Mini 1400(!): Bubble Tape Mafia - It's Over!

[Dunhamganger]

The bookstore, of course, was different than he remembered. He wandered its re-arranged aisles anyway, itching at his new (and excellent) haircut. In the week he'd been out, his clothing had begun to fit him better, which in its way had lessened the sense of foreboding he'd felt on his arrival back in town. Why, then, the lingering dread as he considered the picked-over Bestseller shelves, the pine tables with their CLEARANCE stickers, the supple thuk-thuk-thuk of the twin escalators (he remembered those well). Where once had sat four rows of Fiction and Literature now were bright pyramids of puzzles, board games, Lego; on the far side, near the bank of floor-to-ceiling windows, empty faded carpet criss-crossed by dark impressions where shelves had once sat.

Things he didn't know: 1. The name of the man he was here to meet; 2. The exact reason(s) (though here he had a pretty good idea); 3. What it was, exactly, he planned to do if that pretty good idea turned out to be the gospel truth. He was unarmed; no one knew he was here. A lot had to have changed since he'd gone down those twenty years before, but he knew all too well the trouble with assumptions, the flaw inherent in trust. Yet here he was. Alone. Free. And possibly, he knew, a liability.

And… then he died somehow. The Mafia did it. You all thought the Mafia was gone. Kill the Mafia.

...

Welcome, players, to Bubble Tape Mafia.

Living: 3/13

1. killerjester

(replacing MaverickMaestro)

2. Jake from State Farm
3. Kthxbye

(replacing SafetyDance)

Dead: 10/13

Spoiler:

1. Dave168,

Town Cop

, lynched Day 1.
2. Rondar

(replacing DoubleJD)

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 1.
3. kushm4sta,

Vanilla Townie

, lynched Day 2.
4. mastin2,

Town Deputy

, killed Night 2.
5. zipperflesh,

Mafia Goon

, lynched Day 3.
6. AngryPidgeon,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 3.
7. qwints

(replacing Devourer359)

,

Vanilla Townie

, lynched Day 4.
8. d3x,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 4.
9. Klick

(replacing Cybertronix)

,

Mafia Godfaather

, lynched Day 5.
10. Thor665,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 5.

[Dunhamganger]

Announcements, Announcements, Anoooooooounce, ments

1. Voting:

Votes and unvotes must be in bold to be counted. (Ex:

Vote: Dunhamganger

.) You do not have to unvote between votes for the next vote to be counted. You may

unvote

at any time and need not specify who you were voting for.

2.Lynching

: Lynches require a simple majority of votes. Once that majority is reached, a lynch is achieved and further votes or unvotes will have no effect.

3. No Lynch

: You may

Vote: No lynch

if you wish to end the day without lynching (herp). No Lynch will also require a simple majority.

4. Deadline

: This game will function on a cycle of strict 3-week days. Replacements near deadline will extend that deadline by a maximum of 3 days.

5. Deadline Lynch

: When the deadline passes, if no player has a majority of the votes, the player with the most votes will be lynched. If more than one player is tied for the most votes, no lynch will occur

6. Night and Night Actions

: Night will last for 72 hours maximum. Night actions not received within those 72 hours will not occur. Night actions will be resolved using Natural Action Resolution.

7. Lurking

: Players who sign up in this game are expected to actively post and participate. Players who do not post for 72 hours without prior warning will be prodded. Failure to respond to a prod within 48 hours will result in replacement. Lurking will not be a viable strategy in this game and players who are consistently prodded or post only to avoid being prodded will be replaced at the Mod's discretion.

8. Out-Of-Thread/Beyond-The-Grave Communication

: The game is not to be discussed outside the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so, and then only in the manner stated in your role PM. Don't quote any out-of-thread communications regarding this game in the thread; this includes your role PM. In addition, once you're dead, you may post exactly once more (often called a "Bah" post) before endgame, and it may not contain relevant game content. Any violation of this rule is a modkillable offense.

