Sign-ups: Rampage Out of Space (Monty Series #3)

RAMPAGE OUT OF SPACE

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Since 2101 the Unified Marines of the Earth Nations have governed human territory with justice and peaciousity. By promoting brotherhood among the Marine fighting forces of the human factions - the toughest of the tough, the best of the best, the pick of the crop, the creme de la creme, the ne plus ultras, the nonpareils par excellence, e pluribus unum - all former social divisions within the species were quickly overcome for the sake of stanning all Marines.

However, other problems remain. A shadowy cabal of bionically-augmented supermutants strive to smash the new world order because they're bad. Unfortunately, their biochem corpus is far in advance of UMEN's, such that a single bionic soldier is worth ten Marines in battle. In 7 years of hard fighting since the bionics made themselves known, millions have died and 3% of the Earth's landmass has been devastated.

Now, the Unified Marines of the Earth Nations have assembled a task force, the Strike Envelope Sortie (UMENSES) of the very most elite Marines, the baddest dudes around, to engage the deepest organs of the bionic front in a daring insertion operation.

Game Setup

This is an experimental 17er, intended to be anxiety-driven and slightly bastard, in that some role information may be revealed to non-vanilla players over time or on conditional triggers.
Closed setup: 13 town, 3 mafia, 1 third party. No conversion mechanics. Town wins when all threats to Town have been eliminated. Other factional victory conditions unknown.

Rounds are 48-24 hour phases set around 8:00 PM ET. Round start time and date are negotiable during signups. Standard plurality ouster (no hammer). Full reveal on death.
Ties at deadline are ended by sudden death (i.e. first tie-breaking vote counts, no votes on a player outside the tie are valid). If there is no sudden death within an hour the tie is broken by RNG. Ties are resolved by Rock-Paper-Scissors. Tied players have 15 minutes to submit an RPS move to the host; ties will be resolved according to these submissions. If there is a three-way tie or higher, tied players must submit [Tied players - 1] RPS orders in their PM. Missing orders will be randomized for tiebreaker.

IMPORTANT: There is a hard 125 post cap D1-3, including during EOD. You're strong and silent types, you can manage. However, EOD posts containing only votes do not count against the cap. If you exceed the post cap you may earn a Deathpoint, which will act as a fixed vote against you on the tally the following day. There are no caps after D3.

Twilight is uncapped. Twilight is a 1-hour discussion period following the Day. For convenience, the clock will run from the time the host posts the writeup and reveal. Tiebreakers subtract time from Twilight.

Rules

Take a look at this guide for players unfamiliar with mafia on the Org. It's earthy, solid, unagenda'd, generally helpful, and answers some common questions. - Zack

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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

2. On this forum the players must self-regulate. Do not exceed post caps or you may be penalized. Do not post while day elimination is being resolved - :00 good, :01 bad. Do not post after Twilight is finished.

3. Host will post tallies throughout the day, but players are encouraged to maintain and share their own as well. There will be host messages signalling milestones, such as beginning of EOD or Twilight.

4. Going a day-phase without participating (speaking or voting) puts one at risk of replacement. PM the host if you cannot continue to participate. Do not discuss the nature of substitutions.

5. Day length will be reduced to 24 hours if F5 (Final 5) or lower is reached.

COMMUNICATIONS RULES
1. Do not discuss the game publicly outside the game thread.

2. Do not ask the host mechanical questions in the thread.

3. Living players may not communicate privately or outside the thread, unless they have a good reason. If you are unsure whether you have a good reason, PM the host. Host must be CCed on or have access to all player communications.

4. You may not post screenshots of or directly quote your role PM or mod communications.

5. You may not delete posts in the game thread for any reason at any time. You may make modest edits within 2 minutes of posting. The primary aim is to avoid votes or EOD posts (-1 hour) being modified, so for any edited post with a vote the vote is considered invalid. Keep that in mind. (Montmorency, keep that in mind.)

6. If you die, you may no longer post in the thread. You may continue to Thank posts IF you are only Vanilla Town, or more plainly if you possess no hidden information.

NIGHT RULES
1. If you have actions to submit, the deadline is an hour before Start of Day (SoD-1).

GENERAL RULES
1. You are expected to behave civilly. Follow Gameroom and Org rules.

