Newbie 1797: Space | Endgame

[Plotinus]

VC 1.20

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy NGC 5033

Explanation: What's happening in the center of spiral NGC 5033? Many things -- some circular, some energetic, and some not well understood. NGC 5033 is known as a Seyfert galaxy because of the great activity seen in its nucleus. Bright stars, dark dust, and interstellar gas all swirl quickly around a galactic center that appears slightly offset from a supermassive black hole. This offset is thought to be the result of NGC 5033 merging with another galaxy sometime in the past billion years. The featured image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005. NGC 5033 spans about 100,000 light years and is so far away that we see it only as it existed about 40 million years ago.

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Draynth

(4): Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara, skitter30, NotTheRealPaul

DunkerDoodles

(1): esires

NotTheRealPaul

(2): TesXX, Draynth

Not Voting

(2): Drixx, Human Sequencer

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 1 Deadline is in

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(expired on 2017-06-04 11:12:11)

Mod Notes

Hi, I'm the backup mod!

-ThinkBig, the moderator, is V/LA on weekends and on Jewish holidays. Plotinus, the backup moderator, will be modding during this time.
-skitter30 is V/LA on shabbat and Jewish holidays.
Drixx is V/LA until Sunday

[Human Sequencer]

Draynth is L-1. I'll hammer before deadline.

[Human Sequencer]

Fuck it. I want this flip. Really sorry draynth, esp if you're town.

VOTE: Draynth

[Plotinus]

VC 1.21 final

The Matter of the Bullet Cluster

Explanation: What's the matter with the Bullet Cluster? This massive cluster of galaxies (1E 0657-558) creates gravitational lens distortions of background galaxies in a way that has been interpreted as strong evidence for the leading theory: that dark matter exists within. Different recent analyses, though, indicate that a less popular alternative -- modifying gravity-- could explain cluster dynamics without dark matter, and provide a more likely progenitor scenario as well. Currently, the two scientific hypotheses are competing to explain the observations: it's invisible matter versus amended gravity. The duel is dramatic as a clear Bullet-proof example of dark matter would shatter the simplicity of modified gravity theories. For the near future, the battle over the Bullet cluster is likely to continue as new observations, computer simulations, and analyses are completed. The featured image is a Hubble/Chandra/Magellan composite with red depicting the X-rays emitted by hot gas, and blue depicting the suggested separated dark matter distribution.

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Draynth

(5): Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara, skitter30, NotTheRealPaul, Human Sequencer

<-- LYNCH

DunkerDoodles

(1): esires

NotTheRealPaul

(2): TesXX, Draynth

Not Voting

(1): Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 1 Deadline is in

:

(expired on 2017-06-04 11:12:11)

Mod Notes

Hi, I'm the backup mod!

-ThinkBig, the moderator, is V/LA on weekends and on Jewish holidays. Plotinus, the backup moderator, will be modding during this time.
-skitter30 is V/LA on shabbat and Jewish holidays.
Drixx is V/LA until today

[ThinkBig]

Day 1 Lynch

Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. The first exoplanets were discovered in the 90's. Since then, thousands of exoplanets have been discovered

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Draynth has been lynched day 1. He was a

vanilla townie

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All actions are due in (expired on 2017-06-06 13:49:05)

[ThinkBig]

Night 1 Kill

Polaris, designated Alpha Ursae Minoris (α Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Alpha UMi, α UMi), commonly the North Star or Pole Star, is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.

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No one died night 1!

[ThinkBig]

VC 2.00

The Case of the Missing Star
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, C. Kochanek (OSU)

Explanation: What's happened to giant star N6946-BH1? It was there just a few years ago -- Hubble imaged it. Now there's only a faint glow. What's curiouser, no bright supernova occurred -- although the star did brighten significantly for a few months. The leading theory is that, at about 25 times the mass of our Sun, N6946-BH1's great gravity held much of the star together during its final tumultuous death throes, after which most of the star sunk into a black hole of its own making. If so, then some of what remained outside of the black hole likely then formed an accretion disk that emits comparatively faint infrared light as it swirls around, before falling in. If this mode of star death is confirmed with other stars, it gives direct evidence that a very massive star can end its life with a whimper rather than a bang.

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Not Voting

(8): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles, esires, NotTheRealPaul, TesXX, Not Chara, skitter30, Drixx

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-20 22:26:56)

[TesXX]

Nice quickhammer.
VOTE: Human Sequencer

[Not Chara]

hold on, quickhammer?
i'd thought it was a few hours before deadline. i certainly wasn't around to hammer, though i'd meant to be.

[TesXX]

We still had a few hours left and someone might've CC'd Dunkey. Human hammered Draynth before he could claim.

