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General Chat / Re: NCAA Football '09

« on: November 10, 2009, 01:26:24 PM »

I <3 the Husker Blackshirts. That win over Oklahoma on Saturday was just gutty and grueling and intense.

The attitude on D is just awesome. The offense is struggling? They cough up the ball eight times (EIGHT!!!) in the ISU game and we lose by 2 points. What does Suh say? "The defense didn't play hard enough. We should've held them to less points." He didn't blame the offense or point fingers or anything. That made me really happy to hear that. The D is putting the team on its back, and for now, they're strong enough to carry them. "Here you go, offense. We got the ball back for you at the opponents' 1-yard line. Punch it in."

Hopefully in the meantime, the offense will find their rhythm, because we can't win the super-tough games with just a really great defense. We need to be able to put some points on the board on offense at some point.

You might have noticed, I stopped making predictions.  I just decided not to, I didn't particularly care enough.

I care enough to make predictions for the Huskers... couldn't be bothered with doing that for all the big weekly games! Speaking of, I'm going to throw this out there:

Nebraska: 24
Kansas: 10

You should at least predict the Florida game, thatguy.

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 09:33:19 PM »

Sorry to pop in here, but shouldn't that be "DeathStar's Revenge"?

*poof*

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – Dead Thread

« on: November 09, 2009, 09:20:58 PM »

Too long. Take two. Action!

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 07:57:35 PM »

Ah, yes. Day ends at 9pm CST, and night actions are due an hour after that. It's a little earlier than normal, because I need to get up early, but still want to have time to get the next day's thread up before I go to sleep.

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 07:00:56 PM »

And.... that'll about do it. Tally is forthcoming here!

stevey 5
Maxi 4
Khush, Pale, Stratos 1 apiece

You've voted to *pewpewpew* stevey. Results will be announced in the Day 2 thread, which will be up later tonight!

In the meantime, get those night actions in if you haven't already! You've got about... 52 minutes left.

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Nintendo Console Discussion / Re: Pikmin 3

« on: November 09, 2009, 02:17:49 PM »

Little King's Story scratched my Pikmin itch for awhile, but I'm really looking forward to more info on this one. The good news, at least, is when we finally hear something we won't have to wait long to get it in our hands...

Also, Stogi, ghost Pikmin that can possess creatures sound awesome!

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 02:04:11 PM »

By the way...

If there are any purists in the game, I just want to let you all know (slightly) in advance that I'm going to poop all over the Star Wars canon, in case you couldn't tell as much from the intro stories or my avatar. I just don't know enough to do anything else.

So. Fair warning for ya. 

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 08:24:29 AM »

Congrats, you're a stormtrooper (townie)! Basically, you're a townie trying to root out that Rebel Scum, the mafia. Be dilligent, observant, and savvy with your vote, and you could come away with a win. Just get rid of the four mafia members and the Killer, Boba Fett, and the Death Star will be safe and secure once again to blow up planets and wreak havoc with the galaxy in general.

Two pertinent things: FIRST, I'm setting a voting requirement of at least once every three days. If you don't meet that criteria, you're out of the game. SECOND, don't be afraid to play bold/aggressively: I'm offering one townie the ability to be counted among the winners even if they're dead this time. This will be decided (if the townies win) by a vote for any dead townie or pro-townie role (so, darth or tarkin too) by the living players. Hopefully that'll make this game a little more fun for the townies.

With that, ask away if you have any questions... and good luck!

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 08:18:43 AM »

NUH-UH, vudu, you tricky character you.

Just so you know, all non-townie members have been sent the message.

And I'm gonna put an honor rule moratorium on screenshots too. Playing the game like that takes the fun out of deducing who's who based on logic.

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

« on: November 09, 2009, 12:10:18 AM »

Thanks Megabyte (and UncleBob for the interim help)!

Wanted to get everything up tonight for our overseas players... Finally done, phew! See you guys tomorrow! And as always, ask if there are questions.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – Players List & Rules

« on: November 08, 2009, 10:49:35 PM »

A few clarifications:

1. Townies must vote AT LEAST once every three days. If they don't, they die. I will post anyone in danger of being killed due to inactivity in the daily thread each day.

2. Days will start whenever I get the daily thread put up (a few hours after the previous day ends) and run until 9pm CST the next night.

3. Night actions are due by 10pm CST (CST is GMT-6 for anyone not in the US). AND, I will NOT be giving night actions any preference based on time received. Instead, all actions received will be carried out. Yes, this means that Darth Vader could be targeting Boba Fett, who could in turn be targeting Luke Skywalker, who could THEN be targeting Darth Vader, and all three would die in a huge bloodbath. Got it? An exception to this is, if any player who can make a hit is voted out, their kill that night does NOT take place.

