Newbie 1797: Space | Endgame

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Newbie 1797: Space

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Houston, we have a problem! The mafia has infiltrated our space shuttle and killed the commander! It is up to you to find the bad guys and bring them to justice.

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Moderator: ThinkBig

Backup Mod: Plotinus

Players

01. Draynth

replaced CptPicard

02. Dunkerdoodles ***
03. Human Sequencer

replaced Camryn5937

04. esires
05. NotTheRealPaul
06. skitter30
07. BlackVoid (SE)*

replaced Not Chara (SE)

08. TesXX (SE)
09. Drixx (IC) *

* denotes prod
SE denotes Semi-experienced players
IC denotes the Inexperience Challenged.

Spoiler: Living Players

Dunkerdoodles,

town jailkeeper

, survives and wins day 4!
Human Sequencer (replaces Camryn5937),

vanilla townie

, survives and wins day 4!
skitter30,

vanilla townie

, survives and wins day 4!

Spoiler: Dead Players

Draynth (replaces CptPicard),

vanilla townie

, lynched day 1.
Drixx,

mafia goon

, lynched day 2.
TesXX,

1-shot bulletproof town

, killed night 2
BlackVoid (replaces Not Chara),

vanilla townie

, lynched day 3.
NotTheRealPaul,

vanilla townie

, killed night 3
esires,

mafia roleblocker

, lynched day 4.

Spoiler: Game Links

• Mod Thread
  
• Mafia Thread (to be released in (expired on 2017-07-13 21:09:29))
  
• Spoiler free dead thread
  
• Spoilered dead thread

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The Setup

This game uses the Matrix6 setup designed by Cogito Ergo Sum.

	A	B	C
1	Town Jailkeeper	Vanilla Townie	Mafia Goon
2	Mafia Roleblocker	Town Cop	Town Doctor
3	1-shot Bulletproof Townie	Mafia Goon	Town Tracker

The role distribution is determined by randomly selecting one row or one column from the above table, then filling in the remaining 6 roles with 5 Vanilla Townies and 1 Mafia Goon to create a 7-town, 2-mafia setup.

For example, if Row 1 was chosen, the full setup will be 1 Town Jailkeeper, 6 Vanilla Townies, and 2 Mafia Goons.

Mechanics:

• The first phase is Day 1.
  
• Mafia do not have daytalk: they may communicate in their private thread only at night.
  
• This game uses Natural Action Resolution.
  
• If a Roleblocker and Jailkeeper target one another, the Roleblocker's action will succeed and the Jailkeeper's will fail.
  
• Roleblockers are permitted to submit the factional kill and use their ability during the same night.
  
• Bulletproof is a reflexive ability and cannot be roleblocked.

The possible role PMs for this game are as follows.

Spoiler: Role PMs

Vanilla Townie

Welcome!

You are a

Vanilla Townie

.

You have no special abilities.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Town Jailkeeper

Welcome!

You are a

Town Jailkeeper

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills and be prevented from using their own action, if they have one, during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Town Cop

Welcome!

You are a

Town Cop

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed if they are

Town

or

Mafia

. If you are roleblocked, you will receive no result.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Town Doctor

Welcome!

You are a

Town Doctor

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

1-shot Bulletproof Townie

Welcome!

You are a

1-shot Bulletproof Townie.

You will survive 1 kill attempt during the game. This does not include lynches.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here

Welcome!

You are a

Town Tracker

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed what player they targeted with their action, if any.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Mafia Goon

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Goon

.

Your partner is PLAYER, who is a

Mafia Goon/Roleblocker

.

You share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk during the pregame and night phases only.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is here.

Mafia Roleblocker

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

.

Your partner is PLAYER, who is a

Mafia Goon

.

You may target one player per night. This player will be prevented from performing their own action, if any.

You share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You may commit the kill and perform a roleblock in the same night phase. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk during the pregame and night phases only.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is here.

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Rules

important bit

• Please adhere to the site rules.
  
• 14-day day phase, 48 hour night phase
  
• Majority lynches
  
• 48 hours before prod, 24 hours before replacement, 24 hour weekends
  
• NO Bah posts allowed

Game Rules

:

Rule 0: Don't be a dick

. - If you are being a dick, you run the risk of force-replacement or modkill. You may or may not be warned. I don’t tolerate ad hom wars. If your posting is merely insulting a player without providing game content, you can expect a strike from me. Three strikes, you’re out. I’m fairly lenient about this, but posting “Fuck you” over and over again is simply not acceptable. Severe issues will be reported to the list mod(s) via my top secret chat room I definitely have with them all.

