Here are the game rules, same as the ones we've been using since Game 8 on Wotmania.
Rules for RAFO Mafia Game 2
New players should read this too, however don't be concerned if you feel a bit overwhelmed, most of the material represents specific bits that don't come up much. Scan it for now, then as you start getting a flavor for the game try rereading it. Big rules remain, post regularly, don't quote the mod, don't edit messages.
1. Your objective is to win the game by fulfilling your win condition by any means possible except for the ways declared invalid by the rules. Because of the necessity of having everyone’s role message look slightly different, and generate them quickly, your role message might accidentally leave something out or be vague, or you might simply think it is, just ask me via NB or email.
2. You may talk however you like in the Game Thread. Try not to speak in the thread too much each Night, as it may ruin the game.
3. The Moderator will not interfere with lying or anything of the sort. You can have nonsense coming out of your mouths for all I care. Seriously, you are encouraged to lie through your teeth, so long as you do not directly quote me or say you are, the latter will also result in a modkill. DO NOT DIRECTLY QUOTE THE MODERATOR. Everything you receive for me needs to be thoroughly paraphrased, assume I will view any paraphrase in the least favorable light.
4. You may NOT use the NB system to communicate game related information during the DAY OR NIGHT, unless your role permits it. Inform the Moderator if a player is trying to talk to you because they are not supposed to. You may only use the NB system to communicate with the Moderator, who will answer questions and activate power roles, or your special faction, which is an exception.
5. When a player has been eliminated from the game, they are not allowed to receive any information that any player has or has received. They will have to wait out the game like a good dead person. No exceptions. The penalty if anyone does not comply to this rule is possible punishment from the next Mafia Game.
6. Day will last until a LYNCH occurs, or when a deadline has been reached. A deadline may be set by a Moderator at any time they deem necessary. A deadline is a granted/limitation of amount of time for the Town to decide upon a lynch. If no consensus is reached by the deadline, meaning no player reaches the majority of votes, a NO LYNCH will occur. Day will turn into Night.
7. Modkills - Basically there are two types. The first, for rules violations, will end the day in the place of a lynch. Where post editing is concerned “three strike you’re out” will be the rule of thumb. Other rules violation, such as direct quotation, is an auto-modkill and ends the day. Message editting for the purpose of tables, hyopcopping, etc is allowed within reason, but please put "Table" in the header of the message, and do not overuse this.
8. Inactivity - If a player goes 4 days without posting, and without posting that they will be gone, they will receive a warning from the mod, 24 hours later they receive another warning, 24 hours after that they will be mod-killed. The three strikes rule applies here too, if I send you two warnings (i.e. two different prolonged absences) you will be modkilled twenty four hours after the second one if you don’t post. Overall, while regular posting is appreciated and expected, it is understood that players often have conflicting or busy schedules. If you are RBIRL for an extended period, at the moderator’s discretion, you may be temporarily removed from the vote total until your return, the same will occur after 96 hours of inactivity, so as not to hamper gameplay. For this reason, while an inactivity modkill will not result in the day automatically ending (as opposed to other modkills) should two happen in one game day, the day will end, and a short period of time (24 hours tops) will pass before night begins while I make sure the two modkills didn’t push the game into a breaking state and reshuffle to restore balance if necessary, at which point players will be updated, and night will begin.
9. You must unvote to vote on another person if you are already voting for someone.
You MUST vote and unvote in the following format:
Vote: TheDragonReborn
Unvote: (name optional, but it would help me if you gave it)
Votes and unvotes in any other form WILL NOT BE COUNTED, except in the header of your post. To bold your vote, use this format (but eliminate the spaces:
< b > Vote: TheDragonReborn < / b >
Single exceptions will be made if someone is clearly trying to unvote, if some sort of last minute rush is involved, but only for unvotes, never votes.
