The Syndicate

Marmot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 12:58 pm

speedchuck wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:23 am Highly recommend Final Space, Madoka Magica, and Steins;Gate to those who have not seen them. Great shows. Even the magical girl one, I promise. It's a deconstruction.
(And I recommend BttF to Juliets, what even?)

If I had gotten more players, I'd have put the guy from Quantum Leap in here, as well as Phineas and Ferb. I'm sure I could find some others.

The reason I discouraged Flavor Claiming is because some people try to use flavor claims to find the 'bad flavors.' My bad guys were the Hero of Time, Hermione Granger, and Asahina Mikuru. Would not have worked.

Wish I coulda played this game, but my schedule wasn't going to work for it.

But hey, hopefully I'll get to play another one of your games sometime.

I've got one in the Side Mission Queue!

Scotty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:38 am “[Electing Marty will give him BTSC with Doc Brown, alive or dead]“
Shouldn’t I have gained BTSC with juliets on day 5? Or I reading that wrong?

In any case, it wouldn’t have mattered

Oh, right. I was toying with changing that mid-game, but in the end, decided to go with the original concept because town was overpowered enough.

In the end, everything was as originally planned. I'll go change that back.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:27 am tbh based on mine and turnip head's roles i assumed you'd just googled a list of obscure time travellers, but all the other ones were pretty famous and cool :[

I did use a list once I had put down 12 or so roles. But I made a point to myself that I would only put down time travelers I recognized.

Squidward was before I looked up things. Scrooge was after.

Edit: Oh wait, I did put the guy from QL in there.

Highly recommend Final Space, Madoka Magica, and Steins;Gate to those who have not seen them. Great shows. Even the magical girl one, I promise. It's a deconstruction.
(And I recommend BttF to Juliets, what even?)

If I had gotten more players, I'd have put the guy from Quantum Leap in here, as well as Phineas and Ferb. I'm sure I could find some others.

The reason I discouraged Flavor Claiming is because some people try to use flavor claims to find the 'bad flavors.' My bad guys were the Hero of Time, Hermione Granger, and Asahina Mikuru. Would not have worked.

TOWN (Time Vandals)

Marty McFly (Back to the Future) - Town Searcher
Doc Brown has vanished into the past!
You search each night for Doc Brown among the vanished players. If you find him, he will be brought back from the grave. You are his last chance at survival, be careful not to reveal yourself!
[Electing Marty will tell him who Doc Brown is]

Doc Brown (Back to the Future) - Town Revival Stump
You've got a faithful friend looking for you through time.
If you die, there is a player that can revive you as a stump. If they manage to find you.
[Electing Doc Brown will nullify the 'stump' portion of his role]

Rintarou Okabe (Steins;Gate) - Town Inventor
YOU ARE MAD SCIENTIST.
You are an inventor of future gadgets. You have four items you can 'invent' and hand to other players. You can only invent one of each.
-1-shot desperado (A gun that backfires if aimed at town. The backfire will kill the player who fired the gun. The gun is a public activation.)
-1-shot watcher
-Potato (Player will recieve a potato. Eating the potato will give them a doublevote in the current lynch/election.)
-Cookie (Player will recieve a cookie. Eating it will roleblock them.)
[election lets Okabe give out a 1-shot rolecop]

Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica) - Town Retrocausality Delayer
If you target a player, their action on the previous night will be delayed until the current night. In the case of something like a kill, this may have little effect. For most other abilities, this 24-hour delay has the potential to rewrite history. Use it wisely.
This ability is unusable on night one.
[election gives Homura the ability to delay 2 people per night]

The Doctor (Doctor Who) - Town Delayed Doctor
“Letting it get to you. You know what that’s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.”
If you target a player, they will be doctored the following night. Target someone on night one, they will be protected on night 2.
[1-shot 48-hour doctor (Doctors one player two nights ago)]

Philip J. Fry (Futurama) - Town Vanisher
"This is a cool way to die!"
You can voluntarily vanish at any point. It will take you out of the game for a full day/night phase. This ability can be used once.
[Election gives him a one-shot ability to un-vanish another player for a full day/night phase.]

Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) - Town Backup
“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused.”
You have BTSC with Squidward. If a certain player dies, you will inherit their role. (Scrooge is a backup Delayer for Homura Akemi, but is not told who he is backing up.)
[Election gives Scrooge 1-shot BP]

Nightfall (Final Space) - Town Bodyguard
"Cause Einstein's a jerk."
You choose one player every night. If they were going to die that night, you will die in their place.
[Election turns Nightfall into a Doctor]

Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) - Town Unreliable Vig
"Leaping about in time, I've found that there are some things in life that I can't change, and there are some things that I can."
You can try an improvised kill on another player each night. Your chances of success are slim. If the day immediately preceding your kill attempt included a visit to the future, you are more likely to succeed. (More effective if we were in the future, 40% instead of 10%)
[Election gives Sam a 1-shot Piercing Permakill with role reveal, then nullifies his actual role]

Wilbur Robinson (Meet the Robinsons) - Odd night Scientist
"Special agent Wilbur Robinson of the T.C.T.F."
Every odd night you can check to see if two players are aligned.
[Election turns him into an every-night scientist]

Agent J (Men in Black III) - Town Paranoid
You've been trained to have a keen eye and good senses.
You will be told what kind of roles targeted you at night (Bodyguard, scientist, tracker, watcher, rolecop, etc.)
[Election allows J to know the alignment of players that visit him, along with the roles]


MAFIA (Paradox Police): (has BTSC)

Hero of Time (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) - Mafia Rolecop/Tracker
As the legend of Hyrule, you have both amazing adventurer skills and help from a knowledgeable fairy.
You alternate between child and adult link. Child Link - Rolecop (Odd days - in the past). Adult Link - Tracker (Even Days - in the future).
[Election gives Link an extra 1-shot kill]

Asahina Mikuru (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) - Mafia Election Rigger
You're from the future, which means you know some of what will happen... at least, whatever isn't classified information. During the day, you can attempt to predict the election results for that night. Correct predictions give you an extra vote in the following election.
[Getting elected gives Asahina a single-use mass roleblock]

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) - Mafia Retrocausal Busdriver
Time-Turners are powerful devices.
You choose two players. Anything that affected Player A the previous night will now affect Player B tonight, and vice versa. This is a busdrive, but it dips into the events of the previous night. This ability is unusable on night 1.
[Election renders Hermione untracable/unreadable by information roles]


OTHER (What?)

Squidward (Spongebob Squarepants) - 3P election predictor
You just want things to go your way, so you can leave and get some peace and quiet. Each day phase, you can predict who will win the election the following night. If you predict the election correctly, or if you are elected, you win the game.
You have BTSC with Scrooge. You also have a 1-shot bulletproof vest.
You leave the game once you win.

Phil Connors (Groundhog Day) - 3P Marker
You are using this time machine to meet new people, hoping to break yourself out of your native time loop. You can mark one person per night. You win if, at any point in the game, there are more marked players present (alive) than unmarked. You count as a marked player for this calculation.
You can continue marking vanished people while dead, in hopes that they will be rezzed.
Election allows Phil to mark an extra person for free.

Before you descend into the unbalanced madness that is this setup, I have a few things to say.

1. The election mechanic did not turn out as I thought it would. I should have forseen it becoming entirely town-sided, and powered up Colin's role. He was meant to help get his team elected, and have an arguing point for that. This was the biggest mistake in the setup.

2. The only flavor claim that could effect the game was the Back to the Future flavor claim. I should have made that appear different on either side.

3. Town made a lot of assumptions that paid off, even without flips. I overestimated and way overcompensated for the lack of flips, leading to an overpowered town, then Golden assumed Sig was scum and Mac made some assumptions and the two began pinning the scumteam left and right. Go figure.

4. Lunalee dying early was awful for scum. Her role could move around kills wherever the scumteam wanted them, ignoring protection. I regret not giving the mafia team communal ability use, in that they could discard what they wanted to.

5. There were not three doctors, but it was close enough to shame me.

6. The only person who used the Delayer was Kylemii, and it only did something that really mattered once. I was hoping for more delays on Spacedaisy or protective roles.

