Opening flavor:
various
Living/Graveyard/RFG Zone Names:
All taken from
The Devil's Dictionary
(Ambrose Bierce)
Confirmation Stage Post:
The Call of Cthuhlu
(H.P. Lovecraft)
Zeroth Vote Count, italics:
1984
(George Orwell)
Zeroth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
First Vote Count, italics:
Serial Experiments Lain
, opening theme "Duvet" (misquoted)
First Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint IIRC
Second Vote Count, italics:
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
(Douglas Adams, second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide)
Second Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Third Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
(seasons 9 and 10)
Third Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Fourth Vote Count, italics:
A Christmas Carol
(Charles Dickens)
Fourth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment, IIRC
Fifth Vote Count, italics:
Pinky and the Brain
Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Sixth Vote Count, italics:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
(J.R.R. Tolkien)
Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint or comment
Seventh Vote Count, italics:
StarCraft
Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Eighth Vote Count, italics:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(J.K. Rowling)
Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Ninth Vote Count, italics:
Fahrenheit 451
(Rae Bradbury)
Ninth Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Tenth Vote Count, italics:
The Devil's Dictionary
(Ambrose Bierce)
Tenth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment and
Warcraft III
Eleventh Vote Count, italics:
Magic: the Gathering
(flavor text from Door to Nothingness)
Eleventh Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
End of Day 1:
Battlestar Galactica
, vaguely (style imitates Hybrid utterances)
Twelfth Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
("Reckoning")
Twelfth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Thirteenth Vote Count, italics:
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Thirteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Fourteenth Vote Count, italics:
Alice in Wonderland
(Lewis Carroll)
Fourteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
Stargate SG-1
("Window of Opportunity")
Fifteenth Vote Count, italics:
Jurassic Park
(film version)
Fifteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
Stargate SG-1
("Window of Opportunity")
End of Day 2:
no direct reference
Sixteenth Vote Count, italics:
Evil Overlord List
(#24)
Sixteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Seventeenth Vote Count, italics:
Death Note
Seventeenth Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Eighteenth Vote Count, italics:
Warhammer 40,000
Eighteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
(There is a player aspect vote around here that is a
Doctor Who
reference.)
Nineteenth Vote Count, italics:
Full Metal Panic!
Nineteenth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Twentieth Vote Count, italics:
Evil Overlord List
(#24, again - it was worth repeating)
Twentieth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
The Blatant Evil Overlord List Reference Mod Scene:
Exactly what it says on the tin
Twentieth Vote Count #2, italics:
Beyond Good and Evil
(Friedrich Nietszche, quote given in German*)
Twentieth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
mod hint
Twenty-First Vote Count, italics:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Twenty-First Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint/
The Sixth Sense
Twenty-Second Vote Count, italics:
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Twenty-Second Vote Count, vote count name:
Stargate SG-1
Twenty-Third Vote Count, italics:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Twenty-Third Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Twenty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Twenty-Fourth Vote Count, vote count name:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Twenty-Fifth Vote Count, italics:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Twenty-Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint/
Death Note
Twenty-Sixth Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
("Redemption, Part 1")
Twenty-Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Twenty-Seventh Vote Count, italics:
Babylon 5
Twenty-Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Twenty-Eighth Vote Count, italics:
StarCraft
Twenty-Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Twenty-Ninth Vote Count, italics:
So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish
(Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide book 4)
Twenty-Ninth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment/
Warhammer 40,000
Whack A Mole Mod Scene:
Style is a reference to the Whack A Mole scene in Mind Screw II
Thirtieth Vote Count, italics:
Babylon 5
Thirtieth Vote Count, vote count name:
Babylon 5
Thirty-First Vote Count, italics:
Battlestar Galactica
Thirty-First Vote Count, vote count name:
Azumanga Daioh
Thirty-Second Vote Count, italics:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Thirty-Second Vote Count, vote count name:
Babylon 5
Thirty-Third Vote Count, italics:
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Thirty-Third Vote Count, vote count name:
Mr. T
End of Day 3:
none
Thirty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
Dead Like Me
Thirty-Fourth Vote Count, vote count name:
Serial Experiments Lain
(opening theme "Duvet")
Thirty-Fifth Vote Count, italics:
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Thirty-Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Thirty-Fifth Vote Count #2, italics:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Thirty-Fifth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
Groundhog Day
Thirty-Sixth Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
Thirty-Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Thirty-Seventh Vote Count, italics:
Hogfather
(Terry Prachett, movie adaptation)
Thirty-Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment?
Thirty-Eight Vote Count, italics:
Magic: the Gathering
(flavor text from Venser's Diffusion)
Thirty-Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
Stargate SG-1
("Window of Oppotunity", obviously)
Forty-First Vote Count, italics:
Battlestar Galactica
Forty-First Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Forty-Second Vote Count, italics:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(Douglas Adams, used in this vote count for obvious reasons)
Forty-Second Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment?
Forty-Third Vote Count, italics:
StarCraft
Forty-Third Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment
Forty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
Full Metal Panic!
