on the floor. Though they quickly recovered and assumed battle posture, peace resounded as they postured fruitlessly. It had gone - or else was lurking.

Oh shit, muttered the Infiltrator. Was it supposed to be able to talk?

The Supralatus lowered his head. It would seem ― it would seem that it has been rebuilding itself by assimilating bionics and other modifications. After all, he gestured, there were plenty of fallen Bionics here to take advantage of before we arrived.

The gravelly-voiced surviving Operator began to grasp the situation. Oh. That sounds bad. There are many hundreds of dead Bionics choking the zone, and this facility...

Yes, there's no telling how powerful it can become if allowed to roam. The only bright side is that I believe it needs living Bionics to achieve the most significant upgrades. A dead Bionic should be only a respite for the beast. So it will hunt us, because it can, but activated as we are even a single further loss would be a stigma. No less a catastrophe.

Upon further regretful consideration, the Supralatus came to a decision.

The next step is to destroy every Bionic corpse we can find, and infiltrate the incoming Marines - yes, for our own security. We'll have to kill two birds with one stone. Our assignment just got a lot more difficult.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8mTC-Xtqqo



https://i.imgur.com/jdvGUiP.jpg

As they camped in the cafeteria, the Marines had established networked sentinels throughout the section, one in the kitchens. Sandbagged behind the contents of the freezers, Lieutenant c4e5g3d5 watched over his team.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to presage the barrage of plasma that killed or wounded all his troops. In fact this position just funneled the heat of the plasma inward, magnifying the effect: a death trap.

Leaping out for new cover, c4e5g3d5 ascertained the attackers position, just a single Bionic. Contact! Reinforce immediately! he screamed into c4e5g3d5's commslink - but it was being jammed, unbeknownst to him.

There wasn't much more he could do than duck the constant fresh incoming plasma. The Bionic started with an advantage, and now its superior speed and firepower could not be overcome. c4e5g3d5 knew he had only one chance, not to save himself but to protect his comrades.

Breaking his strafe around the kitchen to charge the Bionic, he rolled and dodged as he could but his armor was beginning to melt into his skin. With a defiant cry he leaped out from behind an island and began pumping concentrated EM right into the borg's trunk. The Bionic's plasma was already discharging.

Ultimately, the Bionic could absorb more laser than the Marine could plasma. After the laser ceased, only char and ash rained down.

Objective achieved for the night.


https://i.imgur.com/vTORgs4.jpg

The cratered remains of the Marines baked on the steel floor.

sksksksksksksksksksksksksskkkkk

With a twirl the Bionic extended his sensors and prepared to face reinforcements. But none came. The graphical interface fluttered with anomalies.

skskskskskskskskskskskskssssss

Backing into the center of the room, the Operator smoothly rotated in circles about his heels, observing with forward optics. A thickening miasma clung to the air. This could only be...

And I oop-

BAKEMONO

It had been foolish to send an Operator alone, given the circumstances, even to ambush a handful of unmods. What subterrene horror had been unleashed a day ago?

T̴h̶e̵ ̷v̵a̶n̴i̴t̶y̷ ̸o̸f̸ ̷e̸x̴i̵s̵t̴e̶n̴c̴e̸ ̵i̷s̴ ̸r̵e̸v̸e̴a̷l̵e̸d̷ ̶i̷n̷ ̸t̸h̵e̶ ̶w̸h̴o̴l̵e̶ ̵f̵o̶r̶m̸ ̷e̵x̴i̸s̴t̵e̴n̵c̵e̸ ̵a̵s̷s̸u̶m̴e̵s̴:̶ ̷i̷n̶ ̶t̵h̴e̴ ̶i̵n̶f̴i̸n̸i̷t̷e̷n̴e̴s̴s̷ ̸o̵f̷ ̸t̶i̴m̷e̴ ̵a̴n̴d̶ ̵s̵p̷a̶c̸e̵ ̵c̸o̴n̷t̶r̵a̸s̶t̵e̷d̵ ̸w̵i̶t̷h̶ ̴t̷h̸e̴ ̸f̸i̶n̸i̴t̵e̵n̸e̵s̵s̸ ̵o̷f̷ ̵t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̴n̷d̷i̷v̶i̶d̶u̵a̷l̶ ̵i̸n̶ ̶b̸o̵t̷h̵;̶ ̵i̵n̴ ̵t̷h̴e̸ ̶f̶l̷e̶e̶t̷i̵n̴g̶ ̵p̴r̷e̷s̵e̴n̵t̴ ̴a̷s̵ ̴t̸h̷e̸ ̷s̷o̷l̷e̴ ̸f̸o̸r̶m̴ ̵i̴n̴ ̸w̷h̷i̶c̸h̸ ̴a̸c̷t̴u̸a̴l̸i̷t̷y̴ ̸e̴x̵i̸s̷t̵s̸;̸ ̸i̷n̶ ̶t̴h̸e̷ ̷c̸o̸n̴t̶i̵n̴g̸e̸n̷c̶y̶ ̷a̵n̶d̸ ̴r̸e̴l̵a̴t̷i̸v̵i̶t̴y̴ ̵o̴f̶ ̷a̵l̷l̸ ̵t̵h̵i̶n̸g̵s̴;̴ ̵i̶n̶ ̵c̶o̴n̵t̴i̶n̷u̷a̸l̷ ̴b̷e̴c̵o̴m̵i̶n̶g̸ ̸w̷i̸t̸h̴o̶u̵t̴ ̴b̸e̶i̵n̴g̴;̸ ̴i̵n̵ ̶c̵o̸n̸t̵i̷n̴u̶a̴l̵ ̵d̵e̸s̸i̴r̶e̸ ̸w̴i̶t̸h̵o̵u̸t̷ ̶s̷a̷t̴i̶s̶f̴a̵c̷t̵i̵o̴n̸;̶ ̴i̴n̶ ̸t̵h̵e̷ ̵c̷o̶n̴t̸i̷n̴u̴a̵l̸ ̵f̵r̷u̵s̷t̶r̶a̸t̷i̴o̵n̴ ̷o̷f̴ ̸s̷t̵r̸i̵v̷i̶n̶g̴ ̷o̸f̶ ̷w̷h̷i̷c̶h̵ ̸l̸i̸f̴e̵ ̴c̷o̸n̸s̸i̶s̸t̷s̵.̶ ̵T̵i̶m̶e̵ ̷a̷n̸d̵ ̸t̷h̵a̵t̸ ̷p̶e̴r̷i̴s̴h̴a̶b̴i̶l̶i̴t̷y̴ ̴o̶f̵ ̵a̶l̵l̵ ̸t̵h̵i̸n̴g̶s̶ ̴e̷x̷i̵s̵t̷i̷n̶g̶ ̴i̷n̶ ̵t̵i̸m̸e̸ ̶t̸h̵a̶t̷ ̷t̷i̸m̷e̵ ̴i̸t̵s̴e̶l̵f̴ ̶b̶r̵i̵n̸g̸s̴ ̴a̴b̴o̴u̷t̴ ̸i̷s̸ ̵s̶i̴m̶p̴l̷y̶ ̷t̴h̶e̶ ̴f̷o̴r̸m̵ ̸u̴n̸d̴e̴r̶ ̷w̴h̸i̵c̵h̵ ̴t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̶i̵l̴l̶ ̵t̴o̴ ̷l̷i̶v̸e̵,̶ ̵w̴h̴i̶c̵h̵ ̵a̶s̴ ̵t̴h̴i̶n̸g̴ ̵i̸n̸ ̶i̷t̵s̷e̵l̶f̷ ̶i̷s̴ ̴i̴m̷p̶e̴r̶i̶s̷h̸a̶b̷l̷e̸,̵ ̸r̵e̶v̶e̷a̷l̶s̶ ̴t̴o̴ ̷i̷t̴s̴e̷l̶f̶ ̷t̸h̶e̷ ̸v̶a̵n̵i̷t̴y̵ ̴o̷f̷ ̷i̸t̷s̶ ̷s̷t̸r̴i̵v̶i̷n̷g̸.̷ ̴T̵i̴m̴e̷ ̸i̶s̵ ̵t̴h̶a̸t̴ ̷b̶y̶ ̶v̵i̶r̶t̶u̷e̵ ̷o̵f̸ ̵w̸h̴i̵c̵h̸ ̸e̸v̴e̶r̴y̴t̵h̸i̸n̴g̵ ̴b̸e̷c̵o̸m̶e̷s̸ ̸n̶o̵t̴h̷i̷n̶g̶n̴e̵s̴s̵ ̷i̵n̴ ̴o̷u̸r̷ ̶h̶a̷n̴d̶s̸ ̷a̷n̴d̴ ̷l̶o̴s̴e̴s̵ ̷a̸l̷l̵ ̶r̷e̸a̸l̸ ̶v̷a̷l̸u̶e̷.̵ T̷h̵a̶t̴ ̶w̸h̸i̸c̶h̷ ̴h̸a̸s̶ ̵b̷e̴e̸n̶ ̷n̷o̷ ̶l̸o̷n̸g̸e̵r̴ ̸i̸s̸;̵ ̸i̷t̷ ̶a̷s̷ ̶l̸i̷t̴t̶l̴e̸ ̷e̵x̷i̴s̵t̶s̵ ̸a̶s̵ ̴d̶o̸e̸s̶ ̸t̵h̵a̸t̴ ̴w̸h̵i̵c̸h̷ ̷h̶a̸s̵ ̵n̵e̵v̶e̵r̷ ̵b̸e̵e̷n̶.̸ ̵B̸u̷t̸ ̶e̵v̵e̷r̴y̵t̸h̵i̴n̷g̶ ̴t̶h̸a̷t̴ ̷i̵s̴ ̷i̶n̸ ̴t̵h̵e̶ ̴n̷e̶x̴t̴ ̷m̸o̵m̶e̵n̸t̵ ̶h̵a̶s̴ ̸b̸e̵e̷n̸.̸ ̶T̷h̵u̷s̴ ̶t̶h̸e̴ ̸m̴o̵s̷t̵ ̷i̸n̴s̸i̵g̶n̶i̵f̷i̷c̸a̷n̵t̷ ̶p̵r̷e̵s̸e̵n̵t̸ ̴h̵a̷s̷ ̵o̷v̷e̸r̷ ̸t̵h̶e̴ ̴m̶o̵s̷t̵ ̸s̶i̸g̵n̵i̴f̶i̶c̴a̶n̷t̸ ̶p̷a̷s̸t̸ ̴t̷h̴e̵ ̶a̴d̷v̸a̶n̸t̸a̸g̶e̷ ̵o̸f̶ ̶a̶c̵t̸u̴a̵l̸i̵t̸y̴,̴ ̶w̷h̸i̵c̸h̷ ̷m̶e̶a̷n̶s̵ ̴t̸h̸a̸t̴ ̴t̷h̶e̶ ̸f̴o̵r̸m̴e̷r̸ ̷b̷e̵a̶r̵s̴ ̸t̴o̷ ̸t̵h̷e̷ ̷l̸a̷t̴t̴e̴r̸ ̴t̸h̸e̶ ̸r̸e̷l̵a̵t̴i̵o̷n̶ ̷o̸f̴ ̵s̵o̷m̴e̵t̷h̷i̷n̴g̶ ̸t̷o̸ ̶n̸o̶t̶h̴i̵n̷g̸.

There it rested, suddenly, right before his view. Timsup2nothin stopped spinning and squared off. His mods weren't up to the task of tracking the creature, but his weapons systems might be.

T̷o̶ ̸o̸u̴r̴ ̶a̸m̶a̴z̵e̸m̵e̸n̶t̴ ̴w̵e̴ ̴s̴u̶d̸d̵e̸n̴l̸y̸ ̶e̴x̵i̴s̸t̷,̴ ̶a̶f̷t̶e̶r̴ ̴h̸a̸v̴i̵n̸g̸ ̵f̴o̶r̷ ̷c̵o̴u̸n̸t̷l̷e̴s̷s̵ ̶m̸i̵l̵l̸e̴n̶n̸i̷a̷ ̵n̷o̴t̶ ̴e̶x̵i̸s̸t̴e̴d̴;̵ ̶i̶n̷ ̷a̸ ̸s̴h̷o̷r̸t̷ ̷w̷h̷i̴l̶e̷ ̴w̶e̵ ̸w̶i̵l̸l̸ ̷a̴g̵a̸i̴n̶ ̸n̸o̸t̸ ̶e̵x̶i̷s̷t̶,̶ ̷a̴l̸s̵o̴ ̵f̴o̷r̶ ̷c̸o̶u̶n̸t̵l̴e̶s̶s̶ ̸m̵i̴l̷l̸e̶n̶n̴i̵a̷.̶ ̸T̶h̵a̴t̷ ̴c̵a̸n̶n̸o̶t̵ ̶b̷e̴ ̸r̷i̶g̴h̷t̸,̴ ̷s̴a̶y̸s̴ ̵t̴h̸e̵ ̸h̴e̶a̸r̷t̴:̸ ̵a̷n̵d̴ ̴e̶v̴e̵n̵ ̷u̸p̴o̸n̶ ̴t̷h̸e̴ ̶c̴r̷u̴d̸e̴s̶t̷ ̷i̸n̶t̵e̸l̵l̸i̴g̵e̸n̸c̷e̴ ̸t̴h̴e̷r̷e̵ ̴m̸u̵s̷t̴,̵ ̷w̵h̸e̵n̶ ̷i̴t̴ ̸c̷o̷n̴s̷i̸d̸e̷r̶s̵ ̵s̵u̸c̵h̶ ̶a̵n̵ ̶i̴d̵e̴a̵,̴ ̷d̶a̷w̵n̵ ̵a̸ ̷p̷r̶e̷s̵e̴n̸t̵i̷m̴e̴n̸t̴ ̵o̷f̷ ̶t̵h̴e̸ ̷i̴d̸e̸a̸l̴i̸t̶y̴ ̵o̸f̸ ̷t̵i̶m̷e̷.̸ ̶T̷h̶i̶s̴ ̵h̶o̷w̵e̴v̶e̷r̸,̷ ̸t̷o̶g̸e̵t̶h̸e̵r̶ ̷w̶i̴t̵h̷ ̴t̷h̷a̸t̸ ̵o̶f̶ ̵s̶p̶a̴c̸e̸,̴ ̴i̷s̸ ̶t̴h̷e̵ ̷k̷e̸y̶ ̸t̵o̵ ̶a̷l̷l̶ ̴t̷r̵u̶e̶ ̶m̶e̴t̵a̶p̴h̶y̵s̵i̷c̴s̴,̴ ̸b̷e̶c̶a̷u̵s̷e̴ ̵i̶t̸ ̸m̸a̷k̷e̶s̴ ̵r̸o̵o̷m̴ ̷f̶o̶r̷ ̶a̸ ̵q̸u̵i̶t̸e̸ ̵d̴i̶f̴f̵e̶r̶e̷n̵t̵ ̸o̸r̴d̴e̶r̶ ̵o̵f̶ ̸t̸h̸i̶n̸g̸s̷ ̴t̵h̷a̴n̵ ̷t̸h̷a̸t̴ ̷o̴f̵ ̷n̶a̶t̷u̴r̸e̷.̷ ̴E̴v̷e̶r̷y̵ ̴m̴o̸m̵e̷n̴t̶ ̴o̷f̷ ̴o̶u̷r̸ ̴l̷i̵f̷e̴ ̷b̶e̶l̷o̴n̵g̷s̵ ̸t̶o̷ ̵t̶h̸e̵ ̶p̷r̴e̷s̶e̸n̷t̸ ̸o̶n̸l̵y̷ ̷f̵o̵r̵ ̶a̶ ̵m̴o̸m̸e̸n̷t̴;̴ ̸t̴h̷e̷n̵ ̴i̵t̷ ̶b̷e̸l̵o̸n̸g̶s̷ ̸
f̶o̶r̶ ̴e̸v̷e̶r̵
t̶o̶̶ t̶h̸e̶ ̴p̷a̷s̵t̶.̵

Timsup2nothin roared as he ramped his power to 110%, chain plasma attachment squealing alongside.

sksksk

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Concern strained the Major's face.

Sergeant Visor has reported that one of our observational posts in the kitchens has been wiped out overnight. Even worse - better? - we found bionic detritus around the site.

So does that mean our brothers valiantly gave their lives and took down opps with them? the Sergeant bravely offered.

No. If only that were the case. But we examined what survived of the bodycam footage from the fallen, and there was action after the last Marine had died. We found - this.

Major Montmorency projected an image for public view. Gasps and shudders reverberated throughout the echelon.

A deformed - or maybe unformed - entity unlike any their eyes had beheld, seizing the Bionic. It was difficult to make out much detail, and almost as difficult to look at the image for any length of time. The Major flicked to the next image, with only the Bionic's arm visible. What it had of original flesh appeared unnaturally brittle and gray. Was that an artifact of the low-light conditions?

There isn't much else to show you, went the Major's intonation. Most of the altercation took place outside the view from the bodies, er, body cams. Today the only sign of that Bionic was - the Major held up a large and rugose hunk of fused metal. Even a 2000-kg bomb wouldn't be able to meld the alloys and ceramics used in biomods that way. This... alien, wolf, monster, thing, this
Alien Werewolf,
is loose in the facility, and somehow I doubt it's just hunting Bionics. If that's what it can do to a modified human that just wasted a team of elite Marines, then we must double our vigilance. Our assignment just got a lot more difficult.

With that the Marines formed up to push on. Next stop was the dormitory.

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c4e5g3d5 has died! He was a

UMENSES Operator


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UMENSES Operator

You are a Marine, or maybe a whole fireteam of Marines, with at least 5 years of exemplary combat service.
Every one of you steely-eyed veterans has been blooded against the Bionics before.
The present battle engaged and after days of hard fighting both sides have nearly been wiped out.
Now, with the remnants of the Bionic command group cornered, you have your chance to fulfill your mission and return a hero.


You are Vanilla Town. You win when all threats to your mission are eliminated. Vote in the thread every day to liquidate potential threats.

There is a hard 125-post cap Days 1-3. Vote-only posts do not count toward the cap during EOD only. Twilight is always uncapped.

Timsup2nothin has died! He was a

Bionic Operator.


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Bionic Operator


The fighting thus far had been contained to the cities and the battlefields, as UMEN understood that any frontal assault on your fortified territories would cripple their combat elements for naught. The Bionic Front did not anticipate a diagonal envelopment of one of its secret bases by official Bad Dudes. Now you know that UMEN teleportation platforms are operational. Though 99% of the strike force has been neutralized, almost all your comrades in the sector have been killed or subdued, including the Praefectus of the Libertanian continent itself. You three are the only Bionic survivors of a tempest that has left tens of thousands dead in just hours. Moreover, the unique biochemical experiments being carried out at this location have been destroyed or disrupted. There is one whom we prize above all: BAKEMONO.

An extraterrestrial of maximum hazard and value stages, even the record of how it was acquired is too precious to be known to you. While we have no means of recovering the specimen under present conditions, we must not permit UMEN to capture it for themselves (assuming they are even capable of such a feat) nor the alien itself to wander off into the world. Destroy it and salvage what can be. Luckily, we expect this particular specimen to be struggling under the quantological restraints we've maintained it under. As long as none of us fall into its clutches, we can't lose. To that purpose, we can neither overtly act against UMEN nor the alien, lest one overwhelm us while we destroy the other in detail...

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In spite of being the Bionic equivalent of a grunt, you are more than an individual match for the very best Marine alive here. Your comparative lack of stature and ability nonetheless leaves you doing the cell's scut work. If the need arises you will of course willingly take the fall in service of the Hierarchy.

You are a Goon (Mafia). The Mafia choose someone to kill at night. Kills are factional, and therefore not assigned (will not interfere with individual abilities). You win when BAKEMONO is slain and parity is met with Town, meaning Town cannot prevent your victory by numbers.

[REDACTED]




DAY TWO BEGINS

https://i.imgur.com/jH3X3AA.gif

Postcap has been raised to 200!

Phase ends
EOD 2


Living Players (14)

hollowkatt (hollow/HK)
Dolby (Dolbster/Dolb)
Winston Hughes (Winston/WH/McGinty)
Garden Gnome (Gnome/GG)
Ibn-Khaldun (Ibn/IK)
Lewwyn (Lew)
BorgPicard (Borg/Picard/LA/Argon)
NANOOK (Nook)
Csargo (Csar)
Laurentus (Laur)
El-ahrairah (El/El-A)
Vroendal (Vro)
pzelda (Zelda/Capage/Cap)
CutePanda (Panda/CP)

Dead Players (3)
Raskolnikov (D1)
c4e5g3d5 (N1)
Timsup2nothin (N1)

[Montmorency]

Remember, the postcap is 200.

[hollowkatt]

RIP Raskol, I'm sorry mate :(
Whomever shot Tim you're a genius, well done!
C4 towned it up too, there's a reason they're dead. Lets figure that out, and go kill more wolves.

[hollowkatt]

also, if you're the person who shot tim STFU about it. Bask in your glory at the end of the game

[Csargo]

Nice

[Dolby]

Very nice

[Dolby]

Think it's possible that Tims was forcing interaction with Nanook. I think he's highlighted basically every post from Nanook in the thread that I remember


So: early reads...these are obviously subject to development, but will be decisive. Nulls are for wimps.

Argon: in first, claims cop, claims ridiculous n0 check on me, uses avatar basically open referencing that he is a wolf...just another day in the life for him...if he is a wolf he has partners and at least some of those partners would be saying "WTF dude?" because they don't know him. No sign of that discomfort; Argon town.

