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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE - Conclusion

« on: November 12, 2009, 09:06:21 PM »

Somehow, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the last mafia member, aka NuclearSpeed, had come face to face! The two drew their lightsabers and circled each other, warily.

"You've grown weak, old man," taunted Vader.

"Have I? It is you who's grown weak," retorted Obi-wan.

Vader dropped his guard momentarily in disbelief. "No, that COMEBACK was weak, actually. Allow me to escort you off my Death Star TO YOUR DOOM!" Vader moved to strike.

"If you strike me down, I'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine," Obi-wan said menacingly, parrying the blow and launching a strike of his own.

"Whatever," Vader said, mockingly. "I know you're just gonna turn into a blue spirit and go hang out with those other three I've already dispatched."

Obi-wan looked downtrodden. "... Yeah, you're right. Well, do what you've gotta do." He turned off his lightsaber and Vader struck him down then and there.

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MEANWHILE!!!

Jango Fett, the strange, elderly and apparently-not-dead bounty hunter, snuck down a corridor of the Death Star in his stolen stormtrooper uniform. Within moments he was near his destination: there, ahead of him, were Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin, and a host of stormtroopers.

"They've done well up till this point... time to offer my 'congratulations'..." he said to himself, his husky voice echoing a bit too loudly through the corridor and drawing everyone's attention.

"Who goes there?!" barked Vader. "Stormtroopers, secure the area! He's not one of us!"

Jango cursed at himself for his carelessness and attempted to duck behind a nearby girder. However, he was caught by none other than Asajj Ventress, who appeared behind him and, with a sneer and a laugh, led him before Tarkin and Vader.

"Enough! Eliminate this intruder!" ordered Tarkin, and Ventress's eyes gleamed. But before she could duel and inevitably vanquish her prey, Darth Vader stepped in. "No. Let's see who's behind the mask first."

The struggling stormtrooper's helmet was removed, revealing a familiar, aged face. "Jango Fett! The very model for our clone troopers! But I thought he was dead..." Tarkin wondered aloud.

Vader, however, was not fooled by the appearance. "This isn't Fett. You'll find this one's true identity if you... remove his mask![/i]"

A stormtrooper pulled at their captive's collar, and off came the Jango Fett disguise! It was... it was--

"Jacen Solo. Well, well, well, what to do with you?" asked Vader, slowly circling his captive.

Jacen Solo, aka Stratos, glared at Darth Vader. "You've ruined my surprise..." he said, then suddenly his face softened into a grin. "GRAMPA!"

Solo ran towards Vader and the two, laughing good-naturedly, embraced. "Oh, you little scamp you! How've you been? How're your parents?"

"Well," Jacen Solo started, "this is awkward, but you killed them both a little bit ago, along with my uncle." Vader looked down and kicked a small pebble. "But let's not dwell on the past! I'm going to turn to the dark side later on anyways, and we've got a lot of catching up to do!"

Overjoyed, the two walked off down the corridor, leaving Tarkin, Ventress and the rest of the stormtroopers looking bewildered. "Well, that's all there is to see, I suppose. Move along everyone," said Tarkin.

"Not before I get to kill someone! You can't get a girl's hopes up like that and then dash them to bits! You there!" Ventress pointed at a random stormtrooper, who looked suddenly nervous. "Time to duel!" But before he could even draw his blaster, he was struck down with two quick swipes from her double-edged lightsaber.

"Oh, Ventress! You're something else!" laughed Tarkin, and the rest of the stormtroopers joined in merrily. "Now, back to work everyone! We have planets to destroy and rebels to crush!" As everyone dispersed, only four blue ghosts remained, looking on.

Ghost Han and Ghost Leia looked at each other lovingly. "He's your son," they both said at the same time, then everyone burst into laughter.

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ELSEWHERE!

Stormtrooper Gary's widow sat crying in her cabin. "For a joke? My husband died FOR A JOKE???"

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Day 4 Results:
NuclearSpeed aka Obi-Wan Kenobi (mafia goon 3) was voted out.

CONGRATS, TOWNIES WIN IN A LANDSLIDE!!!!

Don't forget to vote, everyone! MVP and "WISE FWOM YO GWAVE" voting will end on Sunday night, 9pm CST.

Thanks for playing!

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – TIMEOUT!

« on: November 12, 2009, 07:24:21 AM »

Hmm...

Guys, I haven't read anything in these threads since last night, but I wanted to weigh in again. Thinking further about it, I'm wondering if I'm trying to put a band-aid on a Rancor bite.

I could be convinced either way, so let's debate here instead of in any of the day threads.

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – DAY 4

« on: November 11, 2009, 09:23:00 PM »

Plugabugz and UncleBob approached the bridge of the Death Star. The guards at the door noticed them coming and stepped in front of them.

"Halt! State your business!" said one of the two NPC stormtroopers guarding the door. Much to their surprise, Plugabugz and UncleBob fired on them, killing them instantly. They stepped over them and entered the darkened bridge. Strangely, the room was completely deserted.

"Vader! Tarkin! Come out! We have business!" shouted Plugabugz, his eyes glinting crazily. Suddenly, from the shadows all around sprang uncountable numbers of stormtroopers! Plugabugz whipped off his helmet and drew his lightsaber, revealing himself as Luke Skywalker! "Leia," he whispered, "stay close." UncleBob threw off his helmet, and in a flash of white cloth, where UncleBob the stormtrooper had stood, there was Princess Leia in her white robe, blaster in hand! "Bring it on!" she said as she began firing.

Together they blasted stormtrooper after stormtrooper, Luke masterfully deflecting all their blaster fire and Leia picking them off one by one, but more kept coming! Luke was getting tired by now... his light saber moved more slowly... one by one he began missing the blaster fire, and then... searing pain in his left shoulder. He was hit! "Leia, get away! Get yourself out of here! I'll dist--!" But then, another blast knocked him backwards, and another, and another. All Leia could do was watch as Luke Skywalker, aka Plugabugz, lay before her, defeated. She was in shock, but there was no time to react. She had to get out of there!

Just then, a booming voice echoed through the room. "ENOUGH." The blaster fire stopped, and Leia looked around for the source. Ahead of her, the crowd of stormtroopers divided and from between them stepped... Darth Vader!

"You've caused quite a lot of trouble. But that comes to and end here."

"But aren't you going to imprison me so that you can try to torture information out of me?" Leia said, hoping for a little more time to either plan an escape or be rescued by some other random Jedi.

"Not this time. Goodbye, Princess Leia." And with that, Vader drew his lightsaber and dispatched the lovely UncleBob Leia.

"By the way," Vader said in passing as he looked at the bodies of Luke and Leia before him, "Who's your daddy? Yeah, that's right – me." He sighed. "Kids these days... Stormtroopers, deal with this mess," he said, then turned with a swish of his cape and was gone.

As the stormtroopers left the room, Ghost Han could be seen in the corner. "FACEPALM," he said, as Ghost Luke and Ghost Leia materialized next to him. "Can't win 'em all!" laughed Ghost Luke with a cheesy, stereotypical sitcom shrug. "Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope, or some junk, LOL!" giggled Ghost Leia.

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MEANWHILE!!! A tiny one-man ship stealthily approached the Death Star. It latched onto a bulkhead and, scarcely visible, a figure could be seen cutting a tiny person-sized hole, then slipping inside... Who could this mysterious figure be???

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The Results!
Plugabugz, aka Luke Skywalker (mafia godfather) was voted out!
UncleBob, aka Princess Leia (mafia goon 2) was hit by Vader!

Note: Insanolord needs to vote today, or he will die due to inactivity. Everyone else is fine. Get those night actions in anytime!

Day 4 begins now!

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – DAY 3

« on: November 10, 2009, 09:05:40 PM »

Nickmitch, in his stormtrooper uniform, stood outside a door, punching numbers on a keypad like crazy. "Can't seem to access this room... I've been trying for what seems like days now... I heard they were doing some maintenance, maybe that's why..."

"Well, luckily I'm here to help you, buddy!" said a random NPC stormtrooper, raising his arm to give his fellow stormtrooper a hearty and supportive clap on the back.

"NNnnnnooooooooooo---" started nickmitch, but it was too late. The hearty and supportive clap on the back landed squarely on his missile backpack, which he still had on secretly beneath his stormtrooper uniform, and it exploded, kiling them both. Yes, poor nickmitch who couldn't even access the forum, had actually been Boba Fett.

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SOMEWHERE ELSE NOT TOO FAR AWAY! Vudu was walking down a long and lonesome corridor. When all of a sudden there shined a shiny Jedi In the middle of the corridor. It was Luke Skywalker!

"REBEL SCUM!" vudu yelled, and proceeded to blast away, firing dozens of shots. Unfortunately, every blast seemed to miss. Luke pulled his blaster and fired once. It connected and, with a puff of smoke, vudu, a plain stormtrooper, fell to the ground – dead.

"That was for Han," Luke said with a sneer, but as he went to step over the body, he noticed something strange. The stormtrooper's helmet had fallen off, and inside was a tiny tie fighter. "What the..." Luke wondered aloud, but then shook his head and disappeared down the corridor.

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The Results!
nickmitch (Boba Fett) voted out
vudu (Stormtrooper) hit by mafia

Looks like no one is in danger of dying due to inactivity tonight... Get your actions in before 10pm tomorrow night!

Day 3 begins now!

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – Dead Thread "DeathStar's Revenge"

« on: November 09, 2009, 09:14:04 PM »

Alright, stevey or Maxi, for being the first folks offed in this game, you get the honor of naming the dead thread. Let me know what you want it to be called and I'll change the thread title.

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – DAY 2

« on: November 09, 2009, 09:00:21 PM »

Stevey was sitting in a booth in the stormtroopers lounge, head hung over his lukewarm ramen noodles, just stewing over his horrible day. First someone scuffs up his helmet in the locker room... Then he was singled out in combat drills earlier in the day for slouching. And now, The last pack of cheezits had been bought from the vending machine. "They KNOW how much I like my cheezits," he grumbled.

Suddenly, in walked a group of stormtroopers. One of them pointed at stevey. "Come with us! We have reason to believe you're a Rebel!"

"Oh no. NO. Not after the day I've had," Stevey said in disbelief as he charged out the back of the room. The other stormtroopers in hot pursuit, he came to the end of a corridor, panting. Luckily, there was a big red button at the end of the hall. "Haha, suckers! I'll take the lift and lose these jerks." He punched the button and waited and a door shut behind him. He could see the stormtroopers through the little window, and started to laugh and point at them. But then something quite unexpected happened: another door opened—a door into space, in fact. Poor stevey, a genuine stormtrooper, was sucked out into the dark unknown, never to be heard from again. Well, except for his breaking, static-filled curse over the COM:

"VEDETTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa......"

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MEANWHILE... Maxi was walking stealthily down a nondescript hallway, when suddenly a bunch of stormtroopers came rushing around the curve up ahead. He ducked into a nook to the side and waited until they had passed, then he continued.

But there, right in his path, was Darth Vader. "Lord Vader! What can I do for you, sir!" Maxi stood as straight and tall as he could.

"You can... DIEEEEEEEEE" Vader shouted, force choking the hapless stormtrooper. After the deed was done and Maxi lay motionless on the ground, more stormtroopers came up. One of them removed Maxi's helmet, and learned, to everyone's surprise, that Maxi was none other than the illustrious captain of the Millenium Falcon, Han Solo.

"THIS," announced Darth Vader, "is how we deal with Rebel Scum!" The stormtroopers cheered, then carried away Han Solo's lifeless body. Off at the end of the corridor stood the dejected-looking blue ghost of Han Solo. "I told them this was a bad idea," he said, thoroughly annoyed.

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And FURTHER down the corridor stood Luke Skywalker in stormtrooper guise, crying inside his helmet over his dead friend. In fact, Luke was apparently so emotionally distraught that he forgot to kill anyone. Whoops!

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ELSEWHERE! Boba Fett sat alone in a darkened room, biding his time and waiting to make his move...

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The Results!
Stevey, a stormtrooper (townie) was voted out.
Maxi, aka Han Solo (goon 1) was hit by Darth Vader (vigilante).

Day Two begins now! As usual, the day will end at 9pm CST tomorrow night, and night actions will be due one hour after that, at 10pm CST. No one needs to vote today to stay alive.

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – Player/Role List & Rules

« on: November 08, 2009, 10:48:21 PM »

Living Players
Dasmos
DrewMG
GoldenPhoenix
insanolord
Kashogi Y. Stogi
Khushrenada
Mop_it_up
NuclearSpeed
Pale
Plugabugz
Stratos
thatguy

There are 13 players remaining.