2. Host can act in ad hoc fashion to preserve game integrity if necessary, up to and including Wrath of God (modkill).

@Arapocalypse
@ColonelLubriderm
@Cuthillius
@dyachei
@Ephemeral
@GeneralHankerchief
@Hally
@Manasi
@Ampharos
@Sunbae



Signups:

1. c4e5g3d5 (c4)
2. hollowkat (hollow/HK)
3. Raskolnikov (Rask)
4. Dolby (Dolbster/Dolb)
5. Winston Hughes (Winston/WH/McGinty)
6. Timsup2nothin (Tim/Tims/Timmo/Jimmy Timmel)
7. Garden Gnome (Gnome/GG)
8. Ibn-Khaldun (IK)
9. Lewwyn (Lew)
10. BorgPicard (Borg/Picard/LA/Argon)
11. Nanook (Nook)
12. Csargo (Csar)
13. Laurentus (Laur)
14. El-Ahrairah (El/El-A)
15. Vroendal (Vro)
16. pzelda (Zelda/Capage/Cap)
17. CutePanda (Panda/CP)

Replacements/Substitutes:

0. LegacyofSmiles (Legacy/Smiles/LoS/Wiml)
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1. Logic (Yako)
2. Nagisa (Nagi/Ignoramus/Igno)
3. Ampharos (Amp/Amy)
4.

Hi! Is this the wrong way to pop in on this forum?

You know that feeling of mafia withdrawal? When you're tired of speccing games and watching them like horror movies from behind bulletproof glass? That's me rn. I've been browsing whole communities looking for open signups out of mafia withdrawal. Probably means I'm either bad at spotting the signup threads or a choosing beggar but eh

From a quick skim, this place looks really cool. Do I just... /in?

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Originally Posted by c4e5g3d5

Hi! Is this the wrong way to pop in on this forum?

You know that feeling of mafia withdrawal? When you're tired of speccing games and watching them like horror movies from behind bulletproof glass? That's me rn. I've been browsing whole communities looking for open signups out of mafia withdrawal. Probably means I'm either bad at spotting the signup threads or a choosing beggar but eh

From a quick skim, this place looks really cool. Do I just... /in?

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Whoa, uh, hi. That's serendipitous. Sure, you're in, though the game won't start for at least another week (depending on signup). What is your host community?

I'm from Art of Problem Solving. Pretty niche place, even for a forum mafia community. I've also messed around on MU for a handful of games and TS for a couple more recently.

/in

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Originally Posted by hollowkatt

/in

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Lineage: Brainburst --> MiseTings --> MTG Lampoon --> GoodGamery --> MU --> BFC Discord

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Originally Posted by hollowkatt

Lineage: Brainburst --> MiseTings --> MTG Lampoon --> GoodGamery --> MU --> BFC Discord

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Is that the list of places where you are banned?

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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

Is that the list of places where you are banned?

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No, that's how I found out about this place/game.
meanie head

Please note that Communications Rule 4 was improperly repurposed from a prior game and has been edited to reflect the appropriate application. Disregard the previous version of the rule if you read it.

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Originally Posted by hollowkatt

meanie head

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That would be me :bow:

@Monty: depending of the starting date, I may join (in a couple of weeks works better for me), otherwise sub.

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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

That would be me :bow:

@Monty: depending of the starting date, I may join (in a couple of weeks works better for me), otherwise sub.

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I prefer to start no later than Monday the 12th. The activity level shouldn't be onerous. Is that still sub territory?

In as sub, or to fill.

I'm hearing from multiple potential players that the game would be more suitable delayed by another week through mid-April. Call out acceptable start dates if it makes a difference.

That might be even better for me.

In.

/in

You had me at 'peaciousity'.

when I google peaciousity this thread is literally the only thing that comes up

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

I prefer to start no later than Monday the 12th. The activity level shouldn't be onerous. Is that still sub territory?

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Put me in. Thrilled to play with this newcomer, "Winston Hughes" :bow:

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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

Put me in. Thrilled to play with this newcomer, "Winston Hughes" :bow:

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Note that the game will now most likely begin on April 19. Reminders/confirmations will be sent out before then.

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

5. Winston Hughes (Winston/Winst/McGinty/Ginty)

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i) nobody has ever called me Winst.

ii) nobody has ever called me Ginty and lived.

iiv) other acceptable names include: WH, Mrs McGinty, Weston, Abhijna, Badmeier, Lady Herculina Weston-Hogues, Mr Fluffums, Raoul Duke, Benedick Barrow, and Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable Sir Donald Smoking-Jacket.

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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

Put me in. Thrilled to play with this newcomer, "Winston Hughes" :bow:

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:love:

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Originally Posted by Winston Hughes

i) nobody has ever called me Winst.

ii) nobody has ever called me Ginty and lived.

iiv) other acceptable names include: WH, Mrs McGinty, Weston, Abhijna, Badmeier, Lady Herculina Weston-Hogues, Mr Fluffums, Raoul Duke, Benedick Barrow, and Lieutenant-General The Right Honourable Sir Donald Smoking-Jacket.



:love:

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Some of the names I've been known by:

Mont
Monty
Monte
Morency
Montorency
Monmorecy
Montmercy
Mort
Merecy
Monterey
Montenot
Montegro
Montenegro
Montecore
Montel Williams

Pfft, at least all of those resemble your username.

c4
English
chess
C3peo
c4e
Chess guy
Heehokun
Chessboy
Seefore
Chess moves
Chessman
Foresight
Fractal gif guy
Clairvoyant Craig
Numbers guy
5G Skinner
Seymour
Chess nerd

Please note that the post cap rule has been modified so that posts containing only votes will count toward the cap before EOD. This change has been made because with this software it would otherwise be much more difficult for players to estimate their true remaining post cap at EOD.

i'll /sub for now

probably won't have time to play but stranger things have happened

/in

as you can see i have been on this forum forever and obviously did NOT just come here to play mafia

any similarity between my name and a known mafioso is purely coincidental

Hi, I'm a gnome. This is my first time in this forum, and I'm in for this game.

I'm in. :bow:

Please note that the post cap will now cover D3 as well, though I may judge on the spot to waive it if appropriate.

Yeah Okay Monty. Long time no see. I'll come play. /in

/in

You're not Argon, are you? I could have sworn you had an account.

I'm here to play some mafier

I probably won't be keeping a close eye here tho so plz ping me on discord when the game starts, that would be cool

Who is this Argon? I have never played on this site before so I don't know who you are talking about.

BorgPicard is a paragon of towniness

Thank you kind sir, I am always the model of an innocent town player.

:bow:

/in

Would love to play.

I came for cookies and mafia.

Edit: Also I have a horrendous memory, so feel free to poke me on Discord if this game has started and I am mysteriously absent.

Now we're cooking with gas!

Feel free to continue signing up, I have some ideas on how to expand the setup to 19 players if necessary. In that case, the postcap will be dropped to 100.

I actually forgot about this game until about a minute ago. Since I am obviously ditzy, please ping me on discord when the game starts!!!

ATTENTION

Just as a check, I am asking currently-signed players to signal their presence by thanking this post.

Also, be on the lookout for exploratory host messages during the weekend in the leadup to game start.

Please also be aware of the Org library of emotes, available through the post formatting bar, the yellow smiley icon.

:bow:

Hardclaim: :gorgeous:

:knuddel:

Please note that tiebreaker Sudden Death will be modified: tied players have 15 minutes to submit a Rock-Paper-Scissors move to the host; ties will be resolved according to these submissions. If there is a three-way tie or higher, tied players must submit [Tied players - 1] RPS orders in their post. Missing orders will be randomized for tiebreaker.

:creep:

can't wait to optimize by RPS strategy this game

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Please note that tiebreaker Sudden Death will be modified: tied players have 15 minutes to submit a Rock-Paper-Scissors move to the host; ties will be resolved according to these submissions. If there is a three-way tie or higher, tied players must submit [Tied players - 1] RPS orders in their post. Missing orders will be randomized for tiebreaker.

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I'm gonna pick Rock every time.

#MindGames :bounce:

Why are you so sure you'll role the Joker? :stare:

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Why are you so sure you'll role the Joker? :stare:

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Originally Posted by Csargo

I'm gonna pick Rock every time.

#MindGames :bounce:

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lol That was gonna be my gimmick too. Guess I'll go with Paper instead :bow:

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Please note that tiebreaker Sudden Death will be modified: tied players have 15 minutes to submit a Rock-Paper-Scissors move to the host; ties will be resolved according to these submissions. If there is a three-way tie or higher, tied players must submit [Tied players - 1] RPS orders in their post. Missing orders will be randomized for tiebreaker.

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@Visor

You and me, d1.

I demand satisfaction!

Site needs a glove-slap emoji. :rtwno:

Hello hello, I'll sign up!

Confirming my participation!

I probably will be without computer d2. So, if I survive d1 count with reduced activity. I'll try not to forget, read the thread and post every 12 hours, if still alive.

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

An even worse idea: everyone but the single mafioso is a Joker. First Joker to be lynched wins; everyone else loses.

:grin:

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Originally Posted by TheLastDays

Has been done quite recently, me being the sole Mafia, one doctor, everyone else Jokers. I was lynched D1 and all the jokers lost alongside me ^^

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Change of plans: now everyone is jokers, even the mafia. Top jokers compete in post-game finals.

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Originally Posted by Winston Hughes

@Visor

You and me, d1.

I demand satisfaction!

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id in if i could :(

Here to officially /sub or /in if you need an extra player to fill.

Please message me on discord when you'd like me to play!

- Wiml

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Originally Posted by Legacy of Smiles

Here to officially /sub or /in if you need an extra player to fill.

Please message me on discord when you'd like me to play!

- Wiml

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Hi Wimi, it's a Gnome!!!

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Originally Posted by Visor

id in if i could :(

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@Visor

https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SqfS...QvbG/giphy.gif

/in

We have reached 17, so unless anyone comes to overfill in the next few hours the signups are closed.

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



Game will still begin on Monday 8 PM ET or 12 AM UTC (I'm busy tomorrow). Pre-rand will begin soon; look out for confirmatory PMs.

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Originally Posted by Garden Gnome

Hi Wimi, it's a Gnome!!!

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You're quite precious!

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Supply chain issues and the popularity of garden centres during lockdown are causing a shortage of garden gnomes.

The ornaments are in short supply with raw materials hard to come by and the recent blockage of the Suez Canal contributing to the national shortage.

Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield Garden World in Whitminster, said there had been a "massive upswing" in the sales of garden gnomes.

"We haven't seen a gnome in six months now unfortunately," he said.

Mr Byrne said garden centres had experienced a "boom" and that their popularity was causing issues with the availability of many popular items.

"There aren't any [gnomes]. There's definitely a shortage. It's a combined thing with garden centres being so busy, I looked at some figures based on March which said garden centres were 97% busier than they were in 2019.

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Originally Posted by Visor

id in if i could :(

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Having waited this long for vengeance, I can wait a while longer. ~:handball:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

:bow:

OK, that's a wrap for signups.

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Originally Posted by Winston Hughes

Having waited this long for vengeance, I can wait a while longer. ~:handball:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

:bow:

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I'll design something even better for the two of you.

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Originally Posted by Montmorency

Signups:

1. c4e5g3d5 (c4)
2. hollowkat (hollow/HK)
3. Raskolnikov (Rask)
4. Dolby (Dolbster/Dolb)
5. Winston Hughes (Winston/WH/McGinty)
6. Timsup2nothin (Tim/Tims/Timmo/Jimmy Timmel)
7. Garden Gnome (Gnome/GG)
8. Ibn-Khaldun (IK)
9. Lewwyn (Lew)
10. BorgPicard (Borg/Picard/LA/Argon)
11. Nanook (Nook)
12. Csargo (Csar)
13. Laurentus (Laur)
14. El-Ahrairah (El/El-A)
15. Vroendal (Vro)
16. pzelda (Zelda/Capage/Cap)
17. CutePanda (Panda/CP)

Replacements/Substitutes:

0. LegacyofSmiles (Legacy/Smiles/LoS/Wiml)
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1. Logic (Yako)
2. Nagisa (Nagi/Ignoramus/Igno)
3. Ampharos (Amp/Amy)
4.

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:stare:

Wow

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Originally Posted by Timsup2nothin

:stare:

Wow

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Since I'm late, I will join as a substitute player.