General

:
- Do not discuss this game of mafia outside of this thread unless your role PM allows you to do so.
- Do not quote PM's from the mod at all (real or fabricated). Paraphrasing is acceptable. You are also not allowed to quote any communication that you send to me.
- Cryptography, trust tells, and encryption are absolutely forbidden. Don't do it.
- If you have any questions about your role, or the game, feel free to PM the mod.
- If you break any of these rules, you will probably be modkilled.

Voting/Player Actions:

- All votes must be in bold format:

vote: ThinkBig

or use the vote tag VOTE: ThinkBig, for example.
- Try to unvote before voting. Unvotes must also be in bold or use the unvote tag.
- Any and all votes will be counted, if you wish to waste a day phase voting for someone not in the game,that's fine by me.
- You may vote No Lynch.
- Voting tricks are not acceptable. If you misspell someone's name intentionally, but I get the gist of it, the vote will count.
- A lynch will occur once a majority decision is reached. If no majority is reached by deadline, then no lynch shall occur.
- Following a lynch, it is twilight. You may continue to post until I lock the thread and declare it night.
- If you have a Night Action, you may submit it from Night 1 and each subsequent Night. No other time.

Activity:

- You are expected to post at least once every 48 hours. If you haven't posted for 48 hours, I shall prod you. If you do not respond to the prod within 24 hours (either in thread if it's Day, or via PM during the Night) then I will replace you.
-I do not tolerate naked prod dodges. Naked prod dodges will not count towards your activity requirement. Multiple pdodges may get you force replaced.
- Similarly, if you require more than three prods, I will force-replace you.

Mechanics:

-

Blue is my mod color. Please do not use it!

- Confirm by how your Role PM tells you to once you are ready to play. Once everyone confirms, the game begins.
- Do not edit your posts if you have the ability to. This is an instant modkill.
- No impossible/hard to read text, or cryptography.
- The Mod may make mistakes - please point out any mistakes gently. Mistakes will be corrected where possible, but sometimes mistakes are made that cannot be reversed. These will stand as final to be commiserated over after the game.
- If you need to get the mod's attention, either PM me, or bold the text you wish to draw to my attention.
- I reserve the right to alter/remove/add any rules as I see fit. You will, of course, be notified if that happens, however.

[ThinkBig]

All role PMs have gone out. The game will begin once 7/9 players have confirmed. All players have (expired on 2017-05-20 22:05:11) to confirm their role and alignment.

So far 8/9 players have confirmed.

[ThinkBig]

Day 1 has dawned!

VC 1.00

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Not Voting

(9): NotChara, Camryn5937, Dunkerdoodles, esires, NotTheRealPaul, TesXX, skitter30, CptPicard, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 1 Deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

Mod Notes

Welcome everyone to Newbie 1797. I am your host and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourselves with my rule set because I have some rules you may not have encountered in other games before regarding prodging, last words and perhaps some other things!

[ThinkBig]

VC 1.01

Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant

It's easy to get lost following intricate filaments in this detailed image of faint supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240 it goes by the popular nickname, the Spaghetti Nebula. Seen toward the boundary of the constellations Taurus and Auriga, it covers nearly 3 degrees or 6 full moons on the sky. That's about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. This composite includes image data taken through narrow-band filters, enhancing the reddish emission from ionized hydrogen atoms to trace the shocked, glowing gas. The supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years, meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 40,000 years ago. But the expanding remnant is not the only aftermath. The cosmic catastrophe also left behind a spinning neutron star or pulsar, all that remains of the original star's core.

Image and text credit

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CptPicard

(3): Not Chara, skitter30, TesXX

TesXX

(1): CptPicard

Drixx

(1): NotTheRealPaul

skitter30

(1): esires

Not Voting

(4): NotChara, Camryn5937, Dunkerdoodles, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 1 Deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

Mod Notes

Did you know that you can customize how mafiascum.net looks to you? There are 5 different themes to choose from. You can change your settings under global settings and "My Board Style."

-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.

[ThinkBig]

VC 1.02

A black hole is formed when a large star starts running out of fuel and begins to collapse under its own gravity. Such a star may become a white dwarf or a neutron star, but if the star is sufficiently massive then it may continue shrinking eventually to the size of a tiny atom, known as a gravitational singularity. A black hole refers to the region in space in which the singularity’s gravitational force is so strong that not even light can escape its pull.

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Dunkerdoodles

(2): TesXX, Not Chara

TesXX

(1): CptPicard

Drixx

(1): NotTheRealPaul

CptPicard

(1): skitter30

skitter30

(1): esires

Not Voting

(3): Camryn5937, Dunkerdoodles, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The deadline for day 1 is in

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

Mod Notes

-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.
-TesXX is V/LA until Sunday.

[ThinkBig]

Mod Note

I have yet to receive a confirmation from Camryn5937. He has (expired on 2017-05-20 22:05:11) to confirm before I look for a replacement.

[ThinkBig]

Mod Note: Searching for a replacement for Camryn5937 who failed to pick up his role PM.

