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Post Post #10954 (isolation #200) » Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:39 pm

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The double-vote gained from Skybird's 'Sworn to the Sword' Event exists solely for the purpose of submitting votes for lynches in the game thread and could not be used towards Events unless the Event allowed for such a vote.

Notably, the Beach-A-Palooza event required each
Player
to
submit
a choice of another player.

Furthermore, had Skybird had access to the Pearl account mentioned in their role PM, they would have only been able to submit a single choice regardless, as the Event specifies that each player submits a choice--not each slot.

In short, from their own role PM, there was no way that Skybird could have made multiple selections for the Beach-A-Palooza Event.

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Post Post #10998 (isolation #201) » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:39 am

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Post Post #11000 (isolation #202) » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:39 am

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"I wonder who will get my donut instead of me. Probably Peedee, he'll be up for his morning jog; Mr. Smiley will have the second donut; Lars will embezzle one; Ronaldo will buy one that he thinks is a mutant; Onion will buy one and take it for granted; and then Mayor Dewey will order a dozen, and then a dozen dozen for the whole town, and then a dozen dozen dozen for all the starving children of the world!
But not for Steven. They'll say, "Where's Steven? We saved a donut for him." They won't see me, because I'm in the sky. And then they'll feed my donut to a dog.
...and then I'll die."
Steven,
Steven Floats
VOTECOUNT 7.01


Creature (3):
Shiro, Almost50, MagnaofIllusion
Shadow_Step (2):
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Not Voting (6):
Shadow_Step, Reasonably Rational, grapes, mastin2, Thefuzzylogic99, randomidget

With 11 Alive, it takes 6 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-07 10:00:00)

The Current Stress is -2:

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Post Post #11099 (isolation #203) » Tue Nov 29, 2016 4:02 pm

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Post Post #11100 (isolation #204) » Tue Nov 29, 2016 4:02 pm

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"It is too a viable career! 80 percent of Germans make their living Deejay'ing! Why can't you just accept that I don't want to be a fishermen like you?"
Sour Cream,
Drop Beat Dad
VOTECOUNT 7.02


Creature (4):
Shiro, Almost50, MagnaofIllusion, Shadow_Step
Shadow_Step (3):
Farside22, Creature, Thefuzzylogic99

Not Voting (4):
Reasonably Rational, grapes, mastin2, randomidget

With 11 Alive, it takes 6 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-07 10:00:00)

The Current Stress is -2:

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Post Post #11159 (isolation #205) » Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:11 am

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I will have extremely limited access between tonight and December 6th.
During this time, if a lynch happens, please bear with me and be understanding of my situation.
I will do my best to check in on the game, post VCs, and provide a thread lock if needed.
Thank you all for playing this far. You're all fantastic; I couldn't ask for a better playerlist. <3
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Post Post #11244 (isolation #206) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:46 am

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"You might not believe it, but you got a lot in common.
You really do.
You both love me and I love both of you."
Steven,
Mr. Greg
VOTECOUNT 7.03 : LYNCH


Creature (LYNCH!):
Shiro, Almost50, Shadow_Step, mastin2, Reasonably Rational, MagnaofIllusion

Shadow_Step (4):
Farside22, Creature, Thefuzzylogic99, grapes

Not Voting (1):
randomidget

With 11 Alive, it takes 6 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-07 10:00:00)

The Current Stress is -2:

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Post Post #11245 (isolation #207) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:51 am

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In its prime, The Communication Hub was a massive structure of pillars and light that allowed Gems to send messages world-wide and even out into the far reaches of space. As it stood now, it was merely rubble, smashed to pieces and reaching out to no one. It seemed that Pearl and Sapphire had made it in the nick of time as well, as they quickly closed in on gem creatures making quite a ruckus on the site. It seems as though the Crystal Gems weren't the only ones looking to rout these creatures--the oldest Fryman child, Ronaldo, had been captured by them as well. The boy kicked and called out, "You can't make me talk! Earth won't lose to you rocky invaders! Once I update my blog, everyone will--"

His cries were silenced by a hulking fusion-experiment beast, which covered the boy's mouth with the one dark hand while knocking him out with another. It did not take long for the Crystal Gems to spring to action, cutting down the creatures and bubbling everyone involved. Pearl exhumed a tiny sigh, "It seems like every person in Beach City is going to be in the hospital before this is over..."

Sapphire merely shook her head, taking a seat atop a toppled pillar. "I would think not. If we wait here, the Rubies will be routed."

And, so, the defenders of Earth stood guard, waiting and ready for their enemies.
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Post Post #11246 (isolation #208) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:54 am

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It is now the Climax Phase of Episode 7.
The deadline to submit Climax Actions and Ally choices is:
(expired on 2016-12-08 00:00:00)
I will be resolving Climax Actions in:
(expired on 2016-12-09 00:00:00)

Creature has been lynched.
However, due to an effect in this game, their role information will be kept private.
Because of this, their lynch will have no effect on the Stress.
The Current Stress is -2:
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Post Post #11247 (isolation #209) » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:58 am

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Due to the vigilance of the Crystal Gems, the Rubies were never able to secure the Communication Hub and enact whatever plan they had. Of course, they did arrive, ducking behind a rock as they noticed the vicious renegade Pearl and her ally.

The one Ruby turned to the other, forming a weapon and scowling, "Do we take them? We have to get off this rock."

To this, the other quickly relented, "No, no! They beat the fusion monsters. We should think of a different plan."

Begrudgingly, the Rubies left the site, frustrated and looking to somehow make up for this loss. While earlier efforts and diversions had gone off without a hitch, they still hadn't found Jasper or a way off the planet, leaving them with little recourse. A frustrated sigh marked their departure--starkly juxtaposed to Pearl's hummed tune. Something began to boil within these Rubies, a jealousy turned to hatred, as they marched away from the valiant defenders of Earth. Turning for a last look, Ruby saw Sapphire looking right at her, as if knowingly. In that moment, both seemed to acknowledge that a fight here would be meaningless.

Pearl, unaware of this turn of events, glanced to her ally, grinning, "Something on your mind?"

Sapphire simply nodded, "Always."



The Event, "IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S WORTH MORE THAN PEACE AND LOVE ON THE PLANET EARTH" has been triggered and will be ongoing during Climax 7 and Episode 8, with the following effects:
:right: The
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factional kill will be prevented from happening during Episode 7's Climax Phase.
:right: For the duration of this Event (until the end of Episode 8), the
Threats to Earth (scum)
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Post Post #11248 (isolation #210) » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:32 am

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Creature's role has been revealed at this time.
Creature was Ronaldo, aligned with
Earth
.
Due to this, Stress has increased by 1, towards 'Tragic Destiny'.
While this change has happened during the Climax Phase, all action submission and resolution will adhere to the stress from the start of the Climax phase.
Ronaldo's full role functions as follows:

Spoiler:
Ronaldo Fryman, Connoisseur of the Weird
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It's our duty to let those simple people live out their simple lives, without ever knowing the burden of being friends with us.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Is that giant hand from the sky sitting right in the middle of the beach?! I gotta get some of this for my blog!

Posted with the starting Votecount of each new Episode will be a quote box featuring text advertised as the 'Keep Beach City Weird' blog.
Each Climax Phase, starting with the pre-game, you must submit a post of at least 100 words to be featured in the 'Keep Beach City Weird' blog.
Failure to make any of these posts will result in your role losing access to this ability altogether.
You will submit posts to me. I will edit any of the content of the post to be untrue with regards to private information.
Only you will know that the information posted in the Keep Beach City Weird blog is selectively untrue.
I will not edit any factionally-oriented information, such as information that confirms or deconfirms a player's alignment.
I will not edit any information that is publicly known.

That's just what people like us do. Suffer quietly, shouldering the knowledge no one else can bear.

One Shot. Climax-Phase only. Only usable if you are in an Alliance.
You may target a player to learn four pieces of information regarding abilities that the target player has.
Three of these four pieces of information will be incorrect.
One of these four pieces of information will be correct.
If the stress is at +3 or higher, three of these four pieces of info will be correct.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded a shot of this ability.

EVENT:
Rising Tides and Crashing Skies

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Trigger at Climax.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +3 Stress or higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies"
Publicly, this event will only announce that you have filmed a documentary.
This event shifts the stress towards Slice of Life by three points.
Privately, you learn the nature of the Crystal Gems.
Privately, The Crystal Gems will learn that you know of their nature.

This is a matter of weird and death!

You are aligned with
Earth
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In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.

The Current Stress is -1:
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Post Post #11249 (isolation #211) » Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:34 pm

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Apologies for the slight delay. I had a power outage and lost a lot of the progress I had made.
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Post Post #11250 (isolation #212) » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:26 pm

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Far away from those fields, in a frozen land of snow and thick trees, another Ruby was at work. As the diligent soldier of Homeworld pressed her hand to a stone surface, an entire mountain rumbled and shifted about, stone pulling back to form an entrance. Ruby glanced over her shoulder, looking out to the frigid yet surprisingly verdant landscape behind her. For a moment, thoughts of the wars over this thriving rock played out in her mind. Brushing them back, she continued about her work, disappearing into the dark recesses of the mountain's inner sanctum, grumbling to herself, "If Jasper isn't to be found, then we'll just have to cull the rebels ourselves."

Sapphire opened her eye and reached out for someone that wasn't there. She only found Pearl, ever stalwart in her defense of the place, spear at the ready. Pearl looked to her friend, speaking briefly, "Any luck?"

The clairvoyant gem only shuddered. "Plenty of Rubies, but none of them mine."

Pearl, trying to be optimistic, to hold the team together, chanced an uplifting smile, "Then we'll just have to find our Ruby the old fashioned way!"

To this, Sapphire descended from her seat and only offered a solemn sigh. It would help nothing to tell Pearl of the myriad of dark futures she had seen. All that could be done now was to rally forth and forge a tomorrow worth fighting for.


Shiro has been removed from the game as a part of an effect. This will not cause the stress to change.
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Post Post #11251 (isolation #213) » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:35 pm

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"I'mma be really real with you for a sec. This whole time we've been here, you've just been focusing on what you can't do.
Of course you're not having any fun.
You think that all you are is who you could be, but we don't hang out with you because of who you could be.
We like you."
Amethyst,
Too Short To Ride


VOTECOUNT 8.0


Not Voting (9):
Shadow_Step, Almost50, Farside22, Reasonably Rational, grapes, mastin2, MagnaofIllusion, Thefuzzylogic99, randomidget

With 9 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-24 00:00:00)

The Current Stress is -1:

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Post Post #11374 (isolation #214) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:08 pm

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Post Post #11375 (isolation #215) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:08 pm

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"So glad I don't have to deal with this tomorrow."
Lars,
The New Lars
VOTECOUNT 8.01


Shadow_Step (3):
mastin2, Farside22, Shadow_Step
Thefuzzlylogic99 (1):
Almost50

Not Voting (5):
Reasonably Rational, grapes, MagnaofIllusion, randomidget, Thefuzzylogic99

With 9 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-24 00:00:00)

The Current Stress is -1:

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Post Post #11385 (isolation #216) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:10 pm

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In post 11383, TheFuzzylogic99 wrote: 1) can you confirm that the event prevents the scum team from action and not individual scum member
2) Does the end of episode 8 include night ,,,,,can scum kill tonight
A) can you explain if my sure kill will work on Far..I know I asked in a PM but I want it posted here please to prevent any confusion
3) I don't have a third I just like using this numbering system from Home Alone

1) If you are referring to This Event; Scum players were unable to take factional kills and perform factional events. Individual role events and actions are not prevented from this Event.

2) Episodes consist of both a Day (Exposition) and Night (Climax) phase. The Event only prevented scum factional kills during Episode 7's Climax.

A) I can not answer that question because it pertains to roles that are not publicly known.

3) Home Alone is a solid film.
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Post Post #11475 (isolation #217) » Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:37 pm

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"They told me there wasn't enough room on the road for the Universe. And I told them, the Universe
is
my road."
Steven,
Beach City Drift
VOTECOUNT 8.02 : LYNCH!


Shadow_Step (LYNCH):
mastin2, Farside22, Shadow_Step, MagnaofIllusion, Thefuzzylogic99

Thefuzzlylogic99 (1):
Almost50

Not Voting (4):
Reasonably Rational, grapes, randomidget

With 9 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2016-12-24 00:00:00)

The Current Stress is -1:

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Post Post #11478 (isolation #218) » Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:59 pm

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All this time, Steven's lion had stayed by his side, loyal in protecting the young master. The boy stared out of the nearby hospital window, musing to his furry friend, "Ah, I never get to see Beach City like this, Lion. All the lights that come on the boardwalk at night, the cars passing and going, the strange glow coming from the fissures left after the Cluster almost destroyed the entire planet--wait, hold on!"

Snapping from his reverie and giving that light another look, Steven recognized several gem-mutants crawling out from the earth. Instead of blindly lumbering around, they all left in droves, heading North. The boy pulled himself from the window and made to leave his room, but his Lion looked to have none of it, pushing him back into bed.

"Lion, what's this? I need to go see what they're up to! I need to warn someone!" Lion simply shook its head and put a paw on Steven's chest. To this, Steven yielded, "You're saying I should stay here? But--"

Before he could protest any more, the pink familiar was leaping through a portal of its own design, teleporting away into the night. Once more, the hospital was still and quiet, leaving Steven to stare out the window. "...hope you come back soon, Lion."
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Post Post #11479 (isolation #219) » Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:07 pm

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It is now the Climax Phase of Episode 8.
The deadline to submit Climax Actions and Ally choices is:
(expired on 2016-12-16 00:00:00)
I will be resolving Climax Actions in:
(expired on 2016-12-17 00:00:00)

Shadow_Step has been lynched.
However, due to an effect in this game, their role information will be kept private.
Because of this, their lynch will have no effect on the Stress.
The Current Stress is -1:
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Post Post #11480 (isolation #220) » Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:26 pm

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Far away from there, the other Crystal Gems were at work routing Homeworld. Unsure of where to strike next, Pearl paced tirelessly about the temple before realizing something very important.

"The Moon! Sapphire, we never followed them back there!"

Sapphire, already resting on the teleportation stone, merely chuckled. "That's right." It was as if she was waiting for Pearl to come to this conclusion. Just outside, Steven could make out the tale-tell light of the gems warping away. With his hand on the door knob, he sighed, looking out to the ocean.

"...guess I was too late to warn them. Wonder where they went." His eyes lifted to the full moon, hanging ominously in the sky. Unable to help his allies, Steven simply shook his head, resolving to get some rest and wait until they came back.


The Event, "BACK TO THE MOON" has been triggered.
:right: All members of the Crystal Gems Faction are effectively removed from the game during the Climax Phase.
:right: They will return to the game at the start of the next Episode.
:right: Stress has been reset to neutral (zero). Due to this change in stress happening at the start of the Climax Phase, this will be the effective Stress when determining what actions may be submitted during Climax 8.

The current stress is neutral:
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Post Post #11481 (isolation #221) » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:15 am

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Shadow_Step's role has been revealed at this time.
Shadow_Step was Leggy, aligned with the
Threats to Earth
.
Due to this, Stress has decreased by 2, towards 'Slice of Life'.
While this change has happened during the Climax Phase, all action submission and resolution will adhere to the stress from the start of the Climax phase.
Leggy's full role functions as follows:

Spoiler:
Leggy, The Ruby On Her First Mission
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Wait! So we just... get up and walk around? Whoa-!
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
I'll just go stand over here then.

You have no Episode Event or other abilities.
You may not commit the factional kill unless you are the last surviving member of your team or if stress is at -2 or lower.
Any attempt to investigate if you have access to a kill will provide a negative result until this point in time.
Any attempt to investigate if you have any abilities, Climax-abilities, or other actions will provide a negative result until this point in time.
During the Season Finale, you may publicly confirm that you have no abilities or Episode Events outside of the capacity to confirm this information.
If you choose to do so, I will post the following in the game thread:
"This player has no other non-factional abilities or Episode Events besides the ability to confirm this information."

But we just got here...

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.

The Current Stress is -2:
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Post Post #11482 (isolation #222) » Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:02 pm

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Elsewhere, a slick car flashed down the highway. Kevin, a human boy and self-professed cool dude, pressed his foot to the gas, his car roaring over a hundred miles an hour. As he took a curve, his eyes went wide at the sight of the lumbering beast before him, though he hardly stopped--plowing right into the gem monstrosity. Ever cool, Kevin exclaimed, "Get off my planet, you freak!"

The creature, of course, did not take kindly to this, its many fists slamming into the hood of the car, tearing metal apart. Kevin only sped through the night faster, hoping to shake the beast. Soon, he came across a horde of watermelon-like creatures, all sentient, also in the middle of the road. With a ducked head, he cried, "What the heck is going on tonight," as his fancy ride was rendered to a smouldering mess of metal, watermelon, and several alien creatures clinging for dear life as they all sped through the night, hurdling faster and faster to their fate.

The gems returned to find Steven sleeping on their doorstep. With a smile and a sigh, Pearl tucked him in to bed, turning back to notice a Ruby at their doorstep now--one of the Homeworld Rubies! Pearl was quick to draw her spear, but Sapphire stepped between them, exclaiming, "Wait--let's hear her out."

Pearl only kept her stance, stepping to Sapphire's side protectively. Assuming a rather maternal and distanced tone, Pearl forewarned, "Even if she's alone, she's with Homeworld. We can't trust her."

The rather sheepish Ruby waddled into their living room, clutching her hands together. "Yes, I'm with Homeworld, but, the other Rubies are up to something bad. I just thought, maybe, well, we're all gems, so--"

As soon as the Ruby stepped forward, Pearl thrust her lance into the poor creature, poofing her and returning her to a gem state. Sapphire simply shook her head, bubbling the Ruby away. "Pearl, we must afford kindness to even our enemies. If we don't--"

Before she could admonish Pearl any more, a large explosion rocked Beach City. Both gems cast their eyes out to the boardwalk, where a pillar of flame and smoke lit up the horizon.



Farside22 has been killed. She was Kevin, aligned with
Earth
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Kevin's full role functions as follows:
Spoiler:
Kevin, The Coolest Character In This Show
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I look like a guy you know? That's impossible. There's only one... Kevin.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Your whole "two kids in a beautiful trench coat" routine won't fool me this time, so don't even try it!

Two-Shot. Climax-Phase only. You may target a player to discover what their allying bonus is and who they are allied with.
During the Season Finale, this power will also inform you of any allying bonuses that their allies have as well.
During the Season Finale, this power is refunded one shot.

Have we met before?

Many of your abilities will earn you 'Kevin Points', which are a kind of currency that you can use to fuel other abilities that you have.
I will be keeping track of your total number of Kevin Points.
At any point in time, you may PM me to ask how many Kevin Points you have.

Heh. I see what's going on here. You've had a taste of Kevin, and now you're obsessed.

If a player ever allies with you more than once, you gain one Kevin Point.

I know, baby. I'm the worst.

All actions that target you fail. Every time an action fails in this way, you gain one Kevin Point.
Players who have their actions fail due to this ability will be informed that it was you who caused their action failure.

You know, this mountain pass has some really beautiful views. Shame you'll only be seeing my tail lights the whole time.

During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to cause their non-factional actions to fail.
Players who have their actions fail due to this ability will be informed that it was you who caused their action failure.
Every action that you cause to fail in this way causes you to gain one Kevin Point.

I know you want to be close, but this is a little clingy.

At any point in time, you may immediately end the alliance you are in to cause your allies to lose access to all their allying bonuses.
Players in your alliance will be informed that the alliance was disbanded by you, on purpose.
Every time you disband an alliance in this way, you gain one Kevin Point for each ally that you jilt.

The truth is I don't mean to be this way. I-I just lash out because of my little brother. He's sick. Been sick all our lives. Sometimes I think if I act real cool and never let anyone see my pain, then maybe the pain will go away. And maybe... I can take his pain away, too.

You may claim that you and another player share a Masonry.
So long as the other player does not refute this claim within their next five posts, this ability is successful and you gain three Kevin Points.

Dude! I don't even have a brother! I'm like this because I think it's funny! Chowzers!

You may have me mod-confirm in the public thread that you are NOT masons with the claimed player.
Doing so increases the Stress by one point.
Doing so also earns you three more Kevin Points.

Finally. You caught up. I was worried you'd miss seeing me win.

The first time that you are lynched, the votecount will reset instead--this also resets the deadline.
If you are 'lynched' in this way, you will gain two Kevin Points.

