Wherewolf? 11 - Gothy City

[happy-go-lucky]

1. Preparations
Once enough people have signed up the Narrator splits the players into two different teams: those on the side of good (the citizens and the heroes), and those on the side of evil (villains and sidekicks). They will then be assigned different roles by the Narrator through a Private Message (PM). You will need to check your PMs regularly during the game. And remember, even if your role and agenda is different to someone else doesn't mean you aren't necessarily working towards the same goal!

NOTE

Each ‘day' refers to a 48-hour time slot, to allow sufficient time for all players to debate on their next target for execution. Thus, any mention from this point onwards of 'days' should be taken to mean a 48-hour period. In other words, players with special roles may only PM the narrator with names once per two days, not every literal day! Any extra PMs of this kind will be treated as the player changing their mind and their original PM will be discarded!

Private Messaging (PM) may only be between player and Narrator, not between player and player. Anyone caught using PMs, emails or any other form of communication other than the main game thread to contact other players in secret in an In Character (IC) or Out of Character (OOC) capacity to aid each other will be ejected from the game. However, there is a Dead thread where players may discuss the game (without spoilers or hints though!).

2. Roles and Devices

The following details the different sides assumed by the players, as well as any sub-roles they may be assigned.

-Narrator

Good (Citizens)
- Citizens
- Private Detective
- Police

Evil (Villains and Sidekicks)
- Supervillain
- Villain
- Sidekick

Other

- Lovers

Narrator
The Narrator plays a purely administrative role; narrating the game, counting votes and moving the game along. The narrator will also prod other players if they are inactive. Any player who is inactive after 48 hours will be ejected from the game and may have their role filled by another player. The Narrator will move the story along at the end of each 48-hour period, and will decide when the game ends.

Good

Citizen
As far as the Citizen is concerned, everyone is a suspect. Their role is to work out who is on the side of evil and to convince others that they are right, in order to execute them at the end of the day and save Gotham City. Their only abilities are those they already possess; deduction, guile and persuasion. Each day, the Citizens must indicate who they think is living the double life of a Villain, and should be taken down by the city’s resident superhero - Ratman.

Lovers
The role of the Lover can be held by players of each side, either Citizens or Sidekicks. However the heart of the Supervillain has been so twisted by evil that he (or she) cannot fall in love. A pair (or more...) of the residents of Gothy City have fallen for each other so madly that it overrides any other loyalties they may have. Any players who are chosen as lovers must defend their partner by whatever means necessary, no matter what side they believe their lover to be on or how great the consensus against them. No player may choose their lover to be executed, either in the general vote or Villain vote. The players are picked entirely at random; no consideration will be given to gender or sexual preference, either.

Police
During each round, Police Officers may PM the Narrator with the name of one player, and will be told if they have a criminal record. They will not be given information on innocent citizens, except to tell them they aren’t on police records. Supervillains will not have a criminal record as they get their underlings to do their dirty work. The Police Officer must be wary of their ability; any apparent knowledge on their part could easily get them targeted by the forces of evil, or mistaken as villain activity by the citizens!

Private Detective
Each day, Private Detectives may PM the narrator with the name of someone who they wish to tail. At the end of the night they will be informed as to weather or not that person got up to any nefarious deeds, such as secret meetings in top secret locations. Villains and Supervillains will be seen going to meetings if they vote, however sidekicks manage to slip under the detective’s radar.

Evil
Anyone on the side of evil must not communicate secretly with others on their side, through PM or any other method; they may only talk to each other through the main game thread. At the start of the next round, they will be informed of who voted to kill who at their nightly top secret club meeting, via a PM.

Sidekicks
Sidekicks are devoid of any superpowers, and thus looked down on by the other forces of evil, and are not allowed to attend the nightly top secret meetings to vote. Sidekicks will not be told who the Supervillain is, but they will each be told the name of one Villain (their boss.) At the end of each night, they will be told who their boss voted for, but nothing else. Their role is to persuade the citizens to vote for other innocent players. Not all Villains will be important enough to have a sidekick, and there will be no more than half as many sidekicks as Villains.

Villains
Each Day, all Villains may PM the Narrator with the person they wish to be killed. Unlike the general public vote between all players, for the Villains to kill someone there must be a majority of votes from all of them, not just from those who voted. The Villains will be told who the others on the side of evil are in the initial PM sent to them at the start of the game, and will also be told the name of their sidekick, if they have one.

Supervillain
The Supervillain is identical to his fellow villains but for one difference; any Police Officer attempting to ascertain their identity will not be able to find any criminal record, as they always give any dirty work to their underlings! The Supervillain is identical to the Villain in all other respects and may vote with his fellow Villains to decide who should be killed. The Villains and Sidekicks will be informed as to who their Leader is in the PM sent to them at the start of the game.


3. Gameplay

The game is split into days, each lasting for a 48-hour period to allow the players to debate and vote for the next execution. At the end of each hour the Narrator will move the story along by detailing events that take place in the city every day. This includes who gets executed, who is killed by the Villains and what Ratman is up to. The Narrator will also PM all applicable players with details relating to their role, such as who each Villain voted for. After the Narrator has detailed these events, it will be the next round, and another 48-hour period begins.

Each day ends at 22:00 GMT every 48 hours. The gap in which the next day starts lasts until the Narrator has narrated events in the main game thread. Any votes or PMs in this period will be counted as being for the next hour.

Rounds

All players discuss who they believe to be a Villain and thus who to execute, and put their votes in bold. Unlike with the Villains’ private vote, the general player vote does not need an overall majority, only a majority vote from the players who have voted.

Players may also choose to abstain, if they are unsure of who to vote for or wish to make a point to the others. Players have two abstentions in the whole game, and each abstention counts towards the total number of votes, meaning that a player can help swing the vote without accusing anyone.

The unlucky player who is chosen to be executed will be killed at the end of each round.

4. The Dead

There is a separate thread where eliminated players, or those not playing, can commentate on the game. If you are eliminated please only post in this thread. Discuss with other players what is happening, but try not to reveal any extra knowledge you may have about the game, so as not to spoil it for the remaining players.

5. Victory

If the Villains can kill off enough Citizens so that there are the forces of good and evil are of equal number, then the Villains have won and the Supervillain will kill Ratman in the ultimate showdown! If those on the side of good can execute the Villains, Sidekicks and Superhero before this happens, then Gothy City will become a hive of scum and villainy and threaten the whole country!

If a pair of Lovers find themselves the only remaining players, love and snuggling will ensue, and they will live Happily Ever After.

Signup in this thread please, even if you already did so in the dead thread :love:

Signed up so far:
thesmallbug
Ryanstorm
Shalashaska
Turkey Sandwich
nub
doctor_fruitbat
woodchip50
Littleshore
harryashfield
malcolio
Urlosenged
swarfegahead
vercci

[Shalashaska]

Conscript reporting.

http://images.ea.com/games/redalert3/Units/Conscript/RA3_Soviet_Conscript2sm.jpg

[Turkey Sandwich]

I shall sign up.

[friendly spoon]

ooh new role. sign me up plz

[doctor_fruitbat]

Signing up sarge.