Dead Players – Role – Cause of death
stevey – Stormtrooper – voted out Day 1
Maxi – Han Solo (mafia goon 1) – hit by Darth Vader Day 1
nickmitch – Boba Fett (killer) – voted out Day 2
vudu – Stormtrooper – mafia hit Day 2
Plugabugz – Luke Skywalker (mafia godfather) – voted out Day 3
UncleBob – Princess Leia – hit by Darth Vader Day 3

Living Roles
Townies
Grand Moff Tarkin (sheriff)
Darth Vader (vigilante)
7 Stormtroopers (townies)

Mafia
Luke Skywalker (godfather)
Han Solo (goon 1)
Princess Leia (goon 2)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (goon 3)

Other
Boba Fett (killer)
Jango Fett (killer)

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NWR Mafia Games / Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – DAY 1

« on: November 08, 2009, 08:25:45 PM »

"Are you trying to get us killed, Luke?" Han Solo asked, feet propped up on the dash of the Millenium Falcon. "This plan of yours, it's..." he trailed off.

"Look," Luke said, exasperated, "we've got to destroy the Death Star. Unfortunately, since all our X-Wings are out of commission for oil changes (who schedules these things anyways?), we've got to find another way. Infiltrating the Death Star and doing it from the inside is the only way!"

"The boy's right," chimed in Obi-Wan.

"And even though I'm not even remotely attracted to him, because that could possibly, though I don't know for sure yet, be incestuous, I trust Luke!" Princess Leia said, pouting and crossing her arms. "Shut up, Han!"

"Fine, FINE. But if we get turned into ethereal blue holograms over this, well... don't say I didn't warn ya."

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With that, the REBEL ALLIANCE somehow obtained stormtrooper uniforms and infiltrated the Death Star! But... who are they?

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Just wanted to let everyone know, townies will need to vote at least once every three days. Otherwise, you're out of the game! I'll make note of who's in danger of being killed due to inactivity at the beginning of each day so you know for sure.

While I'm at it, be sure to check out the updated Rules/Roles thread here.

Day One begins NOW!

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXXIX Sign-up thread: Star Wars REBEL ALLIANCE Prize Mafia!

« on: November 04, 2009, 01:59:47 PM »

Darth Vader, in a foul mood, is randomly patrolling the halls of the Death Star when a generic stormtrooper runs up to him.

"Lord Vader, sir! We've just received word that certain members of the Rebel Alliance have infiltrated the Death Star!"

"What's this?!" shouts Vader in surprise, irate and already considering using Force Choke on the unfortunate messenger.

"Sir, the rebels have somehow gained access to stormtrooper uniforms, and are masquerading as... well, as US! As stormtroopers, sir! I'm sure they must be gathering intelligence or attempting to sabotage something. Those rebel scum are always up to no good..."

"This cannot be allowed to continue. We will pluck them from our midst like puny stupid ants, and squash them! Assemble a team, and get to work weeding them out!" shouts Vader, who then turns with a swirl of his cape and strides away...


Welcome to Mafia XXXIX: Star Wars REBEL Mafia. I hope you're ready for a change of morality this time, because the townies are actually the Empire, and the mafia members are the Rebels! Yes, this game will play out like a normal game of mafia, but the mafia are the "good guys" this time. It's purely a superficial change, but should be interesting. Other than the flipped moral compass, this game will play out like a normal game, and will actually be a fairly bare-bones mafia.

TOWNIE ROLES

• Grand Moff Tarkin (sheriff) can use his resources as commander of the Death Star to investigate one player every night.
• Darth Vader (vigilante) can take out one player each night. However, he dies if he takes out two "innocents" (so, he can make a mistake and live... but only once!).
• Stormtroopers (townies) can use their power to vote out players they suspect of being Rebel scum!

MAFIA ROLES

• Luke Skywalker (godfather) can "hit" one player each night for the mafia. If he is voted out or hit, power goes to Han Solo, then Leia, and so on. HOWEVER, if this happens, the mafia loses their hit that night.
• Han Solo, Princess Leia, Obi-wan Kenobi, etc. (mafia goons) have no special powers unless they become the godfather, at which point they will control the hit.
• note: I will balance the mafia numbers based on game attendance

INDEPENDENT ROLE

• Boba Fett (killer) has also crept aboard the Death Star and simply wants to kill everyone. Can make one hit per day.

As usual, townies win once all mafia and the killer are dead. The mafia wins once the killer is dead and the number of townies is equal or less than that of the mafia. Boba Fett wins if everyone else is dead.

In case you're on the fence, it's PRIZE MAFIA! Meaning, I will gift one member from the winning team, decided by a vote at the end, a virtual console game (up to $10USD) of his/her choice.

Ok! Sign-ups begin now and will run through Sunday, November 8th, at 7pm CST. Roles will go out that night, and the game will begin the next day (Monday morning).

Questions? Ask away! Otherwise, sign up now!

Player List
Pale
GoldenPhoenix
vudu
Maxi
Khushrenada
thatguy
DrewMG
NuclearSpeed
stevey
Mop_it_up
UncleBob
insanolord
Dasmos
nickmitch
Stratos
Kashogi
Plugabugz

And... sign-ups are closed! Roles will be going out shortly. And would someone give me mod privileges for the mafia forum? Pretty please?

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General Chat / College Football: 2009

« on: October 01, 2009, 02:56:15 PM »

It's a few weeks into the season, but already there've been upsets and heartbreaks, blowouts and overtimes, comebacks and letdowns, and lots and lots of injuries.

If anyone else is wanting to talk College Football (American football, not soccer ), HERE IS THE PLACE.

P.S. – Go Big Red! Feeling good about this year. 

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General Chat / Paranormal Activity

« on: September 30, 2009, 09:21:22 AM »

Anyone seen this yet? I saw a preview for it a few weeks back, and it's been selling out in my local "indie" theater ever since. Seems pretty dang freaky.

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL SHYGUY!?

« on: February 16, 2009, 08:01:38 PM »

ShyGuy's actin' all weird, somethin's up! 

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Epilogue

« on: November 03, 2008, 08:47:07 PM »

Epilogue

Later that night... The Cat Next Door, with Lucy (aka GoldenPhoenix) and Schroeder (aka Toruresu), snuck to the kite-eating tree. Linus (aka Khushrenada) pulled off his cat disguise and began jumping. “Hey!” he called. Still up in the tree, Marcie awoke at the noise.

“What are you doing, sirs?” asked Marcie suspiciously.

“Game’s over. I’d just like to get my blanket back. Can I have it? Please?”

Marcie frowned, then handed down his blanket. Linus clutched it greedily, then began sucking his thumb. “Thanks. Welclome back, Maxi, my blanket. Time to get down to business.”

Down the street, the little troop marched. At Charlie Brown’s house, they stopped. Linus, using his blanket as a whip, latched onto Sally’s window and opened it. Then he swung from a tree in through the window.

Sally (aka DrewMG), asleep in her bed, heard the noise and got up. “Linus?! Oh, my Sweet Babboo, you came to rescue me!” She ran to hug her crush.

