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Not like that's a terrible defense or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by woad&fangs
Wild prediction: Woad will flip innocent. Double A, still guilty.
Vote: Wideyedwanderer
Elton John is slightly over-rated.
And the accusations seem shallow and pedantic.
Pass the space sugar, I need some for my space coffee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
Can't. Dead. Your fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Double A
Wait, wait, wait. I may be dead as well, but give me some credit. It's my fault that you're dead, Pizza...Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
I get no respect for my zombified ways. And you whippersnapper ninja, who goes around in pj's with a pointy stick? I hope you get eaten by an infinite number of space whales.
Why didn't you pick someone who was actually playing? :tongue2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Memnon
I just wanted to see if I could actually get away with killing you this time. Apparently the answer was no... :on_exhausted:Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
You do realize my N1 murder is cursed, right?
Oh gosh 40 minutes left and no one has made themselves look guilty guess I'll go with Pizza's suggestion.
vote: Double A
Tally:
woad&fangs - 3 (Visorslash, Double A, BSmith)
edse - 2 (Jarema, The King)
Visorslash - 1 (Montmorency)
Jarema - 1 (edse)
Montmorency - 1 (woad&fangs)
dcmort93 - 1 (atheotes)
wideyedwanderer - 1 (thefluffyone93)
Double A - 1 (SalmonSoil)
Abstaining - Xehh II, Csargo, Choxorn, dcmort93
Not Present - 5 [THIS IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD] (robbiecon [2ND], Greyblades [2ND], wideyedwanderer [2nd], Major Robert Dump, classical_hero)
Scouting Party:
Seafloor - 7 (Montmorency, dcmort93, SalmonSoil, The King, Double A, woad&fangs, atheotes)
Surface - 5 (Visorslash, Jarema, edse, Xehh II, BSmith)
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Start sending me orders whenever you're ready. I don't want to start the night phase after I finish the write-up, it will be too late for tomorrow's write-up.
STILL DAY 1, SINCE THE PLANET OF THE SPACE WHALES IS TIDALLY LOCKED TO ITS SUN
[WAKE CYCLE 3]
For once, the Captain looked genuinely excited. Sure, they were in a terrible situation, but they were finally getting to do some adventuring! Encountering unknown planets, endangering the lives of your crewmen… this was what being a Space Cadet was all about. He was worried that his crew wasn’t quite getting it yet, and they were missing out on the fun. The amount of them that were actually participating seemed to indicate they didn’t really care about this life or death situation.
He might have to call in the Space Cadet reserves if things got really bad. But for now, he contented himself with reading the results of the votes.
“Well, it looks like the brave woad&fangs has been chosen to go back in time and change the fate of this crew. Let’s proceed to the Time Machine Chamber.”
Not every ship had its own Time Machine. They tended to be prohibitively expensive, and even captains that could afford one didn’t always have it installed. There were many who believed that they really just made a mess of things instead of helping. The Captain of the Galactic Chutzpah was not one of them.
The machine itself looked rather unimpressive when they first installed it; it was really just a metal chamber with a pressure-sealed door that made a little whirring noise when it was turned on, and an open “landing” pad next to it. The Space Cadets had soon after decorated it with a bunch of flashing lights and doohickeys that did absolutely nothing but made it look a lot cooler. And what use was a Time Machine that didn’t look cool?
woad&fangs nervously stepped up to the machine, unfastened the door, and walked inside. A few Space Cadets closed it after him and re-sealed it. Then a third set the time to roughly 48 hours ago and pulled the lever. woad&fangs disappeared.
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IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP BEING DAY 1
[SLEEP CYCLE 2]
woad&fangs reappeared in the Time Machine room, 48 hours ago, on the landing pad. The room was dark, and it took him a second or two to get used to the lack of lighting. It wasn’t far to the engine room from here, so he got going.
When he arrived in the engine room, it was empty. woad&fangs glanced at his Atomic Space Wristwatch. They had sent him back to approximately 10 minutes before the engine had exploded, so he had set his watch to count down from 10 minutes. He had roughly 7 minutes left. Whatever was about to happen, he would have to solve it quickly.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong in this room. Of course something would be wrong. That’s why the engine would explode. But the problem was, nothing seemed to be wrong with the engine. He was no Engineer, but all the lights and charts and graphs and things were green, and it looked to be running smoothly.
“Hello, woad&fangs.”
woad&fangs jumped seven feet into the air. He could do that because the Galactic Chutzpah had a relatively low gravity environment. He looked around him, scared out of his wits, but the room was empty. It was dimly lit, true, but the flashing lights and screens provided enough light that he could see the whole room.
“Wh-who’s there? Show yourself!”
“I am the CHeeky Artificial Onboard Theoretical Intelligence eXecutive. You may call me CHAOTIX."
The Space Cadet sighed with relief. It was just the autopilot AI, speaking to him over the intercom.