(inadvertently repeating an early italics quote)
Forty-Fourth Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Forty-Fifth Vote Count, italics:
Babylon 5
Forty-Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Forty-Fifth Vote Count #2, italics:
card game Mao
Forty-Fifth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
card game Mao/Chairman Mao/mod hint
End of Day 4:
none
Forty-Sixth Vote Count, italics:
Doctor Who
Forty-Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
Doctor Who
Forty-Seventh Vote Count, italics:
Dead Like Me
Forty-Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
Serial Experiments Lain
/Mind Screw II/GIANT mod hint
Forty-Eighth Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
("Window of Opportunity")
Forty-Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
Serial Experiments Lain
Forty-Ninth Vote Count, italics:
forgot the source (probably a
Suzumiya Haruhi
light novel)
Forty-Ninth Vote Count, vote count name:
Battlestar Galactica
End of Day 5:
None
Forty-Ninth Vote Count #2, italics:
Suzumiya Haruhi
series (Nagaru Tanigawa)
Forty-Ninth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
Battlestar Galactica
Fiftieth Vote Count, italics:
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
Fiftieth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
The Mankiller Mod Scene:
none
Fifty-First Vote Count, italics:
Alice in Wonderland
(Lewis Carroll)
Fifty-First Vote Count, vote count name:
TV Tropes Wiki
Fifty-Second Vote Count, italics:
Magic: the Gathering
(flavor text from Door to Nothingness, inadvertent repeat)
Fifty-Second Vote Count, vote count name:
Serial Experiments Lain
(opening theme "Duvet", obviously)
Fifty-Third Vote Count, italics:
The Devil's Dictionary
(Ambrose Bierce, another inadvertent repeat)
Fifty-Third Vote Count, vote count name:
Mostly Harmless
(Douglas Adams, book 5 of the Hitchhiker's Guide)
Fifty-Third Vote Count #2, italics:
The Shadow
(radio serial)
Fifty-Third Vote Count #2, vote count name:
The Devil's Dictionary
(Ambrose Bierce)
Fifty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
Alice in Wonderland
(Lewis Carroll, yet another repeat)
Fifty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
fan saying about the addictiveness of 4X games (think
Civilization
)
Fifty-Fourth Vote Count #2, italics:
xkcd/
Portal
(ending song "Still Alive")
Fifty-Fourth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
xkcd/
2001: A Space Odyssey
(Note that this vote count in its entirety is a reference to xkcd comic
375, which is in turn the inspiration for HAL 9000 and GLaDOS both being in the game.)
End of Day 6:
None
Fifty-Fifth Vote Count, italics:
Battlestar Galactica
Fifty-Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
Full Metal Panic!
Fifty-Sixth Vote Count, italics:
Battlestar Galactica
Fifty-Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
Unreal Tournament
(well-known level)
The Royally Pwned Mod Scene:
"We Didn't Start the Fire" (musician forgotten)
Fifty-Seventh Vote Count, italics:
Serial Experiments Lain
Fifty-Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
Unreal Tournament
Fifty-Seventh Vote Count #2, italics:
The Prisoner
Fifty-Seventh Vote Count #2, vote count name:
Mind Screw II/big fat mod hint
Fifty-Eighth Vote Count, italics:
StarCraft
Fifty-Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Fifty-Ninth Vote Count, italics:
Stargate SG-1
("Lost City")
Fifty-Ninth Vote Count, vote count name:
Babylon 5
/mod hint
Sixtieth Vote Count, italics:
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Sixtieth Vote Count, vote count name:
Babylon 5
/mod hint, again
Sixtieth Vote Count #2, italics:
Ascendancy
(old 4X game)
Sixtieth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Sixty-First Vote Count, italics:
Halo: Combat Evolved
Sixty-First Vote Count, vote count name:
Serial Experiments Lain
(opening theme "Duvet", obviously)
Sixty-Second Vote Count, italics:
The Devil's Dictionary
(Ambrose Bierce)
Sixty-Second Vote Count, vote count name:
mod explanation
Sixty-Third Vote Count, italics:
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Sixty-Third Vote Count, vote count name:
mod comment (speaking of that, I'm sitting by several culture vials of the damn things as I type here)
Sixty-Fourth Vote Count, italics:
Unreal Tournament 2004
(and some_noob is my preferred player name in FPS games)
Sixty-Fourth Vote Count, vote count name:
Calvin and Hobbes
(Bill Watterson)/TV Tropes Wiki/mod comment
Sixty-Fifth Vote Count, italics:
StarCraft: Brood War
Sixty-Fifth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
End of Day 7:
partial reference to
Ringworld
(Larry Niven)
Sixty-Sixth Vote Count, italics:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(Douglas Adams, first book in series)
Sixty-Sixth Vote Count, vote count name:
Total Recall
(film)
Sixty-Sixth Vote Count #2, italics:
Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Sixty-Sixth Vote Count #2, vote count name:
"Don't Fear the Reaper" (song name, IIRC)/mod hint
Sixty-Seventh Vote Count, italics:
The Blues Brothers
Sixty-Seventh Vote Count, vote count name:
big fat mod hint
Sixty-Eighth Vote Count, italics:
Monty Python's Flying Circus
("Spanish Inquisition" sketch)
Sixty-Eighth Vote Count, vote count name:
Magic: the Gathering
(card name)
Sixty-Ninth Vote Count, italics:
Portal
Sixty-Ninth Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
Seventieth Vote Count, italics:
Serial Experiments Lain
Seventieth Vote Count, vote count name:
They Must Be Giants
(Seventieth Vote Count #2 used same references)
Seventy-First Vote Count, italics:
Battlestar Galactica
Seventy-First Vote Count, vote count name:
mod hint
(same references used for Seventy-First Vote Count #2)/
Final note on flavor: the "Goddess" referred to in the end of game flavor (and the "she" referred to in the Mafia flavor is
Kaname Chidori after possession by another person's personality
(spoilered for content from the unanimated Full Metal Panic! light novels).
* - English translation is: "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.". Yes, that quote.
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