10. Once a player reaches the amount of votes required for a MAJORITY the player will be lynched. Unvotes will NOT BE COUNTED as soon as/after a player has reached majority. To No Lynch, the same number of votes is necessary as to lynch.
11. Dead players may not post. You are dead, stay dead. If a dead player tries to get information out of you by any means (including by NB) report them to the Moderator. Any player doing this may NOT be allowed to participate in the next Darkfriend Game. “Bah!” comments, which are posts by dead players containing no pertinent commentary, are allowed, within reason, for examples see other games, there are usually a wad of them at the beginning and end of each day. I’ve never seen any that were out of line or endangered the game.
12. You may not directly quote any email or NB you receive by the Moderator. Doing so will result in a mod kill. Paraphrase instead. These should be jumbled and different enough for it to be irrelevant, however I do have a somewhat specific style (see game 5) so a paste job might make it very obvious it’s a genuine comment from me. Rephrase everything, even flavor text, and if your not sure feel free to ask me first via NB or email.
13. Once a role activation has been sent in, you may not change it. Asking the moderator to do so will not make you special. If you make a change real quick, with something in the header like ‘Oops, wrong name’ and the timestamps are real close together, an exception may be made, but assume this will not be the case.
14. If you have a Night Action and do not use it BEFORE the Deadline is over, too bad! The Moderator will give enough time for the players with Night Actions to send them in, and enough time for the players without Night Actions to get enough sleep. All Nights will last 48 hours with limited exceptions but the Moderator shall not inform the Town of the exceptions, which would give away too much information.
15. The Moderator will only answer questions as deemed necessary. Do not ask about anything Role-Specific in the Game Thread. Any question like this, or that the Moderator thinks will ruin the game WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. New players are advised to use the NB to ask any sensitive questions, as “How does investigation work?” asked on the game thread, amounts to suicide by DF knife.
16. If you are going to be away for a lengthy amount of time, please be courteous to inform us. It is not the responsibility of the Moderator. The preferred method is to post a thread with RBIRL (Real busy in real life) in the header, reasons aren’t necessary, but a rough timeline would be appreciated, i.e. “Busy this weekend, can’t post much”
17. All of the rules are subject to change as the Moderator see fit. The Moderator will try report any changes to the Rules as fast as they can.
18. This is a game! The accusations may get intense - they usually do - but HAVE FUN!
If any of these rules make no sense to you, please feel free to ask, but the moderator has final say.
Rules for RAFO Mafia Game 2
New players should read this too, however don't be concerned if you feel a bit overwhelmed, most of the material represents specific bits that don't come up much. Scan it for now, then as you start getting a flavor for the game try rereading it. Big rules remain, post regularly, don't quote the mod, don't edit messages.
1. Your objective is to win the game by fulfilling your win condition by any means possible except for the ways declared invalid by the rules. Because of the necessity of having everyone’s role message look slightly different, and generate them quickly, your role message might accidentally leave something out or be vague, or you might simply think it is, just ask me via NB or email.
2. You may talk however you like in the Game Thread. Try not to speak in the thread too much each Night, as it may ruin the game.
3. The Moderator will not interfere with lying or anything of the sort. You can have nonsense coming out of your mouths for all I care. Seriously, you are encouraged to lie through your teeth, so long as you do not directly quote me or say you are, the latter will also result in a modkill. DO NOT DIRECTLY QUOTE THE MODERATOR. Everything you receive for me needs to be thoroughly paraphrased, assume I will view any paraphrase in the least favorable light.
4. You may NOT use the NB system to communicate game related information during the DAY OR NIGHT, unless your role permits it. Inform the Moderator if a player is trying to talk to you because they are not supposed to. You may only use the NB system to communicate with the Moderator, who will answer questions and activate power roles, or your special faction, which is an exception.
5. When a player has been eliminated from the game, they are not allowed to receive any information that any player has or has received. They will have to wait out the game like a good dead person. No exceptions. The penalty if anyone does not comply to this rule is possible punishment from the next Mafia Game.