[Vercci]

I don't know if I should play this one :/

[woodchip50]

sign me up PLEASE!?!?!?!!?!?!

i shall try to fit in this time. be less suspicious. maybe.

also. with the added side kick. i think you might want to up the number of people playing a smidge. if possible.

[Littleshore]

I'm in

[harryashfield]

Count me in.

Please.

[Shalashaska]

I was hoping to start a high-larious string of Command & Conquer images.

Damn you all.

[malcolio]

I don't know if I should play this one :/You should, it sounds like happy-go-lucky has put a nice twist on the evil side. :)

I'm signing up!

[Ryanstorm]

I'm in

[happy-go-lucky]

I'll probably leave it a weekish for people to sign up, and start the game around friday.

[malcolio]

Don't be afraid to PM some of the regulars, I got quite a few more people playing the last game because of it. :)

[happy-go-lucky]

yeah but i have a bad memory :D

if anyone feels like pming people they remember playing before feel free.

go my pretties go!

[friendly spoon]

i feel pretty

[woodchip50]

*bumpage*

[Littleshore]

double bumpage

[Urlosenged]

Sign me up please.

[woodchip50]

bumpage to the max?

edit: wait. i should have waited till more people are on.

daymn

[swarfegahead]

Count me in

[Ryanstorm]

I'll make a thread in the chzbn linking it

[thesmallbug]

oh hey i saw some thread ryanstorm had posted in the cheesebin

never done this bfore but yeah i will play

[woodchip50]

prime time?

*BUMPS AGAIN!*

[Vercci]

Meh I'l play

[happy-go-lucky]

The game will begin at about 8 on sunday evening as I will be away all weekend. If you can get more people to sign up I will love you all forever :p

[woodchip50]

*bumping*

seems to be working somewhat....

[Turkey Sandwich]

Phew, for some reason I thought it started on Friday and I'd missed a day already. But I have not.

Which is good.

*Waits with bated breath*

[Littleshore]

Bumping this.

[happy-go-lucky]

Really sorry you guys, but the game is now going to start tomorrow instead of tonight. I'll start sending PMs as soon as I get home tomorrow, promise!

[Littleshore]

Another bump. I need this to get my head out of my bachelors thesis!

[happy-go-lucky]

Sending PMs now. The game starts at 11pm tonight, and day one ends at 8pm on the 1nd of April.

[woodchip50]

oh i cannot wait
*squeals a little*

[happy-go-lucky]

Roles
Villains 3
Sidekicks 1
Supervillain 1

There are also 3 pairs of lovers. The game starts now, I will put up the narrative as soon as I can.

[woodchip50]

...

abstain?

[Vercci]

Woodchip50 since he's first toaster

[malcolio]

Abstain.

[Turkey Sandwich]

I think I'll wait for a little while before I inevitably choose to abstain, heh.

[Ryanstorm]

Abstain

[Shalashaska]

Abstain oh my god its like pulling teeth

[swarfegahead]

abstain

[thesmallbug]

woodchip because he seems p keen

[Littleshore]

abstain

[friendly spoon]

abstain

[Urlosenged]

Abstain for me too.

[happy-go-lucky]

At the end of the day a large number of Gothy City's residents gathered outside the town hall. There were some cries for an exection, but they were outnumbered by the otherwise unanimous vote for nobody to be killed.
The citizens went back to their houses, locking their doors and windows carefully, but all too aware that precautions such as those would be little use against the mysterious supervillain haunting their city, nor against any of his subordinates. Many tossed and turned in their beds, the still, hot night air making sleep hard to come by, especially with a locked window. However eventually all drifted off, and in the morning on awaking all hurried to the town centre to see if all their friends had survived the night.
Luckily, it seemed the villains had found it hard to agree on their first victim, and there were many relieved hugs as friends greeted each other. However the mood was spoiled by the knowledge that those who threatened their very existence could well be in the very crowd in which they stood...

Summary:
Nobody was executed
The villains did not kill anyone.

The next day will end on the 3rd at 7 pm.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Oh shit, didn't realise it was 7pm deadline. Sorry!

Abstain then.

[Turkey Sandwich]

I too forgot about that. I will abstain for now.

[Ryanstorm]

Another abstain for me

[woodchip50]

abstain.

[Littleshore]

abstain

[malcolio]

Abstain.

[harryashfield]

Sorry for inactivity. Just moved to Grenada for a Gap year. Finding internets is fairly difficult.

So, yeah.

Abstain

[thesmallbug]

guess i will just calm down and abstain

[Urlosenged]

I'll abstain too I guess.

[Vercci]

Woodchip50

[happy-go-lucky]

It was the second night since the discovery of a plot to destroy the city, and throughout the day the citizens had been gathered outside the city hall, debating what action, if any, should be taken that night. In the end there was an almost unanimous vote for nobody to be killed, and there was little arguing about it.
As darkness drew nearer, the citizens hurried home to their beds, the heat of the night forcing most to leave their bedroom windows open. Most spent the night tossing and turning in their beds, trying to sleep despite an almost unbearable combination of fear and heat. Many heard strange sounds in the night. Footsteps hurrying past windows, and fierce whispers. One person, having resigned themselves to a sleepless night, sat on the windowsill and listened to the sounds of the night. He heard an owl hoot and a plane pass overhead, noises you would not normally hear over the traffic, but the night was eerily still and quiet. Then he heard footsteps, getting louder until they passed underneath his window. Then they stopped, right in front of his door. The terrified man froze. Was he to be the first victim of the Villains? Then he heard another person walking down the street, seemingly trying to walk as quietly as they could. The man standing by his door apparently heard too, and he hurried off into the night. The second man passed by a few moments later, and then the silence returned. The man returned to bed, and lay watching the window, listening for the footsteps to return, until finally dawn broke over the city and he rose and came to the city hall with the rest of the city's residents, relieved to have survived the night, but terrified for what the next might bring.

Summary:
Nobody was lynched
Nobody was killed.

[Shalashaska]

Abstain

[happy-go-lucky]

Ok I'm not going to be able to get on the internet while i'm away, but I thought I would. Luckily argh has agreed to run the game while i'm away, so anybody who needs to send pms the the narrator should direct them at her until I get back.
sorry guys. and thank you argh

[malcolio]

Woo, thank you argh! :)

Shalashaska, as I'm out of abstains, he's above me and first to post today.

[argh]

PMs to me, I'll try to be on time with the days, but since it's mid afternoon in my timezone, they may be a little off, but hopefully, not too much.

[harryashfield]

Abstain then.

[Ryanstorm]

harryashfield
He's above me etc

[woodchip50]

coz he iz der ^

ryanstorm

[Littleshore]

woodchip50

[swarfegahead]

Littleshore, above me and all that.

[Vercci]

Woodchip50

For consistency reasons

[Turkey Sandwich]

Vercci then. Because he dared to be above me.

[thesmallbug]

woodchip 50

[argh]

You have about 2 and a half hours left. If those 4 people who haven't voted yet would, that would be awesome, and maybe change the narrative. Also I need some more PMs people. Get on that.

(How did my timezone on here stop being right? It's 1 o'clock here)

[friendly spoon]

woodchip50

[woodchip50]

seriously? why are you voting for me?

[friendly spoon]

I'm just assuming Vercci knows something.

