Mini 1476: Dewey Decimal Mafia (Game Over)

[saulres]

Game Rules

Spoiler: General Rules

1. The site-wide rules apply. Read them and then do not break them. Some of them are so important they're listed here as well, because redundancy is your friend.
   
2. The site-wide rules apply. Read them and then do not break them. Some of them are so important they're listed here as well, because redundancy is your friend.
   
3. Play to win. Most players want to win legitimately, don't ruin their enjoyment by playing against your wincon.
   
4. If you have the ability to edit or delete your posts in this thread, don't do it. If there is a problem with a post, such as incorrect formatting, ask me in the thread to fix it for you.
   
5. Do not quote anywhere any PMs between you and me (including role PMs), or quicktopics, or anything else that originated outside of the game thread. This includes PM timestamps. Paraphrasing is allowed. If in doubt, ask.
   
6. Do not use cryptography, invisible text, tiny text, or anything like that.
   
7. Do not impersonate or pretend to be the moderator. Blue is my color, don't use it or anything close to it.
   
8. Unless the moderator has specifically told you it is allowed, do not talk about this game outside of this game thread until I have announced that the game is over.
   
9. Do not bring outside factors into this game. This includes, among other things, making bets, promises of real life rewards, etc.
   
10. Do not use any form of provable randomness. Claiming you rolled dice and acting on that is fine. Using dice tags is not.
    
11. Pretending to break a rule will be treated the same as breaking the rule. It's up to my discretion whether I think you pretended to break or rule or not, so if you're not sure, ask first.
    
12. We're all here to have fun. Tempers may flare, but avoid personal attacks and keep it civil. I will have very little tolerance if someone complains about the way you're talking to them.
    
13. Breaking one of these rules may, at my discretion, result in a modkill. If you are modkilled, you will become a Neutral Survivor, and thus automatically lose. Modkilling may or may not end the game day.
    
14. I reserve the right to change the rules. Rule changes will be updated here as well as posted in thread.
    
15. If you are dead, that is it. Do not post. Not even a "Bah" post.
    
    
16. If I happen to not be online but you know the game is over (for example, if scum get a quicklynch in during LyLo), please let me post the final scene before revealing the ending or otherwise discussing the game.

Spoiler: Voting Rules

1. Votes must be bolded, and in the format of
   VOTE: Player
   , using either the bold or the vote tags. Abbreviations, missing punctuation, and misspellings will be accepted as long as it is obvious to me who is being voted for.
   If I perceive it as a vote, it counts as a vote.
   
   
2. Unvoting is nice, but is not necessary.
   
3. You may vote to No Lynch, that requires the same number of votes as a lynch vote.
   
4. Once a majority of votes is reached (# of players / 2 + 1, rounded down), that person is lynched.
   
5. All living players, including the lynchee, may continue to post until I lock the thread.

Spoiler: Activity Rules. Read these, I'm anal about them. :!: :!: :!:

1. If a player goes 48 real life hours without posting, I will prod them. Prods will be announced in thread. You can ask for a prod if you want but odds are I'll have beaten you to it.
   
2. If a player does not respond to their prod within 24 real life hours, or is prodded three times in total within the game, I will seek a replacement. If the player comes back before a replacement is found I may allow them to continue. I may extend the deadline if I feel not doing so might confirm someone's alignment.
   
3. If you will be V/LA, please alert me in the thread. Don't PM me, don't post in the V/LA thread, post in
   this
   thread. Otherwise I'll probably prod and possibly replace you.

Deadlines

Unspoilered so they're easy to reference.

1. Day one will have a deadline of
   fourteen
   real life days. Subsequent days will have a deadline of
   ten
   real life days.
   
2. In the event deadline is reached before a lynch has occurred, a No Lynch occurs.
   
   
3. Each night will have a deadline of
   two
   real life days. I reserve the right to end night early if I receive actions or "end night" PMs from all players before the deadline.

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Players

(bold means confirmed, *=prod)

Magua

repl. gorckat

ArcAngel9*

repl. spicer1209**

TheIrishPope

NSin

repl. Sundy* repl. Ingrid*

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

Mr. Flay

Kid A

Amrun

Darox**

notscience

Spoiler: Account in Good Standing (Alive)

NSin

repl. Sundy* repl. Ingrid*

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

Mr. Flay

Spoiler: Penalized Overdue Fines (Dead)

TheIrishPope

- 115: Time - Governor - town, removed from the library Day 1.

Kid A

- 792: Stage presentations - Role Cop - town, left the library Day 1.

Amrun

- 938: History of ancient world; Greece - Bodyguard - town

, killed Night 1.

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209**

- 440: Romance Languages - Modified Visitor - town

, ejected from the library Day 2.

Darox

- 020: Library & information sciences - Modified Vig - town, killed Night 3.

notscience

- 230: Christian Theology - Modified Godfather - scum, lynched Day 4.

Magua

- 811: Poetry - Vanilla townie - town - killed Night 4.[/spoiler]

Spoiler: Library Closings (Day Ends)

Day 1 ends
Day 2 ends
Day 3 ends
Day 4 ends
Day 5 (and game) ends

[saulres]

Setup

Each player has been randomly assigned a unique class from this list, with their role tied into their class.
Reviewed by T-Bone and Andrius.

[saulres]

Ah, the public library. A delightful place to browse, read, and check out thousands of books, all for free!

I came here to borrow a book on Mafia Theory, by one Albert B. Rampage. I looked on the shelf but it wasn't there. I asked the librarian, and she said that all copies of the book were checked out over a year ago! They're incredibly overdue!

