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Well, I can shed a bit of light on them and why I selected them Isaac Send a noteboard - 22/06/2011 11:56:05 PM
Well, I know of the Untouchables and I watched 40 minutes of Blade Runner once. So thus my votes.


Obviously the major reason was I knew all these series/games/history decently well, that they weren't obscure, and that I felt they all fit to mafia/mystery template.

I kinda wanted to pick themes I figured had a good chance of being 'well-known' to the kinda crowd we have here and across RAFO, and to spread out the genre options, most have murder-mystery as a strong component except the Untouchables which is just flat out mafia. Untouchables obviously isn't a book series or anything but I figured most everyone would know of them, at least amongst our American players, alternatively 40k and Revelation Space are of UK origin and more popular over there.

Blade Runner's an 80's cult classic that revolves around a detective, and is usually considered on of the main inspirations of Cyberpunk kinda of tied with some others for second after William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy.

Dresden files had a 1 season TV show you can watch on Hulu and is modern fantasy/mystery, so another touch-base with a mystery-flavored setup... I actually figured it would be the default pick #1. The Alex Cross stuff isn't even a little bit sci-fi or fantasy but it's one of the best-selling murder-mystery series, and like Untouchables it was offered to see if non-SF/F gathered interest. Revelation Space is a very hard sci-fi series, with a strong touch of horror like Alien or I am Legend (book not movies) and was picked in large part because it gave a flavor excuse to have people confined together, stuck on a ship and all. 40k was mostly picked because I've seen a lot of references to it over the years on RAFO/WoTmania and it struck me as maybe having some recruiting power, it's also raw super-cheesy Space Opera and struck me as probably the best known of that sort that didn't have 'Star' in it's name (Trek, Wars, Gate) or wasn't a retired classic like Foundation, Lensmen, etc. That's pretty much the long and short of it.

I guess we can exclude Cross and Revelation Space, no interest thus far... so Dresden, 40k, Untouchables, or Blade Runner for our Final Four :P
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Mafia 22: Little Bit of Each. Kronin al'Sulc - 10/06/2011 09:20:45 PM 1346 Views
Avenge uuuuussssssssss!!! *NM* Fox and Ravens - 10/06/2011 10:23:17 PM 453 Views
What, both of you? beetnemesis - 10/06/2011 10:38:38 PM 764 Views
Lol. Oh yeah. Fox and Ravens - 10/06/2011 10:59:06 PM 742 Views
That is a cheerfully bipartisan comment Isaac - 10/06/2011 11:25:16 PM 794 Views
Re: That is a cheerfully bipartisan comment Fox and Ravens - 11/06/2011 02:23:05 AM 951 Views
being dead sucks *NM* Yunalesca - 11/06/2011 03:07:33 PM 510 Views
HA! beetnemesis - 10/06/2011 10:38:11 PM 861 Views
Oh good. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 12:08:29 AM 780 Views
Hmm. Meant to reply to the original post. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 12:09:27 AM 462 Views
I'm not objecting, just wondering what the hey you're talking about beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:17:48 AM 933 Views
I think Isaac was suspiciously unwilling to lynch Stephen. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:53:43 AM 918 Views
Well, the good news is that we seem to be narrowing it down quickly beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 05:03:32 AM 814 Views
I pretty much agree. Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:11:07 AM 823 Views
I was surprised. ranagrande - 13/06/2011 09:59:14 PM 859 Views
Hah. beetnemesis - 13/06/2011 10:40:26 PM 681 Views
Isn't that always the case? *NM* Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 11:10:43 PM 468 Views
Plausible. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2011 06:15:47 AM 843 Views
How did I through ? under the bus? (and using punctuation after the word "bus" doesn't count) Gher - 11/06/2011 04:19:43 AM 940 Views
Maybe not "threw," but it could have been a nudge beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 04:46:30 AM 935 Views
Which would have been near suicide for a scummer to do. Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:15:24 AM 778 Views
I think that's what he's suggesting Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 02:55:18 PM 793 Views
That's exactly what I was suggesting. But again, it seems a bit unlikely beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:28:56 PM 803 Views
It's possible Gher - 11/06/2011 06:44:48 PM 932 Views
Re: HA! Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:20:05 AM 943 Views
Oh, I know a few other people suspected him. beetnemesis - 11/06/2011 03:31:17 PM 781 Views
Isaac and Ranagrande both stood out after Yesterday's lynch Gher - 11/06/2011 04:04:51 AM 810 Views
I'm not a doublevoter, to my knowledge. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:32:43 AM 706 Views
Which you obviously do recall since that's what you linked to 8-. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 04:33:37 AM 576 Views
Excellent way to keep things murky. Publicly ask the Mod why the vote count is off... Gher - 11/06/2011 06:31:14 PM 886 Views
Are you suggesting that I'm a scum doublevoter? Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 07:57:35 PM 811 Views
No, I'm not. Gher - 13/06/2011 06:20:48 PM 832 Views
Yeah, I noticed that too. Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:14:14 AM 746 Views
It's me. Hobo - 11/06/2011 07:12:05 AM 818 Views
Except that you didn't have a vote on Darth_Katie. Fanatic-Templar - 11/06/2011 05:40:55 PM 750 Views
Mod wouldn't want to admit he made a mistake? Hobo - 11/06/2011 10:35:07 PM 925 Views
EBWOP Hobo - 11/06/2011 10:39:09 PM 855 Views
There's nothing to my knowledge. *NM* Darth_Katie - 12/06/2011 09:31:32 AM 550 Views
I probably made a mistake. Kronin al'Sulc - 12/06/2011 06:34:29 PM 850 Views
Alright. Gher - 13/06/2011 06:22:52 PM 913 Views
Yeah, I got RB'd last Night Darth_Katie - 11/06/2011 06:30:22 AM 857 Views
So, time to check in again Stephen - 12/06/2011 05:58:41 PM 868 Views
Do you have any comments on our current thoughts? Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 12:11:10 PM 842 Views
Yeah Stephen - 14/06/2011 01:53:53 PM 864 Views
Bulletproof's another scum favourite claim. Fanatic-Templar - 14/06/2011 06:44:29 PM 832 Views
Bulletproof, really? Gher - 14/06/2011 08:46:00 PM 961 Views
Myrole message explicitly states that I can't be NK'ed *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 09:32:19 PM 586 Views
Hmm. Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 09:43:40 PM 845 Views
Pretty much the whole scarcity of his role Stephen - 14/06/2011 10:24:44 PM 851 Views
Semi-BP thing? One-shot BP is not that unusual. *NM* Gher - 14/06/2011 11:12:57 PM 572 Views
Errr... you can talk you way out of a NK? That seems odd beetnemesis - 15/06/2011 01:11:03 AM 747 Views
Yes, I can. Stephen - 15/06/2011 01:44:06 PM 773 Views
If I may quote Shakespeare: beetnemesis - 16/06/2011 03:23:22 PM 869 Views
It's not an OMGUS when you're obviously scum Stephen - 16/06/2011 05:01:24 PM 806 Views
So... Stephen, Gher, Hobo or ranagrande? beetnemesis - 12/06/2011 08:01:21 PM 796 Views
Re: So... Stephen, Gher, Hobo or beetnemesis? ranagrande - 13/06/2011 09:49:06 PM 893 Views
That does sound like a pretty cool scum plan beetnemesis - 13/06/2011 10:47:17 PM 768 Views
RBIRL Hobo - 15/06/2011 08:37:41 PM 818 Views
Wake me if you people ever get around to lynching Stephen. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 16/06/2011 06:49:58 PM 492 Views
Vote: Stephen *NM* Darth_Katie - 16/06/2011 08:25:19 PM 472 Views
Wake up ranagrande - 16/06/2011 09:08:25 PM 709 Views
Stephen has been Lynched. Kronin al'Sulc - 16/06/2011 09:48:32 PM 791 Views
Twilight Kronin al'Sulc - 17/06/2011 05:08:04 AM 771 Views
I'll admit I'm surprised, did not expect his roleclaim to be true. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 05:24:35 AM 490 Views
Sorry? *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 17/06/2011 07:40:33 AM 439 Views
You should be. Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 08:07:50 AM 752 Views
Upcoming Game, a Survey, and some general bookkeeping Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:44:29 PM 829 Views
Themes Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:45:02 PM 829 Views
I vote for Dresden Files *NM* beetnemesis - 17/06/2011 05:24:53 PM 546 Views
I vote for the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 06:11:49 PM 438 Views
Untouchables. *NM* Fox and Ravens - 17/06/2011 06:16:42 PM 456 Views
Blade Runner *NM* Stephen - 17/06/2011 06:27:02 PM 469 Views
I think Warhammer 40k would be cool... *NM* ? - 17/06/2011 10:25:58 PM 457 Views
Untouchables or Blade Runner *NM* Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:14:05 AM 473 Views
Survey Isaac - 17/06/2011 04:46:06 PM 872 Views
Re: Survey beetnemesis - 17/06/2011 05:24:28 PM 834 Views
Re: Survey Fanatic-Templar - 17/06/2011 06:18:42 PM 852 Views
Re: Survey Stephen - 17/06/2011 06:34:01 PM 895 Views
Re: Survey ranagrande - 19/06/2011 04:49:59 PM 917 Views
Re: Survey Fox and Ravens - 19/06/2011 06:40:42 PM 832 Views
I like variety. Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:13:09 AM 775 Views
Heeeeellllloooooo ? - 17/06/2011 10:22:49 PM 818 Views
beetnemesis has been killed beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 12:55:03 AM 737 Views
Wanna know a secret? Kronin al'Sulc - 22/06/2011 04:01:39 AM 822 Views
Haha, no worries beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 04:51:42 AM 773 Views
As long as you don't start sending out death threats in the middle of the night. *NM* Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 05:17:53 AM 452 Views
No one else has voted for Dresden Files; I'm almost beyond threats! beetnemesis - 22/06/2011 05:44:42 AM 735 Views
I'm actually not familiar with any of Isaac's suggestions, embarassingly . Fanatic-Templar - 22/06/2011 06:12:22 AM 757 Views
Me either Fox and Ravens - 22/06/2011 01:14:20 PM 748 Views
Me as well. Darth_Katie - 22/06/2011 11:04:57 PM 754 Views
Well, I can shed a bit of light on them and why I selected them Isaac - 22/06/2011 11:56:05 PM 837 Views
Perhaps ranked voting this time? *NM* Stephen - 23/06/2011 12:26:47 AM 492 Views
That's probably the best way Isaac - 23/06/2011 01:59:43 AM 1080 Views
Votes for the Vote God! beetnemesis - 23/06/2011 02:14:49 AM 734 Views
My girlfriend will inevitably make me watch Dresden Files in the near future, Fanatic-Templar - 23/06/2011 04:38:08 AM 697 Views
I feel like a Star Wars fanatic hearing that someone's first experience will be with Episode 1. beetnemesis - 23/06/2011 06:07:23 AM 727 Views
Don't even joke about that kind of thing *NM* Scott Blademaster - 23/06/2011 06:36:15 AM 514 Views
It is definitely a 'watch it before you read it' series Isaac - 23/06/2011 07:21:41 AM 762 Views
Probably the same way I feel about the LotR movies. Fanatic-Templar - 23/06/2011 11:45:46 PM 770 Views
Re: That's probably the best way Stephen - 23/06/2011 12:00:31 PM 706 Views
Re: That's probably the best way Darth_Katie - 23/06/2011 02:01:25 PM 785 Views
I'll abstain from voting. ranagrande - 23/06/2011 02:11:42 PM 946 Views
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