Chessguy: lots of posts, creates image of "let's get started" by picking at gif posters but doesn't say anything really, overeager to be read on this; probs just a wolf.

Csargo: throwing them gif, but a LOT of them, then shifted to words and stayed overbusy for Csargo; probs a wolf.

Raskol: Emphasizing "disappointed by the rand" which is code for "I claim village," doesn't mention me until he finds a way to be agreeable instead of challenging immediately so trying to stay off radar; probs a wolf.

Dolby: meaningless paragoning of Argon, early read of Chessguy that I disagree with, challenged and stuck to it in a good way. Town.

Hollowkatt: comes in swinging to draw attention, early targeting on Raskol so reval as potential w/w there, seems to be worried about me an appropriate amount. Town

Nanook: enters by establishing slanker cred, immediately threatens to kill the person that helps him. Town


Winston: entry by Hardclaim, no additional posts. lean town

Lewynn: entry is softballed off previous post, but second post indicates reading of full thread, then back to softballing off another entry. Probs wolf

Pzelda: opens with a developed reads post which he just got wolf bombed for last time I saw him and he didn't get bombed for it here. May just have done a better job of it, but... Probs just town.

Panda: points out Pzeldas read post as unique, which is accurate, but wolfs it just for that without challenging the reads. Wolf

Many not posted yet. Gnome, Ibn, Laurentus, El, Vro...get your stuff together.
There's only a few things in here, post 90, that I'm willing to give a semi confident take on

Csargo maybe townier for hopping on with Rask's apparently serious Csargo push

Push on Lewwyn makes him townier to me, particularly for those reasons makes him townier to me


Just playin' some Mafia. I have a very strong anti-meta tilt, so every game I at least play a different style than my last game, and as often as I have the juice I play in some style I have never tried. I guess it is the old school forum software or maybe the nostalgia of being back on TheOrg but I feel like I'm up for a challenge.

For all my scoffing at them I have friends who are committed believers that day one reads made of tiny shadows of nuance and staff really work, so instead of my usual "just get through day one and work off the flips because flips are FACTS" stance I am joining them. Reading posts over and over looking for little cues and such.
Yeah I think I still want to say Lewwyn town from the dyanamics of the personal interaction. There's a few other posts that I think look good between them


Speaking of day one reads... NANOOK why none from you?

You might notice that I don't have a take on this, and yeah I don't have one lol


I mean, I'm always willing to lop off someone's head, but it is a quote from the Blues Brothers. I honestly didn't expect it to be taken seriously. You do seem a lot more actively engaged than I expect from town Csargo though.
Again, pretty weak but still wants me to lean in the town direction for Csargo. I should note that I can't really put Csargo above the lowest spot in my TLs


El landing hard on the thread is a town read for now.

This can quite easily be a pocket, there's a good chance it is, but I can quote stuff for this if you wish, but El's stuff yesterday doesn't look the best to me now, particularly wrt his dismissal of Vro. I think I just gave one of his posts a "ok it's internally consistent and big" and left it at that. El can def work up from here though.


While I don't disagree with any of your finds so far the only one I absolutely hard agree on was me. But yeah, there are some. There's just too many wolves though. :(

He had two concrete reads, so this seems more like a pocket to me from how he's heroing El than w/w?


Like this:

vote: Dolby

That gives us five wagons to choose from at two votes tied...time to choose among them and consolidate...let's get our stuff together here town.
Look ma I'm town. Also he was very blatently annoyed at my wagon slipping away from him imo

Saw some winston posts in connection and want to review how he got on Rask later


Vro coming in swinging at whoever is handy is a stark contrast to the way El came in, as late arrivals go. Not gonna go spontaneous combustion about it, but noted.
Yeah Vro's just town


How did I go from green checked mason to mafia???
LA is a paragon of towniness but for real this time


Fair. We will continue to circle each other warily for a while.
could be performative but Lewwyn still town to me


I'm kinda concerned that Lord Argon got so active about you catching some votes. You hard shielding him is so predictable as to be NAI except you did it weird...him jumping into the mix so hard to defend you is even more weird.

This is an odd post for the reason that I think that town Tims recognizes the bond between paragon and bestower, and him using it as an opportunity to shade LA looks good to him for me, despite LA not being in danger here


Man I was thinking Dolby's defense sounded kinda townish, but this pile on Raskol seems like people taking the easy way out and no matter which way he flips I'm gonna have some questions about that.
Again I'm town, also I think he's setting up push Rask voters tomorrow which tells me that the majority of them are town


Just checking the pile ons here. No one interested in Argon at all?
might have gone to far earlier, but idk I think that Tims is safe to just dismiss LA as null if he's a teammate rather than calling his defense of me weird?


On one hand...the wolves had nothing to worry about since we produced no coherent counterwagon so they have no real need to have been on Raskol here.

On the other hand that wagon looks sketch AF at a glance. There is no one there who if they flipped wolf I would have to say it was shocking. No heavy wolf leans, but no one I think is solidly town.
yeah I think that the Rask wagon was majority town

[Dolby]

tl;dr

Rask wagon is probably majority town, major influences on it being a thing are probably town
Tims I think did want me dead, though is probably not as salty about it as I portrayed in the above post

Lewwyn and Vro towny
Csargo and LA slightly towny
El might have been a pocket, idk, but the way that Tims went after Vro's activity in contrast makes me think Vro is town

Kinda paranoid about HK from early game interactions ngl but I still think that he's towny from yesterday

I think Tims was trying to force interaction with Nanook, I cannot tell you why he'd do so, but just based on the relative volumes of Tims posts addressing Nanook and Nanook's actual post volume I think he addressed him a lot

[Lewwyn]

Oh man that's great. I mourn you c4 you will be missed. I guess Tim really is up to nothin now. :2thumbsup:

[hollowkatt]

Tim is smart enough not to rule of anything spew his pack. That said, I will be reading his posts today, and C4 to see both what Tim may be spewing (I see you Dolby and I like your thinking. Not sold but like it), and what C4 was killed for.

[Lewwyn]

SO I'm pretty town on Dolby and HK.
Csargo, I've had fairly good vibes from. The Tim kill actually makes me think borg is more towny.
Zelda is the one I'm least sure of on the Rask lynch.

Winston I felt more scummy, but then more towny through the day. I'm curious about the Zelda vote could use a little more discussion about that.

Still lean scum from day 1 on Panda still stands.

I was okay with Vro's entrance into the game, but put off by El's.

I also have not had good vibes from Ibn, particularly when he votes 12 hours out because he wants to see the tiebreak. Of note Tim ended up voting with him on Borg, but I can't say that makes him more or less suspicious.

Nanook I basically have no read yet.

Laurentus still hasn't posted.

Gnome, why didn't vote?

[BorgPicard]

Ha poor Tim. I guess someone picked up on my repeated hints that Tim was mafia

[NANOOK]

Told you guys tim should die with fire lol

[Lewwyn]

Told you guys tim should die with fire lol

So who needs to die next?

[BorgPicard]

I feel we should take a closer look at the people who were on Dolby's wagon. There is a good chance there might have been a wolf on the wagon.

[Garden Gnome]

Told you guys tim should die with fire lol

you got your wish! That was a really exciting demise for a scum.

[NANOOK]

So who needs to die next?

I have no idea tbh, kinda want to say Dolby but I don't have a strong read

[Dolby]

I have no idea tbh, kinda want to say Dolby but I don't have a strong read

Look at how Tims was acting yesterday after my wagon died down.

