The Syndicate

New York City (During the Evacuation)_
Select which model Sentinel should be manufactured.

The forces of Apocalypse are destroying New York City. Bolivar Trask is manufacturing sentinels to assist with the evacuation of the residents.

In this poll, everyone will be selecting which sentinel (Model A-J) to manufacture. This will increase the power of The Sentinels (if that role is still alive). In the event of a tie, The Sentinels will choose.

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A word about The Sentinels (Lizzy)

At one point, Lizzy (Hawkeye) got BTSC with people as "The Danger Room." She made up shit about "The Fourth Dimension" and secret players and secret teams and about how the Danger Room IDs meant this or that.

All horseshit.

M-Day

No one's mutant powers were in effect, including people like Colossus and Nightcrawler.

Simon was very distraught when he learned he had lost his powers. He vowed to lynch whoever took his powers away from him.

Epignosis: "Simon, daddy took away your powers."

Simon: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU'RE JUST THE HOST! Hmmmph!"

Shi’ar Empire Starship_
Lilandra Neramani has shown you highly advanced technological wonders of the Shi’ar Empire. Their latest piece of technology will locate someone in a slightly alternate universe, create a copy, and bring the replica into this universe: In essence, a resurrection.

Simple, this.

A Night killed player comes back and a lynched player comes back. I elected to use usernames instead of "sock puppet" accounts.

Avalanche was obsessed with The Morlocks. It wasn't a shabby thing to win. Anyone wonder why Avalanche would be gone during the Day but talk at Night? He wasn't targeted as much as you thought with silencing powers.

The Morlock Tunnels_

Callisto is the current leader of the Morlocks. Who will challenge her in combat for leadership over the Morlocks?

There is a 50% chance the winner of this poll will defeat Callisto. If the winner of the poll fails, the second place person gets a chance at 55%, and so on at 5% incremental increases until a winner emerges.

The winner will be the leader of the Morlocks. This will entail a reward at a risky responsibility. If the leader does not post at all during the Day phase (he or she may vote), then the leader can use two of the following powers:

Annalee:
An empath, capable of making others feel what she does. Use this to send a PM through the host to a player of your choice.

Erg:
Erg can redirect energy using his electric eye. You can move one vote against you somewhere else the next Day.

Healer:
The Healer can start you with -1 received votes the next Day.

Piper:
You may force someone to vote a certain way the next Day.

Plague:
Plague can disease someone. Make your target start the next Day with 1 vote.

Ape:
Ape can transform into any solid object. Prevent yourself from being blocked.

Beautiful Dreamer:
Alters memories with her cigarettes. You may make someone believe that their vote is worth 2 the next Day, but that is in fact false.

Leech:
Leech stops other mutants’ powers from working. There is a 50% chance of blocking someone.

Masque:
If you get lynched, your role will not be disclosed in the thread.

Skids:
Skids creates a force field. This will protect you from a specific player targeting you.

Tar Baby:
Things stick to him. You can force someone to target you.

The Savage Land

In a display of his twisted nature, Sauron will hypnotize two people. Those with the highest votes will automatically target one another.

Muir Island

This one was cool. Mojo (Jean Grey) lost her target redirection power and instead got to "Avatar check" on odd Nights and role check on even Nights.

Genosha

The winner of the poll could command the runner-up's vote the next Day.

Asteroid M

Fabian Cortez would augment someone's power, enabling them to target two people instead of one. I think Mikhail (Colossus) won this, so I allowed him to extend his protection to someone else that Night.

Night 1

Xavier Institute for Higher Learning_
Select a book for studying:

How to Spot Imposters, by Kevin Sydney
(Will receive elimination info regarding roles)

The Humanitarian Mutant, a Memoir by Ororo Munroe
(Will know how many good / bad / indy voted this book)

The Universal Atlas: A Mutant’s Guide, by Charles Little Sky
(May pick one location to learn what it does)

My Latest Invention, a Dissertation by Forge
(Will learn what Forge picked)

Being Obscenely Wealthy (and Other Defensive Tactics) by Tony Stark
(Will get a -2 vote to use on self)

Fifty Shades of Grey, by Scott Summers
(Tell me this wasn't the funniest fucking thing you read all game)

I'll post Night poll stuff now. One moment!