[Ryanstorm]

I think it's a case of /bangwagon

[thesmallbug]

I think what nub and ryanstorm meant to say was Your DASTARDLY tricks wont fool US!

Sieze him, and Take Him Away!

I've already voted, so the many words in bold have nothing to fear

[doctor_fruitbat]

No narrative yet, so I'll just abstain.

[Urlosenged]

I think this is probably hideously late, but if not I'll just vote doctor_fruitbat because he's above me and all that.

[argh]

Sorry guys, apparently I'm a bad person to pick because I was all ready when it was too early, then I went to study for exams and was taken up until 11, forgot and had a heartattack this morning when I remembered.




The Goth City residents waited outside city hall for their now daily call for blood. The mayor, who leads the meetings was somehow mysteriously late, but people wouldn't go, they didn't want to go home without first discussing who the traitors were among them. Dawns first light was creeping over the horizon when the mayor finally came to city hall. He looked terrible. "My friends" he said, "I can't sleep at night, knowing whats happening to my once beautiful city" at this point it became obvious the man had been drinking. "Now who would you, my hopefully loyal citizens, like dead?" he asked as he pulled out a gun from his waistband. Cries rose up from the crowd "Ryanstorm" cried one, "Vercci" cried another, but the one the mayor heard was "Woodchip50". He took aim and shouted "May god had mercy on your soul!" and fired, and the same time passing out from the alcohol and excitement. The crowd looked over at Woodchip50 thinking they had finally started to get somewhere, when the realised, he was still standing. He looked back at everyone and said in a shaky voice as he took his fedora off his head and examined the hole now going through it, "Thank God the mayor was drunk" and proceeded to pass out. The citizens all went back to their homes, a couple of nice ones who didn't call for Woodchip50's blood dragging him back to his. And they all waited. Waited and listened. One man looked out of his building to see another leave and get tailed by a third and he shook his head. He wished he never left Oklahoma now.

Summary:
No one was lynched
No one was killed by the villians, though it was close and only some vote changing saved a lucky soul. (I'm just putting that out there in case the villians may want to trust themselves, and as a warning to all you civvies)

Next day will end on the 7th. Might be late because again, I have exams, but I'll make sure to do it before bed. (I even had the notebook I made up with all the votes in it open on my desk, I just spazzed on it.)

Hey guys, it's noon, lets get crack-a-lacking.

[friendly spoon]

i think i still have an EDIT left so i'll stick to that for now.

[Shalashaska]

nub, above me and shit.

Missed yesterday because of bannage. :/

[Ryanstorm]

Shalashaska, above me etc

[Littleshore]

Ryanstorm last to post etc

[Vercci]

Woodchip50

MR CONSISTENCY

[Turkey Sandwich]

Vercci. Once again for being above me.

[malcolio]

Turkey Sandwich, ditto.

[argh]

Hey guys, I think you should maybe try to kill at least one person before HGL gets back, thus far not looking like it's going to happen.

[thesmallbug]

woodchip 50

[harryashfield]

No abstains left, so thesmallbug for being above moi.

[swarfegahead]

harryashfield,

[woodchip50]

*sigh*

swarfegahead for being up.

[friendly spoon]

if we have to kill someone then i might as well go for woodchip

[woodchip50]

please dont.

you don't HAVE to kill anyone!

[malcolio]

We don't have to kill anyone, argh is just trying to give the villians a bit of help. Killing someone based on no evidence whatsoever is just slightly stupid, so I'll give it a miss thanks.

[doctor_fruitbat]

^ Pretty much this. malcolio for being above me, etc; vote for the person above you, and eventually the villains will crack and get someone. Then we just look at who voted for the deceased and hopefully make the right deduction.

[argh]

Time is up, no more votes, watch this space, yadda yadda yadda.

Also, friendly spoon, are you Nub?

The residents of Gothy City all gathered around the city hall once more, Woodchip50 of course staying well out of view of the stage. They mayor, much less intoxicated today, asked who people wanted lynched. Again there was no consensus. The mayor called for the meeting to be broken up, when a voice called from the back, "Remember to lock your doors, I've an ominous feeling for tonight" it said. NO one was really sure who said it, and no one would take responsibility and be singles out. As everyone went home, a few strangers walked up to Woodchip50, "Say man, terrible situation we have going on isn't it?" Not wanting to be rude Woodchip stopped to talk with these people, a fatal mistake. A cloth was pressed over his mouth and the last thing he ever knew in this life was being dragged towards a waiting van.

Summary:
No one was lynched
Woodchip50 was killed by the villains in a very close vote, freakin' close, the tie breaking vote was received after I logged on and before I said time was up. Oh yeah, he was the private eye.

[woodchip50]

and i know so much as well :(

[malcolio]

If that's the only private eye in the game then we're a bit buggered. :(

It was only a matter of time before woodchip50 was killed though, enough people were mentioning his name that if he was bumped off it would be hard to lay the blame on anyone. As it is I think at least one person who voted for him is guilty, as that would be an easy hint to make while not leading back to them.

So to keep the usual tactic going, I vote doctor_fruitbat, last player still alive above me and all that.

EDIT: Oh, we also have police roles too. That's something I guess...

[Ryanstorm]

Malcolio for reasons that you should be able to guess by now ^

[Turkey Sandwich]

Ryanstorm in that case. Usual reasons and that.

[Littleshore]

Christ people this is going to kill us all.

Turkey Sandwich then

[friendly spoon]

yes i am nub
voting for littleshore

[Urlosenged]

I'll follow suit and vote for nub/friendly spoon then.

[Vercci]

Woodchi- oh yeah :D

Urlosenged

[harryashfield]

Vercci, damn it! (above me etc)

[doctor_fruitbat]

harryashfield. Though despite what I said, we're going to have to start thinking about who to kill at some point. :(

[Shalashaska]

doctor_fruitbat

You should all kill me.

I'LL TAKE THE HIT FOR THE TEAM.

[friendly spoon]

kk
Shalashaska

[argh]

Voting closed, watch this space, yadda yadda yadda.

And I'm not trying to be helping the bad guys, I just thought you guys should hear about how close they were so you'd maybe start taking some risks.

The crowd gathered around city hall for another evening meeting. The crowd was somber at having lost their private eye the previous night. The Mayor took his usual position at the microphone, but was unusually morose. "Friends," he began, pausing a moment to collect his thoughts, "We have lost a good man yesterday, a man named Woodchip50, and his death shall not be forgotten, or forgiven. We must find the villains, we must get them out of our city before any more loss of precious life. I would like to take a moment of silence before we begin out duty here tonight." The mayor bowed his head and began a silent prayer for peace to come back to his city. Most of the heads in the crowd bowed as well though a few looked up still. One, an undercover police officer, scanned the crowd trying to get a feel for the residents, to try and figure out who could be one of the villains. The mayor looked up again, "My fellow men and women," the crowd began to raise their heads , "My friends, we must do what we have to do. Who would you like to see killed?" The crowd again just began calling the name of the person next to them. "Aye," the mayor turned his head, "We get no one tonight, I can only hope we get some leads soon...." and with that he walked off the stage. There was some talking within the crowd, but for the most part everyone left. Vercci began walking home, when a man came up besides him. "Sure is a bad business we got going on here. Do you mind if I walk part of the way home with you, I think you live just a block past me and I sure don't want to be walking home alone." Vercci looked at the man,he had seen him in the grocery store, and the local pub. Hadn't talked much but he always seemed like a nice enough fellow. "Why, I think that would be a good idea, can never be too careful." And so they walked. They got to a large nondescript apartment building, the kind that was soulless and cheap when the man turned. "This is my stop, I hope you make it home alright." So Vecci continued walking, but he didn't hear the door open, he heard two footsteps coming towards him. Turning around he raise his arms to a fighters stance, hoping to ward off whatever would be coming at him, but he didn't make it. Something hard hit him and he went down. A young boy, no more than 10, taking the garbage out for his grandfather found him next to the skip. Not only was Vercci dead, but the little boy would never again be the carefree child he was, two lives were destroyed that night.