6. Day will last until a LYNCH occurs, or when a deadline has been reached. A deadline may be set by a Moderator at any time they deem necessary. A deadline is a granted/limitation of amount of time for the Town to decide upon a lynch. If no consensus is reached by the deadline, meaning no player reaches the majority of votes, a NO LYNCH will occur. Day will turn into Night.
7. Modkills - Basically there are two types. The first, for rules violations, will end the day in the place of a lynch. Where post editing is concerned “three strike you’re out” will be the rule of thumb. Other rules violation, such as direct quotation, is an auto-modkill and ends the day. Message editting for the purpose of tables, hyopcopping, etc is allowed within reason, but please put "Table" in the header of the message, and do not overuse this.
8. Inactivity - If a player goes 4 days without posting, and without posting that they will be gone, they will receive a warning from the mod, 24 hours later they receive another warning, 24 hours after that they will be mod-killed. The three strikes rule applies here too, if I send you two warnings (i.e. two different prolonged absences) you will be modkilled twenty four hours after the second one if you don’t post. Overall, while regular posting is appreciated and expected, it is understood that players often have conflicting or busy schedules. If you are RBIRL for an extended period, at the moderator’s discretion, you may be temporarily removed from the vote total until your return, the same will occur after 96 hours of inactivity, so as not to hamper gameplay. For this reason, while an inactivity modkill will not result in the day automatically ending (as opposed to other modkills) should two happen in one game day, the day will end, and a short period of time (24 hours tops) will pass before night begins while I make sure the two modkills didn’t push the game into a breaking state and reshuffle to restore balance if necessary, at which point players will be updated, and night will begin.
9. You must unvote to vote on another person if you are already voting for someone.
You MUST vote and unvote in the following format:
Vote: TheDragonReborn
Unvote: (name optional, but it would help me if you gave it)
Votes and unvotes in any other form WILL NOT BE COUNTED, except in the header of your post. To bold your vote, use this format (but eliminate the spaces:
< b > Vote: TheDragonReborn < / b >
Single exceptions will be made if someone is clearly trying to unvote, if some sort of last minute rush is involved, but only for unvotes, never votes.
10. Once a player reaches the amount of votes required for a MAJORITY the player will be lynched. Unvotes will NOT BE COUNTED as soon as/after a player has reached majority. To No Lynch, the same number of votes is necessary as to lynch.
11. Dead players may not post. You are dead, stay dead. If a dead player tries to get information out of you by any means (including by NB) report them to the Moderator. Any player doing this may NOT be allowed to participate in the next Darkfriend Game. “Bah!” comments, which are posts by dead players containing no pertinent commentary, are allowed, within reason, for examples see other games, there are usually a wad of them at the beginning and end of each day. I’ve never seen any that were out of line or endangered the game.
12. You may not directly quote any email or NB you receive by the Moderator. Doing so will result in a mod kill. Paraphrase instead. These should be jumbled and different enough for it to be irrelevant, however I do have a somewhat specific style (see game 5) so a paste job might make it very obvious it’s a genuine comment from me. Rephrase everything, even flavor text, and if your not sure feel free to ask me first via NB or email.
13. Once a role activation has been sent in, you may not change it. Asking the moderator to do so will not make you special. If you make a change real quick, with something in the header like ‘Oops, wrong name’ and the timestamps are real close together, an exception may be made, but assume this will not be the case.
14. If you have a Night Action and do not use it BEFORE the Deadline is over, too bad! The Moderator will give enough time for the players with Night Actions to send them in, and enough time for the players without Night Actions to get enough sleep. All Nights will last 48 hours with limited exceptions but the Moderator shall not inform the Town of the exceptions, which would give away too much information.
15. The Moderator will only answer questions as deemed necessary. Do not ask about anything Role-Specific in the Game Thread. Any question like this, or that the Moderator thinks will ruin the game WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. New players are advised to use the NB to ask any sensitive questions, as “How does investigation work?” asked on the game thread, amounts to suicide by DF knife.
