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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Game and Watch Forever on 05 Feb 2013, 09:21
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Hello! I am your
faceless fearless leader. Welcome to the Driller secret society. We are among the few clear-headed groups of thinkers able to see what the Filibian empire really is about. Sure, Emperor Sugarcane talks about spreading love and good will, but all we're really getting is bread and circuses! There's no actual free will or ability to move up in this world we live in and this needs to change!
Which is where we come in. The nine of you are capable individuals and I have the plan necessary to take the empire apart piece by piece. We don't even have to execute it perfectly for it to succeed, which is great because my resources indicate that there's been some foul play within societies as of late. I've tried to run background checks against all of you, but the last people I sent out to do research were sent back to me with shapened candy canes protruding from their spines. Luckily, one of them was alive enough to give me this juicy nougat: THREE OF YOU ARE SPIES. And then he promptly died. :-\
Which three of you are traitors to the cause, I can't even begin to guess, but since I can't afford to have you killing one another to figure it out, I will ask that you figure it out rationally like adults. Do you understand? I'm assuming you're nodding at me; if not please rectify this immediately.
Great! I have sent a document explaining the basic structure of my plan and how I would like you all to carry this out. Follow it carefully! I will give you more details on each mission as they come up. Good luck operatives!
RULES
Each round will consist of a team building phase, a voting phase, and possibly a mission phase.
Team Building Phase:
Every round one player will be the leader. Here is the randomly generated leader order:
1.) TheEvilDog
2.) Black Sword
3.) henri bemis
4.) Gareth
5.) TRVA123
6.) de_la_Nae
7.) dr. nervioso
8.) Unicorn
9.) riccostar
When it is your turn to be leader, you will choose who goes on the current mission. The leader may choose him or herself to be one of the team members. The following indicates how many people are needed to be on each mission:
Mission 1: Gareth, henri bemis, Unicorn - SUCCESS
Mission 2: Gareth, Unicorn, TRVA123, de_la_Nae - FAILURE
Mission 3: Unicorn, henri bemis, riccostar, de_la_Nae - FAILURE
Mission 4: 5 person team
Mission 5: 5 person team
The leader will, in a colored, bold font, indicate who they propose to send on the mission. If it's not in this font, it will be assumed that you are throwing a suggestion out there for feedback and not actually submitting it for a vote.
Voting Phase:
Once the proposed team is submitted for voting, everyone will submit to me via a PM whether they APPROVE or DISAPPROVE the suggested team. If any spies were selected to be on the mission they will also submit whether they will be choosing to SUPPORT or SABOTAGE. Once ALL the votes are in, I will simultaneously reveal who voted APPROVE or DISAPPROVE. So remember, this vote WILL be revealed and you WILL have to own up to it if confronted about it. You can say in the thread that you would approve a certain team but then disapprove it via PM or vice versa, just remember some people may or may not look unfavorably at that.
If the majority of people support the team, then the mission will continue with the suggested team.
If it's a tie or the majority oppose the suggested team, then the round is over and the next one starts. The next leader will try to arrange a new team for the same mission.
Mission Phase:
If a team has been approved, then the number of SUPPORTS and SABOTAGES will be anonymously revealed. If the mission is disapproved, any SUPPORTS or SABOTAGE PMs from spies will be ignored and the next round begins.
In missions 1, 2, 3, and 5, the mission succeeds if no sabotage has been committed. They fail if even one sabotage has been revealed. Mission 4 is special and much more foolproof. It requires TWO sabotages to fail.
There are three spies and six operatives. The spies have been notified of their status. If you received no notification you are a driller operative.
Win/Lose Conditions:
The resistance faction wins as soon as there are three successful missions.
The spy faction wins as soon as there are three failed missions.
The spy faction also wins if there are five consecutive mission teams that do not get approved (the resistance does not trust one another enough to get organized and the government continues to reign).
Other notes:
There is no player elimination in this. Voting to lynch each other will be met with hysterical laughter from me.
There are no deadlines unless I think the game is lagging. I will then set a deadline for the current phase if it becomes a problem. If you have a real life issue you have to work around please try to notify me and I will try to work with you around it.
You are free to discuss anything you want at any point in the game, but I will ask that you keep it confined to the game thread itself and no PMing unless it's with me as part of the gameplay or to ask a question. This is even if you're a spy. Part of the challenge for spies is to make sure they coordinate their sabotages while everyone is watching and listening to you and I'd like to try to simulate that as best as possible. Honor system!
The sign up thread can still be used for general discussion and for people watching from the sidelines! Just make sure your discussion will not impact the actual game. Use your best judgement on what that entails.
We are now in the Team Building Phase for round 1.1!
TheEvilDog, take it away. Others, you're free to throw in suggestions and do the usual discussion you'd have in regular mafia until it's time to vote.
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I need a couple of volunteers for a mission, and by volunteers, I mean I'm going to pick three people. Come forward as I call your name and codename.
Gareth , aka Maggott.
Henri Bemis, aka Franko.
Unicorn, aka Posey.
Good luck and try not to screw things up.
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They all seem to check out. Never seen them chewing on sugarcane, so they must be good people!
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In case you aren't aware....
We are in the Voting Phase for round 1.1!
Send me a PM indicating you APPROVE or DISAPPROVE of the above suggested team. Once I have all nine of you in, I will reveal who voted what and whether the mission is cleared to go.
For future reference, there's no need to actually wait on me to announce this phase for you to send in your vote. We're in it as soon as the leader's suggestion is locked in. I'm only doing this so that nobody (including me) gets confused. And because it makes me feel important. :mrgreen:
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Meh. I'm just in it for the emaciated, ennui-stricken, black-trenchcoat look. Don't see any reason to care about this vote.
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They take away your trenchcoat if you don't vote.
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And unlike previous games, you aren't going to get killed. So really not voting, does nothing. So get up off your ass and vote :-P
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Who said I didn't vote?
I'm just being stylishly nihilistic about it.
*leans against a dirty cinderblock wall, smoking a cigarette, in black and white*
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Why the fuck would I want to go?
Also, Maggott? With two Ts? Is that a spelling error or is there some connotation to the extra T I'm not getting?
They told me it would be like this when I came back from Korea.
OTHER OLD SOLDIER STEREOTYPICAL THINGS
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Did you know that in 1967, Donald Duck was down at the crossroads with a machine gun?
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No I didn't, but I did know that in 1972 I was down by the schoolyard with Julio.
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Confessing your first murder at last, Gareth?
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They all seem to check out. Never seen them chewing on sugarcane, so they must be good people!
I prefer cinnamon sticks, myself.
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I don't confess anything, Black Sword, as I think our little court case proved over and over.
Anyway, are we spy missioning or what?
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Eh. It'll all end in a blaze of hellfire and death.
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Of course it will, that's why we joined the resistance. Who are we resisting anyway, the Jews?
(please note the satirical intent of this post)
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They take away your trenchcoat if you don't vote.
Crap, I'll go note my approval then.
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I think we're resisting the imperialist Filibian dogs.
Then again maybe what we're really resisting is the lash of eternity. *insert moody/angsty look towards the horizon*
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I can't really think of a reason not to approve, except that if this goes poorly, i'll be in the line of fire. But we need information, and I'm not sure I can bear another circus. Count me in.
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And here are the results:
TheEvilDog: APPROVE
Black Sword: APPROVE
henri bemis: APPROVE
Gareth: DISAPPROVE
TRVA123: APPROVE
de_la_Nae: APPROVE
dr. nervioso: APPROVE
Unicorn: APPROVE
riccostar: APPROVE
APPROVE: 8 / DISAPPROVE: 1
Maggott, Franko, Posey... it looks like it's Mission Phase 1.1 for you three!
PM me whether you SUPPORT or SABOTAGE the mission. Once I get all three results I'll anonymously reveal the result and how amazingly well or terrible it actually went!
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I am going to be laughing in my coffin, I tell you that fuckin' much
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wait, Gareth, why did you disapprove?
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wait, Gareth, why did you disapprove?
Probably because he didn't get the Dirty Dozen reference.
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BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY
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Well it isn't!
..well, actually if it's like a "We who are about to die, don't want to" moment. (all glory to Terry Pratchett and his "The Last Hero") *Then* it might be funny.
But you don't *look* like Rincewind.
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*taps foot* Damned missions taking so long.
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I've sent prods to anyone holding the mission up. I'm sure they're just trying to heighten tension.... or something. :-P
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We're doing our best! These locks aren't going to pick themselves, you know! But I am anxious to find out how it went.
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I've decided to do things a little differently than I intended for the sake of entertainment value and timing. I'll do the mission briefings once the mission is confirmed to be a go and then do the result narritive after:
All right, operatives! The rest of the team finds you three trustworthy and I have no choice but to trust you as well, so here are the mission details.
Your target is the Blueberry Gingerbread Factory. As you know, all Filibian citizens are given a hunk of gingerbread along with the rest of their meager rations. I don't need to tell you how delicious that stuff is. Well it's time you know that taste has nothing to do with why that stuff is so damn good. It's drugged. Sure, it has a mathematically perfect blend of sugar, spices, and all that is supposedly good in this world, but it also has chemicals meant to keep you dim-witted and content. It also keeps you addicted so you get sick if you even try to stop eating it for the month.