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VC 1.03

Neutron stars are created when giant stars die in supernovas and their cores collapse, with the protons and electrons essentially melting into each other to form neutrons. Neutron stars can spin at a rate of 600 rotations per second and are about the size of a small city!

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Dunkerdoodles

(2): TesXX, Not Chara

esires

(1): Dunkerdoodles

Not Chara

(1): CptPicard

skitter30

(1): esires

CptPicard

(1): skitter30

Drixx

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(2): Camryn5937, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

Mod Notes

-I hope everyone is enjoying the flavour of the game and enjoying these awesome space facts and space photos
-Searching for a replacement for Camryn5937
-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.

[ThinkBig]

VC 1.05

Saturn is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn is big enough to hold more than 760 Earths, and is more massive than any other planet except Jupiter, roughly 95 times Earth's mass. However, Saturn has the lowest density of all the planets, and is the only one less dense than water — if there were a bathtub big enough to hold it, Saturn would float.

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Dunkerdoodles

(2): TesXX, skitter30

NotTheRealPaul

(2): Not Chara, Human Sequencer

Human Sequencer

(1): esires

Not Chara

(1): CptPicard

Drixx

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(2): Dunkerdoodles, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

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VC 1.06

The landscape on Mars

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NotTheRealPaul

(3): Not Chara, Human Sequencer, TesXX

Human Sequencer

(1): esires

Dunkerdoodles

(1): skitter30

Not Chara

(1): CptPicard

Drixx

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(2): Dunkerdoodles, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

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VC 1.08

The Northern Lights are the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere

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Human Sequencer

(2): esires, Not Chara

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Chara

(1): CptPicard

Not Voting

(5): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles, NotTheRealPaul, Drixx, skitter30

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

[ThinkBig]

Mod Note: Thank you to Plotinus for doing a phenomenal job as a backup. I appreciate your hard work.

I am going to be away next week from Tuesday evening until Thursday evening to observe Shavuot.

[ThinkBig]

Bumping to the top

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VC 1.10

Jupiter, the 5th planet from the sun! It has two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined!

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Human Sequencer

(1): Not Chara

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

CptPicard

(1): Human Sequencer

Not Voting

(6): Dunkerdoodles, esires, NotTheRealPaul, skitter30, CptPicard, Drixx

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

[ThinkBig]

Prodding Drixx. He has (expired on 2017-05-28 21:29:41) to respond to his prod before being replaced.

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VC 1.12

The sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma. Although it appears as yellow in our sky, the true color is actually white with a CIE color-space index near (0.3, 0.3). The sun is so massive that it makes up 99.99 percent of all mass in the entire solar system.

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CptPicard

(3): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles, NotTheRealPaul

Dunkerdoodles

(2): skitter30, esires

Human Sequencer

(1): Not Chara

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(2): Drixx, CptPicard

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

CptPicard is the leading wagon. CptPicard is at L-2

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

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VC 1.14

The Moon (or Luna) is the Earth's only natural satellite and was formed 4.6 billion years ago around some 30–50 million years after the formation of the solar system. The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth meaning the same side is always facing the Earth. It is the fifth largest moon in the Solar System.

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Dunkerdoodles

(3): skitter30, esires, NotTheRealPaul

CptPicard

(2): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles

Human Sequencer

(1): Not Chara

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(2): Drixx, CptPicard

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Dunkerdoodles is the leading wagon and is at L-2

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

[ThinkBig]

Prodding Not Chara. CptPicard is V/LA until tomorrow.

[ThinkBig]

VC 1.15

Jupiter is stranger than we knew. NASA's Juno spacecraft has now completed its sixth swoop past Jupiter as it moves around its highly elliptical orbit. Pictured, Jupiter is seen from below where, surprisingly, the horizontal bands that cover most of the planet disappear into swirls and complex patterns. A line of white oval clouds is visible nearer to the equator. Recent results from Juno show that Jupiter's weather phenomena can extend deep below its cloud tops, and that Jupiter's magnetic field varies greatly with location. Juno is scheduled to orbit Jupiter 37 times with each orbit taking about six weeks.

Dunkerdoodles

(3): skitter30, esires, NotTheRealPaul

CptPicard

(2): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles

Human Sequencer

(1): Not Chara

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(2): Drixx, CptPicard

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

: (expired on 2017-06-01 11:11:37)

[ThinkBig]

Extending the deadline by 72 hours in order to make up for Menorial Day and Shavuot. The new deadline is in (expired on 2017-06-04 11:12:11)

[ThinkBig]

Shavua tov!

