Posted for posterity, here are the rules from Game 8, the one Caasi modded.
Rules for Game 8
This is a minor update to the original rules, mostly in keeping with adjustments and suggestions made over the last 7 games, nothing surprising I think, but vet players should review, I have made changes, and feel free to make suggestions, this is flexible until gameplay begins. 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. 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 Game 8
This is a minor update to the original rules, mostly in keeping with adjustments and suggestions made over the last 7 games, nothing surprising I think, but vet players should review, I have made changes, and feel free to make suggestions, this is flexible until gameplay begins. 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. 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.
Mafia Day one
- 30/08/2009 10:53:04 AM
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Vote tally
- 30/08/2009 11:10:18 AM
1244 Views
Tee hee hee.
- 30/08/2009 11:18:09 AM
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OMGUS - Vote: Fox and Ravens *NM*
- 30/08/2009 03:03:21 PM
785 Views
All right - new usernames (table)
- 30/08/2009 03:35:59 PM
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Alrighty!!
- 30/08/2009 05:42:17 PM
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You should have changed you name to....
- 30/08/2009 06:52:46 PM
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Haha
- 30/08/2009 07:18:10 PM
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Well, I confirm that, I'm an Aes Sedai
- 30/08/2009 08:37:32 PM
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What I really think we should do....
- 30/08/2009 08:49:04 PM
1256 Views
Okay, that's a bad idea
- 30/08/2009 08:52:42 PM
1205 Views
So this means you owe me money, right?
- 30/08/2009 09:16:17 PM
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Re: So this means you owe me money, right?
- 30/08/2009 09:24:22 PM
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Technically
- 30/08/2009 09:27:29 PM
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Re: Technically
- 30/08/2009 09:42:16 PM
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See, now that we have others....
- 30/08/2009 10:09:00 PM
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No way, me too.
- 30/08/2009 11:15:01 PM
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Well, I might as well say it
- 31/08/2009 12:20:58 AM
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Maybe we should just lynch Isaac.
- 30/08/2009 07:32:50 PM
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Just to address that
- 30/08/2009 08:29:01 PM
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Re: Just to address that
- 30/08/2009 08:57:17 PM
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Re: Just to address that
- 30/08/2009 09:01:20 PM
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I'm going to facepalm 
.
- 30/08/2009 09:22:57 PM
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.
- 30/08/2009 09:22:57 PM
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LOL, you miss the point 
- 30/08/2009 09:27:31 PM
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- 30/08/2009 09:27:31 PM
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How does it do that?
- 30/08/2009 09:30:14 PM
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Re: How does it do that?
- 30/08/2009 10:02:33 PM
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Do you mean that since you can't lie, saying you're for the Tower proves your goodness?
- 31/08/2009 01:44:01 AM
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BTW
- 30/08/2009 08:43:16 PM
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I would suggest you do it anyway so they're at least saved on this site. *NM*
- 30/08/2009 10:07:26 PM
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I just sent myself the saved copy I had.
- 30/08/2009 10:17:46 PM
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Game Rules
- 30/08/2009 11:45:00 PM
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Howdy
- 31/08/2009 04:42:47 PM
1128 Views
I still can't see the fuss over Isaac's post
- 31/08/2009 05:25:14 PM
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It was a misunderstanding, I think
- 31/08/2009 06:07:54 PM
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^Read this^ Rather than the long discussion by Isaac and F-T *NM*
- 31/08/2009 07:07:41 PM
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*NM*
- 31/08/2009 07:07:41 PM
690 Views
See, that looks pretty bad for you.
- 31/08/2009 07:37:28 PM
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I think I have to agree with that
- 31/08/2009 08:49:45 PM
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Re: I think I have to agree with that
- 31/08/2009 08:50:00 PM
1231 Views
? Never double-posted that way before *NM*
- 31/08/2009 09:15:21 PM
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Congratulations of discovering new and exciting ways for us to embarrass ourselves 
. *NM*
- 31/08/2009 09:42:49 PM
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. *NM*
- 31/08/2009 09:42:49 PM
688 Views
Well,
- 31/08/2009 09:00:47 PM
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He said it was suspicious saying "For the Tower" as opposed to "For the Light".
