The Golden Rule [Concluded]

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The Golden Rule
Small Mafia game
13~ players

Hosted by Askthepizzaguy

https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/.../gold_bars.jpg

The Story:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

..........December, 2029.

..........The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been infiltrated by a dedicated gang of international criminals bent on taking the grandest prize of them all; the largest repository of gold in the United States. This elite group has been preparing for two decades to pull off this heist, taking down smaller targets here and there over the years, slowly gaining the technical knowledge and experience necessary, as well as the finances to prepare the perfect getaway.

..........A senior diplomat from Beijing travelled to the United States to discuss making a large deposit in the most secure bank in the world. Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, this diplomat met his untimely end. However, the meeting went on as scheduled. The Gang of 13 had the resources to hire the most experienced plastic surgeon in the world, and pay him quite handsomely for his services. The face was altered, and the fingerprints were removed from the man from Beijing and placed on someone else. Finally, a single eye was removed and replaced with another. The end result was someone who looked exactly like the Chinese diplomat, had the same fingerprints, and the same retina.

..........On the inside, they had a man. Someone who had served his country for decades, and was given the same lousy pay and terrible pension, and was harassed one too many times by government bureaucrats. He wanted out of his boring, tedious life... and he wanted the retirement he earned and deserved. When budget cuts eliminated his pension, that was the final straw. He knew all the security systems, because he was a master at catching criminals. He was no mere security guard, he was the facility's top counter-infiltrations expert.

..........There was the matter of transportation. Gold is very heavy, and it would not be worth the time and investment to get away with merely a truckload or two of solid gold. This was an expensive, massive operation, and the equipment alone was worth more than one truck's worth of gold. They needed a ship. That's where the Somali pirates came in.

..........An oil tanker was hijacked off of the coast of Africa, but they again had a man on the inside. Once the pirates had taken over the oil tanker, the agent killed all the pirates with some toxic darts under the cover of night. Before the ransom demands were issued, the vessel was already back on course for New York. No one even knew the vessel had been hijacked.

..........The oil itself was sold to the very same customers, and the gang of 13 enjoyed the rewards that came with that kind of money. But the oil was worth only several hundred million dollars. A tanker filled with gold bullion would be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. As it happens, they already had several buyers for the gold. They would be travelling to Egypt, where the gold would be loaded on freight trains and sent to the various African totalitarian regimes who would buy the gold at a reduced price, giving them an instant profit, and relieving the gang of 13 of the burden of carrying and storing all that gold, in exchange for a deposit in several bank accounts. Some in the Cayman Islands, some in Switzerland, some in Africa.

..........China and Russia were also interested in the gold, and some of it was sent via freight train across the Middle East. More currency was deposited into the bank accounts of the gang of 13, and yet more of the weight was lifted from their shoulders. Finally, the last of the gold would remain on the tanker, which was headed for Dubai. The tanker itself and the gold would be sold to a consortium of Arab shieks at a bargain, and the Bank of Dubai would always have money waiting for the gang of 13, accumulating interest.

..........The end result was a master plan which finally would give the gang of 13 nearly unlimited money, in secured bank accounts all across the world, and the protection of the Russian and Chinese governments. There would never be any extrication back to the United States, there would never be any trial, or any jail time. The bottom line is, everyone in the gang of 13 would be filthy rich and their identities would be altered surgically so that they could never be traced back to this heist.

..........The only tricky part was getting the gold from the Reserve to the tanker. For that, a forged acquisitions request was sent and processed by the head of security at the Federal Reserve. The paperwork was massive and authentic looking, and the man in charge of verifying the authentication was the most trusted man inside the vault, the master of counter-infiltration.

..........Several armoured vehicles would make trips to the Reserve, over the span of one week. Because of the security systems, decades went by without a single bar of gold being misplaced. Because of budget cutbacks, there were only a handful of people watching the vault at any given time. Because the withdrawl had all the necessary paperwork and the approval of the man in charge of security, none of the guards noticed anything suspicious. It was just another routine transaction. Gold bars went in and out of the vault all the time, but only when it was authorized.

..........The plan was risky, but thanks to bloated bureaucracy and rank and file complacency, the transaction was nearly automatic. With the arrival of the Chinese diplomat, all of the guards were informed that a large transaction was taking place. None of them questioned the removal of the gold, and several of them even assisted in loading the armoured trucks. Whom else could be trusted to transport such precious material? The Chinese diplomat passed the palm reader and the retinal scan, and gained access to the vault.

