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*evil, maniacal laughter*
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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
Sorry, I felt like being dramatic.
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So, does your post mean you're anti-town who is now gloating to your side's victory?
Or are you townie reveling at town's downfall? (or at least the game's imminent conclusion)
edit: or something else entirely?
"So this is it, darling," the old man said. He gave a curt glance out the window, which betrayed the fact that she was well past her bedtime. "When day broke again, only three came back. Mainyu didn't even speak to the three gathered before him. He sat on his new throne, tapping a finger impatiently as the three immediately began to fight. Riedquat started the nomination process by accusing Johnhughthom. John retaliated, which left Beskar the determining vote. It didn't take him very long. Despite a short bout of hesitation, he cast his vote for Riedquat, who's behavior and accusations became increasingly odd. The debate continued, as Riedquat was not a quitter. But still, when the bell rung, Beskar and Johnhughthom resolutely drug him before Mainyu.
'Each of you," Mainyu commanded. 'Gaze at me. Lift your heads.' Each one did so, each one with uncertainty in their eyes. Mainyu looked into each one's eyes, with an almost bored look. He looked from Beskar, to John, to Riedquat on his knees between them. Mainyu tilted his head sideways. Riedquat immediately began to gag and fell to the floor in pain. It took him only a second to stop moving. 'Now, as for you two... it is likely one of you has been quite a nuisance,' he said, a finger extended, bouncing it between the two. 'I should just end you both right now, to be safe. Yes, that would be.... safe. No. Go. If either of you are the last one, you have my permission. Go ahead. When the moment is correct, strike. You will either succeed, or you will fail. I will have proper arrangements made for any who come back tomorrow morning. Now... leave.'"
The girl pouted quizzically. "So who did it, Granpa? And what did he have for them? And where are you? And-"
"Ah ah ah, pumpkin," the man said with a wink. "Just let me continue. it's almost over. Now, as for that night..."
Riedquat 2 (Beskar, Johnhughthom)
Johnhughtom 1 (Riedquat)
Alive: 2
Beskar
Johnhughthom
Killed: 20
TinCow (N1)
Tratorix (N1)
Visorslash (N1)
B_ray (N2)
Reenk Roink (N3)
Andres (N4)
Ironside (N4)
Romanic (N5)
Double A (N5)
Earthling (N6)
Believer (N7)
Secura (N8)
Yaropolk (N9)
GeneralHankerchief (N9)
Death is Yonder (N10)
Choxorn (N11)
TheLastDays (N12)
Major Robert Dump (N13)
Classical Hero (N14)
Captain Blackadder (N15)
Lynched: 15
Arjos (D1)
God Emperor (D2)
Fluffy (D3)
Askthepizzaguy (D4)
White eyes (D5)
Renata (D6)
Seon (D7)
Andres (D8)
Zack (D9)
Diamondeye (D10)
Woad&fangs (D11)
Chaotix (D12)
Glyphz (D13)
Warman (D14)
Riedquat (D15)
WoK: 4
SoulBlade
Khazaar
Autolycus
dcmort
Riedquat was innocent? Wow, who could have guessed? :laugh4:
This is a whole lot of LOLZ.
Quote:
Originally Posted by qlyphz
Oh sweet qlyphz, surely you cannot think that I was ever anything but innocent in this game. The streak continues as scheduled.
That said, with a mislynch on the final round, that can only mean one of two outcomes: The final scum has prevailed, or Ishtar has prevailed. Either one deserves a standing ovation. If it is a final scum, they did very well not bothering to murder anyone, and they became cult by the end, and were not sacrificed. That's ice cold, and worthy of victory. If it was Ishtar all along as many people suspected, then she gobbled up her little devoted followers, who allowed her to do so in spite of their stated townie victory condition.
That's worth a few laughs, to be sure. No matter what, the ending will be amusing as all..... well, Netherworld.
As for who I'm rooting for, it hasn't been the innocents, that's for sure. Lynching me was terrible. :laugh4: I'm just waiting to see who I can congratulate on a stunning performance here. Johnhughthom, with the ice cold poker face, or Beskar, with the.... Beskar-like qualities.
I am fairly sure which one it is though. :wink: I'm not telling.
I think you once said this quote..."This is like reaching into a pot of boiling water, screaming and then putting your other hand in to pull it out". I have no idea how the Pizzaguy lynch came to be but if this was somewhat like faction wars/everyone mafia, I would not be surprised you were lynched.:grin2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
Sometimes the villainy is so good that I have to root for it. Like Reenk in The Thing mafia.
Ahhh... great game. This one too, not bad.
I'd just like to point out that of all the write ups this one would be the most ambiguous of them all.