- 31/08/2009 09:13:25 PM
1144 Views
It does look suspicous at this point....
- 31/08/2009 09:54:56 PM
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*NM*
I see what you mean but hardly agree with it
- 01/09/2009 02:05:07 AM
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It's the best we've got right now.
- 01/09/2009 02:44:20 AM
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I've done so much today. Hours of engineering and chem...again. *NM*
- 01/09/2009 02:57:08 AM
757 Views
I'm here
- 31/08/2009 06:16:40 PM
1076 Views
What's with everyone switching their usernames to their real names? lol *NM*
- 31/08/2009 08:51:23 PM
730 Views
Might as well move along
- 01/09/2009 12:36:28 AM
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Okay.
- 01/09/2009 02:50:21 PM
1170 Views
Well, WF has had two days to reply, but hasn't even tried to defend himself.
- 01/09/2009 03:24:11 PM
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I don't intend to let him get out of it either.
- 01/09/2009 03:45:31 PM
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Re: I don't intend to let him get out of it either.
- 01/09/2009 07:23:00 PM
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Well, it's easy to mount a defense after you've been told your error....
- 01/09/2009 07:26:29 PM
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Re: Well, it's easy to mount a defense after you've been told your error....
- 01/09/2009 07:36:31 PM
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I don't want a repeat of Game 2.
- 01/09/2009 07:50:57 PM
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This is a good point.
- 01/09/2009 08:06:24 PM
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As soon as he starts getting accused...
- 01/09/2009 09:49:14 PM
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What you did was suspicious
- 01/09/2009 09:50:56 PM
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I wish wotmania were still alive....
- 01/09/2009 10:06:03 PM
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Yeah, and we cut you slack because you were a newbie.
- 01/09/2009 10:10:34 PM
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Oh, well...
- 01/09/2009 10:53:57 PM
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Well...it doesn't change what your doing
- 01/09/2009 11:02:48 PM
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to avoid loads of editing
- 01/09/2009 09:22:36 PM
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All right, I think we need to throw in the towel
- 01/09/2009 09:33:04 PM
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nuts 
- 01/09/2009 09:48:11 PM
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- 01/09/2009 09:48:11 PM
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Re: nuts
- 01/09/2009 10:24:36 PM
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- 01/09/2009 10:24:36 PM
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*sigh*
- 01/09/2009 10:27:57 PM
1119 Views
I still don't think we need to quit.
- 01/09/2009 10:31:30 PM
1184 Views
Guess I'll vote for White Flame as well.
- 01/09/2009 11:46:00 PM
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Great. Everybody's going to be looking at me tomorrow if WF turns out to be a DF
- 02/09/2009 07:21:56 AM
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Re: Great. Everybody's going to be looking at me tomorrow if WF turns out to be a DF
- 02/09/2009 06:58:22 PM
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I think you should probably claim.
- 02/09/2009 08:24:02 PM
1066 Views
I would add my 2 cents here but I'm telling myself to stay out of it.
- 02/09/2009 09:42:48 PM
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Re: I would add my 2 cents here but I'm telling myself to stay out of it.
- 02/09/2009 11:08:44 PM
1081 Views
Day 1 no-lynch is a lose-lose tactic for the Light.
- 03/09/2009 03:24:43 AM
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Who are your warders?
- 02/09/2009 11:10:28 PM
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My claim
- 03/09/2009 05:04:26 PM
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Ok....
- 03/09/2009 05:08:25 PM
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It doesn't sound that outlandish to me.
- 03/09/2009 07:11:06 PM
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Nor I, but we now have some definite leads to work with
- 04/09/2009 05:13:18 AM
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I'm not a warder
- 04/09/2009 01:01:27 PM
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the situation so far
- 04/09/2009 06:02:36 PM
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Can you keep some kind of constant form for the vote counts?
- 04/09/2009 06:11:53 PM
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