Summary:
No one was lynched, a shock I know.
Vercci was killed by a lone villain. Guys, you gotta vote, that was lame.

[friendly spoon]

shit
ok we don't really have much to go on so i'll vote for Shalashaska

[Ryanstorm]

yeah okay may as well just go with Shalashaska

[Turkey Sandwich]

I too will go for Shalashaska, just to help get things moving. But if too much bandwagoning goes on we'll know he's innocent, so I'll change my vote.
I notice that the day he was missing was one of the days nobody got killed, so maybe that was a contributing factor? Not much to go on I know, but I don't want to vote based on absolutely nothing.

Edited.

[malcolio]

OK, I mentioned earlier that woodchip50 was probably bumped off by one of those who were voting for him for no reason in previous days. With Vercci removed it obviously wasn't him, so I'm voting for thesmallbug as he has made some pretty weird posts and was the only other person to vote for woodchip50 for no reason, IMO because he wanted to signal a death without it leading directly back to him, hence going for a victim who was already being voted for by someone else for no apparent reason. It's pretty flimsy evidence but IMO it's the only evidence we have to go on after 2 kills.

Plus I don't see any reason why we should bump someone off because they ask us to.

[friendly spoon]

its thesmallbugs first time, i don't think that he would've grasped some of the finer skills that quick.

[Littleshore]

I'm going with Malcolio on this one. I had my doubts about thesmallbug and vercci, and now vercci is dead.

My vote(and i hope people join me) is thesmallbug

its thesmallbugs first time, i don't think that he would've grasped some of the finer skills that quick.

It's not rocket science, you know.

[thesmallbug]

Littleshore because I think he is bandwagoning after copying malcolio to get people to turn against me like what happened to woodchip.

[Littleshore]

Littleshore because I think he is bandwagoning after copying malcolio to get people to turn against me like what happened to woodchip.

Umm.. What happened with woodchip was that someone, let's say you, used verccis MR. CONSISTENCY stunt to signal the other criminals to kill woodchip. The "bandwagoning" was just you, vercci and nub. That is a poor bandwagon if you ask me. Nub seem to be really supportive of your actions, either to protect his own hide, or because he looooves you. Nub is also the first to vote for sha this round.

(Funny thing is, i would probably try to incite a bandwagon against vercci this round, but the villains, or A villain, did, in all his wisdom, kill the person I thought was the most likely suspect)

[Turkey Sandwich]

(Funny thing is, i would probably try to incite a bandwagon against vercci this round, but the villains, or A villain, did, in all his wisdom, kill the person I thought was the most likely suspect)

I was thinking that too. Surely it would have made more sense to let us kill Vercci. Not that I'm complaining, that means we're a player up from where we would have been.

Anyway, I've decided to change my vote to thesmallbug, partly because of the fact he's now accusing someone else of bandwagoning despite the fact that it was he that did it last round, and partly because of being on that bandwagon to begin with. Vercci was being suspect enough, but we know it wasn't him, so...

[swarfegahead]

I too shall vote for thesmallbug, as there isn't really anybody else to go for, and I want to see things get moving.

[Shalashaska]

Christ I was only kidding.

Smallbug seems likely enough at this point.

[friendly spoon]

The "bandwagoning" was just you, vercci and nub. That is a poor bandwagon if you ask me.

I was voting for woodchip because the game wasn't going anywere. If everyone spends the whole game abstaining or just voting for the person above them then we are going to lose.
Nub seem to be really supportive of your actions, either to protect his own hide, or because he looooves you. I do love him have you got a problem with that? I stuck up for him once. When I was voting for woodchip I wasn't paying attention to who else was voting for him.
Nub is also the first to vote for sha this round.
I was the first person to vote for anyone this round.

[harryashfield]

To be honest, I don't think there is enough evidence for either Shalashaka or thesmallbug. We've already killed one innocent and I think the mistake we always make in these games is instantly bandwagoning people which ends in failure.

So I'll stick with friendly spoon for being above me untill we have some concrete evidence.

NB Sorry fo r inactivity, my internets have descended into the dead. They'll be alright by Monday.

[Turkey Sandwich]

One thing to say at this point is that there's usually bandwagoning from the villains when we accuse someone who's innocent, and so far today we haven't seen that for any of the accused.

Which means that one of them is probably a real culprit.

[doctor_fruitbat]

They've killed two people already, so why bandwagon? Presumably they all voted for different people in the first round and are working their way through that list first, and won't start bandwagoning or revealing themselves until they're done. That's essentially what the spies did in the last game, and the slow progress this time is the same as the last, where it took a long time for the spies to vote the same way.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Well it doesn't happen all the time of course, and sometimes they try not to bandwagon so as not to look suspect; but it does happen quite a lot, and I suspect it may have already happened in this game with woodchip (which as I said is one of the reasons I'm voting the way I am today).

Having killed two people wouldn't really be a reason for the villains to sit back and relax and not try to take advantage of the lynchings. Plus I don't think that slow villain voting and lack of bandwagoning in the thread are causally linked - I'm not sure why the villains' having a long list of people they're ready to kill should mean that they can't lynch at the same time.

I guess maybe they could be refraining from bandwagoning to protect themselves, but you'd think at least a couple of them would join in.

[argh]

Voting is closed, blah blah blah, might take a while, I'll be eating while I write this one.

The crowd gathered around city hall solemnly. In two days they had lost two friends. The mayor took the podium nearly in tears. "My friends, we need to stop the terror in our city. I urge the police to step up their investigation before we have another funeral with another grieving family. Another moment of silence for the departed Woodchip50, and one for his friend in the afterlife Vercci" and the mayor, and the crowd all bowed their heads at this. When the moment was over the mayor raised his head and looked over the crowd. "Does anyone know who the villains behind these horrible murders could be?" The crowd was silent at first the Shalashaska stepped forward and shouted. "We need to do something, show the villains we mean what we say when we say we're going to get them. I'm willing to be a sacrifice to show them what we say is true!" He was now visibly shaking, scared that he would die, but secure in knowing it would help the city. A few people cheered, pushing for his death, but other began yelling other names, Notably thesmallbug. The mayor, hearing all the names decided to be diplomatic about the whole thing. "Ladies and gentlemen, we may have our first lynching. Would all those in favor of dispatching thesmallbug please move the the right, and those opposed to the thought move to the left." As the crowd parted, thesmallbugs eyes grew wide "No, you got to listen to me, I'm innocent, I'm innocent" he cried as he tried to rush the stage, but members of the crowd held him back. As they were wrestling with him, a mask fell out of his pocket. "That, that's not mine, who's is that?" Cried thesmallbug in utter panic. The mayor looked down and saw what was happening. "YOU!" He cried in a bellowing voice, "You are one of the villains destroying out town, to the gallows with you!" The crowd dragged the screaming villain to the gallows. The crowd was soo emotional no one noticed the figures who cut out of the mob, and went to talk by themselves. "Who are we going to get tonight?" Asked the first figure, "We should get -----" "NO, we should get ------" "No, ------!" And the two began fighting. The other villains just sat back and laughed, hell, any violence is good.