Phoenix wrote:Phoenix is reset! I do believe I will go about making an actual account. Thanks for a good game, everyone!

Thanks for playing.

Sorry you didn't get to kill anybody though.

Mikhail Rasputin wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Nightcrawler / Simon / Sebastian Shaw

Spiral wrote:I have no clue why Magneto would do that as Hawkeye could just decimate their team.

Sebastian Shaw wrote:I'm going to vote for Banshee.

would you please play the game?

Mikhail Rasputin wrote:Also, I now think Shaw may be indy. He does not give a single fuck. Not a one.

This is hilarious! I feel a little bad for using language like that in a game with your son, though. So, uh, sorry.

I didn't let him read that.

reywaS wrote:I thought it was awesome getting to be both Summers brothers. Cyclops and Havok are brothers. and Cyclops is my most favoritist X-Man!

Several interesting coincidences came up (I did not plan these).

Marrow (bones) was the Blob.

The Summers Bros. were Havok and Cyclops.

Mikhail was Colossus.

And yeah, please delete all PMs in your fake accounts and reset the password to sock123.

I enjoyed hosting this very much. If you're curious about the Night polls, I can post those tomorrow some time. Just ask.

I just got back from a wedding and reception, so hic.

And hell yeah I danced. With all the girls in my family.

Also, "LB" is a colleague of mine. I'm glad I invited her to play. I believe she'll create an account to call her own.

For those who do not know, Simon is our six-year-old son. When he saw me putting the game together, he told me he wanted to be Nightcrawler, so I said "Sure thing!"

He did an amazing job keeping his role and sock puppet name a secret from his mother. She had no idea. When she was out of the house or taking a shower, Simon would come to me wanting to play Mafia and make a post.

It was difficult getting him to understand that he couldn't use the account pictures as evidence of guilt!

Overall, I think he did an amazing job.

Epignosis wrote:Nightcrawler / Simon / Sebastian Shaw

Spiral wrote:I have no clue why Magneto would do that as Hawkeye could just decimate their team.

Sebastian Shaw wrote:I'm going to vote for Banshee.

would you please play the game?

Mikhail Rasputin wrote:Also, I now think Shaw may be indy. He does not give a single fuck. Not a one.

Some observations:

Apocalypse's selection amused me, and should amuse any X-Men fan. Do you notice something? She pegged four of five original X-Men:



Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, and Jean Grey.

I was expecting that at least one of her choices would be a Brotherhood member, but this did not happen.

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Day 1

This Day would offer minimal lynch manipulation (apart from M-Day). Unfortunately, Bishop got lynched for expressing what was (from my perspective) a very useful point about Scarlet Witch calling Polaris “he.” Both Polaris and Scarlet Witch were bad.

Night 1

Poor Longshot was unsure about her power as Jubilee, determined to play it as a “chaos role” as she described to me. As it turns out, Longshot was responsible for there being no death on Night 1. Longshot (Jubilee) switched Polaris’ and Scarlet Witch’s targets (Toad and Sabretooth, respectively). Since Polaris chose to target no one and Scarlet Witch targeted the White Queen, the White Queen wound up silenced and no one got killed.

Before this action had even been sent to me however, Polaris wanted to self-target, and I didn’t allow it. Polaris was planning to “fake” being silenced. Had I allowed the self-target, Scarlet Witch would have killed her own teammate Night 1!

Night 2

Once again, Longshot would prove to be the defining role, switching Psylocke’s kill from The Vision (Beast) to Scarlet Witch (Sabretooth).

Day 4

Exodus (Mystique) chose to kill as Sabretooth instead of killing as a civilian (which would have strategically been the better choice). So Bullzeye, you were actually killed by Mystique, not Sabretooth. But it turned out to be great for a set up!

Night 5

Spiral redirected everyone’s Night targets. I assigned all living players with a number (based on alphabetical order) and then used a random number generator to assign targets.

The original people to die were Avalanche (by The Brotherhood), White Queen (by Omega Red), and Phoenix (by Apocalypse). Other deaths occurred instead, including both Magneto (Cable) and Juggernaut (Bastion). Mojo was a lieutenant for Magneto, so Storm’s action was a home run for the X-Men.

