Mafia VIII: Return of the Recommencement of the Revenge of the Mafia [Concluded]

[GeneralHankerchief]

Voting over.

Stand by for the execution.

[GeneralHankerchief]

The first day of voting was a distant memory, Chief of Police Beirut mused as he oversaw the procedures once again. Gone, most of all, aside from the people themselves, was the liveliness, the activity. Even removing the fact that the Frontroom, with tonight's execution, would be down to less than one third of its usual capacity, the people just seemed... distant. Inactive. Not really paying attention.

That, Beirut knew, would be the ultimate victory for the mafia.

So, he reasoned, it was time to take matters into his own hands. After collecting the (extremely light) ballot box, he went through it. Of course, the votes were few.

"All right," he said. "Hands up. Who all voted?"

Five hands rose.

"And how many of you voted for an actual person?"

One dropped.

"And how many of you voted for the person to be lynched, AKA FactionHeir?"

One more dropped.

"So," Beirut said, "Three total. Three out of five out of thirteen. This is pretty friggin' pathetic, if you ask me. These are your lives we're talking about here and you're content to sit back and do nothing. I mean, I've heard more from voices in the wind than you chumps. You want to sit back and get killed? Fine! I'll do it for you! FactionHeir, get up here!"

FH, who had been, for his part, fairly active in the voting process if not the voting itself, complied, hoping that Beirut's anger at the townspeople would somehow get him out of the execution. He stared at the Chief of Police, nervous but still trying to convey a willing and helpful expression.

"FactionHeir," Beirut said, "I want you to demonstrate what happens to people when they don't take part in the voting process. In case, in their obvious stupor, they've forgotten what has happened to their dear friends over this past week. What awaits us ALL if we don't start picking up the pace." He shoved a gun into FH's hands and whispered into his ear, pointing at various people in the audience.

FH gave Beirut a questioning look, but the Chief of Police simply nodded. FH shrugged, and without further pause he pointed and shot Caius, Tiberius of the Drake, and Kommodus in the head. All three went down, shocking the rest of the villagers. For the first time, FH spoke.

"There, Beirut," he said, voice slightly quivering. "I've done what you asked. I've helped, I hope, get the town to be more active in the voting process. Since I've done you a favor, do you think I could... you know... get off?"

Beirut simply laughed. "My dear FactionHeir, while they may have only done so in a whisper, the town has spoken. You do have the most votes." And before FH could say anything, or even groan, in reply, Beirut pulled an axe out, seemingly from nowhere, and decapitated his victim.

"I hope you've learned your lesson today," the Chief of Police said. "Time to go home."

Day 7 tally:

FactionHeir: 3 (Gaius Scribonius Curio, Beefy187, Kagemusha)
Beefy187: 1 (FactionHeir)

Abstained: 1 (KukriKhan)
Didn't vote: Everyone else.

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Still alive: (9)
Ichigo
makaikhaan
Sigurd Fafnesbane
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sarathos
Beefy187
KukriKhan
Kagemusha
discovery1

Suicide/Wrath of God:
|Sith|R|AntiWarmanCake88
Mithrandir
Fenring
Lord Winter
georgeman51
Caius
Tiberius of the Drake
Kommodus

Killed:
Tratorix
Omanes Alexandrapolites
Andres
Craterus
LittleGrizzly
TevashSzat
Crazed Rabbit
woad&fangs
Rythmic
Quintus.J.Cicero
shlin28
RoadKill
CountArach
Joe Monks

Executed:
Privateerkev
Elite Ferret
peverpink
TinCow
Sasaki Kojiro
Seamus Fermanagh
FactionHeir

PMs please. Elite Ferret is hereby banned from Mafia IX. There will be an announcement come the start of next day phase.

[Privateerkev]

Elite Ferret is hereby banned from Mafia IX.

o_O

While you are the GM, that seemed a tad heavy-handed to me. Just my opinion...

[GeneralHankerchief]

Don't mess with the:

[woad&fangs]

I hope the announcment is that we won

[FactionHeir]

I hope the announcment is that we won

Unless "we" is the "mafia", it is doubtful.

That said, FoS: Everyone that voted me last turn for not discussing anything and not having brought anything to the debate table.

[KukriKhan]

So, arithmetic time:

Still alive: (9)
Ichigo
makaikhaan
Sigurd Fafnesbane
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Sarathos
Beefy187
KukriKhan
Kagemusha
discovery1

1 lynch today = 8 survivors.
2 kills next night = 6 survivors.

6 survivors. Of whom 2 (at worst case) are killers.

1 next-day lynch = 5
2 next-day kills = 3. If 2 maf survive, = maf win.

So we town have 2 (at max) final chances to be correct in lynching maf.

The really quiet ones among the living have been:

Ichigo,
makaikhaan,
Kagemusha &
discovery1

Since you fellas have not been WoG'd, please explain your non-participation. Quickly. The Finger of Suspicion quivers, awaiting your response.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

OK, Exams are over and now I can focus with almost full attention on the game. I feel I should give some opinions on the current state of the game.

With 9 people left in the town and at least one mafioso still in business (I believe that both are still alive, see later), things are looking dire for the town. Also, as there has not been a detective reveal as yet, I believe the detective to be dead. Logic would suggest that Tevash was the detective, as his death was spectacular, he was actively searching for the mafioso prior to his death in the write-up, and it was after his death that the riddle regarding the 'lost letters' was revealed.

It is my personal belief that two mafioso are still operating. The last-but-one write-up cast an element of doubt on this, and led to me accusing Sasaki posthumously (my apologies ). However in the last write-up one mafioso had a long conversation while the other had a broken nose. Similarities to the beginning of the game anyone?