Summary
thesmallbug was lynched, he was a villainous villain
No one was killed by the villains

[malcolio]

Woo for a good kill! And after defending thesmallbug so much yesterday, I will vote for friendlyspoon. :)

Way too many people voting for friendlyspoon. With that in mind my main suspect is Urlosenged now.

[Ryanstorm]

That's one down, I forget how many more to go :p
I'll vote malcolio for being above me, if I see anyone provide evidence against someone else then I'll probably change my vote, no use wasting it

Edit: Vote changed, see below

[Shalashaska]

Nice

Friendlyspoon, I suppose.

[harryashfield]

Yep, sticking with the same as last time, Friendlyspoon.

[Ryanstorm]

Had a look back through the thread since everyone was voting for friendlyspoon
And have now changed my vote since he seems to have more evidence against him than anyone else

[malcolio]

I'm slightly worried how everyone who has posted so far has jumped on the bandwagon, but oh well. If friendlyspoon isn't a villian he chose the wrong person to support...

[Ryanstorm]

The problem is that we don't really have much evidence on anyone, so our votes are pretty hit and miss

[friendly spoon]

jeez you guys i stuck up for him once.

[Turkey Sandwich]

friendly spoon then. With the lack of any better evidence.

[friendly spoon]

;__;
may as well vote for Shalashaska

[Urlosenged]

I'm not convinced of friendly spoon's guilt but since he's seemingly doomed either way friendly spoon it is.

[Littleshore]

I'm not either, but bandwagons are the way to get something done friendly spoon it is.

[argh]

Voting closed, this is my last day, after now write the beautiful lady named Happy Go Lucky.



The crowd gathered at the city hall for another nightly fear fest. Everyone was in jovial spirits though, they had caught a villain last night, and as he swung from the gallows everyone felt a weight being lifted off their shoulders. One down, three to go. The villains were also happy, they had agreed earlier who to kill on their way home.The mayor was the happiest of all it seemed when he walked on stage. "Tonight friends, it's not time for sorrow, it's time to rejoice. We got one of the bastards!" A cheer rang throughout the crowd. "Shall we do it again, friends?" Another cheer swept the crowd. "Okay ladies and gentlemen, who have we decided must be a villain tonight?" The mayor asked as he swept the crowd with his eyes. He wasn't young, but he was keen. He took note to see who voted for who. "I've a bad feeling about Nub, or should I say: Friendly Spoon. Wuts up with that? Changing your name in a time where we can't trust friends let alone strangers." Called Malcolio. He was a smart one, it's true, but a wee bit paranoid too. Friendly Spoon quickly jumped to the defensive, "I just done got divorced you see, went back to my family name I did. Can bear the thought of being called Miss Nub when I can't stand the sight of the old man anymore. Cheated on me three times in the last year he did. No more I say, no more." "Oh bugger off Friendly Spoon, we see through your disguise," this was Harryashfield now, "We know you just changed it to "Friendly" Spoon so we wouldn't think ill of you, and it didn't work! We are on to you!" With that there was much jeering and yelling. The mayor tried to keep control. "I must admit it was bad timing for changing your name Ma'am, and we are a democratic society, so we'll put it to a vote. Everyone to lynch Ms Friendly Spoon to the left..."and before he could finish everyone except the lady herself moved to the left. "I see, I hate to have a woman hang, but the vote is the vote. I can't bear to watch, so I will let you folks handle it on your own." The mayor turned and walked away, leaving the mob to lynch Ms. Spoon. As she swung the crowd searched her purse. A Crimestoppers card, and a tin of mace was found. She wasn't a villain after all, just a woman scared to be newly on her own.

The villains, after they had their fun lynching the innocent, proceeded on their way tailing Littleshore. One manically twirled his mustache and the other used to mace they stole from Friendly Spoons purse to blind him. They dragged him to a back alley and spayed mace down his throat until he was dead. He was found the next morning.

Summary:
Friendly Spoon was lynched and is a girl. She was a civvy.
Littleshore was killed by the villains and was a policeman.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Let's hear it for the almighty bandwagon.

[harryashfield]

Woo! Bandwagon!

[Turkey Sandwich]

Oh.

I was becoming a little concerned over the amount of bandwagoning going on, but once it's late enough to notice that, it's too late to stop it. And a policeman dead. Bums.

[malcolio]

Bugger, I knew this would happen when nobody was defending friendlyspoon. He seemed so guilty too...

Back to the abstain game methinks, as I can't see any clues to go on. Turkey Sandwich for yadda yadda yadda.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Um, I've just thought of something. We've already lost. :(

If the Villains can kill off enough Citizens so that there are the forces of good and evil are of equal number, then the Villains have won and the Supervillain will kill Ratman in the ultimate showdown! If those on the side of good can execute the Villains, Sidekicks and Superhero before this happens, then Gothy City will become a hive of scum and villainy and threaten the whole country!

I imagine there have been some errors in that, since it mentions a superhero (presumably it should say supervillain), plus it implies that if the civilians win the city will be taken over by evil. But in any case, the gist seems to be that if the good and evil are in equal number, then the villains have won. And since there are 8 players left alive and we know that 4 of them are evil (2 villains, 1 supervillain and 1 sidekick)...

The only way this could not be the case is if the sidekick dosn't count as a villain, in which case we may still have a chance if we're very lucky. Please somebody tell me that's the case?

[harryashfield]

Alright. I'm going to take a well-educated guess here.

The first person to vote for friendlyspoon was Malcolio:

Woo for a good kill! And after defending thesmallbug so much yesterday, I will vote for friendlyspoon.
-
Granted, he did change his vote, but as far as I can see he edited his vote at 8:58, too late in the day, and wouldn't have made a difference anyway, as too many people had already voted for friendlyspoon. So in a way, he changed his vote to seem innocent after being the person that got the bandwagon rolling.

To add insult to injury, he also accused myself, Ryanstorm, and Shalashaka of being early bandwagoners, perhaps to make himself seem less guilty, and shift the blame to the three of us:
I'm slightly worried how everyone who has posted so far has jumped on the bandwagon, but oh well. If friendlyspoon isn't a villian he chose the wrong person to support...

So by my logic, someone who starts a bandwagon, then changes his vote and accuses others to seem innocent seems like the guiltiest one to me. Granted, it's not fantastic evidence, but it's more concrete than what brought friendly spoon down.
So yeah, Malcolio

[Ryanstorm]

So is the game over or not?

[malcolio]

Alright. I'm going to take a well-educated guess here.

