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Post Post #4 (isolation #0) » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:16 am

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Nominating
Andrius for Memorable Moment


In the waning days of Curse of Strahd, Andrius, known as the Baker, did embark upon a dramatic retelling of the events and happenings leading up to the conclusion of the heroes' quest. With artful prose and whimsical portraiture did this noble Paladin recount tales of derring-do and evil treachery, of encounters with dastardly vampires and vicious walking huts, of hard-won friendships between embattled servants of light and truth. As the Baker-Paladin's story wound on, and he did multiclass to Bard, the assembled heroes gained heart, took up arms, and rallied to bring an end to the scourge of Strahd! Thus was the realm of Ravenloft saved, and freed from the dominion of vampires and their foul ilk. Evil ended, not with a bang, nor a whimper, but with song.

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Spoiler: A Dramatic Retelling, Quoted
In post 2205, Andrius wrote:kuror0: Mr Frodo you should really try this soup. Its made from shadow-scum.
drealmerz: NO SAM I CANNOT. I JUST WANT ANDRIUS SOUP.
Dunn: DID SOMEBODY SAY DUNNSTRAL?
Kuror0: GO AWAY DUNNSTRAL
drealmerz: You can come play pretty princess with me if you kill andrius for me.
Dunn: OK *scampers off*
kuror0: Andrius is town tho.
drelmerz: I'm just mad still.
In post 2213, Andrius wrote:
A DRAMATIC RETELLING OF THE EVENTS OF D&D CURSE OF STRAHD MAFIA


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LORD CLUMSY HALF-ELVEN: Strangers from distant lands, friends of olde. You have been summoned here to kill some freaking vampires. There are waaaaay too many vampires and you need to kill them. Soon.

Drealmerz: I accept this task a-

Pine: *yawn* Why can't you help us?

Lord Clumsy Half-Elven: Because watching you struggle makes for a far more interesting time.

Dunnstral: So guys I know I look like a vampire and all-

SlySly: Because you ARE a vampire. All miller claims are scum. All masons are lies. Don't believe the lies.

Creature: u wrong slysly
Creature: in fact
Creature: I think youre a
Creature: vampire

Kuror0: STOP THE MULTIPOSTS.

Creature: sr
Creature: ry

Lord Clumsy Half-Elven: *ahem* The vampires know of your quest, and are mobilizing to stop you.

Drealmz: THAT’S BECAUSE THEYRE ALREADY HERE. ANDRIUS IS ONE OF THEM. LOOK AT THAT FACE.

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SlySly: That is the handsomest most townie face ever.

Drealmerz: YOURE A VAMPIRE TOO. YOU BOTH ARE.

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Lord Clumsy Half-Elven: OK GO OUT ON YOUR QUEST ALREADY. GO NOW OUT OF MY HOUSE. YOU TOO DUNNSTRAL.

Dunn: awww

*some time later on the road*


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Shaddow: Aren't all wizards supposed to have hats? And dwarves axes and stuff?

Shaziro: Hey now druids don’t need that shit get your iron and metal out of here. You're ruining the all-natural vibe of these beautiful lands.

Kuroi: Uhhhhhhhh, Shaz, we're in a cemetery.

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Shaz: Who the hell thought going here would be a good ide-- *falls into a hole*

Almost-Everyone: Shaz!

Shaz: Its ok I found this item buried here. I wonder what it do--

DUNN: MINE GIVE IT TO ME ITS MY PRECIOUS MINE MINE MINE

Pine: Give it to me I can use it for the powers of good and help us all I recognize it from the holy texts I can surely use it!

Persivul: And how, exactly, can you help us?

Pine: I can heal myself.

Almost-Everyone: "…"

Drealmerz: IT’S A VAMPIRE. BURN IT.

Jason: How about me? I can surely make use of it.

Andrius: The holy scripture writeth that no man deserveth an item if he requesth it himself.

Drealmerz7: BURN THE VAMPIRE.

Shaddow: I think Pine should get it.

Creature: Why the hell not?

Shaz: Ok here you go Pine.

Pine: Oh cool thanks let's see what it do--

Persivul: I think we should lynch Pine.

SlySly: WE JUST GAVE HIM THE ITEM THOUGH.

Persivul: Yeah but he's scum so he needs to die.

SlySly: ok then

Creature: THEN WHY DID WE
Creature: GIVE HIM THE
Creature: ITEM?

Shaddow: murderdeathdeathdeathmurdermurder

Kuror0: Did anyone hear that?

Drealmerz: IT WAS ANDRIUS AND SLYSLY CONSPIRING AGAINST US. WHY DID WE COME TO THIS CEMETERY ANYWAY?

Pine: Oh hey look I can actually protect other people too. That's useful.

Culted: …

kuroi: …

Jason: …yeah you're dying now. But after we lynch drealmerz.

Drealmerz: NO GUISE ANDRIUS IS THE VAMPIRE

Andrius: no actually its jason

Persivul: holy crap we just agreed on something

Pine: Yeah lynch jason he wanted my item kill it

Dunn: KILL IT WITH FIRE

Jason: But guys I've been training hard to protect everyone I even have this shield thing and--

Culted: *stabs jason*

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Dunn: Who the F would kill Creature?