I asked if she could follow up with whoever checked it out, but she sighed. (Quietly, of course. It

is

a library.) It seems that a few months back there was a tiger attack and they ate all records of overdue books. The best she could do was determine a group of people, some of which were the ones who checked it out. And by sheer coincidence, they're all in the library right now!

YOU could be one of the ones who owes a small fortune in overdue fines. If it's not you, it's one of these 9 other people. Figure it out, so I can get a-reading!

[saulres]

With 8 confirmed, the game begins!

Now hunker down in those reading areas and find who still has that book so I can start reading it!

Vote Count 1.0

L-6 gorckat
L-6 spicer1209
L-6 TheIrishPope
L-6 Ingrid
L-6 mozamis
L-6 Mr. Flay
L-6 Kid A
L-6 Amrun
L-6 Darox
L-6 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, spicer1209, TheIrishPope, Ingrid, mozamis, Mr. Flay, Kid A, Amrun, Darox, notscience

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Who was Melvil Dewey? As this game progresses, let's learn about the founder of something which is probably going to be obsolete by mid-century.

Or not. I may get bored with that.

Vote Count 1.1

L-3 TheIrishPope - Amrun, Mr. Flay, Darox
L-4 Darox - notscience, mozamis
L-5 mozamis - Kid A
L-5 Mr. Flay - spicer1209
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 spicer1209 -
L-6 Ingrid -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting: gorckat, TheIrishPope, Ingrid

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

I wonder how accurate this is. First guess is "not much" as it's doubtful Melvil Dewey, who lived from 1851 to 1931, wore hoodies.

Vote Count 1.2

L-3 TheIrishPope - Amrun, Mr. Flay, Darox
L-3 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Ingrid
L-5 mozamis - Kid A
L-5 Mr. Flay - spicer1209
L-5 spicer1209 - gorckat
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 Ingrid -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting: TheIrishPope

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Melvil Dewey did more than just library stuff. He was instrumental in bringing the Winter Olympics to Lake Placid in 1932 (after his death) -- the first time the Olympics were held in the U.S.

Vote Count 1.3

L-3 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Ingrid
L-4 TheIrishPope - Mr. Flay, Darox
L-4 spicer1209 - gorckat, Amrun
L-5 mozamis - Kid A
L-5 Ingrid - spicer1209
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting: TheIrishPope

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

@mod: Spicer is voting Ingrid

Fixed, thank you. You get a cookie for catching my first ever vote-count mistake. I, in turn, hang my head in shame.

[saulres]

Melvil Dewey probably did not have to deal with two pages springing up suddenly while he was eating dinner.

If he did, he might have catalogued things differently. Instead, he founded a company which sold index cards. That's why catalog cards are (were?) that size.

Vote Count 1.4

L-3 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Ingrid
L-3 TheIrishPope - Mr. Flay, Amrun, Darox
L-4 spicer1209 - gorckat
L-5 mozamis - Kid A
L-5 Ingrid - spicer1209
L-5 Amrun - TheIrishPope
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

This is what Melvil Dewey looked like. Smart-looking fellow if you ask me.

Vote Count 1.5

L-2 TheIrishPope - Amrun, Darox, Mr. Flay, Ingrid
L-3 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Kid A
L-4 Ingrid - spicer1209, TheIrishPope
L-5 spicer1209 - gorckat
L-6 mozamis -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting: No one

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Why is Melvil Dewey's first name spelled at it is, instead of the more common "Melville"? He had also for a while signed his last name "Dui"; why?

Born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, Dewey was very unhappy with American spelling rules. After creating the Dewey Decimal System, he turned his attention to reforming spelling, although with not nearly as much success. His ideas still have not been adopted, even until today.

Vote Count 1.6

L-2 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Kid A, spicer1209
L-3 spicer1209 - gorckat, Amrun, Mr. Flay
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Ingrid - TheIrishPope
L-6 mozamis -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 Kid A -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting: Darox

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Search for Melvil Dewey on Google, and you're likely to be surprised to see Google suggest "Melvil Dewey Would Be Ashamed". That is, unless you've played The Kingdom of Loathing. There seems to be a way to get to a library with choices that can -- well, I won't spoil it here. (Mostly because I don't understand it. But I won't tell the players that, I'll let them think I planned these things out ahead of time and did great reasearch. NOTE TO SELF: Delete that last line before submitting this post.)

Vote Count 1.7

L-2 Darox - notscience, mozamis, Kid A, spicer1209
L-3 spicer1209 - gorckat, Amrun, Mr. Flay
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Ingrid - TheIrishPope
L-5 Kid A - Darox
L-6 mozamis -
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 gorckat -
L-6 notscience -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Prodding Ingrid

[saulres]

Jake from State Farm replaces mozamis.

[saulres]

Besides spelling reform, another passion of Melvil Dewey's which wasn't adopted by the United States was the Metric System.

"I ... decided that the world needed just one measure for length, one for capacity, and one for weight, and that they should all be in simple decimals like our money. I was puzzling over the names to give the new measures when I read that John A. Kasson of Iowa had passed in Congress a bill legalizing the metric system. I looked it up at once, found that it met my plan ideally and the next week went to our village lyceum and gave a talk on the great merit of international weights and measures. From that day I became a metric apostle.” -- http://independent.academia.edu/DeweyDownload

