[Council of Villains] A State of Corruption [Concluded]

Darkness.

Silence.

In the deep depths of space, there is no light. There are no sounds. It is an eerie sort of quiet, a nothingness that chills to the bone and fills one with despair. An eternity could be spent in such a state without interaction with any other living being.

And it this feeling of emptiness, which the Hunter had been so accustomed to in short durations, that now occupied every fiber of her being. That is, until it began.

Suddenly, blinding light.

A surge of warmth. Power. Life. Existence.

But despite the surge of energy, the Hunter could not shake the feeling of a shadow, hovering over her mind and watching her thoughts. It was ever present, and seemed imposing until it was concentrated upon, after which it would dissipate and reform in another spot. But the Hunter did not mind the Presence, because the Presence told her not to mind it. The Presence was what gave her life, and strength, and the Hunter liked such familiar feelings, so long deprived of them.

The Hunter slowly opened her eyes, which glowed an unnatural red.

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All was blurry at first, and she saw only a large silhouette against the bright light, towering over her.

“BWAHAHAHAHAR!”

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Chaotix presents...

A STATE OF CORRUPTION

Note: All write-ups (including the one above) have music links embedded in the text. I encourage you to click them to make the experience more immersive.

Welcome, everyone. This is the third large game in my Council of Villains series, entitled “A State of Corruption”.

I’m not going to give too many details about the game; a large part of it is you figuring it out as you go along. You might think of this game as something of a cross between Sigurd’s Star Wars and TinCow’s Rubicon, but it’s more nuanced than that. I mention Sigurd’s Star Wars and not ATPG’s sequel to the game, because there is a power-up system, but it is much more simplified and nowhere near as complicated as Fall of the Order’s.

Basically, you can think of there being two towns, two mafias, and perhaps a few who don’t fit into any of those categories. And everyone will have the ability to gain powers both offensive and defensive- though it is never guaranteed.

As for the story, I won’t say a word on what’s come. It will all become clear in time. However, since the last Council of Villains game was so long ago, I’ve prepared a refresher in the form of a flowchart for the events of the past few games:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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If you want the full story, I encourage you to take a look at the game threads themselves:

The Council of Villains
The Missing Link
The Koopa Troop

The rules are fairly simple; standard affair for mafia games.
-During the day, you vote for someone to be lynched, using the format Vote: Chaotix. If you want to change your vote, use Unvote: Chaotix first or else your original vote will be the one counted.
-You may NOT edit your vote out of a post. You may edit a post with a vote in it so long as the edit does not affect the vote.
-You may Vote: Abstain to show you are present but wish to refrain from voting.
-Vote: No Lynch is NOT allowed.
-Dead players can participate, but may NOT vote or reveal previous night actions or sensitive information they knew before their death.
-Private communications are allowed.
-Quicktopics, chatrooms, etc. are NOT allowed unless given express permission by the host.
-Dead players cannot communicate privately unless given express permission by the host.
-You may quote PMs from other players, as they can be forged. You may not post screenshots, chatlogs, etc.
-You may NOT quote PMs from the host or your role PM, unless given express permission by the host.
-You must PM all night actions to the host personally.
-If you have multiple defenses, you must choose one and PM that to the host; otherwise your defense will be chosen randomly.
-Clarifications to the rules will be posted by the host if perceived to be unclear. If you are unsure or think I might have missed something, please don’t be afraid to ask questions!

I am looking for at least 35 players to sign up. I would prefer to have 40 to 45 if possible. The game will most likely begin after the end of Star Wars: Fall of the Order. Let’s go!

Sign-ups: (47/50)
a completely inoffensive name
AntiKingWarmanCake88
Askthepizzaguy
autolycus
Beefy187
Beskar
ByzantineKnight
Captain Blackadder
Cecil XIX
Choxorn
classical_hero
Csargo
dcmort93
Death is Yonder
Diamondeye
Double A
Frozen in Ice
Glenn
God Emperor
Greyblades
Insanious
Ironside
Jarema
johnhughthom
Khazaar
landlubber
Link
Motep
Nictel
Nightbringer
pevergreen
Rebel Jeb
Reenk Roink
Renata
robbiecon
Romanic
Sasaki Kojiro
Secura
Seon
Skooma Addict
Thefluffyone93
TinCow
Winston Hughes
woad&fangs
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan
YLC

Reserves:
Kagemusha
Raskolnikov


EDIT: I'm really surprised and pleased by the amount of sign-ups I managed to get- this game has beaten both of my previous large games in size. I will extend the sign-ups to a maximum of 50, and the game will start December 27.