SlySly: I'm starting to get worried Andrius is a vampire.

Drealmerz: FINALLY

Andrius: Uh, I received this weird note last night.

Drealmerz: WHAT DID IT SAY?

Andrius: Uh, it says its from you.

Drealmerz: RAUGHHEQTHQEHQETEAHREQHQEYQ$JTETJHWSTYKUEUKSHTSE YOURE A VAMPIRE THIS IS PROOF YOU ARE SHARING MY SECRET POWERS WITH THE VAMPIRES YOU MUST BE A VAMPIRE

Shaziro: So I know a lot about pigeons and ravens pls ask me questions about them. Also hey look it’s the Burgoma--

Burgomaster: DO ME A FAVOR.

Dunn: PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME I CAN DO IT I WANT THE PRECIOUS

Culted: k.

Kuror0: NOPE THAT’S MINE.

Andrius: OBTW Persivul is town move along nothing to see here.

Persivul: u srs bro how u kno dat

Culted: yea bro u tell him

Persivul: sssshhh bro dey'll hear u bro

Culted: sorry bro

Persivul: its k bro we still good bro

Culted: yea bro

SlySly: My bro betrayed me once. Long ago. Long time ago. Old wounds never heal.

Andrius: I know you don’t trust me but I got ur back bro

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Kuror0: Anyone seen kuroi?

Pine: Anyone seen shaddow?

Persivul: No. But let's lynch Pine anyway.

Pine: WHY PINE? How bout drealmerz?

Dreal: ANYONE BUT ME I HAVE A CUTE DOGGIE PLS DON’T KILL US

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Kuroi: awwww

Drealm: I trained him to hunt vampires but he wont attack andrius for some reason though

Andrius: Either he's not trained or I'm not a vampire.

Drealm: I TRAINED HIM SO HARD YO. HE FETCHES AND DECAPITATES AND STAKES VAMPIRES

Culted: Why don't we just lynch someone who isn't talking? They must clearly be vampires hiding in the shadows.

Kuroi: I'm still here.

Culted: SPEAKING OF SHADOWS… SHADDOWS

Pine: YEAH LYNCH IT

RABBLE: RABBLE RABBLE

*shaddows is ded vampire*
In post 2322, Andrius wrote:
A DRAMATIC RETELLING OF THE EVENTS OF D&D CURSE OF STRAHD MAFIA: PART TWO


LORD CLUMSY: Ok two of you died.

Drealmerz: ANDRIUS IS A VAMPIRE

LORD CLUMSY: QUIET YOU DIED

Pine: Yeah about that. Let me see if I can channel his spirit.

Andrius: MEANWHILE, SHAZIRO IS A VAMPIRE.

Shaziro: no bro im a druid you shouldn’t be smoking these herbs

Culted: zzzzz

Kuroi: zzzzz

SlySly: So drealmerz and Shaziro didn't kill anyone last night.

Andrius: SHAZRIO IS VAMPIRE LYNCH IT FOR GREAT JUSTICE

Persivul: We're deciding where to travel to, Andrius. Calm down bro.

Culted: DON’T CALL HIM BRO IM YOUR BRO

Persivul: Sry bro

Culted: its k bro we gud

Persivul: *brofist*

SlySly: My bro betrayed me once.

Kuroi: Oh uh hi I'm here let me sing you a song about this one lake.

ANDRIUS: TO THE LAKE THEN

PERSIVUL: LAKE PARTY

SLYSLY: LAKE PARTY HO

Pine: So I'm talking to kuror0 and he says Dunnstral killed him.

Dunnstral: DID SOMEBODY SAY DUNNSTRAL?

Shaziro: I'm just a druid doing druidy things don’t mind me I talk to trees.

SlySly: No you're addled in the head now let's get to that lake already.


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EVIL HUT: RAWRRRRR

HEROES: TAKE IT HEAD ON, CHARGEEEEEEE

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deadJason: Guys why is no one wondering why Kuroi said this was best but theres a FREAKING HUT EATING THEM?

deadCreature: idk bro

deadJason: im not your bro pal

deadCreature: im not your pal guy

Deaddrealmerz: ANDRIUS IS A VAMPIRE HE ATE MY DOGGIE

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SlySly: WHY ARE YOU PLAYING YOUR LUTE

Kuroi: EMPOWERING SONGS

HUT: RAWRRRRRRR

Persivul: He's too strong, we can't hold against him.

Culted: What do we do bro?

ANDRIUS: FOR THE LIIIIIIIIIIIGHTTTT


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HUT: QRQTJSTJAETNJAERHAETJAETJATE im ded

Culted: HOORAY WE WON

Andrius: urgh *collapses*

SLYSLY: BRO!

PINE: BRO!

Andrius: He, he got me good. Right through my shield. Sly, you're going to have to finish this story on your own. I-I'm just glad I could save everyone.

PINE: NO ANDRIUS STAY ILL HEAL U BBY

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Andrius: Wait, I suddenly feel better!