Vote Count 1.8

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience, Kid A
L-4 spicer1209 -Amrun, Mr. Flay
L-4 Kid A - Darox, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Ingrid - TheIrishPope
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-5 notscience - gorckat
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 Darox -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Most librarians nowadays (as far as I can tell) are women. That wasn't always the case. In 1883 Columbia College, which had separate colleges for men and women, hired Dewey to be their head librarian. He "soon persuaded the college trustees to let him open a library school as well. What Dewey neglected to tell them was that he intended to admit women, which was a problem because, at the time, Columbia College only allowed women to attend a special women's college. When word spread that Dewey was accepting women in to his school, he was swamped with applications. The trustees were furious and refused to let him use any classrooms, but Dewey carried on anyway. ... There were only 20 students, 17 of whom were women. This continued to be the trend as library work rapidly became one of the few careers that an educated woman could successfully pursue in that era" -- http://www.napavalley.edu/Library/Docum ... 0Dewey.pdf

Vote Count 1.9

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience, Kid A
L-4 spicer1209 -Amrun, Mr. Flay
L-5 Kid A - Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Ingrid - TheIrishPope
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-5 notscience - gorckat
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 Darox -

Not voting: Darox

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

In our last vote count, we saw how Melvil Dewey helped women attain jobs. Did that make him a good person? The site http://bitchmagazine.org/post/from-the- ... ians-women doesn't think so. It says that "a major reason Dewey wanted women to enter the field was because he felt women were ideal for the repetitiveness of library work and “didn‘t cause trouble.”" According to them and their sources, "he had sexually harassed women at ALA conferences." They conclude "Melvil Dewey does not deserve credit as any kind of advocate for women’s rights or professional advancement. And his contributions to the profession of librarianship in no way cancel out his sleaziness and sexism."

This bears further investigation into his character, don't you think? We'll explore that in our next vote count.

Vote Count 1.10

L-4 spicer1209 -Amrun, Mr. Flay
L-4 Ingrid - TheIrishPope, Darox
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 Kid A - Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Mr. Flay - Kid A
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-5 notscience - gorckat
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Darox -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Several sources report that Melvil Dewey's character was -- not sterling. They report his as being, among other things, Anti-Semitic and racist.

An example of the former: When he created The Lake Placid Club, a resort in the Adirondacks, he explicitly excluded Jews from membership. "No one shall be received as a member or guest, against whom there is ... race objection." The club said it was "impracticable to make exceptions to Jews or others excluded, even when of unusual personal qualifications." Dewey was challenged over this stance and eventually resigned his positions. --

Antisemitism: a historical encyclopedia of prejudice and persecution.

, edited by Richard S. Levy, found on Google books.

Vote Count 1.11

L-3 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, TheIrishPope
L-5 Ingrid - Darox
L-5 spicer1209 -Amrun
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 Mr. Flay - Kid A
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-5 notscience - gorckat
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Darox -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Prodding spicer1209

[saulres]

Ingrid is not in prod range

[saulres]

Moving away from Melvil Dewey's personal life and back to his professional...

The American Library Association Catalog was created as a tool to help libraries become more diversified in the books they individually provided. Before that existed, each library would select its books based on the whims and knowledge of its director and trustees. If that group had gaps, various categories of books would be completely excluded. Dewey published an article, "The Coming Catalogue", in the Library Journal 1877. This article was the impetus for the ALA to develop its Catalog, which premiered at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

Vote Count 1.12

L-3 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, TheIrishPope
L-4 notscience - Kid A, gorckat
L-5 Ingrid - Darox
L-5 spicer1209 -Amrun
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Darox -
L-6 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

What would Melvin Dewey have thought about the internet? He probably would have loved it; he said at one point, "A library’s function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it."

Vote Count 1.13

L-3 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, TheIrishPope
L-5 notscience - Kid A
L-5 Ingrid - Darox
L-5 spicer1209 -Amrun
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Darox -
L-6 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:gorckat

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Bump to steal top of page

[saulres]

How about another Melvil Dewey quote?

"The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on."

Okay...

How about this one?

"The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant."

Right. Note to self: Melvil Dewey quotes are

not

a good source for flavor. Keep looking.

Vote Count 1.14

L-3 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, TheIrishPope
L-4 notscience - Kid A, Darox
L-5 spicer1209 -Amrun
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 TheIrishPope - Ingrid
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Darox -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 Ingrid -

Not voting:gorckat

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Your priorities are in the right place. Good luck in your schooling.

[saulres]

Or maybe everyone was waiting on Ingrid's replacement, who I'm happy to have found! Please welcome Sundy into the game.

[saulres]

*fails to read note to self*

I'll try once more for a Melvil Dewey quote.

“Reading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance.”

Hm, I wonder. Would I rather have books, or TV, movies, and online mafia?

I think when all is said and done, books. I guess I'm with Dewey on this one. How about you?

Vote Count 1.15

L-4 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 notscience - Kid A, Darox
L-5 spicer1209 -Amrun
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- notscience
L-5 gorckat - spicer1209
L-5 Darox - Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

- TheIrishPope
L-6 Amrun -
L-6 Mr. Flay -
L-6 TheIrishPope -

Not voting:gorckat

With 10 alive it takes 6 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

unfortunately 1 is ongoing

Please don't do this.

[saulres]

Prodding both spicer1209 and Darox

[saulres]

The Librarian looks at TheIrishPope with undisguised anger. "I've warned you about shouting in the library, young man. Twice. Three strikes and you're out!" She escorts TheIrishPope from the library, throwing a "This is a library, no shouting" glance back at the rest of you.

TheIrishPope

- 115: Time - Governor - town, removed from the library Day 1.

The vote count is reset. The countdown to deadline is not.

Vote Count 1.16

L-5 Kid A -
L-5 notscience -
L-5 spicer1209 -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:Kid A, notscience, spicer1209, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, gorckat, Darox, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Amrun, Mr. Flay

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Melvil Dewey "served as the official delegate of the US Government to the International Library Conference in London in 1897." -- http://www.library.illinois.edu/circ/tu ... raphy.html

That was, I believe, the second such conference, the "Transactions and Proceedings" of which are available online, for those with the patience and desire to read them. I myself have neither.