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VC 1.18

Infrared Trifid

Explanation: The Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope, a well known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. But where visible light pictures show the nebula divided into three parts by dark, obscuring dust lanes, this penetrating infrared image reveals filaments of glowing dust clouds and newborn stars. The spectacular false-color view is courtesy of the Spitzer Space Telescope. Astronomers have used the Spitzer infrared image data to count newborn and embryonic stars which otherwise can lie hidden in the natal dust and gas clouds of this intriguing stellar nursery. As seen here, the Trifid is about 30 light-years across and lies only 5,500 light-years away.



Image and text credit

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CptPicard

(4): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara, esires

Dunkerdoodles

(1): NotTheRealPaul

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): skitter30, Drixx, CptPicard

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

I'll add flavor later

[ThinkBig]

Looking for a replacement for CptPicard

[ThinkBig]

Noted. Feel good Not Chara

[ThinkBig]

Sidenote: why is Cpt allowed to keep joining games if he's flaked that many times?

He shouldn't be allowed to keep joining games after flaking so many times. If this is true, please report it to the list moderator.

[ThinkBig]

Draynth replaced CptPicard effective immediately

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VC 1.19

Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula

Explanation: Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring telescopic mosaic. The scene is anchored below by bright star Eta Geminorum, at the foot of the celestial twin, while the Jellyfish Nebula is the brighter arcing ridge of emission with tentacles dangling below and left of center. In fact, the cosmic jellyfish is part of bubble-shaped supernova remnant IC 443, the expanding debris cloud from a massive star that exploded. Light from the explosion first reached planet Earth over 30,000 years ago. Like its cousin in astrophysical waters the Crab Nebula supernova remnant, the Jellyfish Nebula is known to harbor a neutron star, the remnant of the collapsed stellar core. An emission nebula cataloged as Sharpless 249 fills the field at the upper right. The Jellyfish Nebula is about 5,000 light-years away. At that distance, this narrowband composite image presented in the Hubble Palette would be about 300 light-years across.

Image and text credit

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Official Vote Count

Dunkerdoodles

(4): NotTheRealPaul, Human Sequencer, skitter30, esires

Draynth

(2): Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara

Not Voting

(3): Draynth, Drixx, TesXX

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

Mod Notes

It's 12 am here. I am off to bed and will add flavor tomorrow
Drixx is V/LA until Sunday
Draynth is the new CptPicard

[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

.

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!

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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)

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VC 2.01

Comet Clark is near the Edge
Image Credit & Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Explanation: Sweeping through this stunning field of view, Comet 71P/Clark really is in the foreground of these cosmic clouds. The 2 panel telescopic mosaic is color enhanced and is about 5 degrees (10 full moons) across. It captures the faint comet's position on the night of May 23/24 over 5 light-minutes from Earth, very near the line-of-sight to bright star Antares and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. In the frame Antares, also known as Alpha Scorpii, is at bottom center surrounded by a dusty cosmic cloud reflecting the cool giant star's yellowish light. Globular star cluster M4 shines just right of Antares, but M4 lies some 7,000 light-years away compared to Antares' 500 light-year distance. Slightly closer than Antares, Rho Ophiuchi's bluish starlight is reflected by the dust in molecular clouds toward the top. You can spot the small coma and short tail of the comet as a faint smudge near the center of the left edge of the frame. Just look for the comet's striking greenish color, produced as diatomic carbon molecules fluoresce in sunlight.

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Human Sequencer

(1): TesXX

TesXX

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(6): Human Sequencer, esires, Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara, skitter30, Drixx

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

[ThinkBig]

RBer trumps JK if they target each other right?

Correct.

[ThinkBig]

VC 2.03

Orbiting Jupiter
Video Credit & License: NASA, Juno, SwRI, MSSS, Gerald Eichstadt, Sean Doran

Explanation: What would it be like to orbit Jupiter? The dramatic featured video depicts just this and was made from images taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft currently orbiting the Jovian giant. Juno recently completed its sixth pass near Jupiter during its looping elliptical six-week orbit. As the time-lapse video starts, alternating dark and light cloud bands passed underneath the spacecraft as it approaches Jupiter's South Pole. These clouds contain complex textures involving eddies, swirls, ovals, and extended clouds that are have no direct analog from Earth. As the spacecraft passes beneath Jupiter, new cloud patterns devoid of long bands emerge but are again rich with alien swirls and ovals. Over the next few years, Juno will continue to orbit and probe Jupiter, determine atmospheric water abundance, and attempt to determine if Jupiter has a solid surface underneath these fascinating clouds

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Human Sequencer

(1): TesXX

TesXX

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(6): Human Sequencer, esires, Dunkerdoodles, Not Chara, skitter30, Drixx

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

[ThinkBig]

Bumping

[ThinkBig]

VC 2.04

Firefall by Moonlight
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)

Explanation: On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photographed from vantage points below, at the right moment the park's seasonal Horsetail Fall is isolated in the shadows of the steep walls of El Capitan but still illuminated with rays of sunlight reflected by the angled rockface directly behind the flow, briefly giving the waterfall a dramatic fiery appearance. The Horsetail firefall is more rarely photographed at moonset under a starry night sky, though. Even more elusive by moonlight, the firefall effect can also be seen when skies are clear and a bright Moon sets at the right direction along the western horizon. Skies were clear and stars were shining for this well-planned photograph of the Horsetail firefall lit by a gibbous Moon setting in the early morning hours of May 9.