7. Thanks for sticking with me. Scum might feel gypped. INH, with his survivor-lite marker role, might feel gypped because TH's role was easier than his. You all might look at the following list and wonder what I was thinking.
But I'm glad you stuck with me, hope you enjoyed the game, and apologize for any host mistakes made (in setup or along the way.) Thanks.
(Man running a game takes a lot out of you, I don't know how some of you guys do it so often)

8. Why would a rolecop not be a good guy role in a no-flip game? Come on guys. I mean, it wasn't, but it totally could have been.

9. Whether or not [mention]Golden[/mention] receives a win for this game is up to whoever handles that. He deserves one. I think scum would have likely won without his input.

THE SETUP/NIGHT ACTIONS

Deadchat 1
Deadchat 2
Deadchat 3

Scumchat 1
Scumchat 2

Grumpychat (AKA The Sex Cave)

*braces self*

Alright, we're taking a detour. I'm seeing that you booted Colin, but I'm making sure that we're rid of all them Paradox Police.

Welcome... to the Oasis!



This is a place I can refuel my time tanks, a place warded from all time effects, and a place we can watch the changes take place that we have wrought. Crib fulla future time wizards, time wards, and all that whatnot.

Go in, get an untampered drink, relax. I'm going to make a few phone calls.

*walks away*

Hello. Yes, this is Sammy. The tests went well. Those that remain will be perfect for erasing all traces of muskrats from history. It will be a lot of work, but they can do it. They've been selected, hardened by trials and errors.

But sir, I must ask. Why muskrats?



. . .

Anyway, yes, it seems that the Paradox Police have been removed. Can you verify? Yes? Splendid. I'll tell them all.

*click*

Well, it seems that you've eradicated the Paradox Police. Good job. Now, we'll be searching for the lost members so that we can continue the tour.

If you would, jump back on the Zepplin. We have a lot of things to do, tours to give, and muskrats to eradicate.

Never mind that last one.



Coliniscool has been lynched.

TOWN (Juliets, Scotty, Spacedaisy, nutella, Macdougall, Sig, Kylemii, Epignosis, Lapluie, Quin, and Zephyrus) has WON!
Scum (Sprityo, Coliniscool, Lunalee) has lost, despite a very well-played game.
Squidward (Turnip Head) has ascended into godhood! (WON)
Phil Connors (insertnamehere) has lost.

This was a very experimental setup, and I thank you all for taking the time to play it. It didn't end up being as well-balanced as I'd hoped, but we did reach MYLO, and town definitely deserved the win they got.

I'll be putting up some post-game notes, quicktopics, and roles soon. For now, feel free to celebrate/rant.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:43 pm are you playing with the new mouse guy?

You mean...



Wrecking Ball?

Yes.

juliets wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:22 pm Maybe speed will end the day early.

Playing Overwatch. Day will end when it ends.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:18 pm I thought Mac was brought back cus he's Luke Skywalker

Time traveler?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:21 am

speedchuck wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:57 pm
It is now MYLO!

Spacedaisy's success means this is no longer true, correct?

A gun is drawn aboard the time zepplin!

"Wait!" the tour guide says. "It'll depressurize the cabin!"

But the gun goes off, tearing an improbable hole in the wall of the zepplin. Both shooter and target are carried toward the hole. One flies out, and the other manages to hold on.

Sprityo has VANISHED!

Juliets was chosen, and she got right to it.



While the rest watched, she made a wonderful picture that would make others think from years to come yadda yadda yadda... what's this?

Scotty is missing?

"That's it," says the time tour guide. "No more of this. If we don't clear up this mess soon, I'm cancelling the tour. No refunds."

"But we-"

"NO REFUNDS!"

Juliets arrived back on board, beaming. "What do you guys think of my--"



"NO REFUNDS!" the time tour guide screeches, herding everyone into the zeppelin. They take off again for a past unknown, on the last legs of their journey.

Scotty has VANISHED!
It is now MYLO!
48 Hours remain.

Night 4: Everyone voted Juliets

MacDougall wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:42 pm speedchuck end dat night

Working on it

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:19 pm I note that lapuie was "lynched," and not "vanished."

It's the same thing here.

I'm tired and used inconsistent language. Let me fix that.

Wow I'm terrible at this.

Day 4: Literally everyone voted for Lapluie.

In the year 3527...

Lapluie has gone missing... Macdougall has reappeared...

And the time tour has hopped from a zepplin to the NZSS Waitangi, in a future tour of outer space.