9. Posting Style

: Do not use odd colors, font size, or excessive images in your posts. Do not be unduly abusive to your fellow players. Do not edit or delete your previous posts. No codes or foreign languages. Failure to meet these criteria will result in warnings and/or replacement.

10. V/LA

: If you are going to be V/LA, please post in the thread if at all possible. Do not assume that a simple site-wide announcement will suffice. Please treat this game like a commitment and respect the time and enjoyment of your fellow players.

11. Questions, Comments, Concerns

: If you have any questions that need to be addressed outside of the thread, please PM me. Otherwise, you may get my attention using either of the following formats:

@Dunhamganger

,

@Mod

.

12. Playing to Win

: If at any point I deem you to be playing against your win condition, you will be modkilled. No exceptions.

13. Catch-All

: If you seem to be violating the spirit of these rules while operating under the letter of them, I will take appropriate action. Fair warning.

14. Fun

: Having fun is by no means mandatory, but I would vastly prefer that each of you have some amount of it. If there's anything I can do to ensure that you do, please do not hesitate to let me know.

15. Modkills

: A modkill will result in the day ending as if a lynch had occurred. Cool.

Sample Role PM:

This is a closed set-up. At least one player has the following role:

Welcome to Bubble Tape Mafia, _________. You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You may post and vote during the day. You may do nothing at night.

You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

(But, I mean. It says their name.)

[Dunhamganger]

Role PMs are being sent out now. Please confirm via PM. We will start when 11 of 13 players have confirmed.

[Dunhamganger]

Day 1 begins. With 13 alive, it will take 7 to lynch.

Apologies for the large number of PMs this confirmation process required.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #1

kushm4sta:

5 (SafetyDance, MaverickMaestro, Cybertronix, Thor665, zipperflesh)

MaverickMaestro:

2 (d3x, Dave168)

Cybertronix:

1 (k4shmasta)

Dave168:

1 (AngryPideon)

Not Voting:

4 (Leonshade, Devourer359, Jake from State Farm, DoubleJD)

With 13 alive, it takes 7 to lynch.

@Dunhamganger: Are you town?

y

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #2

kushm4sta:

4 (SafetyDance, MaverickMaestro, Cybertronix, Thor665)

Cybertronix:

2 (k4shmasta, d3x)

MaverickMaestro:

1 (Dave168)

d3x:

1 (AngryPideon)

AngryPidgeon:

1 (zipperflesh)

zipperflesh:

1 (DoubleJD)

Not Voting:

3 (Leonshade, Devourer359, Jake from State Farm)

With 13 alive, it takes 7 to lynch.

VC 1 has been changed to reflect that I forgot k4shmasta's vote for whatever reason.

[Dunhamganger]

SafetyDance has requested replacement.

I will make a vote count on my lunch break.

[Dunhamganger]

Kthxbye replaces SafetyDance effective immediately. Say hello.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #3

Dave168

: 3 (Cybertronix, Thor665, AngryPidgeon)

kushm4sta:

2 (Kthxbye, MaverickMaestro)

Cybertronix:

2 (k4shmasta, d3x)

MaverickMaestro:

1 (DoubleJD)

AngryPidgeon:

1 (zipperflesh)

Thor665:

1 (Jake from State Farm)

DoubleJD

: 1 (Dave168)

Not Voting:

2 (Leonshade, Devourer359)

With 13 alive, it takes 7 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

Devourer359 has requested replacement. Is it me? Do I smell funny?

[Dunhamganger]

Oh jeebus.

Leonshade and DoubleJD have both requested replacement.

I will post a replacement plea in the Queue and then make a vote count.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #4

Dave168

: 6 (Cybertronix, Thor665, AngryPidgeon, Kthxbye, k4shmasta, zipperflesh)

Cybertronix:

1 (d3x)

kushm4sta:

1 (MaverickMaestro)

MaverickMaestro:

1 (DoubleJD)

Not Voting:

4 (Leonshade, qwints, Dave168, Jake from State Farm))

With 13 alive, it takes 7 to lynch.