Pine: HOORAY

Sly: BRO

Shaziro: shit

Drealmerz: shit

Dunnstral: shit

Persivul: NOW WE LYNCH THAT EVIL DRUID

SlySly: MURDERDEATHDEATHDEATHMURDER

Lord Clumsy: Shaziro ded he was vampire helper

Suddenly, Dunnstral leaps at the group, knife barred. Kuroi leaps in front of him, being stabbed straight in the heart.

Andrius: I SMITE THEE IN THE NAME OF OUR FALLEN BRETHREN

Dunnstral crumples to the ground, cut down.


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Culted: Its, Its over.

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SlySly returned to his own realm, fighting evil there in every form. He never forgot the hurt inflicted on him by a bro all those years ago, but having seen true bro-ness in Andrius, Pine, Persivul, and culted, he knows that there is still good in this world.


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Persivul and culted continued to hunt vampires and werewolves and dunnstrals wherever they went. They were the closest of bros.

There is no record of what happened to Andrius and Pine.
Some say Andrius died of his wounds.
Some say they continued questing to rid the world of evil.
Some say they settled down.

There is only one certainty…


…evil is timeless…

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I will, of course, also be submitting the form properly, but everyone deserves to be exposed to this awesomeness.
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Post Post #9 (isolation #1) » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:43 am

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Maybe make Professor Mafia an all-inclusive award, covering all aspects of teaching, ICing, theorycraft, mentoring, and generally improving the playerbase.
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Post Post #20 (isolation #2) » Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:07 pm

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Not a single vote the whole game? Damn, that's an accomplishment. I haven't read the game, but well done, MoI.
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Post Post #25 (isolation #3) » Wed Feb 01, 2017 4:26 pm

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Honestly that's usually what Town thinks, that they were playing badly. It often isn't true. Good scum isn't made by bad Town, good scum makes good Towns look bad.
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Post Post #27 (isolation #4) » Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:28 am

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Well, yes, but it's a general observation made from years of games.
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Post Post #34 (isolation #5) » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:56 pm

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Third the above nominations


For reasons stated. The Town Jam Session ripped us apart, and it was the work of weeks to stitch things back together.
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Post Post #44 (isolation #6) » Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:09 pm

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Yes.
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Post Post #49 (isolation #7) » Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:24 am

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Following through on some planned nominations and endorsements:

Camn's Revenge
for
Game of the Year


Mastina said it better than I, and from a perhaps more objective perspective, but I echo her sentiments most heartily. This game was indeed some of the best fun I've had on site. Practically every player turned in stellar performances, both Town and scum. We the scumteam felt like we were constantly on the run from a Town hot on our heels, and only through a series of ploys, deceptions, and gambits did we barely eke out a win. Any other scumteam would have been annihilated. Any other Town would have been completely rolled. The best parts were the Town Jam Session, a ten-page conversation conducted live over several hours where a number of Town players collaborated to break the game wide open and form a voting bloc that took us the entire rest of the game to dismantle. Endgame was equally challenging. Town had their sights locked in on the final mafioso going in, and ultimately fell prey to internal divisions and paranoia, widened by WIFOM and coordination between the scum treestump (me) and SirCakez.

The setup, design, and moderation were wholly original, and well-executed by Camn. Further, this paradigm is repeatable, and we hope for future iterations of this style game, as it has inspired the planning of a series of Revenge games.

Boffo!

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Town Jam Session
from Camn's Revenge for
Kodak Moment


Again, Mastina's account is more detailed, but I think I have the upper hand in objectivity here, as I was absent during the event and the leader of the opposition party. Starting with the linked post was a running conversation among several active players, principally Nachomamma8, mastina, TheRealGin-N-Tonic, Prism, Monokuma (Nahdia and Road Kamelot), and Aristophanes. Their efforts over the course of several hours and 18 or so pages split the game wide open, creating a solid Town bloc that identified two of the three scum players and a dominant force directing the Town for the rest of the game. As the opposition, I recall opening the thread in the morning and having a sinking feeling the more I read, which got progressively worse as we went on.

What makes this memorable is not only the facts of the incident, or the players involved, or even the effectiveness of the tactic, but rather the camaraderie it engendered among the Town players. We found it very difficult to break that bond in subsequent days, and that evening's work carried Town all the way to endgame.

Further, the success of this one event seems to be sparking a trend of similar 'jam sessions' in other games, having cropped up in at least two or three other games that I am aware of. To me, a memorable moment isn't just a singular event, but something that inspires repetition and imitation.

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I'd like to nom
inspectorscout
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Excellent Moderation
based on New York 201 - The House of Harmony, but apparently it is a body of work category rather than an individial game category. It's the only game of his I've played, does anyone have other games of his that are also of similar caliber?
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Post Post #52 (isolation #8) » Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:11 pm

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Damn you, I was going to do that later on in the year.
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Post Post #54 (isolation #9) » Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:15 pm

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I have my eye on two rising stars, maybe three. Gin is one of them.
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Post Post #87 (isolation #10) » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:28 am

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:D
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Post Post #90 (isolation #11) » Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:49 am

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Second this. I'll write up the official nom when I get home
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