Micro 1091 - Prism v. 1L Year [Game Over]

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

dude its so over

[SirCakez]

If it was GL/Dunn well played you two
Or fucking Pooky somehow

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

tiger criminal laughing all the way to the bank

[SirCakez]

If we lost also wtf prism why did you do this to us

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

lol luv ya cakez

never change

[SirCakez]

Fuckkkk Pooky I was thinking so hard about voting GL
But I got stuck in the two millers

[SirCakez]

Maybe the hammer wasn't scum? We were all kinda set on Meuh at that point

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

dude he just quickhammered her in front of your face

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

lol its ok at least we were finally town together

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

Fuckkkk Pooky I was thinking so hard about voting GL
But I got stuck in the two millers

i mean the thing was gl/meuh didnt look like scum theatre

so the correct move if they're unaligned is to always vote dunn

i should've done it but I choked like a dog

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

next time we'll get there cakeboi

[SirCakez]

maybe somedayy

[SirCakez]

I can never be allowed in LiLo again

[SirCakez]

lol luv ya cakez

never change

<3
Now the team everyone really needs to fear is when we are both scum...muahaha

[fferyllt]

It looks like an elimination has been achieved.

I'm locking the thread. Prism isn't online to do the flip just yet.

[Prism]

It's late. I'm tired. Sorry but flip won't come until morning or early afternoon.

[Prism]

Alright sorry I forgot I had an assignment due in the evening but TONIGHT THE FLIP WILL COME I PROMISE

Thank you for being patient ;_;

[Prism]

Vote Count 3.2

Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co.

, 26 N.Y.2d 219 (N.Y. 1970).

One of my favorite cases and accompanying legal analyses of all time came from a dispute over cement. Sitting in the background of many of our cases has been a theme of "Who bears the costs?" When Pierson lost the fox to Post, he was forced to bear the costs of his failed hunting expedition. When the phone company filled the lines selling Garth Brooks tickets, Mr. Hardy and his wife bore the costs of her heart attack and the jammed phone lines.

Perhaps no case make the economic analysis and cost-bearing decisions more explicit than Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co. Cement is a critical ingredient to the infrastructure of modern society. It makes up America's roads, buildings, dams, etc. However, creating cement kind of sucks. It pollutes the air around the entire factory, worsening public health and lowering property values, so some of the property owners sued the plant, alleging it was a nuisance.

This put the court in a bit of a pickle. Clearly, the concrete plant was a nuisance to the nearby houses, but it was also providing a very important economic service for the country and the community. Many of the same people harmed by the pollution benefited from the factory, either directly by working there or indirectly by running a business which benefits from the cement plant's presence. Even worse, typically in lawsuits one side wins and one side loses. EIther shut down the plant or tell the homeowners to suck it up. How do you even begin to leverage the property interests of the homeowners against the property interests of the plant owners?

Enter law and economics. This case was a landmark attempt in using economic analysis to try to fashion a solution that worked for all parties and fine-tune the court's idea of maximizing social utility. The court decided that they would temporarily shutdown the plant until the plant paid for a set amount of damages, then allow the plant to continue operating. They effectively created a license for the cement company to pollute, requiring a one-time payment for the privilege to internalize the costs of pollution that they had been externalizing onto the homeowners. Nifty!

Player	Votes
Meuh (3)	Dunnstral (1882), SirCakez (1918), GuiltyLion (1920)
Dunnstral (1)	Meuh (1888)
Not Voting (1)	PookyTheMagicalBear

With 5 players alive, it takes 3 votes to eliminate.

An elimination has been achieved! Day 3 is over, stand by for resolution.

Combined Prism & fferyllt Mod ISO

[Prism]

Day 3 End

FLAVOR

The first final exam, the first real barrier. Prism was nervous. Too nervous. He had been on edge the last two weeks, so anxious he couldn't bring himself to study. Still, he knew what was going on, at least he thought. Shouldn't that be enough? The finer points were a bit slippery sometimes, admittedly, but...Oh god, it's starting. Why is this one exam worth 100% of the grade?

As the proctor announced the start of the 3-hour exam, Prism cracked open the booklet. The multiple choice were filled with statements he couldn't make heads nor tails of. What happens when O gives M the title to Blackacre for life, then to O's oldest living grandchild? What was the difference between a licensee and an invitee? Prism flipped through the book to no avail.

Already an hour behind by the time he finished the multiple choice, Prism finally looked at the essay. A neighborhood association, a purported conservation easement, zoning laws, and some sort of recording system all rolled into one? He barely manages to to jot down the phrase "equitable servitude" before time is up.

What on earth was that?

When Prism returned home, he hopped straight into bed to try and forget what just happened. Surely everyone else had the same struggles, right? He wanted to go home. Why did he come to law school just to fail again? With his face on the pillow, he began to hear a faint buzzing. It grew louder, and louder, until it eventually became deafening.

He rolled over and they were there: a giant swarm of Southern yellowjackets, the Vespula squamosa. A large queen hovered gently above his face, and Prism was suddenly struck by a wave of understanding.

"We've come to get you," she said to Prism. He nodded in acquiescence and in terror. They lifted Prism up and out of bed to start the long journey home.

Prism jolted awake. What a nightmare, but it had just begun. Two exams to go, but it was already over. His last three years were for nothing. It was time to start all over. Maybe he'll take more trip to Isis's Riverside Pub before he goes.

Academic expulsion. Case dismissed.

Meuh has been eliminated! She was...

Spoiler: Meuh

You are the bane of every law student's existence. After a full week of studying for the actually important classes, there you are waiting for them on the weekends. Ungraded but required, you force all the 1Ls to watch scores of how-to research videos and write boring memorandums for essentially no reward. In the short-term, you represent time spent aimlessly circling the drain.

You've got a much broader view of the world. You know that you are in fact the most useful class in the entire bunch. Prism may hate you now, but you're his best friend whether he knows it or not. No matter how many times he calls you stupid busywork, you're committed to looking out for him in the long-run.

Meuh, you are

Prism's Legal Research and Writing Class

, a

Town Miller

aligned with the

Prism Well-wishers

.

Abilities:

• Miller:
  You will appear to be aligned with
  The Curve
  when investigated by a Cop.
• The Socratic Method:
  You have your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Win Condition:

• You win when Prism passes his classes, and by that I mean when only players aligned with the Prism Well-wishers remain alive. At least one player aligned with the Prism Well-wishers must be alive to fulfill this win condition.

A win condition has been achieved!

Prism has caved under the pressure and been academically expelled!

The Curve, consisting of Dunnstral and GuiltyLion, have won Micro 1091 -

Prism v. 1L Year

! Congratulations!

SirCakez has been endgamed! He was...

Spoiler: SirCakez

You've got one of the coolest positions on campus. You hang out and help students fulfill their dreams, guiding them on how to get where they want to be. You don't care where people are on the grading curve. Everyone came to law school for a reason: some people just need help finding it.

Unfortunately, you've got a real problem child this year. Prism has insisted that you remove him from the career center email list and is refusing to apply for anything. Look, you get it. Nobody wants to apply for jobs while they're studying for finals, but you've got statistics to report to US News and the ABA.

It's your job to get everyone a job whether they want one or not. Sometimes that means roping students into your office with the promise of free coffee and insisting they not leave your sight until they've mailed out 20 applications. Extreme? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.

SirCakez, you are

The Career Services Dean

, a

Town One-shot Roleblocker

aligned with the

Prism Well-wishers

.

Abilities:

• One-shot Roleblocker:
  Each Night, you may target a player via PM. Assuming no interference with your action, that player will be roleblocked. This ability is one-shot.
• The Socratic Method:
  You have your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Win Condition:

• You win when Prism passes his classes, and by that I mean when only players aligned with the Prism Well-wishers remain alive. At least one player aligned with the Prism Well-wishers must be alive to fulfill this win condition.

PookyTheMagicalBear has been endgamed! He was...

Spoiler: PookyTheMagicalBear

You don't understand why you've got such a bad reputation on campus. You wrote an amazing essay on the exam explaining why government toll roads and airline regulations are a plague on society and would have the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves, and that liberal professor gave you a B- anyway just because it was a civil procedure exam and you didn't apply the law to the facts.

Some criticize your worldview as lacking in nuance and practicality, but those people just aren't as committed to intellectual consistency. If your judicial philosophy isn't realistic in the year 2023, it's the world that needs to change, not your ideas.

For all your flaws, you generally don't mean any harm to people. Somehow. We're all here to learn, right?