Day 6

This was the first- and last- lynch in which Magneto’s power would come into play. Phoenix was to take the votes of Mikhail Rasputin & Sebastian Shaw. These targets, as per Storm’s fancy, were not the original intended targets. Phoenix, being Wolverine, absorbed 4 of those votes, while Hawkeye, his vote being worth 5 by this point, voted for White Queen. White Queen had the most votes, but could not be lynched.

Day 8

There was a reason I did not have punishments in place for missing votes, and it was so that people which powerful votes (like Hawkeye) could avoid outing themselves. Hawkeye voted for Marrow though, and was found out.

Night 9

Elohcin (Rogue) stole White Queen's power, and since White Queen had a variety of powers, I gave her a resurrection. She resurrected Avalanche.

Poor Rogue had been trying all game to get BTSC with the Professor, and kept stealing his powers but for one reason or another, her attempts kept failing. She finally got BTSC with him Night 10. Using what she had learned, the Professor's BTSC group expanded.

Night 11

This turn of events brought about an endgame scenario I had not anticipated. With seven Brotherhood, three civilian killers, and three independent killers, I had not expected it to come down to Apocalypse vs. the X-Men.

At the final nine, this became what was almost a bizarre “spin” on Mafia: Several civilians have BTSC, but Apocalypse and his remaining two horsemen did not.

Day 13

Poor Bullzeye. Killed. Brought back. Lynched as a civilian. Brought back. Lynched as a civilian.

Of course, lynching Bullzeye was the right move (if you wanted Apocalypse dead).

Night 13

Apocalypse used his last kill on Shadowcat. Interesting choice since Shaw was Nightcrawler. How did White Queen expect to get rid of Shaw? I don’t know.

Fortunately for her, Storm had a lightning bolt with Shaw’s name on it, and took him out.

The funny thing is, Shadowcat’s dying wish as Archangel was to take Havok off the poll!

Bullzeye wrote:Also, what was up with the danger room ID's? Did they have any significance?

Your Danger Room ID gave you extremely important information.

Such as what order you posted on Day 0.

Avalanche wrote:I don't understand why white queen and team won when they only had one horseman left alive.

The game had reached the point where you would not have the numbers to lynch Havok, whose vote was worth 3 and who decided ties. Additionally, Havok still had a -2 prize from Night 1.

X-Men
Must defeat The Brotherhood and all Independents

Cyclops
Optic blasts make his vote worth three. As the leader of the X-Men, he determines the outcome of all ties.

Storm
Alters the weather. *Secrets*
*Hurricane: Once, Night targets are randomly redirected*
*Blizzard: Once, no votes will count, resulting in a stop*
*Thunderstorm: Once, kill a person and secretly find out the role.*
*Sunshine: Once, during the Day, add an extra Day period (eg., Day 4.2)*

Wolverine
His healing factor reduces his received votes by 4. If he is targeted, he can one time choose to take revenge and kill the targeting person the next Night.

Gambit
On three occasions, whenever Gambit decides to draw, a card is drawn from a standard deck of playing cards. Blackjack values (Aces count as ones) determine what Gambit’s vote that Day is worth. Face cards and tens mean his vote is worthless. Gambit will not know what his vote is worth. Luck of the draw…

Rogue
Steals the power of her target to use that same Night.

Iceman
Freezes his target; that person cannot speak nor vote the next Day.

Beast
Using his scientific skill, Beast may analyze someone at Night and learn how that individual’s vote / received vote is manipulated for the next Day. Alternatively, using his agility, Beast may forgo the report and rescue someone from death.

Colossus
Turns into steel each Night. Cannot be Night killed.

Nightcrawler
Teleports if he ends up with the highest number of votes. Cannot be lynched.

Bishop
For every five votes Bishop receives, he can perform a Night kill.

Psylocke
A psionic assassin, she has two Night kills.

Forge
A genius inventor, Forge designs new technologies to help his allies. Each Night, he selects someone to receive his invention.