In.

In.

In Please

YESPLEASE

Oh come on, and I was trying to not play mafia games, and then all of a sudden, this comes along!

I hate you for forcing my hand like this.

In.

:charge:

In!!

I'm in.

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In please :bow:

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Originally Posted by pevergreen

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I promise there are no jokers this time, too. :clown:

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

I promise there are no jokers this time, too. :clown:

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Good.

I must avenge my death, because I am the leader of the bunch, you know me well, I'm finally back, to kick some tail.

In.

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Originally Posted by pevergreen

Good.

I must avenge my death, because I am the leader of the bunch, you know me well, I'm finally back, to kick some tail.

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Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

“Did somebody page the king of awesome?”
-Bowser

Bowser

Gwahahahar! You are Bowser, the King of the Koopa, kidnapper of Princess Peach, konquerer of the Mushroom Kingdom, and krusher of the Mario Bros.

What, do you really need me to tell you about yourself? This whole GAME is about YOU. Here’s a brief history of what you’ve done in the past month or so. It all started when Dr. Eggman warped you to his world. Once there, you went through a tough trial where you had to kill all of the traitor villains and the heroes in disguise, including the brother of your arch-nemesis: Luigi. Once that was done, you gained ultimate power using the Super Vague Weapon of Ambiguously Decided Doom- this power came in a small package called the Plot Device Star. You used this power in a not-completely-predictable manner by capturing Princess Peach and forcing Mario and his followers into hiding. Now, however, you’ve got intruders in your castle, and you suspect Mario is among them. In order to keep yourself safe, you’ve disguised yourself as one of your minions.

Your alignment is Koopa. (Town)

Victory Conditions:

Major- Nothing is acceptable except for your complete victory. After all, you deserve nothing less. In order to win, you must survive until the end, keep possession of the Plot Device Star, and kill Mario, as well as anyone else in your castle that is out to get you.

Minor- If, in the worst case scenario, you are killed by Mario (which will totally never happen), you can still hope for your minions to pull through and defeat all the infiltrators for you. If that happens, at least your children will be able to hold the kingdom together.

Abilities:

Disguise- In order to keep yourself safe, (even though you have nothing to be afraid of) you have disguised yourself as one of your minions, Tubba Blubba. When you are not making public announcements, you will take on this disguise and vote as if you were a normal minion. Here is the complete disguise:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

“Uh… Five more minutes, mom.”
-Tubba Blubba

Tubba Blubba

You are Tubba Blubba, a massive and powerful Clubba with a fine taste for Boos.

You were also the one Bowser entrusted to protect the third Star Spirit, Skolar. Bowser made you completely invincible by cutting out your heart and placing it under a windmill- unfortunately, Mario and his Boo friends managed to find said windmill, beat up your heart, and then beat you up after it hopped back in your body. You’re not so invincible any more, but you’re still a loyal member of Bowser’s Koopa Troop.

Your alignment is Koopa. (Town)

Victory Conditions:

Major- Defeat all of the intruders to the castle and keep Bowser from being killed by them as well. Additionally, keep the Plot Device Star in the hands of the Koopa Troop where it belongs.

Minor- If Bowser dies, all is not lost. If you can drive off all of the intruders from the castle, then perhaps the Koopa Troop will survive.

Guards- You have assigned 3 of your most trusted underlings to guard your room during the night. They know your identity and you know theirs, and as long as they live, any attack on your life will fail. These three minions are Boom-Boom (Tratorix), Reznor (Greyblades), and Goomboss (rhawn).

Plot Device Star- The Plot Device Star is currently in your possession. To avoid drawing attention, you will not use its power, but you must end the game in control of it to win. Beware: if you are killed, your killer will take it, and if your true identity becomes known, it will be able to be stolen as well.

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I can't find the amazing Bowser's castle theme remix or some such, so this'll have to do

Sign me up always had fun with this game

BWAHAHAHAHA.

In.

Double post.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

I promise there are no jokers this time, too. :clown:

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D'aaaawwwww.....
But in!

In. Why not?

I just went back and re-read the entire Koopa Troop game. Must say again how good your writeups are, and how much I'm now looking forward to this game (had to remember what the last game was like)

BUT!!!

You never did what you said you would, you never posted the role PMs. You said you would, then nothing. Thread just ends. Dissapointed Chaotix. :no:

In.

yeah in

I am in this one.

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Originally Posted by pevergreen

I just went back and re-read the entire Koopa Troop game. Must say again how good your writeups are, and how much I'm now looking forward to this game (had to remember what the last game was like)

BUT!!!

You never did what you said you would, you never posted the role PMs. You said you would, then nothing. Thread just ends. Dissapointed Chaotix. :no:

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I know, I was going to but then I got caught up with all this schoolwork and distracted. I remember that. By the time I had time to post the role PMs, the thread was on the second page and nobody cared any more. Sorry bout that.

Do you still have them? I'd be interested in seeing them.

I am in for some Chaotic fun.

Count me In

I´m In!

:bow:

Thanks to christmas break, I have time to play in this. IN

In for evil Samus. Also semi-personal invite :D

IN.

I wasn't around for any of the previous iterations of your games, but I did read the Koopa Troop one; I saw some very interesting concepts and it seemed as though it was lots of fun for all involved.

I've actually just become unemployed (six-month contract, major annoyance) and I have oodles of free time on my hands while I throw my CV out to any and all who'll take it, so I'd definitely be willing to break my hiatus and accept your invitation to fill the void.

Just curious, though; are you expecting to start as soon as you've got all the signups you want (and once Pizza's game concludes), or will you be postponing things until the holiday season ends?

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Originally Posted by Secura

I wasn't around for any of the previous iterations of your games, but I did read the Koopa Troop one; I saw some very interesting concepts and it seemed as though it was lots of fun for all involved.

I've actually just become unemployed (six-month contract, major annoyance) and I have oodles of free time on my hands while I throw my CV out to any and all who'll take it, so I'd definitely be willing to break my hiatus and accept your invitation to fill the void.

Just curious, though; are you expecting to start as soon as you've got all the signups you want (and once Pizza's game concludes), or will you be postponing things until the holiday season ends?

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Great to see you back, Secura. Hope things turn out better for you soon.

Now that ATPG's game is lasting longer than expected, I imagine I will not start until December 27, or so. I would also probably make New Years' Eve/Day and the day after a single long phase to account for inactivity. But I don't want to wait too long to start it.

I'll play.

I'm in

I think the last one of these I was involved with was your first Council of Villains, in which we were all meant to roleplay and I was a dragon with seven heads... But player commitment died away fast, partly because the Treehouse of Horror was played parallel to that.

Well, if a series resulted, there must be some very good reasons why!

If prior story knowledge and understanding isn't essential, I would like to be in please!

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Originally Posted by Glenn

I think the last one of these I was involved with was your first Council of Villains, in which we were all meant to roleplay and I was a dragon with seven heads... But player commitment died away fast, partly because the Treehouse of Horror was played parallel to that.

Well, if a series resulted, there must be some very good reasons why!

If prior story knowledge and understanding isn't essential, I would like to be in please!

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Glad to have you back, Glenn. It's not necessary by any stretch to have read the last few games. For a quick refresher, I suggest you check out the flowchart in the opening post, though. :2thumbsup:

What little remains of my game shouldn't interfere at all with this one.

It will be done ASAP.

In.

I'm in.

Tx for the PM Chaotix. In as a reserve (I won't have web access from 23th to 2nd of january)...

:bow:

I guesss I'll be IN

I'm in. :balloon2:

I want to be in

In.

How can I resist a personal Invite?

In if you'll have me :)

Invitation accepted.

I'm IN

In please

In if there are still any spots left.

In if any room left. Thanks for the invite.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

EDIT: I'm really surprised and pleased by the amount of sign-ups I managed to get- this game has beaten both of my previous large games in size. I will extend the sign-ups to a maximum of 50, and the game will start December 27.

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Yeah, so am I, this is great!

I'm not surprised at all, Chaotix; after the previous games you've hosted you've built a reputation for fabulous hosting ability. You've also obviously done the legwork and did some serious personal inviting; that is really the only truly effective means of recruitment that I've seen other than opening a sign-up sheet.

If anything, I wonder why we're still missing some of our favorite veteran players. :whip: Come on then, don't be shy.