OK now to the people left alive.

Curio: Well of course I'm going to say that I'm innocent. Haven't been as active as in previous games due to my exams. They finished today and thus I am now able to contribute more.

Ichigo: Has been fairly inactive recently (lurking?), hasn't done anything to raise my suspicions (or anybody elses it seems), but hasn't contributed much. Will now go and look back on previous posts to find clues.

Makaikhann: Was active early but hasn't contributed at all for a while. More experianced players and American players may be able to correct me here but isn't Khann (from his profile) a resident of Iowa? Where according to the news (even here in Australia!) is subjected to massive flooding. I'd assume that he is having technical difficulties in connecting to the internet. Could be innocent or guilty from posts prior to this.

Sigurd Fafnesbane: Has kept a fairly low profile thus far, made contributions when pressured to do so, but hasn't had much to say. Suspicious imo, but not any more than anybody else at this stage. As we approach the endgame we need everybody to be as active as possible. Also apparently very good at playing mafioso, and has successfully avoided suspicion thus far (going according to precednt maybe?)

Sarathos: Has certainly contirbuted. Had useful contributions? Not so much imo. I'm also guilty of this so I can't talk. Could be either way but I'm leaning towards townie.

Beefy187: Seems to have a similar level of naiveity to me, thus I tend to lean towards innocent, again could be all a front, but I doubt it.

Kukrikhan: I don't see what all the fuss is about quite frankly. His analysis has been well-reasoned and thought through, and put across in a very reasonable way. Has contributed throughout the game and doesn't seem to have done anything particularly worthy of suspicion. Again leaning towards innocent, but with him being a relatively experianced player, will keep an eye on developments.

Kagemusha: Legend due to being one of the few mafioso to actually survive a GH game. Repeating the feat? Has been lurking, meaningful contributions have been few and far between. Worthy of suspicion imo, but only a possible.

Discovery 1: Was thrown by his aggressive style originally, and have yet to be convinced by the arguments that 'this is normal for him'. Less suspicious than others, but has been conspicuous in his asbence recently.

So thats my opinion of the remaining players. Further research and rereading is required on my part, but this is my current view off the top of my head. Feel free to dissect, or disagree with anything written here. I'm probably way off...

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I'm just happy there will be a mafia IX, though I'll miss Ferret. VIII has been a tour-de-crap for me. I've managed to become the center of attention at the wrong moment and I am likely to have contributed to the town's death. 1 non-mafia lynch and the game ends. Sorry folks.

It's a virtual certainty that I was wrong about Kommo. I simply over-reacted to Sasaki's "why do you think me more guilty than he" post during the tie breaker and just tossed his name in the next voting session. Drew fire like nothing else and convinced everyone that I am not only scum, but dumb at it.

NOT my best game. 'kev was correct -- I'm a bad townie. Too many roles, too much worrying myself about trying to break my Holmes' profile. Didn't keep my eye on the prize.

[Privateerkev]

'kev was correct -- I'm a bad townie.

When I say people are "bad townies", I mean that they seem to be doing hurtful things to the town. Or at least, not helping. Reading people's posts, I see many people doing things that are unhelpful, or downright harmful to the town's efforts. But there are only so many mafia. So, I basically call those people that I perceive as hurting the town, either intentionally or unintentionally, "bad townies". It is never a value judgment upon you as a player.

People are "bad townies" for all sorts of reasons. They could be bored, busy, fed-up, new, ect... Or, they could be mafia. Since we have to lynch every turn, and only a couple people are mafia, we need some way to rank lynch candidates. The label of "bad townie" is one of those possible labels. Please never think that I am calling you, or anyone, a "bad player". To me, "bad player" and "bad townie" are two entirely different things.

(I would add a clown smiley to balance out what has become a weighty thought-piece, but I would still like to keep open the option of playing in Mafia 9.)

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

OK, further investigation has revealed some interesting things. I will admit that I have not delved into everyone's murky past as yet. I have left those I suspect are innocent out of this in-depth searching as yet. I will finish this tomorrow.

However added to above comments...

Sigurd: Has actually made some useful contributions, they have been few and far between, but he seems to have put some real thought into them. His lack of activity could be down to RL. Not completely cleared in my book, but certainly less suspicious than I first thought.

Ichigo: Has in the course of the game not given one reasoned vote. Mostly seems to be meatballing and joke voting. On the other hand he gave an excuse for his limited activity, and admitted that he probably would be fairly inactive. Worthy of suspicion, but would like to hear more from him.

Makaikhann: Has not been active since the 16th of June, that's almost a week ago. I'd echo what I said before.

Discovery1: In the entirety of the game has made one semi-constructive post. For the rest, shameless bandwagonning, and joke votes are the order of the day. It's all well and good saying that this is normal, but at the very least, to steal PK's phrase Disco is a bad townie. I'd suggest maybe something more...

Kagemusha: Very little contribution. Early on accused Seamus due to the style of write-up. Later on voted Seamus again 'due to my earlier hunch' or something similar. Other than that all his posts have attacked those who are working on the word puzzle in the hope of finding the mafia.

If we lynched all those involved in the word game the town will win.

This says to me that he is trying to divert attention away from this method of finding the mafia, while at the same time running scared. I'm fully aware that other methods should also be utilised (I mean like this for example), but this behaviour has convinced me of his scumminess.

FOS: Kagemusha

I await your response.

Sarathos, Kukri and Beefy shall be subjected to similar enquiries tomorrow or wednesday, depending on time allowances.