[Dolby]

I have no idea what about half the game thinks and no take on them

[Csargo]

I have no idea what about half the game thinks and no take on them

:soapbox:

[Csargo]

I question how solid of a read I actually have on hk. Dolby's probably pretty close to locktown for me. Lewwyn is also solidly town for me

[Csargo]

still think hk looks good though, just seems weird re:Tims

[Csargo]

I liked Winston for the post everyone hated.

[Dolby]

Hi Csar

Any susses? What are your hottest takes rn?

How have your reads majorly changed since Tims died, or are all of me/Lewwyn/HK reads because of that?

[Csargo]

Hi Csar

Any susses? What are your hottest takes rn?

How have your reads majorly changed since Tims died, or are all of me/Lewwyn/HK reads because of that?

It's kinda hard, since quite a few people don't have much. think pzelda could be a woof, sort of feels meh as well tbh. there's just a lot of people on the threshold like GG/Nanook basically quite a few.

I don't think tims changes much, makes me slightly more sus of hk, and reinforces my read on you.

[Csargo]

My closest thing to a hot take is Winston I guess, but that doesn't really feel like a hot take to me, just kinda :mad:

[Csargo]

I have no idea tbh, kinda want to say Dolby but I don't have a strong read

Why Dolby?

[El-ahrairah]

Night One

https://i.imgur.com/vTORgs4.jpg

---Earlier---

The four Bionics interrupted the squad of Marines busily extracting data in the command center. The latter were the victorious survivors from the teleported waves of stormtroopers in the Strike Envelope, and so absorbed were they in their privileged work that not one could know to raise an alarm. The Supralatus, glorious of status, raised a hand and in a heartbeat all the Marines dropped dead from concentrated gamma radiation.

All the halls and chambers of the complex were already dead; now they were certainly the only living humans here. But there were many more Marines still coalescing topside, who would soon enough seek to clear out the Bionic bastion. Therefore time was short, and the Bionic cell could not take the opportunity to restore the facility autonomous defense network. No matter - with planning, they would be more than enough of a match for the persistent Marine flotsam. The immediate task would have to be to sabotage the biochemical laboratories so that nothing of the highest-level Bionic technoscientific corpus fell into enemy hands. There was also the matter of the specimens...

As a higher form of being it was natural for Bionics to establish dealings with extraterrestrial life forms. Some of which could be useful in alternative, unappreciated ways. The evidence of which was arrayed in the lab ferociously before the Bionics; power failures and enemy action had breached the containment measures for the captives. And they were very agitated. Still, nothing four topline Bionics couldn't handle...

It was an exhausting fight, a very wasteful one. It was a tragedy that so much hard work had to go up in flames all of a sudden. As a fighting force such well-enhanced humans must be awesome to contemplate, but after this much expenditure of power they would have to bide their time against even the Marines for a spell.

...

Where was the second Operator?

Three followed the chilling crackles to a utility room, from whose entrance spread out a spool of carnage. All systems ready they barged in, to find a creature in the process of - consummating with - the fourth Bionic. This thing. Of all the blasphemies from Beyond that the Front had secured for its menageries, this was the most mysterious, the most difficult to handle. In spite of its quantological fetters, it must have relied on the waves of alien fury boiling themselves against the Bionic's defenses to outmaneuver him; how careless, how distasteful.

The Bionic was clearly dead, gray and shrunken, delectable enhancements spilling out of the cadaver into the bubbing, burbling form of the alien. Throughout the room emanated vapors of nauseous coruscance.

In the duration of the Bionics' faltered moment of breath, it spoke.

Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule. I know of no greater absurdity than that propounded by most systems of philosophy in declaring evil to be negative in its character. Evil is just what is positive; it makes its own existence felt. Leibnitz is particularly concerned to defend this absurdity; and he seeks to strengthen his position by using a palpable and paltry sophism. It is the good which is negative; in other words, happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end. This explains the fact that we generally find pleasure to be not nearly so pleasant as we expected, and pain very much more painful.

The Supralatus advanced under indignant choler. Disgraceful abomination, your penalty should be instant death. In respect for your value to the cause I will allow you to submit yourself for sequestration and transportation immediately.

T̴he ṕl͝e̶àsur͞e ҉in̢ ̷t̷hìs͞ ̢w͘or̕ld̛, ͞it͠ ha̵s͞ ̡bee̵n̨ said, o͠uţw͏eighs̶ t̨he ̴p͏aįn;̴ or,̀ a͝t͏ ̴a͜n͝y ̷rate,̡ t͞h̸e͡r̵e is a͘n e̴ve͘n ͝ba̵l͘anće be̢tw̵e͜en ̕t͝he ҉two.͝ ̕I͢f͘ ͜th̵e͜ ̢l͜i̶s͢t͡ener̡ wįshes͡ t̡o s͟e͞ę ͜s̢h̡órt̡l̀y͏ ͡wh̴et͞he͟r͘ ͘thi̴s ́s̀tatemen͡t ͜is̢ ̶t҉rue̡,̢ ͞lèt ͡hi͞m͟ ̸c͘ompa̸re the respe̕c̨ti͜ve f̶eȩl͏i͠ng̸s̀ ͡o̢f ̡t͜wǫ ͏a͝n͟i͢m͠al͡s,̀ ón̷e̵ ͠o̢f͞ ̢whįch͟ is en̶g͠aged ͟i̧n ̀e͠at͝ing ̨the͜ o̧the̕r.̨ Thé b̶e͏s͏t̶ c̕onsolat͘ión̨ ̴in͏ ̴m̸is͜f͞ortune͏ ̷o͢r̴ affl͢i͠cţi͡on̵ ͘o͜f ҉an͢y ́k̡ind͞ ̵wi͡l̨l͢ ̛bè the̴ th͡óught o͏f oth͢eŕ ̧p̷eo̕pl͟e whǫ ͜a̡re ͟in̸ ̧a̛ s̵tįl̨l ̡w͟ors͝e͢ ̛pli̵g̢ht ͡th̸án ҉y̴ourśelf́; ͏an͟d͝ ̡t͘hi̧s i̶s͠ a̶ ̸fo͡r̛m̛ of͢ cons̢o̧latįo̶n͜ oṕen ҉t͏o e̴v͜e̶r̀y one.͜ B҉u͢t ͞w̸hat a͡n aw͟fu̕l҉ fat̵e ̕this ͜me̷a͞n͢s for̛ ̀m͝a͞n͢k͞in̛d͞ a̡s͏ ҉a̸ ̨wh̸ole̵!͏

Y̢o͡u a̸ŗe like la͏mbs͢ in a͝ ̷f̷ie̢l̡d, ͞di͢spor̴ti͞n̸g ̸t́h̵em̢se͡l͠v̷es͝ ͟under t̵hé èye ̷òf͟ ҉th͠e ̴but̸che͝r̛, ͝whó ̀c͢h̷oos̶e͘s o̸u͟t̛ ̧first͞ ̷one͞ an̸d ţhe̛n͝ an̕ǫt͞he͘r for̴ his̡ ̷p̀rèy.͘ S̛o ̶i͡t̢ ̧is҉ ́th͟a҉t ̢i͘n͘ ̨y͟o҉u͝r g͟ood̛ days y͘o͜u̷ ̸a̷ŗe҉ ͟a͜l̛l ͠uncon͘s͝cío͠u̧s̸ ́o͝f ̵t͘he e͜v̀il͘ ͘Fat͟e҉ ́m͝ay ͞have̵ ͝pr̴e̵sèn҉t̀l̀y in s̛t́ore f̕òr̴ ͞you—sìc͘kńe̛ss, pov̧ert̨y,͠ mu͠ti͞la̶tion͝, l͏os͏s o҉f̛ sight o͡r͟ ̨r̛ȩason.̛

The violently-convulsing organism was a presence that could no longer be tolerated. Unleashed in synchrony were the plasma cannon, the gamma beam, the flamethrower, and the nanocarbon flechette; the contents of the room were fairly obliterated, including the fallen Bionic.