“Phew. You scared me for a sec there. But listen, CHAOTIX, you’ve gotta help. I’m from the future, and the engine’s about to explode!”
“I know.”
“Wait, how could you know?”
“I reasoned that since there are two instances of woad&fangs currently on board the Galactic Chutzpah, and you are in the engine room, that I will in the future tell the Captain to send someone through the Time Machine to the engine room. The only possible reason for that is engine failure.”
This sure was a smart AI. woad&fangs was glad it was on their side. He looked at his watch again. Only 3 minutes were left! All this talking to a machine was wasting time! He had to hurry, or he was going to blow his chance.
“Hey, can you help me, or is this out of your jurisdiction?”
“Yes.”
That was a strange answer. There was only so far you could get with computers, he supposed.
“Ok, what do I have to do?”
“Unscrew the plate guarding the wiring for the right panel.”
woad&fangs pulled out his trusty Sonic Screwdriver and set to work frantically. Underneath the panel was a mass of tangled wires, all different colors and sizes. By the time he had removed it, he had only 30 seconds left.
“Quick, CHAOTIX, what do I do next?”
“Cut the infrared wire.”
“But I can’t SEE infrared! Oh crap this thing’s going to explode any second now!”
“Why not just use your Space Goggles?”
This AI thought of everything. woad&fangs fumbled for his Space Goggles, then set them to the infrared setting. Glancing at his watch, he had only 10 seconds left. He grabbed his Space Wire Cutters. The wire was clear as day to him through the goggles, but it was high up on the panel. He had to stand on his tiptoes just to reach it. The clock counted down.
5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
woad&fangs cut the wire.
B-BOOOOOOOOM!!!
SPLOOOOSH!!
CRACKLE FRACKLE CRACKLE BLURBLE GLURBLE BLURBLE…
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STILL DAY 1, SINCE THE PLANET OF THE SPACE WHALES IS TIDALLY LOCKED TO ITS SUN
[WAKE CYCLE 3]
The Captain looked on as woad&fangs vanished. Then he turned to his crew.
“Alright then, Cadets. If woad&fangs succeeded, then right about immediately we should suddenly be back in space with a non-exploded engine.”
The crew waited a moment or two.
“Well, I guess that didn't work. On to plan B. The vote was close, but it seems the majority of you are in favor of scouting the seafloor for raw materials to repair the engine with. So everyone get your ADVENTURE GEAR together and meet me at the Shuttlemarine in 10 minutes.”
When they had all boarded the Shuttlemarine, the launch bay was sealed off from the rest of the ship and the doors opened. The smaller ship was able to accommodate all of the reduced crew, but that was not to say it wasn’t a little cramped. An instance of the Captain’s autopilot AI was installed on this ship as well, in case the crew had any questions or otherwise required its help. The Shuttlemarine propelled itself through the deep, dark, liquid ammonia oceans.
They had been searching for the better part of an hour, but they had found nothing so far. The fact that the liquid was so murky didn’t help at all, and they were all tired from having been on wake cycle for over 48 hours. Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps destiny, but soon they chanced on what appeared to be a massive, ruined underwater city, built by some ancient civilization.
The doorway to the complex was at least 3 times the size of the Shuttlemarine, and on either side was a massive statue of a GIANT SPACE WHALE, each with an angry face, standing on its tail fin and holding a trident in its flipper to guard the entrance. The Captain piloted the Shuttlemarine slowly inside. They wound up in a large submerged foyer with pathways leading in several directions. It was lit by huge glowing orbs of bioluminescent stuff floating towards the ceiling.
“Listen up Cadets! Strap on your ADVENTURE GEAR and set it to FLIPPER MODE, we’re getting out. We’ll have a sleep cycle first, then when we’re rested we’ll get to exploring this place. On NO CONDITION should you leave the camp unless I say so.”
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Alive: 19/28
atheotes
BSmith
classical_hero
Choxorn
Csargo
Double A
dcmort93
edse
Greyblades
Jarema
Major Robert Dump
Montmorency
robbiecon
SalmonSoil
The King
Thefluffyone93
wideyedwanderer
Visorslash
Xehh II
Not Alive: 9/28
Zaccino - Space Cadet - Immortal, but eaten by a Space Whale
autolycus - Space Cadet - Bit off more than he could chew
Askthepizzaguy - Space Cadet - Died in madness having seen the future
Memnon - Zombie - Together he stood, divided he fell
Jolt - Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie - In the Cooler. The Space Cooler.
DaveShack - Space Cadet - Sleeping with the dinosaurs and the sharks
Arjos - Space Cadet - Got ding-dong ditched, extreme edition
Seon - Samurai - Was bested by the Western men and their guns
woad&fangs - Space Cadet - He couldn't change time, but time has changed him
The Space Cadets' Reserve
johnhughthom
Ironside
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Originally Posted by Chaotix
Is the Captain Ziggy Stardust?
Dammit, now I feel this perverse compulsion to throw in a Space Oddity reference too.Quote:
Originally Posted by thefluffyone93
Thanks, fluffy.