Still searching for replacements. Hang tight.

Dave168 is L-1

.

That vote.count is wrong. My vote isn't on cyber.

Right you are.

[Dunhamganger]

qwints replaces Devourer359 effective immediately.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #5

Dave168

: 7 (Cybertronix, Thor665, AngryPidgeon, Kthxbye, k4shmasta, zipperflesh, qwints)

Cybertronix:

1 (d3x)

kushm4sta:

1 (MaverickMaestro)

MaverickMaestro:

1 (DoubleJD)

Not Voting:

3 (Leonshade, Dave168, Jake from State Farm)

With 13 alive, it takes 7 to lynch. What a coincidence.

Dave168,

Town Cop

, lynched Day 1

.

Night will extend until I find the remaining 2 replacements.

[Dunhamganger]

A friendly reminder:

1. Voting:

Votes

and unvotes must be in bold to be counted

. (Ex:

Vote: Dunhamganger

.) You do not have to unvote between votes for the next vote to be counted. You may

unvote

at any time and need not specify who you were voting for.

[Dunhamganger]

mastin2 and Rondar replace Leonshade and DoubleJD, respectively, and effective immediately.

Night deadline is 72 hours from this post, or 6:00 PM CST on 12/10/12

.

[Dunhamganger]

You wake up and hey, look, a dead body.

Rondar,

Vanilla Townie

, was killed Night 1.

With 11 alive it takes 6 to lynch.

Deadline is 12:00 PM CST on 12/30/12.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #6

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665. qwints)

kushm4sta:

1 (d3x)

Thor665:

1 (Jake from State Farm)

kthxbye:

1 (AngryPidgeon)

qwints:

1 (kthxbye)

Jake from State Farm:

1 (zipperflesh)

Not Voting:

4 (Cybertronix, kushm4sta, mastin2, MaverickMaestro)

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

Much obliged to all those who didn't quote Rondar's posts at length.

[Dunhamganger]

Ooh how delightful.

I'll post a vote count either shortly before or right after my show.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #7

AngryPidgeon:

3 (Jake from State Farm, zipperflesh, kthxbye)

kushm4sta:

2 (MaverickMaestro, qwints)

kthxbye:

2 (AngryPidgeon, mastin2)

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665, Cybertronix)

mastin2:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

1 (kushm4sta)

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

Good job with the activity, gents.

[Dunhamganger]

mod - I was reading your ruleset and was wondering what happens in the even of a modkill? Does that end the day or does the day continue?

Dun?

Day will continue.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #8

kthxbye:

3 (AngryPidgeon, mastin2, qwints)

AngryPidgeon:

3 (Jake from State Farm, zipperflesh, kthxbye)

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665, Cybertronix)

kushm4sta:

1 (MaverickMaestro)

mastin2:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

1 (kushm4sta)

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

(Don't get used to this, it's my day off.)

[Dunhamganger]

why am I getting myself modkilled in a few hours just to prove to everyone I am actually town and forcing them to lynch you if I was an Sk or mafia?

13. Catch-All

: If you seem to be violating the spirit of these rules while operating under the letter of them, I will take appropriate action. Fair warning.

[Dunhamganger]

Herp a derp derp, should have seen this coming.

AMENDED MODKILL POLICY:

Being modkilled will result in the day ending immediately as if a lynch had occurred. As of this post.

Adding this to the rules.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #9

AngryPidgeon:

4 (Jake from State Farm, zipperflesh, kthxbye, kushm4sta)

kthxbye:

3 (AngryPidgeon, mastin2, qwints)

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665, Cybertronix)

kushm4sta:

1 (MaverickMaestro)

mastin2:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

Nooooooobody.

AngryPidgeon is L-2.