..........Distracted by the negotiations of this faux emissary, and due to the hush-hush nature of operations, most of the actual guards were not informed of the precise nature of the supposed deal, and when the head of security and other bureaucrats were engaged in closed door talks, everything seemed to be in order. All the security systems in the world could not prevent someone with the proper paperwork and security clearances from removing gold from the vault.

..........So much money spent on the security systems themselves, and not enough was spent of the people working inside, whose loyalty could be bought for an enormously high price...

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..........The transaction was successful, and the gold bullion was loaded onto the stolen oil tanker by armoured truck. The Chinese diplomat shook hands with the head of vault security, and all the other bureaucrats assigned to the visit. 500 billion dollars in gold bullion had been stolen right in front of everyone's eyes, in spite of layers of countermeasures and the finest security systems in the world. Just another simple transaction, done by the most secure Banking system in the world.

..........But not everyone in charge of oversight was blind to what was going on. In fact, these events were being monitored by the FBI. But no one in the department knew about the stolen oil tanker, or where the gold was heading once it left the Reserve, or if the transaction was legitimate or not until after the final night.

A Federal Agent was dispatched as soon as the paperwork was revealed to be fraudulent.

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..........Among the Gang itself, all was not well... years of working together had strained their relations, and some former members of their group had been taken down by Federal Agents. Some had turned on them and tried to blackmail them before the operation took place, threatened to blow the cover off of their scheme unless they got a bigger cut of the gold. They were promptly shot, and their bodies were never found.

..........But everyone in the group was certain they had a traitor among them, someone so obsessed with greed that they would not be satisfied with the billions they were promised. On the eve of their getaway, one of their ranks was murdered. Suspicions ran rampant.

..........On this tanker filled with enough gold to buy and sell entire nations, the remaining 13 members of this group convened to decide who among them was the traitor... and who among them might have been an informant to the FBI... perhaps, even an FBI agent undercover. They watched each other very carefully. Any FBI agent would not simply kill them, he would be waiting for the appropriate moment to contact headquarters, gathering information every night. But if cornered, the FBI agent could use deadly force to defend himself.


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..........The Gang of 13 met in the daytime, and decided amongst themselves who had betrayed them. That person was determined by a vote, and the unlucky winner was shot to death on the spot. Everyone brought an automatic weapon with them for safety, and if someone tried to shoot their weapon without the Gang's approval, they would be gunned down as well.

..........At night, each person locked themselves inside their cabin, making night murders difficult. The traitor waited for the appropriate moment to make his move. If he could survive long enough, he would not be so outnumbered, and he could gun down the others.

..........Over the cold waters of the Atlantic, on this stolen tanker filled with gold, the Gang of 13 would be competing for their very lives, and their vast fortune. They were all about to experience... the Golden Rule.

Rules and Information:

No quoting the host's private messages. You can quote one another and communicate outside this thread. Suicide is not allowed, and everyone must post and vote every day phase.

YOU MUST VOTE. ABSTAINS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED. VOTE: NO LYNCH IS ACCEPTABLE.

This is not your typical mafia game, and night phases will be uneventful for the most part. The traitor or traitors will have difficulty killing anyone. Simply make the correct guess and you are home free. As the game progresses however, it will become more dangerous.

Night actions must be sent in during the day phase. Extensions may be granted, but for the most part, the night phase itself will be skipped and the results will simply be posted.



List of players

Yoyoma1910
Shlin28
Quintus.JC
Aries777777
WhiteEyes
El Diablo
Beefy187
GeneralHankerchief
Chaotix27
Reenk Roink
Seireikhaan
woad&fangs
TevashSzat
YLC

Possible roles:

explosives expert
ex-SWAT
false diplomat
forgery expert
Armored truck driver
Tanker Hijacker
communications expert
computer engineer
security guard
plastic surgeon
accountant
foreign liason
mastermind
ex-marine

I like danger.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

December, 2029.

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:clown::robot:Will we get lasers?:robot::clown:

Sure, why not. But you may want to stick with your sub-machine guns, they fire more rapidly.

Welcome to the game, Yoyoma!~

IN!