Vote Count 1.17

L-2 Kid A - Mr. Flay, gorckat, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 notscience - Darox, Kid A
L-3 spicer1209 - Amrun, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:notscience, spicer1209

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

damn salures, way to kill the thread

I knew I shoudn't have posted the link to the minutes of that conference...

Meanwhile, in other news, spicer1209 hasn't picked up his prod. Now searching for his replacement. As per the rules if he comes back before one is found he may be allowed to continue in the spot.

[saulres]

If you like reading those minutes, perhaps you'd also enjoy reading this publication of Melvil Dewey:

Statistics of libraries in the state of New York numbering over 300 volumes.

, pub 1890, Albany.

No? Your loss.

Vote Count 1.18

L-2 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Amrun
L-2 notscience - Darox, Kid A, gorckat
L-4 spicer1209 - Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:notscience, spicer1209

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

ArcAngel9 replaces spicer1209. The similarity in the last character of their user names is purely

for flavor

coincidental.

[saulres]

Prodding Darox

[saulres]

Nothing has changed in this vote count except some names and the addition of stat lines (V/LA, prodded)

Much like Melvil Dewey hasn't changed sine the last vote count either. Still dead as a doorknob, unless the Zombie Apocalypse started.

Vote Count 1.19

L-2 Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Amrun
L-2 notscience - Darox, Kid A, gorckat
L-4 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

- Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:notscience, ArcAngel

repl. spicer1209

V/LA: ArcAngel9 until Monday
Prodded: Darox

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

The 48 hours on the weekends count as 24 hours for activity.

I'm going to be removing this rule as of Day 2. The 48 hours on weekends will count as 48 hours for all purposes.

[saulres]

Darox hasn't picked up his prod yet. By my rules he really has until roughly 12 and half hours from now before I start looking for a replacement, but I got an early start because stuff.

[saulres]

With time running out, I thought I'd let you see Melvil Dewey's timeline.

Vote Count 1.19

L-1

Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Amrun, gorckat
L-2 notscience - Darox, Kid A, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

-
L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting: notscience, ArcAngel

repl. spicer1209

V/LA: ArcAngel9 until Monday

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

[saulres]

Melvil Dewey died on Dec 26, 1931. Much like Kid A died just now, only Dewey won't be talking in a dead thread or playing any other games.

Tomorrow: Vote Count flavor that's not about Melvil Dewey!

Vote Count 1.20

LYNCH

Kid A - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Amrun, gorckat, notscience
L-2 notscience - Darox, Kid A, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-5 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

-
L-5 Amrun -
L-5 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-5 gorckat -
L-5 Darox -
L-5 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-5 Mr. Flay -

Not voting:ArcAngel

repl. spicer1209

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-05 22:23:44)

<== Left here for reference.

[saulres]

The librarian returns from ousting TheIrishPope and looks around. "So", she whispers, "you think Kid A has a copy of that overdue book? Right, then, Kid A, come with me." She takes Kid A to a back room and returns moments later.

"No," she whispers sadly, "No overdue books. Just some disguise material. I sent him home."

Kid A

- 792: Stage presentations - Role Cop - town, left the library Day 1.

It is now Night 1, which will last for 48 hours. If you'd like it to last for less, send me a PM saying it's okay to start day early. If I get such a PM from everyone, I will.

(expired on 2013-08-07 22:16:42)

[saulres]

I don't know what's wrong with me this game. The last two VCs have been adjusted to reflect what I believe the accurate votes to be. Apologies.

[saulres]

The librarian is kind enough to allow you to sleep on various couches and plush oversize chairs. You resent being held overnight for an overdue library book, but we take library fines very seriously in this town.

Comes the morning, and you regather to discuss who has the books.

(You know how sometimes in movies logic is thrown away and the producers just hope you don't notice the huge plot hole? That's basically the reason for why the librarian didn't search you all while you were sleeping.

As to why those of you with the books brought them to the library in the first place? Because you like to stick it to the man! Yeah! So that's not a plot hole. Nope, not at all.)

Anyway, one of you didn't quite make it to the gathering...

Amrun

- 938: History of ancient world; Greece - Bodyguard - town

, killed Night 1.

The librarian, who you'd think would freak out someone was killed in her library, instead calmly -- and quietly -- cleans up the body.

Vote Count 2.0

L-4 gorckat
L-4 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 Darox
L-4 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Mr. Flay, Darox, notscience

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

In the Dewey Decimal classification system, books on similar subjects are grouped together by means of their call numbers.¹ Contrast this with the Library of Congress classification system, which "divides all knowledge into twenty-one basic classes, each identified by a single letter of the alphabet. Most of these alphabetical classes are further divided into more specific subclasses, identified by two-letter, or occasionally three-letter, combinations."<sup>2

1</sup>http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/how ... er.html#LC
²http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcc.html

Vote Count 2.1

L-2 Darox - Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

- notscience
L-4 gorckat
L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Darox

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

Children. Behave.

[saulres]

At the Alvin Sherman Library at Nova Southeastern University, they use the Dewey Decimal system only for their children and young adult sections. The other books use the Library of Congress system.

Vote Count 2.2

L-1

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

- notscience, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 Darox - Mr. Flay
L-3 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

- gorckat
L-4 gorckat
L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 notscience

Not voting: ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

, Darox

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

The Dewey Decimal System is not just for books anymore! At deweybrowse.org, you can visit websites categorized by the Dewey Decimal System.

Who knew?