I would hardly presume to add to that list of 'khaan's supposed 'traits' by adding that he spoils his own finales :tongue:
Now its just time to sit back, and enjoy the finale :yes:
:devilish: There is a fierce and ugly monster under your bed.... and he will eat you over the night! :devilish:
:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:
See, I was innocent all along! :laugh4:
As you can see me too! :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by ELITEKWARMAN8GINGYBREADMENMILK
Funny how that works out :laugh:!
I have to think that both of them have actually been killers this whole time and they'll kill each other and GAAAAAAAHHHH WHAT THE HECK
Shall we write our own ending then Beskie?
Please, have some patience. There's quite a bit I'm going to tie up, but I've something fairly important that needs to be done irl first. Thanks.
I was only kidding, get the important stuff done first.
How about everyone just gives me the win? :laugh: :laugh:
I would have thought when the cult had got rid of not cult members, that the game would be over, but this was not expected.
Chaotix was scum but he wasn't lying, didn't need too.:bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by hero di classico
"Yes, that night...." the old man continued.
Following their dismissal, Beskar and Johnhughthom decided not to split up for the night. They went back to Beskar's home, just a short walk away. They didn't speak to each other, though they did give occasional glances. They arrived at a pair of gates leading to a secluded section of the city. Beskar opened them with a key, and welcomed the guest with a gesture. The two continued down a newly re-done road. A large, marble mansion lay off in the distance.
"It's not too bad, is it?" Beskar said with a coy glance. "I haven't remodeled the building itself in a few years though, you'll have to forgive its sloppy appearance." John simply shook his head in amazement as they drew closer. The marble was virtually spotless. He wished he could have seen it in the sunlight, in all its radiant glory. Still, it was far more splendid than any of the many hovels that littered Babylon. They arrived at a set of massive double doors at the front of the mansion. John moved up to lift the one on the right, allowing Beskar to enter first. A large chandelier hung from a large ceiling, with large, burned out candles. Beskar flicked a wrist and they lit, offering light to the forum. A large, rectangular, marble table dominated it, with purple cloth draped over it. "Would you like dinner?" Beskar asked John. He nodded. "Excellent!"
Beskar clapped, and a pair of servants, one male, the other female, emerged from wooden doors on either side of the room. They scurried before Beskar, head bowed the entire time. "Bring us the dinner," Beskar commanded. The two merely bent their heads further, and scurried through the door to the left of the table. "Please, John. Sit," Beskar said, indicating a leather-bound chair at the end of the table. Taking the cue, John sat down, watching Beskar wind around to the other end. "Well, John... were you wondering why I chose you?"
"A bit," he replied. "I assume you had good reason?"
"Oh, of course, my dear. You see, you have been there for me for so long. You've been with me through this chaotic time. Longer than the others. I wanted you to be the last one here, ready to see my plan finally come to fruition. You deserved that much, at least. Ah! And here we are!" The servants had returned, bearing large glass platters, garnished with several meats and exotic fruits. John raised an eyebrow at the lavish display. "Please, please," Beskar urged as the platter was laid before John. "Feel free. It is a small token of my appreciation."
And so with gusto John ate while Beskar sat and watched, refraining from eating. Upon finishing, he noticed the plate opposite him hadn't been touched. He wasn't sure what to make of the situation, nervously glancing around. "Well... aren't you hungry? It must have been a while since you've had anything."
"Well, my dear," Beskar responded, tapping finger to chin. "I suppose i haven't had anything since last night. I guess, come to think of it, it is time. But first, I must ask: was your meal satisfactory? Did it make you feel good?"
"Well.... it was fantastic, I suppose," John answered. The wording of the last sentence was strange, he thought.
"Excellent. It is good that you will die happy. As I said, fitting. And, it's always a bit more satisfying to take a bit of happiness with me." John was startled, but for some reason, he didn't feel panic. More like a strange curiosity. An odd mist began to creep into the room. "My dear, it has been good to know you. But, the time has come. Sadly, I must collect. No worries. I'll hold you closely, forever. So, don't think of it as a goodbye. Think of it as... bonding." Despite the pain in his chest, John sat in his chair quite calmly, until his body eventually failed, slumping him down his his chair. With that, Beskar stood up, surrounded by a sharp, blue aura.
"Time for one last date."
"Now, as the sun rose the next day," the old man continued. "Beskar arrived to find all the doors were opened, and all the veils and curtains had been tossed away. The throne room seemed odd with so much more sunlight streaming in. It was almost a shame that everyone else didn't get to see it. Standing in the middle of the room, at the foot of the stairs, was Mainyu. He held his hands out as Beskar walked in.