It's Kevin time.

At any point in the game, you may exchange Kevin Points for extra voting power.
You may only ever exchange up to a maximum of Kevin Points equal to 1/2 the votes required to lynch a player.
This ability may never let you be the single voting player on a lynch.

First one to the bottom wins, but you don't have to worry about that last part.

If, at any point in the game, you have twenty Kevin Points, I will inform you.
If this is the case, then you will be able to leave the game for a unique third party win.

EVENT:
Come on, how am I going to get a cool-down lap if no one wants to go?

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Trigger during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +1 or higher Stress, at least 5 Kevin Points
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Beach City Drift."
You will challenge a player to a race.
Target a player. That player may publicly leverage non-factional information about their role and actions in order to earn points towards winning the race.
Once they ante up their information, you may spend however many Kevin Points that you want in order to win.
You will always win the race. If you don't have enough Kevin Points, you will lose all your Kevin Points.
They will be told that if they win, they get fabulous prizes, but they can not win.
If the player submitted at least five points of information, you gain back five Kevin points.
If the player submitted at least ten points of information, you may have me publicly confirm all the information they submitted.
If the player submitted at least fifteen points of information, you may choose to make that player lose all of their abilities, factional and otherwise.
Publicly, all that will be revealed is the fact that you are racing a player and that they may leverage points of information in order to attempt to win.

First place, baby! It's like I invented winning.

You are aligned with
Earth
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In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


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Post Post #11483 (isolation #223) » Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:14 pm

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Restaurant Wars


VOTECOUNT 9.0


Not Voting (7):
Almost50, Reasonably Rational, grapes, mastin2, MagnaofIllusion, Thefuzzylogic99, randomidget

With 7 Alive, it takes 4 to Lynch.
Deadline
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Post Post #11484 (isolation #224) » Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:16 pm

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I will not be available for the first few hours of this Exposition phase.
Please understand.
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Post Post #11518 (isolation #225) » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:05 pm

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Currently been driving a lot in the last 24 hours;
Apologies for any delays/mishaps due to my absence.
Shiro has returned to the game.
There are now 8 players alive, with 5 required for a lynch.

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Post Post #11519 (isolation #226) » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:13 pm

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"Time to cut the cheese. Shing! Sorry for using the same pun twice."
Steven,
Kiki's Delivery Service
VOTECOUNT 9.01


Grapes (1):
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Reasonably Rational (1):
mastin2

Not Voting (6):
Reasonably Rational, grapes, MagnaofIllusion, randomidget, Shiro, Thefuzzylogic99

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Post Post #11588 (isolation #227) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:49 am

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In post 11587, MagnaofIllusion wrote:
@MOD – the Mafia factional kill does not count as a player ability for purposes of Almost’s Alliance ability to make alliance members’ abilities always succeed correct?
I can only discuss roles and abilities that have been made public to the game.

I can not talk about roles/abilities that may or may not exist on any other player's role card, as confirming or deconfirming that sort of information would break moderator rules and standards.
If you have a question about your own role or any other non-public mechanic, PM me.
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Post Post #11788 (isolation #228) » Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:01 pm

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In post 11787, TheFuzzylogic99 wrote:Vasoon can we have extension for 2 days.......I know many of us will be spending time with family and friends Christmas Eve and Christmas

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
HAVE A FULL EXTRA WEEK TO THE DEADLINE, FOR I AM A MERCIFUL MOD.
Also, shit, I'll get a VC up soon, get off my back.
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Post Post #11790 (isolation #229) » Thu Dec 22, 2016 12:06 am

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"I guess it'll take more than a kiss to heal damage from the Diamonds."
Pearl,
Monster Reunion
VOTECOUNT 9.02


Grapes (5):
Almost50, Reasonably Rational, randomidget, MagnaofIllusion, Thefuzzylogic99
Reasonably Rational (1):
Mastin2
Thefuzzylogic99 (2):
grapes, Shiro

Not Voting (0):


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Post Post #11799 (isolation #230) » Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:27 am

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If you have questions for me, please bold them if you want me to answer you via PM or in-thread (if possible).
The Votecount is rendered correctly (unless I misattributed a vote somewhere). Grapes has five votes, which is the majority required for a lynch, but is not currently lynched.
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Post Post #11839 (isolation #231) » Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:24 pm

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I will not be enforcing prods until after the New Year.
Happy Holidays, you wonderful people.
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Post Post #11905 (isolation #232) » Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:25 am

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Once again, I urge that if anyone has flavor questions, to just ask me.
I will not deny that flavor is a strong component of this game, but it has also been balanced such that reliance on flavor over gameplay/rhetoric/mechanics will always lead you to defeat.
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Post Post #11948 (isolation #233) » Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:40 am

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Post Post #11949 (isolation #234) » Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:40 am

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Post Post #11950 (isolation #235) » Sat Dec 31, 2016 7:41 am

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"We
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a boat. I may be rich, but buying a boat would be going a bit
overboard
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Greg,
Alone at Sea
VOTECOUNT 9.03


Grapes (4):
Almost50, Reasonably Rational, randomidget, MagnaofIllusion
Reasonably Rational (2):
Mastin2, Shiro
Almost50 (1):
grapes

Not Voting (1):
Thefuzzylogic99

With 8 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
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Post Post #12098 (isolation #236) » Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:23 am

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In post 12093, Reasonably Rational wrote:

@Varsoon: VC please?


-Cerb
ONLY 'CUS YA ASKED SO NICELY, LAD
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Post Post #12099 (isolation #237) » Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:23 am

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Post Post #12100 (isolation #238) » Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:23 am

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"Doesn't your magical girlfriend know how to cook?"
Vidalia,
Greg the Babysitter
VOTECOUNT 9.04


Thefuzzylogic99 (2):
randomidget, MagnaofIllusion
Grapes (2):
Almost50, Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational (2):
Mastin2, Shiro
Almost50 (1):
grapes


Not Voting (1):
Thefuzzylogic99

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Post Post #12134 (isolation #239) » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:54 pm

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In post 12121, Reasonably Rational wrote:
@Varsoon: when Skybird was removed from the game by a trap for clods, was she still considered in an alliance? In addition, did her protection also protect her from events?
Players removed from the game are not considered to be a part of any alliance.
Skybird's protection only specifies 'abilities'--Events, notably, bypass this protection.
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Post Post #12142 (isolation #240) » Thu Jan 05, 2017 3:32 pm

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In post 12136, mastin2 wrote:
Varsoon: (In general if nothing else,) When a scum player dies in your games, do they retain access to the mafia thread?
In general, that is the case.
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Post Post #12199 (isolation #241) » Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:47 am

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"Forget Gems, humans are already starting their own demise! Peak oils, Steven! How do we handle terminal decline without alternate energy sources?!"
Connie,
Gem Hunt
VOTECOUNT 9.05 : LYNCH


Thefuzzylogic99 (LYNCH):
randomidget, MagnaofIllusion, Reasonably Rational, grapes, Mastin2

Reasonably Rational (2):
Shiro, Thefuzzylogic99
Grapes (1):
Almost50



Not Voting (0):


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Post Post #12200 (isolation #242) » Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:29 pm

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In Beach City, the chaos seemed to be settling down. What was once a boiling catastrophe had cooled off into a tense simmer. Steven, unable to sleep, merely looked out to the waves lapping on the beach. With a deep sigh, the boy cast his eyes to the moon, openly wondering, "I hope they're alright..."

On the moon, the tension was more than palpable. The Crystal Gems rushed up a flight of spiraling stairs as the large murals of Homeworld's matriarch's, the Diamonds, seemed to glare down at them from those cold walls. Upon reaching the control room, Sapphire and Pearl skidded to a halt, gasping at the scene that was unfolding before them. Pearl shook her head in disbelief, crying out, "No--no way!"
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Post Post #12201 (isolation #243) » Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:29 pm

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It is now the Climax Phase of Episode 9.
The deadline to submit Climax Actions and Ally choices is:
(expired on 2017-01-09 00:00:00)
I will be resolving Climax Actions in:
(expired on 2017-01-10 00:00:00)

TheFuzzylogic99 has been lynched.
However, due to an effect in this game, their role information will be kept private.
Because of this, their lynch will have no effect on the Stress.
The Current Stress is -1:
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Post Post #12202 (isolation #244) » Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:09 am

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TheFuzzylogic99's role has been revealed at this time.
]TheFuzzylogic99 was Watermelon Steven, aligned with
Earth
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Due to this, Stress has increased by 1, towards 'Tragic Destiny'.
While this change has happened during the Climax Phase, all action submission and resolution will adhere to the stress from the start of the Climax phase.
Watermelon Steven's full role functions as follows:

Spoiler:
Watermelon Steven, A Collective of Plant Soldiers
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I was on Mask Island. I was in a Watermelon Steven. They have a lovely community!
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are not a Human or a Gem.
Thank you. All of you. You are truly brave.

One Shot. Climax-Phase Only. If you are in an alliance, you gain access to a killing action.
During the Season Finale or if stress is at +3 or higher, this killing action will always succeed.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this ability.

EVENT:
Steven, is that you in there?

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 1
REQUIREMENTS: +3 or higher Stress.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Super Watermelon Island."

The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
All private threads except for alliances are locked for the duration of this Event.
Once this Event ends, the Exposition phase continues as normal.
For 48 hours, players may privately submit a target that they want to be lynched.
Once that time is up, whatever player has the most votes will be put up for lynch.

The following information is private and only known to you:
If there is a tie, you may decide which player is lynched.
You may decide not to lynch this player, however.
If you decide against lynching the player, Stress goes down by 6 points.
If you decide to lynch the player, they are lynched and Stress goes down by 3 points.


Good job, melon head.

You are aligned with
Earth
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In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.

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Post Post #12203 (isolation #245) » Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:17 pm

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The floor of the circular chamber was littered with the splattered corpses of dozens of watermelon creatures, some still feebly dragging themselves across the mirrored tiles, their liquid entrails smearing out behind them in gory display. At the center of this carnage was a lone figure--a Ruby, hands dripping and covered in watermelon seeds. She turned to face the Crystal Gems, though Pearl was quick to close their distance with her spear! In a flash of light, a grotesque forced-fusion hybrid leapt up to block the attack and grab Pearl's spear away as if it were a mere toothpick. The beast flung Pearl across the room and unleashed an ear-splitting shriek. Trembling with fear, Sapphire fell to her knees; the abomination only further reminded her of her own missing Ruby and how she longed to be Garnet.

With a step forward, the Homeworld Ruby lifted Sapphire by the scruff of her collar. Her voice was sinister and direct, "You're a Sapphire. You're going to help me find Jasper, then we're abandoning this doomed planet." Before Sapphire could protest, the forced-fusion beast crushed Sapphire in its overgrown hand, forcing her to return to the stasis of her Gem. The Ruby glanced back to Pearl as she made her way to the stairs, chuckling darkly to the fusion-beast, "Do with her as you please. Even if you can't finish her off, there's no way she's getting back to her beloved Earth after I'm done here."

While all hope may have been lost on the moon, the fate of Earth hadn't been decided yet. Silent hands readied themselves for the coming storm. While the harrowing forced-fusion monsters had shattered and weakened many of Earth's strongest alliances, a small group of humans and gems alike were rallying themselves for one last battle, sharpening their weapons and waiting for the moment to strike. As it was thousands of years ago--Earth would not go down without a fight.

The Scum Factional Event, "KEEPING IT TOGETHER" was triggered and resolved during Climax 9 with the following effects:
:right: All alliances fail to form.
:right: Any players who would have retained an Alliance from Episode 9 now instead take one less vote to lynch for Episode 10.
:right: Adds +3 Stress, towards Tragic Destiny.


MagnaofIllusion has been killed. However, due to an effect, their role's information has not been revealed yet.
Furthermore, due to this, the stress will not change at this time due to their death.
Grapes has been removed from the game as a part of an effect. This will not cause the stress to change.
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Post Post #12204 (isolation #246) » Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:28 pm

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"Rose said... I'm perfect... the way I am!"
Amethyst
"Then she had low standards."
Jasper,
Crack the Whip


VOTECOUNT 10.0


Not Voting (5):
Almost50, Reasonably Rational, mastin2, randomidget, Shiro

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Deadline
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Post Post #12223 (isolation #247) » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:48 pm

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When Amethyst fell, Pearl felt as though she had let down the Crystal Gems, but found new resolve despite it all.

With Steven hospitalized, Pearl's hope had faded, her face hardly bearing a smile.

Now that Garnet had been split and taken by Homeworld, Pearl had lost nearly everything that she fought for. Tears streaming down her cheeks, she pulled herself to her feet, using her spear to weakly pick herself back up from the forced-fusion's onslaught. As the beast closed in on her, she bit back those tears, delivering a single slash that felled the creature. With a deep sigh, Pearl exhumed, "We still have Earth. All is not lost, Rose."

Upon returning to the sanctuary, Pearl found Steven fast asleep near the teleporter. With a soft laugh, the gem ruffled a hand through Steven's hair. A distant look came upon her as she softly broke the news to the sleeping boy, "Homeworld has Garnet. But don't worry, Steven. They haven't won yet. So long as I breathe, I will carry on Rose's hopes and dreams for this planet, and for you."


MagnaofIllusion's role-information has been revealed:
He was Garnet, aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.

Due to this, the stress has increased by 1.

Spoiler: Garnet's role functions as follows:
Garnet, The Stoic Brawler Made of Love
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I will fight for the place where I'm free, to live together and exist as me!
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
And if you think you're safe here, well, I got news for you. You've lost! Now, stay off my planet!

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

I am not, nor will I ever be, interested! Go away!

So long as you are Garnet, you may not Ally with any player outside of the Crystal Gems.
You may ignore this ability if the Stress is +1 or higher.

I embody my... I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love. I'll always exist in them, even if I split apart.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

I can be brash, you can be reckless, and we can both get carried away.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

What we need now is to be careful. You and me, Pearl. Let's Fuse.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

EVENT:
Ah! Don't hurt her! Don't hurt... me.

EPISODE EVENT: Reactionary.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: This event is triggered when you die.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "The Answer."
When you die, your information will not be posted in the main game thread.
Instead, you may continue play as your choice of either Ruby or Sapphire.
Both the rolecards for Ruby and Sapphire will be provided in your role PM.

We'll be fine. You can do this. We believe in you.

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
[The nature of this win-condition has been redacted.]


Sapphire, The Visionary Who Fell In Love
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Such is fate.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I didn't need to feel. I saw.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

I can see the path of fate as it stretches toward the horizon.

If you ally with another player, you may use your Climax Action to learn which actions your ally submitted during the same Climax Phase.
During the Season Finale, you may target an ally during the Exposition to learn which non-factional actions they may take during the Climax Phase.

You honestly think I'm not upset about what happened? I just wanted to do the right thing...

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
[The nature of this win-condition has been redacted.]


Ruby, The Eternal Flame
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You're not as above this as you think you are!
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I don't wanna go alone...

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

Oh, come on. We'll punch 'em together when we fuse. That's why they sent, uh, three of us!

If you ally with another player and both you and your ally are voting for a player, an extra vote will be submitted against that player.
During the Season Finale, both you and your ally's votes count as double.
If you and your ally are both voting for a player during the Season Finale, neither of you may hammer a player.

This is all my fault! I didn't want to look for a solution, I just wanted to be mad!

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
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[The nature of this win-condition has been redacted.]
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Post Post #12224 (isolation #248) » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:55 pm

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Post Post #12225 (isolation #249) » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:55 pm

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"I've modified them to accommodate less...
...lethal training."
Pearl
"The sharpest weapon is the
Mind
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Holo-Pearl,
Steven vs Amethyst
VOTECOUNT 10.01


Reasonably Rational (1):
Almost50

Not Voting (4):
Reasonably Rational, mastin2, randomidget, Shiro

With 5 Alive, it takes 4 to Lynch.
Deadline
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The Current Stress is +4, TRAGIC DESTINY:

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Post Post #12250 (isolation #250) » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:08 pm

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Shiro and Mastin2 have been prodded.
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Post Post #12345 (isolation #251) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:26 am

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In post 12341, mastin2 wrote:
Mod: can we have a deadline extension?
At this time, there is no reason for me to extend forth an extension.
As for my own relative absence--my father is in the hospital and I have limited access.
That said, should any events happen that are time sensitive, I will extend the deadline for the amount of time between their submission/activation and when I am capable of resolving them--I have already adjusted the deadline to accommodate this delay.

Regardless, if there is a lynch or the current deadline hits, I will be locking the thread as soon as I can.
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Post Post #12346 (isolation #252) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:31 am

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Grapes has returned to the game.
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Post Post #12347 (isolation #253) » Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:37 am

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"Dying a bunch in video games is emotionally exhausting."
Steven,
Bismuth
VOTECOUNT 10.02


Reasonably Rational (1):
mastin2
Almost50 (1):
Almost50


Not Voting (4):
Reasonably Rational, randomidget, Shiro, Grapes

With 6 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2017-01-24 05:00:00)

The Current Stress is +4, TRAGIC DESTINY:

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Post Post #12378 (isolation #254) » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:37 pm

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After reviewing the circumstances regarding grapes' absence, I have made the following decisions:
There will be no extension to the deadline beyond what was already offered.
grapes will be issued a prod and reminder to stay active.
All players will be encouraged to be active as well.

I understand that, at this point in a game, it can be hard to keep up or post regularly.
However, I still urge everyone to post within the regular expectations.
I will not be forgiving on this front--your own failure to engage with the game is a burden that you will have to bear.
Extensions will be granted on the basis of moderator absence/issues and when force replacements need to be found.
At this point in time, grapes will not be force-replaced from the game; things will continue on their regular schedule.

As always, thank you for bearing with me through these hard times.
Love,
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Post Post #12379 (isolation #255) » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:44 pm

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"This piece is called 'Wow, thanks.' It represents the struggles of intercommunication. The tape is the ribbon that binds our experience on Earth together. It has no functional purpose! It just makes me feel bad!"
Peridot,
Beta
VOTECOUNT 10.03 : NO LYNCH


Almost50 (2):
Almost50, randomidget
grapes (1):
mastin2


Not Voting (3):
Reasonably Rational, Shiro, Grapes

With 6 Alive, it takes 5 to Lynch.
Deadline
: (expired on 2017-01-24 05:00:00)

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Post Post #12380 (isolation #256) » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:55 pm

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It is now the Climax Phase of Episode 10.
The deadline to submit Climax Actions and Ally choices is:
(expired on 2017-01-26 10:00:00)
I will be resolving Climax Actions in:
(expired on 2017-01-27 10:00:00)



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Post Post #12381 (isolation #257) » Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:10 pm

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For the next several hours, Pearl worked restlessly to locate the leader of Homeworld's Ruby Squad. Peridot's old pod was still hooked into the teleporter system and it wasn't long until Pearl discovered a startling array of teleporters were not just active--but were currently in use! Pearl ran her fingers over the digital readouts, eyes growing wide as she realized that all of these teleporters were ferrying their users to a singular place; Watermelon Island.

Spear in hand, Pearl took a sharp breath and stepped onto the telepad within the temple. Familiar light enveloped her. As the bright curtain trailed away to the familiar landscape of Watermelon Island, Pearl gasped. The entire place was packed thick with forced-fusion gem monsters. Even more startling was the fact that they didn't attack Pearl--they simply shambled in unison towards the shore. More arrived on the telepad behind Pearl, stepping around her as they ushered forth to their enigmatic destination.

Following the pack with caution in her step, Pearl soon came to a large outcropping of rocks, where she found not one but two gems that she hadn't expected to see--the leader of the Homeworld Rubies and Lapis Lazuli.

The Ruby barked at Lapis, "That useless Sapphire wouldn't help me and look at her now!" She held up Sapphire's gem, cracked and clutched tight in her hand. "I know your powers. I also know that Jasper is still out there--you're going to find her for me."

Lapis, frustrated, looked as if she were to resist, but was held tight in the binding grasp of the forced-fusion monsters that seemed to be at the Ruby's beck and call. With a sigh, she dropped to her knees and approached the waterfront. Feet in the water, Lapis muttered softly, "It's true..."

The Ruby's eyes lit up. "...and?"

"...that I have been on this planet much longer than you," Lapis continued, turning to notice Pearl in the crowd, "I've grown familiar with its oceans. Seventy percent of this rock is covered in water. No one can hide from me."

At this, Lapis turned darkly to her tormenter, her would-be Homeworld Jailer, voice cracking into a furious roar, "And that includes you!"

With that, the tide soared high above the entire island, crashing down and causing many of the fusion-monsters to lose their forms from the sheer force of the wave. As the tsunami raged, Lapis conjured a mad tempest and continued forward, water ebbing around her. "This is my home now! I won't let you or anyone else take it way from me! I'll sink this entirely island and ensure that Homeworld never succeeds in another one of their twisted missions again!"

What happened next was a frenzy of creatures leaping about, impaled by spears of water. Some attempted to flee, including Pearl, only to be washed about in the swiftly moving current. Even Ruby, who tried to stand her ground, was taken by the storm. Soon, it all died down, leaving no trace of Watermelon Island save bubbles and froth marking its descent into the ocean.


The Climax Event "I CAN'T GET DISTRACTED, I'VE GOT TO HOLD US DOWN WITH THE WEIGHT OF YOUR PLANET'S OCEAN!" has resolved with the following Effect:
:right: Grapes and Almost50 have been removed from the game for the duration of Episode 11.


Randomidget has been killed. He was Pearl, aligned with
The Crystal Gems
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Pearl's full role functions as follows:
Spoiler: PEARL
Pearl, The Forlorn Gem Duelist
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Rose made me feel... like I was everything.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I don't get tired; I get results.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

I am a gem of many talents. A dedication to fact is just one of them.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

Pearl points are awarded for punctuality, perseverance, and positivity.

If you ally with another player, you may reward them with 'Pearl Points'.
The points cumulate and are never taken away.
Pearl Points can not be rewarded on Episodes when the Exposition ended on a 'No-Lynch'.
Players will earn 1 Pearl Point for being on the same wagon you are on when the Exposition Phase ends.
Players will earn 2 Pearl Points for allying with you on consecutive Episodes.
Players will earn 3 Pearl Points for lynching scum.
During the Season Finale or at +3 or Higher Stress, players earn double the Pearl Points.

We may be smaller, weaker, and less gifted than our opponents but with these P's, we have the keys to success aaaand to the Pearl prize pouch!

You may, at any time, reward players who have earned enough Pearl Points.
You may never give the same reward to a player twice.
If a player has 5 Pearl Points, you may grant them one-time kill immunity.
If a player has 10 Pearl Points, you may grant them a one-shot, Climax-only ability to determine if a player has the capacity to kill another player.
If a player has 15 Pearl Points, you may grant them a one-shot killing ability.
If a player has 100 Pearl Points, you may allow them to achieve a unique third-party win-condition and leave the game.

You're always together... I just—I wanted to be a part of that.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]

Opal is an amalgam of our combined magical and physical attributes fused into a single entity.

[The mechanical effects of this ability have been redacted.]


EVENT:
Mine's taller. I win.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or Higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Back to the Barn."
Choose a player.
For the duration of the Exposition, you and the other player may take turns challenging each other.
At any point, either you or your target may choose to end the challenges.
Winning a challenge rewards one point. In the case of a tie, both players get a point.
The challenges are as follows:
-Whoever has more text in their role PM wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has more posts made among all threads they've ever had access to (related to this game) wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has more abilities in their role PM wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has had the most players try to ally with them wins this Challenge.
-Whoever took the most Climax Actions wins this challenge.
-Whoever has triggered the most Events wins this challenge.
-Whoever has the most mod-confirmed information about other player's roles (independent of factional info) wins this challenge.

The player with the most points at the end may choose one of the following:
Lower the Stress by 4 points.
Lynch a player of choice.
Raise the Stress by 2 points.

I'm just a Pearl... I'm useless on my own.

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
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[The nature of this win-condition has been redacted.]


ALL MEMBERS OF THE FACTION 'THE CRYSTAL GEMS' HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.


Due to this death, Stress will continue to be at +4, Tragic Destiny.
The current stress is +4 (Tragic Destiny):

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Post Post #12382 (isolation #258) » Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:10 pm

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In Beach City, lights were left on for a friend who never came. At a lonely table set for two, a woman sighs and looks to the window, her eyes cast to the sea. Something about its stillness fills her with a sensation that has her clutching at her chest and leaving the room.

That night, everything is still. Painfully so. No one walks the streets. One by one, lights are turned off and the city goes to sleep. The last house to dim its lights is the one that belongs to the lonely old woman.

When the sun rises, hers is the first house to open its doors, the first with a pie in the windowsill and a place made at the table for a visitor long overdue.


Episode 11's Exposition begins with the Exposition Event, "WELL, WHATEVER YOU ARE, DON'T BE A STRANGER," with the following effects:

:right: For the duration of Episode 11, Randomidget and Shiro are considered to be allied, separate from and alongside any other alliance they are both in otherwise. This alliance will only be functional so long as both players are living members of the game.
:right: Randomidget and Shiro may not negatively affect each other during this Episode.
:right: The Stress has been reduced by the number of times that these two players have allied before--in this case; by 1.

The current Stress is +3:
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Post Post #12383 (isolation #259) » Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:14 pm

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"Earth is a prison. I got out because I'm better than this place."
Jasper,
Earthlings


VOTECOUNT 11.0


Not Voting (3):
Reasonably Rational, mastin2, Shiro

With 3 Alive, it takes 2 to Lynch.
Deadline
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Post Post #12391 (isolation #260) » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:12 am

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In post 12384, mastin2 wrote:Let's try the most direct approach first.
In post 12381, Varsoon wrote:
The Climax Event "I CAN'T GET DISTRACTED, I'VE GOT TO HOLD US DOWN WITH THE WEIGHT OF YOUR PLANET'S OCEAN!" has resolved with the following Effect:
:right: Grapes and Almost50 have been removed from the game for the duration of Episode 11.
Mod:
When you say 'removed from the game', do you mean "commuted", or "considered dead"?
The result of this Event is only a temporary removal rather than an indefinite one. Consider it 'commuted' rather than 'dead'.
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Post Post #12392 (isolation #261) » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:15 am

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In post 12388, mastin2 wrote:Wouldn't hurt to ask that question, either.
Mod: during the brief time where Skybird was removed from the game, was she listed in 'alive', or 'dead'?
All players who have been 'removed from the game' (even by temporary effects with clear demarcations of return) should have been properly reflected as not being in the living player list.
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Post Post #12399 (isolation #262) » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:23 pm

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In post 12393, Reasonably Rational wrote:
@Mod: If an Earth aligned player is lynched in the pool today leaving it at one scum and one !scum, would the scum win condition trigger, since A50 and Grapes are removed from the game for the day?
Yes. The 'Threats to Earth' faction wins whenever their
LIVING
numbers equals the current
LIVING
numbers as non-scum players.

In post 12393, Reasonably Rational wrote:
@mod: Is it
possible
for all threats/scum to be temporarily removed from the game and the game still continues?
Yes, depending on the nature of the removal from the game. Some removal effects function more similarly to a 'commute'--for instance, when the Crystal Gems were all temporarily removed via the Event 'BACK TO THE MOON,' their faction was not eliminated. Many other removal effects do count players as dead as far as win condition.
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Post Post #12400 (isolation #263) » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:22 pm

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In post 12392, Varsoon wrote:
In post 12388, mastin2 wrote:Wouldn't hurt to ask that question, either.
Mod: during the brief time where Skybird was removed from the game, was she listed in 'alive', or 'dead'?
All players who have been 'removed from the game' (even by temporary effects with clear demarcations of return) should have been properly reflected as not being in the living player list.

As a follow-up on this, the only times the players weren't properly reflected as not being on the living player list were in situations where the ambiguity was an intentional part of the effect. For instance, had I removed the Crystal Gems from the living player list when 'BACK TO THE MOON' was triggered, it would have mod-confirmed those players as members of the Crystal Gems.
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Post Post #12447 (isolation #264) » Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:54 am

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In post 12442, Reasonably Rational wrote:
@Varsoon: The universal loved modifier applied by Tragic Destiny specifies that it doesn't apply to LYLO. Does this mean it doesn't apply in MYLO? How do you define MYLO/LYLO for purposes of making that determination?


-Cerb
LYLO is the game state where the scum team automatically wins if one of their members is not lynched.
MYLO is the game state where the scum team automatically wins if a non-scum player is mislynched.
Tragic Destiny's loved modifier only functions in LYLO.
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Post Post #12450 (isolation #265) » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:28 pm

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In post 12448, Reasonably Rational wrote:
So since LYLO requires a successfull scum kill/town death during the night after the no lynch, while no scum are removed, if the game state were such that it were possible for the scum kill to fail, OR for a member of the scum team to be removed, would LYLO still occur?


-Cerb
Yes. LYLO will only be ever be calculated purely by numbers and public effects--hidden possibilities such as the ones you mentioned would not influence LYLO.
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Post Post #12571 (isolation #266) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:40 am

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"You can't get rid of us that easy!"
Ruby Squad, in unison,
Back to the Moon
"I bet
she
can."
Steven,
Back to the Moon
VOTECOUNT 11.1 : LYNCH


Reasonably Rational (LYNCH):
Shiro, Mastin2

No Lynch (1):
Reasonably Rational

With 3 Alive, it takes 2 to Lynch.
Deadline
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The Current Stress is +3:

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Post Post #12572 (isolation #267) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:11 am

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"Whaaaat? Okay, I was fine with it when I got busted up, but there's no way the Crystal Gems would ever lose to those Ruby dorks!"


Amethyst looked to Steven, who had been listening intently to Peridot's dramatic retelling of the entire 'Legacy of Steven Universe' so far. His smile faded a little at Amethyst's protests, but before he could speak, Peridot threw down the puppets that she had been performing the entire show with.


"Well that's why it's a
dramatic
retelling, Amethyst. Don't be a clod about it, okay? I was just getting to the good stuff! Now, where was I?


Reasonably Rational has been Lynched.
They were
Army, The Ruby That Keeps Punching Things
, aligned with
Threats to Earth
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Spoiler: Army's full role functions as follows:
Army, The Ruby That Keeps Punching Things
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You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
Why I oughta razzle-frazzle your...

If you are in an alliance with a player and they decide to ally differently, you may cause all of their actions to fail.
Each Climax phase, you may dedicate your action towards continuing this effect.
This ability may only ever affect a single player at any given time.
If you change targets or stop using this ability, you will be unable to use this ability on your previous target until you ally with them and trigger these effects again.

Strike Three!!

During the Season Finale, if you hammer a player, that player is killed--no effect may keep them alive in any way.

EVENT:
Beach-a-Palooza!

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or Higher
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Sadie's Song."
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If this event is triggered, the Exposition Phase begins with this event and locks the public game thread.
For 48 hours, all players may submit any target player to star in the 'Beach-a-Palooza' event.
Every time a player is picked by another player, it counts as one point towards the picked player's score.
Every time a player picks a player in an alliance with them, it counts as two points towards the picked player's score.
If a player picks themselves, it counts as three points towards their score.
Scum picks are only worth .5, 1, and 1.5 points, respectively.
If there are any draws, I will break the tie towards the player with more words in their role PM.
It will be revealed how many points each of the top 3 point-winners have earned.
The winning player will have their flavor revealed publicly to the game.
Scum players will have their fake-claim flavor revealed publicly.
The winning player will be able to privately select one of three fabulous prizes:
1. One-shot kill immunity, consumed when next targeted by a kill.
2. One-shot Climax-phase investigate a target to see if they are capable of killing a player.
3. One-shot Climax-phase mass-redirect, which causes all other abilities to redirect to the user.

Let's move out, soldiers!

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Steven interrupted,

"Peeeridot, we haven't gotten to that part yet! The humans still have to rally together before they beat Army and then go on to save Earth from Homeworld!"
Peridot, frustrated, threw the puppets over her shoulder and stepped down from her tiny stage. Steven, hoping to get her back up there, pleaded,
"Aw, no, c'mon, pleaaase? It was really cool how you told the alternative heroic events of you dramatically sacrificing yourself to stop the Cluster. I mean, I prefer the real thing, but..."


Peridot crossed her arms, her scowl soon becoming a sigh. It seems even she had trouble saying 'no' to Steven.
"You wanna finish the story so bad, Steven? You come up with something, then!"


"Well, I like to think that everyone got better and we all lived happily ever after."


To this, everyone rolled their eyes and laughed. Sure, things may have not turned out for the best, but what was important was that everyone made it through those hard times together. No matter how it would be told or reinterpreted, humanity was safe thanks to the efforts of the brave people and gems who stood against Homeworld in defense of Earth.
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Post Post #12573 (isolation #268) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:23 am

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With the successful defeat of all
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EARTH
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Post Post #12574 (isolation #269) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:24 am

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Spoiler: Random.org List
DrippingGoofball
Skybird
SirCakez
Reasonably Rational (Cerberus v666 + Drixx)
Foxbird
TheWayItEnds
Yume
killthestory
randomidget
Klingoncelt
kraskaesque (kraska77 + lycanfire)
Creature
grapes
mastin2
Farside22
CooLDoG
Almost50
Not Chara
Seraphim
Shiro
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Beeboy + Titus)
SnarkySnowman
Firebringer
McMenno
Xkfyu


ROLE LIST:

DrippingGoofball -
Jasper

Skybird -
Eyeball

SirCakez -
Doc

Reasonably Rational (Cerberus v666 + Drixx) -
Army

Shadow_Step -
Leggy

TheWayItEnds -
Navy

Yume -
Steven

MagnaofIllusion -
Garnet

randomidget -
Pearl

Klingoncelt -
Amethyst

kraskaesque (kraska77 + lycanfire) -
Mayor Dewey

Creature -
Ronaldo

grapes -
Lapis

mastin2 -
Centipeetle

Farside22 -
Kevin

Mathblade -
Lars

Almost50 -
Buck

Not Chara -
Dr. Maheswaran

TheFuzzylogic99 -
Watermelon Steven

Shiro -
Vidalia

Titus -
Onion

SnarkySnowman -
Marty

Firebringer -
Mr. Smiley

McMenno -
Kiki

Xkfyu -
Peridot
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Post Post #12575 (isolation #270) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:26 am

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PRIVATE TOPICS:

Game Thread:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=68256
Scum Chat PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68177
Crystal Gem PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68178
Dead Thread:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68242
Spectator Thread:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68260
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Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #1:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68179
Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #2:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68411
Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #3:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68533
Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #4:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68761
Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #5:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69571
Crystal Gem Interrogation Thread #6:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69962
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HYDRA PTS WILL ONLY BE MADE PUBLIC AT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE HYDRA INVOLVED

Reasonably Rational (Drixx + Cerberus v666) Hydra PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68261
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Titus + Beeboy) Hydra PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68262
Kraskaesque (kraska77 + lycanfire) Hydra PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68263
Twin Wings (Foxbird + Inspectorscout) Hydra PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68418
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D1 ALLIANCE: Firebringer & Shiro:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68284
D1 ALLIANCE: Farside22 & Yume:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68285
D1 ALLIANCE: Foxbird & Skybird:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68286
D1 ALLIANCE: Not Chara & grapes:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68287
D1 ALLIANCE: randomidget & Creature:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68288
D1 ALLIANCE: Seraphim & CooLDoG:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68289
D1 ALLIANCE: SirCakez & Almost50:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68290
D1 ALLIANCE: DrippingGoofball & Klingoncelt:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68291
D1 ALLIANCE: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Reasonably Rational:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68292
D1 ALLIANCE: McMenno & Kraskaesque:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68296
D1 JOY-RIDE ALLIANCE:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68293
MONSTER REUNION PT:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68294
SWORN TO THE SWORD ALLIANCE:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68295
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D2 ALLIANCE: randomidget & Shiro:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68403
D2 ALLIANCE: Foxbird & grapes:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68404
D2 ALLIANCE: McMenno & Mastin2:
NO ALLIANCE PT
D2 ALLIANCE: Farside22 & Skybird:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68405
D2 ALLIANCE: Almost50 & Xkfyu:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68407
D2 ALLIANCE: Yume & Reasonably Rational:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68408
D2 ALLIANCE: Kraskaesque & Not Chara:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68409
D2 FUSION: Klingoncelt & killthestory:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68410
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D3 ALLIANCE: DrippingGoofball & TheWayItEnds:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68521
D3 ALLIANCE: TheFuzzyLogic99 & grapes:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68522
D3 ALLIANCE: Yume & Titus:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68523
D3 ALLIANCE: Farside22 & Not Chara:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68524
D3 ALLIANCE: SnarkySnowman & Creature:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68526
D3 ALLIANCE: Skybird & Xkfyu:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68527
D3 ALLIANCE: Almost50 & Reasonably Rational:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68528
---
D4 ALLIANCE: RR, Titus, & Shiro:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68739
D4 ALLIANCE: Farside22, & Kraskaesque:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68740
D4 ALLIANCE: Almost50 & MagnaofIllusion:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68741
D4 ALLIANCE: SnarkySnowman & TheWayItEnds:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68742
D4 ALLIANCE: McMenno & Mastin2:
NO THREAD
D4 ALLIANCE: Shadow_Step, Xkfyu, & Creature:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68743
---
D5 ALLIANCE: Farside22 & Kraskaesque:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=68740
---
D6 ALLIANCE: Shadow_Step & Mastin2:
NO THREAD
D6 ALLIANCE: Creature & Shiro:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69111
D6 ALLIANCE: Reasonably Rational & Farside22:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69110
D6 ALLIANCE: Grapes & Almost50:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69109
D6 ALLIANCE: Randomidget & MagnaofIllusion:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69114
---
D7 ALLIANCE: Randomidget & Reasonably Rational:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69297
D7 ALLIANCE: Grapes & MagnaofIllusion:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69298
D7 ALLIANCE: Shadow_Step & Mastin2:
NO THREAD
D7 ALLIANCE: Farside22 & TheFuzzyLogic99:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69294
D7 ALLIANCE: Almost50 & Shiro:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69295
---
D8 ALLIANCE: Almost50, Reasonably Rational, & Thefuzzylogic99:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69572
D8 ALLIANCE: Farside22, Randomidget, & MagnaofIllusion:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69573
D8 ALLIANCE: Grapes & Shadow_Step:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69574
---
D9 ALLIANCE: Thefuzzylogic99 & Reasonably Rational:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=69662
D9 ALLIANCE: Mastin2 & Grapes:
NO THREAD
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Post Post #12576 (isolation #271) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:47 am

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THREATS TO EARTH
(SCUM):

Spoiler: SCUM FACTIONAL INFO AND EVENTS:
The Scum team is informed that they have a traitor with the flavor of 'Jasper'.
They do not know Jasper's player identity, and Jasper does not know their identities.
The Scum team have a number of Episode Events that they can trigger as a factional action.
Triggering a Scum-Factional Event does not count against a player's maximum number of actions submitted.
Submitting a kill does count as the player's submitted action for the Climax Phase, except when they are the final surviving player in the team.

SEARCH FOR JASPER:
Exposition Event. Activated during the Climax Phase.
Can be triggered after Episode 4, requires +2 Stress or higher.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor is tied to the Episode, 'Hit the Diamond'.
The following information is private and only known to you:
Returns two pieces of information scanned from the wagon that ends in a lynch:
1. How many 'Gem' characters were on the lynch,
2. If Jasper was on the Lynch.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the end of the Climax phase:
Lowers Stress by 2, towards Slice of Life.

KEEPING IT TOGETHER:
Climax Event. Triggered during the Climax Phase.
Can be triggered after Episode 1, requires -1 Stress or lower.
Can not be triggered during a Season Finale.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor is tied to the Episodes, 'Keeping it Together' and 'Nightmare Hospital'.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the end of the Climax phase:
All alliances fail to form.
Any players who would have retained an Alliance from the previous phase now instead take one less vote to lynch for the following Episode.
Adds +3 Stress, towards Tragic Destiny.


MESSAGE RECEIVED:
Climax Event. Triggered during the Climax Phase.
Can be triggered at any time, requires -1 Stress or lower.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor is tied to 'It Could Have Been Great.'
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the end of the Climax Phase:
It becomes public knowledge that The Cluster may awaken and destroy Earth.
From this point onward, players may forego taking Climax actions to add a point to a cumulative, hidden score.
If both Players in an Alliance forego their Climax actions, they add 3 points to this score.
Players are told that if the score does not reach a high enough point by the upcoming Season Finale, there will be several deaths.
Adds +4 Stress, towards Tragic Destiny.

THE CLUSTER:
Climax Event. Triggered during the Exposition Phase.
Can be triggered only as a Season Finale Event, requires -3 Stress or lower, 'MESSAGE RECEIVED' must have been triggered.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor is tied to the Episode, 'Gem Drill'.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the end of the Climax Phase:
If the players have culminated points equal to the total of non-scum members left alive, then this event fails.
In the case that this event fails, subtract -6 Stress, towards Slice of Life.
In the case that this even succeeds, the top two players in the pool of those who submitted points towards 'MESSAGE RECEIVED' will die.
In the case of a tie, break first to the most recent point-submitter, then to a Gem, then to the player with the least amount of text on their rolecard.
In the case that no player submitted any points, the scum team may choose who to kill.

REMOTE DETONATOR:
Can be triggered at any time.
No Stress Requirement. Requires that a player has flavor-claimed in the game thread.
Priority 0. Can be triggered at any time, does not invalidate other events.
Flavor is tied to the Episode 'Message Received'.
The following information is private and only known to you:
By submitting a quote of a player's claimed flavor name, you may instantly kill that player.
This Event will fail if targeting a player whose flavor has been mod-confirmed in the public game thread.
If the claimed flavor is incorrect, the player survives, but this event does not take place and is refunded.
If this kill fails for any reason otherwise, this event takes place and is not refunded.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the end of the Climax Phase:
Increases Stress by 1 towards Tragic Destiny.

RETURN TO EARTH:
Exposition Event. Triggered during the Climax Phase.
Requires -2 Stress or lower. Requires at least one scum member to have died, or 'Search for Jasper' to have been triggered.
Can only be triggered during a Season Finale.
Flavor is tied to the Episodes 'Back to the Moon' and 'Bubbled'.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread at the start of the Exposition Phase:
Only players in Alliances may vote or take actions.
If the Exposition ends on a scum lynch, the scum team gains an extra kill for the Climax phase.
If the Exposition ends on a town lynch, the entire scumteam is removed from the game and unable to take actions for the Climax phase.


Spoiler: JASPER
Jasper, a Quartz Born in Battle and Fueled by Revenge
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Every gem is made for a purpose: to serve the order of the Diamonds. Those who cannot fit inside this order must be purged!
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
Head to head, just like I like it!

Despite being aligned with the scum faction, they do not know who you are.
Furthermore, you do not know the scum faction's identities and you do not have access to any of their factional resources.
You may still direct the kill at the Climax Phase--if you elect to, your target will die instead of the scum team's intended target.
During a Season Finale, if you direct the kill, it will have enhanced priority--no ability may prevent or redirect it unless otherwise stated. This will also happen if Stress is ever at -2 or lower.

This planet ruins everything! Well, heh, except for me.

Any ability that targets you will fail. Events will still succeed.

I'm the only one who can handle your kind of power.

Instead of following the normal mechanics for allying, you will always force your allying target to ally with you.
You will learn your ally's alignment and what abilities, if any, your ally gains from an Alliance and you may submit their action for them.
While in the alliance, your ally is unable to submit actions or vote. Instead, you control their vote.
You may use the bolded vote tag [PLAYER NAME VOTE: TARGET NAME].

Nobody I ever fuse with wants to stay.

Once you have ended an Alliance with a player, you may never return to Allying with that player again.

EVENT:
The Breaking Point

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: You may only activate this ability at +2 or higher Stress.
Flavor is tied to the Episode, "Bismuth."
The following information will be made publicly known:
During the Exposition of this Event, in addition for voting for a lynch all players may now also vote for a player to 'Shatter'.
This votecount follows the same voting rules that normal voting does.
If a majority vote is reached on the 'Shatter' vote, the voted player will be killed and only their alignment will flip. The Exposition phase will continue. One Stress will be added, towards Tragic Destiny.
2 Stress is subtracted, moving towards Slice of Life.
The following information is private and only known to you:
If a majority vote is not reached on the 'Shatter' vote, you are removed from the game for the following two Exposition phases.

Earth is a prison. And I got out because I’m better than this place. I only came back to finish you off.

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Bismuth, Blacksmith of the Crystal Gems
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She asked me what I wanted to build, and I'd never heard that before. Gems never hear they can be anything other than what they are.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Gem.
Shatter me? Pshh, Homeworld couldn't lay a scratch on this gem.

Any ability that targets you will fail. Events will still succeed.

Let's show 'em what happens when you mess with the Crystal Gems!

During the Climax phase, you may kill any target player.
During a Season Finale, this kill will have enhanced priority--no ability may prevent or redirect it unless otherwise stated. This will also be happen if Stress is ever at -2 or lower.

Don't tell ME what a Crystal Gem would do. Nobody's more "Crystal Gem" than I am. If you won't take it, I'll just use it myself.

Instead of following the normal mechanics for allying, you will always force your allying target to ally with you.
You will learn your ally's alignment and what abilities, if any, your ally gains from an Alliance and you may submit their action for them.
While in the alliance, your ally is unable to submit actions or vote. Instead, you control their vote.
You may use the bolded vote tag [PLAYER NAME VOTE: TARGET NAME]
You may also simply have me edit the player's post to force them to vote a target of your liking.

...You should've shattered me back then. At least if I were in pieces, I wouldn't have to know how little I mattered to you.

Once you have ended an Alliance with a player, you may never return to Allying with that player again.

EVENT:
The Breaking Point

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: You may only activate this ability at +2 or higher Stress.
Flavor is tied to the Episode, "Bismuth."
The following information will be made publicly known:
During the Exposition of this Event, in addition for voting for a lynch all players may now also vote for a player to 'Shatter'.
This votecount follows the same voting rules that normal voting does.
If a majority vote is reached on the 'Shatter' vote, the voted player will be killed and only their alignment will flip. The Exposition phase will continue. One Stress will be added, towards Tragic Destiny.
2 Stress is subtracted, moving towards Slice of Life.
The following information is private and only known to you:
If a majority vote is not reached on the 'Shatter' vote, you are removed from the game for the following two Exposition phases.

How could you value the gems of our enemies more than our own?

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RUBY (EYEBALL)
Eyeball, A Ruby In Need of Closure
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I'm Ruby-1F4 Cut-4ND. I fought in the war for Earth.
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
At the very least, I thought Jasper might have some answers, but...

If you ally with any player, you will learn if they are a Human or a Gem.
So long as you are allied with a player, you are immune to all actions.

I never thought I'd get a chance like this.

If stress is at -2 or lower, your factional kill will have enhanced priority when overcoming protective effects--it can still be redirected or protected against by similarly 'enhanced priority' protection.
If only you and/or Jasper are the final living members of your faction, any factional kill you attempt will always have enhanced priority.
This kill will still fail on any non-legal target, such as any player that counts as 'out of game' for any reason.

What will the Diamonds say when they hear that a Ruby defeated Rose Quartz? They're gonna give me my own Pearl!

If no other 'Gem' characters exist outside of the scum faction, you gain control of a unique 'Pearl' account.
I will send the details of this account to you if this is ever the case.
This unique Pearl account will show up in the list of living players and on vote counts.
You can submit votes with this Pearl account--both you and this Pearl account can never be the only voting players on a lynch.
You can not post from this Pearl account otherwise.
This Pearl account may be voted for and affected by Climax actions.
This Pearl account can not form alliances.
Each Climax Phase, you may have this Pearl slot perform one of the following actions:
-This slot may protect any target player from being killed--any kills targeting the protected player will be redirected to the Pearl slot. This may not be used on consecutive Climax Phases.
-This slot may target any player to cause their submitted action to fail. This may not be used on consecutive Climax Phases.

EVENT:
Sworn to the Sword

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3--if used during Episode 1, it is priority 0.
REQUIREMENTS: You may only activate this ability at +2 or higher Stress. No requirements if used during Episode 1.
Flavor is tied to the Episodes, "Sworn to the Sword" and "Crack the Whip"
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If used during Episode 1, the following will happen:
You will form an alliance with the player with the flavor of 'Steven Universe'.
You will gain a double-vote for the rest of the game.
The following information is private and only known to you:
However, Steven will also become immune to any action submitted by you--only you will know this.
Steven will not be immune to your Pearl's actions or your -4 Stress Factional Kill.

If used during any other Episode, this Event has the following public effects instead;
Town may perform two lynches during this Episode's Exposition.
After one player is lynched, the player lynched will die, then the votecount and deadline will reset for a second lynch.

I got nothing else to lose.

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Connie, The Girl Who May Save the Universe
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I don't know what will happen in the future, but if something dangerous comes along, I don't want to be a burden, I want to help!
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
I was face-to-face with a monster and I froze. Maybe if I trained a little harder...

So long as you are allied with another player, you are immune to all actions.

I want to, Steven. I want to be a part of your universe.

If you ally with any player, you will learn if they are a Human or a Gem.

I need to be able to protect you!

If no other 'Gem' characters exist outside of the scum faction, you gain control of a unique 'Pearl' account.
I will send the details of this account to you if this is ever the case.
This unique Pearl account will show up in the list of living players and on vote counts.
You can submit votes with this Pearl account--both you and this Pearl account can never be the only voting players on a lynch.
You can not post from this Pearl account otherwise.
This Pearl account may be voted for and affected by Climax actions.
This Pearl account can not form alliances.
Each Climax Phase, you may have this Pearl slot perform one of the following actions:
-This slot may protect any target player from being killed--any kills targeting the protected player will be redirected to the Pearl slot. This may not be used on consecutive Climax Phases.
-This slot may target any player to cause their submitted action to fail. This may not be used on consecutive Climax Phases.

EVENT:
Sworn to the Sword

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3--if used during Episode 1, it is priority 0.
REQUIREMENTS: You may only activate this ability at +2 or higher Stress. No requirements if used during Episode 1.
Flavor is tied to the Episodes, "Sworn to the Sword" and "Crack the Whip"
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If used during Episode 1, the following will happen:
You will form an alliance with the player with the flavor of 'Steven Universe'.
You will gain a double-vote for the rest of the game.
The following information is private and only known to you:
However, Steven will also become immune to any action submitted by you--only you will know this.
Steven will not be immune to your Pearl's actions or your -4 Stress Factional Kill.

If used during any other Episode, this Event has the following public effects instead;
Town may perform two lynches during this Episode's Exposition.
After one player is lynched, the player lynched will die, then the votecount and deadline will reset for a second lynch.

The Earth is my home too, can't I help protect it?

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RUBY (DOC)
Doc, Leader of the Rubies
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Focus, Rubies! This is an important mission from Yellow Diamond, so we can't mess it up.
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
We're here to retrieve the leader of the Earth mission!

Each Climax Phase, you may forgo any action (besides allying) in order to target a player to discover if they are Jasper (The Traitor) or not.
Once per game, during the Season Finale, you may allow all other Rubies in your faction to perform this action.

I think we better double-check.

Each Climax Phase, you may target a player to learn your choice of one of the following:
-Who they targeted on any Climax phase of your choice.
-Who they chose to ally with during any Episode of your choice.
-Who targeted them on any Climax phase of your choice.
-Which action they took on any Climax phase of your choice (you may only do this if you have information on who they targeted).

Rubies, assemble!

If you ally, you both gain the following abilities:
You may not be killed by any normal killing actions.
You may chat during both Exposition and Climax Phase.
If all members of your alliance are voting the same target, an extra vote will be counted against the target--this can not hammer a player.
During a Season Finale, you may form an alliance of up to five total players in this way and extend these benefits to all of your alliance.
In order for players to join this five-player Alliance, you must submit each of their names and they must all submit your name for allying.

EVENT:
Full Disclosure

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3
REQUIREMENTS: Neutral or Positive Stress, must be after Episode 2.
Tied to the Flavor of the episodes "Full Disclosure," "We Need to Talk," and other similar flashback episodes.
Choose an earlier Episode in the game.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
Reduces Stress to zero (neutral).
Players may only use abilities that they used during that Episode.
Players are forced into the same alliances that they had during that Episode.
All players who died since that Episode may post in the game thread and even take actions at Climax Phase.
These players return to being dead after this Event is over.
The Exposition will not end in a lynch, players will simply vote to end the Exposition phase.
The Climax will include no kills.

We've been tricked? Again?!

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Greg, a Dad in Over His Head
Image
Wait, how is this even possible?
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Let's just... talk.

Each Climax Phase, you may target a player to learn your choice of one of the following:
-Who they targeted on any Climax phase of your choice.
-Who they chose to ally with during any Episode of your choice.
-Who targeted them on any Climax phase of your choice.
-Which action they took on any Climax phase of your choice (you may only do this if you have information on who they targeted).

I'm going to see a man about a tunnel brush... An internet man. If I'm not back in an hour, call the police.

If you ally, you both gain the following abilities:
You may not be killed by any normal killing actions.
You may chat during both Exposition and Climax Phase.

Well, sometimes it isn't about the fish you keep, but the company you catch.

If all members of your alliance are voting the same target, an extra vote will be counted against the target--this can not hammer a player.
During a Season Finale, you may form an alliance of up to five total players in this way and extend these benefits to all of your alliance.
In order for players to join this five-player Alliance, you must submit each of their names and they must all submit your name for allying.

EVENT:
Full Disclosure

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3
REQUIREMENTS: Neutral or Positive Stress, must be after Episode 2.
Tied to the Flavor of the episodes "Full Disclosure," "We Need to Talk," and other similar flashback episodes.
Choose an earlier Episode in the game.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
Reduces Stress to zero (neutral).
Players may only use abilities that they used during that Episode.
Players are forced into the same alliances that they had during that Episode.
All players who died since that Episode may post in the game thread and even take actions at Climax Phase.
These players return to being dead after this Event is over.
The Exposition will not end in a lynch, players will simply vote to end the Exposition phase.
The Climax will include no kills.

Now, remember, Steven, if you run into any trouble out there, you can always bail. There's never any shame in bailing.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RUBY (ARMY)
Army, The Ruby That Keeps Punching Things
Image
Hi-yah!
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
Why I oughta razzle-frazzle your...

If you are in an alliance with a player and they decide to ally differently, you may cause all of their actions to fail.
Each Climax phase, you may dedicate your action towards continuing this effect.
This ability may only ever affect a single player at any given time.
If you change targets or stop using this ability, you will be unable to use this ability on your previous target until you ally with them and trigger these effects again.

Strike Three!!

During the Season Finale, if you hammer a player, that player is killed--no effect may keep them alive in any way.

EVENT:
Beach-a-Palooza!

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or Higher
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Sadie's Song."
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If this event is triggered, the Exposition Phase begins with this event and locks the public game thread.
For 48 hours, all players may submit any target player to star in the 'Beach-a-Palooza' event.
Every time a player is picked by another player, it counts as one point towards the picked player's score.
Every time a player picks a player in an alliance with them, it counts as two points towards the picked player's score.
If a player picks themselves, it counts as three points towards their score.
Scum picks are only worth .5, 1, and 1.5 points, respectively.
If there are any draws, I will break the tie towards the player with more words in their role PM.
It will be revealed how many points each of the top 3 point-winners have earned.
The winning player will have their flavor revealed publicly to the game.
Scum players will have their fake-claim flavor revealed publicly.
The winning player will be able to privately select one of three fabulous prizes:
1. One-shot kill immunity, consumed when next targeted by a kill.
2. One-shot Climax-phase investigate a target to see if they are capable of killing a player.
3. One-shot Climax-phase mass-redirect, which causes all other abilities to redirect to the user.

Let's move out, soldiers!

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Sadie, Donut-Dealer and Tough Cookie
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You act like I don't know you don't want to be seen with me, but I do know. I'm not stupid.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
I understand enough! You're only my friend when it's convenient for you.

If you are in an alliance with a player and they decide to ally differently, you may cause all of their actions to fail.
Each Climax phase, you may dedicate your action towards continuing this effect.
This ability may only ever affect a single player at any given time.
If you change targets or stop using this ability, you will be unable to use this ability on your previous target until you ally with them and trigger these effects again.

Just get out of my life!

During the Season Finale, if you hammer a player, that player is killed--no effect may keep them alive in any way.

EVENT:
Beach-a-Palooza!

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or Higher
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Sadie's Song."
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If this event is triggered, the Exposition Phase begins with this event and locks the public game thread.
For 48 hours, all players may submit any target player to star in the 'Beach-a-Palooza' event.
Every time a player is picked by another player, it counts as one point towards the picked player's score.
Every time a player picks a player in an alliance with them, it counts as two points towards the picked player's score.
If a player picks themselves, it counts as three points towards their score.
Scum picks are only worth .5, 1, and 1.5 points, respectively.
If there are any draws, I will break the tie towards the player with more words in their role PM.
It will be revealed how many points each of the top 3 point-winners have earned.
The winning player will have their flavor revealed publicly to the game.
Scum players will have their fake-claim flavor revealed publicly.
The winning player will be able to privately select one of three fabulous prizes:
1. One-shot kill immunity, consumed when next targeted by a kill.
2. One-shot Climax-phase investigate a target to see if they are capable of killing a player.
3. One-shot Climax-phase mass-redirect, which causes all other abilities to redirect to the user.

I just thought, for once, I'd get to do things my way, but you came in and took over everything like you always do!

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RUBY (LEGGY)
Leggy, The Ruby On Her First Mission
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Wait! So we just... get up and walk around? Whoa-!
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
I'll just go stand over here then.

You have no Episode Event or other abilities.
You may not commit the factional kill unless you are the last surviving member of your team or if stress is at -2 or lower.
Any attempt to investigate if you have access to a kill will provide a negative result until this point in time.
Any attempt to investigate if you have any abilities, Climax-abilities, or other actions will provide a negative result until this point in time.
During the Season Finale, you may publicly confirm that you have no abilities or Episode Events outside of the capacity to confirm this information.
If you choose to do so, I will post the following in the game thread:
"This player has no other non-factional abilities or Episode Events besides the ability to confirm this information."

But we just got here...

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Lion, The Pink Enigma
Image
Don't worry. He's not going anywhere.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You do not count as Human or Gem.
Sorry, Dr. Maheswaran, that's my lion.

You have no Episode Event or other abilities.
Any attempt to investigate if you have any abilities, Climax-abilities, or other actions will provide a negative result until this point in time.
During the Season Finale, you may publicly confirm that you have no abilities or Episode Events outside of the capacity to confirm this information.
If you choose to do so, I will post the following in the game thread:
"This player has no other non-factional abilities or Episode Events besides the ability to confirm this information."

Lion? Lion!? He walked off!

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RUBY (NAVY)
Navy, A Ruby Along for the Ride
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What a lovely planet!
You are aligned with the Scum Faction. You are a Gem.
Oh, Ruby, you're so forgetful!

During the Climax Phase, you may use your action to learn which players targeted you during the previous Climax Phase.
If you are allied with a player, this action will instead tell you which types of actions were used on you.
I'll be using basic descriptors such as 'Investigative', 'Protective', 'Blocking', etc.
During the Season Finale, you may have me privately confirm one of these sets of information to your Alliance members.

EVENT:
Historical Fiction

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +2 Stress or Higher, Must be after Episode 1.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Historical Friction"
In addition to submitting this Event, you must pick a previous Episode.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If this event is triggered, the Exposition Phase begins with this event and locks the public game thread.
For 48 hours, every player may privately submit a message to the moderator claiming (and even lying about) which actions and alliances they picked on that Episode.
Any player who does not submit a claim will, by default, submit the phrase "I did not take any actions or pursue any alliances."
You will be given this list of claimed information.
Select three players from all players who were alive during the selected Episode.
All of the claimed information will be moderator-posted into the game thread.
The selected players' submitted claims will be amended to being the truth when posted into the game thread in this way.

Ba-Byee~

You are aligned with
Threats to Earth
.
In order to win the game, your faction must equal or exceed the number of other surviving players left alive.
In order to win the game, at least one Threat to Earth player must be alive.


Jamie, The Theatric Mailman
Image
And for the other roles I guess I'll have to play... all of them.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Oh, I've got gooder than the goods.

During the Climax Phase, you may use your action to learn which players targeted you during the previous Climax Phase.
If you are allied with a player, this action will instead tell you which types of actions were used on you.
I'll be using basic descriptors such as 'Investigative', 'Protective', 'Blocking', etc.
During the Season Finale, you may have me privately confirm one of these sets of information to your Alliance.

EVENT:
Historical Fiction

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate this ability during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: Equal to the Stress when activated. If activated at 0 stress, this Event becomes a 'Zero Priority Event' and may happen alongside other Events.
REQUIREMENTS: Stress must be at 0 (Neutral) or Positive. Must be after Episode 1.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Historical Friction"
In addition to submitting this Event, you must pick a previous Episode.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
If this event is triggered, the Exposition Phase begins with this event and locks the public game thread.
For 48 hours, every player may privately submit a message to the moderator claiming (and even lying about) which actions and alliances they picked on that Episode.
Any player who does not submit a claim will, by default, submit the phrase "I did not take any actions or pursue any alliances."
You will be given this list of claimed information.
Select three players from all players who were alive during the selected Episode.
All of the claimed information will be moderator-posted into the game thread.
The selected players' submitted claims will be amended to being the truth when posted into the game thread in this way.

"Follow your dreams," they said. But no one said anything about all the rejection and sadness there was to be found.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.
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Post Post #12577 (isolation #272) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:49 am

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THE CRYSTAL GEMS
(THIRD PARTY):

Spoiler: FACTIONAL MECHANICS
"WAIT! I'm the one who betrayed the mission, who called Yellow Diamond a clod, the new leader of the Crystal Gems!" -- LEADER MECHANICS:

The Crystal Gems will always have a leader, who they trust with the decisions of their faction.
While The Crystal Gems only have chat access to their PT during the Climax phase, the Leader of the Crystal Gems may access and post there at all times.
Each Climax Phase, beggining with the pre-game, each member of the Crystal Gems may send me a PM to try to pursue being the leader.
There is a hierarchy here. On your role PM, you will find what your priority is for being the leader. If a player with a higher priority than you wants to be the leader, they will become leader before you do.
If no player tries to become the leader, the surviving player with the highestrec priority becomes the leader.
If the incumbent leader dies, the next player with highest priority who wanted to become the leader will become the leader.
Each Crystal Gem will unlock specific powers if they are the Leader of the Crystal Gems--these powers are detailed on your role PM.
Furthermore, the Leader of the Crystal Gems has access to the following factional abilities:
-You may trigger any of the Crystal Gems' factional events.
-You may 'bubble' a player during the Climax Phase--doing so counts as your Climax action.
-You may choose to 'bubble' a player after they are lynched.
-You may decide which Crystal Gems are allowed to interact with the bubbled player.
-You may decide when to release living players from being 'bubbled'.
-You may decide if you want to allow any 'bubbled' player to take their Climax actions.

"They're cared for in the stasis of the bubble. As long as they're bubbled, they can't hurt anyone, and they won't suffer. It's what Rose wanted." -- BUBBLING MECHANICS:

When a player is lynched or killed, their role-card is not immediately made public knowledge in the game thread. Instead, the flip is delayed for 48 hours while the Crystal Gems decide if they want to 'Bubble' the target. Kills that happen as a part of specific events or kills that can not be protected against do not allow for Bubbling.

Bubbled players are dead for all normal purposes, but can communicate in a unique Crystal Gem interrogation thread, where each member of the Crystal Gems posts from a provided alt account. The Leader of the Crystal Gems decides which members have access to the thread. If the Leader of the Crystal Gems allows it, the Bubbled player may still take their Climax actions despite technically not being a living member of the game.

The Leader of the Crystal Gems may also submit a factional 'kill' that bubbles a player instead of killing them. This action resolves in NAR as a kill does and is subject to all the same rules regarding killing actions. Therefore, the Leader of the Crystal Gems is counted as a player who controls a factional kill, but none of the other members are.

The Crystal Gems may only ever have three bubbled players at a time. A bubbled player may always be released at any time. If a fourth player is to be bubbled, one of the previous bubbled players must be released. If the player was bubbled after being lynched or killed, the player dies for good when they are released--their role info will be posted in the main game thread upon release as well. If the player was bubbled via the Leader's Factional Bubbling ability, then they simply return to the game normally.

When a member of The Crystal Gems dies, all faction-oriented information will be redacted from their roleflip.
This means that information about the Crystal Gem win condition, fusion specifics, and leadership abilities will be redacted.
The flavor title of each ability will remain.
That said, it is still prudent to bubble Crystal Gems, as flavor ties you heavily to your faction and can be punished very easily.

"We just needed a reason to fuse!" - FUSION MECHANICS:

Instead of allying with specific other members of The Crystal Gems, you may Fuse with them instead.
Fusion provides an Fusion PT which both players may chat in during the entire duration of their Fusion.
You may not Fuse with the same player on consecutive Episodes.
When you want to Fuse, you must both submit 'Fusion' instead of Allying.
Furthermore, all fusions count as a 'single slot', meaning any action that targets either member in the Fusion will target both--the exception is kills:
When Fusing, you must decide which player will die as a result of a lynch/kill.
Kills that happen as a result of an Event and kills that are unstoppable will always kill their intended target, however.


Spoiler: FACTIONAL EVENTS
CHILLE TID:
Exposition Event. Activated during the Climax Phase.
Requires +3 Stress or Higher
Priority 3 Event.
Flavor tied to the Episode, "Chille Tid."
When submitting this event, also choose a target player and decide 'anonymous' or 'in-character'.
The following information is private and only known to you:
During the Climax Phase following this Event, the leader of the Crystal Gems may communicate with that player via a provided private thread.
If you chose anonymous, you will enter the private thread with your game account.
If you chose in-character, you will enter the private thread with your character-based account, which I will provide you with.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
Lowers Stress to neutral (zero).

READY OR NOT, WE HAVE A MISSION:
Reactionary Event. Activated during any phase.
Requires +4 Stress and another Event to be taking place.
Priority 0 Event.
Flavor tied to the Episode, "Gem Drill."
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
Immediately cancel the Event that is currently happening.
Stress returns to neutral (zero).

HIT THE DIAMOND:
Exposition Event. Activated during the Climax Phase.
Requires +2 Stress or higher. May not be activated for a Season Finale or if there less than 12 players alive.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor tied to the Episode, "Hit the Diamond."
Everyone has to play baseball. The Leader of the Crystal Gems elects two 'Team Captains'.
If less than 12 players are alive after this event is triggered but before it resolves, it fails.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
A 'Baseball' phase will be held before this Episode's Exposition Phase.
Each 'Team Captain' drafts a team of five other players during a 48 hours 'drafting' phase.
As Teams are Drafted, they are each given a PT to communicate in. This PT persists for the entire Episode.
As Teams are Drafted, the Team Leader picks a batting order and positions for their team.
Positions include 1st Base, 2nd Base, 3rd Base, Catcher, Pitcher, and Umpire.
The team with the most Humans on it bats firsts.
In the Public Thread, the Pitcher will throw one of three types of pitches, each with the a specific effect depending on the batter.
If two of the same pitches are thrown in a row, the second one will always be hit. The pitches are as follows:
Fast Ball: The batter can only hit this ball if they have less text on their rolecard than the pitcher.
Breaking Ball: The batter can only hit this ball if they have more abilities on their rolecard than the pitcher.
ChangeUp: The batter can only hit this ball if they have more text on their rolecard than the pitcher.

After throwing a pitch publicly, the batter can either decide to swing or to take a strike.
If a batter cannot hit a ball, they will take a strike even if they swing.
After three Strikes, the batter is out.
When the batter swings, they also choose which position they are swinging at.
The positions only include First Base, Second Base, or Third Base.
The batter also chooses their type of swing:
Bunt: The player can only catch this if they have less text on their rolecard.
Pop Fly: The player can only catch this if they have more text on their rolecard.
Slug: The player can only catch this if they have more abilities on their rolecard.
If the batter is successful, they score a run for their team.
As a note, if two batters try the same swing on the same position within the same inning, the second batter will always be 'caught' and out.

After three outs, either by catching the ball or by strikes, teams switch sides.
Once each team has played both sides, the Baseball Phase ends and the Exposition phase may properly begin.
Players on the losing team can not take any Climax actions except for forming alliances.
The leader of the winning team may decide to increase the stress by 1 or decrease it by 3.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S WORTH MORE THAN PEACE AND LOVE ON THE PLANET EARTH:

Climax Event. Activated during the Exposition Phase.
Requires +3 Stress or higher.
Priority 1 Event.
Flavor tied to the Episode, "It Could Have Been Great."
This prevents the scum factional kill from happening during the Climax Phase.
Furthermore, this prevents scum from triggering any Factional Events during this Climax Phase and for the following Episode.


BACK TO THE MOON:

Climax Event. Activated during the Exposition Phase.
Requires +3 Stress or higher and that the Event "IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S WORTH MORE THAN PEACE AND LOVE ON THE PLANET EARTH" has happened.
Priority 0 Event.
Flavor tied to the Episode, "Back to the Moon."
All members of the Crystal Gems are effectively removed from the game during the Climax Phase. They will return to the game at the start of the next Episode.
Reset the Stress to neutral (zero).


Spoiler: STEVEN
Steven Universe, A Child With a Intergalactic Destiny
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I have to protect you, what if somehow you get hurt? What do I do? I don't want that for you.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem and a Human.
Is it weird I'm getting numb to this?

So long as the Stress meter is at +1 or higher, you may not be killed normally. Events and special kills will still kill you.
At +4 Stress, you may not be removed from the game in any way--kills, events, lynches, etc. will all fail on you.
Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 1.
If you are Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may not be killed normally. Events and special kills will still kill you.
Once per game, you may bring a lynched-and-bubbled player back to life when you unbubble them.

Can we talk for a moment?

You have been provided with an alternate account.
If you alter the password or details of this account, I will modkill you.
You may use this account for various factional and role-related abilities.
The account's username is: Steven Quartz
The account's password is: [REDACTED]

But at least I've got you. And you've got me! So stop leaving me out of this.

If you are in an Alliance with only Amethyst, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
When both you and Amethyst are voting for a player, your votes are worth three votes altogether.
During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to cause their actions to fail. This will not stop Factional Kills.
If both you and Amethyst target the same player in this way, their actions will fail and they can not form an alliance for the following Episode--this will stop a Factional Kill.

If you're the one protecting me, then who's the one protecting you!?

Two shot. Climax-Phase only. Target a player you are allied with--all killing actions directed at that player will be redirected to you instead.
If you use this power, any attempts made by other players to protect you from kills will fail.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this power.
During the Season Finale, you may select two players with this power.

Steven, you could be using your dreams to connect with her mentally.

One shot. Climax-Phase only. Target a player and decide 'anonymous' or 'in character'.
You will receive a Climax-Phase-only PT with that player--this PT will persist the entire game or until you form a different PT with this power.
If you choose 'in character', you will be able to communicate in this thread via the provided alternate account.
If you choose 'anonymous', you will join this thread as your primary account.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this power.

EVENT:
I spent the day with my mind in your body.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +2 Stress or higher. Will fail if heading into LYLO.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "The New Lars."
Target a player when you activate this Event.
You will learn that player's non-factional role information. This will yield fake-claims from scum.
You will be able to submit that player's action and alliance choices during the Climax Phase.
They will lose access to any alliance thread they would have had during this Event--you will take their place via an alternative account.
I will create a flavor-named account for you to use to access their alliance for the duration of the Episode.
At any point during the Exposition Phase, you may PM me to keep the chosen player from either being able to post or vote.
At any point during the Exposition Phase, you may PM me to change who the selected player is voting for.

How'd we get ourselves into this mess?

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Spoiler: GARNET
Garnet, The Stoic Brawler Made of Love
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I will fight for the place where I'm free, to live together and exist as me!
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
And if you think you're safe here, well, I got news for you. You've lost! Now, stay off my planet!

Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 2. If the stress is +2 or higher, your priority is 0.
If you are Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may increase the priority of any Crystal Gem Factional Event by 1 (to a maximum of 1).
You may also lower the Stress Requirement of any Crystal Gem Factional Event by 1.
Once per game, you may discover which Events the Scum Team are capable of using during the next Climax Phase.
During the Season Finale, you are immune to all negative effects such as kills, blocks, etc.

I am not, nor will I ever be, interested! Go away!

So long as you are Garnet, you may not Ally with any player outside of the Crystal Gems.
You may ignore this ability if the Stress is +1 or higher.

I embody my... I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love. I'll always exist in them, even if I split apart.

You have been provided with three alternate accounts.
You may interrogate players as Ruby, Sapphire, or Garnet.
If you alter the password or details of these accounts, I will modkill you.
You may use these accounts for various factional and role-related abilities.
The account's username is: Garnet
The account's password is: [REDACTED]
The second account's username is: Sapphire
The second account's password is: [REDACTED]
The third account's username is: Ruby
The third account's password is: [REDACTED]

I can be brash, you can be reckless, and we can both get carried away.

If you are in an Alliance with only Amethyst, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
If both you and Amethyst are voting for a player, your votes are worth four votes altogether.
If you hammer a player, that player is killed.
During the Climax Phase, any player that was voting for you at the end of the Exposition will have their actions redirected to you.

What we need now is to be careful. You and me, Pearl. Let's Fuse.

If you are in an Alliance with only Pearl, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
If both you and Pearl are voting for a player, that player may not vote or take any actions.
During the Climax Phase, whatever player you were voting for during the end of the Exposition can not take actions, ally, or trigger Events.

EVENT:
Ah! Don't hurt her! Don't hurt... me.

EPISODE EVENT: Reactionary.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: This event is triggered when you die.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "The Answer."
When you die, your information will not be posted in the main game thread.
Instead, you may continue play as your choice of either Ruby or Sapphire.
Both the rolecards for Ruby and Sapphire will be provided in your role PM.

We'll be fine. You can do this. We believe in you.

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Sapphire, The Visionary Who Fell In Love
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Such is fate.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I didn't need to feel. I saw.

Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 5.
You may only interrogate players as Sapphire.
If stress is at +2 or higher, you are immune to all non-killing actions.
If stress is at +4, you are immune to all actions.
If you are the Leader of the Crystal Gems, you are immune to all non-killing actions.
Furthermore, as Leader, you may trigger Factional Episode Events regardless of their requirements.

I can see the path of fate as it stretches toward the horizon.

If you ally with another player, you may use your Climax Action to learn which actions your ally submitted during the same Climax Phase.
During the Season Finale, you may target an ally during the Exposition to learn which non-factional actions they may take during the Climax Phase.

You honestly think I'm not upset about what happened? I just wanted to do the right thing...

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Ruby, The Eternal Flame
Image
You're not as above this as you think you are!
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I don't wanna go alone...

Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 6.
If you are Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may target a single player to during the Climax Phase to prevent them from taking any actions.
If you target the same player twice in a row, you will kill them as well.
If stress is at +3 or higher, you may always choose to kill a player with this ability if you wish--you may also decide against killing a player on consecutive visits.

Oh, come on. We'll punch 'em together when we fuse. That's why they sent, uh, three of us!

If you ally with another player and both you and your ally are voting for a player, an extra vote will be submitted against that player.
During the Season Finale, both you and your ally's votes count as double.
If you and your ally are both voting for a player during the Season Finale, neither of you may hammer a player.

This is all my fault! I didn't want to look for a solution, I just wanted to be mad!

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Spoiler: PEARL
Pearl, The Forlorn Gem Duelist
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Rose made me feel... like I was everything.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
I don't get tired; I get results.

Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 3.
If you are Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may target four players during the Climax Phase.
If the stress is at +3 or higher, you may target the same player multiple times instead.
You will learn who the first target visited.
You will learn who visited your second target.
You will learn who your third target tried to ally with.
You will learn which non-factional actions your fourth target took.

I am a gem of many talents. A dedication to fact is just one of them.

You have been provided with an alternate account.
If you alter the password or details of this account, I will modkill you.
You may use this account for various factional and role-related abilities.
The account's username is: Pearl
The account's password is: [REDACTED]

Pearl points are awarded for punctuality, perseverance, and positivity.

If you ally with another player, you may reward them with 'Pearl Points'.
The points cumulate and are never taken away.
Pearl Points can not be rewarded on Episodes when the Exposition ended on a 'No-Lynch'.
Players will earn 1 Pearl Point for being on the same wagon you are on when the Exposition Phase ends.
Players will earn 2 Pearl Points for allying with you on consecutive Episodes.
Players will earn 3 Pearl Points for lynching scum.
During the Season Finale or at +3 or Higher Stress, players earn double the Pearl Points.

We may be smaller, weaker, and less gifted than our opponents but with these P's, we have the keys to success aaaand to the Pearl prize pouch!

You may, at any time, reward players who have earned enough Pearl Points.
You may never give the same reward to a player twice.
If a player has 5 Pearl Points, you may grant them one-time kill immunity.
If a player has 10 Pearl Points, you may grant them a one-shot, Climax-only ability to determine if a player has the capacity to kill another player.
If a player has 15 Pearl Points, you may grant them a one-shot killing ability.
If a player has 100 Pearl Points, you may allow them to achieve a unique third-party win-condition and leave the game.

You're always together... I just—I wanted to be a part of that.

If you are in an Alliance with only Garnet, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
If both you and Garnet are voting for a player, that player may not vote or take any actions.
During the Climax Phase, whatever player you were voting for during the end of the Exposition can not take actions, ally, or trigger Events.

Opal is an amalgam of our combined magical and physical attributes fused into a single entity.

If you are in an Alliance with only Amethyst, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
At the end of the Climax Phase, you will be told which actions were taken against you.
The next Episode will not begin for 24 hours after the Climax Phase ends, during which you may avoid one of these actions.
During the Season Finale, you may avoid any number of actions in this way.

EVENT:
Mine's taller. I win.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or Higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Back to the Barn."
Choose a player.
For the duration of the Exposition, you and the other player may take turns challenging each other.
At any point, either you or your target may choose to end the challenges.
Winning a challenge rewards one point. In the case of a tie, both players get a point.
The challenges are as follows:
-Whoever has more text in their role PM wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has more posts made among all threads they've ever had access to (related to this game) wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has more abilities in their role PM wins this Challenge.
-Whoever has had the most players try to ally with them wins this Challenge.
-Whoever took the most Climax Actions wins this challenge.
-Whoever has triggered the most Events wins this challenge.
-Whoever has the most mod-confirmed information about other player's roles (independent of factional info) wins this challenge.

The player with the most points at the end may choose one of the following:
Lower the Stress by 4 points.
Lynch a player of choice.
Raise the Stress by 2 points.

I'm just a Pearl... I'm useless on my own.

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Spoiler: AMETHYST
Amethyst, A Gem Fighting For Freedom
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You think that all you are is who you could be, but we don't hang out with you because of who you could be. We like you.
You are aligned with The Crystal Gems. You are a Gem.
Yeah, this plan stinks.

Your priority for being Leader of the Crystal Gems is 4.
If you are Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may stop players you are voting from forming alliances or triggering Events.
If you are the Leader of the Crystal Gems, stress decreases by 3 when scum players die and increases by 2 when town players die.

This time let's build a moat. I could be THE CROCODILE!

You have been provided with an alternate account.
If you alter the password or details of this account, I will modkill you.
You may use this account for various factional and role-related abilities.
The account's username is: Amethyst
The account's password is: [REDACTED]

Yep! That's me! Always huge, never small, all the- all the time since I was made!

You will always yield an 'Enemy of Earth' result to any investigation of your alignment.
Furthermore, you yield a 'no result' to any player who attempts to yield any other sorts of information by targeting you.

Homegirl knows we're gonna beat her into a green pancake.

You gain access to the following abilities if you are in an Alliance:
Any player you are voting for may not affect you with their Climax actions.
You may vote for up to three players at once.
If the stress is at +3 or higher, you may vote for up to four players at once.
This does not allow for multiple lynches.
If you're ever only voting for one player, your vote counts as two votes.

Hey, Garnet! How'd you like to mix it up with this?

If you are in an Alliance with only Garnet, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
If both you and Garnet are voting for a player, your votes are worth four votes altogether.
If you hammer a player, that player is killed.
During the Climax Phase, any player that was voting for you at the end of the Exposition will have their actions redirected to you.

You wanted me to be more like Pearl and now I am!

If you are in an Alliance with only Pearl, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
At the end of the Climax Phase, you will be told which actions were taken against you.
The next Episode will not begin for 24 hours after the Climax Phase ends, during which you may avoid one of these actions.
During the Season Finale, you may avoid any number of actions in this way.

Don't bother putting your socks back on, 'cus I'm abouta knock 'em off again!

If you are in an Alliance with only Steven, you may decide to Fuse instead.
If you both agree to Fuse, you lose access to the rest of your role's abilities for the duration of your fusion, but gain the following:
When you form this Alliance, you may decide which one of you will die if either player were to die.
When both you and Steven are voting for a player, your votes are worth three votes altogether.
During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to cause their actions to fail. This will not stop Factional Kills.
If both you and Steven target the same player in this way, their actions will fail and they can not form an alliance for the following Episode--this will stop a Factional Kill.

EVENT:
Knock it off. I know you let me win.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +2 Stress or Higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Steven vs Amethyst."
Choose a player.
For the duration of the Exposition, only you and the target player may be voted for.
The only players that may hammer are you and your target.
If the Exposition ends on a no lynch, reduce the Stress by 3.
If the Exposition ends on a lynch, the stress does not go down if the lynch flips town-aligned.

Oh, good... You didn't need me at all.

You are aligned with
The Crystal Gems
.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-Aligned player and one Crystal Gem-aligned player must be alive.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
If all members of The Crystal Gems are dead, you lose the game.


Spoiler: BUBBLED TEXT
You've been bubbled by the Crystal Gems!
This means that you are temporarily removed from the game.
You do not count as a living player so long as you are bubbled.
You may not post in any game threads other than this one: THREAD LINK
You may still submit night actions but they will fail unless allowed.
You may not form any Alliances while bubbled.
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Post Post #12578 (isolation #273) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:50 am

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EARTH ALIGNED
(TOWN):


Spoiler: MAYOR DEWEY
Mayor Dewey, The Mayor Known as Mayor Dewey
Image
What coverup?
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Why, young man, I credit the voters with saving Beach City!

You may not form alliances if the Stress is at -2 or lower.
You may submit up to three targets to ally with and have an alliance of up to four players, including yourself.
You will only successfully ally with players who fail to ally with their intended target.
If any player submits you as their ally, they will automatically join your alliance regardless of your targeting.
The players that you pick will have first priority with allying with you.

Well, nice hustle, gentlemen, keep it up!

So long as you are allied with a player, their actions will have increased priority--only other increased priority actions can cause them to be redirected or fail.
So long as you are allied with a player, any limited shot actions will not use their limited shots--Events will still be used.

Fantastic work! I love the message: Vote Mayor Dewey! How about I offer you another role?

Once per game, during the Exposition or Climax of the Season Finale, you may grant another player access to all of the abilities and Events of any single dead and flipped player.
The inheritor of these abilities will be able to access and use them for the rest of the game.
The inheritor of these abilities will lose access to any of the abilities and Events that were featured on their original rolecard.
The inheritor of these abilities will still have access to their factional Events and abilities, should they have any.

Thank you, for preserving my legacy.

If you are ever in a three-player LYLO situation, you may confirm yourself as town.

Cover-up? WHAT COVER UP?!

Once per game, you may post this ability name in bold to cause the stress meter to fall by two, towards Slice of Life.
During the Season Finale, this ability shifts the meter by four points.

What!? This wasn't in the script!

Once per game, you may post this ability name in bold to cause the stress meter to rise by two, towards Tragic Destiny.
During the Season Finale, this ability shifts the meter by four points.

EVENT:
Cut Funding

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: -1 Stress or lower.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Historical Friction"
You may immediately end any Episode Event that is taking place.

I must be off then to bask in the adulation of my constituents.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: RONALDO
Ronaldo Fryman, Connoisseur of the Weird
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It's our duty to let those simple people live out their simple lives, without ever knowing the burden of being friends with us.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Is that giant hand from the sky sitting right in the middle of the beach?! I gotta get some of this for my blog!

Posted with the starting Votecount of each new Episode will be a quote box featuring text advertised as the 'Keep Beach City Weird' blog.
Each Climax Phase, starting with the pre-game, you must submit a post of at least 100 words to be featured in the 'Keep Beach City Weird' blog.
Failure to make any of these posts will result in your role losing access to this ability altogether.
You will submit posts to me. I will edit any of the content of the post to be untrue with regards to private information.
Only you will know that the information posted in the Keep Beach City Weird blog is selectively untrue.
I will not edit any factionally-oriented information, such as information that confirms or deconfirms a player's alignment.
I will not edit any information that is publicly known.

That's just what people like us do. Suffer quietly, shouldering the knowledge no one else can bear.

One Shot. Climax-Phase only. Only usable if you are in an Alliance.
You may target a player to learn four pieces of information regarding abilities that the target player has.
Three of these four pieces of information will be incorrect.
One of these four pieces of information will be correct.
If the stress is at +3 or higher, three of these four pieces of info will be correct.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded a shot of this ability.

EVENT:
Rising Tides and Crashing Skies

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Trigger at Climax.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +3 Stress or higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies"
Publicly, this event will only announce that you have filmed a documentary.
This event shifts the stress towards Slice of Life by three points.
Privately, you learn the nature of the Crystal Gems.
Privately, The Crystal Gems will learn that you know of their nature.

This is a matter of weird and death!

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: LAPIS
Lapis Lazuli, A Gem Trapped on Earth
Image
I was leaving, then I realized I've got nowhere to go.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Gem.
I don't want your garbage.

If you ally with a player, they do not gain any bonuses for allying besides access to your ally PT.
Any time you choose to ally the same ally that you had during the previous Episode, they will be forced to ally with you again.
This ability is disabled on Season Finales.

It's funny. For all this time I spent on Earth, I barely saw any of it.

During the Season Finale or if stress ever reaches +4, if you are removed from the game, you may return to the game.
This does not allow you to 'revive' from a lynch or a kill.

EVENT:
I can't get distracted, I've got to hold us down with the weight of your planet's ocean!

EPISODE EVENT: Climax Only--Trigger as a Climax Action.
PRIORITY: 1
REQUIREMENTS: +4 Stress.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Chille Tid."
Target a player.
Privately, you know that if that player is a Threat to Earth, both you and that player are removed from the game.
No role info will be posted into the main thread for you or your target if you are both removed from the game in this way.
If you remove a player from the game in this way, immediately shift the Stress meter to -4.
If the targeted player is not a Threat to Earth, both you and that player are removed from the game for the current following Episode.
The outcome of this Event will be publicly known.

For a moment, I really felt like things were different, but they're not. No matter where I go, I'm trapped.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: CENTIPEETLE
Centipeetle, A Corrupt Gem Struggling to Survive
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You remember me, don't you?
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Gem.
Remember, she's not cracked, she's corrupted, and that's something different, something nearly impossible to describe.

You will return negative results to any attempt to investigate you--any check to discover your alignment will result in 'Threat to Earth'.

You love chips, and I love chips! We love chips from Chaaaps!

If you are allied with a player, you both take two more votes to lynch than usual--this effect does not function in LYLO.
During the Season Finale, all members of your alliance are immune to being lynched.
Your Alliance does not grant an Alliance PT.

We'll just talk through the language of art!

During the Climax Phase, you may draw a picture with crayons or via MS Paint.
If you have access to neither, use this site: https://sketch.io/sketchpad/
You may send this picture to any other player.
These pictures may not include text--they must be images only.
If you just submit any image of your choice, all this does is count as 'visiting' the player with a Climax-action.
However, you may draw specific kinds of images and instill meaning into them.
In order to 'Instill Meaning', you must write what you intend to be true about the image.
If you instill meaning in an image, I will confirm the truth of any meaning that you instill so long as it is true.
In this way, you can mod-confirm to other players any knowledge you have.
However, if you try to Instill Meaning with regards to any factional information about your role or any factional info that you have guessed, it will fail.

EVENT:
Monster Reunion

EPISODE EVENT: Trigger at any time.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +1 Stress or higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Monster Reunion."
Privately, you immediately gain a private thread with the player who has the flavor of 'Steven Universe'.
Privately, you will be confirmed as town to Steven Universe.
Publicly, this Event lowers the Stress by 2.

She can stay un-bubbled. But you have to understand. Some Gems are beyond our help.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: KEVIN
Kevin, The Coolest Character In This Show
Image
I look like a guy you know? That's impossible. There's only one... Kevin.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Your whole "two kids in a beautiful trench coat" routine won't fool me this time, so don't even try it!

Two-Shot. Climax-Phase only. You may target a player to discover what their allying bonus is and who they are allied with.
During the Season Finale, this power will also inform you of any allying bonuses that their allies have as well.
During the Season Finale, this power is refunded one shot.

Have we met before?

Many of your abilities will earn you 'Kevin Points', which are a kind of currency that you can use to fuel other abilities that you have.
I will be keeping track of your total number of Kevin Points.
At any point in time, you may PM me to ask how many Kevin Points you have.

Heh. I see what's going on here. You've had a taste of Kevin, and now you're obsessed.

If a player ever allies with you more than once, you gain one Kevin Point.

I know, baby. I'm the worst.

All actions that target you fail. Every time an action fails in this way, you gain one Kevin Point.
Players who have their actions fail due to this ability will be informed that it was you who caused their action failure.

You know, this mountain pass has some really beautiful views. Shame you'll only be seeing my tail lights the whole time.

During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to cause their non-factional actions to fail.
Players who have their actions fail due to this ability will be informed that it was you who caused their action failure.
Every action that you cause to fail in this way causes you to gain one Kevin Point.

I know you want to be close, but this is a little clingy.

At any point in time, you may immediately end the alliance you are in to cause your allies to lose access to all their allying bonuses.
Players in your alliance will be informed that the alliance was disbanded by you, on purpose.
Every time you disband an alliance in this way, you gain one Kevin Point for each ally that you jilt.

The truth is I don't mean to be this way. I-I just lash out because of my little brother. He's sick. Been sick all our lives. Sometimes I think if I act real cool and never let anyone see my pain, then maybe the pain will go away. And maybe... I can take his pain away, too.

You may claim that you and another player share a Masonry.
So long as the other player does not refute this claim within their next five posts, this ability is successful and you gain three Kevin Points.

Dude! I don't even have a brother! I'm like this because I think it's funny! Chowzers!

You may have me mod-confirm in the public thread that you are NOT masons with the claimed player.
Doing so increases the Stress by one point.
Doing so also earns you three more Kevin Points.

Finally. You caught up. I was worried you'd miss seeing me win.

The first time that you are lynched, the votecount will reset instead--this also resets the deadline.
If you are 'lynched' in this way, you will gain two Kevin Points.

It's Kevin time.

At any point in the game, you may exchange Kevin Points for extra voting power.
You may only ever exchange up to a maximum of Kevin Points equal to 1/2 the votes required to lynch a player.
This ability may never let you be the single voting player on a lynch.

First one to the bottom wins, but you don't have to worry about that last part.

If, at any point in the game, you have twenty Kevin Points, I will inform you.
If this is the case, then you will be able to leave the game for a unique third party win.

EVENT:
Come on, how am I going to get a cool-down lap if no one wants to go?

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Trigger during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +1 or higher Stress, at least 5 Kevin Points
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Beach City Drift."
You will challenge a player to a race.
Target a player. That player may publicly leverage non-factional information about their role and actions in order to earn points towards winning the race.
Once they ante up their information, you may spend however many Kevin Points that you want in order to win.
You will always win the race. If you don't have enough Kevin Points, you will lose all your Kevin Points.
They will be told that if they win, they get fabulous prizes, but they can not win.
If the player submitted at least five points of information, you gain back five Kevin points.
If the player submitted at least ten points of information, you may have me publicly confirm all the information they submitted.
If the player submitted at least fifteen points of information, you may choose to make that player lose all of their abilities, factional and otherwise.
Publicly, all that will be revealed is the fact that you are racing a player and that they may leverage points of information in order to attempt to win.

First place, baby! It's like I invented winning.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: LARS
Lars, A General Annoyance to Everyone
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Why does everything bad happen to me?
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
I see her at work. Why do I need to see her on my day off?

You gain whatever allying bonuses that are afforded to the player you ally with.
You can not ally with the same player twice in a row.
During the Season Finale, you may use any of the allying powers you've gained access to in the past in addition to any powers you gain as a part of your Season Finale Alliance.

I was acting weird all day and you all just LIKED IT?!

If you do not take any action during the Climax Phase, all non-factional actions that target you fail.
During the Season Finale, you are unaffected by all actions and you are a non-valid target for Events.

Ugh. Everyday in Beach City is weird. That's why I hate it here.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: BUCK
Buck Dewey, Cool Kid and Artist
Image
I only wanted to see you laughing, in the pizza rain.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
I like to just experience the moment for what it is sometimes.

So long as the Stress is at +2 or higher, all members of your alliance may use their abilities as if it were the Season Finale.
On the Season Finale, all abilities used by members of your alliance can not fail.

You got that much-needed counterpart to our cynical world view. You have to come.

One-shot. During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to learn if they took an action and if that action negatively affected another player.
During the Season Finale, this ability will also tell you which action the player took and who they targeted.
During the Season Finale, you will regain one shot of this action.

EVENT:
C'mon. It's time to hang out.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +1 or higher Stress.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Joy Ride."
Choose up to four other players.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
You all form an alliance for the duration of this Event's Episode.
You may not affect or be affected by any actions taken by members outside of this alliance during the duration of this Event's Episode.

Buck is no longer pleased.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: DR. MAHESWARAN
Doctor Priyanka Maheswaran, Concerned Mother
Image
It scares me that you can't talk to me! I need to know what's happening in your life. I need to step in when you're in over your head.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Oh, don't worry, the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality keep me from sharing the graphic details but...

During the Climax Phase, you will protect your allies from dying.
If stress is +1 or higher, no ability may cause them to die, even kills that have advanced priority or the means to normally bypass protection.
This will not keep Events from killing your allies.

Do you know how many children I see everyday who've cut their faces off playing with swords?!

Two-Shot. Climax-Phase Only. You may target a player to learn if they have any abilities that negatively affect other players.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this power.

NONE! Because they all have parents who love them, and who don't let them play around with deadly weapons like some kind of gang member!

One-Shot. Climax-Phase Only. You may only target a player that you got a positive result on with your previous ability.
They permanently lose access to their negative abilities for the rest of the game--this does not include factional abilities.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this power and may use it during the Exposition Phase.

EVENT:
I'll have a talk with your father to calculate just how grounded you are. And we're using the abacus!

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +1 or higher Stress.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Nightmare Hospital."
Target a player that you received a positive result on with your investigative ability.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
This player loses all access to any abilities, alliances, and events for two Episodes.
A votecount will be held publicly for players to decide to overturn this action.
If a majority of players vote that this player should not be grounded, this event fails.
Reduce the Stress by 1. If this Event fails, reduce the stress by 3.

Hmm, no heartbeat... Ugh, cheap hospital budgets.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: WATERMELON STEVEN
Watermelon Steven, A Collective of Plant Soldiers
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I was on Mask Island. I was in a Watermelon Steven. They have a lovely community!
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are not a Human or a Gem.
Thank you. All of you. You are truly brave.

One Shot. Climax-Phase Only. If you are in an alliance, you gain access to a killing action.
During the Season Finale or if stress is at +3 or higher, this killing action will always succeed.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this ability.

EVENT:
Steven, is that you in there?

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 1
REQUIREMENTS: +3 or higher Stress.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Super Watermelon Island."

The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
All private threads except for alliances are locked for the duration of this Event.
Once this Event ends, the Exposition phase continues as normal.
For 48 hours, players may privately submit a target that they want to be lynched.
Once that time is up, whatever player has the most votes will be put up for lynch.

The following information is private and only known to you:
If there is a tie, you may decide which player is lynched.
You may decide not to lynch this player, however.
If you decide against lynching the player, Stress goes down by 6 points.
If you decide to lynch the player, they are lynched and Stress goes down by 3 points.


Good job, melon head.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: VIDALIA
Vidalia, Mother of Two and Old Troublemaker
Image
You don't know what I've done in these shoes.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Next thing you know, I'm living with the fisherman.

You may choose to continue to keep old allied PTs open for communication even after you have allied with another player.
During the Season Finale, you gain the allying bonuses that any of these old alliances afforded you.

EVENT:
Well, whatever you are, don't be a stranger.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +2 or higher Stress. Can not be activated on Episode 1 or 2.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Onion Friend."
Choose a player that you have previously allied with.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
For the duration of this Episode, you will become their ally again, separate from and alongside any other alliance you are both in otherwise.
Neither of you may negatively affect each other during this Episode.
Reduce the Stress by a number equal to how many times you have allied with this player before.

Thanks for breaking into my house.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: ONION
Onion, A Being Beyond Understanding
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Okay Onion, let's do this. Whatever weird or horrible thing you have planned for me, I can take it.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human. I think.
Ready for another round with this guy?

Players that you are allied with can not kill you or hammer you.
During the Season Finale, no player may kill or hammer you.

Huh? Did he get that guy's lunch? I wonder how this is gonna play out.

During each Climax phase, you may target a player to steal something from them.
If the Stress is at +2 or higher, you may target two players in this way.
At the beginning of the following Episode, you will be given a brief, flavor-oriented description of what you stole.

This is ridiculous. How did he get my Replicator?

You may only use this ability during a Season Finale.
During the Exposition phase, you may target a player to steal an ability from.
They will be informed that their ability has been stolen but not who took it.
You may use their ability for the rest of the game.
If the stolen ability has limited shots, you will be limited to however many shots were left when you stole it.

EVENT:
You... gonna put on a movie? That'd be nice.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Event--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: This event begins at Priority 5 and moves up priority each Episode.
REQUIREMENTS: None.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Onion Friend."
This event will confirm you as town to the public thread.
If the Stress meter is positive, it resets to neutral.

Uh... you don't have any more... weird pets to show me, do you?

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: ONION STEALING LIST
JASPER: Stole a hammer and some rocks. Steals "Any ability or event that targets you will fail--this will only work if the Stress is neutral or negative."
EYEBALL: Stole a Japanese Manga. Steals "If you ally with any player, you will learn if they are a Human or a Gem. So long as you are allied with another player, you are immune to all actions."
DOC: Stole a record. Steals 'I THINK WE BETTER DOUBLE-CHECK.' ability.
ARMY: Steals a stuffed animal. Steals 'WHY I OUGHTA RAZZLE-FRAZZLE YOUR...' ability.
LEGGY: Steals an empty box. Steals no ability.
NAVY: Steals an unaddress envelope. Steals 'OH, RUBY, YOU'RE SO FORGETFUL!' ability.
STEVEN: Steals a cell phone. Steals 'IF YOU'RE THE ONE PROTECTING ME, THEN WHO'S THE ONE PROTECTING YOU!?' ability.
GARNET: Steals a piece of paper that just reads "Don't steal from me." Steals no ability.
SAPPHIRE: Steals a butterfly. Steals "I CAN SEE THE PATH OF FATE AS IT STRETCHES TOWARD THE HORIZON." ability.
RUBY: Steals a plate of breakfast. Steals OH, COME ON. WE'LL PUNCH 'EM TOGETHER WHEN WE FUSE. THAT'S WHY THEY SENT, UH, THREE OF US!" ability.
PEARL: Steals a page of stickers. Steals "PEARL POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR PUNCTUALITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND POSITIVITY." ability.
AMETHYST: Steals a burrito. Steals "YEP! THAT'S ME! ALWAYS HUGE, NEVER SMALL, ALL THE- ALL THE TIME SINCE I WAS MADE!" ability.
MAYOR DEWEY: Steals a van. Steals "WELL, NICE HUSTLE, GENTLEMEN, KEEP IT UP!" ability.
RONALDO: Steals a lumpy potato. Steals "THAT'S JUST WHAT PEOPLE LIKE US DO. SUFFER QUIETLY, SHOULDERING THE KNOWLEDGE NO ONE ELSE CAN BEAR." ability.
LAPIS: Steals a dried leaf. Steals "I DON'T WANT YOUR GARBAGE." ability.
CENTIPEETLE: Steals a bag of chaaaps. Steals "WE'LL JUST TALK THROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF ART!" ability.
KEVIN: Steals a fast car. Steals the 'YOUR WHOLE "TWO KIDS IN A BEAUTIFUL TRENCH COAT" ROUTINE WON'T FOOL ME THIS TIME, SO DON'T EVEN TRY IT!' ability.
LARS: Steals a video game. Steals the "I SEE HER AT WORK. WHY DO I NEED TO SEE HER ON MY DAY OFF?" ability.
BUCK: Steals Sunglasses. Steals the 'I LIKE TO JUST EXPERIENCE THE MOMENT FOR WHAT IT IS SOMETIMES.' ability.
DR. MAHESWARAN: Steals a lab coat. Steals the "OH, DON'T WORRY, THE RULES OF DOCTOR-PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY KEEP ME FROM SHARING THE GRAPHIC DETAILS BUT..." ability.
WATERMELON STEVEN: Steals some seeds. Steals "THANK YOU. ALL OF YOU. YOU ARE TRULY BRAVE." ability.
VIDALIA: Steals a painting. Steals "NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M LIVING WITH THE FISHERMAN." ability.
MARTY: Steals a business card. Steals "SORRY I'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THE MUSIC BIZ CAN BE, R-I-I-IGHT?" ability.
MR SMILEY: Steals a bag of quarters. Steals "YOU KIDS WANT ANOTHER LIFETIME BAN?" ability.
KIKI: Steals a pizza. Steals "THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING "ME" TIME TONIGHT. BUT IT'S ALRIGHT. I LOVE RUNNING. ANYWAYS, GOTTA GET BACK TO IT!" ability.
PERIDOT: Steals a broken VHS tape. Steals "DOESN'T ANYTHING WORK ON THIS CRUDDY PLANET!?" ability.


Spoiler: MARTY
Marty, A Deadbeat Dad and Guacola Promoter
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Guess the music biz wasn't as good to you as it's been to me.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
Listen, Star Child. I can do you one better than a carwash.

As long as you are allied with a player, their Climax actions will always fail.
During the Season Finale, you may allow a player you allied with before to double their Climax Actions.

Sorry I've been gone so long, but you know how the music biz can be, r-i-i-ight?

One-Shot. Non-Consecutive. Exposition Phase only.
Using this ability causes you to abandon your alliance, immediately ending it.
You will also remove yourself from the game for the current and the following Episode.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this power.

EVENT:
Just wait! We're gonna cram nine years of bonding into one spectacular event.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Event--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: No Stress requirement. Can not be used during a Season Finale.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Drop Beat Dad."
Select up to half of the currently living players.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
All players that you select can not form alliances or take any non-factional actions during the duration of this Episode.
It will be revealed that you are behind this.

Don't say I've never gave you nothin'.

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: MR SMILEY
Mr. Smiley, Arcade Owner and R&B Singer
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You know what an old friend of mine told me once? A little smile never hurt anybody!
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
You kids want another lifetime ban?

Once per game, you may target a player to cause them to be unable to take part in any Events or use any Events of their own for the rest of the game.

Yeah. You can say we're a little "fun-derstaffed."

You may only use this ability if you are in an alliance or if stress is at +2 or higher.
During the Climax Phase, you can give one of the following powers to another player:
One-shot, Climax Phase, form a Neighborhood with a player that allows for chat for the rest of the game.
One-shot, Exposition Phase, Vote for a player twice.
One-shot, Exposition Phase, Lock a player's vote in place for the rest of the Exposition.
You can only give out each of these abilities once, but your choice of one is refunded during the Season Finale.
Furthermore, during the Season Finale, you may hand out all three of these abilities to separate players--this does not cost against your usual limit.

EVENT:
All this running around. I'm not even in a union.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Event--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: None. Can not be used during the Season Finale.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Too Short to Ride."
Reduce the Stress by 2.
The following information will be publicly posted in the game thread:
For duration of the Episode, players may submit their highscores in the following games:
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/ste ... index.html
At the end of the Episode, the players with the highest score in each game will receive the following choice of rewards:
One-shot kill protection, consumed when next targeted by a kill,
One-shot Climax-Phase Stress Reduction (Resets Stress to Neutral),
or One-shot Climax-Phase prevent a player from taking any actions and being affected by any actions.
If a player has the high-score on multiple games, they only get one prize, but then also earn the grand prize:
One-shot, Climax-Phase, Form a permanent alliance with another player of choice. This alliance will exist in addition to any other alliances you form.

I'm glad you seeing the humor in it, Steven, because I haven't seen a bed in six days!

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.


Spoiler: KIKI
Kiki, Pizza-Delivery Girl and Best Sister
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Yep, that's me -- the nice one.
You are aligned with the Town Faction. You are a Human.
I... I don't want to let her down! I'm her favorite twin!

You will always ally with a previous ally if they choose to ally with you another time.
If multiple previous allies try to ally with you, you will always ally with the oldest of the bunch.
As long as you are allied, all negative abilities that would affect your ally are redirected to you instead.
During the Season Finale, you are immune to redirected abilities.

There's a lot of other people having "me" time tonight. But it's alright. I love running. Anyways, Gotta get back to it!

During the Climax Phase, you may target a player to deliver a pizza to them.
They will learn that you used your action to deliver the pizza to them as the Climax Phase resolves.

EVENT:
Thanks for calling Fish Stew Pizza. We do fries now.

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Event--Activate during the Climax Phase.
PRIORITY: 3
REQUIREMENTS: Stress +1 or Higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Restaurant Wars."
This Event pauses the game entirely, locking all threads except for alliances PTs and issuing in a 'Restaurant War Phase' instead of an Exposition phase.
Once this Event is over, the Exposition Phase will begin as normal.
When submitting this event, you will also select three players to make up a 'panel of judges'.
You must designate another player to be who you challenge to a 'Restaurant War'.
That player and their alliance will be pitted against you and your alliance.
Each member of both alliances may submit one piece of information that they know to be true to the panel of judges.
Information about other roles can only be submitted as "This player told me [information]" or "I used an ability to learn [information]."
Lies can be submitted.
The judges will each individually judge each piece of information--it is anonymous who sent which info.
A Judge can either reward or deny the information given.
If a Truth is rewarded, it gains the team one point.
If a Truth is denied, it loses the team one point.
If a Lie is rewarded, it gain the team two points.
If a Lies is denied, it loses the team three points.
The team that has the most points wins--their information is published publicly in the game thread.
At this point in time, the lies will be marked in red and the truthful information will be marked in green.
For every lie present, Stress goes up by 1.
For every truth present, Stress goes down by 1.
The Alliance that wins the restaurant wars are immune to all negative effects for the remainder of the Episode.
The Alliance that wins the restaurant wars can not be lynched for the remainder of the Episode.

Aaagh! It doesn't matter!

You are aligned with
Earth
.
In order to win the game, all threats to Earth must be removed from the game.
In order to win the game, at least one Earth-aligned player must be alive.
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Post Post #12579 (isolation #274) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:51 am

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THE LEFTOVERS
(INDIVIDUALLY ALIGNED THIRD PARTY):


Spoiler: PERIDOT
Peridot, A Homeworld Gem Learning to Live on Earth
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This place doesn't exactly feel like home yet.
You are aligned with The Leftovers (Third Party). You are a Gem.
I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!

You know that there is a faction in this game called 'The Crystal Gems,' and that they are unified with the Town faction.
After Episode 2 but before the end of Episode 4 (the first Season Finale), you may join The Crystal Gems at any time.
If you join The Crystal Gems, you will lose your current win condition and gain the win condition of The Crystal Gems.

I'm the one who betrayed the mission, who called Yellow Diamond a clod, the new leader of the Crystal Gems!

If you are the Leader of the Crystal Gems, you may not be lynched or killed except if you are the last remaining Crystal Gem.
Your priority for being the Leader of the Crystal Gems is 7.

Doesn't anything work on this cruddy planet!?

All members of your Alliance may chat during the entire Episode.

What do I know? Everything there is to know, you pebble!

Two-shot. Climax Phase Only. You may target a player you are allied with in and choose any number of alliance chats you have had access to.
The targeted player will gain viewing access to any previous alliance chats you selected in this way.
During the Season Finale, you are refunded one shot of this ability.

Log date -- whatever, Facet -- whatever! Ughh, WHATEVER!

Each votecount may feature a 'tweet' message that is flavor-confirmed to come from Peridot.
You may write me a message to post with any upcoming votecount, but I will only post one per Votecount.
These messages can not exceed 150 characters in length. If they do, I will cut them short.

I've got metal powers! I'll show you! ...in a moment!

Unlimited Shots. Climax Phase only.
You may target a player to send them a useless hunk of metal.
If a player tries to kill you while you are using this ability on them, you will kill that player instead.

EVENT:
Direct Line to the Diamonds

EPISODE EVENT: Climax Only
PRIORITY: 0
REQUIREMENTS: +2 Stress or higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Message Received."
You may confirm your flavor to the scum-team and send their leader a single message of your choice.
Publicly, all that will be known is that a player has sent a message to the scum team as a result of this Event.

EVENT:
A Trap for Clods

EPISODE EVENT: Exposition Only--Trigger any time a player successfully allies with you.
PRIORITY: 2
REQUIREMENTS: +2 Stress or higher.
Tied to the Flavor of the episode "Friend Ship."
You may immediately (privately) end your alliance to cause all players allied with you to publicly be removed from the game for an entire Episode.
You may privately decide to kill a single player that is removed in this way. They will die upon returning to the game.

I'm still learning. I hope you understand. I want to understand. I'm sorry.

You are aligned with
The Leftovers
.
In order to win the game, you must survive until another faction reaches their win-condition.
Once another faction reaches their win-condition, so do you.
If you die before this happens, you lose the game.
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Post Post #12580 (isolation #275) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:54 am

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ACTIONS & ALLYING:


PREQUEL ALLYING:

Firebringer > Shiro
Shiro > Firebringer
Farside22 > Yume
Yume > Farside22
Foxbird > Skybird
Skybird > Foxbird
Not Chara > grapes
grapes > Not Chara
randomidget > Creature
Creature > randomidget
CooLDoG > Seraphim
Seraphim > CooLDoG
SirCakez > Almost50
Almost50 > SirCakez
DrippingGoofball > Klingoncelt
Klingoncelt > DrippingGoofball
Obi-Wan Kenobi > Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational > Obi-Wan Kenobi
McMenno > Kraskaesque
Kraskaesque > McMenno

PREQUEL EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

Farside22 claims a Masonry with Firebringer -- Success, Firebringer does not refute, Farside22 goes up to 3 KP.
Farside22 mod-denies the Masonry -- Success, Farside is at 6 KP.

PREQUEL CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Yume Elects to be Leader of the Crystal Gems -- Success, priority is 1.
Almost50 Activates Event, "Joy Ride" and selects Firebringer, SirCakez, Farside22, CooLDoG -- Priority is 2.
Mastin2 Activates Event, "Monster Reunion" -- Priority is 0.
Skybird Activates Event, "Sworn to the Sword" -- Priority is 0.
Creature posts the following Blog Update, which will be updated to:
Spoiler: ORIGINAL
Oh wow! So I got this weird role, and I can use this pregame too.

Welcome to Steven Universe! I bet this must be a weird game, you might find something like a Foxbird!

Among this insanity, you might find someone you can trust, someone like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

You should also be careful! There are some bad guys around that want to make your win not-so-easy, don't let them Killthestory!

And there's also me, sum them up together and you'll get me!

Spoiler: EDITED
Oh lame! So I got this plain role, and I can't use it during pregame at all!

Welcome to Steven Universe! I bet this must be a weird game, you might find something like a Foxbird!

Among this insanity, you might find someone you can trust, someone like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

You should also be careful! There are some bad guys around that want to make your win not-so-easy, don't let them Killthestory!

And there's also me, sum them up together and you'll get me!
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Post Post #12581 (isolation #276) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:54 am

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EPISODE 1 ALLYING:

Foxbird > Grapes
Grapes > Foxbird
Not Chara > firebringer
firebringer > Not Chara
randomidget > Shiro
Shiro > randomidget
McMenno > Mastin2
Mastin2 > McMenno
Farside22 > Skybird
Skybird > Farside22
Xkfyu > Almost50
Almost50 > Xkfyu
Klingoncelt >> killthestory (Klingoncelt dies)
killthestory >> Klingoncelt (Klingoncelt dies)
Reasonably Rational > Yume
Yume > Reasonably Rational

Obi-Wan > DrippingGoofball
kraskaesque > Not Chara
Creature > Shiro

EPISODE 1 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

Xkfyu sends the following Tweet for VC 1.06:
Spoiler:
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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:I'm a survivor
I'm not gon' give up
I'm not gon' stop
I'm gon' work harder
I'm a survivor
I'm gonna make it
I will survive
Keep on survivin'

Farside22 disbands their alliance with Yume - Success, Farside is at 7 KP.
Farside22 disbands the Joy Ride Alliance - Success, Farside is at 11 KP.
Xkfyu sends the following Tweet for VC 1.14 and 1.15:
Spoiler:
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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:C’mon already! Can we please lynch someone?!!!!!!1

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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:Let's get dat stress level up too!



EPISODE 1 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Reasonably Rational triggers the Event, "Message Received." -- Success.
Skybird scum-kills grapes -- Failure, grapes is protected.
Yume bubbles Firebringer -- Success.
Farside loud-blocks Shiro -- Success, but Shiro took no actions.
Shiro decides to retain communication with Firebringer -- Failure, Firebringer is bubbled.
Not Chara attempts to learn if Reasonably Rational has negative abilities -- Success, answer is yes.
Xkyfu sends a Hunk of Metal to TheFuzzylogic99 -- Success.
Obi-Wan steals an item from Creature -- Success.
McMenno sends pizza to Obi-Wan Kenobi -- Success.
Mastin2 sends the following drawing to Obi-Wan Kenobi:
Spoiler:
Yume is Steven Universe.
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Creature writes the following blog post:
Spoiler:
didn't have time to make a good message, sorry
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Post Post #12582 (isolation #277) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:57 am

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EPISODE 2 ALLYING:

DrippingGoofball > TheWayItEnds
TheFuzzyLogic99 > grapes
grapes > TheFuzzyLogic99
Yume > Titus
Titus > Yume
Farside22 > Not Chara
Not Chara > Farside22
McMenno > Mastin2
Mastin2 > McMenno
SnarkySnowman > Creature
Creature > SnarkySnowman
Skybird > Xkfyu
Xkfyu > Skybird
Almost50 > Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational > Almost50

Mathblade > TheFuzzyLogic99
Shiro > randomidget
Shadow_Step > Farside22
randomidget > Reasonably Rational
TheWayItEnds > Skybird


EPISODE 2 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

Xkfyu sends the following Tweet for VC 2.01:
Spoiler:
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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:fck it. know what? im just gonna claim right here right now im not gonna put it off any longer i think it’s time. *takes a deep breath* I am

Xkfyu sends the following Tweet for VC 2.02:
Spoiler:
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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:boy was that close good thing i only get 140 characters each tweet i almost made a big mistake.

Xkfyu sends the following Tweet for VC 2.05:
Spoiler:
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Peridot @Peridot5xg tweeted:Sale: Pizza slice for a buck! Coolest offer you could ever get in Beach City.

Yume releases Firebringer22 from the Bubble -- success.

EPISODE 2 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Reasonably Rational submits the Beachapalooza Event, Priority 0 -- success.
Titus submits their Onion IC Event, Priority 3 -- success.
Yume foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 1 to the MR. MR = 1.
Almost50 foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 1 to the MR. MR = 2.
Shiro foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 1 to the MR. MR = 3.
McMenno foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 1 to the MR. MR = 4.
Mastin2 foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 2 to the MR (McMenno ally). MR = 6.
Xkfyu foregoes taking any actions -- Adds 2 to the MR (Almost50 ally), MR = 8.
Titus steals an item from Farside22 -- Loud Failure, Farside22 is at 12 KP
Farside22 targets grapes to make their non-factional actions fail -- Success, but grapes took no actions.
Not Chara attempts to learn if DrippingGoofball has negative abilities -- Success (due to increased priority), answer is yes.
TheWayItEnds checks which actions were taken against them on Episode 1 -- Success, result is none.
Reasonably Rational kills Klingoncelt -- Success.

Creature writes the following Blog Update:
Spoiler:
KEEP BEACH CITY WEIRD:Hey there I'm trying to type some really long message though I am having difficulty.

Pay attention to this:

Must serve others. Others must see this. Don't look back!
Look only forward. In your mind, it's raining. Everywhere else, it's also raining. So protect yourself.

Hopefully it isn't screwed up. Anyway, I won't give my reads otherwise my identity will be revealed and that won't be nice (I'd like to stay around a little longer).

Btw, I believe there are 6 scum members if there's only one team checking Varsoon's first Steven Universe game. Also, pay attention to how SirCakez and MathBlade wagons developed, we might get something from there.

Meanwhile, hunt more scum.

(I'll try to make a bigger post next time)
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Post Post #12583 (isolation #278) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:57 am

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EPISODE 3 ALLYING:

ReasonablyRational > 1. Titus 2. Shiro
Titus > 1. ReasonablyRational 2. Shiro
Shiro > 1. Titus 2. ReasonablyRational
Firebringer > 1. Farside22 2. Kraskaesque
Farside22 > 1. Kraskaesque 2. Firebringer
Kraskaesque > 1. Farside22 2. Firebringer
Almost50 > 1. MangaofIllusion 2. grapes
MagnaofIllusion > 1. Almost50
SnarkySnowman > 1. TheWayItEnds
TheWayItEnds > 1. SnarkySnowman 2. Randomidget
Not Chara > 1. Mastin 2. McMenno
McMenno > 1. Mastin 2. Not Chara
Mastin2 > 1. McMenno 2. Not Chara
Shadow_Step > 1. Xkfyu 2. Creature
Xkfyu > 1. Shadow_Step 2. Creature
Creature > 1. Shadow_Step 2. Xkfyu

grapes > 1. MagnaofIllusion 2. Almost50
Randomidget > 1. Shadow_Step 2. Xkfyu
Thefuzzylogic99 > 1. Creature

EPISODE 3 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

BaP: Titus > Titus, Titus at 3.
BaP: McMenno > McMenno, McMenno at 3.
BAP: Mastin2 > Mastin2, Mastin2 at 3.
BAP: Yume > Mastin2, Mastin2 at 4.
BAP: Firebringer > Reasonably Rational, RR at 1.
BAP: MagnaofIllusion > Reasonably Rational, RR at 2.
BAP: Grapes > Titus, Titus at 4.
BAP: Farside22 > Not Chara, NC at 2.
BAP: Not Chara > Not Chara, NC at 5.
BAP: Xkfyu > Titus, Titus at 5.
BAP: Kraskaesque > Titus, Titus at 6.
BAP: Almost50 > Mastin2, Mastin2 at 5.
BAP: Creature > Shadow_Step, S_S at 1.
BAP: ScumTeam > Mastin2, Mastin2 at 7.
Farside22 is Lynched for the first time - is at KP 14.
Reasonably Rational activates Event "Remote Detonator" -- Priority is 0.
Xkyfu activates Event "A Trap For Clods" -- Priority is 2, decides Skybird should die.

EPISODE 3 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

TWIE Activates Event "Historical Fiction," targeting Episode 1 -- Priority is 0.
TheFuzzyLogic99 Activates Event "Steven, is that you in there?" -- Priority is 1.
Not Chara foregoes -- MR = 9.
Farside22 foregoes -- MR = 11.
McMenno foregoes -- MR = 12.
Xkfyu foregoes -- MR = 13.
Almost50 checks McMenno to see if they negatively affected a player this phase -- Success, Answer is 'no'.
TheWayItEnds kills Not Chara -- Success.
TheFuzzyLogic99 kills Firebringer -- Success.
Mastin2 investigates TheWayItEnds to determine if they are capable of killing a player -- Success, Answer is 'yes'.
Creature yields Ronaldo-Info from Randomidget -- Success
Spoiler: Ronaldo-Info
Randomidget has an Event that can be triggered at +1 or Higher Stress.
Randomidget is selectively immune to kills.
Randomidget secretly offers special rewards to their allies.
Randomidget can discover information about other players' actions.

Creature writes the following Blog Post:
Spoiler: Original
I have a bunch of things to tell, but I don't know how to organize them, so here they are (in no order of importance):
  • I could find out what is Crystal Gems' nature (you probably know what I'm talking about), but I'll have to reveal myself (I don't think it matters anyway). Keep the stress up for that, please.
  • If I die, take a look at who I allied last time. Also, some of you might already know who I am.
  • If this post looks pretty screwed up, take a look at my previous post. Maybe you can readjust this message?
So far this message has 102 words.

Spoiler: EDITED
KEEP BEACH CITY WEIRDI have a bunch of things to tell, but I don't know how to organize them, so here they are (in no order of importance):
  • I could find out what nature of a fabled local ghost (you probably know what I'm talking about), but I'll have to wear a mask (Does the mask even matter?). Keep the stress up for that!
  • If I die, take a look at who I allied last time. Also, some of you might already know who I am.
  • If this looks pretty screwed up, take a look at my previous post. Maybe you can readjust this message?
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Post Post #12584 (isolation #279) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:59 am

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EPISODE 4 ALLYING:

McMenno > Mastin2
Mastin2 > McMenno
Shadow_Step > Xkfyu
Xkfyu > Shadow_Step
Farside22 > Kraskaesque
Kraskaesque > Farside22

MagnaofIllusion > Randomidget
Reasonably Rational > Randomidget
Shiro > Firebringer
Almost50 > grapes
Titus > Farside22
Creature > grapes


EPISODE 4 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

Spoiler: IS THAT YOU LYNCH
Creature (3):
Titus, Shiro, Reasonably Rational
TheWayItEnds (1):
Mastin2
Shadow_Step (2):
Almost50, MagnaofIllusion
kraskaesque (2):
McMenno, grapes
SnarkySnowman (5):
TheWayItEnds, Farside22, Kraskaesque, Shadow_Step, Xkfyu
farside22 (2):
randomidget, SnarkySnowman

Spoiler: HISTORICAL FICTION
Titus:
Obi-Wan Kenobi slot (now Titus) targeted Creature with their climax ability. My lumps. My lumps. My lovely lady lumps. They are so full of flavor. They also attempted to ally with DGB. They did not activate their IC ability or be a no good dirty thief.
Mastin2:
I had no ally during Episode 1, I allied with McMenno during N1.
Almost50:
I submitted to ally with Cakez, and I also triggered my event "Joy Ride" already which resulted in an alliance with farside, Cakez, CooLDoG & Firebringer, all of whom were my own choice.
McMenno:
I allied with kraskaesque episode 1
I sent a pizza to titus episode 1
Farside22:
Alliance climax 1 chose skybird
Target shiro with the RB to his ability.
Shiro:
I picked to ally with firebringer
I took no action
Grapes:
No action allied Not Chara
MagnaofIllusion:
I chose to take no action in Climax 1 and chose to Ally with Klingon in Climax 1.
TheWayItEnds:
I DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTIONS OR PURSUE ANY ALLIANCES.
randomidget:
I allied Creature Night 1.
TheFuzzylogic99:
I allied with Colddog
I took no action
Skybird:
I triggered my event and got a PT with Steven, I allied with Foxbird, and I tried to kill RR.
Firebringer:
I took no actions.
Xkfyu:
I pursued an alliance with Almost50 and sent a Useless Hunk of Metal to TheFuzzyLogic99.
Klingoncelt:
I allied with DGB. You guys all know the rest. The end.
Yume:
I allied with RR, who actually respect me :v
Mathblade:
I claim my actions truthfully.
Kraskaesque:
ally with mcmenno and no actions
Reasonably Rational:
No action. Allied Yume.

Titus steals Reasonably Rational's Ability -- Success.
SnarkySnowman enables Creature to take a double action -- Success.
Reasonably Rational triggers Event "The Cluster" -- Success, Cluster is successful.
Farside22 uses 4 KP to do a 5x vote -- KP at 10

EPISODE 4 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Reasonably Rational triggers the Event, "Return to Earth" -- Success, Priority is 0
Cluster kills McMenno and Xkfyu.
MagnaofIllusion bubbles Xkfyu -- Failure, is killed by The Cluster.
TheWayItEnds scum-kills Titus -- Success.
Titus checks MagnaofIllusion -- Failure, Titus is dead.
Shiro retains their Alliance Chat with Reasonably Rational and Titus -- Success.
McMenno sends Pizza to Farside22 -- Loud Failure, Farside is at 12 KP
Almost50 checks Creature with Buck's Season Finale Check -- Creature took no actions.
Farside22 checks ReasonablyRational with Kevin's Season Finale Check -- Success, result is 'No allying bonus', receives Titus & Shiro's ally bonuses, too.
Xkfyu sends a Useless Hunk of Metal to Shiro -- Success.
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Spoiler: ORIGINAL
KEEP BEACH CITY WEIRDI don't know what to post here.

Did you understand the last message? It's something like that secret hidden faction of weird tridimensional heros you all must know about that has been revealed. I can make a cool story about that, if you give me permission.

Let's make that stress up, if someone's very likely scum, we lynch him (unless it's me of course), any flip will help us. If you have the ability to increase the stress, feel free to use it.

I recommend you analyse the votes of the Beach-a-palooza event, it might contain something interesting. Lynching/clearing everybody outside the 3 main choices (Titus, mastin2, Not Chara) first is recommended, don't try to sway the lynch elsewhere.

And...Well I am just an advertiser, I could share more, but that would be revealing my secret identity and that's not nice. Wished I could make this message bigger, but then that'd get too out of the game.

Inb4 I die.
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Post Post #12585 (isolation #280) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am

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EPISODE 5 ALLYING:

ShadowStep > Mastin2
Mastin2 > ShadowStep
Kraska77 > TheFuzzyLogic99
TheFuzzyLogic99 > Kraska77
MagnaofIllusion >> Randomidget (Random dies)
Randomidget >> MagnaofIllusion (Random dies)
Almost50 > Grapes
Grapes > Almost50
Farside22 > Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational > Farside22
Creature > Shiro
Shiro > Creature


EPISODE 5 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

Kraskaesque uses the Event, "Cut Funding." -- Success, ends the "Return to Earth" Event.

EPISODE 5 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Shadow_Step kills MagnaofIllusion -- Success
Farside22 loud-blocks Shiro -- Success
MagnaofIllusion uses their Leader ability -- Success
Mastin2 sends the following message to Almost50:
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My role has the ability to send messages at night. These messages can be confirmed by the moderator to be absolutely true, however, I cannot submit speculation nor alignment information. I must know the fact to be 100% true.

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Spoiler: ORIGINAL
Welp, I already outted, so there's no more point in this blog. If TWIE flips town I don't know who's scum.

I'll try testing things with this:
Pregame: Allied with randomidget. The PT was open during Day 1.
Night 1: Allied with Shiro, failed. The PT would be open during Day 2.
Night 2: Allied with SnarkySnowman. The PT was open during Day 3.
Night 3: Allied with Shadow_step and Xkfyu. The PT was open during Day 4 and Night 4.
Night 4: Allied with grapes, failed. The PT would be open during Day 5.

Night 3: I managed to investigate randomidget even though SnarkySnowman was supposed to roleblock me. Double-checked, triple-checked, the result I got is indeed correct and not misunderstood.

Also, MoI, if you're so confident I am scum, let's play a game:

Say something like "If Creature flips town, I'll..."

Hopefully TWIE flips scum, some investigative have damning leads and game is soon solved. I don't want this game to end in a loss when we got three scum pretty early.

Also it'd be fun if we could get more posts than SMITE mafia.

I'll talk more in the game thread, actually useless to talk here.

Spoiler: EDITED
KEEP BEACH CITY WEIRD:Welp, I already outted, so there's no more point in this blog. If TWIE flips town I don't know who's scum.

I'll try testing things with this:
Pregame: I investigated the straaaange disappearances around town.
Night 1: Discovered that there is, in fact, no Cheese in Cheez-Chaps. Whatever they are putting in there is a LIE!
Night 2: Weird monsters attacked Beach City! Speculation is that they were sent by Chaps-corp because I have discovered the truth.
Night 3: Everyone seems to be doing better and the threats have died down, but I speculate that something big is coming...
Night 4: Earthquakes! I investigated and found a large injector in the nearby canyon. Are the rock-people and Chaps-corp teaming up? I would have to champion Justice and Truth if I was to stand against them both...

Night 3: My notes seem awfully foreboding, it's as if I knew! I Double-checked, triple-checked, the result I got is indeed correct and not misunderstood.

Also, MoI, if you're so confident I am scum, let's play a game:

Say something like "If Creature flips town, I'll..."

Hopefully TWIE flips scum, some investigative have damning leads and game is soon solved. I don't want this game to end in a loss when we got three scum pretty early.

Also it'd be fun if we could get more posts than SMITE mafia.

I'll talk more in the game thread, actually useless to talk here.
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Post Post #12586 (isolation #281) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am

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EPISODE 6 ALLYING:

TheFuzzyLogic99 > Farside22
Farside22 > TheFuzzyLogic99
Mastin2 > ShadowStep
ShadowStep > Mastin2
Almost50 > Shiro
Shiro > Almost50
Randomidget > Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational > Randomidget
Grapes > MagnaofIllusion
MagnaofIllusion > Grapes

Creature > Shadow_Step


EPISODE 6 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:



EPISODE 6 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Randomidget does not run for leader, Leader of CGs is now MagnaofIllusion.

Shadow_Step Kills Farside22 -- Failure, KP is 14
Farside22 Loudblocks Creature -- Success, KP is 15
Creature investigates Shiro -- Failure, Farside Block.
Shiro retains alliance with Creature -- Success.
MagnaofIllusion ally-actionchecks Randomidget -- Success.

Mastin2 sends Almost50 the following message:
Spoiler:
I did not ally Pregame/D1. I allied with McMenno successfully N1/D2. I allied with McMenno successfully N2/D3. I allied with McMenno and Not Chara N3/D4. McMenno succeeded, but NotChara did not. I allied with McMenno N4/D5, but did not succeed. I allied with Shadow_step successfully N5/D6. I am allying with Shadow_step for N6/D7.

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Spoiler:
If you wonder why I keep using this blog, well I must keep using it so I don't lose the ability to use it. Maybe I'll need this later.

If kraska flips scum, I'm not sure who's the other scum.
If kraska flips town, maybe we should go after Shiro/RR.

Hopefully my investigation succeeded. I actually went with who I thought most needed to be investigated, if I were supposed to follow something, I must've missed it. Anyway, if you want me to reveal it, you can call me in-thread.

And that must be 100 words, maybe we can make this game the game with the most posts if you don't mind.
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Post Post #12587 (isolation #282) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am

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EPISODE 7 ALLYING:

Almost50 > 1. Reasonably Rational 2. Thefuzzylogic99
Thefuzzylogic99 > 1. Reasonably Rational 2. Almost50
Reasonably Rational > 1. Almost50 2. Thefuzzylogic99
Farside22 > 1. Randomidget 2. MagnaofIllusion
Randomidget > 1. MagnaofIllusion 2. Farside22
MagnaofIllusion > 1. Farside22 2. Randomidget
Shiro > 1. Grapes 2. Shadow_Step
Grapes > 1. Shiro 2. Shadow_Step
Shadow_Step > 1. Shiro 2. Grapes


EPISODE 7 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

MagnaofIllusion triggers CG Factional Climax Event, "Peace and Love on the Planet Earth" -- Priority is 1.

EPISODE 7 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

MagnaofIllusion bubbles Shiro -- Success
Farside22 Kevin-checks Shadow_Step -- Success, result is 'Allied with Mastin2 during Episode 6, does not provide any allying bonuses)
Shiro retains alliance chat with Almost50 -- Failure, Shiro is bubbled.


Mastin2 sends the following message to Almost50:
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My alliance will not grant a PT.
In exchange, the members of the alliance take two extra votes to lynch. This power does not work in lylo.
On the season finale, this power is upgraded: those I am allied with are immune to being lynched.

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Post Post #12588 (isolation #283) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:01 am

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EPISODE 8 ALLYING:

Mastin2 > Grapes
Grapes > Mastin2
Thefuzzylogic99 > Reasonably Rational
Reasonably Rational > TheFuzzylogic99

Farside22 > Almost50

EPISODE 8 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:

MagnaofIllusion triggers 'Back to the Moon' Factional Event -- Priority is 0.

EPISODE 8 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Thefuzzylogic99 kills Farside22 -- Success, the kill has increased priority.
Almost50 checks Grapes with Buck's Season Finale Check -- Success, result is 'Grapes took no actions at all'.
Farside22 loudblocks Almost50 -- Failure.
Mastin2 sends the following message to Almost50 --
Spoiler:
I have a permanent passive ability which causes me to appear as a threat to earth to any and all forms of investigation.
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Post Post #12589 (isolation #284) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:01 am

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EPISODE 9 ALLYING:

Mastin2 > Grapes
Grapes > Mastin2

Reasonably Rational > Grapes

EPISODE 9 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:


EPISODE 9 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Reasonably Rational triggers Scum Factional Event 'Keeping It Together' -- Priority is 1
MagnaofIllusion bubbles Grapes -- Success
Reasonably Rational kills MagnaofIllusion -- Success

Mastin2 sends the following message to Almost50:
Spoiler:
My episode event, "Monster Reunion" (requiring positive stress), caused me to permanently gain a (non-alliance) topic with the player holding the flavor of Steven Universe. In this topic, the player holding the flavor of Steven Universe would be informed of my alignment. The cost was lowering stress by two.
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Post Post #12590 (isolation #285) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:01 am

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EPISODE 10 ALLYING:


EPISODE 10 EXPOSITION ACTIONS:


EPISODE 10 CLIMAX ACTIONS:

Shiro triggers Event "Don't be a Stranger" targeting Randomidget -- Priority is 0.
Grapes triggers Event "I CAN'T GET DISTRACTED" targeting Almost50 -- Priority is 1.
Randomidget bubbles Almost50 -- Failure, Almost50 is removed by Grapes' Event.
Reasonably Rational kills Randomidget -- Success.
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Post Post #12591 (isolation #286) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:13 am

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I sincerely apologize for any frustrations caused by this game and my moderation. I am aware now that the setup likely has some shortcomings that, while perhaps not evident on every iteration of this game, were clear in this play-through. I did make major moderators error in regards to resolving actions I shouldn't have (the whole Snarky Snowman debacle) and I apologize for how that negatively impacted the game.

I hope that everyone had a fun time despite these pitfalls.

The reality is that this game was incredibly stressful for me to run. I poured a ton of time into the setup, only to end up with issues left and right (such as having an earlier, poorly written version of the scum's factional events posted in their PT for a majority of the first day) that made the overall quality of the game suffer. I pushed for elements of the setup that I found interesting (the Crystal Gem faction) that I won't be able to justifiably run in another setup for years, at least, due to the fact that the faction only works if kept a secret. If public, it changes the dynamic entirely. Please refer to the dead thread if you're curious for more justification I have on these points, but I realize now it was likely a mistake to design the setup this way, if only because it could iterate out poorly. The poor outcomes of what I felt were good/fun design decisions and earnest efforts to run the game (botched VCs, messed up actions, etc) contributed to a lot of mod stress on top of what's already there for singlehandedly running a game of this caliber and magnitude. I tried to direct some of that frustrated energy to luchador jokes. I don't know if it helped, but I will stand by this setup, even if it had me losing sleep and pulling hairs.
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Post Post #12592 (isolation #287) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:21 am

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In post 33, Errantparabola wrote:i dream of one day making a setup that's varsoon quality
In post 34, Varsoon wrote:I dream that, one day, I can make a setup I feel is varsoon quality, too. :P
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Post Post #12602 (isolation #288) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:32 am

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In post 12600, Firebringer wrote:Damn I owe varsoon a pizza

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Post Post #12609 (isolation #289) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:45 am

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I've been going back and forth with Cerb on it, but:
Half of the scum team is or can easily be immune to kills, making them immune to bubbling.
Scum had access to unstoppable kills via their traitor and also via a few town roles that semi-publicly relay that info via Alliance topic rules.
Scum had access to several extra kills.
Stress meter (hopefully) was there to mitigate swing.
Actual town needed to be eliminated in this setup is really low, especially if bubbles/town-kills/lynches are ending up on town players, which they are most likely to do.

But, yeah, the way the Crystal Gems were interpreted and handled completely defied what I expected, going in:
I imagined them as a bubbling-every-night, making use of factional actions, playing their hand close to their chest, trusted by some town but not by others.
In this iteration, scum treated them as a 5p masonry, which turned into town treating them as a 5p masonry, and they made little use of their bubbling/factional events.

We could have played baseball!!

But, yeah, Setup design suffered, likely due to me going against my mod meta with:
:right: A 3rd party that doesn't get auto-lynched into the ground,
:right: A scum team that isn't overpowered via their own roles alone,
:right: Town with roles that largely operate publicly/semi-public due to announced Alliance bonuses, opposed to mostly secret-acting CG roles.

Also, I can't find the lucha setup edits, though I know I saved them. Hum ho.
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Post Post #12610 (isolation #290) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:49 am

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My next game will be DRASTICALLY different, setup-wise, from this one:
It's a 12 player secret alt/anonymous game with a semi-public role draft.
Because it's a secret alt/anonymous game, if you're interested in playing, PM me. DO NOT ask to play in this thread.
But yeah, here's the advert for that: http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 1#p8789771
It should hit signup queue soon, since it's only two games down.
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Post Post #12614 (isolation #291) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:51 am

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In post 12611, Cerberus v666 wrote:Varsoon, I tried to rally CG paranoia as soon as I discovered they had lied to conftown, but nobody cared.

If nobody cares about a faction with a hidden win con lying to conftown, then there were no circumstances under which they'd be paranoia about the gems in large enough numbers to actually lynch them.
Yeah that really surprised me.
It's a damn shame, too, because I really wanted to push for more interesting third party setup here, but it just kinda iterated out as a 5-p masonry. :/
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Post Post #12622 (isolation #292) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:58 am

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Yeah, I really should've gone with Peridot as a plant in the CGs rather than a neutral that can align one way or the other.
Still, I like the idea for the CGs, and glad I got to run it.
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Post Post #12624 (isolation #293) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:00 am

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Though it would've been kind'a bastard to do so.
I could always have done something like
Peridot is a scum role, planted in the CGs, acts like a CG, loses the game if they're the last scum left, totalling out to a 7-scum team.
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Post Post #12627 (isolation #294) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:02 am

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Of course. While I can't run this sort of thing again any time in the foreseeable future, I highly encourage other mods to take and run with anything in the setup that they found interesting or fun to build around
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Post Post #12628 (isolation #295) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:03 am

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In post 12626, grapes wrote:oh hey what a fun game this was
Weren't you Lapis in the first game :P
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Post Post #12640 (isolation #296) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:23 am

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In post 12636, Creature wrote:idk, if there was one extra scum, it would look scumsided.

Maybe three scum dying pretty early sorta screwed things up.
Scum losing some of their strongest members early really made it an uphill battle.
If anything, this game serves as a testament to RR's scum-play.

But yeah.
It's the sort of thing that I feel was hard to know before going in. I had assumptions of my own that proved contrary to how the setup rendered. That's likely to happen in a lot of my setups, tbh. Sometimes I get lucky and it works out a la SaGa Frontier--other times, I Bloodborne it right up.
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Post Post #12642 (isolation #297) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:25 am

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You keep grouping the gems with town, but they're not town.
It doesn't matter if there's 6 gems, 2 scum, and 1 town left.
You get the lynch on the 1 town and you win.
Use your unstoppable kills on the town ICs to ensure it goes smoothly.
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Post Post #12651 (isolation #298) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:35 am

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In post 12645, Cerberus v666 wrote:I know, BUT there was no reason to play it that way, AND we had a role telling us "Go kill gems, it's good for you!"

Even in that best case scenario, the game ends from our victory before the cgs removal matters.

And in the scenario where there are loads of gems and few town and scum, the chances of us escaping a lynch with the collective attention of 4-5 players on us was even less likely.

The gems "weakness" was one we were mechanically told didn't exist, essentially.
...if the weakness was mod-confirmed to scum, I never see the CGs winning this setup. Ever.
In most cases, it'd be a scum win outright, too.
The idea was that you could use your direct line to Steven via the Connie fake-claim (which I purposefully mirrored a major part of SU1's 3-way hood with connie, steven, and fake-claim centipeetle) in order to learn that info.
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Post Post #12653 (isolation #299) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:37 am

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That's what I get for WIFOM'ing my own mod meta :P
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Post Post #12661 (isolation #300) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:51 am

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@Cerb: Well, yeah, I also didn't want it to be an outright easy call. I wanted the decision to be a harder one to make, with incentives for both sides:
Kill Crystal gems--remove pro-town, strong PRs.
Kill Town--throttle towards a quicker win.
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Post Post #12671 (isolation #301) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:44 am

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@Cerb: Ah, I figured it was communicated enough via wincon of removing 'Earth-aligned' players.
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Post Post #12672 (isolation #302) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:45 am

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Post Post #12674 (isolation #303) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:48 am

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@Magna: Thanks for the feedback and praise.
I'm definitely hoping to scale back my games--notably, I'll me running games in the 12 to 15 player range for awhile.
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Post Post #12677 (isolation #304) » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:55 am

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D'oh. Now I feel like a chump.
For some reason, I thought I built it such that it was like:
You win if you have equal numbers or higher to non-scum,
or You win if all town (earth) are eliminated from the game.

That's what I intended, regardless.
I think it's only evident in this iteration by actually realizing the CG's get end-gamed when no Town players are left.
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