Honestly, you're all troopers for just being able to quit the stuff. And I only had to use minimal coercion to do it! Know that I'm proud of you all... except for the traitors. I still hate you lot.
Oh right... the mission. My sources indicate there's been a new formula developed, more potent than before. It's being carried around by the original formula's creator, a Dr. January Blueberry. I'll need you to kill her... make it look like an accident, if you can. Then switch out her formula for the one I'm sending you. It should help wake the public up and get them ready to see Sugarcane for what he really is!
All right, move out!
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I've decided to do things a little differently than I intended...
*raises an eyebrow* That doesn't sound suspicious at all...heh, that'd be funny actually, if you turned out to be a Filibian dog making a power play with us to take the fall.
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I apologize for the delay. Here we go, folks:
It wasn’t hard to maneuver around a building at night, taking out guards and stealing their uniforms and access codes, all while avoiding the watchful eye of the camera. Soon, they were in the building, fudge rifles in hand.
None of the guards or janitors seemed to even bat an eyelash at the three new faces. It made it much easier to pull a couple janitors aside for a friendly interrogation. They even got lucky and got the keys to the monitoring station.
Unicorn entered the room and soon found Blueberry stepping into the ladies room on one of the monitors. She relayed the information and Henri Bemis was quick to go after the scientist.
Blueberry wasn’t too pleased to literally be caught with her pants down, but as much as she wanted to say “sod off” she had no choice but to reveal the location of the formula in her office if she wanted a chance at living. Henri gave Gareth the new info to check out while she dragged Blueberry out of the bathroom and up an unguarded stairway she had noticed.
Gareth picked the lock to Blueberry’s office, found the (to his relief) unsecured drawer she was temporarily keeping the formula and swapped it out. He left, locking the door behind him.
While all this was happening, Unicorn managed to take a previous day’s recordings and Hollywood hacked them with the current day’s so that nobody would be the wiser of who had been there.
Finally, Henri took Blueberry to the rooftops, where they were all to meet and arranged for her to have an accidental meeting with the pavement. Once that was complete, the trio rappelled down the side of the building, using the licorice ropes they were provided.
MISSION SUCCESS!
Support: 3 Sabotage: 0
We are now on mission 2. This is Team Building Phase 2.1. Black Sword, you're the leader this round and get to choose a team of four.
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Blueberry pancakes for everyone!
(I am probably going to hell).
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......cannibalistic monster.
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Am not! I just meant that... like, it's just... oh fuck it. You get no pancakes, which may or may not contain humans.
(they don't contain humans)
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No mission for you, you cannibal.
I'm sending Posey, Maggot, er, I mean, Unicorn, Gareth, and TRVA123, and de_la_nae.
What? I'm not going out into the field. I'd rather send proud and successful veterans out to do the dirty work. *sips tea*
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What's your excuse for me, eh?
((I'll be gone all Saturday and most of Sunday. Probably a lot of today too. Sorry should have remembered to mention it earlier.))
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*takes another pull on her opium pipe*
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...........meh.
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Voting Phase 2.1 has started
Thank you de for the heads up! If you know whether you'd want to support or sabotage the mission IF you were to go on it, you could PM that to me ahead of time and I'll use it until the end of Sunday, until the end of Mission 2, or until you show up again and are ready to continue (whichever comes first). I think that'd be the easiest and most efficient way to handle these cases... though maybe someone has a better idea.
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I'm tempted to disapprove. Unicorn, Gareth and I are the only ones tested so far, and our mission was successful. I know I'd be an asset to the team, and I'd definitely be more comfortable if there were only one non-veteran operative instead of two. On the other hand, I'll be leading a mission soon, and it would help my decision to see how this goes with more players.
I'm not fully decided yet. I want to hold of my vote a bit to see if there's any discussion.
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but since both me and Gareth didn't sabotage the last mission, it's pretty likely we'll both not sabotage this one, which leaves only 2 people whose loyalty we're unsure of instead of 3.
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I didn't sabotage the mission, either. I meant that I should be going with you and Gareth for exactly the reason you said. We can't really be sure of anyone's loyalty yet, but I know where I stand and you both came through last time.
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oh wait I entirely misread your post. I thought you were angling for either me or mr. magoo to be off the team. my bad.
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(who needs saboteurs when you have my level of reading comprehension?)
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*worried by Unicorn's level of reading comprehension* I really hope there aren't any library missions.
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All right, the votes are all in!
And here are the results:
TheEvilDog: APPROVE
Black Sword: APPROVE
henri bemis: APPROVE
Gareth: DISAPPROVE
TRVA123: APPROVE
de_la_Nae: DISAPPROVE
dr. nervioso: APPROVE
Unicorn: APPROVE
riccostar: APPROVE
APPROVE: 7 / DISAPPROVE: 2
It's Mission Phase 2.1
Unicorn, Gareth, TRVA123, and de_la_nae, it's time for you to go on the mission! Send me via PM whether you SUPPORT or SABOTAGE.
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Get to work, lazybones! Sheesh, Gareth and de_la_nae, you two are going to lose your trench coat privileges at this rate.
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Because it's totally not asinine to send the same guys on the mission when we're trying to find a saboteur?
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Well really we just need three good missions right?
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That is indeed an alternative viewpoint
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All right, team. The mission this time is easy. Soon my brand of gingerbread will be consumed and the people will wake up and be ready to fight. We need to get them weapons.
I made a deal with a couple small-time suppliers looking to get ahead in the new world order. Only problem is that they want to see a sample of the sort of change we're about to bring. To convince them, I've chosen for us to tackle the Gummi Weapon Munitions factory. As you know, Gummi is top dog as far as weapons manufacturing goes. With their best factory down, the emperor's army will be weakened and they will have to cut a deal with the weaker competitors. And they will agree to help... by sending over faulty weapons and giving us their best.
Destroy the main Gummi factory and get back in one piece! Head out!
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The mission should have been easy. In order to prevent sabotaging, the leader told them they'd meet a contact that would give them the sour warhead explosives necessary to blow up the factory. The four members arrived at the meeting spot, an abandoned graham cracker lot that was set to be torn down soon.
After exchanging secret handshakes and pass phrases, the contact surrendered the goods. The team went out and placed the explosives in key areas around the building, avoiding or taking out guards along the way. It was the exact same synergy as before. This seemed like another easy win.
The four walked out of range of the explosives. One of them pulled the detonator out of their pocket and hit the button. Everyone braced themselves for the loud detonation.
And the warheads did indeed explode.... into a combustion of confetti and the din of party noisemakers. Before the operatives could fully realize what had happened, they were surrounded by hidden guards. The warheads had been compromised! They'd been betrayed!
The four quickly fought their way out and managed to head back to HQ once they were sure they weren't followed.
The leader met them with a grim news. "The broken body of your contact was found not too long ago, troops. They beat you to him, tortured him for information, and put one of their own in his place. And then they decided to embarrass us. One of you four ratted us out. I have no intel indicating who but... well, try to figure it out in time for the next mission."
MISSION FAILURE!
Success: 3 Sabotage: 1
Team Building Phase 3.1 has begun
henri bemis, you are now team leader. This mission requires four people.
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Obviously you've no reason to not think it's me, but I will point out that most saboteurs would not reveal themselves on the very first mission, the one where they were more likely to be ferreted out.
I'm not saying that Gareth or Unicorn actually are sucking the candycane cock of the Filibians, just that we can't totally discount the possibility, despite their stellar performance earlier.
This is gonna get paranoid pretty quickly.
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No, you've got a point. Either of them could still be spies that just didn't sabotage the first mission to gain credibility.
I'm curious, why did you disapprove the last mission?
I'm about to leave to run some errands, but I'll be back this afternoon with a list.
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Because I didn't want to be in this exact situation.
((Also because I thought I might still be gone, though I did leave instructions before I left with GWF of course))
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Speaking of which, I adjusted the rules in order to boost the efficiency of the game. Resistance operatives no longer need to tell me they're going to support the mission when they go on one. I will assume you support. Spies will be submitting their SUPPORT or SABOTAGE when they send in their vote on the team and I'll use it if the team is approved (and ignore it if it isn't). I will updated the rules to reflect this (it's in italics).
I'm hoping to give you guys way less delays since I feel like you're waiting on me more than anything which should NOT be the case. I'm hoping this mission gives everyone a lot to talk about. :-D
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I actually calculated this would happen. It's impossible to say who, but either TRVA123 or de_la_Nae is a spy.
Both of them should be placed under house arrest until further notice.
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Wait, why us? What makes you think Gareth and Unicorn aren't spies?
I would also like to point out that the mission leader could also be the spy, deliberately choosing people who will sabotage the mission.
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Gareth is too trigger happy. If he were a spy, he'd have sabotaged from the get-go, thus tainting henri, Unicorn, and himself. I'm calculating Unicorn is clean based on instinct.
Now, what changed in this mission? henri was left out, sending out two people who have not yet been in the field along with two who had. One of the operatives sabotaged the mission. Occam's Razor suggests that the spy is likely one of the people who did not go out before.
For Mission 3, we can send out Gareth and Unicorn again, along with others who have thus far not been sent on a mission. That leaves the spies in a cleft stick - they either sabotage Mission 3, and are mostly excluded from Mission 4, delaying their defeat, or they look pretty for Mission 3 and try to sabotage Mission 4, which requires TWO spies to screw up.
Of course, I could be wrong. My opinion is that based on what we know now, Gareth, Unicorn, and henri are the ones most likely to be clean. I'm an operative of the Resistance, but it's not like I can prove that. *shrugs*
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You faggots are going to get me killed.
Also, I think Unicorn did it.
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You ass. That's the last time I go on a mission with you.
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Actually in a turn or two you might not be able to avoid that.
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Gareth and Unicorn will be partners on missions whether they want to be or not. :x
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He's accusing me of sabotaging the mission when we went on two missions already where I didn't! Excuuuse me, princess, for being a little touchy about that. Everyone else, sure, fine, I can understand their distrust - they don't know me - but goodness, I expected better of him.
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Well theoretically I like BSword's plan.
Then again he might be a spy, and setting up his possible co-conspirators (whoever they actually turn out to be) for the best double-cross ever.
Hm.
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Ok, I'm mostly following my gut and sending:
myself
de_la_Nae
Unicorn
riccostar
It seems stupid for me to not include myself with so much at stake (from my perspective, at least - 3 potential spies instead of four). I'm fairly sure about de_la_Nae and Unicorn, and I think you're right, Black Sword, that we should be sending out some people who haven't gone yet. Our next two missions will require 5 operatives, so we're not going to have much of a choice soon.
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:-D
flattered
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You're being sent due to the pneumatic ratchet pants.
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If we encounter anything bolted shut, you have to gyrate on it.
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ack, I didn't mean it like "ugh, we don't have a choice", more like "we do need to get more people out there, and you seemed like a good pick!"
WAY TO BOOST MORALE, HENRI.
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Huh, I knew these would come in handy someday.
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Welp, we're doomed. It's all henri's fault.
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Careful, now. Get any saltier with me, and you might start looking tasty :evil:.
But we're not doomed! I picked a team, and I stand by it.
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Now, what changed in this mission? henri was left out, sending out two people who have not yet been in the field along with two who had. One of the operatives sabotaged the mission. Occam's Razor suggests that the spy is likely one of the people who did not go out before.
Also, I would just like to point out that I was not "left out." You chose to not include me. It was your mission.
(OOC, Black Sword, I hope you know I'm just having fun sparring with you :-D)
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(OOC: It's continually throwing me off that Black Sword is speaking as a player and not as a DM.)
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OOC: Oh, I know! It's odd to be playing the game instead of running. I'll enjoy it while I can!
IC: Now, now, we all know what happened to Sir henri beamis in the history books, don't we? Got stabbed in the back during a mysterious incident that ended up with a wiped out village. Seemed the best thing to do was limit any jinxes!
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Have a couple people lagging on their team vote and I don't see any reason to think it's due to some sort of indecision. If you're one of them, either hurry it up or let me know in some way that you're actually waiting on something in discussion to convince you one way or the other...
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OOC: That's why I set strict deadlines. Makes the game go quickly so we're not waiting around for hipsters to stop being hipsters.
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I'll need to use the sign-up topic later to discuss what would be a fair way to create and enforce deadlines in the future. There's a few pros and cons in my head that I'll want to bounce off you all.
That said... the votes are in... (and have been for a while...blame work for keeping me too busy to post ).
TheEvilDog: APPROVE
Black Sword: DISAPPROVE
henri bemis: APPROVE
Gareth: APPROVE
TRVA123: APPROVE
de_la_Nae: APPROVE
dr. nervioso: APPROVE
Unicorn: APPROVE
riccostar: APPROVE
APPROVE: 8 / DISAPPROVE: 1
And I know how your mission went, but I actually need to finish work and get home so I can do a write-up that's at least worth the e-paper it's printed on. Feel free to speculate in the meantime. :-)
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henri died, shot in the back by the saboteur in the confusion.
What? henri always dies when he plays the good guy!
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*shudder*
The propaganda of this kingdom needs to be redone entirely. Go kill Candi, the man in charge of it... no seriously, that's it. I hate these ads playing on my TV. I could sit here and tell you about how it will help weaken the grasp Sugarcane has on everyone even further, and it will, but this is just a personal thing. I hate ice cream...
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Gazing at Caramello Candi's mansion while not under the influence of gingerbread made one realize how much the wealth was centralize in Filibus. One would have thought that mansion belonged to Sugarcane himself, but that was not the case. If Candi's home was called a mansion, then the king's dwellings was a small city in and of itself and a peasant's home was a closet.
This one would be easy. Assassinate the target and anyone who got in the way. Bonus points for style. For this team, style meant taking their victim's blood and painting some of Candi's slogans all over the fancy red velvet cake mansion.
Unlike the last couple missions, this party was BYOW: bring your own weapon. Twizzler garrote, chocolate chip six-shooters, Jawbreaker knuckles, and hard candy blades were brought to the scene.
Entirely unsure of where the ad-man was, each team member took a wing of the house and explored its dark, empty corridors. An hour later they met in the middle, unsure of where anyone was. As they were about to discuss what to do, the lights flashed on. Metal doors slid closed in front of the more practical wooden ones. A set of wall panels opened up to reveal a monitor.
"Brownies. You need brownies. All hail the brownie and all its glory. Brownie is life."
"My gum balls are delicious. Eat them. Try them now or be alone forever."
The ads ran on an endless loop. It took a full week for the team to claw its way out of the mansion through the floorboards. Somebody had to have warned Candi and gotten him somewhere safe while that trap awaited them.
The leader forced all four members to endure painful brain-scrubbing procedures to make sure none of them had been infected with Candi's work. None of them revealed any signs, but the leader knew the truth... one of them liked ice cream. And they were hiding it.
MISSION FAILURE!
Success: 3 Sabotage: 1
It is now the Team Building Phase 4.1. The spies need one more sabotage win, but this particular mission is special... it takes TWO spy sabotages to end in failure. This is a five person mission. Good luck to both sides. Take it away Team Leader Gareth!
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*headdesk* So. Unicorn's probably still one of us, but due to henri including one person I indicated was suspect along with two non-veterans, our pool of suspects is larger than our pool of likely do-gooders. Given that only one person sabotaged, I'm inclined to think henri and riccostar may not be ice cream fans, but there's not really any proof. My observations:
Likely clean
Gareth
Unicorn
Possibly clean
TRVA123
henri beamis
riccostar
Likely spy
de_la_Nae
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Well, shit.
Okay. I am taking myself, because I know I'm clean. I am taking Unicorn for the same reason. I am also taking de_la_Nae, henri beamis and TRVA123.
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....*stamps DISAPPROVE on Gareth's forehead*
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Yeah, no, disapprove on that one, for reasons Black Sword's outlined.
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At this point I would almost say you're better off taking as much of a new group as possible.
I'm clean, but I look pretty damned suspicious.
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Disapprove - for reasons, reasons that are reasonable.
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FUCK.
All I can say in my defense is that I put myself on the team knowing I would look extra-suspicious if it went south, and to try and minimize the risk that it would. I was really confident that I'd chosen well, and now I don't know who to believe.
I've disapproved as well - this team has three of the four of us from the last mission, which failed, and unless we're confident that riccostar was the spy (which I'm not ruling out, but I'm not confident about), I can't in good conscience approve it.
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I'm afraid I am going to have to disapprove. this team setup won't get us anywhere
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I *just* got the half-joke in the game's title. *headdesk*
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wh
Oh.
:psyduck:
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Spoiler warning:
I have absolutely no fucking clue what is going on in this game, and now I am your humble team leader, so...
Suggest things to me, eh?
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Obviously there are dirty people on the team. But we don't know who. So rather than going with a "I know I'm clean" approach, it should be "Well, all these people were on a failed mission so it's one of them", and try a different team.
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Yeah I was taking the (in hindsight dumb) approach of 'let's send the people I'm suspicious of on a mission and see what happens.'
So who's not been yet, you haven't have you?
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Here's the thing: we've already failed two missions. One more failure means we lose. Period. Putting the most suspicious people on a mission doesn't do anything but give the most suspicious people a chance to butcher our operation.
Obviously there are dirty people on the team. But we don't know who. So rather than going with a "I know I'm clean" approach, it should be "Well, all these people were on a failed mission so it's one of them", and try a different team.
I was on the first mission, which went fine. And so was Gareth. I know I'm clean, I'm pretty sure Gareth is as well. The biggest thing that makes me disapprove is putting de_la_nae on the mission. I don't trust her.
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Or sabotaging the first mission would have thrown suspicion on those in the first group. Its strategy. Lay the groundwork for a believable defence. The best bet would be to go for an entirely new group.
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Well folks, I'm not going to be the one that's up against the wall when the revolution comes.
But then I'm not sure if I believe that Unicorn's clean even though the first mission went okay...
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Or sabotaging the first mission would have thrown suspicion on those in the first group. Its strategy. Lay the groundwork for a believable defence. The best bet would be to go for an entirely new group.
I...that's a good point, actually, to which I've no rebuttal.
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I...that's a good point, actually, to which I've no rebuttal.
I know. I'm scared too.
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I'm tempted to say don't send me out so that if it fails I can't be blamed for it. :/
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Well, that's not TOTALLY unreasonable.
WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO
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Since this looks like it will be disapproved, doesn't mission 4 move on to the next leader? Or am I misunderstanding the rules?
As far as people who haven't gone yet, there's dr. nervioso, TheEvilDog and Black Sword, yeah? And I think dr. nervioso is the only one that hasn't led or participated yet.
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I'll make sure the mission succeeds!
(Just as long as there aren't any Adam Lambert posters where ever we'd be going)
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Since this looks like it will be disapproved, doesn't mission 4 move on to the next leader? Or am I misunderstanding the rules?
You are correct. If the majority disapproves, it will move on to TRVA123.
I've got messages from about half of you so far. I'm not pushing for anyone to make up their mind this instant since there at least seems to be some sort of discussion happening (and I enjoy watching you guys squirm :-D). But if you haven't submitted anything to me and have already made up your mind, I wouldn't mind getting your vote sooner rather than later.
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Welp looks like I screwed the pooch on this one.
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Are we still playing? should I just put together a team (I'm assuming this mission is not going to be approved) Are we still waiting for approve/disapprove votes for the mission?
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I think it's ok to at least talk about the team you want... while it's not official yet, I think the last team is going to be disapproved, and it could help move the game along.
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Absolutely, if the game is at a lull, I would recommend continuing discussion in any way you see fit.
In any case... you ALL disapproved.
TRVA123, take it away. It is team building phase 4.2.
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That's funny.
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Good morning Angels, We have a very important mission coming up.
Since this mission is a bit of a milk run I would like to send out some of our rookies: The Evil Dog, Black Sword, Dr. Nervioso, Henri Bemis, and Unicorn
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(I am aware that Unicorn and Henri Bemis are not rookies, but I found them to be the least suspicious.)
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Well, boy, I look suspicious now :psyduck:
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This looks reputable enou - dammit, Gareth, why did you have to make me do work?
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Because he got shot by the rest of the team and someone has to do the heavy lifting. :-P
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But I don't want to do the work! I want to provide the brains that leads us to victory so I can take advantage of the post-revolution chaos to make a fortune!
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Tough luck, you're the pack-mule now :-P
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I've got a tattoo on my dick I can't remember if it says 'approve' or 'disapprove' so I'm just going to go ahead and masturbate so I can tell.
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[passing stranger OOC] I had to look twice to see what thread this was... it could just as easily have been Confessions[/passing stranger]
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*pulls out an umbrella*
I approve of this lineup. Getting some new people in the mix is a good idea. I'm certain about myself, obviously, and I still think Unicorn is on our side, too. I also suspect that at least two of the spies have already been sent out, so even if one of the other three is a spy, the mission will succeed. (of course, a spy would know that and probably not sabotage if he or she was the only one, but that's still a success for us).
Plus, it's about goddamn time Black Sword got his hands dirty. The revolution is for the good of our country, not so you can make a killing on the Snack Exchange, or from peddling pirated powdered sweets to the desperately dulce-less.
*glowers*
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approve!
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Me getting rich is also for the good of our country!
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well that's not very punk rock of you
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Punk rock? I thought this place was more pixie dust.... :roll:
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Of course not. That's why I prefer wearing stuff Alucard from Hellsing would wear.
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Well Alucard is a jerk, so I'm tempted to Disapprove.
Then again everyone's a jerk in that manga, so I suppose that's of little consequence.
Hm.
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I'm still totally lost so I'm just gonna pound it in the corner over here.
*tug tug tug tug tug tug tug*
Oh, hey riccostar. Nice corner, huh?
*tug tug tug tug tug tug tug*
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Prince Toffee will be going to the family vacation home with his new wife, Lady HoneyBunz. If we kill them now, we will have severed Sugarcane's bloodline. Sugarcane was foolish to put all his Cadbury eggs in one basket when he decided not to remarry after the queen fell ill and died.
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The five entered the building. No guards. No alarms. No nothing. It had to have been another trap. At least they thought so until they barged into the master bedroom and found the prince and princess stuck to one another like two oreo crackers. The two were shocked, but quickly recovered before any of the Drillers could react. Honeybunz reached under the marshmallow pillows and drew her.... honeybun shuriken and threw them across the room with such grace and deadly accuracy, it was clear why the prince felt he needed no body guards. This woman was all the protection he needed.
The drillers hit the floor, escaping injury. Unicorn took a shot at HoneyBunz, but the gun malfunctioned. Gasp! More sabotage. The others attempted to do the same, only with similar results. This was it... this was their end.
Honeybunz leaped, not caring about her naked lithe form. She drew a decorative hard candied axe from the wall and approached her victims. And then proceeded to get shot through the stomach four times.
"Hey there boys and girls," said the leader. He stood behind Honeybunz's fallen form. A nearby shattered window served as evidence of his last-minute intrusion. "Thought with all the sabotage, I'd try to help you out myself. Now why don't we deal with our little pr--"
The din of another shot filled the air, this time from TheEvilDog. He had a spare gun and used it to pop a chocolate chip in the leader's head! Black Sword, Unicorn, and Nervioso quickly stood to try to detain him, but were put out of their misery by henri bemis.
"You're safe now, my prince," TheEvilDog muttered, prodding each body with his foot to ensure they were dead.
Toffee breathed a sigh of relief.
Static filled the air. Henri pulled out her walkie talkie. "Talk to me, TRVA."
"I got word that the leader wasn't watching anymore so I disposed of the others," said the voice of TRVA123. "Is it safe to assume you took care of things on your end?"
"Yep. Operation Save Candyland is complete."
SPIES WIN!
Once I got confirmation that the team got majority approval and the spies were going to sabotage, I went ahead and wrote this up. Sorry if this somehow offends those of you who didn't submit a response yet... but it wouldn't have made a difference.
Thanks so much to everyone for getting involved in this experimental forum adaptation of The Resistence. I hope you enjoyed it! To be honest, I'm having a hard time gauging how much fun it was for you all, so definitely let me know. If there's interest in it, I may do a second game soon that includes some additional perks that can help either side and try to make use of any feedback in the sign up topic to improve the flow of the game itself. If there isn't, I'll gladly pass on the torch to Linds if she's ready or whoever is next in line, as I have no traditional mafia plans in my head (yet) and don't want to hold up the queue as I try to plan one out!
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*victory dance*
I did really have fun with this game, and loved the write-ups you did for missions. I'd definitely sign up for a second game :-D. I think it would improve if there was more discussion, but that's not really something you control. I think you did a great job.
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Damn you, henri! If this had been regular Mafia with noose, your ongoing survival would have been the clue I needed to know you were dirty!
I'm not surprised by TRVA123 being dirty, but I'm irked that the TheEvilDog was dirty. You guys could have at least offered me the chance to switch sides!
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Victory!
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You shouldn't have made fun of my pancakes :evil:.
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Gotta be honest, I was totally fucking lost basically the entire time, if we do this version of it again I probably won't play because I just was totally :psyduck: if you guys were enjoying it though then yeah roll it out again and I'll just spectate.
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*strangles henri*
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Gotta be honest, I was totally fucking lost basically the entire time, if we do this version of it again I probably won't play because I just was totally :psyduck:
yeah, this. I have no idea how you're actually supposed to figure out who's suspicious or not.
I mean, like, I looked like the most suspicious person.
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And yet people trusted you on ALL the missions. :? They were correct in doing so, but I was rather curious as to why.
I can post my thoughts on finding spies now that the game is over. That will have to be later tonight though. Also if there was any rule/gameplay confusion do let me know so I can make sure I'm clearer in the rules next time. I could have done better in that department and want to fix it.
I'll also add in what sort of differences my next potential game will have from this one. If you're the type that likes playing mafia for the abilities you may or may not get, this may be something that will interest you.
Thanks for the feedback thus far!
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I had fun but I've been a lot more busy with other stuff and so didn't participate nearly as actively as the last game, I admit.
Here I'd thought I'd gotten Gareth and TRVA pegged as spies. >_<
Also I laughed since I felt I was the most suspicious ever.
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well, to be fair, I was a spy. 8-)
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Yeah, I'd guessed *one* of you correctly. ANd I don't even remember why I thought you were...irrational guess I'm guessing.
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If anyone is interested, I'll be posting the sign up for Mafia 5 tomorrow. Unless, of course, Linds wants to run the next game.
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Sorry folks.... my internet connection has been practically non-existant and of course, this is over the weekend when I don't have access to work computers. Things seem stable now, though from the above, it looks like we're ready to move on. So be it.