In.

joining, im in no org mafia games currently, through elemination or lack of game creation, the sooner we start the better :balloon2:

Thanks Shlin, Quintus, and Aries for joining. :bow:

:clown:

Alright Pizza, I have one but last question before I officially join your game.


Since we're on a ship, and super villans with lasers...



Instead of shooting just each other, couldn't we catch some angry mutant seabass, and attach our lasers to their foreheads?:quiet:

I am IN and I second Yoyoma's plan to attach laser beams to the mutant sea basses head's:clown:

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Originally Posted by White_eyes:D

I am IN and I second Yoyoma's plan to attach laser beams to the mutant sea basses head's:clown:

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no attach it to the manshees! seeing as el diablo likes them so much

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no attach it to the manshees! seeing as el diablo likes them so much

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No it's Manatees - and they are good for helping write th storyline.

:embarassed: nevermind..


Oh IN if numbers permit.

In :2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by El Diablo

No it's Manatees - and they are good for helping write th storyline.

:embarassed: nevermind..


Oh IN if numbers permit.

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:laugh4:

I'm in, but won't really be active until after Tuesday.

Thanks everyone for signing up.

Between 4 and 6 slots left.

speaking of sign up... You gonna join my large game? :inquisitive:

Jokes... You don't have to :clown:

PS: my game might take a while to end..

Looks complicated. I tend to shy away from the multiple mafia family ones... I dont have a strategy for those games yet.

However, if you would kindly private message me and explain the general idea to me as if I were a five-year old, I may feel better about joining.

In.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix27

In.

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care to try mine? i tried your first one!


(the sympathy vote :clown: )

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

I'm in, but won't really be active until after Tuesday.

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and as the person who brought mafia here, im sure you'd be happy to see if i can do it proud or not by joining mine!

( :juggle2: )

sorry for the spam, but i only need 3 more slots :sweatdrop:

:bow:

:charge:

I just need one more person, but if more people volunteer in time, it could be 2 or 3 more.

:throws fedora into the ring:
~:flirt:

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Originally Posted by woad&fangs

:throws fedora into the ring:
~:flirt:

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Who are you, Marlin Brando?

All quality criminal activity must be accompanied by a fedora. It is what seperates the professionals from the pickpockets, and I sir, am a professional:toff:

with white hair, woad skin paint and the look of a of a... god forbid a barbarian! :clown:

Oh, what the heck, I'll join too

Ok I have 14. I think that's plenty.

Are you starting or are you going to wait for my game to finish? :sweatdrop:

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Originally Posted by Beefy187

Are you starting or are you going to wait for my game to finish? :sweatdrop:

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It would help if you did finish your game and all :whip:

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Originally Posted by Beefy187

Are you starting or are you going to wait for my game to finish? :sweatdrop:

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I will be asking to start the game now.

I'd actually like to send out the role Pm's tonight, even if the game cannot begin.

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Originally Posted by YLC

It would help if you did finish your game and all :whip:

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Sorry YLC. If only I can drop a huge meteoroid in the middle of the palace, killing everyone in the little puny world I created...

But I rather finish this well as I could in order to satisfy everyone. As I did ruin the game for few players

But ill get working :yes:

No mods responded yet to my request to begin the game now.

Possibly in two days. Please keep watching.

Please remove me from the sign up.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

No mods responded yet to my request to begin the game now.

Possibly in two days. Please keep watching.

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I read your PM... But this should be decided by the moderators that control the lists (Andres or Seamus). I just make sure you all behave. :whip:

ATPG, you got mail :bow:

Thank you.

As requested, and as indicated by the rules, I shall be patient. :bow:

Could you be merciful ATPG and put me back in? I had issues with Vista, the registry, and connecting to the internet, and truly thought my computer was finished until Linux kinda saved it (Vista installer hated my HD for some awful reason) adn was able to format it through it.

Of course. I trust you will be staying with us until the end this time?

Vista appears stable, so, yes :wink::beam:

I guess Pizzaguy can PM Andres and Seamus to get this baby going now that Beefy's game is over.

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Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane

I guess Pizzaguy can PM Andres and Seamus to get this baby going now that Beefy's game is over.

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Finally over :sweatdrop:

This can start now.

Have fun :2thumbsup:

Yes! Finally!

Vote: ATPG

...oh, wait...um:sweatdrop:

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Originally Posted by YLC

Yes! Finally!