Photon Rifle: Makes your vote worth 2 on the Day used.
Energy Shield: Received votes each Day period are reduced by 2.
Scanalyzer: Once, the recipient may role check one of the people adjacent in the list.
Containment Gun: Use to restrain someone, role blocking them.
Stroboscopic Grenade: Randomly redirect a person’s target.
Tracking Bracelet: Track a person once.
Override Disk: User may choose next Danger Room location.
Tranq Gun: Silence a person and make them unable to vote.
Teleportation Harness: Use to protect against a lynch.
X-Gene Inhibitor: Protection from all targets (good and bad).

Jubilee
Blinding two targets with fireworks, she switches their targets.

Archangel
Removes someone from the lynch poll each Day.

Jean Grey
Using telekinesis, she will redirect someone’s Night target.

Professor X
Telepathically searches the minds of three individuals each Night, seeking his X-Men. He must think of three players and an X-Men role. If his hypothesis is correct, he gains permanent BTSC with that individual. Additionally, Professor X will provide his guidance to the thread nightly.


The Brotherhood
Has BTSC

Magneto
The master of magnetism, Magneto targets one person at Night. On odd Nights, that person will receive the votes of two other selected targets the following Day. On even Nights, that person’s received votes may be halved and distributed evenly to two other selected targets.

Pyro
Anyone who targets Pyro takes 2 received votes the next Day.

Toad
Silences and prevents a person from voting each Night.

Blob
Blocks his target on odd Nights.

Juggernaut
Blocks his target on even Nights.

Mystique
*Secrets*
If Sabretooth is killed, Mystique will kill on odd Nights. If Mystique controls the kill, she may make a different role (eg., Cyclops) show up as the killer.

If lynched, Mystique will appear as the role of her choice.
If Mystique is killed, someone else on her team may kill on odd Nights.

Sabretooth
Kills on odd Nights.


Independents

The Sentinels
Anti-Mutant technicians hacked the Danger Room so that it can develop Sentinels. This program may construct a sentinel if it receives no votes during the Day. While the program’s initial vote is worthless, each constructed sentinel will increase the program’s vote by one. (Secrets)

When you have successfully constructed a sentinel, you will then choose a model: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, or J.

If targeted for a Night kill, a sentinel will be destroyed, but you will survive as long as you have at least one sentinel in play.

You must eliminate all mutants (Technically, this means you can win with Juggernaut alive, since Juggernaut is not a mutant).

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These powers include:

Role Blocker
Kill on Odd Nights
Analyzer (you will know exactly what vote manipulations are in play for the Day)
Insanity Inducer (Target must post however you would like subject to Host approval)
Temporary BTSC Establisher (Your chat name will be “DR Protocol”)
Vote Forcer
Kill on Even Nights
Silencer
Target Redirector


Omega Red
Receives three votes after each Night due to his deadly pheromones, which are cumulative. Each Night, Omega Red may choose to wrap his coils around two people and drain them for two votes each. His targets will have 2 received votes the next Day, and Omega Red’s received vote total is reduced by 4. If he chooses not to do this, he can opt to kill that Night. Arkady Gregorovich must eliminate four specific roles he will select in the beginning and then survive.



Apocalypse
Believer in the Survival of the Fittest. Cannot be lynched. Cannot be Night killed. (Secrets)
At the beginning, secretly chooses four people to be his Four Horsemen. If these four people are eliminated, Apocalypse is destroyed. Apocalypse is victorious if all others beside his Four Horsemen are eliminated. The Four Horsemen will not be aware of their new allegiance and win condition.
Using time control, Apocalypse may add a Night phase (eg. Night 4.2).
When one of his horsemen are slain, Apocalypse may kill the next Night.
Apocalypse has one resurrection.

