Mini #864 - TV Networks Mafia(Over!)

[Socrates]

I completely believe the headline in todays opening scene that talks about cults.

Also, the headline about sensefan yesterday? I believe it too.

vote:no lynch

[sigma]

OK, socrates is scum. Good to know.

Explain why the existence of cults makes no lynching a good strategy, please.

Still waiting on dahill.

[dahill1]

vote no lynch

[dahill1]

vote no lynch

[DraketheFake]

Well, Gorrad, you have your team. Let's get this over with.

Unvote, Vote: No Lynch

.

[DraketheFake]

Well, Gorrad, you have your team. Let's get this over with.

Unvote, Vote: No Lynch

.

[Shotty to the Body]

I believe the cult story, the question is who?

[Gorrad]

I believe the cult story, the question is who?

Two people just voted NL over voting you. You can drop the act.

[Shotty to the Body]

vote no lynch

[hasdgfas]

No Lynch (4) - Socrates, dahill1, DrakeTheFake, Shotty to the Body

Shotty to the Body (2) - sigma, Gorrad
Not voting: Nobody

with 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch


The 6 players were flying on eagles, dodging mountains, hawks, dragons, and the like to try to get to the ice castle. When they were halfway there, a sudden power surge killed the game, and when it reset, they were back with the eagles on top of Mount Bigpeak.
Over the intercom, a crackly voice spoke: "ok guys, go home. We're not making you do this again."

No lynch has occurred.

It is now Night 3. Please have all night actions in by 11 PM on Tuesday November 24th.

[hasdgfas]

And so, dawn broke upon the remaining 4 CEOs. Already figuring that this would happen, the investigators got there slightly too late to prevent the deaths.

One of the deaths, however, brought much joy to the administrators. They found

Shotty to the Body

lying on the ground, along with his meddling kids. He was

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

, and he did exactly what you would expect Scooby-Doo

too

to do. He investigated people.
However, what the investigators found was that he wasn't really a "good cop". He had all sorts of posters in his house saying things like "We'll be top soon" and "Up the Don", which made them realize that he was a

Mafia Cop

. He also had pictures of all sorts of cartoons all over, which made it obvious that he was the

Cartoon Network CEO

.
He was found with this deadly purple color all over him again.

The other person was found in front of a green screen, with pictures of suns all over it, leading the investigators to believe that it was the

Weather Channel CEO

, who was showing sunny weather, which is nothing special, and he was just a

Vanilla Townie

.
Yes, the town was going to miss

sigma

. Without him, how would they know whether or not to bring an umbrella with them outside? They'd have to figure that out for themselves.
He wasn't killed in any normal way, it just seemed to be an attack.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Back on Mount Bigpeak

The players mounted their eagles again, for another try at flying to the ice castle

Shotty to the Body, Cartoon Network CEO, Scooby-Doo, Where are You?, Mafia Cop

, incapacitated with purple stuff Night 3

sigma, Weather Channel CEO, Current Weather: Sunny, Vanilla Townie

, attacked Night 3

It is now Day 4. With 4 alive, it takes 3 to lynch.
Deadline is December 16th

[Gorrad]

Woot.

Vote: Dahill

[Socrates]

Lets keep going.

vote: No Lynch

[Shotty to the Body]

Go scum, for SPARTA!!!!

[DraketheFake]

Gorrad, come now. I think we all know that this game is going to be played out at night from now on.

Vote: No lynch

.

[sigma]

*puts on pompoms*

U-G-L-Y
you ain't got no alibi
you ugly!
you ugly!
GOOOOOOO TOWN!!!

[Gorrad]

Gorrad, come now. I think we all know that this game is going to be played out at night from now on.

Vote: No lynch

.

It was worth a shot ><

[dahill1]

vote no lynch

[dahill1]

vote no lynch

[hasdgfas]

No lynch (3) - dahill1, DrakeTheFake, Socrates
dahill1 (1) - Gorrad

No lynch has occurred

A faction has achieved their win condition.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Flying to the ice castle didn't seem so bad to Gorrad. Sure, it's hard to get around all the mountains and dodge all the giant dragons that are trying to burn you to a crisp, but other than that, it was pretty easy.
Well, apart from the fact that they were wild eagles and didn't like people on their back. And the fact that surrounding the ice castle were giant ice cannons that could either freeze you or knock you off the eagle.
So basically, flying to the ice castle sucked. Especially as there were these two dragons that wouldn't leave him alone. He flew past them, tried to get around the mountain so they couldn't see him, but it was like they knew where he was.....


The same problem was happening to DrakeTheFake. He couldn't shake the two dragons who were following him so closely. It was like they were toying with him. And it just so happened, they were. Hearing maniacal laughter around them, Gorrad and DrakeTheFake winced as the dragons suddenly doubled in size and swallowed them whole, just as the people controlling them in real life slumped over dead.

Now, while this shocked the administrators, dahill1 and Socrates turned to each other, smiled, and high-fived, then got themselves to the ice castle.
Expecting the ice queen to be, well, icy, they were surprised that she gave them a warm reception, and showed them to a teleporter.
They stepped in and found themselves in the grand land of Rayteen Gleed Ur. The king walked up to them...

"Welcome," he began, "Both of you have completed all the tasks you needed to in order to arrive, so you both win. Together. Congratulations."

As the game's credits wound, announcing the end, the two CEOs received calls from their channel HQs that ratings were skyrocketing for both

FOX News

and

G4

. They said that they needed another channel to get some hype too, and

Cartoon Network's

ratings began to rise as well.

The three CEOs of those channels(well, actually, only the two living ones, as the other was dead), smiled, knowing their job was done, and their channels would be getting some respect back.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gorrad, SyFy Channel CEO, Scare Tactics, Vigilante

, devoured by dragons in Endgame

DrakeTheFake, MTV CEO, Made, Role Switcher

, devoured by dragons in Endgame



The survivors:

dahill1, FOX News CEO, Mafia Reporter
Socrates, G4 CEO, Ninja Warrior, NK-immune Mafia

and the dead:

Shotty to the Body, Cartoon Network CEO, Scooby-Doo, Where are You?, Mafia Cop

win the game for the mafia!

Setup and role PMs coming shortly, with mod comments to follow

[DraketheFake]

What exactly changed here from the day before?

[hasdgfas]

What exactly changed here from the day before?

patience, young padawan. Answers will come

[Shotty to the Body]

What exactly changed here from the day before?

Gorrad lost his vig powers when he killed a scum, that was his switch task. Turning him into a regular NK-Immune Miller, if there can be considered such a thing. Also I believe Socrates became bulletproof, though it is irrelevant.

[hasdgfas]

Roles:

Code: Select all

SyFy: 	
NK Immune Miller Vig -> Blank Vig(shots always fail to kill)
Warehouse 13 -> Scare Tactics
Switch task: Successfully vig scum. 	
Time slot: Medium


MTV: 	
Role Switcher ->1-shot NK Immune Townie
Made -> Cribs
Switch task:  Successfully use your role to switch the roles of two other players	
Time slot: Small


History Channel:	
Channel Cop ->Townie 		
Time slot: X-Large
Modern Marvels -> MonsterQuest
Switch task:  Be one of the people on a wagon that lynches scum
Unlimited [quote] tags


Cartoon Network:	
Mafia Mason -> Mafia Cop
Chowder -> Scooby-Doo Where Are you?
Switch: Mason Partner dies	
Time Slot: Small
No [quote] tags allowed


Food Network: 		
Throwdown Issuer -> Vanilla Townie
Throwdown w/B Flay -> Unwrapped
Switch task: win a throwdown	
Time slot: Medium
No [quote] tags


ESPN:		
Vanilla Townie -> Bodyguard
SportsNation -> Around the Horn
Switch task: A mislynch occurs that you are not a part of.   
Time slot: Medium


G4:	
Mafia Goon -> NK-immune mafia
Attack of the Show -> Ninja Warrior
Switch task: Be targeted with a night action
Time slot: Medium


Game Show Network: 		
Lie Detector -> Miller
20Q -> Whammy!
Switch task: Find a lie using LD role	
Time slot: Small


Travel Channel:		
Mason -> Paranoid Cop
Man V Food -> Most Haunted
Switch task: Mason Partner dies		
Time slot: Large


FOX News: 	
Mafia Reporter -> Mafia Reporter
News -> News
Switch task:  Someone explicitly states that they believe the news story(even if it’s not those exact words)		
Time Slot: Large
Can use as many [quote] tags as player wants


Discovery Channel:	
Double Voter ->  1-shot Vigilante
Pitchmen -> Mythbusters
Switch task: Be a part of a scum lynch		
Time Slot: Medium


Weather Channel: 	
Roleblocker -> Townie
Weather -> Weather
Switch task:  Block a non-vanilla from performing an action
Time slot: Large

Role PMs:

(I'm not closing the image tags correctly, because I'd make the page load really slowly):
SyFy:

Hello, <Playername>, you are the SyFy Channel CEO. Your recent name change has led to no end of grief. Why is SyFy better than SciFi? What does SyFy even mean? It’s ok though, you’re still going to try to put out high-quality programming. That’s far more important than being the best in this competition. Even if it’s more So Bad It’s Good than actually Good at times. Your shows are usually about an hour, and are pretty action-filled, leading to less dialogue than other hour-long shows.
Your show is Warehouse 13.

This show is sweet. Artifacts from famous people of the past that can do strange and mysterious things, like a magic mirror you can play ping-pong with, a chair that makes you act on your inner feelings, and other such awesome things. Nobody is ever happy to see the two main characters though, as it means something nearby is wrong, even if the townspeople don’t know it. They always seem to get out of sticky situations, however. You also have “the purple stuff”, which can make the Artifacts stop working. However, if it works, it uses up all the purple stuff you have.
Role: Your role is NK-Immune Miller Vig
Abilities:
Active: You may target one player each night. You will attempt to kill that player. Kill method is “incapacitated with purple stuff”
Passive: You are immune to all forms of night kills, including your own, if it somehow targeted you.
You will come up as guilty(or the equivalent) to any investigation
Switch task: If you successfully vig scum.
Time Slot: Medium(300 words)

Post-switch SyFy:

Your show is now Scare Tactics.

You scare people to death. Or at least, you try to. Ridiculous setups, like delivering the devil’s baby or Bigfoot attacking a trailer. It never actually scares someone to death, but it can get darn close. Here, however, you can scare people to death.
Role: Your role is Vigilante
Abilities:
Active: You may target one player each night. You will attempt to kill that person. Kill method is “scared to death”

mod notes: Is blank. Kill never works

MTV:

Hello, <Playername>, you are the MTV CEO. What a change since your beginning, when the main thing you showed was music videos. Now, you’re the home for all sorts of seedy “reality shows” and other such shows. All these shows are usually a half-hour, and have a rather large amount of music, leading to less actual dialogue.
Your show is Made.

In this show, people are changed from one thing, whether nerd, unpopular loser, or unathletic student, into something else, whether beauty queen, cheerleader, basketball player, or drag queen(what?). Just like in the show, you can change other players’ shows, if they haven’t switched already. If you do this enough, however, you might get tired of it, and decide to change yourself.
Role: Your role is Role Switcher
Abilities:
Active: You may target one player each night. If they have not already switched their role, it will be forcefully switched for them.
Switch task: Successfully switching two other players’ roles. (This means that if their role was switched before you targeted them, it doesn’t count towards your quota)
Time Slot: Small(100 words)

Post-switch:

Your show is Cribs.
In this show, celebrities show off their pimped-out houses. There are often completely insane, and have no practical use. You, however, have put in some practical home security that can let you get away from people who are attempting to kill you.
Role: Your role is 1-shot NK Immune Townie
Abilities:
Passive: The first time you are targeted for a night kill, it will fail. You will not be notified of this occurring.

History Channel:

Hello <Playername>, you are the CEO of the History Channel. You pretty much talk about history. What a concept, eh? Your long-winded programs are either extremely entertaining or extremely boring. Sometimes even both. There are programs on just about any subject, from the well-known to the obscure.
Your Show is Modern Marvels.

There are loads of cool things in the world today, and lots of people want to learn about them. Where do they come from, what they do, all their history in general. You are here to teach them about these things. Because when you set out to learn about something, you learn a good deal about it.
Role: Your role is Channel Cop.
Abilities:
Active: Each night, you may investigate a player to figure out what channel they are the CEO of.
Passive: Because of all the research you have to do, if you want people to believe you, you have to show your research, so you may use as many [ quote] tags as you like.
Time Slot: Extra-Large(1250 words)
Switch Task: Be on a wagon that ends in a scum lynch.

Post-Switch:

Your show is MonsterQuest

Yay, Monsters. So many cool monsters in the world that people are looking for. Unfortunately, there isn’t really any proof of any of them existing, so you don’t have anything special to work with.
Role: Your role is Vanilla Townie
Abilities: None

Food Network:

Hello <Playername>, you are the Food Network CEO. Mmmmm, food. Everyone likes food, even those people who have eating disorders. Most people can find something to watch on your channel, even if some of your TV personalities are annoying to some people. Your shows are pretty short overall, and even though there’s a decent amount of talking, the food takes up much of the attention.
Your show is Throwdown With Bobby Flay.

In this show, Bobby Flay issues throwdowns. That’s it. End of story. Ok, fine, I’ll explain a bit more. He learns about a dish that someone makes really well, and tries to make a better version of it than them.
Role: Your role is Throwdown Issuer
Abilities: One day during the game, you may post Throwdown: PlayerX in bold in the thread. The thread will be locked, and PlayerX will have the option of 5 different categories of throwdown. I will then let you know what category he has chosen, and then you have to find something from that category. I will post links to both of your items in the thread, and then the other players will vote on which one they like best. The loser will be lynched, and the day will end.
Passive: You may not use [ quote] tags, because the host should be talking about the food.
Time Slot: Small
Switch Task: Win a throwdown

Post switch:

Your show is Unwrapped

Yay, let’s learn about food. The only problem is that it’s not very exciting, and it doesn’t actually help you in any practical way, and the host’s voice can be slightly annoying at times. Oh well.
Role: Your role is Vanilla Townie Abilities: None

ESPN:

Hello <Playername>, you are the ESPN CEO. Sports. Such a manly activity. Unless it’s synchronized swimming. Or diving. Or gymnastics. Especially rhythmic gymnastics. Anyway, SPORTS. It’s manly. Due to the commentating during sporting events, there is often a lot of talking during these shows/games, and they range from a half hour, to multiple hours, depending on the sport.
Your show is SportsNation.

Who wants to listen to people who are paid to talk about sports for an hour? Let’s go listen to the fans, who are often extremely biased and have no idea what they’re talking about. YAY. Seriously, though, the hosts are actually entertaining, and it’s not like they talk about Brett Favre for an hour, like SportsCenter often does. So thank goodness for that.
Role: Your role is Vanilla Townie
Abilities: None
Time Slot: Medium
Switch Task: A mislynch occurs that you are not a part of.

Post Switch:

Your show is Around the Horn

This show has 5 talking heads instead of two. At least you get multiple opinions, and someone will usually be against popular opinion, if only to be against popular opinion. This is perfect for you.
Role: Your role is Bodyguard.
Abilities:
Active: Each night, you may target a player. If that player is successfully targeted for a kill, you will die in their place.

Game Show Network:

Hello <Playername>, you are the GSN CEO. What was wrong with Game Show Network? It told you what the channel showed, and there was no confusion at all. Now, unless someone knows the channel, they might think it was just some random cable channel, until they turned it on and found all your old and new gameshows, half-hour and hour long.
Your show is 20Q.

“Does it have cheesy jokes?” “yes” “Do children often play it?” “yes” “Why did they make a TV game show out of this?” “Not a yes/no question”
Role: Your role is Lie Detector
Abilities:
Active: Each night, you may send me a sentence, along with letting me know which player said that sentence. I will let you know whether it is a lie or not, to the best of my ability. Please note, however, that this is a very subjective ability. For instance “I know X is town” would be considered a lie unless a sane cop had an innocent or if there is only one scumgroup, the scumgroup knows this, and the player is not a part of it. If you need clarification on this, please PM me with questions.
Time Slot: Small
Switch task: If you send me a sentence that comes back with a “lie” result.

Mod notes: For those who know Wheel of Time think of the Aes Sedai. Something that's not true isn't necessarily a lie, so it's rather subjective

Post-Switch:

Your show is Whammy!
People are pressing their luck on this all the time. There’s always the possibility of losing it all in a moment. You live on the edge as well, with people disliking the whammy as much as they do.
Role: You are a Super-Miller
Abilities: Passive:
If you are targeted with an investigative ability, you will come up as the equivalent of “guilty”. This means that cops will get “guilty”, trackers will get “visited <person who died>”, so on and so forth. If you have questions, feel free to ask.

Travel Channel:

Hello, <Playername>, you are the Travel Channel CEO. Traveling is such an exciting activity. You can do so many things when traveling, from eating, to relaxing, to working way too hard. Due to the massive amount of info you can give in your shows, they’re often rather long.
Your show is Man Vs. Food.

You like to eat. Eat a lot. More than any human should be able to eat. You also know that <Playername>, who is Chowder, from Cartoon Network also likes to eat a lot, so you have eating contests every night that you can. Do keep in mind though, that liking to eat doesn’t mean they have the best interests of everyone in mind.
Role: Your role is Neighbor
Abilities(Passive): Each night, you may talk to <Playername>(Chowder) in a QuickTopic thread located here<insert location here>
Time Slot: Large
Switch task: Neighbor dies

Post-Switch:

Your show is Most Haunted.
Wooooohhhoooooohhhh, ghosts. Due to the unfortunate death of your eating contest buddy, you now have decided that it’s a good idea to search for evidence of wrong-doing in the houses of these CEOs. However, because they’re digital houses, this wrong-doing is actually in the form of ghosts. Keep in mind, however, that when you’re looking for ghosts, you might find something that’s not supernatural to be a ghost, just due to how the brain works in these situations.
Role: Your role is Cop.
Abilities(Active): Each night, you may investigate a player to determine if they have committed wrong-doing or not.

Discovery Channel:

Hello <Playername>, you are the Discovery Channel CEO. There are lots of things to discover about this world, aren’t there? The correct answer is yes, yes there are. If you think otherwise, something is wrong with you. Lots of good information about nearly everything under the sun can be found on this channel, usually in decently succinct shows.
Your show is Pitchmen.

You attempt to convince people to buy stuff that they don’t need. However, they often listen to you because of how well you speak or how awesome you are. You have a more persuasive ability than most people.
Role: Your role is Double Voter
Abilities(Passive): When you vote, it counts for two votes. This will not show up on the intermediate vote counts, but will be counted towards a lynch.
Time Slot: Medium
Switch Task: Be a part of a scum lynch

Post-Switch:

Your show is Mythbusters.
Let’s blow stuff up FOR SCIENCE! You try to find out whether common(and uncommon) myths are true or not, usually using explosives and/or fire and/or awesomeness. However, this unfortunately takes up a lot of time and effort, so you can’t blow stuff up too often.
Role: Your role is 1-Shot Vigilante
Abilities(Active): One night, you may target a player and attempt to kill them with explosives.

Weather Channel:

Hello <Playername>, you are the Weather Channel CEO. You, um, show weather. A lot. As in, all the time.
Current Weather: Blizzard. Certain things may have difficulty occurring in areas of the blizzard.
Role: Roleblocker
Abilities(Active): Each night, you may target a player. Any night actions that player would take will not occur.
Time Slot: Large
Switch task: Successfully block a non-vanilla from performing their action that night. If you need clarification on what this actually means, go ahead and ask me.

Post-Switch:

Current Weather: Sunny. Nothing exciting here.
Role: Vanilla Townie

Mafia:

Cartoon Network:

Hello <PlayerName>, you are the Cartoon Network CEO. Who doesn’t love cartoons? Losers, that’s who. Cartoons are one of the few universal languages. We won’t get into the others. You show a lot of different cartoons. They’re usually all short, 30-minute shows as well. Nobody likes being bored by recap cartoons either, because most cartoons are episodic, with no need of backstory. You are tired of people disrespecting cartoons, so you, <MafiaX>, and <MafiaY> are going to do something about it, and try to be the best channels here, however you have to.
Your show is Chowder.

You like to eat. A lot. That’s why you and everyone in your world are named after food-related items. And you eat midnight snacks a lot and then more food has to be made and then you eat it all again. Oh well, at least you know someone else who likes to eat and have eating contests with him.
Role: Your role is Mafia Neighbor
Abilities(Passive): Each night you may talk to Man vs. Food(Playername) at a QuickTopic thread located <insert QT location here>
You may not use any [ quote] tags in your posts.
(Factional): Each night, your group may choose one person to kill. If you are chosen, your kill method is “eaten”. Your group has a quick topic thread <here>
Time Slot: Small
Switch Task: Neighbor dies

Post-Switch:

Your show is Scooby-Doo, Where are you?
It is time to unravel some mysteries. You and your gang get attacked by ghosts a lot, so you can usually figure out the intentions of people.
Role: Your role is Mafia Cop
Abilities(Active): Each night, you may target a player. You will find out the alignment of that player.
(Factional): Each night, your group may choose one person to kill. Your kill method is “exposed”
QuickTopic for group <at location here>

G4:

Hello <Playername>, you are the G4 CEO. This channel sucks now. There’s almost nothing worthwhile to watch on it after you killed all the good gaming shows and replaced them with crap like “The International Sexy Ladies Show”. Ugh. You used to be a gaming channel, now you’re like Spike, and who needs two Spike TVs? Not us. However, you’re tired of all the crap your channel is getting, even if it’s deserved, and you’ve teamed up with <MafiaX> and <MafiaY> to get rid of all competition in this Best Channel competition.
Your show is Attack of the Show:

Nothing too exciting here. You talk to people about stuff that guys like. Yeah, pretty boring.
Your role is Mafia Goon
Abilities: (Factional): Each night, your group may choose to kill one player. If you are chosen to make the kill, your method is “attacked”
Time Slot: Medium
Switch Task: If you are successfully targeted with a night action.
Post-Switch:

Your show is Ninja Warrior
Yeah, Ninjas. In addition to them being much cooler than pirates, they’re sneaky. They’re very good at not being seen when people are looking for them for…..less than savory reasons. Even these so-called “ninjas” who are just extremely athletic humans. They count as ninjas for this purpose.
Your role is NK-Immune Mafia
Abilities(Passive): If you are targeted for a night-kill, the kill will fail
(Factional): Each night, your group may choose to kill one player. If you are chosen, the kill method will be “assassinated”

FOX News:

Hello, <Playername>, you are the FOX News CEO. Your channel gets so much flak for being unfairly biased. But everyone is biased, you say? Who cares, you’re a conservative news channel, and that is the unfair part of it. Well, no more. You have teamed up with <MafiaX> and <MafiaY> to try to take over the “best channel” competition however you can.
Your show is News Reporting.
Does it matter who is doing the news? It’s just going to be the same thing all day anyway, telling the stories and hoping people listen.
Role: Your role is Mafia Reporter
Abilities(Active): Each night, you may publish a 100-word “news story” that will be posted in the opening day flavor. It can consist of whatever you want, but I get final say over whether it’s acceptable or not. If it’s not, I will tell you why. You must also supply a short headline.
(Factional): Each night, your group may choose one person to kill. Your kill method is “erased”. You have a QuickTopic thread <at this location>
(Passive): Due to the fact that news is reporting of other people’s facts/opinions/whatever, you may use as many [ quote] tags in a post as you like, as long as you still fit the time slot.
Time Slot: Large
Switch task: If someone explicitly states that they believe the news story. (while it doesn’t have to be those exact words, it does have to be clear to me)

Post-Switch:

Yep, you’re still just telling the news. It doesn’t matter who or how. You haven’t changed a bit. Use your original role PM, as nothing has changed.

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[hasdgfas]

not quite right there Shotty. Gorrad was still a vig, he was just blank and lost his NK-immunity