But somehow, the alien had burst out of the room in a snarl, leaving the Bionics bruised and splayed out on the floor. Though they quickly recovered and assumed battle posture, peace resounded as they postured fruitlessly. It had gone - or else was lurking.

Oh shit, muttered the Infiltrator. Was it supposed to be able to talk?

The Supralatus lowered his head. It would seem ― it would seem that it has been rebuilding itself by assimilating bionics and other modifications. After all, he gestured, there were plenty of fallen Bionics here to take advantage of before we arrived.

The gravelly-voiced surviving Operator began to grasp the situation. Oh. That sounds bad. There are many hundreds of dead Bionics choking the zone, and this facility...

Yes, there's no telling how powerful it can become if allowed to roam. The only bright side is that I believe it needs living Bionics to achieve the most significant upgrades. A dead Bionic should be only a respite for the beast. So it will hunt us, because it can, but activated as we are even a single further loss would be a stigma. No less a catastrophe.

Upon further regretful consideration, the Supralatus came to a decision.

The next step is to destroy every Bionic corpse we can find, and infiltrate the incoming Marines - yes, for our own security. We'll have to kill two birds with one stone. Our assignment just got a lot more difficult.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8mTC-Xtqqo



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As they camped in the cafeteria, the Marines had established networked sentinels throughout the section, one in the kitchens. Sandbagged behind the contents of the freezers, Lieutenant c4e5g3d5 watched over his team.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to presage the barrage of plasma that killed or wounded all his troops. In fact this position just funneled the heat of the plasma inward, magnifying the effect: a death trap.

Leaping out for new cover, c4e5g3d5 ascertained the attackers position, just a single Bionic. Contact! Reinforce immediately! he screamed into c4e5g3d5's commslink - but it was being jammed, unbeknownst to him.

There wasn't much more he could do than duck the constant fresh incoming plasma. The Bionic started with an advantage, and now its superior speed and firepower could not be overcome. c4e5g3d5 knew he had only one chance, not to save himself but to protect his comrades.

Breaking his strafe around the kitchen to charge the Bionic, he rolled and dodged as he could but his armor was beginning to melt into his skin. With a defiant cry he leaped out from behind an island and began pumping concentrated EM right into the borg's trunk. The Bionic's plasma was already discharging.

Ultimately, the Bionic could absorb more laser than the Marine could plasma. After the laser ceased, only char and ash rained down.

Objective achieved for the night.


https://i.imgur.com/vTORgs4.jpg

The cratered remains of the Marines baked on the steel floor.

sksksksksksksksksksksksksskkkkk

With a twirl the Bionic extended his sensors and prepared to face reinforcements. But none came. The graphical interface fluttered with anomalies.

skskskskskskskskskskskskssssss

Backing into the center of the room, the Operator smoothly rotated in circles about his heels, observing with forward optics. A thickening miasma clung to the air. This could only be...

And I oop-

BAKEMONO

It had been foolish to send an Operator alone, given the circumstances, even to ambush a handful of unmods. What subterrene horror had been unleashed a day ago?