'Well, my dear. It seems you've finished. The winner of my challenge has presented herself,' he said. 'It's finally just the two of us. You. Me. Quite entertaining, really. The Heavens? The Netherworld?'
Beskar nodded. 'Yep. They all fell, one by one. As did that False King of Uruk. As did all the other mischievous forces. Just me,' Beskar said, pointing to herself. 'And you.'
'I'm impressed. I really must say, I am,' Mainyu continued. 'You wiped out my own guard, and survived the imminent threat of the Netherworld and the Gods, at the same time. I think we both know where this goes now. I know what you desire. You know what I desire. So, Ishtar,' Mainyu said, with his right hand held out. 'You have survived my tests. You have survived the tests of my enemies. None stand before me. The Heavens are vanquished. The Netherworld is vanquished. I may have lost everything in Babylon, but I have so much more. And so, the rest of the worlds are laid bare before me. Come, join me in rule. Be my queen, be at my side. The greatest, only King can have only the greatest Queen. Everything you desire- wealth, power, everyone else at our command. Well?'
'That's quite the tally you have there,' Ishtar responded with a mischievous smile. 'But gems? Finest clothes? Thrill of the hunt upon command? Hmm.... I suppose that's not a bad offer, not at all... my King,' she said, her grin growing wider. 'I fear you've given me no choice but to accept.'
'Excellent,' Mainyu responded. 'Now, let us go forth, and create a new world. For us.'"
With a sigh, the old man closed his eyes. "Well, my dear. That's it. How did you like it?
"But Granpa, where are you? There's only two people left. And you can't be Ishtar... but," the young girl queried to the old man.
He grinned, and for a moment, allowed his eyes to flash a violent red. The girl gasped. "What can I say, pumpkin. I was more adventurous in my youth," he said with a chuckle.
"But... but... aren't mommy and daddy human? And me?"
"Hehe... well, you see, pumpkin. After a while, grandma and I decided, we wanted to try letting humans run their own world a bit, so we didn't have to do everything. So, we adopted mommy and daddy when they were real young, even younger than you. And we raised them so they would be the best King and Queen they could be. That's why you get to be royalty! You might not be blood, but you're still family."
"Yay!" the girl giggled, reaching out to give a hug. Mainyu accepted it, before setting her back into the bed.
"Now, go to sleep, pumpkin. Daddy and Grandma have planned a celebration for our anniversary, I think..." And so he left the room and the young girl behind. As he jaunted down the hall, he allowed himself to drop his illusion. He turned for a moment to see himself in a mirror hung on a stone wall. His blackened skin was good as old. A shout from a stair case told him that he had alerted the party as to his nearby presence. "Ah, don't worry Dear, I wouldn't miss this for the world...."
ISHTAR VICTORY!
Alive: 1
Beskar
Killed: 21
TinCow (N1)
Tratorix (N1)
Visorslash (N1)
B_ray (N2)
Reenk Roink (N3)
Andres (N4)
Ironside (N4)
Romanic (N5)
Double A (N5)
Earthling (N6)
Believer (N7)
Secura (N8)
Yaropolk (N9)
GeneralHankerchief (N9)
Death is Yonder (N10)
Choxorn (N11)
TheLastDays (N12)
Major Robert Dump (N13)
Classical Hero (N14)
Captain Blackadder (N15)
Johnhughthom (N16)
Lynched: 15
Arjos (D1)
God Emperor (D2)
Fluffy (D3)
Askthepizzaguy (D4)
White eyes (D5)
Renata (D6)
Seon (D7)
Andres (D8)
Zack (D9)
Diamondeye (D10)
Woad&fangs (D11)
Chaotix (D12)
Glyphz (D13)
Warman (D14)
Riedquat (D15)
WoK: 4
SoulBlade
Khazaar
Autolycus
dcmort
More to come soon. People may now reveal roles if they wish.
Video expressing my thoughts perfectly:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
On a more serious note, 'khaan wins the most ambiguous written Role PM award. :bow:
Or I simply win the "I totally misread my Role PM" award.
Roles:
Town:
Aesma Daeva- Romanic (Watcher Mason with Asto Vidatu)
Asto Vidatu- Secura
Kanaloa- SoulBlade (Role Blocker)
Athena- Earthling (Protector)
Murugan- Tratorix (Vigilante)
Hekate- Classical Hero
Mafia:
Yuanshi Tianzun- Renata
Nemesis- TheFluffyOne
Hades- Chaotix
Ereshkigal- White eyes
Neutral:
Gilgamesh- GeneralHankerchief (Teamed serial killer with Enkidu)
Enkidu- Andres
Ishtar- Beskar
Eris- Believer
More details to come, but I am sleepy.