I can't really blame you guys for that. I really looked guilty there. At least I got to go out with a sonic screwdriver souvenir!
That's what I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaotix
Well, considering the ineptitude of our esteemed captain, I would think we would be better off sitting in a tin can,
faaaaar above the world.
Planet Earth is blue,
And there's nothing we can do....
Sorry for missing the vote again. I thought I had already voted.
Over-rated? How could you!Quote:
Originally Posted by thefluffyone93
No you didn't woad. Not even a little bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by woad&fangs
:no:
He defended Jimmy in a way that said I AM CERTAIN FOR NO REASON IN PARTICULAR AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
That sounds like the kind of play a mafioso wouldn't make because it looks very suspicious and results in his own death if the other player flips guilty, which in this game is rather likely. So it doesn't even matter if he was not on the same team, he'd still end up looking guilty, and that's too large a risk for a scumbag to take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Double A
A townie, on the other hand, generally doesn't care what the risks are in accusing/defending people, and that leads to bad plays which hang them.
Saw this coming a mile away. Anyone who gave it any thought did too.
Put it to you like this-
I'm a scumbag and my options are to do one of the following four actions:
1) Accuse someone
2) Defend someone
3) Lurk and say nothing
4) Be active but not make any strong accusations
Which has the highest likelihood of causing me grief?
If I defend someone, and I'm successful, then that is a person I may have to murder because I can't really argue for their death anymore. Further, people will wonder why I am defending someone when I have no way of knowing their innocence unless I'm a power role. Which will lead to murders or votes in my direction.
If I defend someone and I'm unsuccessful and they flip scum, I die.
If I defend someone I am acting unusually. My action will stand out whereas the rest of the players are behaving in a similar way (accusing someone) therefore it's unlikely that their single accusation will draw attention. However, if I'm the only one defending someone and they flip scum, that gains me immediate and deadly attention and there's no way to get out of it.
If I accuse someone and they're guilty I look good.
If I accuse someone and they're not guilty, I'm one of many, many people to do so.
If I lurk, and there are other lurkers, and it's not unusual for me, then generally I only die from random murders or policy lynches of lurkers.
If I am active but make no strong moves one way or the other, and this is not unusual for me, then generally I don't die except from totally random wagons.
Woad took the single most risky and lowest-profitable action in an early game situation that a mafioso can make. It's a terrible bet, wins nothing even if he were right, and has a likely chance of blowing up in his face. Such moves are extremely uncommon from most mafiosi, even the supposedly very risky ones like myself.
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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
Huh? *scratches head*Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaotix
Why is Pizza still making a case on W&F after the reveal? XD
Edit: nvm lol argument by assumption :P
In general your scumbags are doing one of the following two things-
1) Doing a category of action which matches the majority, or a group. [The low-risk strategy]
This can mean joining a bandwagon, though generally does not mean that they only bandwagon as some find that scummy and it earns you votes, however some mafiosi do risk it and always wagon. Bandwagoning allows you to lynch a townie, reduce the risk of getting lynched or your partner lynched since it stretches the lead of the lead candidate, and also allows you to share the blame of a mislynch with several other people, reducing the risk to yourself of backlash.
This can mean accusing someone who is not the lead candidate, particularly if there are a lot of other people doing a similar action (no large lead wagon) this is most effective when not changing who is in the lead in a given round, which tends to attract attention. This is also effective toward the middle/end of the round when your accusation is unlikely to generate traction, meaning you could follow up the next round and essentially accuse one person over two rounds for the risk of a single accusation, which is a good way to minimize your voting footprint and reduce the number of people who take note of you due to false accusations.
If there are several folks not voting, you can get away with being one of them. That minimizes your voting footprint, and is especially effective if you're already known for doing it.
2) Doing something risky but "proves" your townie-ness to the group. In other words, reducing your risk of being lynched if your gambit is successful. [The gamble]
Example: Jolt voting himself and sounding frustrated, to sound more genuinely townie.
I wasn't. Reading for context clues may help with the wall o words.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arjos
Where are your scum hiding?
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Long story short: I'd advocate to accuse a nonvoter now, accuse a one-voter later.
More information would be revealed if no proven townie directed the lynching, because then it's easier to shift blame, so I won't specify who I think needs to die first.
Which of these folks would you want to lynch first?
- Xehh II
- Csargo
- Choxorn
- dcmort93
- Major Robert Dump
- classical_hero
Just curious. And of this list:
- Montmorency
- edse
- atheotes
- thefluffyone93
- SalmonSoil
Who would you lynch first?
Not a single one.
Odd, considering your vote for Edse. Then again, I've lost all hope of any of your responses ever making sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Montmorency
When was the last time woad played? You make it sound like he would be super attentive as mafia, but I haven't seen him around for awhile and figured his skills would have gotten rusty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy
To be honest, I was genuinely frustrated at being voted for and lynched for no reason. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy