In the Beginning: Day 1 RecapDoctor's orders. Is that a clue about my role? Answer: No. The roles haven't gone out yet because this game is never happening.
I wrote this before the game started and then I ended up getting the bloody doctor role. I always want the doctor to protect me and giving me the role seemed like the mafia would get a chance to remove a powerful townie role very earlier from the game. I dislike being a detriment to the team I'm on whether it be townie or mafia and my having that role seemed like a detriment to the townies.
Meanwhile, the survivor role seemed perfectly tailored for me and I was shaking my head at how I was denied that one and given the doctor instead. Believing I would be heading to an early death, I decided to just mess around in the game and make a bunch of soccer jokes that led into NewsRadio jokes when ShyGuy misunderstood the theme.
I thought I'd do my part to help the townies by at least targeting an inactive player or two because no matter what that person's role is, an inactive player is a townie enemy. (I think this game also showed the power of having active townie participants.) Meanwhile Pokepal and Stevey were gunning for me. The stevey thing I'm used to and didn't pay it much heed but the Pokepal vote was an eye-rolling reaction from me. I recalled how he investigated me first in the Godzilla mafia game because, to paraphrase, why wouldn't a player target me first? Because it would be nice to play a game where I don't have to play hard and struggle to survive every day unlike most other players, that's why. His voting for me seemed like a continuation of this annoying mafia habit to target me first.
I decided to reach out to Spak-Spang and tell him my role. I forget what prompted it but it was probably along the mindset that if he was on my side, he's someone that is at least more willing to work with me and keep me in the game. If he's mafia, I was probably going to be targeted anyways so nothing lost there. Spak told me he was just a townie which you always take with a grain of salt. He also asked if I could protect myself. I told him no and that I'd tried asking Insanolord about it and he denied the request. However, I hadn't actually done that and was just assuming that the doctor couldn't protect himself and that's what the answer would be. So, I checked over the rules and roles and saw that the role did not state that I was unable to protect myself. Thus, I sent in a protection order for myself to see what would happen.
As the day continued, I seemed to be in trouble but I had told myself I was going to take a hands off approach to this game and just play for fun. I think at this point, players should know the value I bring to this game and how I can keep it interesting. If they want to get rid of that so soon, so be it. I'll get my revenge when it is revealed I'm the doctor and they just blindly killed off a good townie asset. Plus, if I'm a townie, then there is a good chance the mafia will target. Killing me in the vote exposes them all to a potential hit whereas I would probably shield them by getting a hit sent my way. As such, my plan was to see Dumb and Dumber To and I sticking with my hands off strategy, I walked away from the game and left it to the players decide.
As an aside, I quite enjoyed Dumb and Dumber To. I went in with some trepidation as it seemed to have a lot of middling reviews but I wanted to go when it was first opening and there would be a larger crowd because comedies seem better when you are with a large group as different people have different senses of humour so there will be more laughter which is infectious. I saw Anchorman 2 last year on the Friday afternoon it opened and the theatre was packed. I laughed a whole lot at the film to even though I knew when it was over that it wasn't as good as the first one and re-used too many jokes. Frankly, I found Dumb and Dumber To very enjoyable and I could see myself watching it a few times again. The first one is still a classic. This one didn't have any instantly quotable lines to me "you go and do something like this and totally redeem yourself!". Nor is the ending as perfect as the first one "The town is back that way" but it is still a good time. At one point, I burst out laughing so loud I suddenly wondered if other people would be looking at me strangely but as I quickly glanced through the audience, no one was looking my way and they were all laughing along also. In the end, I have no problem recommending it to anyone if you liked the first. I left the theater in an upbeat mode and giggling to myself about things in it and even admitted I would probably be willing to see it again with someone else if that's what it took for them to see it. So, in my book, that's a success.
Back to the game, when I came home, I saw that I had been granted a reprieve from the vote with Lolmonade taking it 4 to my 3. Huzzah for me. Insanolord hadn't responded about my self-protection so I contacted him and pointed out that in both my pm and the official rules, it did not state I couldn't protect myself. He said that since he didn't state it that he would allow it. Woo-hoo! I just survived the first day! Soon thereafter, Hypotheliciously contacted me stating he was the investigator and had investigated me and then told me to win the game for the townies. Man! Why do I always get the work put on me. I told him we'd work together but I wasn't planning on playing this game very seriously. I also found it kind of funny that now there were two roles that could only be killed by a vote out and I finally had one of them. I could sit back and relax this game. It's about time.
Topic: Mafia LXIV: Full Time: Half-Truths and Gorilla Dust (Read 12572 times)