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Human Sequencer

(3): TesXX, Drixx, esires

Not Voting

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

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

[ThinkBig]

@TB: I think HS is voting for you right now lol.

Lol. Votes for myself or Plotinus won't count.

[ThinkBig]

I know. But that means he isn't voting for me

I don't count them as votes or unvotes thus his vote on you still stands

[ThinkBig]

VC 2.06

Conjunction of Four
Image Credit & Copyright: Maxime Oudoux

Explanation: On January 31, a waxing crescent Moon, brilliant Venus, and fainter Mars gathered in the fading twilight, hanging above the western horizon just after sunset on planet Earth. In this combined evening skyscape, the lovely celestial triangle is seen through clouds and haze. Still glinting in sunlight, from low Earth orbit the International Space Station briefly joined the trio that evening in skies near Le Lude, France. The photographer's line-of-sight to the space station was remarkably close to Mars as the initial exposure began. As a result, the station's bright streak seems to leap from the Red Planet, moving toward darker skies at the top of the frame.

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Human Sequencer

(3): TesXX, Drixx, esires

L-2

esires

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Drixx

(1): Human Sequencer

Not Voting

(3): Not Chara, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The day 2 deadline is in

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

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Milky Way over Devils Tower
Image Credit & Copyright: David Lane

Explanation: A mysterious formation known as Devils Tower rises into the dark above northeastern Wyoming's prairie landscape in this 16 frame panoramic view. Seen against the night sky's thin, pale clouds and eerie green airglow, star clusters and nebulae of the Milky Way arc toward the galaxy's central realm at right. Of course the scene contains the Milky Way's own haunting and grisly visages of halloween, including ghosts, a flaming skull, a glowing eye and a witch's broom. To find them, slide your cursor over the picture or just follow this link, if you dare. And have a safe and Happy Halloween!

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Drixx

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul

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Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): Not Chara, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

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Mod note: Drixx is V/LA for a period of time due to a medical procedure.

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VC 2.08

3D Mercury Transit
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Seip (TWAN)

Explanation: On May 9, innermost planet Mercury crossed IN FRONT of the Sun. Though pictures project the event in only two dimensions, a remarkable three dimensional perspective on the transit is possible by free viewing this stereo pair. The images were made 23 minutes apart and rotated so that Mercury's position shifts horizontally between the two. As a result, Mercury's orbital motion produced an exaggerated parallax simulating binocular vision. Between the two exposures, the appropriately named planet's speedy 47.4 kilometer per second orbital velocity actually carried it over 65,000 kilometers. Taken first, the left image is intended for the right eye, so a cross-eyed view is needed to see Mercury's tiny silhouette suspended in the foreground. Try it. Merging the text below the images helps.

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Drixx

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul

Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): Not Chara, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

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An Unusual Hole in Mars
Image Credit: NASA, MRO, HiRISE, JPL, U. Arizona

Explanation: What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon-dioxide ice. The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100-meters, and seems to punch through to a lower level. Why this hole exists and why it is surrounded by a circular crater remains a topic of speculation, although a leading hypothesis is that it was created by a meteor impact. Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves. If so, these naturally-occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life. These pits are therefore prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers.

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Drixx

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul

Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): Not Chara, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

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Searching for a replacement for Not Chara

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BlackVoid replaces Not Chara effective upon his confirmation. Please welcome him.

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VC 2.10

The Great Nebula in Carina
Image Credit & Copyright: Amit Ashok Kamble

Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas. The Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324), the bright structure just to the right of the image center, houses several of these massive stars and has itself changed its appearance. The entire Carina Nebula, captured here, spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. While Eta Carinae itself maybe on the verge of a supernova explosion, X-ray images indicate that much of the Great Nebula in Carina has been a veritable supernova factory.

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Drixx

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul

Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): Not Chara, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Deadline

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

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Prodding esires

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Prodding Dunkerdoodles

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VC 2.12

Red Sprites over the Channel
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees, TWAN)

Explanation: Mysterious and incredibly brief, red sprites are seen to occur high above large thunderstorms on planet Earth. While they have been recorded from low Earth orbit or high flying airplanes, these dancing, lightning-like events were captured in video frames from a mountain top perch in northern France. Taken during the night of May 28, the remarkably clear, unobstructed view looks toward a multicell storm system raging over the English Channel about 600 kilometers away. Lasting only a few milliseconds, the red sprite association with thunderstorms is known. Still, much remains a mystery about the fleeting apparitions including the nature of their relation to other upper atmospheric lightning phenomena such as blue jets or satellite detected terrestrial gamma flashes.