Cyclops / reywaS / Havok
Storm / Dom / Spiral
Wolverine / LB / Phoenix
Gambit / MP - Boogs / Domino
Rogue / Elohcin / Sunfire
Iceman / Bullzeye / Dazzler
Beast / timmer / The Vision
Colossus / Russtifinko / Mikhail Rasputin
Nightcrawler / Simon / Sebastian Shaw
Bishop / Krissy - Russtifinko / Deathlok
Psylocke / Boogs / Quicksilver
Forge / A Person / Thunderbird
Jubilee / juliets / Longshot
Archangel / birdwithteeth11 / Shadowcat
Jean Grey / Sorsha / Mojo
Professor X / thellama73 / Avalanche

Magneto / Kate - Roxy / Cable
Pyro / Kylemii / Banshee
Toad / MetalMarsh89 / Polaris
Blob / insertnamehere / Marrow
Juggernaut / Bass_the_Clever / Bastion
Mystique / kneel4justice / Exodus
Sabretooth / Roxy / Scarlet Witch

The Sentinels / Lizzy / Hawkeye
Omega Red / Turnip Head / Deadpool
Apocalypse / S~V~S / White Queen

The Danger Room stopped being the Danger Room and became true danger. Ancient pillars bore through the floor and massive stalactites drove through the ceiling.

The Four Horsemen emerged.

Dark Cyclops.
Dark Iceman.
Dark Beast.
Dark Jean Grey.
“Mr. Sinister,” said Apocalypse.

“Yes?”
“Please end this world. I have what I need.”

A message from Professor X:

Apocalypse means 'revelation' in Greek. I think it's about time we revealed what's behind White Queen's mask.

Shadowcat was entertaining a group of tourists whose tour included a stop at Graymalkin Industries. The people loved the “illusions” of Shadow cat walking through walls, equipment, and other miscellaneous objects.

“For my last trick,” she said, gesturing grandly, “I shall perform a cartwheel through that desk!”

The audience applauded in anticipation of the show.

A sinister, telepathic message entered Shadowcat’s mind as she was traversing the solid piece of furniture, and for a split second, she lost all concentration.

At first, Shadowcat getting “stuck” amused the onlookers, who laughed and applauded at the apparent gag.

The pool of blood forming under the desk and Shadowcat’s head made many of the spectators gag.

Meanwhile, outside, it began to rain.

Sebastian Shaw was once again in a sad mood.

“No one ever listens to me,” he sighed. “I’d be better off dead.”

As though in response to his complaint, a streak of lightning burst through him.

Would you like 24 hour Day phases?

You may select 1 option

Yes
5
White Queen (1), Havok (3), Shadowcat (5), Avalanche (7), Spiral (8)
63%

No
1
Mikhail Rasputin (6)
13%

Jonas Graymalkin (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
2
Epignosis (2), Kylemii (4)
25%


Total votes : 8

The Weapon X facility in chilly Canada became a manufacturing complex in sunny California.

“I don’t like the light,” Jonas Graymalkin said. “Not at all. Do you?”

No one spoke.

“My father beat me nearly to death and then tried to bury me alive. In the darkness of my grave I survived two centuries. The darkness makes me ever so powerful. I would like less sunlight. What would you like?”

William Stryker grew even more furious after coming back from the Weapon X facility’s break room.

“Why the hell is the beer warm?” he shouted. “Who didn’t put it in the cryogenic chamber like I ordered?”

There was silence.

Stryker looked at the band of mutants, none of whom had received any recommendations for the new Weapon X experiment.

“I don’t suppose any of you could chill this for me,” he grumbled. “Hey, weren’t there eight of you?”

Stryker looked over the railing and saw one of them dead, boiling in a vat of waste.

“Today is not my day.”

Destroy a participant_

Poll ended at Thu May 15, 2014 6:55 pm

Avalanche
0
No votes

Bullzeye
2
Avalanche (10), Havok (11)
17%

Havok
2
White Queen (3), Bullzeye (12)
17%

Sebastian Shaw
1
Shadowcat (9)
8%

Shadowcat
1
Sebastian Shaw (4)
8%

Spiral
1
Mikhail Rasputin (7)
8%

White Queen
0
No votes

Jason Stryker (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
5
Epignosis (1), Kylemii (2), MovingPictures07 (5), Boogs (6), Banshee (8)
42%


Total votes : 12

White Queen wrote:Mr Host with the Most; if all votes come in early, would you end after 24 hours?

I can.

Avalanche wrote:

Havok wrote:Epignosis: What is Apocalypse's win condition???

Epignosis: What are all the secrets listed on the role page?

Avalanche
*Secret*

Still wets the bed. Worships Chairman Mao.

A message from Professor X:

Oh my silly mutants, how apt you are to chase down rabbit holes. Havok is not the one causing havoc. He's a friendly sort. You have to start trusting each other a little more.