“Yes. Now let’s go. We have work to do.” Linus grabbed hold of Sally, then he swung Indiana Jones style back out the window and safely down to the ground, where the rest of his crew was waiting. With a flick of his wrist, the blanket released from the tree branch and coiled neatly by his side.

“One last place to hit before we can get to work,” Linus said with a smirk.

Again they set off down the street. They turned a corner and then went halfway up the block, stopping at a seemingly random house. Linus knocked in a curious pattern.

No one answered. Linus went to knock again, but as he approached the door, it swung open. There stood a random adult from the Peanuts universe, aka Spak-Spang. “Well, there you are,” he said.

“How’s your butt?” asked Linus, knowingly.

“Why, it’s...” Spak-Spang, the former Great Pumpkin, reached around and felt his butt. ”Why, it’s just fine. Guess the ice did the trick.” And with that, an eery orange glow began emanating from the former townie. Where his face had been, a huge jack o’lantern appeared, and when he talked, fire spewed from his mouth. “How can the Great Pumpkin be of assistance?” he roared, laughing an evil, merciless laugh.

Linus nodded gravely, looking mock-concerned. “You’d be just surprised at the number of people who don’t believe in you! I think it’s clear that we have some... ‘re-education’ to do here. Before the night is through, we’ll make sure everyone not only believes in you, but that they never forget you. Ready to fly through the air bringing pain and terror to all the unbelievers of the world?”

“Oh, yes. Hop on, my little friends!” the Great Pumpkin said, as Linus and his Blanket, Sally, Lucy, and Schroeder piled onto his back and he flew off, his shrill and evil cackle piercing the cool, clear autumn night.

The End!

I think the horse may be dead, but feel free to continue any discussion of the game here if you want. I'll probably put a few final thoughts here as well, maybe tomorrow. For tonight, I'm all tuckered out! That was a lot of writing. Hope you guys get a kick out of the story at least, even if the ending of the game itself left something to be desired for the townies.

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Day 5 & Day 6

« on: November 03, 2008, 07:23:08 PM »

Day 5 – Schroeder’s Choice

Schroeder sat alone, playing Moonlight Sonata. He’d chosen it because it was night, and the full moon was shining. Oh, and because he was a hopeless romantic.

Moonlight (how fitting) streamed in the window of his darkened music room as he played. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, a figure emerged from the darkness of the room. Its shadow crept along the floor behind Schroeder as he played, slowly inching its way across the room, until it reached up onto the keys.

Schroeder, startled, fell back from the piano, but was caught by--

“You have lovely eyes,” said Lucy adoringly.

“You! Out! Get out! I know what you and your brother have been up to!” Schroeder leapt out of her arms and stood back away from the piano.

“Oh, Schroeder,” said Lucy, taking her customary spot leaning against his piano. “Just keeping playing, won’t you? You’re such a wonderful musician. And I just want to talk a little.”

Schroeder hesitated, then sat back down. Who was he to deny someone the art of classical music? He began to play, and Lucy began to talk...

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MEANWHILE!

Charlie Brown gathered up the children of the neighborhood. It was late, but he had something important to say. He cleared his throat, and said,

...

Looking slightly surprised, he composed himself, then continued.

“Anyways... Look everyone, this is getting serious. We made a good choice last night, but we need to make another now. More people go missing every night! So... let’s vote again. I think we all know some people who need to go.”

Just then, Woodstock, aka Pale, flew in all erratically, cussing up a blue streak and looking totally tuckered out. He landed on Snoopy’s nose, chest heaving with fatigue.

Woodstock, barely able to get any sound out, said “’, ‘”, ''" ' ""', ‘ ‘’ ‘’’! ‘’ ‘’ ‘ ‘ ‘’’ “!” Snoopy held up a sign, that said, “I, Woodstock, vote for the Cat Next Door, aka Khush! He tried to eat me!”

”VEDETTA” yelled a bizarre, older-looking Lucy, aka Stevey. “I mean,” Lucy continued, “I also vote for the Cat.”

Then someone else in the back piped up. “Woodstock.”

Charlie Brown and the rest of the townies were stunned. Clearly, some of the mafia were showing their true colors. But why?

“Don’t worry Charlie Brown. We’ve got them out-numbered,” said Franklin, aka nickmitch, pushing his way to the front of the crowd. “I’m voting for the Cat.”

“Me too, Charlie Brown, I’m voting for that Cat,” piped up a not-nearly-dirty-enough Pig-pen, aka Dasmos.

“mrrrrrEEEOWW!!!” said the Cat.

“I believe the cat just voted Woodstock,” said Spike, aka DrewMG, matter-of-factly. “I just arrived from out of town, but I’m with the cat. Woodstock always bothered me, with his shifty apostrophe-talk. Can’t trust ‘im!”

Suddenly, though, mature-Lucy’s eyes slowly glazed over. In the distance, the sound of piano-music began to waft over the crowd. Mature-Lucy closed her eyes and began to sway back and forth slowly. The music got louder, and mature-Lucy opened her mouth. “Scratch that,” mature-Lucy said in a strange voice. “Vote Woodstock.”

“What’s going on here?” Charlie Brown said, stunned. He opened his mouth to call out his vote, but stopped when he saw Sally standing next to him. “What is it, Sally?”

“Hi Big Brother. I don’t think you should vote today,” she said, looking all cute and stuff.

“Ok, Sally,” Charlie Brown smiled. “I won’t vote today if you don’t want me to.” Suddenly he realized what was going on, but it was too late. “NO!! You got to my little sister?! You’re horrible, horrible people!” But he was powerless to resist Sally’s powers. She just stood next to him, holding his hand and grinning broadly.

“Anyone else?” Charlie Brown said, pleadingly. He waited, and then suddenly the piano music got even louder, then stopped. In the back of the crowd, Schroeder stepped up onto his piano.

“Schroeder, thank goodness! Are you here to vote?” Charlie Brown was relieved to see his friend finally show up.

“Yes, Charlie Brown,” said Schroeder. “I’m here to Vote Woodstock.”

The crowd gasped, as everything became clear. Charlie Brown’s face turned ashen as he began tabulating the vote. Woodstock looked on in fatigued disblief. A scribbly cloud even bigger than before appeared above his head, and even flashed some lightning.

“Sorry, Woodstock, aka Pale the townie. You've been voted out. Into the cage with you.”

The Cat Next Door purred happily and wound around the legs of all the townies as they stood with their jaws agape.

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Later that night...