Vote Count 2.3

L-1

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Mr. Flay
L-4 Darox -
L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-4 gorckat -
L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-
L-4 Mr. Flay -
L-4 notscience -

Not voting: ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

, Darox, notscience, gorckat

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

Prodding Sundy

[saulres]

Several (many?) libraries have dropped the Dewey Decimal system. The first in the U.S. may have been the Perry Branch library in Arizona, or the Rangeview Library District in Colorado. They both shifted to an organizational sorting system like bookstores use. As Kathy Klager, the Sussex-Lisbon, Wisconsin Library Director said in 2012, "We don’t see people browsing the aisle labeled 332.1572 because that frankly doesn’t get us excited to read,” Klager laughed. “But when you go to a bookstore and walk in, there are big signs for business, crafts or home."

Vote Count 2.4

L-2 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Mr. Flay
L-3 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

-notscience,
L-3 Darox - Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 Mr. Flay -Darox
L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

-
L-4 gorckat -
L-4 notscience -

Not voting: ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

, gorckat

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

Prodding ArcAngel9

[saulres]

According to wikipedia, the Dewey Decimal classification for "Goodnight Moon" is [E]21. I have no idea how that translates into the numbers I've given you. Aren't I just a font of knowledge?

I tell you that about Goodnight Moon because I shall be going to sleep shortly, so bedtime books are on my mind.

Vote Count 2.5

L-3 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

--

notscience
L-3 Darox

--

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 Mr. Flay

--

Darox
L-3 gorckat

--

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

--

L-4 notscience

--

L-4 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Not voting:gorckat, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Mr. Flay

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

^ fuck that quote.. Saulres, please fix it.. post 979 and 978 are my comments, the should be out of quote...
no idea who they all got into one...

I'm really having trouble figuring out exactly what to change. If you want to quote the post and PM it to me correctly I'll replace it after verifying nothing is lost and only the quote tags are changed. Or you could just post the revised version here.

[saulres]

If you could be any Dewey Decimal number, which would you choose? I'd pick-- nope, not telling you. Rule 34.

Vote Count 2.6

L-3 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

--

notscience
L-3 Darox

--

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-3 Mr. Flay

--

Darox
L-4 gorckat

--

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

--

L-4 notscience

--

L-4 ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Not voting:gorckat, Sundy

repl. Ingrid

, Mr. Flay, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

Hey Look Kids! It's a Dewey Decimal Slideshow just for you!

Vote Count 2.7

L-1

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, gorckat
L-2 Mr. Flay

--

Darox, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

L-3 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

--

notscience
L-4 gorckat

--

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

--

L-4 notscience

--

L-4 Darox

--

Not voting: Sundy

repl. Ingrid

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21)

[saulres]

I have sent a PM to someone who has asked to be on the replacement list. If they turn down I will advertise. If you change your mind before a replacement is selected please let me know.

[saulres]

Fortunately I have not seen AA9 talk about other games in this one.

I do have someone lined up to replace (the one who was going to replace Jake) and have notified him that AA9's spot is available instead. I have also notified him of the current gamestate. If he says he wants to take the spot I will give it to him.

[saulres]

The Dewey Decimal system has been replaced in libraries such as the Albany Public Library. Don't ask me why I have replacement on my mind...

Vote Count 2.8

LYNCH

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Mr. Flay, Jake from State Farm ,

repl. mozamis

, gorckat, notscience
L-2 Mr. Flay

--

Darox, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

--

L-4 gorckat

--

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

--

L-4 notscience

--

L-4 Darox

--

Not voting: Sundy

repl. Ingrid

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21) <-- Left in for reference

[saulres]

The Librarian was not happy with all the bickering so she sent you all to the back room. Eventually, ArcAngel9 was shoved out of the room. The Librarian searched her, but didn't find the missing books. She sent AA9 on her way and gave you separate locations to sleep out the night.

ArcAngel9

- 440: Romance Languages - Modified Visitor - town

, ejected from the library Day 2.

It is now Night 2. You have 48 hours to get me your night actions, if you have any.

[saulres]

GODDAMMIT. I just fucked up the game. I forgot Jake unvoted.

I'm sorry. I'll talk more later. I was very disappointed in the way this game turned out

[saulres]

If you all want to assume that Jake would've hammered I can restart it though...

[saulres]

If you hammer I'll continue the game.

[saulres]

Yeah.

So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to lock the thread and start night. I want

everyone

still alive to PM me if they want to continue or not.

[saulres]

Revised end of day 2 VC

Vote Count 2.8

LYNCH

ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

--

Mr. Flay, gorckat, notscience, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

,
L-2 Mr. Flay

--

Darox, ArcAngel9

repl. spicer1209

L-4 Sundy

repl. Ingrid

--

L-4 gorckat

--

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

--

L-4 notscience

--

L-4 Darox

--

Not voting: Sundy

repl. Ingrid

With 7 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-17 22:17:21) <-- Left in for reference

[saulres]

Sundy has asked for replacement for reasons unrelated to the current situation. I have asked the prior contact and am awaiting a response.

I'm still waiting on at least one reply as to continue or not and will update you all as soon as I have it.

[saulres]

NSin replaces Sundy.

If anyone has NSin blacklisted please tell me now. I'll find someone else.

[saulres]

Great news! Everyone has agreed to continue the game! Thank you all for your understanding.

Night will start now, and be over in 48 hours. You have until then to submit/modify any of your night actions.

(expired on 2013-08-16 21:27:49)

[saulres]

Morning has broken, like the fi-- Okay, sorry librarian, I won't sing.

The Librarian and I hope you enjoy your day.

Vote Count 3.0

L-4 gorckat
L-4 NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 Darox
L-4 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

, Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Mr. Flay, Darox, notscience

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

Today we'll be looking at the Dewey Decimal system in media.

