Topic: Day 1: PONG Mafia XXXVIII

[NWR_DrewMG]

I had a request to start the day early, and I couldn't think of any reason why not, so here you go.

Voting begins NOW and ends tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 11 PM CST. 

Remember that I am going to be accepting night actions during the night.  If that won't work for you, let me know ahead of time and I'll consider taking exceptions on a case by case basis. 

Let's vote!

thatguy edit: Threw in the list of players

PONGERS
Maxi
Mop_It_Up
UncleBob
thatguy
stevey
nickmitch
Khushrenada
Dasmos
oohhboy
Decoyman
vudu
Kashogi Y. Stogi
DAaaMan64
GoldenPhoenix
Pale
NuclearSpeed
Stratos
Plugabugz

[UncleBob]

Do we have a player's list so we know who to vote for?  It's been awhile since I've played one of these...

[that Baby guy]

So every action is a night action, right?

Beyond that, a little bit of perusal of the rules revealed that this is one of those tricky games (Almost like mine, last time!), where the investigator can't necessarily rely on his investigations.

Since that's the case, I'd say roles probably shouldn't publically reveal themselves:  A mafia member could claim to have said role, and in the end, the only way to learn who was who is to vote out on of the players, and we'd have a 50/50 chance of getting that right.

That said, if one player with a role were to do a public reveal, the best option would be the "Orange Paddle."  Upon this, the doctor could protect him each night, and players would be insane to lead a vote against him.  Still, the matter remains that very easily, a mafia member could also claim he or she has the ability, and in the end, the real "Orange Paddle" would only be known to the mafia, while players would risk their own lives determining who to vote away.  Still, had there been no "Clear Paddle," this would be an awesome unifying role.  So, I'd say as soon as "Elusive Lucy" is lynched, this player could come forward.  Any time before that, though, could just get a couple extra townies in trouble...

...Unless the Orange Paddle and a townie to lead a vote against the possible mafia member feel brave enough to throw their lives away to find a mafia member, that is.  Anyone sign up that didn't want to play?

In the mean time, I'm gonna un-vote stevey for standard reasons, as a placeholder vote:  He doesn't work well with others, and plays only for his own victory, which isn't cool by my standards.  This'll probably change later in the day, as I find someone better to go after.

Edit:  As per UncleBob's request, I tossed in Drew_MG's list of players into his post.  Drew_MG, if you'd prefer I didn't do that, then just let me know, and I'll stay out of the game in any regard like that.  Otherwise, I can help make sure topics are locked at the right time, and such.

Edit: undid vote for stevey.

[NWR_DrewMG]

Night actions take place between 11 PM CST and 7 AM CST, starting after Day 1 has ended tomorrow at 11 PM CST.  No night actions tonight, because Day 1 doesn't OFFICIALLY start until tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the edit, thatguy.  No worries, I shouldn't need any help locking threads but if for some reason I'm not around to do it, feel free to lock 'em for me.

[stevey]

Vote thatguy! Bash my games for having badly explained rolls and can't get his own game to work right....

[Mop it up]

Vote Stratos

Did you miss me? No? Good. Now get out.

[that Baby guy]

Called it!

Edit:  PM sent to Mop_it_up:

...Seriously doing the "stay hidden on the forums" game?  But how will I know when you're online?!  Not cool

Not cool

Not cool

What's your storyline this game going to be?  Attack Stratos through-and-through, once more?

[Khushrenada]

Hi. I'm a townie. That is all.

[stevey]

Calling it now

Thatguy = mafia
Khush = Godfather

That is all.

[Mop it up]

That's pretty funny Khushrenada. But also maddening. I don't know whether to believe you or not...

[that Baby guy]

At least he didn't say, "Hi.  I'm Orange Paddle.  That is all."

[Mop it up]

But that would have been even more funny. Especially if people didn't believe him and started voting for him, and he really WAS the Orange Paddle.

[that Baby guy]

So what you're suggesting is that Khush is now the Orange Paddle, and not a townie at all?  What makes you say such a thing with such conviction?

[DAaaMan64]

Khush is a fail buss mafia bitch

[Pale]

What are the voting rules for this game?

[NWR_DrewMG]

Good point, I didn't specify.  Since we're still early on, I'll make sure to put something up in the Players/Rules post later today.

In the meantime, I'll say that three consecutive days of inaction get you killed.  Inaction, in this case, refers to votes, not night actions.

[Dasmos]

Why are you interested Pale? Trying to see how easy it will be for you to lay low?

[vudu]

VOTE DASMOS.  Since he's so good at this game I figure he could use the extra challenge.

