California Trilogy - Going to San Francisco (Game Over!)

[Mr. Grey]

Status:

Game Over!

Links:

Game Information, Rules, Players

Pre-Game: Bus Rider
Day 1: Desert Island, California Sunset
Day 2: Who's Counting?, Violently Happy
Day 3: Ordinary Morning, Have Mercy
Day 4: Creeping Death, Minimum Wage
Day 5: Blowing Away, Silent House
Day 6: Evil Ways, Beat It, Love Bug
Day 7: Golden Gate

Hidden Threads: The Basement, Hotel California

Roles, Mechanics, etc.

[Mr. Grey]

Game Information:

This game has a loose Musician theme. It is set near San Francisco, California.

Specific knowledge is not required, but the following links may be helpful:

Wikipedia Articles: Musician, San Francisco, California
Other Pages: California Trilogy - Dantès in Fresno

Randomization was used in the creation of this setup and in the distribution of the roles. Mr. Grey Enterprises is not responsible for any side effects associated with randomization including, but not limited to, nausea, hair loss, apeirophobia, and the heebie-jeebies. If you experience any of these side effects, call the Drunk Doctor immediately.

[Mr. Grey]

Rules:

Participation

All players must post at least an average of once every 48 hours for each game day (unless day lasts less than 72 hours), and must not go longer than 72 hours (within a single game day) without posting. For the purposes of this rule, posts shorter than 25 words (beyond voting/unvoting and quotes) and consecutive posts do not count (shorter and/or consecutive posts are allowed, they just don't count toward the minimum), but the "clock" on the 72 hour rule will stop during Sundays (GMT).

Players will receive strikes for failing to meet either posting requirement. For the per day average rule, a strike will be given for each post under the required average. For the 72 hour rule, a strike will be good for a 24 hour extension - further lack of posting will result in another strike.

Anyone receiving three strikes by this rule for any reason will be replaced ASAP.

If something unexpected comes up in the middle of the game, notify the moderator ASAP.

Post Content

Voting and Unvoting should be posted in bold at the bottom (end) of the post. Unambiguous misspellings will be counted as if they were correct.

Only the following tags are allowed: Bold (for votes and unvotes), Italics and Underline (for emphasis), List, Quote, and URL.

Do not quote the moderator. If claiming information from you role PM, you are allowed to state your Role Name word-for-word, but you must paraphrase your Abilities. Alignment and Win Condition is given in the sample role PM for innocents; other alignments may quote these if they determine it is to their advantage to do so.

Questions should not be directed to the moderator in the thread. If you have any question about the game, ask it by PM. If it is something that everyone needs to be aware of, the mod will make a public announcement.

Timing

The game will start with day. Day will last a maximum of 2 weeks. If no one has received a majority of votes at the end of 2 weeks, the lynch will be determined by the Condorcet method (see voting below).

Night will last a minimum of 48 hours and a maximum of 72 hours. Choices not received before the deadline will be lost. Players are encouraged to send choices early, where possible.

Voting

In addition to the normal voting/unvoting procedure, players may include a preference list with their votes. For example:

A wrote

List:

Vote: G

, K, L, No Lynch, P

The example list expresses a preference to lynch G first, then K if G is not an option, then L, then no one, then P (and then anyone else that is alive, with equal preference). Unless they explicitly state otherwise, it will be assumed that all players list themselves as the last option.

If, at the end of day, no one has reached a majority of votes, all posted lists and votes will be compared to determine a Condorcet winner. Each option (all players, and no lynch) is pair-wise compared with every other option to determine the group preference between just those two options.

If a single option beats every other option in these pairings, that option is the Condorcet winner, and is lynched. If there is no Condorcet winner (or if "no lynch" is the Condorcet winner), no one is lynched.

(If that's confusing... well, hopefully it will encourage you to reach a majority.)

General Rules

1. Have fun, and don't be a jerk.
2.

Read all the rules carefully and make sure you will be able to follow them. Unexpected things do come up, and in that case, let the moderator know as soon as possible so a replacement can be found, but if you just flake, expect to be barred from future mith games for a while.

3. No editing or deleting your posts.
4. No invisible text; no extraneous formatting tags.
5. When you're dead, you're dead. No posting in the game thread until the game is over, unless your role specifies otherwise. This includes "Bah!" posts.
6. No talking outside the thread, unless your role explicitly allows it.
7. No talking in the thread at night, even if the mod forgets to close it.
8. You are expected to read your Role PM in its entirety.
9. The moderator is always right, even when he isn't. Accept the moderator's decisions, and if you want to discuss them, take it to private messages, or do so after the game has finished.