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

Not enough time for a VC now, but I'll get one up after work. I'll also be prodding MM and informing him that he's violating the spirit of the "no lurking" rule.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #10

kthxbye:

3 (mastin2, kushm4sta, Jake from State Farm)

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665, Cybertronix)

qwints:

1 (kthxbye)

AngryPidgeon:

1 (zipperflesh)

kushm4sta:

1 (MaverickMaestro)

mastin2:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

2 (AngryPidgeon, qwints)

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

Prodding MaverickMaestro and Cybertronix

.

[Dunhamganger]

<3 d3x

[Dunhamganger]

Vote count at some point this evening.

Maverick probably has about until then or I'll replace him.

[Dunhamganger]

lol dunham im dead

Aw, peas.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #11

kushm4sta:

6 (MaverickMaestro, AngryPidgeon, d3x, qwints, Cybertronix, kthxbye)

zipperflesh:

1 (Thor665)

AngryPidgeon:

1 (zipperflesh)

d3x:

1 (kushm4sta)

qwints:

1 (mastin2)

MaverickMaestro:

1 (Jake from State Farm)

With 11 alive, it takes 6 to lynch.

Welp.

kushm4sta,

Vanilla Townie

, lynched Day 2

.

Night deadline will extend to 72 hours after I find a replacement for MaverickMaestro.

[Dunhamganger]

killerjester replaces MaverickMaestro, effective immediately.

Night deadline is set for 10:00 AM CST on 12/17/12

.

[Dunhamganger]

Dead Dudez Inc.

mastin2,

Town Deputy

, killed Night 2

.

Also:

killerjester replaces MaverickMaestro.

In case anyone missed that.

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Day deadline is set for 10:00 PM CST on 1/4/13 (if we're all still alive).

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #12

zipperflesh:

2 (Thor665, Cybertronix)

qwints:

1 (kthxbye)

Jake from State Farm:

1 (killerjester)

kthxbye:

1 (Jake from State Farm)

Not Voting:

4 (zipperflesh, qwints, d3x, AngryPidgeon wait what is this)

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

hypothetically a player has a 1 or 2 shot ability and said player was roleblocked while trying to use that ability, do you count the shot as being used or not used

Not trying to be a dick here but:

6. Night and Night Actions

: Night will last for 72 hours maximum. Night actions not received within those 72 hours will not occur. Night actions will be resolved using Natural Action Resolution.

http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?tit ... resolution

is about all I'll say.

[Dunhamganger]

If zipperflesh hasn't posted by tomorrow morning he will receive a prod.

[Dunhamganger]

Not ignoring you fine folks. VC in the marn.

[Dunhamganger]

So I'm the worst then? Check.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #13

zipperflesh:

5 (Thor665, Cybertronix, kthxbye, Jake from State Farm, qwints)

Cybertronix:

2 (Angry Pidgeon, d3x)

Jake from State Farm:

1 (killerjester)

Not Voting:

1 (zipperflesh)

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Herp a derp derp.

zipperflesh,

Mafia Goon

, lynched Day 3.

Wait what, no replacements needed? What is this?

Night Deadline is 10:00 AM CST on 12/21/12.

[Dunhamganger]

Good morning, captain.

AngryPidgeon,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 3

.

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch.

Day deadline is set for Tuesday, January 8th at 9:30 PM CST.

(haha who'm i kiddin.)

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #14

qwints:

2 (Thor665, Jake from State Farm)

Cybertronix:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

4 (Cybertronix, killerjester, kthxbye, qwints)

qwints is L-2

.

With 7 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

Oh hallo.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #15

qwints:

4 (Jake from State Farm, kthxbye, Thor665, killerjester)

d3x:

1 (qwints)

Cybertronix:

1 (d3x)

Not Voting:

1 (Cybertronix)

With 7 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

Which: convenient.

qwints,

Vanilla Townie

, lynched Day 4.