4. Made a slight clarification in the mafia godfather's role: Luke Skywalker will show up as a stormtrooper if investigated. That's how it usually is, and that's how it'll be this game. This benefit only applies to Luke – it does NOT carry over to the next godfather(s) if Luke is taken out of the game.

5. Townies should play boldly and aggressively this game. Why? Because even if you die, you still have a chance to win! In the end, should the townies win the game, the living players will be allowed to vote for any dead townie or pro-townie character who they feel did the most to help earn the victory. That player will be added to the list of winners which will be included in the hall of fame. It's kind of like how it works when you're mafia (how you win even if you're dead).

6. A clarification on Grand Moff Tarkin (sheriff). His action counts as a day action, meaning I'll reply with the results of the investigation as soon as I see the request come in. That means that Tarkin could theoretically have data on the first day.

7. In the event of a voting tie, I'll leave the thread open another 15 minutes. The first player to change his/her vote in that time will break the tie and we'll have a new "winner." If no one changes votes, I will flip a coin (or use a random # generator) to decide which "one" player will die from the vote.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXXIX Star Wars Mafia: REBEL ALLIANCE – Players List & Rules

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

Welcome to Mafia XXXIX: Star Wars REBEL ALLIANCE 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 is actually 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 day. This counts as a day action, meaning I'll reply with the results of the investigation as soon as I see the request.
• 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, and appears as a stormtrooper (townie) if investigated. If he is voted out or hit, power goes to Han Solo, then Leia, then Kenobi. NOTE: If the mafia godfather is voted out, the mafia loses their hit that night.
• Han Solo (goon 1), Princess Leia (goon 2), Obi-Wan Kenobi (goon 3) have no special powers unless they become the godfather, at which point they will control the hit.

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.

Also, this is a 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. So play hard!

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

« on: November 08, 2009, 09:34:27 PM »

Okey doke. It'll be a little bit yet though... sending out roles now.

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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 / Re: Mafia XXXIX Sign-up thread: Star Wars REBEL ALLIANCE Prize Mafia!

« on: November 08, 2009, 12:22:21 PM »

Alright, glad you could make it back, Maxi!

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

« on: November 06, 2009, 02:46:52 PM »

Are you only going to tap characters from the classic trilogy or are you going to pull people from the Extended Universe?

I am unfamiliar with the extended universe. D=

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

« on: November 06, 2009, 02:38:49 PM »

Alright, counting BnM, we're at 18 signed up so far!

seventeen not counting BnM, haha

The more people who sign up, the more of your favorite Star Wars heroes characters I can add! Don't you want to see C-3P0 hobbling around in a stormtrooper uniform? What about JarJar Binks! I could put him in if we get more sign-ups!

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

« on: November 06, 2009, 11:13:35 AM »

Ins.

Decoy, as my number fan I implore you to not allow Plugabugz to play considering he obviously hates me by not sending me the tag first.

She makes a compelling argument, Plugz. WHAT SAY YE??

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James' Whack-A-Mole Funhouse / Re: Official 09' Costume Thread

« on: November 05, 2009, 10:43:54 AM »

You always have such great wounds, EC.

And wow, nickmitch, you got that character down (even if I didn't know who he was until BnM's link) :X

Fits you, but your eyes aren't squinty enough. You'll never be the villain in real life

If I work hard enough, maybe I'll get squinty enough eyes! *goes to stare at the sun for hours*

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

« on: November 04, 2009, 07:52:17 PM »

Fine, fine. Would it make you happy if I used this as my author icon?

Nice! And I don't even mind the orange light saber.

My aim with this game is simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I'll give more rule clarifications once the official thread is posted. But hopefully we won't need too many clarifications, considering there aren't many roles in this game at all. Actually, I toyed with the idea of not giving any roles at all... just a bunch of townies and a mafia... but the idea of Darth Vader as a sort of bumbling vigilante was too tempting. Luckily for all of you, I refrained from adding JarJar Binks (would've been the village idiot)...

You know, thinking about this further, if any new players are reading this and on the fence about whether to sign up or not, this is probably a really good game to jump in on because of its simplicity. So, I encourage you to sign up even if you haven't played before!

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Future Mafia Games

« on: November 04, 2009, 03:24:56 PM »

Alright, here's the thread! Sign-ups will run till Sunday!

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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?