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Drixx

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul

Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(3): Dunkerdoodles, skitter30, BlackVoid

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The day 2 deadline is in

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

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VC 2.13

USA's Northeast Megalopolis from Space
Image Credit: NASA, International Space Station

Explanation: Can you identify a familiar area in the northeast USA just from nighttime lights? It might be possible because many major cities are visible, including (right to left) New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond and Norfolk -- Boston of the USA's Northeast megalopolis is not pictured. The featured image was taken in 2012 from the International Space Station. In the foreground are two Russian cargo ships with prominent solar panels. This Northeast megalopolis of the USA contains almost 20 percent of the people of the USA but only about 2 percent of the land area. Also known also as the Northeast Corridor and part of the Eastern Seaboard, about 10 percent of the world's largest companies are headquartered here. The near continuity of the lights seem to add credence to the 1960s-era prediction that the entire stretch is evolving into one continuous city.

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Drixx

(4): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul, Dunkerdoodles

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Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(2): skitter30, BlackVoid

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The day 2 deadline is in

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

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Prodding BlackVoid.

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I smell a vote count coming

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VC 2.15

Three Planets from Pic du Midi
Image Credit & Copyright: JL. Dauvergne, E. Kraaikamp, F. Colas / S2P / IMCCE / OMP

Explanation: Seen any planets lately? All three planets now shining brightly in the night sky are imaged in these panels, captured last week with the 1 meter telescope at Pic du Midi Observatory in the French Pyrenees. Near opposition and closest to Earth on May 30, Mars is presently offering the best ground-based photo-ops in the last decade. The sharp image finds clouds above the Red Planet's north pole (top) and towering volcanos near its right limb. Saturn reaches its own opposition tonight, its bright rings and gaps clearly revealed in the telescopic portrait. Jupiter is currently highest during the evening twilight and shows off its planet-girdling cloud bands and Great Red Spot in this scene. Of course close-up images of the ruling gas giant will follow the July arrival of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft and JunoCam.

Image and text credit

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Drixx

(4): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul, Dunkerdoodles

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Human Sequencer

(1): Drixx

NotTheRealPaul

(1): TesXX

Not Voting

(2): skitter30, BlackVoid

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 2 Deadline is in

:

(expired on 2017-06-21 04:26:56)

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VC 2.19 Final

The Massive Stars in Westerlund 1
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Explanation: Star cluster Westerlund 1 is home to some of the largest and most massive stars known. It is headlined by the star Westerlund 1-26, a red supergiant star so big that if placed in the center of our Solar System, it would extend out past the orbit of Jupiter. Additionally, the young star cluster is home to 3 other red supergiants, 6 yellow hypergiant stars, 24 Wolf-Rayet stars, and several even-more unusual stars that continue to be studied. Westerlund 1 is relatively close-by for a star cluster at a distance of 15,000 light years, giving astronomers a good laboratory to study the development of massive stars. The featured image of Westerlund 1 was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope toward the southern constellation of the Altar (Ara). Although presently classified as a "super" open cluster, Westerlund 1 may evolve into a low mass globular cluster over the next billion years.

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Drixx

(5): Human Sequencer, esires, NotTheRealPaul, Dunkerdoodles, Drixx

<--LYNCH

Not Voting

(3): skitter30, BlackVoid, TesXX

With 8 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

The Day 2 Deadline is in

:

(expired on 2017-06-21 04:26:56)

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Day 2 Lynch

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Drixx has been lynched day 2. He was a

Mafia Goon

.

All actions are due in (expired on 2017-06-22 15:24:38)

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Hi all,

I am sorry for the delay in opening the thread for day 3. As soon as I get home (in probably 2-3 hrs), I will put Day 3 up.

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Night 2 Kill

The Holographic Principle
Image Credit: Caltech

Explanation: Is this picture worth a thousand words? According to the Holographic Principle, the most information you can get from this image is about 3 x 1065 bits for a normal sized computer monitor. The Holographic Principle, yet unproven, states that there is a maximum amount of information content held by regions adjacent to any surface. Therefore, counter-intuitively, the information content inside a room depends not on the volume of the room but on the area of the bounding walls. The principle derives from the idea that the Planck length, the length scale where quantum mechanics begins to dominate classical gravity, is one side of an area that can hold only about one bit of information. The limit was first postulated by physicist Gerard 't Hooft in 1993. It can arise from generalizations from seemingly distant speculation that the information held by a black hole is determined not by its enclosed volume but by the surface area of its event horizon. The term "holographic" arises from a hologram analogy where three-dimension images are created by projecting light through a flat screen. Beware, other people looking at the featured image may not claim to see 3 x 1065 bits -- they might claim to see a teapot.