16. If you are going to be away for a lengthy amount of time, please be courteous to inform us. It is not the responsibility of the Moderator. The preferred method is to post a thread with RBIRL (Real busy in real life) in the header, reasons aren’t necessary, but a rough timeline would be appreciated, i.e. “Busy this weekend, can’t post much”
17. All of the rules are subject to change as the Moderator see fit. The Moderator will try report any changes to the Rules as fast as they can.
18. This is a game! The accusations may get intense - they usually do - but HAVE FUN!
If any of these rules make no sense to you, please feel free to ask, but the moderator has final say.
Insert theme music here.
RAFO Mafia 2: Day 1 - The Greatest Game Ever Played
18/09/2009 06:55:33 AM
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Game Rules
18/09/2009 06:59:02 AM
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Is it really the greatest game ever played?
18/09/2009 12:28:57 PM
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Cosmic Chess between the Dark One and the Creator?
18/09/2009 05:53:04 PM
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Vote Table ...
19/09/2009 04:25:51 AM
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Re: Vote Table ...
19/09/2009 05:55:27 AM
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Let's see if we can get this moving
19/09/2009 08:34:50 PM
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Um...
19/09/2009 08:56:24 PM
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Maybe
19/09/2009 09:09:07 PM
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well im somebody
19/09/2009 10:25:24 PM
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Same here.
20/09/2009 02:20:39 AM
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I'm not sure
20/09/2009 01:55:12 AM
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Problem is...
20/09/2009 02:08:01 AM
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Character Info Table 1 - Last Update 1:04 AM EST, 20 September
20/09/2009 03:42:51 AM
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I think everyone is from a different series.
20/09/2009 03:44:21 AM
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Did she? Must have missed that
20/09/2009 04:06:32 AM
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I am a main character, plus SHOCKING REVELATION INSIDE!
20/09/2009 05:22:28 AM
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well we could all name ourselves
20/09/2009 06:29:58 AM
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Doesn't seem like it would be that effective.
20/09/2009 08:01:06 PM
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Now what I think we should do is...
20/09/2009 08:28:36 PM
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Let's narrow that down a bit
20/09/2009 09:45:00 PM
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I like the plan
21/09/2009 12:15:57 AM
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Re: I like the plan
21/09/2009 12:37:02 AM
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I don't mind being the first
21/09/2009 12:44:45 AM
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All right, I'll join in there
21/09/2009 12:55:00 AM
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Player Background Settings (Table) - Update 0117 23.9
21/09/2009 01:52:39 AM
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Re: Player Background Settings (Table) - Last Update 9:56 pm EST, 20 Sept
21/09/2009 04:38:46 AM
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I'm from Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars or Lord of The Rings *NM*
21/09/2009 07:35:21 AM
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I'm confident that naming our series won't make a difference at all
21/09/2009 01:41:58 PM
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That format for claiming won't really work for me.
21/09/2009 06:05:29 PM
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Why wouldn't it?
21/09/2009 10:08:18 PM
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I think that's probably good...
21/09/2009 11:01:43 PM
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Re: I think that's probably good...
21/09/2009 11:10:21 PM
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No, Shakespeare wrote/created me.
21/09/2009 11:14:13 PM
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So you're not Simba from The Lion King?
22/09/2009 05:38:22 AM
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That's a good movie *NM*
23/09/2009 01:59:50 AM
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So let's start up some action...
21/09/2009 04:45:32 AM
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It's time to do something!
22/09/2009 12:44:52 PM
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Okay...
22/09/2009 08:18:00 PM
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Isaac didn't influence me at all
22/09/2009 08:45:56 PM
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Our current summary (Table) - Update 0114 EST 22.9
23/09/2009 01:56:08 AM
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I forgot to name; Wheel of Time, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings *NM*
23/09/2009 02:08:27 AM
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About that...