Dasmos was walking home. He took off his Pig-pen mask and costume, revealing himself to be just a plain townie. He though that maybe looking like someone who was potentially invincible would make him safe from disappearing like the others. How wrong he was.

As he walked, he thought he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and called out, “Anyone there?” No answer.

He continued on, picking up the pace a bit. Suddenly he heard footsteps again. He whipped around, and there standing in the middle of the street, was Linus.

“How--” started Dasmos, but Linus interrupted him.

“Hi! You’re not mad at me, are you? I’m just trying to show everyone the truth.” Linus stepped closer to Dasmos, his hands held out at his sides.

“The truth? The truth?? You’re crazy!” Dasmos turned to run home, but ran smack into Lucy, who had appeared smiling behind him. The impact sent him down to the ground, with little swirly lines whirring around his head.

“Oh, no. You should really be more careful, Dasmos,” said Lucy, as she picked him up and slung him over her shoulder. “I’ll just get you home and see to it that you stay in bed until you’re all well.”

“Mmmwerrrhh....uuhhhhh...” moaned Dasmos, the townie, as he was carried away. Linus just stood in the street, smiling that same strange, unnerving smile of his that had been plastered on his face most of the week.

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DAY 4 RESULTS:
Pale, a normal townie, has been voted out.
Dasmos, a normal townie, has been hit by the Mafia.

Day 5 Begins Now!*

*You can post here if you want, but I'm pretty sure it's a done deal, and I'll end the day shortly with the Day 6 story and conclusion. The townies, with Schroeder set to secure his joining the mafia and win the game, have no way to out-vote the mafia. And, I already have night actions that will confirm this end. This thread is just open until I finish up the final story.

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / UNCLEBOB, YOU HALLOWEEN PRANKSTER, YOU

« on: October 31, 2008, 12:16:22 PM »

Guess what, guys! It is now confirmed, the mobile defibrillators at my work are (thankfully) operational!

I got to find out when UncleBob sent out a text message with a picture and a freaking loud and unexpected "whoooohoooo" shot out of my phone and forced me into cardiac arrest.

A few zaps of electricity to the "heartal area", and I'm back in the game. What a day!

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Day 4

« on: October 29, 2008, 09:42:21 PM »

The night was dark. It was cold. A lone figure walked along the path leading to the pumpkin patch. The figure was tall, wore a trench coat, and walked with authority while carrying a big trombone.

Suddenly, out of the darkness opposite the man in the trench coat, stepped a short shadowy figure. And then another, even shorter.

"You," said shadowy figure number 1, his high-pitched voice dripping with contempt.

"Whwwahwaha?"

"ENOUGH with that IDIOTIC HONKING! Put down the instrument, and listen to me."

"Young man, isn't it past your bed time?" the tall figure stepped into the glow of a streetlight and was illuminated. It was one of the elementary school teachers! "Run along home now, before things get out of hand here. I'd hate to have to strike a child." From beneath his trench coat, the man pulled a shiny silver baseball bat and began slowly bouncing it against the palm of his other hand.

"Oh, but it is I who will be doing the striking tonight. I know who you are. And your time is up."

"Interesting. But it doesn't matter. I know who YOU are as well!" the man said, and then whipped off his mask and the trench coat with a swoosh. There, bat in hand, stood Peppermint Patty, the townie vigilante, aka Thatguy! "Hello, Linus. I know what you've been up to. And now I'm gonna clobber you!"

"Not so fast! Sally!" Linus commanded, and without missing a beat, Sally skipped up and stood between them.

"Hi Peppermint Patty," she said, looking just adorable. "Ooh, that's a nice bat! Can I have it?" Peppermint Patty was confused... somehow, she just couldn't resist. She smiled, and handed over the bat.

"You're a cute kid," she said, and patted Sally on the back.

"Now!" shouted Linus, and a net fell from above and captured Peppermint Patty. Linus walked up to his struggling captive and smiled. "Well done, Sally. You've done a great job." Sally beamed. "As for you... well, I can't have you hanging around anymore, so I think maybe it's time you took that extended vacation in "Chuck's Guest Cottage.""

"Where that funny-looking kid with the big nose stays?" she asked, hesitantly.

"You mean Snoopy? The Beagle?!"

"Wait, he's... he's a... dog?! NOOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!" But no sooner had she begun screaming than Peppermint Patty, aka Thatguy, was carried off and sent tumbling down into the basement of Snoopy's dog house.  The last thing she heard as the light from the doorway above her disappeared was the click-clack of a lock being secured from the outside.

Then there was only silence. And darkness.

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Still at the baseball field, Charlie Brown was speechless. Peppermint Patty was nowhere to be found, and everyone was getting restless with all the disappearances lately.

It was then that he noticed something very peculiar. Very peculiar indeed!

There, standing not 10 feet away, was... him. No, it wasn't him, as he was standing over here. It was... no, it couldn't be... Another Charlie Brown?

He gathered the crowd up, then walked over to this other Charlie Brown. "Excuse me," he said to his doppleganger, "what's your name?"

"I'm Charlie Brown! Good grief!" said Charlie Brown #2.

Something was wrong, though, and not just Charlie Brown #1 noticed. CB#2's voice was all muffled, and his facial expression never changed. Almost like plastic...

"He's wearing a MASK, Charlie Brown! He's wearing a MASK!" someone from the crowd shouted.

"Why, he is! Well, let's vote for this fellow, then, and see who he REALLY is," CB#1 said. Everyone agreed, and Maxi won the vote.

"Alright, then, let's see who you are!" Charlie Brown said, and pulled off the mask. It was then that something very strange happened. The figure went totally limp and shapeless. Suddenly, it was just a pile of clothes! The crowd murmured in confusion. Charlie Brown, unaffected, reached down into the pile of clothes, and pulled something out. It was blue, and very soft. He held it aloft in bewilderment.

"We are witnessing something very strange here today, ladies and gentlemen. If I'm not mistaken... that is... er... Maxi was actually Linus' Blanket! This must mean Linus is behind all this!"

The children gasped, but there could be no other explanation. Finally, they'd found one of the guilty party! They all gleefully made their way again to the kite-eating tree, and tossed the blanket up to Marcie, who was still hanging out up there. She caught it, and smiled. "Good one, sir."

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DAY 3 RESULTS:
Maxi, Linus' Blanket, the mafia investigator, has been voted out.
Thatguy, Peppermint Patty, the townie vigilante, has been hit by the Mafia.

Day 4 Voting Begins Now!

I'll check to see if anyone needs to vote today to avoid dying by inactivity...

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Day 3

« on: October 28, 2008, 09:42:00 PM »

At the baseball field, Charlie Brown, townie spokesman, was once again trying to figure out what was happening. “Hey everyone, listen up! I have something to say!”