Way to go Beskar. At least those jerks that killed me didn't win this. :bow: Here's my role if anyone's interested.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I was just rolling around on the floor laughing when I saw that Beskar was really Ishtar. I really thought it was john till the last round, good show killing your self's and miss getting an easy victory little townies.:2thumbsup:
Even though we lost I had a blast watching this, and congrats to Chaotix going 3 rounds alone under pressure.:bow:
Well done Beskar. Hilarious to see the cultists go down like that, town was just looking worse and worse over time (and all of us did die extremely rapidly along with most of mafia roles, most drawn out game ever.)
My only real questions were who actually was town after all and that's partly answered. I figured just me, traitorix, and Romanic who had the ability and not Secura wasn't enough but we really didn't have much after all. And SoulBlade got WoG'd.
I'd pegged traitorix as Murugan after looking up the peacock stuff too but I'm amazed that nobody was Janus! Thought for sure Chaotix had stolen that from a teammate given the writeups.
One last question: What were Zack, God Emperor, and especially classical_hero who openly claimed another power-role??
Here's my Role PM below. Congratulations to Ishtar again.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Ah, whoops, missed Hero. He was Hekate, the reviver. Updated previous post to indicate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earthling
Zack and God Emperor were ordinary. The attacks on them failed because GH and Andres were required to team up for a kill to be successful, until either one died. When Andres died, Gilgamesh went into rage mode where he could kill by himself. However, in both cases, Andres was role blocked.
Fluffy was actually mafia?! The irony... :laugh4:Quote:
Mafia:
Yuanshi Tianzun- Renata
Nemesis- TheFluffyOne
Hades- Chaotix
Ereshkigal- White eyes
ANd that explains the 'guilty' reading on me. The rest of the mafia (Renata, Chaotix and White_eyes) were trying to frame me...:dizzy2:
Thank you town for not taking the bait, and turning the tables on 'em (though you almost took it ...thrice).
Congratulations Beskar!:balloon:
You did well avoiding general suspicion!
Can't wait for the write-up, if there's one in the works.
Til then, thank you 'khaan for hosting:bow:
I am really glad we saved you from getting lynched too. Except in the late game we didn't manage that of course.
Romanic scanned fluffy as active at night so always a possibility along with Renata and white_eyes, but I am surprised GE was nobody after his own posts and claims.
And that should clear up any ambiguity for pizza on why he got lynched. Wonder if he was a "cultist" after all still.
mafia, pizza who just happened to be voting in favor of the same mafia voting block, mafia, mafia,
Town pretty much just couldn't do anything otherwise on reveal-less lynches and we did get all the right calls in.
Here is my role pm, I'll list what I thought after I read it.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
When I first read the role, this is what I thought:
I am a neutral-town aligned role.
I have a two stage ability, one flagged them for being able to sacrifice, the second ability is to sacrifice for self-protect.
My goal is to sleep with Angra Mainyu.
This is what I ended up being in reality:
I am a serial killer role.
I have two abilities, one recruits them into a quicktopic and flags them, also acts as an investigator-lite. The second is a self-protect I can use.
I had to be the last one standing.
This lead to some really stupid moves in the beginning on my part since I was mainly just messing around and I was going on Holiday. So this is my logic for the following rounds.
Night One - No orders (Thought we was starting on a day phase)
So I decided, "Alright, who should I sleep with?", being a male who is interested in females, I saw we had two female players. Suggesting Secura would feel like incest, so I naturally went for Renata...
Night Two - Renata - Recruitment Failed (Immune)
Bang! I learnt two things instantly. 1) There are people I cannot recruit, most likely power-roles. 2) This could work as an investigative-lite for power roles. Anyway, I was thinking I was neutral-town aligned and I hit a scum, so what now? I decide to tell both Secura and AskthePizzaGuy. Secura some how didn't get the message via MSN, but Pizza was around so I told him that I think I might have got a scum, telling him that I had a 'Whore' role. Anyway, he was told, then I headed off to Sweden where I basically only ever logged in to send night orders since I couldn't read the thread at all.
Anyway, so Night Three I had to send some orders in, so I was thinking "Since the females are gone, who is left..." so I looked around, "Who would I rather do first out of the male members", luckily with his name beginning with A, I didn't have to disturb my thoughts with too much thinking and picked Andres, the Belgium extraordinaire.
Night Three - Andres - Recruitment Success
So now Andres is my minion in a fancy quicktopic as part of a cult. Something I didn't know about at all whilst being on Holiday. During the day phase Andres was apparently going "Hello? Anyone there?" and obviously I couldn't reply and it ended up being the next night phase I had access to a computer. I basically told Andres that my goal is to sleep with Angra Mainyu, but otherwise feel free to act like a normal townie. Anyway, in the morning Andres was dead anyway.