[Stratos]

Since when did Thatguy become a moderator? Have I just missed it this whole time or is this just for the game?

Gues I'll just vote Mop it up for now since she voted for me.

Give me a solid lead and I will follow guys.

[BeautifulShy]

Thatguy was the host last game. Staff hasn't removed the mod powers.

Still thinking about my vote.

[vudu]

Gues I'll just vote Mop it up for now since she voted for me.

I know it's been a while since you played, so I'll cut you some slack, but you need to BOLD YOUR VOTE in order for it to count.

[that Baby guy]

As a sign of respect towards stevey's drastic change in ways, I undid my vote for him.

At this point, because Mop_it_up insists on killing Stratos in every game I've played with both of them in, I'm going to vote her out.

un-vote Mop_it_up If she changes her vote, I change mine, unless something else comes up.

[GoldenPhoenix]

vote thatguy until he changes his Mop_it_up vote. Also I think he may be defending Stratos because he is possibly EVIL. Stratos is bound to be mafia one of these times!


Edit:

OK I think I'm going to go with Mop_it_up on this one.

vote Stratos

Sad I have no idea who to vote for

[BeautifulShy]

Well this is shaping to be an interesting day.

[Stogi]

vote mafia

[BeautifulShy]

I take it that is a placeholder Stogi. As far as I know that isn't a valid vote.

[Stogi]

It is too. Read the rules!

[vudu]

DAMNIT WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT

[NWR_DrewMG]

It is too. Read the rules!

o rly?

[Stogi]

I wish we still had the power to change our names. I want my name changed to Mafia.

I'm the Godfather. Yes, it's true. I hate you all and I want you and your families DEAD!

[Khushrenada]

This is some good strategery. Dasmos is getting a run for his money this game.

[Stogi]

....

[Khushrenada]

....

[Stogi]

....!

[Khushrenada]

....?

[stevey]

??­??.

Secret mafia language!? We're doomed.

[Khushrenada]

>.>   <.<   >.>   <.<

[BeautifulShy]

As much as I find this dialog funny I am wondering if anybody got any leads?

[that Baby guy]

??­??.

Secret mafia language!? We're doomed.

QFT

[Stogi]

^...!

...^.^

I got nothing

[Khushrenada]

!!





!!!!!

[vudu]

Hey guys

[vudu]

let's spam the thread

[vudu]

with a bunch of worthless posts

[vudu]

that don't say anything.

[vudu]

[that Baby guy]

Sheesh, so... I don't want to vote off Stogi for his posts, since I killed him last time, in some ways.  I'm willing to vote off Khush for it, though, if other people were as annoyed by that.

Or Vudu, but at least he did all of his at once, so that's not so bad.

[Khushrenada]

I

[Khushrenada]

like

[Khushrenada]

Vudu's

[Khushrenada]

idea

[Khushrenada]

better.

[Khushrenada]

[that Baby guy]

vote Khush

[Stogi]

yeah...that was pretty lame.

[Khushrenada]

That's a loser vote from a loser player. See, this is how crazy Thatguy's made mafia! If you want order in mafia, Thatguy must stop voting and turn himself in to be voted out. Oh, and every day he doesn't, people will die, starting tonight. I'm a man of my word. Ha ha ha ha.


Vote Dasmos

[Khushrenada]

And whatever happened to role-playing in mafia games? I'm bringing sexy roleplaying back.

+100 Memory points to Khushrenada


The world of Pong is a dangerous place. And perhaps there is no man more dangerous than me, the glitch in the machine. Just when you thought you had the game in hand, a glitch pops up and you lose everything. Take what happened last week when I killed one of the many mafia members in my town. I'll never forget his last words: "Hey. Who put the violin in the violin case?". Debuggers have been after me for years but I keep eluding them. I'm like the answer to that age old riddle. What's brown and sticky? A stick. Most people don't understand what that means right away but if you think about you'll get it. You think you can understand a glitch. Forget about it. It makes no sense. Well, actually I do make sense, you just don't understand it. If you could, you would understand the answer to this question. What did the apple say to the orange? The answer is nothing, stupid. Apples don't talk.

[BeautifulShy]

What is the vote tally Drew?

[Mop it up]

Oh good mop, why did everybody decide to be exasperating today?

[Khushrenada]

Because it is more fun and I could use the post count boost.

[BeautifulShy]

Vote tally
2 for thatguy
3 for Dasmos
2 for Khushrenada
1 for Stratos

Vote Dasmos

GP and stevey are voting for thatguy.
Me,Khushrenada,and Vudu are voting for Dasmos.
Thatguy and Stogi are voting for Khushrenada.
Mop_it_up is voting for Stratos.