The first person to vote for friendlyspoon was Malcolio:

Granted, he did change his vote, but as far as I can see he edited his vote at 8:58, too late in the day, and wouldn't have made a difference anyway, as too many people had already voted for friendlyspoon. So in a way, he changed his vote to seem innocent after being the person that got the bandwagon rolling.

To add insult to injury, he also accused myself, Ryanstorm, and Shalashaka of being early bandwagoners, perhaps to make himself seem less guilty, and shift the blame to the three of us:


So by my logic, someone who starts a bandwagon, then changes his vote and accuses others to seem innocent seems like the guiltiest one to me. Granted, it's not fantastic evidence, but it's more concrete than what brought friendly spoon down.
So yeah, MalcolioSo you're ignoring the fact that I led the way for killing off the first villian?

Anyway, I changed my vote as a last ditch effort to not kill friendlyspoon, and to make myself feel better that I'd started a bandwagon that by that point I was pretty sure was going to kill someone innocent.

Your logic is a bit rubbish really, I accuse you of being bandwagoners because nobody questioned my evidence or provided ideas or counter-ideas of their own, they just simply voted the same way. How is that not a bandwagon? :rolleyes:

Anyway, I'm awaiting to see whether this game has ended or not. I hadn't been keeping track of numbers, but if I had I would have kept the fact that there are the same number of villians and civilians to myself, seeing as if the game ends now the villians have won...

[Turkey Sandwich]

But it would be an unworthy victory if we won after that. :p

Although I have to say that if the game does end now, it would be rather unfair on the civilians. We started with 13 players and, according to the roles, 5 of them were villains (inc. supervillain and sidekick). That's a much higher villain:civilian ratio than we've had in previous games, something like 2/5 (and without a guradian angel of some sort, the villains only needed 3 successful kills to win).

Not casting aspersions on h-g-l's game, just saying that surely it's fairer if the sidekick doesn't count towards the numbers of evil. In that case it would be balanced fine, so hopefully it'll work that way.

[friendly spoon]

*rises from the dead* if there is an equal ammount of goodies and baddies then the good team can't get a lynch because they need a majority vote to lynch, therefore the game is pretty much over. *coffin slams shut*

[Turkey Sandwich]

Afaik the civilians only need a majority of those who voted, rather than an overall majority. So it could still work right up until there's only one civilian left, in theory.

[Ryanstorm]

we may as well continue on

[Shalashaska]

Malcolio

[doctor_fruitbat]

Last ditch effort, then. I'd advise against voting for malcolio, because despite him being an excellent player and unfathomably manipulative... I think he might be telling the truth this time. He certainly didn't seem to be to blame for the bandwagoning.

Shalashaska, for being above me.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Okay then, that's it. Assuming we're continuing, we're still in a really dangerous position, because the villains will probably kill someone tonight and we may not get one of them.

So, I can now exclusively reveal that...I am also a Policeman, just like the rather unfortunate Littleshore. I have discovered many things and, by process of elimination, have worked out who the most likely suspects are. Somehow I've managed to investigate almost every day so far and not discovered a single villain, but I did discover most of the real civilians, so like I said, process of elimination.

These people I know for certain:
Malcolio is a civilian.
Shalashaska is a civilian.
Ryanstorm is a sidekick.

I also believe Urlosenged to be innocent, for policemanly reasons I will explain later.

As for the others (doctor_fruitbat, harryashfield, swarfegahead), at least two of them must be villains. That's because, as we know, there are 2 villains and a supervillain unaccounted for. However, bear in mind that either of the two I named as definite civilians could be the supervillain, or alternatively he could be amongst the three unknowns. So either they're all 3 guilty or just 2 are, and the supervillain is elsewhere.

Anyway, I'm coming forward with this now instead of waiting to really nail them because there's a high chance I could be going out next, and I don't want all that investigation to go to waste. If only there were another policeman to cross-reference information with, we might get those villains after all; but unfortunately Littleshore died.

Anyways, I'd suggest leaving Ryanstorm til later, since he can't take part in murder votes and therefore can't hurt us. The only way he could pose a problem is if he does in fact count as an evildoer, which would tip the numbers in their favour - but if that's the case, we've lost anyway, so there's still no point killing him.

As for my suspicions:
doctor_fruitbat has defended malcolio, and therefore is probably innocent himself. He also didn't bandwagon for friendly spoon, who was innocent.
harryashfield on the other hand, has accused malcolio, joined in the friendly spoon bandwagon and also defended the (guilty) thesmallbug.
swarfegahead did vote for thesmallbug, and I wouldn't really have called it a bandwagon, so perhaps he is innocent also. Difficult to say though, since he's hardly around.
Also, although I checked out Shalashaska, the fact that harryashfield (who I think is guilty) defended him earlier implies he may be the supervillain. Plus he just voted for malcolio, and was the first to join the friendlyspoon bandwagon. Having said that, he did also vote for thesmallbug, but it was looking at that time like he was getting lynched anyway. In any case, that's something to deal with later.

So, I'm going to vote for harryashfield, and urge you to remember that if we the good guys don't stick together, we're going down.

Oh and, in case I don't get time to post tomorrow, and I'm surely going to be killed next: byeee.

[Shalashaska]

Yeah, I haven't really been paying attention to this game.

Just, er, I would strongly urge everyone to go for swarfegahead. He is more than likely a villian, and I can't vote for Harry.

[doctor_fruitbat]

Man lovers!? Fair enough, but we'll need more justification for swarfegahead.

Excellent findings TS. You never know, spies/villains/wolves haven't always been quick on the mark in the past.

[malcolio]

Well this is interesting, as I'm also a policeman!

I've found out the following:

TurkeySandwich: civilian
doctor_fruitbat: civilian
swarfegahead: civilian
thesmallbug: villian
nub: civilian (yes, I found out that he was a civilian but went after him anyway, I thought he must be the supervillian...damn it!)
Urlosenged: villian

I've asked for Ryanstorm's identity today, presuming I'm alive in the next day (and the game is still going) I can confirm TurkeySandwich's find that he is a sidekick.

I'd like to hear TurkeySandwich's reasons for thinking Urlosenged is a civilian, seeing as I've been told he is a villian. btw, this is the real reason why I changed my vote at the end of last night. I presumed I was going to be bumped off, so wanted to leave a clue as to who I thought was guilty, so changed my vote to Urlosenged.

I concur with the rest of TurkeySandwich's reasoning though, although with me having found out that Urlosenged is a villian it means only one of three members TS hasn't found has to be a villian, and I've already ID'd two of them so that leaves harryashfield as the other villian.

So in summary, we have:

Ryanstorm: Sidekick
Urlosenged: Villian
harryashfield: Villian
TurkeySandwich: Policeman
malcolio: Policeman

As for the supervillian, I'm not sure...

Changing my vote to harryashfield.

[Turkey Sandwich]

Aha! Did you catch on to my coded message 'if only there was another policeman' then?

Anyways, it seems that the jig is up for poor Urlosenged, so I'll simply say that my reasons for protecting him certainly had nothing to do with with man loving. :ninja:

Also I notice that Shalashaska has voted for a civilian again. Intriguing. Then again swarfegahead could be the supervillain.