23/09/2009 04:18:38 AM
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Re: About that...
23/09/2009 05:02:59 AM
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Is Moloch dead?
23/09/2009 03:54:55 AM
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Moloch is now DEAD.
23/09/2009 05:08:13 AM
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Arghhhhh 9 more days *NM*
23/09/2009 05:25:03 AM
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Moloch was a lightside/townie Jedi from Star Wars?
23/09/2009 05:40:55 AM
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Re: Moloch was a lightside/townie Jedi from Star Wars?
23/09/2009 11:31:38 PM
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Have we seen anyone die in TAR?
24/09/2009 04:36:23 AM
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How do you know for a fact he was a townie jedi? Or was that a joke. I missed the memo. *NM*
24/09/2009 04:58:55 AM
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Re: How do you know for a fact he was a townie jedi? Or was that a joke. I missed the memo.
25/09/2009 12:52:04 AM
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Vote: Gher
23/09/2009 06:12:38 AM
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I really doubt he's a DF
23/09/2009 12:38:29 PM
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You haven't sparred with him as much
23/09/2009 12:48:21 PM
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He probably does have some useful information, due to his uniquity.
23/09/2009 03:30:49 PM
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Re: You haven't sparred with him as much
23/09/2009 04:34:24 PM
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Re: You haven't sparred with him as much
23/09/2009 07:53:00 PM
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I agree with Fox and Ravens
23/09/2009 01:38:49 PM
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Trivial Laws of Shakespeare?
23/09/2009 02:33:54 PM
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Alright.
23/09/2009 06:49:34 PM
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White Light or Darkness [Table]: That's everyone, unless Marshall wants to clarify
23/09/2009 06:54:40 PM
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Yeah, white light.
24/09/2009 01:14:59 AM
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Still fairly sure, I did expect a majority of White Light answers. *NM*
24/09/2009 01:44:33 AM
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Re: White Light or Darkness [Table]: (Updated at 1:50:56 24/09 RAFO time) 7 have answered, 7 haven't
24/09/2009 02:55:25 AM
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Vote: Blaine
24/09/2009 04:31:27 AM
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Re: Vote: Blaine
24/09/2009 04:53:46 AM
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Are you completely sure?
24/09/2009 11:18:36 PM
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White + Very Bright *NM*
24/09/2009 04:49:14 AM
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Bright White Light *NM*
24/09/2009 11:01:31 AM
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Whoops! Was Editing fobridden? I just changed it from Whte Light to Bright White Light after ...
24/09/2009 11:05:37 AM
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Why don't you tell us what you got?
25/09/2009 01:58:54 AM
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^Seconded.
25/09/2009 02:28:38 AM
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Re: ^Seconded.
25/09/2009 03:02:47 AM
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Damn't I took too long typing; Gher already said what his was. *NM*
25/09/2009 03:05:03 AM
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Whaat??? I didn't check for 2 days and there is 91 new replies!? *NM*
24/09/2009 10:37:46 AM
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I will be gone until monday, I couldn't remember the time of inactivity required for modkill, so...
24/09/2009 09:47:07 PM
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Hmm... I swear I replied to this.
25/09/2009 01:37:05 AM
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Over 200 posts and nothing has happened or been decided besides one mod-kill. Come on guys.
25/09/2009 01:55:45 AM
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Dude, we've gone well over 200 before with no lynch.
25/09/2009 03:50:26 AM
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Re: Dude, we've gone well over 200 before with no lynch.
25/09/2009 04:44:37 AM
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Re: Dude, we've gone well over 200 before with no lynch.
26/09/2009 09:31:02 PM
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All right, White Light and Darkness.
25/09/2009 03:00:51 AM
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Thanks for the reveal.
25/09/2009 03:13:49 AM
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Well, at the rate this is going...