Vote Nickmitch

The gang was once again, as before, utterly confused, but they stood silently and waited for him to continue.

“Last night didn’t fare so well, but you know what they say, try, try again. Let’s vote.”

Everyone voted, and the vote turned out to be for Oohhboy.

“Well, it’s no wonder Oohhboy hasn’t done anything. He’s a possibly anthropomorphic pitching mound. I won’t feel guilty about this one,” Charlie Brown said, and all the children began kicking the mound, scattering the dirt all over the infield.

Suddenly, however, one of the children spoke up. “Look, I've found something in the dirt!" "OMG IS IT A BOMB!?!" screamed a petrified townie. "No, it's a message written in the dirt of the mound! It must be from Oohhboy!” Everyone gathered around. “I, the catatonic pitching mound who didn’t even bother to play, aka Oohhboy, was a regular townie. You jerks.”



Then it tried to trip several of its attackers, but was unsuccessful as it had been spread too thin. It cried a single muddy tear of apathetic innocence, then sullenly waited for the groundskeeper to come and sweep it back into a mound later in the week.

“Good grief,” sighed Charlie Brown as a little fuzzy black cloud appeared above the head of the townies’ hapless leader.

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Later that night! Having successfully done away with Gylldas, aka Rover, another innocent regular townie earlier, Linus and Sally walked together towards the pumpkin patch.

Sally sidled up next to her little man, and said, "Do you really think the Great Pumpkin will come?"

"Sally," said Linus, "tonight the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch... he flies through the air and brings terror and pain to all the unbelievers of the world!"

"THAT'S a great story," Sally said in disbelief.

"You don't believe in the Great Pumpkin? I thought little girls always believed everything that was told to them! Well, it doesn't matter. Just let me finish my little speech here, and you'll see!" Linus grinned evilly, and set about reciting his dark incantation.

As he read, the mist swelled in the pumpkin patch. An owl hooted. Somewhere, a cow mooed! Sally brushed the hearts out of her eyes for a minute, and began to suspect that something truly evil was afoot. It didn't matter at this point - her course was set. She would stay with Linus.

"NOW!" Linus commanded, finishing his ominous verse, "GREAT PUMPKIN, YOU WILL RISE! RISE! RISE!!!!!!"

*pop*

Suddenly, a ghostly, semi-transparent blue figure materialized before them. He looked like an adult, and he honked when he talked. Sally shuddered, and hid behind Linus, carefully peeking around him to see.

"Are you the Great Pumpkin?" Linus called, blue fire glinting in his eyes. "I didn't think you'd look so much like those ghosts at the end of the movie, Return of the Jedi."

"Whwwhaahwhwahwahahwhwhaahawha"

"What's that? Can you just talk normal please? It's getting annoying."

"Ahem, there, I'll just pull this tiny trombone out of my throat. Ah, that's better. Anyways, yes, it is I, the Great Pumpkin... Er, rather, the one who WOULD have been the Great Pumpkin... You see, my name is Spak. I'm a random adult, and before this 'game' of yours even began, I was destined to be the Great Pumpkin. But I was taken out on the very first day! Can you believe it? And by that little brat, Peppermint Patty, no less!"

Linus was dumb-founded. "Wh-wh-... what?!?"

"I'm in my house right now, nursing my tender behind. She kicked me, you know! Sure, I'll join your side, but I'm not coming out of my house. Sorry. I need to keep ice on this thing."

"So..." continued Linus, obviously disappointed, "what can you DO for us, then?"

"Oh, this is great," said the random adult character. "I now get to win with you, if you win! Even if I'm dead! I don't have to do a thing! Isn't that awesome?"

Linus sat there, steaming. His eyes burned with a demonic red light, and even Sally backed away slightly. "THIS IS A COMPLETE CROCK. I'M GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE PAY FOR THIS!!!" Linus grabbed Sally's hand and they started to leave the pumpkin patch in a huff.

"Wait wait wait, sonny. Why don't you tell that Peppermint Patty that she doesn't have to feel bad anymore, either. Even though it was dumb luck, she did knock an evil fella - me, heh - out of the game. Peppermint Patty can lose that strike she has against her for hitting an innocent on day 1."

If you thought that Linus was mad before, you don't even want to see him now. I can't even type how angry he looks. In fact, I'm going to stop right here and go hide before he finds me.

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DAY 2 RESULTS:
Oohhboy, a regular townie, has been voted out.
Gylldas, a regular townie, has been hit by the Mafia.

Note: It turns out Spak was actually the inevitable Great Pumpkin. He was randomly chosen before the game even began, and had he been alive today, I would've sent him a PM to "awaken" him to his new role. So, he joins the mafia, but posthumously only. This means that Peppermint Patty loses the one strike against her character, due to sheer dumb luck. Congrats, townies. I guess dumb luck is better than what you've been doing lately at least! Oh, burn!

Seriously, the mafia hasn't lost even one member! If the townies hope to have any chance to prevail, I think it's pretty obvious that today is do or die time.

VOTING FOR DAY 3 BEGINS NOW!

Oh, and nearly forgot: nobody needs to vote today to survive. But you should vote, all of you! For fun!

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Day 2

« on: October 27, 2008, 09:24:16 PM »

As the scene opens, we see Linus sitting at a table writing a letter. Linus writes: "Dear Great Pumpkin, I'm looking forward to your arrival on Halloween night. I hope you will bring me lots of presents." Over comes Charlie Brown.

"Who are you writing to, Linus?"

Linus looks hard at Charlie Brown. "This is the time of year to write to the Great Pumpkin. On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children."

"You must be crazy. When are you going to stop believing in something that isn't true?" says Charlie Brown in disgust, and walks away.

Only slightly bothered, Linus gets back to writing: "You must get discouraged because more people believe in Santa Claus than in you. Well, let's face it... Santa Claus has had more publicity." At this point, Snoopy comes up to Linus to see what he's up to. Realizing that Linus is writing to the Great Pumpkin again, like every year, Snoopy busts out laughing. I mean, really insulting, demeaning, hurtful laughing. Like, in a really mean way. Linus glowers at Snoopy, who walks away, still laughing. Struggling to control his rising temper, Linus gets back to writing:

Lucy comes over now. "Not again! Writing a letter to a stupid pumpkin!? You make me the laughing stock of the neighborhood. All they talk about is my little brother who always writes to the Great Pumpkin. You better stop it or I'll pound you!"

Scarcely had Linus begun writing again when Charlotte Braun, aka DAaaMan64, comes up to him. Yes, all the way from Europe. "Somehow they're all getting into my house," thinks Linus. "Should change the locks."