Might as well. In

Reenk may join.

If you haven't, maybe throw him an invite.

Oh how the new players would tremble in fear at the mere sound of our name.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

I'm not surprised at all, Chaotix; after the previous games you've hosted you've built a reputation for fabulous hosting ability. You've also obviously done the legwork and did some serious personal inviting; that is really the only truly effective means of recruitment that I've seen other than opening a sign-up sheet.

If anything, I wonder why we're still missing some of our favorite veteran players. :whip: Come on then, don't be shy.

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Thanks for the kind words, ATPG. As for the invitations, there just happened to be a long list with 67 names on it lying around in the Gameroom...

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Oh how the new players would tremble in fear at the mere sound of our name.

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That said I can't remember a game where the mighty legendary hybrid "Reenkus peverroinkus" actually curb-stomped everyone. Did I miss something? :clown:

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That said I can't remember a game where the mighty legendary hybrid "Reenkus peverroinkus" actually curb-stomped everyone. Did I miss something? :clown:

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Its like the old rule involving CR, its no fun if its an instant win.

How did Pirate Ship go? peverreenk dictated the course of that game. :tongue:

Its not often that we actually are both in the same game, Reenk is a busy, busy, sexy man.

I would like to join

I've just returned to the flowchart for the second time and finally made some sense of it all.

Congratulations Chaotix on such a dedicated and continuous plot! Mafia has really developed since I last played!

This means that characters should be handled much more reverently with a view to future games...

Is roleplaying still encouraged or enforced? (Is this the wrong place to ask?)

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Originally Posted by Glenn

I've just returned to the flowchart for the second time and finally made some sense of it all.

Congratulations Chaotix on such a dedicated and continuous plot! Mafia has really developed since I last played!

This means that characters should be handled much more reverently with a view to future games...

Is roleplaying still encouraged or enforced? (Is this the wrong place to ask?)

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It's never enforced.

I would say that, for this game, it may be more prudent for players to conceal their identities than to reveal and roleplay, though you are certainly welcome to do so.

You can also do what I do which is roleplay as a character that you are not.

That way you conceal your identity while also being able to have fun.

Metroid characters don't have that much flavour compared to such extreme ones as Mario universe ones.

ATPG:

https://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4876/peverj.gif

No, I didn't make that. It harkens back unto the day when the legion of pevers was around.

I really dodged a bullet on that one. No way I'm giving up my zombie avatar.

Absolutely sure you dont want to be Askthepeverguy?
I have chat logs saying you were seriously considering it. :beam:

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No, I didn't make that. It harkens back unto the day when the legion of pevers was around.

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a legion of pevers?

were there...peverreds?

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a legion of pevers?

were there...peverreds?

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I don't think so. There was peverblue, peveryellow, peverbrown, and pevermauve, but I don't think we had a peverred.

Also, getting slightly off-topic in here. :laugh4:

Winter break.

In.:bow: On second thought i will be on holiday trip with very limited internet access until 10th of january and if the game will launch on 27th maybe i should be just a replacement.

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Originally Posted by Chaotix

I don't think so. There was peverblue, peveryellow, peverbrown, and pevermauve, but I don't think we had a peverred.

Also, getting slightly off-topic in here. :laugh4:

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Yeah, I am a bit peeved about all this talk.

Ok, :bow:

I won't ask to be a sub, because I'll have a few minutes most days, but am just noting now before the game starts that I'll be very pressed for time until about mid-January. So don't lynch me for it. (please)

Sorry, Chaotix, but I'll have to pass on this one. I won't be able to have internet access over the next 3 weeks. All the best.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

You can also do what I do which is roleplay as a character that you are not.

That way you conceal your identity while also being able to have fun.

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He could also do what I do, and not know what he is doing until he starts typing.

Sorry about the delay, guys; I had to shovel myself out of a snowstorm this morning (the one in Northeast US if you're wondering).

Sign-ups are closed, and I will start the game as soon as I have finished all of the role PMs and the opening write-up.

I have snow too.

6in deep. In North Carolina.

Freaking crazy.

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Originally Posted by Double A

I have snow too.

6in deep. In North Carolina.

Freaking crazy.

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Over 2 feet in NY. I win. :clown:

I'm still working on role PMs and such unfortunately, it's taking longer than expected due to an oversight on my part.