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TesXX died night 2, he was

1-shot bulletproof town

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Official Vote Count 3.0

Northern Summer on Titan
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

Explanation: While yesterday's solstice brought summer to planet Earth's northern hemisphere, a northern summer solstice arrived for ringed planet Saturn nearly a month ago on May 24. Following the Saturnian seasons, its large moon Titan was captured in this Cassini spacecraft image from June 9. The near-infrared view finds bright methane clouds drifting through Titan's northern summer skies as seen from a distance of about 507,000 kilometers. Below Titan's clouds, dark hydrocarbon lakes sprawl near the large moon's now illuminated north pole.

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Not Voting

(6): Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles, esires, NotTheRealPaul, BlackVoid, skitter30

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

The day 3 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-06 21:40:40)

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Mod scene forthcoming. Please hold

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Please continue. I apologize for the delay.

The deadline has been reset. Please do not discuss this until post game.

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p-edit:Can someone clarify for me? The roleblocker could have roleblocked Dunker and prevented him from jailing Paul, right? Thus, Paul isn't confirmed? Just to make sure I understand the mechanics correctly.

To clarify this, scum roleblocker takes priority over the town roleblocker. If the jailkeeper targets the roleblocker and the roleblocker blocks the jailkeeper, then the jailkeeper is blocked and the roleblocker will not be jailed.

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Titan's Land of Lakes
Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper, JPL, USGS, ESA, NASA

Explanation: Saturn's large moon Titan would be unique in our solar system, the only world with stable liquid lakes and seas on its surface ... except for planet Earth of course. Centered on the north pole, this colorized map shows Titan's bodies of methane and ethane in blue and black, still liquid at frigid surface temperatures of -180 degrees C (-292 degrees F). The map is based on data from the Cassini spacecraft's radar, taken during flybys between 2004 and 2013. Roughly heart-shaped, the lake above and right of the pole is Ligeia Mare, the second largest known body of liquid on Titan and larger than Lake Superior on Earth. Just below the north pole is Punga Mare. The sprawling sea below and right of Punga is the (hopefully sleeping) Kraken Mare, Titan's largest known sea. Above and left of the pole, the moon's surface is dotted with smaller lakes that range up to 50 kilometers across.

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BlackVoid

(2): Human Sequencer, skitter30

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Not Voting

(4): NotTheRealPaul, esires, Dunkerdoodles, BlackVoid

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

The day 3 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-06 19:59:10)

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VC 3.06

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BlackVoid

(1): Human Sequencer

NotTheRealPaul

(1): Dunkerdoodles

esires

(1): NotTheRealPaul

Not Voting

(3): esires, BlackVoid, skitter30

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

The day 3 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-06 19:59:10)

Thanks Plotinus for being an awesome backup mod!

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bumping

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VC 3.08

At the Heart of Orion

Explanation: Near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait, at the heart of the Orion Nebula, are four hot, massive stars known as the Trapezium. Tightly gathered within a region about 1.5 light-years in radius, they dominate the core of the dense Orion Nebula Star Cluster. Ultraviolet ionizing radiation from the Trapezium stars, mostly from the brightest star Theta-1 Orionis C powers the complex star forming region's entire visible glow. About three million years old, the Orion Nebula Cluster was even more compact in its younger years and a dynamical study indicates that runaway stellar collisions at an earlier age may have formed a black hole with more than 100 times the mass of the Sun. The presence of a black hole within the cluster could explain the observed high velocities of the Trapezium stars. The Orion Nebula's distance of some 1,500 light-years would make it the closest known black hole to planet Earth.

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esires

(3): NotTheRealPaul, BlackVoid, Dunkerdoodles

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BlackVoid

(2): Human Sequencer, esires

Not Voting

(1): skitter30

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

The day 3 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-06 19:59:10)

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Searching for a replacement for Dunkerdoodles, who is now on his third prod. If he comes back before a replacement is found, he can keep his slot.

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Aphelion Sunrise
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Mudge

Explanation: On July 3rd, planet Earth reached aphelion, the farthest point in its elliptical orbit around the Sun. Each year, this day of the most distant Sun happens to occur during winter in the southern hemisphere. That's where this aphelion sunrise from 2015 was captured in a time series composite against the skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Of course, seasons for our fair planet are not determined by distance to the Sun, but by the tilt of Earth's rotational axis with respect to the ecliptic, the plane of its orbit. Fondly known as the obliquity of the ecliptic, the angle of the tilt is about 23.4 degrees from perpendicular to the orbital plane. So the most distant sunrise occurs during northern summer, when the planet's north pole is tilted toward the Sun and the north enjoys longer, warmer days.

