"Mexican standoff is a phrase referring to a strategic deadlock or impasse, in which no party can act in a way that ensures victory."
"In popular culture, the Mexican standoff is often portrayed as multiple opponents with weapons aimed at each other, where each opponent is equally threatened and thus does not believe they can strike first without assuring their own destruction."
Summer in the west, bandit in the cells. A Deputy dismounts outside the Sheriff's office in a small desolate town. The door creaks loudly as he enters to the stench of whiskey. The Sheriff is drunk, the Sheriff is always drunk.
The deputy is young, and new to the job. "Howdy sir, I'm here to collect Graciano Medrano, to escort him to the Courthouse in Elbayo"
"Wadyuwant?" Apparently the alcohol has stuffed up the Sheriff's ears too.
"Could I speak to your deputy?"
"He's out, whadyouwant?!"
Some time later, the deputy leaves the Sheriff dosing in his chair, and takes the bandit outside. After binding his hands behind his back, and his arms to his side, he helpes him onto a second horse, and rides out into the wild, leading the second horse by a cord.
Graciano Medrano is no novice however, and he soon pulls a small knife out of his trousers and begins to work on his ropes. Soon, his hands are free and, spurring his his horse forward, he punches the young deputy in the small of his neck. The deputy doesn't stand a chance, his unconscious limp body slides from his horse and lands in the dust. Soon, Graciano has a gun and two horses, and is riding back to say his farewells to the Sheriff.
When the deputy comes to, his vision is swimming and there's a thunderstorm in his head. The Bandit is gone, the horses are gone, and his revolver is gone. Staggering to his feet, he begins to hurry back towards town.
The Bandit, meanwhile, stops for a midday siesta. Lazy, and tired, he uses the excuse that he'll need all the energy he can muster later.
At the same time, two Bounty hunters arrive in town. They've heard that the Sheriff has somehow captured a valuable Bandito, though they don't yet know who the Bandito is. They hope to con him into some kind of 'financial arrangement' in which they claim the bounty and he gets a cut.
As they dismount outside the Sheriff's office, the Bandito arrives in town, a trail of dust following him, and rides up to join them.
"How can I help you gentlemen" It's the Sheriff's Deputy, returned from his patrol, emerging from the office. Suddenly, through the still clearing dust, a figure half runs, half stumbles.
"STOP!" It's the dismounted, anarmed deputy. Dazed, tired and unstable, he related his story to the gathered crowd.
"Enufff" slurs the drunken Sheriff. "Enough iss Enough! Let's hang that sumbi**h"
But in his state of drunkeness, the Sheriff, peering through the assembled faces, can't remember who the Bandito is, in fact, to his growing embarrasment, he can't even recognise his own deputy!
The unarmed deputy's vision is swimming. That knock on the head took it right out of him, and when he tries, even he isn't sure who the bandito is.
Hands hover by holsters, and the noose hangs ominously from a nearby tree...
Roles:
For those who followed part II, the roles and rules are the same.
Important:
Nobody, including the two bounty hunters is allowed to communicate by PM. Please stick to this rule, the game depends on there being no out of thread communication.
1 Drunk Sheriff (The King Role, Armed)
If the Sheriff dies, both he and the Deputies loose the game. He doesn't know who anyone is. 1 Sheriff's Deputy (Armed)
He knows the Sheriff, but not the Bandito. He must protect the Sheriff. 1 Disorientated (Unarmed) Deputy
He knows the Sheriff, but not the Bandito. He must protect the Sheriff. He is, however, unarmed.
2 Bounty Hunters (Armed)
They don't know the Sheriff, but don't care if he dies. They just want to kill the bandit. They know each other.
1 Bandito (Armed)
He knows nobody. He must kill the Sheriff.
Phase 1: Lynching
As with all mini mafia games, it starts with a Lynching phase. Justice is hard in the west, real trials are hard to come by, and punishment is delivered by your peers, through a noose.
Every player has one vote. The aim is to lynch the Bandit, and (in the case of the deputies) prevent the Sheriff being lynched.
Of course the secondary aim is for everyone to work out who the bandit is, and for the bandit to try to work out the identity of the Sheriff.
Voting ends when the required number of votes have been case on one player. The number of votes required to lynch depends on the number of living players & also the time passed since the last lynch. Each lynching phase will start with an absolute majority required for lynch, but the number of votes required will decrease by 1 vote every 12 hours. To illustrate:
At any point in the game, any armed living player (everyone except the unarmed deputy), can break the standoff. Note that there is no "last chance kill" for a man who has just been lynched, you can only break the shootout if you are alive and well.
To do this, an armed player must PM me with the name of the player they want to shoot.
I will then announce the fact the Standoff is broken, and all players must PM me with instructions as to who to shoot. The identity of the first shooter, and everyone's targets will not be revealed till all orders are in.
The resulting shootout is resolved by the order in which people submit their orders. The fastest (on the draw) shoots first, and if you've already been shot, your orders to shoot are cancelled.
I will then post the results in the thread. If both the Bandit and the Sheriff are still alive, we have a second round of shooting, till one or both are dead.
The timing of breaking the Standoff should be critical to the game, think about it carefully, whoever you are.
Signups (6/6):
Tratorix
taka
Sasaki Kojiro
FactionHeir
Caius
slashandburn
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà, il nostro amore lo viviamo io e te,
nessuno sa la verità, neppure il cielo che ci guarda da lassù.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me, Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità, è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me,Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità,è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
*mental note to self after tikkal* Remember to kill slashandburn
Last edited by taka; 08-27-2009 at 02:09.
Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
Now it's a matter of timing, choice, and luck! (This time round, mostly timing and luck ) Send me a PM detailing who you want to shoot. The first to PM me shoots first. (Those who have already broken the standoff do not need to PM again)
i was thinking about breaking, but then i thought nah. guess im gonna die
Last edited by taka; 08-27-2009 at 03:07.
Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
that was seriously what i wanted to do. but i was too hesitant
Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
Taka only has "pew pew pew" hands, how can he break the standoff?
Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà, il nostro amore lo viviamo io e te,
nessuno sa la verità, neppure il cielo che ci guarda da lassù.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me, Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità, è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me,Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità,è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
considering FH and caius aren't online (FH live in uk like me, and its 4am ), it leaves sasaki, tratorix and slashandburn as the bandit.
my guess is actually slashandburn since sasaki and tratorix voted. i was considering whether to shoot or not and when i was about to type; i refreshed and saw the shootout message.
Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
I think Sasaki broke the standoff. It's always him. Even if it's not him, it's him. Even if it's FactionHeir, it's him. It's always him. He'll now change his orders to shoot me, an innocent, unarmed bystander.
Last edited by Andres; 08-27-2009 at 09:52.
Andres is our Lord and Master and could strike us down with thunderbolts or beer cans at any time. ~Askthepizzaguy Ja mata, TosaInu
Sorry, have to bow out. Gone on vacation till next friday.
Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà, il nostro amore lo viviamo io e te,
nessuno sa la verità, neppure il cielo che ci guarda da lassù.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me, Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità, è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
Insieme a te io resterò,
amore mio, sempre così.
Parla più piano e vieni più vicino a me,Voglio sentire gli occhi miei dentro di te,
nessuno sa la verità,è un grande amore e mai più grande esisterà.
On the words of the Sheriff the surrounding men knew that today was not going to be a bloodless day. Trigger fingers itched, the bandito would surely draw if they tried to lynch him.
With a couple of bottles of Whiskey under his belt lucid thoughts did not come easily to the sheriff. "I'm not here to play any games" he mumbled to himself "If I can't hang him, I'll shoot the whole lot of em".
Inside the Sheriff's office, broken shelves and holes in the ceiling testified to two things:
If there was one thing the Sheriff could do regardless of the alcohol in his system; it was draw a gun fast. His deputy often had to dive for cover on his drunken bosses worse days, but if there was one thing he couldn't do it was aim.
The Sheriff whipped out his pistol and fired wildly at everything and everyone. Dust flew as bullets hit the floor, the houses, the sky... But with six shots down the barrel probability was on his side; one bullet hit one his long suffering deputy who crumpled to the floor.
The blow to his head has left the young deputy from Elbayo with a splitting headache and swimming vision. The poor man was clearly trying very hard to understand what was going on. Raising his hand he pointed his finger at the others and said "pew pew pew". There was a pause in the mayhem and the other gunfighters looked at him oddly.
One of the Bounty Hunter levelled his Winchester and fired a shot into the sombrero clad, moustachioed man just as he tried to raise his own gun to kill the deranged pew pew man.
The crippled deputy tried to raise his weapon but collapsed backwards, finally dying.
Before the smoke had cleared the Sheriff and the first bounty hunter had their guns aimed at each other once more.
Only one man hadn't moved throughout the whole affair. The second bounty hunter, who clearly was't the brains of the partnership just stood there with slack jaw, his eyes glazed over apparently not even aware of his surroundings. A sad sight indeed.
Slowly it dawned on the Sheriff that his pistol was empty. He tried to holster it but in his stupor dopped it instead.
It was soon established that the Bandito and the Deputy were dead but more pressingly two of the surviors seemed to be having mental difficulties, and soon the Sheriff and the first bounty hunter were leading the unarmed deputy and the unaware bounty hunter with a kind arm. The two dead men were left in the street for now.
The blow to his head has left the young deputy from Elbayo with a splitting headache and swimming vision. The poor man was clearly trying very hard to understand what was going on. Raising his hand he pointed his finger at the others and said "pew pew pew". There was a pause in the mayhem and the other gunfighters looked at him oddly.
I suppose it's justice that I should get the unarmed deputy this game...
Nice taka, I guess you killed slash? Though it seems it was FH who broke the truce
i assume so, i did target slashandburn
pew pew pew!
Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
Act all cool and stuff, only taka knows about your true noobness.
Tainted Evil, Reenk's synopsis
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
taka points his finger at iskander and says "pew pew pew". He then points his finger at atheotes and repeats the odd gesture "pew pew pew". The other gunfighters look at him oddly.
You were lucky town. To be polite, I thought it was an interesting choice by FH to break the truce. The odds are against the Sheriff winning in this situation. Of course the idea of the game is that lynching favours the town as it's basically impossible to lynch the Sheriff, but the bandito can gain information from voting patterns.
Minigame: A Mexican Standoff III [Concluded]
1 Drunk Sheriff (The King Role, Armed)
1 Sheriff's Deputy (Armed)
1 Disorientated (Unarmed) Deputy
2 Bounty Hunters (Armed)
1 Bandito (Armed)
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Originally Posted by Reenk Roink
) Send me a PM detailing who you want to shoot. The first to PM me shoots first. (Those who have already broken the standoff do not need to PM again)
), it leaves sasaki, tratorix and slashandburn as the bandit.
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