So who did I recruit for Night Four? You might have guessed, upon finding out I am a cultist overload, I had to do the following move. Recruit Askthepizzaguy before he put 1+1 together and realizes who Ishtar is.
Night Four - Askthepizzaguy - Recruitment Success
Unlucky for me, I ended up losing Askthepizzaguy in the lynch! (oh noes) and Andres mysteriously dies without any explanation what so ever. I begin to rethink tactics slightly, "Who would make the best cultist? Who can fly under a radar, got great cunning, and be a great asset?"
Night Five - johnhughthom - Recruitment Success
John is a survivor! A great trait, he ended up lasting till the end of the game. Hands down to him, he is really good. Anyway, John gets told to simply act normal anyway but list any powers if he has any (due to Andres incident), but what is also weird is that Andres gets revived. Upon his revival I get told by 'khaan "Upon his revival, he has lost all ties to the cult". I thought "This could get awkward, I know, I will simply recruitment again.
Note: Since finding out I was cult leader, I tried to refrain from randomly using my self-protect so I could build up vote numbers, thus to turn the game into the towns favour. Plus, randomly killing your cultists will make any new ones suspicious of you. "Hey, is this the cult where they kill their cultists?" cue inthread: "ZOMG GUIZ ISHTAR IS BESKAR".
Night Six - Andres - Recruitment Failed (Immune)
So now I am in a situation, Andres might just have been recruited into a rival cult! It is possible, but now he is running around with full knowledge of Ishtar and friends. Andres = Public Enemy Number 1. Also I was very suspicious of GH because of Andres protecting him and later revival immune. So now I need some one who might survive, I am losing cultists and I seem to be in a very weak position.. I need some one who had more chance of being WoK'd then killed through normal channels, I needed a Captain!
Night Seven - Captain Blackadder - Recruitment Success
I ended up returning from Sweden around this point, I believe, or slightly earlier or later. Anyway, I noticed Major Robert Dump replaced a wogged person. Major Robert Dump is a great guy and I love him, just need to read his posts and topics just to see how lovable he is. So I decided, I needed a Major as well!
Night Eight - Major Robert Dump - Recruitment Success
Anyway, at around this point, Andres might still have had access to the old quicktopic, and hilariously, I just realised. Andres posted in our quicktopic by accident as Enkidu, stupid mistake by me just realising this now, but I thought he was scum anyway after that failed revived and the argument ended up working later (See: Death of Hades). So we got a new quicktopic sorted out for us from 'khaan which for a while, forgot to pass it onto my fellow cultists, so that was a bit empty in the beginning.
While I have got some numbers which would help sway votes in my favour, I needed some heavy hitters. People with really good analytical skills and with reknown in thinking outside of the box.
Night Nine - Death is Yonder - Recruitment Success
Anyway, after getting into the game, Chaotix started picking up on my scumdar with some of his postings. A trait Chaotix hates and once first-nighted me in a mafia game for, is that I some how keep picking up he is scum. Either way, Chaotix is a good player, and it could be a false-alarm, he would be a brilliant asset. So there was really one choice, a do or die test.
Night Ten - Chaotix - Recruitment Failed (Immune)
Perfect! It seems I was right all along, Renata was mafia, so was Andres and now Chaotix is. Time to get the ball rolling on his demise. With the Major Robert Dump volunteering to speak of behalf of the cult, first making its public appearance after Night Three, we make a move on Chaotix. The vote is going well, until it hits a snag, Earthling some one who was apparently a proven pro-town is vouching for Chaotix, Chaotix says he cannot be recruited because he is a god. Here, as the neutral-town aligned goddess decides to try to change the vote away, afterall, my biggest threat is the night killer, what is the best weapon against trying to find and stop them? A roleblocker. So this bought Chaotix a few rounds.
In the night, I looked at who is alive and saw Riedquat. He seemed a nice, lively freshly faced chap, I decide he is good enough to go between my bed sheets for a quickie.
Night Eleven - Riedquat - Recruitment Success
It is coming to the situation where the cult is almost 50/50 controlling the vote. With a few key deaths such as Death is Yonder, I decide to go for classical hero, he seemed some one active enough to follow. But what is interesting, Classical decides to role-claim, saying he is a goddess, thus he is immune and all this sorts. Now I am thinking "oh crud.. another one... one of them must be the mafia surely.."
Night Twelve - Classical Hero - Recruitment Success
"The Last Days also gets night killed" - CHAOTIX IS THE MAFIA CHAOTIX IS THE MAFIA CHAOTIX IS THE MAFIA also on this note, the cult owns 6 of the 10 votes, ie: we control the round. Anyway, now to put my great logic to use and get defeating Chaotix!