Night deadline is set for 9:00 PM at 12/22/12. With some latitude in upcoming days/nights for holiday considerations.

[Dunhamganger]

Good morning; good morning.

d3x,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 4.

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

Day deadline is set for 1/10/13 at 8:30 CST.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #16

killerjester:

2 (kthxbye, Cybertronix)

Not Voting:

3 (Thor665, killerjester, Jake from State Farm)

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #17

killerjester:

2 (kthxbye, Cybertronix)

kthxbye:

1 (killerjester)

Not Voting:

2 (Thor665, Jake from State Farm)

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

[Dunhamganger]

This one's my fault. kthx asked me to confirm which days I sent out the generic day start PMs, since he deletes his Inbox, and I said 2 and 5 (which I also implied in the more recent daystart PM). So. My b.

[Dunhamganger]

Let's not get huffy, folks. kthx PMed me to confirm which days I sent out the mass day start PMs and I gave him wrong information. My last post was only to confirm that. Carry on.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #18

killerjester:

2 (kthxbye, Cybertronix)

kthxbye:

1 (killerjester)

Not Voting:

2 (Thor665, Jake from State Farm)

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

Limited access for the next few days as I travel around.

[Dunhamganger]

I will start working on a replacement for Cyber later this week. There's been a death in the family and I'll be flying around the country for a bit and won't be much able to check in, so be nice to each other. Sorry about this.

[Dunhamganger]

Oh crap I still have to replace Cyber.

Sorry sorry, just getting back home. Activity to follow.

[Dunhamganger]

Klick replaces Cybertronix.

[Dunhamganger]

Vote Count #19

killerjester:

2 (kthxbye, Klick)

Klick:

1 (killerjester)

Not Voting:

2 (Thor665, Jake from State Farm)

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

Day deadline is set for 1/10/13 at 8:30 CST.

[Dunhamganger]

Klick. Buddy .

Vote Count #12

Klick:

3 (killerjester, Jake from State Farm, Klick)

killerjester:

1 (kthxbye)

Not Voting:

1 (Thor665)

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch.

Klick,

Mafia Godfather

, lynched Day 5

.

Night deadline is set for 1/7/13 at 7:00 PM CST.

[Dunhamganger]

Good marnin'.

Thor665,

Vanilla Townie

, killed Night 5

.

With 3 alive, it takes 2 to lynch.

Day deadline is set for 1/19/13 at 1:00 AM CST (that's right, I arbitrarily changed the rules. Hi Jake.).

[Dunhamganger]

Go Ravens.

[Dunhamganger]

Bum, ba-da-da dum bum dum duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!

Final Vote Count

kthxbye:

2 (killerjester, Jake from State Farm)

killerjester:

2 (kthxbye)

kthxbye,

Mafia Goon

, lynched Day 6.

The

Town

, consisting of Jake from State Farm, killerjester, and a lot of dead guys, wins!

Roles, thoughts, QT(?) forthcoming.

[Dunhamganger]

killerjester was probably the town MVP. And even if he wasn't, his post 1512 is the hardest I've ever laughed on MS. So. Eat it.

[Dunhamganger]

P.S. I can't believe you cretins thought there was any chance kthx would retain his shots if he got blocked. For shame.
P.P.S. Sorry about the odd situation presented yesterday where I had to step in on kthx's behalf. Entirely my bad for not bothering to do a quick check of my own PMs.

[Dunhamganger]

The thing that most surprised me about this game was that there was never any discussion about the Mafia killing somebody that kthx was instructed to target, thus legitimizing the vig claim. This is probably a little too techy, but what if the Mafia had killed zipper the day after kthx somehow averted his lynch with his claim? kthx claims credit, Cyber's the GF and likely can't be found out, and might could even claim credit for somehow preventing the kill later in the game. Obviously this might be going a little too deep, and the Mafia had no way to know the town was essentially out of PRs, but the fact that no thought was ever given to trying to keep the vig claim from tanking surprised me.