"You're wasting your TIME, zee Great Pumpkin eez a FAKE!" says Charlotte, then turns around and stomps away.

Linus' face twitches. He sneers. Watching Charlotte walk away, there is the barely-audible sound of something snapping. It was the pencil Linus had been writing with. Yes, in anger, he had just snapped his pencil in half. But the snapping sound may as well have been Linus' last strand of sanity. With each of Charlotte's receding footfalls, the anger rose up higher within him until he charged after her, grabbed her by the shoulders, and screamed maniacally,

"I'LL MAKE YOU ALL BELIEVE IN THE GREAT PUMPKIN!!! I'LL MAKE YOU BELIEVE, OR YOU'LL PAY!"

Charlotte screamed, but her cry was cut short as Linus, with superhuman strength, picked up Charlotte and shoved her into her own suitcase. He then somehow got to the airport and shipped her back to France, where she arrived safe and sound and lived a long, happy life.

Author's note: Yes, the Mafia hit DAaaMan64, aka Charlotte Braun, a plain ol' townie but no, Linus didn't KILL her - he just took her out of the picture. What did you THINK was going to happen? Peanuts is a family strip, guys, come on.

"Great Pumpkin," shouted Linus, "They don't believe in you! But I do. I DO! And I'll make them believe... I'll make them believe, one way or another!!"

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Slowly, word of Charlotte's forced departure spread among the children of the neighborhood. Charlie Brown, the townie spokesman, stepped up, and said,

You just want me to run over to kick that football then pull it away to watch me fall on my back and kill myself.

The gang seemed confused, so he followed that up with, "Well, we also need to figure out who's guilty! So we'll vote! Everyone get a piece of paper, and write on it who you think is the one responsible for shipping Charlotte back to France in her suitcase."

Everyone got together and voted. The vote turned out to be for RABicle, who wasn't even around to defend himself. Well, it didn't matter much. They found him, carried him over to the kite-eating tree, and tossed him up there.

"BUT NO!!" RABicle shouted. "I'm Marcie! I'm the townie investigator!" But it was too late. The tree had a firm hold on RAB and wouldn't let go. "Fine. Guess I'll just hang out here the rest of the game."

Up in the tree, RAB found one of Charlie Brown's old kites, and broke it. Out of spite. And anger.

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Elsewhere! Peppermint Patty, the townie vigilante, had just learned that her friend, Marcie, had been thrown up into the kite-eating tree, and she was furious. She wandered down the street and grabbed the first person she could find. It didn't matter that it was Spak-Spang, a random adult from the Peanuts universe. She grabbed him, the poor regular townie, and kicked him so hard in the seat of the pants that he ran home crying, and locked the door.

"Oh," said Peppermint Patty, a little embarrassed. "Chuck's not gonna be happy about that."

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Day 1 Summary
RABicle, aka Marcie the townie investigator, has been voted out.
DAaaMan64, a townie, has been hit by the Mafia.
Spak-Spang, a townie, has been hit by Peppermint Patty, the townie vigilante.

Note: since Peppermint Patty hit an innocent, she will die if she hits another.

No one needs to vote today to survive.

VOTING FOR DAY 2 BEGINS NOW!

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Day 1

« on: October 26, 2008, 10:50:33 PM »

It was a few nights before the big night of Halloween, and the whole gang was getting ready in their own ways.

Snoopy was helping Charlie Brown rake leaves. Peppermint Patty and Marcie were were preparing their costumes. Schroeder was practicing some Halloween tunes on the piano. Linus and Lucy were on their way down to the pumpkin patch to choose a pumpkin, kicking leaves along the way. Linus found a great one, and held it up. "No," said Lucy. Another? "No," she shook her head. With great strain, Linus found the biggest pumpkin in the pumpkin patch and held it above his head. Lucy smiled and nodded the approval and they took off on their way home, Linus rolling it on its side due to its gigantic size.

On the way home, Linus talked to Lucy about his Halloween plans. "Are you ready for the Great Pumpkin this year?"

Lucy: "Not that thing again. You're going to sit out all night in the pumpkin patch for nothing!" she sneered. "You're crazy!"

Linus: "We'll see who's crazy when the Great Pumpkin shows up at the most sincere pumpkin patch of all, and flies around giving toys to all the good boys and girls of the world. Don't you want to be there?"

Lucy: "NO. I'd rather go trick-or-treating. You'd be better off doing the same."

Linus looks dejected, but undeterred. Back at the house, Lucy cuts the top off the pumpkin and pulls out its guts to carve it into a jack o'lantern.

Linus: "Ooh, you didn't TELL me you were gonna KILL it."

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Sorry for the slightly late start. Hosting is time-consuming!
Anyways, Day One voting is open NOW, and will close tomorrow at 10pm Central Time.

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Mafia XXIX: "It's the Great Pumpkin (Mafia), Charlie Brown" Rules/Sign-up

« on: October 23, 2008, 11:49:22 AM »

"It was a dark and stormy night..."

The day of Halloween was approaching, and an ominous feeling of foreboding settled over the town. At that very moment, a young girl was planning her Halloween party. Suddenly maniacal laughter rang out! A door slammed. The neighbor screamed.

Hey guys, here's the low-down for the next mafia! I'm Snoopy, and – seeing as I'm a published author – will write the story in this style at the beginning of each day.

I'll put up more details later, but for now here are the basic rules/roles I am planning on using. (Disclaimer: these may be tweaked slightly before the game actually begins.)

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Players
insanolord
vudu
thatguy
stevey
maxi
DAaaMan64
nickmitch
Khushrenada
Spak-Spang
GoldenPhoenix
DrewMG
Dasmos
Gylldas
Pale
Oohhboy
RABicle
Toruresu

Total: 17 players! Sign-ups are now closed.

Roles
Townies
Charlie Brown (spokesperson – appears as a regular townie if investigated, and can submit one secret message each day to the host—me, aka Snoopy—to appear verbatim in the day's story)

Marcie (detective – using her sharp intellect, Marcie is able to investigate any one player she chooses each night. However, some roles will appear as townies even if they aren't, so be careful!)

Schroeder (whore – music can soothe the savage voter or mobster, and change his target's vote to whomever he wishes.)

Peppermint Patty (vigilante – athletic and slightly dim, she can carry out hits to help the townies. BUT, if she kills two innocents instead of mafia, she dies. special note: Peppermint Patty can take out Lucy without dying herself.)