I obviously get assaulted by Earthling and a couple of others, who now I think is either a scum partner or a mistaken pro-town, but either way, I know better than you, Earthling! Chaotix going to die! Whether you beg or plead different! Mwahahahahahaha
Everyone votes for Chaotix except for Glyphz. Great, he is probably a scum buddy or similar. Chaotix died and yes, he was Hades.
The game doesn't end. "Hmmm....." So I send 'khaan a pm trying to fish for information.
'khaan replies:Quote:
My second ability allows me to sacrifice my followers and I gain their strength to survive a night attack.
Do I get to pick which follower dies?
Is there a way I know they are still my follower so it works?
With the Andres situation, I got suspicious. But anyway, after basically revealing myself to the Cult and to the entire town in getting Chaotix lynched, I decide to test out the ability. Major Robert Dump said he would prefer to get killed since he doesn't know what is going on, so I offered to use the ability on him and he agreed to it.Quote:
You can sacrifice one follower of your choice, so yes, you get to pick. As for "knowing" that they are still your follower, with absolute 110% certainty? Technically, no. But, if you recruited them and there has been no other action by another faction to 'recruit' them, then they would still be your follower.
Night Thirteen - Major Robert Dump - Sacrificed
The round was Glyphz, but it was around this point I realised "Angra Mainyu isn't part of the game, is he?" as I re-read the line about "If you could perhaps single him out, make him alone, strip him of his followers and support, you could have victory." I decided "I might have to kill the town then as well, or there might be an infiltrator." Either way, I spoke to the cult about the current plan, that is to kill all the town then I will try searching within the cult. I decide I will search within the cult anyway to be on the safe side and since classical_hero was a goddess...
Night Fourteen - Classical Hero - Sacrificed
So I am ending up asking about 'khaan about my victory condition since it said 'strip him of all support', the vote is going to be on Warman and we know it was a wasted lynch, it was better Warman than anyone else at least, 'khaan replies:
What the heck?! Luckily I had already planted a seed of a infiltrator which was still a very real possibility, but at least I know there was a chance the only reason the game hasn't ended is because I needed to kill absolutely everyone. I am left with Captain Blackadder, Johnhughthom and Riedquat. Not the best bunch to have around at this point, especially when Earthling and friends are spamming the thread with "LYNCH ISHTAR" "LYNCH BESKAR" and what not.Quote:
Your victory conditions are to be the only one left- therefore the cultists must die.
Captain Blackadder was the most unreliable. He would be prone to following one of the other two in voting for me, or he might even get wogged, making the game hang in a draw. So I decide to make him my choice.
Night Fifteen - Captain Blackadder - Sacrificed
I needed a plan and a desperate one at that, I just got told I had to kill them all! I spoke to Johnhughthom, he seemed supportive of me, great, but he is most likely the one to turn on me. Riedquat is new, he might be easily impressionable. I decide to use the favoritism card. "Hey Riedquat, I am going to take the risk and trust you, I think it might be John, he has been around the longest and Andres would have known about him." This is all true and valid, but hey, I work with the truth, it is how I roll.
What does Riedquat do to respond? He goes and tells johnhughthom!
The ball is rolling, Riedquat just outed my easy-win scheme, I need to think fast on my feet. John: "You are trying to betray me aren't you?", Me: "Being honest, I was simply saying the truth, I thought I would do it to fish information out of Riedquat". John knows I pull these stunts, John: "It's you, so I would buy into that", perfect, I might be able to keep John neutral, but John is getting more and more susipicious. Now it is to "reveal everything", strategy, plans and all, even explain my reasoning for lynching off Captain Blackadder, because town or mafia, he was a reliability. Riedquat isn't giving up, he is going to take me down and John working aside him, he is going to do it, oh my, he is on my heels, he is going to get me...
Riedquat: Vote: Johnhughthom
WHAT?!? ..... it's a trap! He is getting me to vote for John to catch me out, they did it together to trick me! Haha, I am the Almighty Beskar, do you think I will simply drink from the Wine In Front Of Me? I play to outmaneuver Riedquat, I message John.
Me: What the... I was 100% positive he was going to vote for me"
John:"I was going to vote for you, I rather lose to a new guy than you, Beskie, but now I am not too sure"
Yes! Riedquat made his first mistake! Then here comes the second mistake after both me and John ask him in the quicktopic why he voted for John.
Riedquat:I'm not returning to the quicktopic, there is no point.
DING DING DING! He just completely whisked me straight out of the jaws of defeat. This really upsets John, I simply play my part, and with Riedquat making the situation worse and worse with various slip-ups, I simply glide towards the finish line...