“No recommendations for any volunteers I see,” Stryker said. “Cowards! Bring in the next subject!”

The Astral Plane became more rigid, and defined boundaries- gray walls- formed.

The scream of a test subject grew ever louder until it stopped.

“Subject Lambda…failure.”

Colonel William Stryker cursed and threw a clipboard across the room. It was then that he saw the group of mutants standing before him in the Weapon X facility. Others saw them to, and raised their rifles, shouting directions.

“Silence!” Stryker ordered.

He addressed these unexpected guests, his frustration with past failures mingling with a renewed optimism.

“Department K needs this to succeed,” he growled. “And I am responsible if it does not. The last eleven volunteers have…well, their results were less than fortunate. However, we believe the procedure is precise this time. Is anyone interested in becoming Weapon X Mk. 7? Submit your application privately, as well as your recommendations. Whoever volunteers and has the highest number of recommendations will be accepted to the program.”

Up to this point, Longshot had enjoyed plenty of incredible luck, as was his nature.

But today, Lady Luck turned down the corners of her mouth and would have nothing to do with him. In her stead was Lady Logic, who had decided he needed to go, and there were plenty of angry mutants ready to heed that call.

Destroy a participant_

Poll ended at Mon May 12, 2014 6:38 pm

Bullzeye
0
No votes

Havok
1
Bullzeye (6)
7%

Longshot
7
Avalanche (7), Mikhail Rasputin (8), Havok (9), Spiral (11), White Queen (12), Sebastian Shaw (13), Shadowcat (14)
50%

Mikhail Rasputin
0
No votes

Sebastian Shaw
0
No votes

Shadowcat
0
No votes

Spiral
0
No votes

White Queen
0
No votes

Doctor Strange (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
6
Epignosis (1), Boogs (2), Hawkeye (3), MovingPictures07 (4), Elohcin (5), Deadpool (10)
43%


Total votes : 14

A message from Professor X:

Before you judge the mad monk too harshly, remember that only he was able to cure the young Alexei's hemophilia. Best to be nice to him, for now at least.

Submit one image showing what power / ability / prize / augmentation / boon / penalty for someone else / whatever you want by image only. No words, numbers, or symbols may be used. You may use images that exist or you may create your own with MS Paint, Photoshop, etc.

These images will be sent to an impartial judge who will try to figure out what is requested and will choose a winner. The victor will receive what the judge decides (in accordance with Host approval).

Think carefully.

The world without dissolved and the world within emerged.

The voice of The Shadow King susurrated in everyone’s minds.

“Ordinarily, only psionic persons can access the Astral Plane. But this is a training module, is it not? So you are all here for my pleasure. Good.”

The psychic world swirled within everyone’s minds.

“In the Astral Plane, your thoughts can become reality. Show me what you want, and I may grant it to you, at a price.”

“The facts are clear,” said Havok. “Bullzeye is Sabretooth.”

Bullzeye became enraged. He snarled and lunged at Havok clawing and biting. Others tried to make Bullzeye chill out, but his heart was cold.

Havok held fast to his suspicion, and would never Let it Go.

It took several others to scrape Bullzeye off of Havok and subdue him.

When he was dead, Havok walked away coolly. “Sabretooth.”

Sebastian Shaw, aloof and watching from a distance, said, “If that’s Sabretooth, then why the hell is he frozen?”

Destroy a participant_

Poll ended at Fri May 09, 2014 7:18 pm

Avalanche
0
No votes

Banshee
0
No votes

Bullzeye
6
Mikhail Rasputin (4), Deadpool (6), Havok (7), Longshot (8), Elohcin (11), Shadowcat (12)
50%

Deadpool
1
White Queen (10)
8%

Elohcin
0
No votes

Havok
1
Bullzeye (5)
8%

Longshot
0
No votes

Mikhail Rasputin
0
No votes

Sebastian Shaw
0
No votes

Shadowcat
0
No votes

Spiral
0
No votes

White Queen
1
Sebastian Shaw (9)
8%

Wanda Maximoff (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
3
Epignosis (1), Boogs (2), Hawkeye (3)
25%


Total votes : 12