[harryashfield]

Well, at the point of not knowing what the hell is on, and assuming he is a policeman, I shouldn't really vote for Malcolio then. I think I'll go with Shalashaka's idea of swarfegahead in the hope he is the supervillan (and because I love the guy, seeing as that's out in the open)

[Turkey Sandwich]

Wait a sec, are you still pretending to be a civilian? We know you're a villain, which means you know who the supervillain is...
There are only 4 people who could possibly be normal villains, and there are 2 normal villains left. We've got IDs on all of the 4 but you and we're still one villain short, so you're it.

So unless this is some sort of odd double-bluff, the supervillain ain't swarfegahead.

Also, whoever the other civilians are (I now believe them to be doctor_fruitbat and swarfegahead) need to get their vote on pretty quickly. Since swarfegahead seems not to have been around for ages, that leaves one other person on our side apart from me and malcolio.
And at the moment 5 people have voted, 3 of whom I believe are good guys, so we should be winning this vote. But so far we aren't, because the good guys' votes are split as they stand.

After today the civilians will be outnumbered, assuming the villains successully kill someone tonight - and that means that unless by some miracle all of the villains keep forgetting to vote in thread, the surviving civilians will be outnumbered in every lynch vote.

[Urlosenged]

Damn it, I was hoping TS was the only policeman left since I knew he could never betray me his beloved. Anyway the obvious villainly thing to do seems to be to vote Swarfegahead. So I'll do that.

[malcolio]

Aha! Did you catch on to my coded message 'if only there was another policeman' then?

Anyways, it seems that the jig is up for poor Urlosenged, so I'll simply say that my reasons for protecting him certainly had nothing to do with with man loving. :ninja:

Also I notice that Shalashaska has voted for a civilian again. Intriguing. Then again swarfegahead could be the supervillain.It wasn't the coded message, so much as the fact that I thought I was the last policeman left so kept my real identity a secret, but with your ID out of the bag it was better for me to reveal it, so as to make it harder for the villians to bump us off.

And yeah, good points about Shalashaska, I reckon he must be the supervillian then. If we don't eventually win this it's because either the game is offically over or some people just aren't playing the game!

[doctor_fruitbat]

Changing my vote to harryashfield then, but it's a three-way split between him and swarfegahead. :(

[Turkey Sandwich]

or some people just aren't playing the game!

Mm, that would be a sad way to lose the game. But it looks like swarfegahead isn't around any more. :(

[Shalashaska]

Don't vote for Harry, I can't. We need bigger numbers first.

Urlosenged

[harryashfield]

...shouldn't things have... happened...by now? Does H-G-L know that they're taking back over?

[happy-go-lucky]

Agh ok sorry you guys there was a bit on confusion. Yes, the game is still going, I only just realised it should have finished last night not tonight :p
Sidekicks don't count as villains for deciding if the game has finished.

I am just counting your votes, but with all the changes and stuff I am getting confused, so bear with me :D

------

Throughout the day the names of almost everyone residing in the city were called out, with many people changing their minds often during the day. In the end, they decided that nobody should be hung, as they could not agree on one person. The mayor stormed back inside the city hall, cursing the people of his city and their inability to save themselves.
Meanwhile there was just as much confusion among the villains, with one calling for one of their own number to be shot! The others laughed at him, but in they too decided nobody was to be killed.

Summary:

Jeez guys once I get back nobody dies.

[malcolio]

Wait, can the civilians win anyway? If Ryanstorm is a sidekick then he won't be helping the civilians win, so we can't hang ourselves a villain and so we can't win, it's just waiting for the villains to get their act together and kill off everyone else. We now all know who each other's roles are, even if some won't admit it, so maybe it's best to end things now? Or call it a draw. :D

[happy-go-lucky]

Ok, now I'm confused again. I'm still not sure who died while I was away, I may have missed someone.

[malcolio]

Hey, I'm not certain who's left either, and I've been around all the time. :D I'm just going by what TurkeySandwich has been saying, as I'm no good at maths...

[Ryanstorm]

I'm confused too
Have I been labelled as the sidekick in all of this?
I only skimmed through the last page
Whatever, my vote is for malcolio as he is above me

[happy-go-lucky]

There are 4 goodies and 4 baddies including the sidekick.
The game will keep going until either all the baddies are gone, or until there is at least one more bad person than good (including the sidekick)

[Turkey Sandwich]

K then at leats that's sorted. Just in the interests of clarity:

Turkey Sandwich - Policeman
Malcolio - Policeman
Doctor_fruitbat - Civilian
Swarfegahead - Civilian
Shalashaska - Supervillain
Harryashfield - Villain
Urlosenged - Villain
Ryanstorm - Sidekick

I'm now 99% certain that's all correct. Swarfegahead doesn't seem to be around, which means we're a man down, but we can still theoretically win (even though it's not very likely). We'll just have to hope the villains don't get their act together in time. I know they can stop us lynching them, but let's give it a go anyway and vote for harryashfield again.

I also have another plan, but it requires that all the good guys be on the ball, which I know is asking a lot. :p
Basically, if we all vote for harryashfield, the villains will all have to vote for other people, probably splitting their votes so that no one gets lynched. However, if we the good guys all change our votes after this has happened, we can heap our votes on top of one of the people they've voted for and hopefully get a majority. Of course that only helps if it's a villain, but it could work. Maybe.

Course now I've given the plan away, but there wasn't much choice really, as I can't very well tell you it via my psychic mind powers.

[Ryanstorm]

Reveal yourselves and get your acts together villains, they can't beat us if we all vote for the same person
All villains vote Malcolio and lynch Turkey Sandwich
The sidekick's giving orders now :p

[Shalashaska]

I'm a fucking civilian. You're screwed if you kill me, and I can't vote for harry because I'm his lover.

[malcolio]

harryashfield. If the civilians win this I would be embarrassed to be a villain.

Hey, Shalashaska, if you want to keep the façade going, why not at least show some evidence of why you must be a civilian? I'd love to hear it. :p

[Turkey Sandwich]

Admit it Shalashaska, you're as guilty as sin! There's so much evidence against you and none against anyone else, heh.

You're just using not voting for harryashfield as an excuse, because you know that we can't vote for anyone else (I can't vote for Urlosenged and Ryanstorm isn't as much of a threat as the other villains).

[harryashfield]

Turkey Sandwich then.

I'll give all you villains a list of who to kill to coordinate you soon.

EDIT: This should work.

Assuming you all vote for Turkey Sandwich today, and Malcolio Tonight, then vote for swarfargahead, then of course the guilty out of the remaining.

Oh yeah, and my bad about the Mutiny vote. Didn't realize untill too late. Shit. Sorry. We could have won for surew If I'd have guessed that one right.

Harry out.

[Shalashaska]

Admit it Shalashaska, you're as guilty as sin! There's so much evidence against you and none against anyone else, heh.

You're just using not voting for harryashfield as an excuse, because you know that we can't vote for anyone else (I can't vote for Urlosenged and Ryanstorm isn't as much of a threat as the other villains).

As you wish. I didn't know that you couldn't vote for Urlosenged, but if you do kill me, we lose.

[malcolio]

Turkey Sandwich then.

I'll give all you villains a list of who to kill to coordinate you soon.

EDIT: This should work.