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BlackVoid

(3): Human Sequencer, esires, skitter30

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esires

(2): NotTheRealPaul, Dunkerdoodles

skitter30

(1): BlackVoid

Not Voting

(0):

None.

With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch.

The day 3 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-06 19:59:10)

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Dammit Plotinus! You're always beating me to it!

BlackVoid (replaces Not Chara) was lynched day 3! He was a

Vanilla Townie

!

Night 3 has started and will last for (expired on 2017-07-07 06:06:18)

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Many thanks to Plotinus for being a super awesome backup! I could not have done this game without you.

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VC 4.01

Earth at Night
Image Credit : NASA, NOAA NGDC, Suomi-NPP, Earth Observatory,
Data and Processing: Chris Elvidge and Robert Simmon
Explanation: Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, on this world-wide nightscape, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth's surface, including the seaboards of Europe, the eastern United States, and Japan. Many large cities are located near rivers or oceans so that they can exchange goods cheaply by boat. Particularly dark areas include the central parts of South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The featured composite was created from images that were collected during cloud-free periods in April and October 2012 by the S

uomi-NPP satellite, from a polar orbit about 824 kilometers above the surface, using its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

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Not Voting

(4): esires, Dunkerdoodles, skitter30, Human Sequencer

With 4 alive, it takes 3 to lynch.

The day 4 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-22 10:15:00)

Thanks Plotinus for being awesome!

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VC 4.LYNCH

Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Don Goldman
Processing - Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari, Don Goldman
Explanation: A bright spiral galaxy of the northern sky, Messier 63 is about 25 million light-years distant in the loyal constellation Canes Venatici. Also cataloged as NGC 5055, the majestic island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across. That's about the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Known by the popular moniker, The Sunflower Galaxy, M63 sports a bright yellowish core in this sharp composite image from space- and ground-based telescopes. Its sweeping blue spiral arms are streaked with cosmic dust lanes and dotted with pink star forming regions. A dominant member of a known galaxy group, M63 has faint, extended features that are likely star streams from tidally disrupted satellite galaxies. M63 shines across the electromagnetic spectrum and is thought to have undergone bursts of intense star formation.

esires

(3): skitter30, Human Sequencer, Dunkerdoodles

<-- LYNCH

skitter30

(1): esires

Not Voting

(0):

None.

With 4 alive, it takes 3 to lynch.

The day 4 deadline is in

: (expired on 2017-07-22 10:15:00)

A WIN CONDITION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED!

esires, the

Mafia Roleblocker

, was lynched day 4!

THE TOWN WINS

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I would like to first of all thank everyone for playing and sticking in the game. This game had only 3 replacements, which is a record low for any newbie game that I have ever seen in a while.

I would like to thank everyone for keeping a positive attitude throughout the game and for keeping this game free from toxicity. I applaud esires for a wonderful performance after losing Drixx day 2.

I also owe esires an apology. On night 2, esires targeted Human Sequencer to be killed. I messed up and flipped TesXX instead. Esires graciously agreed to keep going and move along with the new kill. In reality, I think it helped him more than it hurt him.

Game Links

• Mod Thread
  
• Mafia Thread (to be released in (expired on 2017-07-13 21:09:29))
  
• Spoiler free dead thread
  
• Spoilered dead thread

Night Actions

Night 1

Dunkerdoodle jails Drixx (results: fails due to being roleblocked)
esiries roleblocks Dunkerdoodle (results: Dunkerdoodle is blocked)
esiries kills TesXX (results: fails due to bulletproof. TesXX is no longer bulletproof)

Night 2

esires roleblocks dunkerdoodles
esires kills Human Sequencer (note: this is where I made my error)
Dunkerdoodles jails NotTheRealPaul

Night 3

Dunkerdoodles jails skitter30
esires roleblocks Dunkerdoodles
esires kills NotTheRealPaul

Hope everyone enjoyed the flavor. This thread is now unlocked for postgame chatter.

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Also I would like to thank BlackVoid for being the scum MVP this game.

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Oh, and thank Plotinus for being super awesome as always. I couldn't have done it without you!

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Thanks for playing!

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that said, im down to hydra with anyone who played here. yall were all pretty awesome

I'd love to hydra with you if you're interested

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This was a fun game to read

im so sorry for helping get u lynched. I felt bad bcuz u replaced in and then immediately got lynched.

@TB that sounds awesome! I'll shoot u a PM

Sounds good!

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Page top!

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Released empty IC confessional

I totally forgot about this. Lol.

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VOTE: TreXX

OMGUS!

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@Treebig -

there's no link to the mod PT

Sorry TreSS. Will fix when I get home

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The Mafia Thread has been released!

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@Treebig -

there's no link to the mod PT

This has been fixed. I added a link to the mod topic!