T̴h̶e̵ ̷v̵a̶n̴i̴t̶y̷ ̸o̸f̸ ̷e̸x̴i̵s̵t̴e̶n̴c̴e̸ ̵i̷s̴ ̸r̵e̸v̸e̴a̷l̵e̸d̷ ̶i̷n̷ ̸t̸h̵e̶ ̶w̸h̴o̴l̵e̶ ̵f̵o̶r̶m̸ ̷e̵x̴i̸s̴t̵e̴n̵c̵e̸ ̵a̵s̷s̸u̶m̴e̵s̴:̶ ̷i̷n̶ ̶t̵h̴e̴ ̶i̵n̶f̴i̸n̸i̷t̷e̷n̴e̴s̴s̷ ̸o̵f̷ ̸t̶i̴m̷e̴ ̵a̴n̴d̶ ̵s̵p̷a̶c̸e̵ ̵c̸o̴n̷t̶r̵a̸s̶t̵e̷d̵ ̸w̵i̶t̷h̶ ̴t̷h̸e̴ ̸f̸i̶n̸i̴t̵e̵n̸e̵s̵s̸ ̵o̷f̷ ̵t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̴n̷d̷i̷v̶i̶d̶u̵a̷l̶ ̵i̸n̶ ̶b̸o̵t̷h̵;̶ ̵i̵n̴ ̵t̷h̴e̸ ̶f̶l̷e̶e̶t̷i̵n̴g̶ ̵p̴r̷e̷s̵e̴n̵t̴ ̴a̷s̵ ̴t̸h̷e̸ ̷s̷o̷l̷e̴ ̸f̸o̸r̶m̴ ̵i̴n̴ ̸w̷h̷i̶c̸h̸ ̴a̸c̷t̴u̸a̴l̸i̷t̷y̴ ̸e̴x̵i̸s̷t̵s̸;̸ ̸i̷n̶ ̶t̴h̸e̷ ̷c̸o̸n̴t̶i̵n̴g̸e̸n̷c̶y̶ ̷a̵n̶d̸ ̴r̸e̴l̵a̴t̷i̸v̵i̶t̴y̴ ̵o̴f̶ ̷a̵l̷l̸ ̵t̵h̵i̶n̸g̵s̴;̴ ̵i̶n̶ ̵c̶o̴n̵t̴i̶n̷u̷a̸l̷ ̴b̷e̴c̵o̴m̵i̶n̶g̸ ̸w̷i̸t̸h̴o̶u̵t̴ ̴b̸e̶i̵n̴g̴;̸ ̴i̵n̵ ̶c̵o̸n̸t̵i̷n̴u̶a̴l̵ ̵d̵e̸s̸i̴r̶e̸ ̸w̴i̶t̸h̵o̵u̸t̷ ̶s̷a̷t̴i̶s̶f̴a̵c̷t̵i̵o̴n̸;̶ ̴i̴n̶ ̸t̵h̵e̷ ̵c̷o̶n̴t̸i̷n̴u̴a̵l̸ ̵f̵r̷u̵s̷t̶r̶a̸t̷i̴o̵n̴ ̷o̷f̴ ̸s̷t̵r̸i̵v̷i̶n̶g̴ ̷o̸f̶ ̷w̷h̷i̷c̶h̵ ̸l̸i̸f̴e̵ ̴c̷o̸n̸s̸i̶s̸t̷s̵.̶ ̵T̵i̶m̶e̵ ̷a̷n̸d̵ ̸t̷h̵a̵t̸ ̷p̶e̴r̷i̴s̴h̴a̶b̴i̶l̶i̴t̷y̴ ̴o̶f̵ ̵a̶l̵l̵ ̸t̵h̵i̸n̴g̶s̶ ̴e̷x̷i̵s̵t̷i̷n̶g̶ ̴i̷n̶ ̵t̵i̸m̸e̸ ̶t̸h̵a̶t̷ ̷t̷i̸m̷e̵ ̴i̸t̵s̴e̶l̵f̴ ̶b̶r̵i̵n̸g̸s̴ ̴a̴b̴o̴u̷t̴ ̸i̷s̸ ̵s̶i̴m̶p̴l̷y̶ ̷t̴h̶e̶ ̴f̷o̴r̸m̵ ̸u̴n̸d̴e̴r̶ ̷w̴h̸i̵c̵h̵ ̴t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̶i̵l̴l̶ ̵t̴o̴ ̷l̷i̶v̸e̵,̶ ̵w̴h̴i̶c̵h̵ ̵a̶s̴ ̵t̴h̴i̶n̸g̴ ̵i̸n̸ ̶i̷t̵s̷e̵l̶f̷ ̶i̷s̴ ̴i̴m̷p̶e̴r̶i̶s̷h̸a̶b̷l̷e̸,̵ ̸r̵e̶v̶e̷a̷l̶s̶ ̴t̴o̴ ̷i̷t̴s̴e̷l̶f̶ ̷t̸h̶e̷ ̸v̶a̵n̵i̷t̴y̵ ̴o̷f̷ ̷i̸t̷s̶ ̷s̷t̸r̴i̵v̶i̷n̷g̸.̷ ̴T̵i̴m̴e̷ ̸i̶s̵ ̵t̴h̶a̸t̴ ̷b̶y̶ ̶v̵i̶r̶t̶u̷e̵ ̷o̵f̸ ̵w̸h̴i̵c̵h̸ ̸e̸v̴e̶r̴y̴t̵h̸i̸n̴g̵ ̴b̸e̷c̵o̸m̶e̷s̸ ̸n̶o̵t̴h̷i̷n̶g̶n̴e̵s̴s̵ ̷i̵n̴ ̴o̷u̸r̷ ̶h̶a̷n̴d̶s̸ ̷a̷n̴d̴ ̷l̶o̴s̴e̴s̵ ̷a̸l̷l̵ ̶r̷e̸a̸l̸ ̶v̷a̷l̸u̶e̷.̵ T̷h̵a̶t̴ ̶w̸h̸i̸c̶h̷ ̴h̸a̸s̶ ̵b̷e̴e̸n̶ ̷n̷o̷ ̶l̸o̷n̸g̸e̵r̴ ̸i̸s̸;̵ ̸i̷t̷ ̶a̷s̷ ̶l̸i̷t̴t̶l̴e̸ ̷e̵x̷i̴s̵t̶s̵ ̸a̶s̵ ̴d̶o̸e̸s̶ ̸t̵h̵a̸t̴ ̴w̸h̵i̵c̸h̷ ̷h̶a̸s̵ ̵n̵e̵v̶e̵r̷ ̵b̸e̵e̷n̶.̸ ̵B̸u̷t̸ ̶e̵v̵e̷r̴y̵t̸h̵i̴n̷g̶ ̴t̶h̸a̷t̴ ̷i̵s̴ ̷i̶n̸ ̴t̵h̵e̶ ̴n̷e̶x̴t̴ ̷m̸o̵m̶e̵n̸t̵ ̶h̵a̶s̴ ̸b̸e̵e̷n̸.̸ ̶T̷h̵u̷s̴ ̶t̶h̸e̴ ̸m̴o̵s̷t̵ ̷i̸n̴s̸i̵g̶n̶i̵f̷i̷c̸a̷n̵t̷ ̶p̵r̷e̵s̸e̵n̵t̸ ̴h̵a̷s̷ ̵o̷v̷e̸r̷ ̸t̵h̶e̴ ̴m̶o̵s̷t̵ ̸s̶i̸g̵n̵i̴f̶i̶c̴a̶n̷t̸ ̶p̷a̷s̸t̸ ̴t̷h̴e̵ ̶a̴d̷v̸a̶n̸t̸a̸g̶e̷ ̵o̸f̶ ̶a̶c̵t̸u̴a̵l̸i̵t̸y̴,̴ ̶w̷h̸i̵c̸h̷ ̷m̶e̶a̷n̶s̵ ̴t̸h̸a̸t̴ ̴t̷h̶e̶ ̸f̴o̵r̸m̴e̷r̸ ̷b̷e̵a̶r̵s̴ ̸t̴o̷ ̸t̵h̷e̷ ̷l̸a̷t̴t̴e̴r̸ ̴t̸h̸e̶ ̸r̸e̷l̵a̵t̴i̵o̷n̶ ̷o̸f̴ ̵s̵o̷m̴e̵t̷h̷i̷n̴g̶ ̸t̷o̸ ̶n̸o̶t̶h̴i̵n̷g̸.

There it rested, suddenly, right before his view. Timsup2nothin stopped spinning and squared off. His mods weren't up to the task of tracking the creature, but his weapons systems might be.