Riedquat lynched.
Then I message 'khaan to sacrifice John.
The End.
Here are the quicktopics:
First quicktopic - http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/7wxUuicq7dEDS
Second quicktopic - http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/8K9X8M54ZzaUd
Awesome ending! Thanks for the game, Khaan. It really was exciting :) Glad Beskar got vindication from our loss last game...
Hmmph, my role was a lie! :snobby:
Great job to Beskar, congrats on the solo victory, and especially well played on the last round :bow:
And thanks to 'khaan for hosting, I enjoyed the narrative style! :bow:
I eat my words though:
:clown:Quote:
So what you're saying is that 'khaan is a merciless bloodthirsty game host who takes a manic delight in the confused plight of the recruited cult members whose true goals are actually to lynch the person who recruited them into a false brainwashing cult that actually doesn't involve them at all despite whatever their role had said and is purely designed to confuse them and to make life difficult?
edited, didnt catch beskars post, now I see
I win! I mean not gameplay mechanic wise but I was right, suckers!
I was right about GE, right about Believer (although we don't know what exactly his goal was yet) and I was definitely right about Ishtar. Serves you cultists well for not listening to reason and john... I'm really disappointed :tongue:
TLD, you ridiculously suspicious townie! ^^
Honestly I was surprised by how many near-lynches I was able to avoid this game. What can I say? I'm just ridiculously suspicious xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Arjos
I played specifically to help Beskar win last man standing even if it meant my loss.
But, I left hints for you to figure it out yourselves. Especially the part about original win conditions.
I wanted to see Beskar kick butt, but I also wanted someone brilliant who was still alive to solve the game. I was rooting for either outcome. But the dead were the ones to solve it correctly, and the living allowed themselves to be eaten.
Good job, Beskar, even if I still can't believe you got away with it. Yikes.
NO, ANOTHER LOSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :LAUGH:
Awesome game! Thanks Khaan for hosting! And thanks johnhughthom for stalking me with invitations! :laugh4:
And obviously a great congratz to Beskar, a wonderful performance!
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Originally Posted by Beskar
:laugh4: Easily impressionable? :laugh4:
Well, the favouritism card wasn't going to work, not after I got john's pm the night you sacrificed Captain B. john made my paranoia go beyond limits, your pm only made it exit the scale... I learned a couple of things, never ever listen to the dead again, no matter what affiliation they had when they were breathing... :stare:
But, I have two questions, how come TLD hadn't a role? That is not possible! :laugh4: And... umm... how to say this... where is my chariot? :laugh4:
Congratulations Beskie!
The last man standing victory is very impressive, though I stand by what I said regarding the Chaotix lynch... awesome as your arguments were, they did seem less impressive when I was informed that the majority of remaining players were under your thrall. :P
I think there's a certain irony in this post from JHT now; I lead the lynches against Renata and White_Eyes:D following active scan results (and some behavioural observations) against them both, and I voted for Fluffy early on after we found him to be active at night... I'd guess that sorta 'accuracy' might be why Hades killed me in the end, since my tracking ability didn't seem like a big threat in a game of power roles (which TLD had lead me to believe based on previous games) or that I might have had access to a TIN (which I didn't, no living player had my information but me IIRC, though I had briefly spoken to Earthling via PM).Quote:
Originally Posted by issaikhaan
Both Romanic and myself had the ability to track; on N1, I believed it was a shared ability and didn't send orders under the assumption that Romanic had done so (and he had, having chosen to track classical_hero), only for 'khaan to clarify that both of us could act at night. From there onwards, I submitted orders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Earthling
As for TLD, I knew he was innocent all along! :laugh4:
He was paying attention to the game moreso than any other living player, having posted twice as much as the next person (Fluffy :P); this, and his keen analytical mind that I knew would be vital in hunting the scum down, led me to decide to push him forward as lynchbait, therefore giving him more time to nail those last mafia and get the win for the town... or at least, that was the plan until Hades killed him too. xD
This just all the more goes to show that I cannot play mafia roles around here. I get metagamed to death. I know I was no great shakes in this game performance-wise (missing much of the beginning of a game tends to throw me really really badly when I am mafia), but it doesn't seem to matter much, regardless.
And our best weapon against the town (Fluffy, who could have taken on a roleblock intended for one of us and thus made it seem we couldn't have been doing a particular killing) was the first to die, and early at that. And Believer sabotaged my investigations, and there was a town duplicate of my role anyway.
I'm still really bummed about this game even if the ending was amusing.