"After all, if we're going to tour timespace, it makes sense to leave earth for a bit," the tour guide says. "Earth is only a tiny drop of water and dirt in the cosmos."

The crew looks expectantly at their guide. Waiting.

"What?" he says.

"Excuse me," Kylemii says. "Aren't we going to commit some petty act of vandalism?"

"Petty vandalism? I would never!" the guide cries. "You must think I'm some sort of tool!"

"Well, yes," Epi offers. "I did, at least."

"I scoff at you, sir." The tour guide faces a window. "Petty. Hah! We are aboard one of the greatest technical marvels known to mankind. As if I would be petty. Ahem."

"We are going to use this ship as a means of deploying illegal graffiti on an entire planet."



"With paint?"

The tour guide nods.

"Whatever, screw it, I'm down," Sprityo says. "However this works."

"Democracy still reigns," the guide says. Which of you shall man the controls?

Lapluie has been vanished (lynched)! Macdougal has reappeared, albeit as a political stump! He can do whatever a stump can, but also gets a vote in elections.

It is Night 4! Get those night actions in, and get to voting! 24 hours remain, until 11 PM EST - June 27th

sprityo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:16 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:10 pm

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:09 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 3:51 pm
But someone is sending in kills, so I’d err on the side of lynching someone active for now

Why can't lapluie send in kills?

You think she’s just actively be inactive?

Are night actions randomized if they aren’t sent in or are they null and void? speedchuck

Randomized*

*Though there may be roles that, for one reason or another, don't work as randomized roles. Limited use or limited applicability. These may not be randomized. Case by Case basis.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:05 pm

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:00 pm I’ll give you that my role can easily suit any alignment, but I don’t quite get why you think a mafia doctor is unlikely if there are other vanishings happening (INH).

That happened during the Day. A traditional doctor couldn't have prevented that.

speedchuck wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:09 am

EVENT: HOST REWIND!

bnhjbdsbfisdhfiushdifuhsdiu837924981-------------------- DAY 3 START!

"Huh?" the time tour guide says. "Didn't we have 12 in here?"

INSERTNAMEHERE has ALSO VANISHED! Day continues as normal!~

While you are technically correct, this was a kill that happened during the night. It got posted an hour or so late because of a host mistake.

Thus the rewind.

I could have been more clear.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:44 pm @speedchuck would we be informed of lylo

And MYLO and such

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:33 pm Is Squidward a time traveler ... ?

Scotty takes up the pen and writes.



... Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall."

"HAHA FOOLS" Scotty yellees, coming on on his chariot that he stole from Hurcules. "I am the god of banana peels, and one of you will fall this day!"

Banananas fly everywhere, and the peels fall to the ground around achilles and the other guy I forget his name.



Achilles steps on a peel with his heel...

"Homer's a poet, right?" Scotty muses. "That should fool them. The rhymes, I mean. That are totally in English and stuff."

And breaks it, falling flat on his Greek cheeks.

"ONE HAS FALLEN, NOW MAKE WITH THE COVENANT" Scotty, god of bananas, roars, ascending into the heavens. "AND WAR NO MORE!"

Scotty begins to chew on his quill pen, forgetting the antiquity of the feather, and then sneezes.

The actual scribe wakes.

"Wha-- Who are you?"

"ABORT!" Scotty screams, and leaps for the zeppelin. Everyone climbs aboard, except for Turnip Head.

"What are you doing, Squidley one?" The tour guide says.

"I like Greece," Turnip Head says, waving a tentacle. Already, multitudes were noticing him and bowing down. "And please, call me Poseidon. Ah hah, ah hah, ah hah!"

The tour guide has no time to argue. He leaves the pantsless squid behind, and the crew is lost to time again.

"I picked up a bunch of immature people," the guide says, counting over them. "And look, another one gone. I am going to get such bad reviews on future Yelp."

TURNIP HEAD HAS ACSENDED TO GODHOOD AND PERMANENTLY VANISHED.
MACDOUGALL HAS VANISHED.
SCOTTY HAS BEEN ELECTED.
IT IS NOW DAY 4. 48 HOURS REMAIN.

Kylemii wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:05 pm

sprityo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 11:02 pm You’re all wrong, tomatoes suck

They’re gross and taste like mineral water’s shitty cousin

who do you think you are

A guy who knows what tomatoes really are.