Pig-pen (because he walks around in a cloud of the dust of ancient civilizations, it's difficult to get an accurate lock on him — there is a 50% chance of failure if he is targeted for a hit or any other sort of death. The only 100% sure-fire way to get rid of Pig-pen is to vote him out.)

Townies (you know the routine with this role)

Mafia
Linus (godfather – appears as a townie if investigated, and calls the shots for the nightly hit. In the event that he is voted out, he must tell me who becomes the new mafia godfather in his place. role edited Sunday, 10/26, 10:30pm

Linus' Blanket (mafia investigator – when Linus is with his blanket, he is able to investigate one player each night. note: Linus' Blanket makes the choice of player to investigate, not Linus.)

Sally can target a player and negate all his/her actions for that night—a vote and a night action if applicable, i.e. investigations, hits, etc.). (Loyal and smitten to a fault, Sally will stand by Linus, her "Sweet Babboo.") role edited Sunday, 10/26, 10:30pm

Lucy (suicide bomber – Linus' older sister gets so mad if she is voted out that she takes out half (rounded up! ) of those who voted for her when she goes. Peppermint Patty can take her out safely. (Yes, the suicide bomber is on the side of the mafia this game.) role edited, Sunday, 10/26, 10:30pm.

The Great Pumpkin (the great pumpkin will not be in the game straight off the bat. A normal townie will be chosen at random to be transformed into the great pumpkin and join the mafia at the start of Day Three. On the next day, and every third day afterwards, (so, day 4, 7, 10, etc.), he/she can make a hit. this hit is to be sent from the great pumpkin character, not from Linus, as Linus doesn't control the great pumpkin even though they are on the same side.)

Special rules or exceptions
1. Schroeder:"I wouldn't marry you unless you were the last girl in the world!" Lucy:"Unless?" S:"Yes." L:"HOPE!" If Schroeder is still alive and all female-roled characters except Lucy are out of the game, Schroeder will join Lucy in the mafia.
2. Schroeder (cuz she's got a crush) and Linus (cuz it's her bro) are immune to Lucy's "suicide bombing" even if they voted for her.
3. Charlie Brown (cuz she's also got a crush) and Marcie (cuz they're friends) are immune to Peppermint Patty's vigilante attacks. Attacks will still be announced in the thread, though, as failed, providing valuable evidence for everyone.
4. If, by some streak of GREAT/EXCELLENT/CHEATING luck, all starting mafia members are taken out before the Great Pumpkin comes into play, the townies win then and there – the Great Pumpkin will not enter the game.
5. If, by some other weird streak of happenings, Charlie Brown and Sally are the only roled players left in the game, Sally will reject her mafia ways, defect to her brother's side and cause a townie win.

Voting
Voting will run each day from... when the day's thread is posted until the next night at 10pm Central time (that's -6:00GMT, I think, for anyone not in the US). Night actions are due 30 minutes after that, and the new thread will be posted that night before I hit the hay.

Characters are required to vote once every three days. If you do not vote, you will die. Similar to the way Khushrenada handled it last game, I'll post who needs to vote at the beginning of each day.

Ties in voting will be handled in a similar way as well. The thread will be left open for an additional 10 minutes, at which point people may still vote, or change votes as they wish. If it's still tied after this, one of the unfortunate vote-"winners" will be randomly selected to be offed.

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SO! Those are the rules I've come up with so far. I've tried to stick true to the characters and their relationships with each other to decide win conditions and side-changing exceptions. This might cause some confusion at first, but as the game goes on, should provide some added drama and uncertainty, thus keeping the game dynamic and allowing strategies (and perhaps allegiances!) to shift all the time.

If you have comments or questions, speak up! I'll do my best to answer/address them as soon as possible. Otherwise, post here if you'd like to sign up. I'm hoping for a good number of people. If there are enough, I may add one more role to spice things up further.

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General Gaming / Achievements

« on: August 13, 2008, 02:19:53 PM »

I don't have a 360, but the idea of achievements intrigues me. Because I have never actually gotten an achievement in a video game, I was hoping some of you could help me answer some questions. (I'm looking to do something fun with the concept. )

1. Can any of you point me to any high-quality videos or pics that show what an achievement "does" when you get one - what it looks like, sounds it makes (is it different for each game?), visual effects (does it fade in/fade out, for example), etc.?

2. What are some of the most common, famous, weirdest, hardest/easiest to get, most frustrating, etc.? (Doesn't matter which game.)

Thanks guys!

EDIT: Clarification – I am specifically looking at Xbox 360 Achievements here.

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Nintendo Console Discussion / Nintendo says they're working to address Wii storage issues

« on: June 18, 2008, 11:59:06 AM »

Link from Engadget


Sorry if this is old news or being discussed elsewhere... but it caught my attention. SD cards ftw?

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General Chat / Video Blogging

« on: May 14, 2008, 08:29:09 AM »

Hey, do any of you guys subscribe to any video blogs? I watch random ones off and on, and one regularly in particular (Brigitte Dale - she recently won some Yahoo "Internet Personality of the Year" award or something, and she's got a great style and is really funny too).

Well, seeing as I was looking for a good excuse to learn more about video editing, I decided to start up a video blog of my own. So far I only have two episodes (and the first one is actually more of a test - just me checking out transitions, style, effects, cuts, etc.), but more are in the pipeline as soon as I have a chance. Doing these is turning out to be really fun, actually!

I've put the link in my sig, but I'll also put it here (for those with sigs turned off). Go check them out, if you dare.

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Matchmaking & Smack Talk / Pikachu needs to start eating lotsa doughnuts and french fries STAT...

« on: March 28, 2008, 10:35:59 PM »

... in order to gain some weight and contend with big ol' Bowser. I really thought I had you in that last game, SB, but the Dragoon (coupled with you kicking my butt from underneath the stage to cough up the last piece!) said it was not meant to be.

ggggeeeeehhhh... doughnuts and french fries.... (homer-drool)

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Gameplay Strategy / Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Boss Battle mode on Very Hard +

« on: March 28, 2008, 08:45:08 AM »

Hey guys, anybody got any strategies for beating the Boss Battle mode on Very Hard? I can get to Tabuu with a 0% damage counter, and get him down a ways in damage, but he inevitably does his "one-hit-kill" thing, and no matter what I do, I am sent flying off the stage.

I had this idea that, using Pokémon Trainer, I could wait till he was about to do the attack, then switch pokémon right then and there, thus making myself basically invincible during the attack. Unfortunately, the attack lasts too long and blasts my new pokémon to kingdom come when he flies out of the ball. So...

Any tips? Has anyone beat this?? I tried for probably two hours, and couldn't, and I'm totally frustrated with it. (though I'm better with Pokemon Trainer now!)