For example, Nathan Larson wrote a private eye novel, called "The Dewey Decimal System".

Vote Count 3.1

L-3 NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

--

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 gorckat
L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 Darox
L-4 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

, Mr. Flay, Darox, notscience

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

Movies? Well for some odd reason I can't find any major theatrical releases about the Dewey Decimal System. Perhaps Nicolas Cage will use it in some future National Treasure movie, but for now I'm afraid we have to settle for education films like the I'm sure classic Library Skills for Children: Using the Dewey Decimal System

Vote Count 3.2

L-2 NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

--

Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

, Mr. Flay
L-4 gorckat
L-4 Jake from State Farm

repl. mozamis

L-4 Mr. Flay
L-4 Darox
L-4 notscience

Not voting: gorckat, NSin

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

, Darox, notscience

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

For TV shows, I don't think anything teaching about the Dewey Decimal System can beat the concept of Tomes & Talismans. The New Yorker calls it "quite possibly the finest post-apocalyptic educational series about library science ever produced". Earth is devastated by an alien race, and the only surviving human is a librarian who uses library science to SPOILER ALERT! defeat the aliens in thirteen 20-minute episodes. Episode 5 is entitled "The System" and is about -- you guessed it -- the Dewey Decimal System.

NOTE: I'm trying a new format for the replacements in the vote count. If you have an opinion as to whether you like it better or worse than the other way, please PM me. Thanks.

Vote Count 3.3

L-3 gorckat -- NSin¹
L-3 Mr. Flay -- Jake from State Farm²
L-4 Jake from State Farm² --
L-4 Darox --
L-4 notscience --
L-4 NSin¹ --

Not voting: gorckat, Darox, notscience, Mr. Flay

¹

repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²

repl. mozamis

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

I'm so sorry to hear about that, I wish your wife a quick recovery, and I hope your work works out.

By sheerest coincidence, I got a replacement volunteer just this morning.

Magua replaces gorckat.

[saulres]

And how about a Dewey Decimal System board game? Or at least the instructions for making one.

Vote Count 3.4

L-3 Magua³-- NSin¹
L-3 Darox -- Jake from State Farm²
L-4 Mr. Flay --
L-4 Jake from State Farm² --
L-4 notscience --
L-4 NSin¹ --

Not voting: Magua³, Darox, notscience, Mr. Flay

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

Page grab

[saulres]

Here you can play a fun(?) online Dewey Decimal System matching game.

Or you could keep those 15 seconds of your life and not click on the link.

Vote Count 3.5

L-3 Magua³-- NSin¹
L-3 Darox -- Jake from State Farm²
L-4 Mr. Flay --
L-4 Jake from State Farm² --
L-4 notscience --
L-4 NSin¹ --

Not voting: Magua³, Darox, notscience, Mr. Flay

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30)

[saulres]

A No Lynch has been reached!

Vote Count 3.6

LYNCH

No Lynch -- Jake from State Farm², Mr. Flay, notscience, NSin¹
L-3 Mr. Flay -- Magua³
L-4 Magua³--
L-4 Darox --
L-4 Jake from State Farm² --
L-4 notscience --
L-4 NSin¹ --

Not voting: Darox

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 6 alive it takes 4 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-08-26 23:17:30) <== Left as always for reference

Night begins now and lasts for 48 hours.

NIGHT DEADLINE

(expired on 2013-08-26 13:16:11)

[saulres]

Morning comes like it tends to do. You wake up however you tend to do, and make your way to face the librarian and her inquisition again.

But wait -- maybe you won't have to go through this at all! For the librarian doesn't seem too anxious to come out this morning. After a rather unusual delay you figure you might as well just leave, but then I, your narrator who

wants his damn book

stops you. He brings you to the librarian's quarters (some dedicated gal, she is) and opens the door -- where you find her ripped to shreds.

Darox

- 020: Library & information sciences - Modified Vig - town, killed Night 3.

"Well that sucks" I say. "But I still want my book. Find it for me, will you? While I find someone to clean up this mess..."

Vote Count 4.0

L-3 Magua³
L-3 NSin¹
L-3 Jake from State Farm²
L-3 Mr. Flay
L-3 notscience

Not voting: Magua³, NSin¹, Jake from State Farm², Mr. Flay, notscience

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-09-04 13:19:04)

PLEASE NOTE:

I am going on emergency V/LA until Thursday morning (US time) almost immediately. I may or may not have access during that time. Andrius will be backup modding. If you have any PMs with him, please cc me on them. Thank you.

Due also to another V/LA coming up when day deadline is done, I'm going to cut the deadline short by a day. 9 days should be enough for five players (imo), but if any of you PM me and say that you want it to remain 10, I'll have Andrius back me up again if the day lasts that long.

[saulres]

While I have no proof, I'd bet Melvil Dewey never did vote counts while on V/LA.

Vote Count 4.1

L-2 Mr. Flay - Jake from State Farm²
L-3 Magua³
L-3 NSin¹
L-3 Jake from State Farm²
L-3 notscience

Not voting: Magua³, NSin¹, Mr. Flay, notscience

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch

Deadline: (expired on 2013-09-04 13:19:04)

Yes, I'm still on V/LA until some time Thursday morning

[saulres]

A lynch has been reached!