Vote: ATPG

...oh, wait...um:sweatdrop:

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:laugh4:


Ummm, i'll try not to get myself in the lime like to much on this game :beam:

So, without doing any hasty voting, it would be nice to see who everyone is :yes: (only i don't know myself yet)

Just in case this thread needs a second checking in... I am HERE. :bow:

Let's get this heist on the road!

Or... um, ocean, I suppose.

Awaiting PM....:bow:

In play?! Where's my PM??? :inquisitive:

Umm......same question, where my PM?

ATPG is online, so notification would be pleasant :bow:

Greetings all.

Sorry for the delay. As you know I've been working very hard to annihilate some scum in the Family Guy game. We shall see how that goes.

RULES additions and modifications.

You cannot quote the host's private messages. At all.

You can claim a role, but you cannot quote me.

The dead cannot talk or communicate with anyone about this game.

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Voting for the "lynch" will happen as scheduled, and I need everyone with night actions to get them to me by the end of each day phase.

You have 3 days per day phase.

This game is not your typical mafia game. I highly encourage everyone to vote and discuss. Clues will be scarce, as I usually give you oodles of clues. You must solve this mystery if you are serious about winning, or your chances will be minimized.

Rules may be added later at my discretion. Read every post I make, ok? Pms going out.

EDIT: If you are done voting and want the day phase to end earlier than scheduled, just add that to your vote. As such:

Vote: Askthepizzaguy, end Day early.

Or at any time post:

End Day early.

Edit Edit:

Do not edit posts with your vote in them.

Roles are being sent out now. Give me a few minutes.

Please follow my rules exactly for this game. Certain types of infractions will result in expulsion, unfortunately. Others will simply get a warning.

All Roles have been sent out. Remember to read all of the rules, in the opening post and every post I make, please. You have a gang of 14 now, due to unexpected popularity of the game.

Day One:

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CLASSIFIED FBI LOG
Agent 824, Headquarters.


The Gang of 14 was en route to Africa, the tanker loaded up with more gold that any one person could count. Each of the crew members were certain to live a life of luxury, security, and prosperity from now on.

They were certain by now that the FBI had found out about them. It was also possible that they were being watched, and that their position was being reported back to headquarters by an agent. But they could not be sure.

They did not know who they could trust, and they were certain they had a traitor among them. Was it the munitions expert, or their "diplomat"? Could it be the security systems analyst, or was it their driver?

They would lock themselves in their rooms at night, and vote on who the traitor was during the daytime. Everyone was armed with a sub-machine gun.

They met for the first time since the massive heist. What follows is a transcript of their communications and activities.

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So now we're a group of Senators that forged a bipartisan agreement to end judicial filibusters for the 109th Congress in return for the dropping of some of President Bush's nominees for the federal bench? :smartass:

Vote: Ares

Vote:YLC

Hosts most hated player :clown:

Vote: El Diablo

How the hell can we trust someone called the devil???

Also, Tally:

Ares: 1 (GH)
YLC: 1 (Beefy)
El Diablo: 1 (Tevash)

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Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

Vote: Ares

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I assume your meatballing at this stage?

Who's the dirty rat that killed my brother?

vote: whiteeyes :D
Because I have no idea who the heck you are :balloon3:

The original post has been modified to highlight the rules and update certain information. The story part has not changed.

14 players, alive and well...


Alive

Yoyoma1910
Shlin28
Quintus.JC
Aries777777
WhiteEyes
El Diablo
Beefy187
GeneralHankerchief
Chaotix27
Reenk Roink
Seireikhaan
woad&fangs
TevashSzat
YLC

Tally:

Ares: 1 (GH)
YLC: 1 (Beefy)
El Diablo: 1 (Tevash)
WhiteEyes: 1 (woad&fangs)

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Originally Posted by woad&fangs

vote: whiteeyes :D
Because I have no idea who the heck you are :balloon3:

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Vote:woad&fangs because I have no idea who you are :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

Possible roles:

explosives expert
ex-SWAT
false diplomat
forgery expert
Armored truck driver
Tanker Hijacker
communications expert
computer engineer
security guard
plastic surgeon
accountant
foreign liason
mastermind
ex-marine

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Interesting, ATPG said night phrases may be uneventful at first, so perhaps the mafia get more contagious in the later stages? Does anyone claim any of these roles? we have 3 days of discussion, so we should start delving into this a bit, better than mindless voting at least.