26/09/2009 10:38:49 PM
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...I guess this makes sense for you
26/09/2009 11:18:02 PM
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I think I missed something
27/09/2009 01:29:38 AM
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He didn't exactly lie...
27/09/2009 02:13:02 AM
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I will say....
27/09/2009 05:23:37 AM
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Re: I will say....
27/09/2009 05:58:10 AM
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Well, yeah.
27/09/2009 05:31:11 AM
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Re: Well, yeah.
27/09/2009 06:10:53 AM
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Re: Well, yeah.
27/09/2009 06:50:39 AM
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My two cents- Gher is making me nervous. He's doing divide-and-conquer
27/09/2009 06:26:33 PM
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So! <b>Vote: Gher</b> *NM*
27/09/2009 06:27:01 PM
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Sigh...
27/09/2009 06:31:04 PM
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Yeah, it doesn't work in the title, but game rules allow you to just put Vote: PLayer X in the title *NM*
27/09/2009 08:49:39 PM
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You're from Twilight?!?
27/09/2009 06:32:56 AM
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Now I'm really confused.
27/09/2009 07:39:35 AM
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What just happened there? *NM*
27/09/2009 09:07:36 AM
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WOO
27/09/2009 02:03:10 AM
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Re: WOO
27/09/2009 02:16:42 AM
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are you asking me personally?
27/09/2009 04:13:16 AM
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not necessarily, it was meant for anyone to repsond to if they wanted. *NM*
27/09/2009 05:34:40 AM
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Vote Table (Update 6:41 RAFO time)
27/09/2009 04:39:20 PM
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Well, I don't see what Gher did as a problem...
27/09/2009 05:00:32 PM
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See my post above for why I think Hobo is innocent, and Gher likely a DF
27/09/2009 06:36:57 PM
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I don't know about this
27/09/2009 06:55:21 PM
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What does "bussed?" mean
27/09/2009 07:03:20 PM
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since gher has lied
27/09/2009 06:21:28 PM
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I'll go with it.
27/09/2009 06:24:08 PM
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I didn't vote
27/09/2009 06:56:48 PM
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Looks like I started something...
27/09/2009 11:42:46 PM
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I'm back--let me read over stuff. Will be prepared by tomorrow. *NM*
28/09/2009 01:23:58 AM
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How bout a deal?
28/09/2009 05:09:28 AM
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Look, I'm all for lynching Hobo...
28/09/2009 01:48:07 PM
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I really don't like this "voting just for the sake of a lynch" business.
28/09/2009 03:48:51 PM
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Why is Gher less suspicious?
28/09/2009 05:21:51 PM
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I think his point was that lynching someone is better than lynching no one.
28/09/2009 07:49:47 PM
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I don't think so
28/09/2009 03:07:42 PM
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Ooh, a third party does seem kind of likely, doesn't it?
28/09/2009 03:30:10 PM
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It's a high probability
28/09/2009 03:45:40 PM
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So, you're saying that if Gher was innocent, he would have been lynched by now?
28/09/2009 05:06:05 PM
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I think we shouldn't lynch anyone first day.
28/09/2009 04:55:43 PM
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I demand blood! Plus, with so many people, we're likely to hit at least ONE faction,
28/09/2009 05:15:34 PM
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Day 1 no-lynch is an absolutely and objectively detrimental technique for the Light.
28/09/2009 07:24:01 PM
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There are many other factors than pure math involved.
28/09/2009 09:11:34 PM
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Thanks for making me doubt again.
28/09/2009 09:26:17 PM
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Vote Gher! We shall find the truth in his entrails! *NM*
28/09/2009 09:37:59 PM
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Blast! I was sure swallowing the evidence would ensure it remains uncompromised. *NM*
28/09/2009 09:40:09 PM
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All right
28/09/2009 10:03:40 PM
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So...
28/09/2009 10:47:44 PM
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Hobo has been Lynched.
29/09/2009 03:31:32 AM
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