Vote Count 4.2

LYNCHED

notscience - Jake from State Farm², notscience,Magua³
L-2 Mr. Flay - NSin¹
L-3 Magua³
L-3 NSin¹
L-3 Jake from State Farm²

Not voting: Mr. Flay

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With 5 alive it takes 3 to lynch

It seemed certain that Mr. Flay would be next to be checked. But just as he was about to be thoroughly examined, Jake noticed something poking out from notscience's suit jacket. (Yes, he's wearing a suit jacket. That was clearly stated earlier and doesn't require any editing in so don't go back and look.) It's --

the book

! notscience is quickly stripped of the book and fined a bunch of money. I get it and start reading it as notscience is heaved unceremoniously from the library.

notscience

- 230: Christian Theology - Modified Godfather - scum, lynched Day 4.

Everyone's all set to go when I stick my nose in things again. "Wait a minute, wait a minute." You all patiently wait a minute (I can make you be patient like that in the flavor, yes I can yes I can).

"If the librarian were still here I am sure she would have told you that you can't leave until

all

copies of the book are found!"

Groaning, you retire to your rooms to endure no doubt another long dreary day of trying to figure out where the other book is...

Night starts now. 48 hours unless I get "start next day early PMs from everybody"

Night deadline: (expired on 2013-08-30 16:19:41)

[saulres]

Morning comes again, as it has the past four days. You're really missing your family because this old-fashioned library doesn't have internet but does have all cellular communication blocked. And, y'know, other bogus reasons why you're talking to these people instead of ones you already knew.

Problem is, that one guy who was so obvtown it hurts, the one who told all those neat poems, is no longer with you.

Magua

- 811: Poetry - Vanilla townie - town - killed Night 4

Wait, what do you

mean

he didn't tell poems? He was supposed to! Hang on, let me check his role PM...

Oh. Well then. Carry on.

Vote Count 5.0

L-2 NSin¹ --
L-2 Jake from State Farm² --
L-2 Mr. Flay --

Not voting: NSin¹, Jake from State Farm², Mr. Flay

¹repl. Sundy repl. Ingrid

²repl. mozamis

³repl. gorckat

With three alive it's 2 to lynch

Deadline in 10 days. Let's try not to use it all, k? But of course that's up to you.

(expired on 2013-09-07 20:18:02)

[saulres]

A one-in-three chance to get this right and get the other copy of the book back to the library, setting all right with the librarians of the world. Can you do it? Can you? CAN YOU? (Darox don't shoot me!)

Jake from State Farm

- 383: Postal communication - Mailman - town
and

Mr. Flay

- 641: Food & Drink - Vanilla - town

have lynched

NSin

- 599: Mammalia - Werewolf - scum

Apparently you can! Despite much derpiness, town wins!

Role PMs and commentary from me later, but here are some QTs for you:

Dead Thread
Scum QT

Oh and night actions since they're easy to copy.

N1 actions
Jake sends this to Sundy: "dude, I know you are scum, prepare to die tomorrow"
Amrun bodyguards Darox (saw that coming days ago)
ArcAngel picks -- Mr. Flay! Wow. Did NOT see that coming. So N2, they become lovers.
Sundy attempts to kill Darox. Armun takes the hit instead!

N2 actions
Jake sends this to Sundy now NSin: "You failed my test, you had the perfect opportunity to show me that you were town and you blew it. "I'm watching you

wazowski

Sundy, always watching"
NSin replaces Sundy, so... Jake sends this to gorckat: "OK, I know you are scum now and I know who your partner is. I am going to have no problem shooting him, unless you want to just bus his ass for town cred. So if you don't come out bussing your partner I will just shoot you instead." (no quotes)
Scum fail to submit a kill

N3 actions
Jake sends nothing to nobody.
Magua uses his awesome VT powers to call the scumteam as Mr. Flay and NSin
NSin kills Darox

N4 actions
NSin kill Magua

[saulres]

Role PMs.

Spoiler: Darox

You are

020: Library & information sciences

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

That’s right, you’re the Librarian! Your goal is to shush the loud ones.

Ability:

Whenever you see someone “screaming” (using all-caps in a non-normal way) you can PM me a link to that post. I will edit the post with “The Librarian says shhh” or something to that effect. You may not report that post again.

Once per day, if you report someone for the third time this game (not necessarily using a post they made in the current day), they will be ejected from the library. Use of this ability is optional, and unreported screaming will not count.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Vigilante

Note: While this role was designed to

limit

the amount of shouting, Darox figured out how to play it to maximize shouting I did rule that the way Flay and Jake used caps most of the time was as emphasis of one word, rather than as shouting; where I would use

italics

for emphasis, others used ALL-CAPS for emphasis That use was not a reportable one, because the flavor is "no shouting in the library". This made Darox sad.

Spoiler: TheIrishPope

You are

115: Time

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

You know all there is about time and how to control it. But it’s very taxing to do so.

Ability:

One twilight during the game, after a lynch but before the flip, you may turn back time. The day will start again, with no votes on anyone. If we’re more than halfway through the day, the new day deadline will be half as long as the original one. You will have 24 hours (no weekend extension) to decide if you want to overturn the lynch but please try to make the decision as soon as possible, to avoid people questioning the delay in the flip and assuming your role exists. I’ll accept pre-emptive ones to help avoid this (for example, “If <xxx> is lynched, undo it.”)

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Governor

Spoiler: notscience

You are

230: Christian Theology

, aligned with the

scum

.

Flavor:

Your main focus is baptism; you've sponsored so many children that many people have called you their Godfather. You've also been asked to do some exorcisms. Two in particular stand out. In the first you failed so utterly that the demon possessed you and turned you into one evil son of a bitch. The other was to try to oust a wolf from a human, Ingrid. But you were so intrigued by his/her desire desire to eat people you decided to help him/her do that. In order to do that, you and she may communicate here at all times. You and she can kill one person a night by posting

Kill: PlayerName

in that QT, which will go public after the game.

