Mini 950: DCI Mafia (The Results Are In...)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Mini 950: Drum Corps International Mafia

It's August in Indiana, time for the Drum Corps International World Championships: three days to see the best drum corps in the world compete to see who has this year's best show.

However, all is not well. Less than a week before the World Class quarterfinals were scheduled to start, administrative officials discovered some troubling documents indicating collusion between some of the corps and the officiating crew. The papers suggested that the corps in question wanted to ensure that only a select few could win world championships. Representatives from twelve of the corps were brought into a conference room at the Marriott Indianapolis hotel, given codenames, and shown a map of which room each was sleeping in.

"The corps who want to take over are in here, I can guarantee you," said one of the administrators. "And you might want to find them and kick them out sooner rather than later: we have reason to believe they might take... extreme... measures to achieve their goal."

With no further words, the administrators left.

Game Status:

Game Over

In their Opening Sets:

kunkstar7,

Blue Devils,

Mafia Godfather, Survived

Nicodemus

Robocopter87,

Carolina Crown,

Mafia Goon, Survived

Awaiting Scores:

animorpherv1,

Blue Knights,

Vanilla Townie, Lynched D1

NavyCherub,

The Academy,

Vanilla Townie, Got the Blues Real Bad N1

Looker, Madison Scouts, Townie Tracker, Sacrificed N1

Nikanor,

The Cadets,

Townie Miller, Lynched D2

Starbuck,

Glassmen,

Vanilla Townie, Sacrificed N2

Parama,

Phantom Regiment,

Serial Killer, Got the Blues Real Bad N2

Slaxx,

Bluecoats,

Townie Cop, Got the Blues Real Bad N3

muh316

CryMeARiver,

Colts,

Vanilla Townie, Lynched D4

Nachomamma8,

Blue Stars,

Vanilla Townie, Endgamed

The1fifi

Stephoscope,

Pacific Crest,

Vanilla Townie, Endgamed

Disqualified:

None yet (and there better not be)...

[Trumpet of Doom]

Rules:

1. This is a game. Play to win, but also to have fun.
2. Votes must be in

bold

for them to count, like this:

Vote: saberwolf.

Unvoting is not necessary, but your fellow players will appreciate it.
2a. You may, if you so choose, vote by proxy.
3. Vote counts will be as close to the top of the page as I can put them.
4. I may be God, but I am not infallible. If I make a mistake, please tell me.
5. While the game is going on, do not discuss it except when and where I specifically allow you to.
5a. I post QuickTopics after the game. Take that into account when deciding what to write in one.
6. Similarly, do not quote private mod-player communications. You may paraphrase, though. If you're not sure if it crosses the line, run it by me.
7. Days will be deadlined at two weeks. Except for replacements, these are non-negotiable. At deadline, half of a majority will be required to lynch.

There will be no reduced number of votes when there are 7 or fewer players.

8. V/LA: If it's in-thread, I'll see it. If it's in your sig, I'll see it. If you send me a PM, I'll see it, and I'll post it in-thread. If it's in the V/LA thread, I'll probably miss it.

If I don't know about it, it’s your fault.

If it’s too long, I'll ask for you to find your own replacement. (You may talk with your replacement before you have to leave.)
9. Prods will go out after 48 hours without a post (unless the player is on V/LA). The proddee will then have 48 hours to post in thread or they will be replaced. If you post before I get around to handing out the prod, you avoid the prod; similarly, if you return before I find a replacement, you can stay in the game. Prod #3 will equal replacement.
10. If enough players are voting for No Lynch to make any other majority impossible, the day will end in No Lynch.
11. When a lynch is reached, the game will enter twilight until I come to lock the thread.

All players alive during that day may talk during twilight,

but don't expect it to be particularly long.
12. Nights will last approximately 48 hours.
13. If you die, stop posting until after the game is over. You are allowed one "bah" post provided it contains no game-related content (something like "Go town!" is acceptable; something like "My tracking results were X and Y" is not).
14. If, for whatever reason, I decide to edit your post, it will be in

blue bold

. Don’t use that style.
15. Anything that would be illegal to actually do is also illegal to fake.
16. If I find that I've left something off, or that something needs clarification, I reserve the right to update these rules. I will tell you if/when that happens.

A vanilla townie PM looks like this:

If this were a real PM, there would be flavor text here.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Player

. You are the

Mandarins

, an entertaining, family-friendly corps that really has no business being in an environment where you need to actually kill people.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Confirm in-thread.

A town power role PM looks like this:

No, I'm not going to bother writing flavor text for a sample PM.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Player

. You are

Pioneer

, a corps with a strong Irish heritage. And of course getting drunk every night will help you out with the situation you're now in... right?

You are a

Townie Roleblocker

. You have the following special ability:

Active:

Spirit of the Pioneer:

Each night, you may take a player with you to the nearest bar as a drinking buddy. That player will be unable to perform any night actions they might otherwise have.

You win when all other factions are dead, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Confirm in-thread.

[Trumpet of Doom]

All role PMs have been sent. Day 1 will officially begin as soon as 10 of 12 players have confirmed, even if I'm not around to announce it.

[Trumpet of Doom]

It has come to my attention that The1fifi has not posted anywhere on site since March 19th, and has probably flaked from the site. As such, I will begin looking for a replacement immediately.

Nikanor has until I get back on Sunday from visiting relatives to confirm. If he has not confirmed by then, he will be replaced.

Day 1 begins!

With 12 alive, it will take 7 votes to lynch and 4 to lynch at deadline.

Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Stephoscope replaces The1fifi. Please welcome him to the game!

Nicodemus and Starbuck are being prodded (already).

As he has stated, animorpherv1 will temporarily be posting as Clank due to issues with his main account.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Santa Clara Vanguard, 1989: The Phantom of the Opera)

Before anyone asks: No, the shows I link are not intended to give players an idea of which corps might or might not be in the game.

Vote Count A:
Nicodemus (3, L-4) - Parama, animorpherv1/Clank, muh316
animorpherv1/Clank (2, L-5) - Nachomamma8, Nikanor
Nachomamma8 (1, L-6) - kunkstar7
muh316 (1, L-6) - Slaxx
Parama (1, L-6) - NavyCherub
kunkstar7 (1, L-6) - Looker

Not Voting (3): Stephoscope, Nicodemus, Starbuck

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

muh316 is being prodded.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Blue Devils, 2009: 1930)

Vote Count B:

kunkstar7 (4, L-3) - Looker, Parama, Slaxx, NavyCherub

Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1/Clank, muh316
animorpherv1/Clank (2, L-5) - Nikanor, Nachomamma8
Nachomamma8 (1, L-6) - kunkstar7
Looker (1, L-6) - Stephoscope

Not Voting (2): Nicodemus, Starbuck

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, kunkstar7 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Cavaliers, 2002: Frameworks)

Vote Count C:

kunkstar7 (4, L-3) - Looker, Parama, Slaxx, NavyCherub

animorpherv1/Clank (3, L-4) - Nikanor, Nachomamma8, Starbuck
Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1/Clank, muh316
Nachomamma8 (1, L-6) - kunkstar7
Looker (1, L-6) - Stephoscope
muh316 (1, L-6) - Nicodemus

Not Voting (0):

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, kunkstar7 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

muh316 has requested replacement.

EDIT: Prodding Looker.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Carolina Crown, 2007: Triple Crown)

Vote Count D:

kunkstar7 (5, L-2) - Looker, Parama, Slaxx, NavyCherub, Nikanor

Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1/Clank, muh316
animorpherv1/Clank (1, L-6) - Nachomamma8
Nachomamma8 (1, L-6) - kunkstar7
Looker (1, L-6) - Stephoscope
muh316 (1, L-6) - Nicodemus
Parama (1, L-6) - Starbuck

Not Voting (0):

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, kunkstar7 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Cadets, 2007: This I Believe)

Vote Count E:
kunkstar7 (3, L-4) - Looker, Parama, Nikanor
Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1/Clank, muh316
Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, NavyCherub
animorpherv1/Clank (2, L-5) - Nachomamma8, Slaxx
Nachomamma8 (1, L-6) - kunkstar7
muh316 (1, L-6) - Nicodemus
Parama (1, L-6) - Starbuck

Not Voting (0):

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

CryMeARiver replaces muh316, but will be V/LA through Sunday.

Public Service Announcement: I don't actually require unvotes.

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Madison Scouts, 1999: Jesus Christ Superstar)

Vote Count F:

animorpherv1 (4, L-3) - Nachomamma8, Slaxx, Nicodemus, NavyCherub

Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
kunkstar7 (2, L-5) - Parama, Nikanor
Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1, CryMeARiver
Parama (2, L-5) - Starbuck, Looker

Not Voting (0):

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, animorpherv1 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Nikanor has been prodded.

[Trumpet of Doom]

animorpherv1 has been prodded.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Phantom Regiment, 2006: Faust)

Vote Count G:

animorpherv1 (4, L-3) - Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, NavyCherub, Slaxx

Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
kunkstar7 (2, L-5) - Parama, Nikanor
Nicodemus (2, L-5) - animorpherv1, CryMeARiver
Parama (2, L-5) - Starbuck, Looker

Not Voting (0):

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, animorpherv1 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Bumping vote count.

[Trumpet of Doom]

I'm sending out a massprod.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Blue Devils, 1997: As Time Goes By)

Vote Count H:

animorpherv1 (4, L-3) - Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, NavyCherub, Slaxx

Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
kunkstar7 (2, L-5) - Parama, Nikanor
Parama (2, L-5) - Starbuck, Looker
Slaxx (1, L-6) - animorpherv1

Not Voting (1): CryMeARiver

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, animorpherv1 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

It has come to my attention that this game has (already) eclipsed my previous modded game in length. Keep it up.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Bluecoats, 2008: The Knockout - Part 1, Part 2)

Vote Count I:

animorpherv1 (5, L-2) - Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, NavyCherub, Slaxx, Nikanor

Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
Parama (2, L-5) - Starbuck, Looker
kunkstar7 (1, L-6) - Parama
Slaxx (1, L-6) - animorpherv1

Not Voting (1): CryMeARiver

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, animorpherv1 would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Friday, April 16, 2010, ~7:45 AM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Blue Knights, 2006: Dark Dances)

Vote Count J:

animorpherv1 (5, L-2) - Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, NavyCherub, Slaxx, Nikanor

Looker (2, L-5) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
Parama (2, L-5) - Starbuck, Looker
Slaxx (2, L-5) - animorpherv1, Parama

Not Voting (1): CryMeARiver

7 votes are required to lynch, 4 at deadline.

Deadline has been reached. Lynch Scene forthcoming.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Any day where you're hauled off to a room with eleven people you don't recognize and told that some of you are willing to kill the others is a bad day. This was shaping up to fall right into line.

An early declaration by Parama that the schemers were kunkstar7, Stephoscope and Nachomamma8 was met with doubt and disbelief. Some players spoke up throughout the day, others only when prompted. Finally, as the sun was setting, it was decided that animorpherv1 needed to be disposed of if DCI was to have a hope of a fair competition.

They hauled him up to the roof of the building, took his room key to see if anything in his room might give them some clue what corps he was and whose side he was on, and threw him off. When they headed down to look at his room, they didn't see a whole lot: a mellophone, some sheet music (presumably for his show), and a blue sword. Wait... a blue sword? The only corps any of them could think of that might have a thematic tie to a blue sword was the Blue Knights. Starbuck ran out to ask the organizers if the Blue Knights were one of the rogue corps...

and returned decidedly depressed. "Nope." After an awkward silence, someone asked, "So... do we just go to bed and hope we wake up in the morning?"

"Yeah, I think so." One by one, they all headed off to their hotel rooms in silence, hoping that they lived to see tomorrow.

animorpherv1,

Blue Knights,

Vanilla Townie, Lynched D1

It is now Night 1. Day 2 will start

Sunday morning

Monday morning, because I get back from a band trip at ~11 PM Sunday night.

(For reference: The color of the corps name is one of the corps colors, and is not indicative of anything. The color of everything else

is

indicative of alignment - green is town, red is mafia, any other alignment would be represented by another color.)

[Trumpet of Doom]

The corps representatives woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed... except for the ones that didn't wake up at all. When they were all assembled and it was discovered that they were missing an additional, not one, but two of their number, they wondered if the missing ones were merely sleeping in and decided to go see what the problem was.

NavyCherub was the first one they looked for. He was in his room, all right, with a gun in his hand pointed at his head and with a CD player playing B.B. King's greatest hits. Some wondered if it could be a suicide; others didn't think so, citing the location of the bullet hole (six inches from where the gun was pointing) as evidence, and suspected foul play. A quick search of his room revealed that, fittingly enough for a cherub, he'd been a member of The Academy.

When they got to Looker's room, though, a much different scene awaited them. Looker was lying face-up... spread-eagled... with a variety of pentagrams and circles carved into his torso. As he turned to leave, Nicodemus tripped over a pamphlet lying on the ground describing the Wilderness Survival merit badge for the Boy Scouts of America - opened to a page discussing how to track animals.

Oh, dear.

NavyCherub,

The Academy,

Vanilla Townie, Got the Blues Real Bad N1

Looker, Madison Scouts, Townie Tracker, Sacrificed N1

Day 2 begins!

With 9 alive, it will take 5 votes to lynch and 3 to lynch at deadline.

Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Academy, 2009: The Ascent - Part 1, Part 2)

Vote Count K:
Nikanor (2, L-3) - CryMeARiver, Slaxx
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck
Nicodemus (1, L-4) - Nachomamma8
CryMeARiver (1, L-4) - Stephoscope

Not Voting (4): kunkstar7, Nicodemus, Nikanor, Parama

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

kunkstar7 will be V/LA Friday through Monday.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Madison Scouts, 2005: The Carmen Project - Part 1, Part 2)

Vote Count L:

Nikanor (3, L-2) - CryMeARiver, Slaxx, Parama

Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck
Nicodemus (1, L-4) - Nachomamma8
CryMeARiver (1, L-4) - Stephoscope
Stephoscope (1, L-4) - Nikanor

Not Voting (2): kunkstar7, Nicodemus

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, Nikanor would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Blue Knights, 1995: Legacy)

Vote Count M:
Nikanor (2, L-3) - CryMeARiver, Parama
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck
Nicodemus (1, L-4) - Nachomamma8
CryMeARiver (1, L-4) - Stephoscope
Stephoscope (1, L-4) - Nikanor
kunkstar7 (1, L-4) - Slaxx

Not Voting (2): kunkstar7, Nicodemus

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Mod: Starbuck, Kunkstar, CMAR, and Nico all need prods. Make it happen.

kunkstar7 is V/LA, and CryMeARiver has avoided prodding by virtue of me being a slacker. Starbuck and Nicodemus, however, are prod-eligible and have been prodded; this is the second prod for both - the next time I catch them being prod-eligible, I'll begin a replacement search.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Santa Clara Vanguard, 2005: Russia: Revolution - Evolution 1917-1991)

Vote Count M:
Nicodemus (2, L-3) - Nachomamma8, Nikanor
kunkstar7 (1, L-4) - Slaxx
Nikanor (1, L-4) - CryMeARiver
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck
CryMeARiver (1, L-4) - Stephoscope
Starbuck (1, L-4) - Parama

Not Voting (2): kunkstar7, Nicodemus

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

I think I'm just going to replace Nicodemus now.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Cavaliers, 2004: 007)

Vote Count N:

Starbuck (3, L-2) - Parama, Slaxx, Nikanor

CryMeARiver (2, L-3) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
Nicodemus (1, L-4) - Nachomamma8
Nikanor (1, L-4) - CryMeARiver
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck

Not Voting (1): Nicodemus

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, Starbuck would be lynched.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May 5, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

I'm sorry, I don't know how I missed that for so long. Deadline is, in fact, today, in about 5 hours.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Boston Crusaders, 2000: RED)

Vote Count O:

Nikanor (4, L-1) - CryMeARiver, Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, Slaxx

kunkstar7 (2, L-3) - Parama, Nikanor
CryMeARiver (2, L-3) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck

Not Voting (0):

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.
If deadline were to hit right now, Nikanor would be lynched.
Nikanor is at L-1.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May

5

3

, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Cadets, 2008: ...and the pursuit of happiness)

Vote Count P:

Nikanor (4, L-1) - CryMeARiver, Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, Slaxx

CryMeARiver (3, L-2) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7, Parama
kunkstar7 (1, L-4) - Nikanor
Parama (1, L-4) - Starbuck

Not Voting (0):

5 votes are required to lynch, 3 at deadline.

Current Deadline:

Monday, May

5

3

, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

Deadline has been reached. Lynch Scene forthcoming.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Another long day of fractious debate. The names of possible suspects were thrown around like confetti, Nikanor being the most vocal about having a variety of suspicions. As the sun drifted towards the western horizon and the group grew more and more bloodthirsty, it was finally decided that Nikanor needed to be gotten rid of to make life easier for everyone.

Unlike with animorpherv1, the group decided they would suffocate Nikanor. When they ran into his room to find something to do the job, Nachomamma8 noticed a mike headset on the nightstand. As a unit, the group decided they would stuff it down Nikanor's throat, which they then proceeded to do.

After they were confident that Nikanor was dead, Slaxx mentioned that there were really only two corps that used voice amplification, and it was the Cadets who used mike headsets. It was quickly agreed that Nikanor must have been the Cadets (some of you had noticed his habit of taking his first step with his right foot), and Nicodemus was dispatched to confirm that the Cadets were, in fact, one of the corps trying to rig the competition.

He came back five minutes later with a look of profound disappointment. "Their exact words were, 'Despite what you may have expected, the Cadets did only want a fair contest.'" Somewhat shaken, and recalling the multiple deaths the previous night, the eight of you remaining return to your rooms.

A mumbled comment - it was impossible to tell from whom - suggested that everyone should sleep with one eye open.

Nikanor,

The Cadets,

Townie Miller, Lynched D2

It is now Night 2. Day 3 will begin Wednesday evening, in approximately 48 hours.

[Trumpet of Doom]

"Good morning. This is your wake-up call... Good morning. This is your wake-up call..."

Nachomamma8 threw the phone back in the general direction of the receiver (missing by a mile), feeling grumpy that he hadn't had his morning coffee yet... until it crossed his sleep-addled mind that hearing the wake-up call meant he wasn't dead yet. Understandably, this cheered him up a good deal. He pulled on pants and a shirt and headed to the buffet, then the conference room where the group had spent so much of the last two days.

He got there to discover five other faces. "Who are we missing?"

Stephoscope said, "Uh... Starbuck and Parama. We were about to go start looking for you, to be honest."

Starbuck's room was closer, so they went there first. Her room was filled with nice blown glass (some of the group remembered a glassblower friend of theirs who went by DrippingGoofball and wondered if it was her handiwork), some of which had apparently been broken and used to stab her to death. She was in the Glassmen, that much was clear; a quick email to the admins came back saying that yes, the Glassmen were innocent of any wrongdoing.

On their way down to Parama's room, they saw him in the hallway. He was holding two boxy objects, one of which appeared to have earbuds plugged in, and was staggering like a drunk. As they got closer, they could tell he was saying something, but they couldn't really hear it until the last bit: "...I... am... Spa

r

t

a

c

u

*floomp*

"

kunkstar7 ran over to Parama and took a look. "Sleeping pills. Looks like he must have taken an entire box of them just a few minutes ago. And he's got an iPod playing 'Best of Basie'... does that mean anything to anyone?"

"Count Basie was a jazz pianist," CryMeARiver piped up. "Do we want to try to revive him?"

"Tell you the truth, I'd rather not," said Slaxx. "Hey, do you think that 'Spartacus' bit meant anything?"

"Didn't Phantom do a Spartacus show a couple of years ago?" someone asked. The administrators walking by revealed that Parama had, in fact, been a member of Phantom Regiment, and that Phantom was making an independent effort to take over the circuit.

Relieved that one threat to their continued existence was out of the way, the remaining six players went back to the conference room for a third day of arguing.

Starbuck,

Glassmen,

Vanilla Townie, Sacrificed N2

Parama,

SPARTACUS

Phantom Regiment,

Serial Killer, Got the Blues Real Bad N2

Day 3 begins!

With 6 alive, it will take 4 to lynch at any time, including deadline.

Deadline:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Those of you considering No Lynching (and the rest of you as well) might find Rule 10 informative.

This Public Service Announcement has been brought to you by ESPN's coverage of the DCI Semifinals.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Phantom Regiment, 2008: SPARTACUS)

Vote Count Q:
CryMeARiver (1, L-3) - Stephoscope

Not Voting (5): kunkstar7, Nachomamma8, Nicodemus, Slaxx, CryMeARiver

4 votes are required to lynch.

Current Deadline:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Glassmen, 1998: Dreams of Gold)

Vote Count R:
CryMeARiver (1, L-3) - Stephoscope
Nicodemus (1, L-3) - Nachomamma8
Stephoscope (1, L-3) - CryMeARiver

Not Voting (3): kunkstar7, Nicodemus, Slaxx

4 votes are required to lynch.

Current Deadline:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Nicodemus is (again) being replaced; I may be willing to extend the deadline depending on how quickly a replacement arrives.

Nachomamma8's LA (through Saturday) has been noted.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Still working on a Nicodemus replacement.

As a reminder, you currently have ~48 hours to achieve a lynch (no reduced threshold at deadline now); should we go to night before a replacement arrives, I will delay the start of Day 4 until we get one.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (The Cadets, 2005: The Zone: Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door)

Vote Count S:
CryMeARiver (1, L-3) - Stephoscope
Nicodemus (1, L-3) - Nachomamma8
Stephoscope (1, L-3) - CryMeARiver

Not Voting (3): kunkstar7, Nicodemus, Slaxx

4 votes are required to lynch.

Current Deadline:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Robocopter87 replaces Nicodemus.

Deadline has been extended by two days. The new deadline is Friday, May 21, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1).

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Madison Scouts, 1995: A Drum Corps Fan's Dream: A Day in the Life of a Bull Fighter)

Vote Count T:
CryMeARiver (2, L-2) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
No Lynch (1, L-2) - CryMeARiver
Robocopter87 (1, L-3) - Nachomamma8

Not Voting (2): Robocopter87, Slaxx

4 votes are required to lynch.

Current Deadline:

Friday, May 21, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

~22 hours to deadline, guys.

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Phantom Regiment, 1996: A Defiant Heart)

Vote Count U:
No Lynch (2, NL-1) - CryMeARiver, Slaxx
CryMeARiver (2, L-2) - Stephoscope, kunkstar7
Robocopter87 (1, L-3) - Nachomamma8

Not Voting (1): Robocopter87

4 votes are required to lynch.
No Lynch is at NL-1.

Current Deadline:

Friday, May 21, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

[Trumpet of Doom]

Deadline has passed. No-Lynch Scene forthcoming.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Simply having fewer people in no way made it easier to come to a consensus. As the day wore on, people came close to being agreed to kill one person or another, but never quite got there.

However, in past days, they'd still ended up killing

someone.

This time, they didn't have enough people to convince themselves that someone devoted to fair play necessarily agreed on the lynch, so they eventually decided that they'd just go back to their rooms and hope everything blew over. After all, they already had one killer down - there'd still be enough of them left the next day to have a majority, right? Right?

No Lynch occurred Day 3

It is now Night 3. D4 will start Sunday, May 23, 2010, at ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1).

[Trumpet of Doom]

Perhaps some of the musicians had been hoping that a no-lynch would lead to a no-kill that night. Unfortunately, that was not to be: Of the six who went to bed last night, five got up that morning.

Slaxx was conspicuously absent from the conference room once the other five arrived. Fearing the worst, they went to his room - yep, he was dead, all right. His wrists were slit, he was holding a razor, and his CD player was playing Gershwin. They didn't even have to look too hard to see that as he had claimed, he was from the Bluecoats, and he'd been investigating different corps to see if they'd been up to anything nefarious. Nobody expected him to have been scum, but they checked just to make sure - what do you know, he was as innocent as NavyCherub had been.

Slaxx,

Bluecoats,

Townie Cop, Got the Blues Real Bad N3

Day 4 begins!

With 5 alive, it will take 3 votes to lynch at any time, including deadline.

Deadline:

Sunday, June 6, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

Note: I leave town a day or two before then. While I could try to line up a replacement mod, I'd rather not have to.

[Trumpet of Doom]

ToD Presents: The Best of DCI (Bluecoats, 2007: Criminal)

Vote Count V:

CryMeARiver (3, LYNCH) - Stephoscope, Robocopter87, kunkstar7

Not Voting (2): Nachomamma8, CryMeARiver

3 votes are required to lynch.

Current Deadline:

Sunday, June 6, 2010, ~9:00 PM CDT (GMT-6+1)

Lynch count has been reached. End of Game scene forthcoming.

[Trumpet of Doom]

For once, the players actually came to a consensus quickly, with Stephoscope again voting that CryMeARiver was most likely to be trying to break the system. kunkstar7 and Robocopter87 agreed and said that they felt Stephoscope should be the one to kill him.

"With what?"

"Well, this is a conference room, there have to be projector cables and such around here," suggested kunkstar7.

"Good point," replied Stephoscope, who soon fashioned a noose out of surge protectors and extension cords.

A while after Stephoscope finished putting the noose around CryMeARiver's neck and released him to let him hang from the ceiling, they took him down and checked to make sure he was dead. As Nachomamma8 and Stephoscope turned around from checking CryMeARiver's vital signs, each found themselves staring down a Smith and Wesson. One shot from each was all it took.

---

"Gentlemen, I think you'll find your victory to be hollower than you'd anticipated," said one of the administrators as kunkstar7 and Robocopter87 strode out of the conference room.

"How so?" asked kunkstar7.

"Most of the other World Class corps heard what happened and are pulling out in protest," said the admin. "It's a lot easier to control who wins when you're the only two competitors."

CryMeARiver,

Colts,

Vanilla Townie, Lynched D4

Nachomamma8,

Blue Stars,

Vanilla Townie, Endgamed

Stephoscope,

Pacific Crest,

Vanilla Townie, Endgamed

kunkstar7,

Blue Devils,

Mafia Godfather, Survived

Robocopter87,

Carolina Crown,

Mafia Goon, Survived

Mafia win in a Flawless Victory!

Congratulations to kunkstar7 and Robocopter87. Thanks for playing, everybody.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Role PMs:

Mafia:

Numbers never lie. You can put on a show. Your 13 championships are proof of that.

However, you're feeling a bit uncertain about your future. You yourself admitted in 2008 that you were Constantly Risking Absurdity in your shows, and you're worried you'll start generating shows that are too beyond the judges... wouldn't it be awesome if you could ensure that only you could win championships?

But you know you can't pull it off alone. You'll need another corps to help you, and they'll want a cut of the spoils. Ah well, such is life.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

kunkstar7

. You are the

Blue Devils

, the corps with the most titles of any of them... and you want more.

You are the

Mafia Godfather

. You have the following special abilities:

Factional:

You are a member of the Mafia with

Nicodemus

Robocopter87

(Carolina Crown, Mafia Goon). Each night, you may discuss in this QuickTopic who to kill and who to send to make the kill. As long as you are both alive, you have the final say on who kills and who dies. Your kill method is "Got the Blues Real Bad".

Safeclaim:

You know that

Santa Clara Vanguard

is not in the game and should be safe to claim; if they were, they would be a Townie Doctor. (A full safeclaim PM is forthcoming.)

Passive:

The Godfather, Part BLUE:

If you are investigated by a cop, you will appear innocent. However, you are not immune to other information roles.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Tradition is one of your strongest influences. Like the way you play your snares tilted when virtually nobody else does anymore. Like your tradition of making DCI finals every year since the circuit was started in 1972.

And like the drum corps tradition of fair play. You'd like to see everyone stay in competition. Maybe you can help protect people who might be... um... forced to leave the competition.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

kunkstar7

. You are

Santa Clara Vanguard

, a corps combining tradition and innovation to try to keep audiences interested.

You are a

Townie Doctor

. You have the following special ability:

Active:

3HREE: Mind, Body, and Soul:

Each night, you may protect one player from a kill on that night.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Oh, so close. You can feel the championship getting closer and closer, and it's almost agonizing waiting for the day when it finally happens. Second place last year... God, you can almost taste the victory. Finally, you've grown tired of waiting and have decided to try for a hostile takeover of DCI... but you joined Division I/World Class/whatever it's called less than 20 years ago, and you know you'll need some help from someone with legitimacy.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Nicodemus

Robocopter87

. You are

Carolina Crown

, the highest-placing corps not to have won a championship. You'd like to get one, but you're not confident you can do it on your own... luckily for you, you've joined forces with another corps to try to get one for yourself.

You are the

Mafia Goon

. You have the following special abilities:

Factional:

You are a member of the Mafia with

kunkstar7

(Blue Devils, Mafia Godfather). Each night, you may discuss in this QuickTopic who to kill and who to send to make the kill. As long as you are both alive, Player 2 has the final say on who kills and who dies. Your kill method is "Finished".

Safeclaim:

You know that

The Cavaliers

are not in the game and should be safe to claim; if they were, they would be a Vanilla Townie. (A full safeclaim PM is forthcoming.)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

You know what show you'll be most remembered for: Frameworks. Three movements, each named for one of the basic components of music: Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm.

It's only fitting, then, that you get the most basic of roles here.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Nicodemus

Robocopter87

. You are

The Cavaliers

, the corps that originally set the DCI score record in 2002, with your show Frameworks. Unfortunately, just being good on the field isn't enough.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

SK:

It took you long enough to get to the top, didn't it? You tied in 1996, but you wanted more. You had to wait twelve more years for an outright title, but when you got it, you relished it.

And then you got sunk to ninth. Ninth! What, do these people have no respect for you?

Screw this. You're out to get as many more championships as you can... and these corps who're trying to set up a power-sharing arrangement just gave you an idea.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Parama

. You are

Phantom Regiment

, and you'd like nothing more than to have it all to yourself.

You are the

Serial Killer

. You have the following special abilities:

Factional:

Each night, you may kill a player. Your kill method is "Sacrificed".

Safeclaim:

You know that the

Boston Crusaders

are not in the game and should be safe to claim; if they were, they would be a Townie Vigilante. (A full safeclaim PM is forthcoming.)

Passive:

On Air:

If a tracker targets you or a watcher targets the player you kill, they will not see you. However, you are not immune to cops.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

From your inception as the Most Precious Blood Crusaders, it's been obvious what you like to do. You like to fight. During your period of bankruptcy, you were fighting just to stay afloat; you fought to overcome your penalty for using a synthesizer back in 1985, 24 years before they were legal.

Now you're into a new situation, and you're ready to return to your roots. You're out for the blood of these upstarts, but you don't want to get rid of the pure at heart... hmmm, what to do...

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Parama

. You are the

Boston Crusaders

, and like the original Crusaders, you believe it is your duty to eliminate all impurity from drum corps... one way or another.

You are a

Townie Vigilante

. You have the following special ability:

Active:

RED:

Each night, you may kill a player. Your kill method is "Sacrificed".

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Town:

You didn't ask for this. All you wanted was to be able to compete fairly. On your own terms, yes, but on a level playing field. You're sure they're going to suspect you, though, and you can't really do anything to stop it, can you? Well, you can try...

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Nikanor

. You are

The Cadets

, and you'd like to be a part of a fair competition... if they'll let you.

You are a

Townie Miller

. You have the following special ability:

Passive:

...and the pursuit of happiness:

You come up guilty (or the closest equivalent) to all investigations.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

(Mod Note: If Madison targets Cadets, they will be seen targeting a random player that died that night; if nobody died, they will be seen targeting a random living player.)

"A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent." That is Scout Law, and you will stand by that to the bitter end. (Well, most of it, anyway; "thrifty" and "clean" probably aren't really as necessary as the others right now.)

Now, time to go practice for your Wilderness Survival merit badge by tracking these other people to wherever they go.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Looker

. You are the

Madison Scouts

, and are thus part of the Boy Scouts of America.

You are a

Townie Tracker.

You have the following special ability:

Active:

La Noche de la Iguana:

Each night, you may select a player outside of whose door to stay. I will tell you who that player targeted that night, if anybody.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

What? There are corps that want to control who wins the DCI World Championships? You wish it wasn't true, but they wouldn't make an announcement like that if they didn't believe it.

You sigh and say a little prayer that you can draw from your corps's roots in the Canton Police Boys' Club (yes, really) and find these dirty scumbags through investigation as well as through just watching what they do. Of course, at some point you'll need to decross your fingers, but that can wait at least a little bit.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Slaxx

. You are the

Bluecoats

, so named for the police force of your home city of Canton, Ohio. You hope that they are with you in spirit now.

You are a

Townie Cop

. You have the following special ability:

Active:

Criminal:

Each night, you may investigate another player to see if they are engaged in any wrongdoing like trying to fix the competition. However, since you are not a licensed member of the police force, your results are not guaranteed to be accurate.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

(Mod Note: Sane, but will not be told that.)

You've had a fairly short existence, having only been founded in 2001. You played in Division II for six years, winning the title in 2006, then jumped up to World Class the next year.

So before you really achieve status in the drum corps world, you figure you'll have to serve your time.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

NavyCherub

. You are

The Academy

, the newest World Class corps by founding date in DCI. You can hardly believe you've been wrapped up in this, and you're sure you don't know what to do to help.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Ooh, shiny! You're a corps that prides itself on its color guard and drummers.

For those who don't know, those are stereotypically the ditziest and the dumbest sections of a drum corps, respectively.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

animorpherv1

. You are the

Blue Knights

, and even though you regularly place in the bottom half of the finalists, you believe that a fair competition is best for all involved. That said, you can't

do

anything in particular to meet that aim... well, except for what everyone else is doing.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

The nerve of these corps to try to anoint themselves kingmakers of who will win the championship. You just can't believe it. If they want trophies that badly, why don't they just work for them? Your management sees you as the poster boy for hard work, and if anyone wants to get in your way, they'd better think twice. You will not be denied.

...too bad you can't actually do anything special to deal with them now...

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Nachomamma8

. You are the

Blue Stars

, a Division II/Open Class powerhouse who recently ascended to Division I/World Class with a plan to reach the very top... wouldn't it suck if you couldn't do it on your own merit?

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Since 1983 in North Carolina, when the crowd felt you should have won a competition and booed the judges for ranking you in second place, you've felt that rankings don't matter, but how you feel after a performance does. Well, you're on the biggest stage of your life... and you'll have to improvise as you go.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

muh316

CryMeARiver

. You are the

Colts

,a corps that originally had a Western theme but decided to diversify when they discovered they were running out of music to play.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Dvořák. Borodin. Bizet. You've played them all - composers and pieces that people should have heard of, but haven't.

The result in the past has been that you've gotten high marks from the judges, but the spectators haven't enjoyed your shows as much as some others. Well, I suppose it makes sense for you to not get a particularly interesting job to do here.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

Starbuck

. You are the

Glassmen

, known in the past for high-brow content in your shows, which would be seen as "boring" by the audience.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Movie music is your lifeblood. Well, of course it is, you're based in Los Angeles County. Hollywood's practically right next door. You're a certified movie buff by that fact alone.

However, thrust into a situation like this, you're forced to remember that not every story has a cinematic ending. Hopefully you can help make sure this one does.

Welcome to Drum Corps International Mafia,

The1fifi

Stephoscope

. You are

Pacific Crest

, and right now you're strongly hoping none of you join the City of Angels except the ones that need to.

You are a

Vanilla Townie

. You have no special abilities.

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

[Trumpet of Doom]

Night Actions:

N1:
Mafia send kunkstar7 to kill NavyCherub
Parama kills Looker
Slaxx investigates Starbuck (innocent)
Looker tracks nobody

N2:
Mafia send kunkstar7 to kill Parama
Parama kills Starbuck
Slaxx investigates Parama (guilty)

N3:
Mafia send kunkstar7 to kill Slaxx
Slaxx investigates Robocopter87 (no result - dies)

Dead player QT was here: http://www.quicktopic.com/44/H/LvrHtFDfAej

[Trumpet of Doom]

I still don't understand why I was lynched (aside from my play, which was thoroughly crappy). D:

That would do it, wouldn't it?

So Looker didn't even send in a target...
I hate when investigative roles forget to send in actions. :C

I actually had asked someone to replace in, but when I got the kill, I thought, "Never mind."