Important: Due to issues in past games, players are asked not to speak to anyone about the game until the game is over, even after you are dead. This includes posting information on your wiki page. Thank you.

Sample Role PM

Role Name:

Innocent San Franciscan

Alignment:

Innocent

Flavor Text:

You're just a resident of San Francisco on the way home, wondering how you ended up in this situation.

Abilities:

You have no night abilities.

Win Condition:

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one innocent is alive.

[Mr. Grey]

Players:

Alive and Present (3)

curiouskarmadog (Count de Morcerf, Innocent) - escaped Day 7.
destructor, replacing LoudmouthLee N2, SensFan D2 (Huey Lewis, Innocent) - escaped Day 7.
Gaspar (Randy Jones, Innocent) - escaped Day 7

Dead (18)

Sarcastro (Jim Jones, SCAPE Traitor) - killed Pre-Game, found Day 7.
jeep, replacing IH D3 (Baron Danglers, Innocent) - killed Pre-Game, found Day 7.
Thesp (Victor Conte, SCAPE) - lynched Day 6.
Xtoxm (Michael Jackson, Innocent) - killed Day 6.
MichelSableheart (Carlos Santana, Innocent) - murdered Night 5.
Rogueben (Barry Bonds, SCAPE) - murdered Night 5.
MrBuddyLee (Martie Maguire, SCAPE) - lynched Day 5.
NabakovNabakov (Robert Graysmith, Innocent) - murdered Night 4.
vollkan (Roadie, Innocent) - lynched Day 4.
Nibbler Twins (Ray Charles, Innocent) - killed Pre-game, found Day 4.
PookyTheMagicalBear (Lars Ulrich, Innocent) - murdered Night 3.
Niv (Emily Robison, SCAPE) - lynched Day 3.
Flameaxe, replacing BBMars D2 (Innocent San Franciscan, Innocent) - murdered Night 2.
OhGodMyLife (Björk, Innocent) - lynched Day 2.
FaerieLord (Natalie Maines, SCAPE) - murdered Night 1.
Machiavellian-Mafia (Gordon E. Moore, Innocent) - lynched Day 1.
Gorrad (Keith Hernandez, Innocent) - lynched in the basement Day 1.
The Reader (Innocent San Franciscan) - murdered during Pre-Game.

[Mr. Grey]

Bus Rider

If you're going to San Francisco,
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
If you're going to San Francisco,
You're gonna meet some gentle people there...

The Greyhound to San Francisco is only sparsely populated. It is dark outside, though the sun will be rising soon. An old radio plays from the front of the bus, though the bus driver is obscured from view.

Strangely, all its passengers are dressed in costumes. Many have been attending a costume party in Fresno, but the others - like you - must just like wearing costumes. Most of the group welcome the anonymity their masks provide, so they haven't bothered to change into their normal attire. And perhaps some have something to hide.

A large music festival awaits some of them - though, no one can remember who else is performing, or even if they are expected to play or sing. Others are just headed home for a stay, returning to the city they deserted for their various paths through life.

Few, if any of you, will survive that far.

But you aren't aware of the danger, so let us not dwell on this. Sit back, and relax to the gentle vibrations of the bus as it rolls down the highway...

All across the nation, such a strange vibration,
People in motion...
There's a whole generation with a new explanation,
People in motion... people in motion...

[Mr. Grey]

Roles will go out in the next few hours. At that point, you may confirm your role by posting in this thread - you are encouraged, but not required, to roleplay during the pre-game.

[Mr. Grey]

Role PMs have been sent. Day 1 will begin in approximately 72 hours (after Marathon Day). Anyone failing to confirm by then will be replaced.

[Xtoxm]

Confirm.

[IH]

My confirmation has been programmed.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

Look to the Heavens.

Our Savior Cometh.

[OhGodMyLife]

I shall now be confirmed

[curiouskarmadog]

forgot I even singed up for this game....confirmo

[SensFan]

/confirm

[MrBuddyLee]

People in motion... people in motion...

*barfs out the window*

[NabakovNabakov]

/confirm

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

quick mbl

bus somebody

[Nibbler Twins]

quick mbl

bus somebody

The confirmation stage is NOT too early to bus.

[Nibbler Twins]

Oh -- we confirm, too!

[Sarcastro]

Busses are so win.

[FaerieLord]

I'm hot therefore I shall confirm

[MrBuddyLee]

quick mbl

bus somebody

You first, Gus.

[Gaspar]

I (Glork) promise we (Glork and Primate) are not scum this time.


/confirm.

[Gaspar]

hi

[Machiavellian-Mafia]

I'm at the San Francisco International Airport right now, what a coincidence!

/confirMMed.

[BBMars]

Hola!
/confirm