I would vote for Aries just be all spiteful and stuff, but I pretty much just got him lynched in Fillet Royale, unless Reenk Roink saves him. So... I'll let him off easy for these first couple'a rounds.

Vote: Beefy

What's with the name change on you two? It could be a secret code... :clown:

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Originally Posted by Chaotix27

I would vote for Aries just be all spiteful and stuff, but I pretty much just got him lynched in Fillet Royale, unless Reenk Roink saves him. So... I'll let him off easy for these first couple'a rounds.

Vote: Beefy

What's with the name change on you two? It could be a secret code... :clown:

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my name change was before his, and i belive i'm still active in the Fillet Royale mafia game, and i want answers from you :smash:

Well, I am the Armored truck driver:beam:

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Originally Posted by Chaotix27

I would vote for Aries just be all spiteful and stuff, but I pretty much just got him lynched in Fillet Royale, unless Reenk Roink saves him. So... I'll let him off easy for these first couple'a rounds.

Vote: Beefy

What's with the name change on you two? It could be a secret code... :clown:

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I highly doubt it's a code ~;p

It's kinda weird though, makes me tempted to change my name to "Abstain", to see what happens :laugh4:

Hmmm...well, it's day one, and with nothing to go on, I'll Vote:GeneralHankerchief

Making me stab myself in Spirit Mafia still stings a little...

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Originally Posted by YLC

It's kinda weird though, makes me tempted to change my name to "Abstain", to see what happens :laugh4:

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LOL

I'd appreciate it if people would inform me if they change their name. It is rather inconvenient for me.

Incidentally, how do you change your name? Do you have to ask a moderator or is it possible manually?

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/profi...do=editprofile

Change username is center, top. Change username, email, password.

I am out of here for a little bit. I will be back tomorrow or in couple days.

But for the fact that he named a street after me and kept the juggling kittens happening, I would have had to vote for Yoyoma.

As it is WhiteEyes killed me last time and that, is the best reason that I can come up with for a Day 1"no reason" lynch (we have no information).

Vote WhiteEyes

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Originally Posted by TevashSzat

Vote: El Diablo

How the hell can we trust someone called the devil???

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Are we preachers or criminals?

You'd think someone called El Diablo would be a perfect codename for a person involved with a heist!

:grin:

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

You'd think someone called El Diablo would be a perfect codename for a person involved with a heist!

:grin:

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That's what I'm sayin'!





And what do we need a bunch of preaching around here for? Save it for Sunday brother.

Vote: YLC

Sting or not, that's a pretty bad excuse for a first round vote.

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Originally Posted by 777Ares777

Interesting, ATPG said night phrases may be uneventful at first, so perhaps the mafia get more contagious in the later stages? Does anyone claim any of these roles? we have 3 days of discussion, so we should start delving into this a bit, better than mindless voting at least.

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Originally Posted by White_eyes:D

Well, I am the Armored truck driver:beam:

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Well, I think every should just fess up now and tell everyone their role. ATPG said that there would be clues for us so it would be helpful to know who everyone is.

I am the Mastermind so technically, I set up the whole group :2thumbsup:

Anyways,

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Explosives expert
Ex-SWAT
False diplomat
Forgery expert
Armored truck driver - White_eyes:D
Tanker Hijacker
Communications expert
Computer engineer
Security guard
Plastic surgeon
Accountant
Foreign liason
Mastermind - TevashSzat
Ex-marine

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Originally Posted by TevashSzat

I am the Mastermind so technically, I set up the whole group :2thumbsup:

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:inquisitive:

Is this a confession? Everyone knows the only masterminds needed in a mafia game are the mafiosi.

:inquisitive:

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Originally Posted by seireikhaan

:inquisitive:

Is this a confession? Everyone knows the only masterminds needed in a mafia game are the mafiosi.

:inquisitive:

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But what good group of criminals doesn't have a Mastermind?

Edit: I see that you aren't willing to disclose who you are yet. Got something to hide?????

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Originally Posted by TevashSzat

But what good group of criminals doesn't have a Mastermind?

Edit: I see that you aren't willing to disclose who you are yet. Got something to hide?????

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Any good group of criminals is a pure democracy. If we need a cap'n, we get one in order. :pirate2:

And if you really are so curious, I am the plastic surgeon.