Ability:

You're still a Godfather, though. There is a Rolecop in this game. If they investigate you, they will get Vanilla Townie unless,

before the end of Night 1

, you provide me with a fake role you wish to claim. That role must have a Dewey Decimal number, specification, and if it's not vanilla, be based on some existing role on the mafiascum wiki.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when you control 50% of the town or nothing can stop that from happening.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: VT or fakeclaim if provided

Spoiler: mozamis/Jake from State Farm

You are

383: Postal communication

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays you from the swift completion of your appointed rounds. You’re an expert at delivering communication.

Ability:

Each night you may PM me a message to send to a player of your choosing. At the beginning of the next day, that player will receive the message, but not know who sent it.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Mailman

Spoiler: spicer1209/ArcAngel9

You are

440: Romance Languages

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

Ah, romance! You are an expert in the subject, and would love to woo another who would be receptive to your advances.

Ability:

Each night you

must

try to woo one other player. If you don't choose one, one will be picked randomly. If you find someone sympathetic to your advances, the

following

night you will become Lovers with that person. You may not target any player more than once, and if you find someone you may not continue searching.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Visitor BUT see Mod Note

MODNOTE: If 6xx is targeted, on the night they become Lovers this player will return Lover to the Rolecop. Also send them this new role PM:
You are 440: Romance Languages. Ah, romance! You are an expert in the subject, and have managed to use your knowledge to woo another. xxxx is your Lover. If either of you dies, the other will die as well. You may talk to each other at any time <here>
You win when all threats to the town are dead.
Rolecop investigation returns: Lover

Spoiler: Ingrid/Sundy/NSin

You are

599: Mammalia

, aligned with the

scum

.

Flavor:

And what a mammal you are! Not just a wolf, but a

werewolf

! Here in a library the only thing to eat is people, so that's what you try to do each night. Oh, except for notscience. He's always talking about Jesus and Heaven and that kind of stuff but in reality he's some kind of sicko who likes to help you eat people. So you work together, communicating here whenever you wish, to help you eat everyone else. You and he can kill one person a night by posting

Kill: PlayerName

in that QT, which will go public after the game.

Ability:

No special ability other than your factional kill. You're so goon-like!

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when you control 50% of the town or nothing can stop that from happening.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Werewolf

Spoiler: Mr. Flay

You are

641: Food & Drink

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

An expert in all things food, you can tell the difference easily between flavors such as chocolate and vanilla. Speaking of which, that’s what you are. Vanilla.

Ability:

You? Nope. You're a vanilla townie.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Vanilla Townie BUT see Mod Note

MODNOTE: If this player is targeted by 440, the following night they will become Lovers, and this player will return Lover to the Rolecop. Also send them this new role PM:
You are 635, Garden crops (Horticulture). You appreciated the flowers sent to you by xxx so much that you are now Lovers with him/her. If either of you dies, the other will die as well. You may talk to each other at any time <here>
You win when all threats to the town are dead.
Rolecop investigation returns: Lover

Spoiler: Kid A

You are

792: Stage presentations

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

Stanislavski had nothing on you. Not only can you assume any role, you can tell what role is being played by any other person.

Ability:

Each night you may investigate one person. I will tell you what role their role is based on, but not their Dewey Decimal classification nor any modifications I may have made to the role. For example, if you investigated yourself, I would tell you you were a Role Cop. Protip: Don't investigate yourself.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Role Cop

Spoiler: gorckat/Magua

You are

811: Poetry

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

You are a fantastic poet,
but you are not required to show it.
Here are two letters that sound the same:
V and T, which you are in this game.
Why oh why couldn't you be:
"Lit: Romance Languages, 840"?

Ability:

You have none. You're a vanilla townie.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: VT

Spoiler: Amrun

You are

938 History of ancient world; Greece

, aligned with the

town

.

Flavor:

Ah, the day of such luminaries as Alexander the Great. You know what he had? Bodyguards! Just like you.

Ability:

Each night you may PM me the name of another player. If that player is the target of a kill, you will be killed instead of that person.

Vote:

Of course, you can vote.

Win Condition

: You win when all threats to the town are dead.

Details

Game thread is here.
Please confirm by PM. Game will start roughly when 8 of 10 have confirmed.

Rolecop investigation returns: Bodyguard

[saulres]

Someone was watching this game?

Man, I'm so so sorry...

(Or maybe he just came here from the nom thread).

My thoughts (and I still owe you flavor):

All the drama around TIP and the Jake-ArcAngel interaction were painful to read and I am ever so grateful to the replacements who came in despite those. I have learned that in the future I'll ask my players for their blacklists when I send the role PMs so I avoid introducing things like Jake-ArcAngel again.

(I did speak to both of those players privately and they know my feelings; if anyone else wants me to comment I will but I don't think I care to bring it public unless both of them tell me privately they do.)

I had figured town would have at least asked for Dewey Classification claims; I know I would have on Day 1 to reduce the fakeclaims available to scum (and probably been run up on D1 to L-1, again, because clearly I was trying to rolefish).

I was also amazed that all the main pro-town Town roles were outed by the end of D1. And then it got down to only VTs (and Jake's mostly useless but fun imo ability) vs. the scum at MyLo even without the Night 2 kill. It was bizarre. As was Flay being seen as incredibly scummy due to nothing more, I think, than being used to an earlier site meta.

Thank you everyone for playing. I'm sorry so many things which actually were under my control went wrong, and also for the things not under my control. I'm glad and grateful you decided, unanimously, to finish, when presented with the choice.

[saulres]

Okay, flavor and properly-formatted VCs fully edited in.

Toldja I'm compulsive.

Thanks again for the kind words those of you who had kind words about the game said. I really do appreciate them.