One thing I dont understand is the PM I got when I was recruited, since it said I could win with the town and with cult, and since Ishtar was the cult leader, then the PM was wrong and that was from the host, so I would like an explanation, of that PM. I don't have, since I deleted it since I need space for Capo.
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Originally Posted by hero di classico
Something like this?
That was our twisted host giving us the option to vote against Ishtar but not telling us we will be doomed if not. :clown:Quote:
Greetings,
Last night, the enchanting Goddess Ishtar offered you her blessing. In a haze, you promised yourself to her cult. You may now claim victory through the cult of Ishtar, as well as through your original victory conditions. It will be up to Ishtar herself if she wishes to reveal her "true identity". You may converse with her here. You do not have any new abilities.
Any questions, feel free to ask.
'Khaan
This or you have acually "won" the game through Beskar's victory.
They have won the game through my victory, I believe it means. Also the original victory conditions were:Quote:
Originally Posted by Oh! TheLastDays!
As you can see, I wasn't hostile to Angra Mainyu, I was making babies with him, as I originally said, as his consort and queen. So officially, both the Cult and Town won through me, they are just dead.Quote:
Greetings. This is a mass PM to inform you all that the game shall be starting within the hour. As well, if you have not received a role pm yet, this means you are a regular townsperson in the service of Angra Mainyu. Victory will be had by defeating all hostile forces to Mainyu.
Good luck to you all!
So yes, in a way, the town has won and so has the cultists, but I claim the first place prize.
Well since this was a cult, the normal thing is that you win if the leader is still alive, so really that is a deceptive PM and basically is not they way how a cult works in Mafia.
Congratulations Beskar. :bow:
Impressive ending.
Hat's off to Beskar.
He caught me completely by surprise for sure, and outmaneuvered me spectacularly. I actually never once believed he was Ishtar, always thinking it was johnhughthom. Lesson learned: when debating whether or not to kill Beskar, kill Beskar. :laugh4:
I totally underestimated the cult in general in this game. And by the time I tried getting the town to lynch them, they were already too numerous
Anyway, here's the mafia quicktopic. After all of my teammates died, it pretty much turned into a repository of my thoughts- I thought it might be interesting to read into what I was thinking as I made my actions after the game was over. Basically similar to what Beskar has in the thread.
Joint Mafia Quicktopic
Netherworld Mafia Quicktopic [quickly abandoned]
I'm not sure if Renata and Fluffy ever made their own private QT. Basically the dynamic of our roles was that we knew each other, could work together, but were allowed to betray each other in the end for total victory as well. So had I made it to the end, the victory would have been only mine and white_eyes, not for them. Even though the three of them got lynched early on, before that time we had luckily figured out there was plenty of reason to stick together for the majority of the game.
Nah. I got that role PM too. Don't think the town would have won if I killed them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
You a serial killah, brah. Embrace it.
Chaotix I was paranoid and wrong some the time but I just had to laugh when I saw this...:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaotix QT
Congratulations, Beskar :bow:
And thanks for hosting, 'khaan :2thumbsup:
And I was right that Romanic was far too smug, he only gets that way when he has something good up his sleeve.Quote:
Originally Posted by White_eyes:D
I told you I was townie! *smug*
I told them too! ^^
Wait... john did the vote switch that ultimately killed ATPG while he was still a basic townie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
:stare:
If it's any consolation, john just killed himself and helped achieve one of the biggest townie losses since "The Prometheus" with Reenk, ATPG and Khaan as mafia.:bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by Choxorn
Edit: I mean town had it in the bag, up until Chaotix wiped out the Pro-towns....then you guys just kept killing yourself's Parasite style.:no:
Congrats Beskar! :2thumbsup:
Missed most of the game after I was killed, but when I left, I thought we were doing good with Fluffy, WE and Renata being suspected or already lynched. I should have stick to help. Town has been losing too many recently.
@khaan : Following the above post, can I assume that all unlisted players were Town?Quote:
Originally Posted by issaikhaan
Also, is a converted cultist still considered Town?
Yes, non-listed players are normal townspersons. Cultists were both town and cultist. Being cultist essentially was a "tag" that meant that Ishtar could use them as sacrifice. I'll get more details up tomorrow after I get some sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Romanic
Mafia QT was definitely fun by the way. At no time during the game would I have realized the connections with some of the gods' sisters/lovers etc... I bet GH and Andres knew more about Ishtar in their roles though.
Renata, your post #152 really brightened things up for me there, just struck me as so fitting. Especially after earlier in that quicktopic where you basically declared "dang, I wander if the protector (Earthling) protected Yaro for the exact same reason he was attacked" which was, of course, exactly true.
Really fun fact: You know I protected you as a blind guess N1 Renata, to prevent you from being metagame killed. :clown: