Open 46 - Strawberry (Game Over!), before 508

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Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Well, what did The Beatles know anyway?

Living Players

Boing
d3sisted
killerbob

(replaced Green Day, D1)

Max
DeathSauce

(replaced White, D2)

Zeppo

Dead Players

Cornelius (Townie) - Lynched Day 1
Lemming1607 (Townie) - Shot Night 1

skitzer

(replaced hmrox, D1)

(Mafia) -

Lynched Day 2
competentpsycho

(replaced Pianogwen81, D1)

(Townie) - Killed Night 2
Mr. Mean (Cop) - Lynched Day 3
Neraren (Townie) - Killed Night 3

Setup

This game has a cop head start. The cop will be able to investigate a player Night 0, however the mafia are not able to make a kill until Night 1.

This game contains the following roles:

3 Mafia
1 Cop
8 Townies

Roles is Roles

You are a member of the

Mafia

with XXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX. You may talk with your partners at night. Each night, have one person from the group PM me the name of a player on behalf of the mafia. The named player will be killed. You win when at least half of the living players are mafia, or when nothing can prevent the same.

You are a

Cop

. Each night, you may PM me the name of a player. If that player is alive, I will tell you if that player is Mafia or Not-mafia. You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

You are a

Townie

. Your sole ability is to vote for a lynch during the day. You have no nightchoice. You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

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Rules is Rules (Stolen from Mert, who in turn stole them from MeMe)

:

• Votes must be in
  bold
  . If you do not bold your vote, it will not be counted.
  
• Please be attentive and
  unvote
  , if necessary, before casting a new vote. This is not
  required
  , but I’d appreciate it.
  
• Lynches will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. You may
  vote: no lynch
  - majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death.
  
• The game is not to be discussed outside of the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so.
  
• Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing.
  
• Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts
  
• Don’t quote any PMs from me.
  
• If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you - if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made.
  
• If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 48-hour period, please post a notice to that effect in the thread.
  Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate - don’t leave us hanging.
  
• Remember, it’s a game. It’s supposed to played. It’s supposed to be
  fun
  . Do your part.

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Still awaiting 3 confirms.

Fair notice: I'm opening the thread in 24 hours - anyone who has not sent me a confirmation PM or posted in the thread within 24 hours of the thread being opened (i.e. 48 hours from now) will be replaced.

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The last unconfirmed person has 24 hours to get in here or be replaced, but since this is a day start I'm not going to hold the game up any longer.

Have at it!

Edit: 12 players alive means 7 votes are required for a lynch.

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competentpsycho replaces Pianogwen81

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killerbob replaces Green Day

We should now have a full complement of players, provided nobody else flakes.

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Vote Count

killerbob 2 (Cornelius, competentpsycho)
Cornelius 1 (Boing)
d3sisted 1 (Max)
hmrox 1 (d3sisted)
Lemming1607 1 (Mr. Mean)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)
competentpsycho 1 (killerbob)

Not Voting 4 (hmrox, Lemming1607, Neraren, Zeppo)

12 alive, 7 votes to lynch.

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Vote Count

Cornelius 3 (Boing, Zeppo, White)
competentpsycho 2 (killerbob, d3sisted)
Boing 1 (Max)
killerbob 1 (Cornelius)
Lemming1607 1 (Mr. Mean)
Neraren 1 (Lemming1607)

Not Voting 3 (hmrox, Neraren, competentpsycho)

12 alive, 7 votes to lynch.

hmrox and Neraren have been prodded

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Let me know if there's anyone else you'd like me to prod.

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skitzer replaces hmrox

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Vote Count

Cornelius 5 (Boing, Zeppo, White, Lemming1607, skitzer)
Boing 1 (Max)
killerbob 1 (Cornelius)
Lemming1607 1 (Mr. Mean)
competentpsycho 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 3 (killerbob, Neraren, competentpsycho)

12 alive, 7 to lynch.

Edit:

Mr. Mean has been prodded

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Vote Count

Cornelius 4 (Boing, Zeppo, White, Lemming1607)
Boing 1 (Max)
d3sisted 1 (competentpsycho)
killerbob 1 (Cornelius)
White 1 (Mr. Mean)

Not Voting 4 (d3sisted, killerbob, skitzer, Neraren)

12 alive, 7 to lynch.

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Vote Count

Cornelius 5 (Boing, Zeppo, White, Lemming1607, competentpsycho)
Boing 1 (Max)
killerbob 1 (Cornelius)
White 1 (Mr. Mean)

Not Voting 4 (d3sisted, killerbob, skitzer, Neraren)

12 alive, 7 to lynch.

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Cornelius has been prodded

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Vote Count

Cornelius 6 (Boing, Zeppo, Lemming1607, competentpsycho, skitzer, d3sisted)
White 2 (Mr. Mean, Cornelius)
Boing 1 (Max)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)


Not Voting 2 (killerbob, Neraren)

12 alive, 7 to lynch.

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Final Vote Count for Day 1

Cornelius 7 (Boing, Zeppo, Lemming1607, competentpsycho, skitzer, d3sisted, White)

White 2 (Mr. Mean, Cornelius)
Boing 1 (Max)

Not Voting 2 (killerbob, Neraren)

That's a lynch!

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On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange.

The town sure thought

Cornelius

was very strange, but like the banker he was just a simple

townie

. Unfortunately, this realisation came too late to save him from the noose.

Cornelius, Townie, Lynched Day 1

It is now Night 1. Please submit all night actions to me within 72 hours of this post.

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He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

Lemming1607

wasn't from the House of Lords, he just has one of those faces. Well he

used

to have one of those faces, until someone blew his head off while he was stopped at an intersection. Everyone knows that a

townie

shouldn't go out driving alone at night...

Lemming1607, Townie, killed Night 1.

It is now Day 2. With 10 living players, 6 votes are required for a lynch.

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Vote Count

Mr. Mean 1 (White)
Neraren 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 8 (you all know who you are)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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I'm at work, what else am I going to do?

Oh, and I like this avatar the best as well.

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Vote Count

competentpsycho 2 (Mr. Mean, skitzer)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)
Neraren 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 6 (Boing, killerbob, Max, Neraren, competentpsycho, Zeppo)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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Vote Count

competentpsycho 3 (Mr. Mean, skitzer, Zeppo)
skitzer 1 (competentpsycho)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)
Neraren 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 4 (Boing, killerbob, Max, Neraren)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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Vote Count

skitzer 2 (competentpsycho, d3sisted)
competentpsycho 2 (Mr. Mean, Zeppo)
d3sisted 1 (Boing)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)
Neraren 1 (skitzer)

Not Voting 3 (killerbob, Max, Neraren)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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Vote Count

skitzer 3 (competentpsycho, killerbob, Mr. Mean)
d3sisted 1 (Boing)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)
Neraren 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 4 (Max, Neraren, skitzer, Zeppo)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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Prodding Max.

I'll give d3sisted another day before I prod since it's the weekend.

White has told me he's going to be busy for a while, so I may have to replace him. Decision pending.

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Vote Count

skitzer 3 (competentpsycho, killerbob, Boing)
Neraren 2 (d3sisted, Zeppo)
competentpsycho 2 (Mr. Mean, Neraren)
Mr. Mean 1 (White)

Not Voting 2 (Max, skitzer)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

Looking for a replacement for White.

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DeathSauce replaces White.

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Vote Count

skitzer 5 (competentpsycho, killerbob, Boing, DeathSauce, Zeppo)
competentpsycho 2 (Mr. Mean, Neraren)
Neraren 1 (d3sisted)

Not Voting 2 (Max, skitzer)

10 alive, 6 to lynch.

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Final Vote Count of Day 2

skitzer 6 (competentpsycho, killerbob, Boing, DeathSauce, Zeppo, d3sisted)

competentpsycho 2 (Mr. Mean, Neraren)

Not Voting 2 (Max, skitzer)

---

It's been a hard day's night,
And I've been working like a dog,
It's been a hard day's night,
I should be sleeping like a log

skitzer

had been working nights, taking care of business for the

Mafia

. He'll get plenty of sleep now,since the town has decided to treat him to a short, sharp drop...

skitzer, Mafia, Lynched Day 2.

It is now Night 2. Since it's the weekend, please submit all night actions to me within 4 days of this post.

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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

competentpsycho

was a worry-free

townie

yesterday. Today it seems that he's somehow become a corpse. Apparently his worries caught up with him in the form of a scum bullet.

competentpsycho, Townie, killed Night 2.

It is now Day 3. With 8 living players, 5 votes are required for a lynch.

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Vote Count

Mr. Mean 3 (DeathSauce, Zeppo, Boing)

Not Voting 5 (Max, Mr. Mean, killerbob, d3sisted, Neraren)

8 alive, 5 to lynch.

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Vote Count

Mr. Mean 3 (Zeppo, Boing, d3sisted)

Not Voting 5 (killerbob, Max, Mr. Mean, Neraren, DeathSauce)

8 alive, 5 to lynch.

Prodded killerbob.

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Final Vote Count of Day 3

Mr. Mean 5 (Zeppo, Boing, d3sisted, Neraren, DeathSauce)
d3sisted 1 (Mr. Mean)

Not Voting 2 (killerbob, Max)

That's a lynch!

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Mister City P'liceman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying.

Mr. Mean

is going to be crying along with the rest of the town after they turned on him and strung him up. Some days it just doesn't pay for a

cop

to get out of bed.

Mr. Mean, Cop, Lynched Day 3.

It is now Night 3. Please send all night choices within 72 hours of this post.

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I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps.
With every mistake we must surely be learning,
Still my guitar gently weeps.

Neraren

might have learned something from the last few days, but it isn't going to do him any good at the bottom of the town's lake. Unfortunately, that's where this

townie

ended up last night.

Neraren, Townie, Killed Night 3.

It is now Day 4. With 6 living players, 4 votes are required for a lynch.

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Vote Count

d3sisted 2 (DeathSauce, Boing)

Not Voting 4 (d3sisted, killerbob, Max, Zeppo)

Edit: 6 alive, 4 to lynch.

killerbob has failed to pick up his prod, and will be replaced.

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This is an Open Game. As such, all information relevant to the roles is included in the PMs in the first post.

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Final Vote Count of Day 4

d3sisted 4 (DeathSauce, Boing, Zeppo, Max)

Not Voting 2 (d3sisted, killerbob)

That's a lynch!

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You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out

Acting on their cop's dying wish, the town quickly turn on

d3sisted

. "I wuz framed!" he cries as he is cuffed and dragged to the gallows. The crack of the trapdoor signals his end, resolute to the last.

The town's joy is shortlived, though - a hasty search of his person provides none of the expected evidence of his mafia associations. All he seems to have in his pockets are tomato seeds. It would appear that he was just a

townie

after all.

Max smiles: "I was always more of a Rolling Stones man myself." Three gunshots ring out in the dusk.

DeathSauce, Boing

and

killerbob

hit the dirt in quick succession, holes neatly drilled in their foreheads. Looks like it will be destruction that wins out after all...

d3sisted, Townie, Lynched Day 4.

DeathSauce, Boing and killerbob, Townies, killed in endgame.

The Mafia (Max, skitzer and Zeppo) win the game!

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Night Choices:

Scum kills are obvious. The Cop investigated Boing N0, White N1, and competentpsycho N2 (all Not Mafia).

I'll make some wrap-up comments once a few of the players have had a chance to post.

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First off, thanks to all the players for keeping the game active throughout and making my life fairly easy. I was pretty happy with the pace and posting level of this game relative to some other 12 player games.

It's definitely true that Mr. Mean didn't take the best option with his play on Day 3. The speculative vote on d3sisted wasn't so bad, but a full claim would definitely have been the best course of action. The town still would have had some work to do from that point, but a cop should never,

ever

allow themselves to be lynched without claiming in an open game.

Other than that, the level of play was pretty decent throughout and I was actually pleasantly surprised by the flow of the game given the scarcity of power roles in the setup. I'm starting to think that having fewer power roles in games may actually be a partial solution to the massive lurking that occurs in a lot of closed minis.

Thankyou and goodnight!

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I don't agree that it was entirely your fault, but giving your results when you were about to be lynched would have been valuable, even though they were innocents. Two confirmed townies means two fewer potential lynch targets, plus the town would have had a shot at lynching someone other than you (hopefully scum) on day 3 if they believed your claim.

As a general principle, you should always claim your power role before you're lynched, if only to give the town a chance to reconsider.

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I'm not going to single anyone out as I can't really remember all that much of the earlier part of the game - half the time I forget who has which role until I check my spreadsheet at the lynch!

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Green Day was pretty useless. PianoGwen81 lurked horribly.

If you're hinting at Mr. Mean, I didn't think he played that badly except for the last part. He did a good job of staying alive and avoiding the NK, he just didn't finish it off.

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Fair enough. I might start taking notes about that sort of stuff; the way I work at the moment I don't tend to end up with much of an impression of individual players.