Don't buy into the lie!

MacDougall wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:11 am I bet speedchuck got his character list from here. Ebenezer Scrooge is 21 on it and I doubt he'd appear as a time traveler anywhere else.

As if I would be so boring as to use lists when I've seen so many time travel shows.

Ah, I see you're trying to please me. No more broken windows around this joint. Good, good.

SIG has vanished!

Now, right this way! I'm taking us back to the B.C.E. times, to the magnificent Empire of Greece!

Well, not really 'empire.' We're further back than that. I think... ah, my watch says negative 792 is the year. Can anyone spot me on that?

Oh, right, you have old, boring watches. Not synched up with the molecular decay of the sun, or whatever false advertising Rolex is giving us in the year 4450.

What?

Why are you...

Ah, yes. The purpose of tonight's venture. Well, you see that man writing over there?



No, not that one, that's a statue of Homer. I'm talking about that one.

The man writing over there.



Yes, that one.

He is currently jotting what will be the only note records of Homer's famous play, the Iliad. And he's about to fall asleep.

And before he does...



You know the drill. Who wants the quill? Vote who you will.

And yes, I know that the earliest manuscript of the Iliad is nearly two millenia forward from now. We're changing history, you numbnnuts.

Welcome to Ancient Greece! You have 24 hours to get your night actions in. There is an election, in which you will vote for players to receive the INK QUILL! Night ends on Sunday, at 11:15 EST or slightly earlier if the night actions are in and the election is decided and speedchuck is tired.

LIVELEST:

ColinIsCool
Scotty
Turnip Head
Epignosis
lapluie
Golden
Kylemii
MacDougall
SpaceDaisy
Choutas/Sprityo

Scotty wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:01 pm

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:10 am Since I'm being held hostage by this game I might as well try to make myself useful

I need a bone to fetch

Is that a reference to your role? Are you Clifford the big red dog?

Was there a time travel episode of that show? Please tell me there was a time-travel episode.

bnhjbdsbfisdhfiushdifuhsdiu837924981-------------------- DAY 3 START!

"Huh?" the time tour guide says. "Didn't we have 12 in here?"

INSERTNAMEHERE has ALSO VANISHED! Day continues as normal!~

"That's not even a beer!" Epi says, stepping forward. "And the glass? Pretentious. You don't know what you're talking about, guide. I'll prove it to you."

He snatches the voucher, and makes the transaction with the pale cyborg manning the bar.



"This is whiskey," he grumbles, then takes a sip.

And though the other tour members don't see it, Epi's world changes.

Memories flood back, tinged and bittersweet, of different timelines. Different results that could have happened. His brief stint as a cowboy, lost in the fourteenth century.



"There weren't even cowboys then," he mutters to himself.

The vision fades. Epi is reborn. And everyone is back on the blimp. All except one.

"Quin is gone. The work of the Paradox Police," the tour guide says, nodding sagely.

Epi doesn't care, at the moment. He takes the valuable liquor, coveted and also refused for some reason by many, and retreats to enjoy it in peace.

And all was peaceful. Until another window shattered.

"&^%$#@# &* IT!" the tour guide screams. "I JUST FIXED THAT!"

Sig has the same fury in his eyes that led him to mash his noggin all over the Bill of Rights.

"I'm back, sucka boys," he says.

QUIN has VANISHED. EPIGNOSIS has been ELECTED. SIG has REAPPEARED! You have 48 hours to lynch someone before we reach our next destination, in the past. Deadline is 11 PM ET on the 23rd. Cheers!

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:51 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:19 pm

Spacedaisy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:17 pm Alex is making me some chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies as we speak. Anyone want one?

Yes

Please ship to:

Hamish Martell...

Actually, scratch that, Anita would even open something addressed to him. Never mind.

Who says I wouldn't send some for her?

LOCKED

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:11 am

Golden wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:08 am Why would the host have us elect people if only the person who sent it in could get the benefit?

A lot of hosts have done a lot of things over the years that have made very little sense to me. A "Mafia" game with no flips? No sense.

I'm just rolling with things.

I've also learned that hosts make flawed games, and so I try to anticipate those too. This could be a flaw.