[Human Sequencer]

Im vt, saving town the trouble of wagoning me to claim

Phoneposting

Of anybody has a suburb cc now on the time

[TesXX]

I cc VT

[Not Chara]

oh, thanks for the context.

do you really think Human was afraid of someone CCing Dunkey? if someone was going to, they could easily do so today. quickhammering doesn't really help that, it just puts Human in a terrible position if they're scum.
i'm still reading up, however.

[NotTheRealPaul]

Tess the hammer was fine. Like I get your point, but there were only a few hours and its better than risking a nolynch.

Anyone gonna cc dunkey?

Also dunkey who'd you jail?

I think with a no kill most likely explanation was tess wass shot. Either that or they tried to shoot dunkey though so he mighta jailed the killing scum? Not sure exactly how the mechanics work but thats a possible explanation right?

I dont wanna get tied down discussing the nights lack of deaths but we should keep in mind whoever dunkey jailed assuming no cc

pedit: Tess you claimed BP earlier. Lynch all liars. VOTE: Tess Also I cc vt so I think I just found the scumteam.

Human plus tess makes so much sense now

[NotTheRealPaul]

oh, thanks for the context.

do you really think Human was afraid of someone CCing Dunkey? if someone was going to, they could easily do so today. quickhammering doesn't really help that, it just puts Human in a terrible position if they're scum.
i'm still reading up, however.

feel like you've been reading up the entire game.

Agres on HS though. Its just too obvious.

[TesXX]

I'd someone CC'd Dunkey

day 1

, there could be a day 1 scum lynch.
Also you say the quickhammer would put human in a bad position if they're scum. But it would also put them in a bad position as town.

[TesXX]

If* not I'd.

[Not Chara]

Paul, the setup has multiple VT. any non power-role is a VT.

pedit: a day one scum lynch through a counterclaim is no different than a day 2 scum lynch through a counterclaim, except in your scenario Human outs themself as scum to the game in exchange for the grace period of one day.
why does it put them in a bad position as town? who would have hammered instead? no lynch is bad on day 1, very bad.

[NotTheRealPaul]

Paul, the setup has multiple VT. any non power-role is a VT.

pedit: a day one scum lynch through a counterclaim is no different than a day 2 scum lynch through a counterclaim, except in your scenario Human outs themself as scum to the game in exchange for the grace period of one day.
why does it put them in a bad position as town? who would have hammered instead? no lynch is bad on day 1, very bad.

that was freakin joke

[TesXX]

Tess the hammer was fine. Like I get your point, but there were only a few hours and its better than risking a nolynch.

Anyone gonna cc dunkey?

Also dunkey who'd you jail?

I think with a no kill most likely explanation was tess wass shot. Either that or they tried to shoot dunkey though so he mighta jailed the killing scum? Not sure exactly how the mechanics work but thats a possible explanation right?

I dont wanna get tied down discussing the nights lack of deaths but we should keep in mind whoever dunkey jailed assuming no cc

pedit: Tess you claimed BP earlier. Lynch all liars. VOTE: Tess Also I cc vt so I think I just found the scumteam.

Human plus tess makes so much sense now

No I think it is Thinkbig + Plot.

[Not Chara]

Paul, if you'd seen some of the things players have believed in mafia games, you'd understand why i could believe you legitimately didn't know that.

[NotTheRealPaul]

I'd someone CC'd Dunkey

day 1

, there could be a day 1 scum lynch.
Also you say the quickhammer would put human in a bad position if they're scum. But it would also put them in a bad position as town.

waiting for someone to cc wouldve been kinda risky with only a few hours left

I will say if dunkey gets cc'd and flips scum, HS is prob 100% the scum partner

pedit: fuck tess ur a genius

VOTE: ThinkBig

COME ON VOTE HIM UP!!



Hasnt contributed to scumhunting at all. Cant believe I never noticed

[TesXX]

Paul, the setup has multiple VT. any non power-role is a VT.

pedit: a day one scum lynch through a counterclaim is no different than a day 2 scum lynch through a counterclaim

Uhm. Yes there is.
Day 1 scum lynch = town PRs can be more effective.

, except in your scenario Human outs themself as scum to the game in exchange for the grace period of one day.

How would human out themself as scum?

why does it put them in a bad position as town?

They get scum read, and the fact that the hammer puts town in a bad position.

who would have hammered instead?

Human could've hammered when we were closer to deadline.

[TesXX]

oh, thanks for the context.

do you really think Human was afraid of someone CCing Dunkey? if someone was going to, they could easily do so today. quickhammering doesn't really help that, it just puts Human in a terrible position if they're scum.
i'm still reading up, however.

feel like you've been reading up the entire game.

Agres on HS though. Its just too obvious.

"Too obvious to be scum" is a very bad argument and shouldn't be used.

[Human Sequencer]

It was 4 hrs difference and I wanted to fogging go to sleep dide