PookyTheMagicalBear, you are

A Typical FedSoc Member

, a

Town Miller

aligned with the

Prism Well-wishers

.

Abilities:

• Miller:
  You will appear to be aligned with
  The Curve
  when investigated by a Cop.
• The Socratic Method:
  You have your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Win Condition:

• You win when Prism passes his classes, and by that I mean when only players aligned with the Prism Well-wishers remain alive. At least one player aligned with the Prism Well-wishers must be alive to fulfill this win condition.

Dunnstral survives and wins! He was...

Spoiler: Dunnstral

Don't get me wrong: It's enough if you succeed, but boy does it feel great if everyone else fails too and makes you look that much better.

You are a testament to your own greatness. Law school exists primarily as a mode of your superior expression. You relish the competitive nature of 1L, because not only are you more talented than everyone else, you're harder working to boot. The professors are always left stunned at the quiet but immense intelligence running beneath the surface of your humble questions, and it frequently takes them a moment to gather themselves and digest the subtle yet definite connections between your carefully curated topics and the day's readings.

There are only so many passing grades to go around. If Prism thinks one could be his, he better think again. They're reserved for you and for those lucky enough to breathe next to you. With your effusive charisma and widely-envied talents, you've got your ways of keeping tabs on people and keeping your competitive edge.

Dunnstral, you are

The Gunner

, a

Mafia Two-shot Tracker

aligned with

The Curve

.

Abilities:

• Two-shot Tracker:
  Each Night, you may target a player via PM. Assuming no interference with your action, you will be told who that player targeted that night. This ability is two-shot.
• Cold-called:
  As a member of The Curve, you have a factional nightkill available to you every Night. You must specify which member of the faction will perform the kill. You may additionally talk with your partner at any time here.
• The Socratic Method:
  You have your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Win Condition:

• You win when Prism caves under the academic pressure, and by that I mean when players aligned with The Curve equal or out-number any remaining Prism Well-wishers. At least one player aligned with the The Curve must be alive to fulfill this win condition.

GuiltyLion survives and wins! He was...

Spoiler: GuiltyLion

Look, you want your students to succeed as much as anybody. They're bright, yes. Talented, even. Some are really quite clever.

But something doesn't quite sit right with you about this Prism fellow. Bit of a jokester, isn't he? Whether it's the way he dresses, something about his speech, something about his manner, nobody but you knows. He'll make a fine lawyer one day to be sure, but he just doesn't seem to be keeping up with the high standards of the profession, and part of your job is to serve as a gatekeeper to this honorable trade.

The Curve may not be perfect, but there is method to the madness. Prism is about to find out that it serves its role quite effectively, oh yes.

Now Prism, I wish you all the best, of course, but good grades would be worthless if they went to everyone, now wouldn't they?

GuiltyLion, you are

Prism's Civil Procedure Professor

, a

Mafia Goon

aligned with

The Curve

.

Abilities:

• Cold-called:
  As a member of The Curve, you have a factional nightkill available to you every Night. You must specify which member of the faction will perform the kill. You may additionally talk with your partner at any time here.
• The Socratic Method:
  You have your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Win Condition:

• You win when Prism caves under the academic pressure, and by that I mean when players aligned with The Curve equal or out-number any remaining Prism Well-wishers. At least one player aligned with the The Curve must be alive to fulfill this win condition.

[Prism]

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[Meuh]

gg! Thanks for modding Prism and well done to the maf team!

[Prism]

So first off, a huge thank you to everyone for playing, especially my replacements in RH9, Alisae, and Lukewarm. Thank you to everyone for accepting the invitation to play, and thank you to the replacements for answering the call for help. I really hope you enjoyed the game, the theme, and each other. Thank you also for being patient: I know my VCs could be sparse and my flips a bit slow.

Second, an immense thank you to fferyllt, who was supposed to be a backup mod but wound up serving instead as a co-moderator. She started out making vote counts when I requested but ended up doing them proactively, and I appreciated that she went out of her way to add some flavor of her own. She also helped design the setup!

Third, thank you to Isis for more setup help and for running Isis's Riverside Pub. Everyone in the dead thread should be grateful that she didn't kick us out even after we ran out of money.

[SirCakez]

agh

[SirCakez]

this one hurts so bad Pooky and I made the only incorrect lim choice