T̷o̶ ̸o̸u̴r̴ ̶a̸m̶a̴z̵e̸m̵e̸n̶t̴ ̴w̵e̴ ̴s̴u̶d̸d̵e̸n̴l̸y̸ ̶e̴x̵i̴s̸t̷,̴ ̶a̶f̷t̶e̶r̴ ̴h̸a̸v̴i̵n̸g̸ ̵f̴o̶r̷ ̷c̵o̴u̸n̸t̷l̷e̴s̷s̵ ̶m̸i̵l̵l̸e̴n̶n̸i̷a̷ ̵n̷o̴t̶ ̴e̶x̵i̸s̸t̴e̴d̴;̵ ̶i̶n̷ ̷a̸ ̸s̴h̷o̷r̸t̷ ̷w̷h̷i̴l̶e̷ ̴w̶e̵ ̸w̶i̵l̸l̸ ̷a̴g̵a̸i̴n̶ ̸n̸o̸t̸ ̶e̵x̶i̷s̷t̶,̶ ̷a̴l̸s̵o̴ ̵f̴o̷r̶ ̷c̸o̶u̶n̸t̵l̴e̶s̶s̶ ̸m̵i̴l̷l̸e̶n̶n̴i̵a̷.̶ ̸T̶h̵a̴t̷ ̴c̵a̸n̶n̸o̶t̵ ̶b̷e̴ ̸r̷i̶g̴h̷t̸,̴ ̷s̴a̶y̸s̴ ̵t̴h̸e̵ ̸h̴e̶a̸r̷t̴:̸ ̵a̷n̵d̴ ̴e̶v̴e̵n̵ ̷u̸p̴o̸n̶ ̴t̷h̸e̴ ̶c̴r̷u̴d̸e̴s̶t̷ ̷i̸n̶t̵e̸l̵l̸i̴g̵e̸n̸c̷e̴ ̸t̴h̴e̷r̷e̵ ̴m̸u̵s̷t̴,̵ ̷w̵h̸e̵n̶ ̷i̴t̴ ̸c̷o̷n̴s̷i̸d̸e̷r̶s̵ ̵s̵u̸c̵h̶ ̶a̵n̵ ̶i̴d̵e̴a̵,̴ ̷d̶a̷w̵n̵ ̵a̸ ̷p̷r̶e̷s̵e̴n̸t̵i̷m̴e̴n̸t̴ ̵o̷f̷ ̶t̵h̴e̸ ̷i̴d̸e̸a̸l̴i̸t̶y̴ ̵o̸f̸ ̷t̵i̶m̷e̷.̸ ̶T̷h̶i̶s̴ ̵h̶o̷w̵e̴v̶e̷r̸,̷ ̸t̷o̶g̸e̵t̶h̸e̵r̶ ̷w̶i̴t̵h̷ ̴t̷h̷a̸t̸ ̵o̶f̶ ̵s̶p̶a̴c̸e̸,̴ ̴i̷s̸ ̶t̴h̷e̵ ̷k̷e̸y̶ ̸t̵o̵ ̶a̷l̷l̶ ̴t̷r̵u̶e̶ ̶m̶e̴t̵a̶p̴h̶y̵s̵i̷c̴s̴,̴ ̸b̷e̶c̶a̷u̵s̷e̴ ̵i̶t̸ ̸m̸a̷k̷e̶s̴ ̵r̸o̵o̷m̴ ̷f̶o̶r̷ ̶a̸ ̵q̸u̵i̶t̸e̸ ̵d̴i̶f̴f̵e̶r̶e̷n̵t̵ ̸o̸r̴d̴e̶r̶ ̵o̵f̶ ̸t̸h̸i̶n̸g̸s̷ ̴t̵h̷a̴n̵ ̷t̸h̷a̸t̴ ̷o̴f̵ ̷n̶a̶t̷u̴r̸e̷.̷ ̴E̴v̷e̶r̷y̵ ̴m̴o̸m̵e̷n̴t̶ ̴o̷f̷ ̴o̶u̷r̸ ̴l̷i̵f̷e̴ ̷b̶e̶l̷o̴n̵g̷s̵ ̸t̶o̷ ̵t̶h̸e̵ ̶p̷r̴e̷s̶e̸n̷t̸ ̸o̶n̸l̵y̷ ̷f̵o̵r̵ ̶a̶ ̵m̴o̸m̸e̸n̷t̴;̴ ̸t̴h̷e̷n̵ ̴i̵t̷ ̶b̷e̸l̵o̸n̸g̶s̷ ̸
f̶o̶r̶ ̴e̸v̷e̶r̵
t̶o̶̶ t̶h̸e̶ ̴p̷a̷s̵t̶.̵

Timsup2nothin roared as he ramped his power to 110%, chain plasma attachment squealing alongside.

sksksk

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Concern strained the Major's face.

Sergeant Visor has reported that one of our observational posts in the kitchens has been wiped out overnight. Even worse - better? - we found bionic detritus around the site.

So does that mean our brothers valiantly gave their lives and took down opps with them? the Sergeant bravely offered.

No. If only that were the case. But we examined what survived of the bodycam footage from the fallen, and there was action after the last Marine had died. We found - this.

Major Montmorency projected an image for public view. Gasps and shudders reverberated throughout the echelon.

A deformed - or maybe unformed - entity unlike any their eyes had beheld, seizing the Bionic. It was difficult to make out much detail, and almost as difficult to look at the image for any length of time. The Major flicked to the next image, with only the Bionic's arm visible. What it had of original flesh appeared unnaturally brittle and gray. Was that an artifact of the low-light conditions?

There isn't much else to show you, went the Major's intonation. Most of the altercation took place outside the view from the bodies, er, body cams. Today the only sign of that Bionic was - the Major held up a large and rugose hunk of fused metal. Even a 2000-kg bomb wouldn't be able to meld the alloys and ceramics used in biomods that way. This... alien, wolf, monster, thing, this
Alien Werewolf,
is loose in the facility, and somehow I doubt it's just hunting Bionics. If that's what it can do to a modified human that just wasted a team of elite Marines, then we must double our vigilance. Our assignment just got a lot more difficult.

With that the Marines formed up to push on. Next stop was the dormitory.

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c4e5g3d5 has died! He was a

UMENSES Operator


https://i.imgur.com/ZwQI1Xz.jpg

UMENSES Operator

You are a Marine, or maybe a whole fireteam of Marines, with at least 5 years of exemplary combat service.
Every one of you steely-eyed veterans has been blooded against the Bionics before.
The present battle engaged and after days of hard fighting both sides have nearly been wiped out.
Now, with the remnants of the Bionic command group cornered, you have your chance to fulfill your mission and return a hero.


You are Vanilla Town. You win when all threats to your mission are eliminated. Vote in the thread every day to liquidate potential threats.

There is a hard 125-post cap Days 1-3. Vote-only posts do not count toward the cap during EOD only. Twilight is always uncapped.

Timsup2nothin has died! He was a

Bionic Operator.


https://i.imgur.com/jdvGUiP.jpg

Bionic Operator



You are a Goon (Mafia). The Mafia choose someone to kill at night. Kills are factional, and therefore not assigned (will not interfere with individual abilities). You win when BAKEMONO is slain and parity is met with Town, meaning Town cannot prevent your victory by numbers.

[REDACTED]




DAY TWO BEGINS

https://i.imgur.com/jH3X3AA.gif

Postcap has been raised to 200!

Phase ends
EOD 2


Living Players (14)

hollowkatt (hollow/HK)
Dolby (Dolbster/Dolb)
Winston Hughes (Winston/WH/McGinty)
Garden Gnome (Gnome/GG)
Ibn-Khaldun (Ibn/IK)
Lewwyn (Lew)
BorgPicard (Borg/Picard/LA/Argon)
NANOOK (Nook)
Csargo (Csar)
Laurentus (Laur)
El-ahrairah (El/El-A)
Vroendal (Vro)
pzelda (Zelda/Capage/Cap)
CutePanda (Panda/CP)

Dead Players (3)
Raskolnikov (D1)
c4e5g3d5 (N1)
Timsup2nothin (N1)

Ooh, nice shot, Vig!

Or alternatively, nice shot, 3P!

I remember Tim disparaging my TRs (other than him) so those people are probably okay? They were Cap (pzelda) and Ibn.

Also lolargon with the fakepeek on red!Tim. Classic, dude.

[El-ahrairah]

Since I wasn't here for Twilight:

I wanted to vote Rask, but I didn't like Csargo on Rask's wagon, so that put me off voting there.

I voted Dolby because of that post I quoted yesterday, where Dolby said "My issue with Rask is..." and then rattled off some issues. It felt very out of the blue, like "Ahh, Rask is getting some heat, I better prepare a valid reason for suspecting him in case I need to vote him"

And even though I was SRing Rask at the time, I SR'd Dolby more for that.

So,

Vote: Dolby

I'll do a proper re-read when I get to work, I only skimmed a few posts between my last post and EOD.

[Winston Hughes]

The flavour leaves little room for doubt that the Tim kill was an SK.

[Winston Hughes]

There's also stuff in there about the remaining bionics and their weapons that might prove relevant in future.

Not to mention that it's a great read just for its own sake. :bow:

[Dolby]

The flavour leaves little room for doubt that the Tim kill was an SK.

Didn't read the OP until now, yeah: "Closed setup: 13 town, 3 mafia, 1 third party. No conversion mechanics. Town wins when all threats to Town have been eliminated. Other factional victory conditions unknown."

Gimme a take Winston

[Dolby]

why was I the only one who used twilight lol