Assuming you all vote for Turkey Sandwich today, and Malcolio Tonight, then vote for swarfargahead, then of course the guilty out of the remaining.

Oh yeah, and my bad about the Mutiny vote. Didn't realize untill too late. Shit. Sorry. We could have won for surew If I'd have guessed that one right.

Harry out.btw, I saw your post before you edited it. Ryanstorm has already admitted that he is the sidekick, so your post, before the edit, did more to confirm that Shalashaska was the super villain than anything else. :) I'm impressed by his refusal to admit his role, but then he's the super villian, we can't be 100% sure of his identity unless he tells us it. Still, we're 99% sure and he has no arguments to change our mind...

EDIT: Oh yeah, I had it confirmed that Ryanstorm is the sidekick, so that puts down the nagging doubt that TurkeySandwich might be a Machiavellian supervillian pretending to be another policeman...

[doctor_fruitbat]

Since the villains/sidekicks can't get their votes aligned in the main thread and might even screw up their night vote, I think there's about to be some embarassment on their part. :p

[happy-go-lucky]

this round finishes at 7pm tomorrow evening

[Urlosenged]

All I can do is vote Malcolio to stall anyone being lynched, so I'll do that.

[Ryanstorm]

FAO Harryashfield

Change your vote to malcolio

[happy-go-lucky]

Voting is over (yes late sorry)

Results in soon!

-----
The day was muggy, with the crackle of thunder in the air. The remaining residents of Gothy City gathered in the town square, some coming up with wild plans to save themselves, while a couple of villains began yelling instructions at the rest.

Soon a fight broke out, Ryanstorm and Urlosenged attacking Malcolio, a highly trained undercover police officer. He fought them off and ran home, leaving them dazed in the main square. Meanwhile an extremely girly fight broke out Turkey Sandwich and harryashfield, while harryashfield's lover, Shalashaska, stood by in tears as he pleaded with Turkey Sandwich to leave his beloved alone. Suddenly Turkey Sandwich noticed Urlosenged struggling to stand up, and ran over to help him stand up, and harryashfield ran back to his secret hideout, leaving Shalashaska to make his way home alone.
Turkey Sandwich helped Urlosenged limp back home to bed, and lay down beside him to sleep, falling very quickly into a deep exhausted sleep from which he would never awake.

An hour later, Urlosenged awoke, and crept away to the Villain's base, where he met his sidekick and harryashfield, along with the supervillain behind their master plan: Doctor Fruitbat.
"Who're we killing tonight boss?"
"Malcolio."

Malcolio sat on a chair in the hallway, watching his front door, police issue gun grasped firmly in his hand. Unless you had looked very closely, you wouldn't even have known he was shaking. The door handle rattled, and he aimed the gun carefully at head height. The door began to swing open, and he gently thumbed the trigger. A gunshot rang out, then another immediately after. Urlosenged pushed the door open shakily, looking at the bullet hole a centimetre above where his head had been. Malcolio lay slumped in his chair, the back of his head a mess of blood and fragments of skull, his gun, which had gone off when he was shot, lay on the floor beside him, where it had fallen.
Doctor Fruitbat pushed it towards Urlosenged with his toe.
"You know what you've got to do."

Turkey Sandwich did not even stir as Urlosenged crept into the room. He walked towards the bed slowly, and kissed him gently on the lips before shooting him in the head at point blank range, tears running down his face and mixing with the blood of his murdered lover.

Meanwhile Doctor Fruitbat had gone in search of Shalashaska, not trusting harryashfield not to let his feelings betray him. He found him in his room, hanging from a light fitting with a noose around his neck. Harryashfield's abandonment had proved too much for him to bear, and he had taken his own life.
The Doctor shrugged.
"One less bullet wasted."

Ryanstorm ran through the streets, looking for the house. This was the first assignment he'd been given to do alone, and he didn't want to screw up.
There it was!
He kicked the door in and ran up the stairs, as a door opened and a sleepy Swarfegahead stumbled out. Ryanstorm shot him twice, then walked up to the corpse and shot him once in the head, to make sure he wasn't about to get up again.

Then he returned to the base to meet the others, and begin their conquest of the world...

[malcolio]

Well that explains why doctor_fruitbat didn't vote yesterday. :D

Nice game, groovy narrations from happy-go-lucky and argh. I get the feeling though that playing Wherewolf? doesn't work when people are busy with real life.

[happy-go-lucky]

Yeah sorry about that. I thought there'd be internet cafes then remembered they have them less in tourist areas and my parents would wonder where I was going every other evening :D

[malcolio]

Oh, that wasn't aimed at you, that was more noticing that there were less people playing this game, and that those that did weren't that active. I blame exams and the nice weather.

Anyway, about time the villians won a game, although I think the rules were weighed heavily in their favour. And they got annoyingly lucky in bumping off two special characters right at the start...

[doctor_fruitbat]

*Twirls his moustache* Mwa ha ha ha!

Cool game, thanks. I was just as awful this time as I was in the last at remembering to vote, but never mind. I didn't consciously try to appear innocent except in the usual way of things, so some of the comments justifying my 'innocence' were pretty useful for next time. Looking forward to the next game!

[Turkey Sandwich]

Well fuck me.

Didn't see that one coming, well played there. And sorry about that Shalashaska. :p
I do think the villains got pretty lucky earlier on, but then I guess maybe that's a side-effect of not having any means of protection for the civilians. Still a good game though, with good narration.

Incidentally this is the first time I've ever been on the losing side. It's feels so...strange. Hehe.

[Littleshore]

I was gambling on Ryanstorm being a villain and not just the sidekick this game. Ah well..

[happy-go-lucky]

Anyway, about time the villians won a game, although I think the rules were weighed heavily in their favour. And they got annoyingly lucky in bumping off two special characters right at the start...

Even though the rules may have been more weighted towards them than before, it was still very close.

[malcolio]

Even though the rules may have been more weighted towards them than before, it was still very close.True, but IMO that's only because the villains couldn't agree on who to kill. For example, the game really should have ended a day earlier. Your rules were cool though, I think they would have worked better with a larger group of players, hence another reason why I think putting off the next game until there are more people wanting to play might be a good idea.

[Martinus]

I'll sign up for the next game. :)

[harryashfield]

btw, I saw your post before you edited it. Ryanstorm has already admitted that he is the sidekick, so your post, before the edit, did more to confirm that Shalashaska was the super villain than anything else. :) I'm impressed by his refusal to admit his role, but then he's the super villian, we can't be 100% sure of his identity unless he tells us it. Still, we're 99% sure and he has no arguments to change our mind...


:) Wipe that smile off your face.

[Shalashaska]

I told you.

I fucking told you.

I didn't try very hard in that game.

EDIT: I was all like "Dudes, I'm not the supervillian, be cool." but you never listened.

[malcolio]

:) Wipe that smile off your face.Yeah, that was just a bluff on my part for you to admit your role.

I told you.

I fucking told you.

I didn't try very hard in that game.

EDIT: I was all like "Dudes, I'm not the supervillian, [i]be cool[i]." but you never listened.The reason why we didn't think you were telling the truth might have been because you didn't try very hard in the game. :p

[Shalashaska]

Yes, I was kidding.