[Mop it up]

Why are people voting Dasmos? Did he do something which I missed?
Interesting how Thatguy changed his vote. And Stratos's vote isn't going to count unless he bolds it.

[Stratos]

I'm joining Khush's vote for Dasmos solely because he made a Joker reference.

And the Joker is a man of his word...

[that Baby guy]

Why are people voting Dasmos? Did he do something which I missed?
Interesting how Thatguy changed his vote. And Stratos's vote isn't going to count unless he bolds it.

Are you calling me chicken?

[Mop it up]

No, more that I'm wondering your reason for voting Dasmos.

[stevey]

Why are people voting Dasmos? Did he do something which I missed?
Interesting how Thatguy changed his vote. And Stratos's vote isn't going to count unless he bolds it.

Because Khush is mafia, thus controls today's vote and thatguy is playing confusion tactics to hide his hand. A classic sign that they are both in the same team.

[that Baby guy]

No, more that I'm wondering your reason for voting Dasmos.

I'm not voting Dasmos.  I'm voting Khush for post spam, a warning, then post spam some more.

[Mop it up]

Oh, you're right, my mistake. So do you just vote for those who annoy you?

[that Baby guy]

Sometimes, at least when I can't find someone better.

Edit:  But at least, when I cause someone to get voted out, I don't agonize over it the rest of the game, then immediately vote for them in all proceeding games.  Do you think that's a better way to go?

[UncleBob]

I would also like to VOTE Khushrenada.

[Stratos]

Edit:  But at least, when I cause someone to get voted out, I don't agonize over it the rest of the game, then immediately vote for them in all proceeding games.  Do you think that's a better way to go?

Yeah, that does lead to some serious moral dilemmas down the road. I feel sorry for any poor bloke who has that happen to them. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I feel I could relate to someone getting voted on all the time in that situation...

[that Baby guy]

un-vote Stratos

If Mop_it_up wants him out, she must have a reason.  She agonized over it that last time he went out because of her.  Something's got to be up this time.

[oohhboy]

I would like to see Kush live through the first day. While killing him for shits and giggles might be fun, I would rather see him hit that ball for at least once.

Vote Dasmos

[stevey]

Khush hasn't died on day one for awhile

Bout time for his come up ins!

VOTE Khushrenada

[BeautifulShy]

Vote Stratos

[Stratos]

 
w.t.f.
 

Why me? Mop it up if you get me killed again...

[Mop it up]

Why are you all now picking on Khushrenada and Stratos?

Vote Dasmos just to even things out.

[Khushrenada]

I would also like to VOTE Khushrenada.

Unclebob, it's great to see you back. I'm rooting for you. I really am. However, I recognize you might be a bit rusty and therefore ask that you please don't make votes like this which expose you as the mafia member you are. Play it subtlely. Like I said, I'm rooting for you and won't vote against you but don't ruin your chances.

[Stogi]

VOTE DECOYMAN

[stevey]

I would also like to VOTE Khushrenada.

Unclebob, it's great to see you back. I'm rooting for you. I really am. However, I recognize you might be a bit rusty and therefore ask that you please don't make votes like this which expose you as the roled townie member you are. Play it subtlely. Like I said, I'm conspiring against you and will hit you tonight to ruin your chances.

Vaguely hidden threats FTL.

[Khushrenada]

Why are you all now picking on Khushrenada and Stratos?

Vote Dasmos just to even things out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I've realized that a vote for Dasmos is not a vote I want to make. To vote out Dasmos is wrong. He is the best player and for me to vote him out just makes it look like I'm jealous or desperate to be the best player. I'm not. I just figured it would be wise to toss him since he can't win the prize. But I'd rather let Dasmos do his own thing than make it look like an egotistical vote.


I am however, disappointed with Stevey. I thought there might have been a chance to come to a truce with him after last game where he finally got a good victory against me and I even helped campaign to get him the win. Sadly, stevey seems incapable of moving on. Still accusing me of being mafia and voting for me. That's sad man.

However, the one person I do want to vote is DAaaMan64. For some reason, he's seems to be intent on attacking me and my play constantly the past few games. I don't know why he felt the need to further make a comment this game since he got the win last game despite my mistakes. My fragile ego just can't handle these constant attacks. Plus, he just won so screw him.

Vote DAaaMan64

[GoldenPhoenix]

vote Dasmos

Ehhe, go with the flow right?


Wait, now the bandwagon is for Pale?


vote Pale

[UncleBob]

See, Khushy, I never said you were mafia or made any claims because I knew nothing.  You, on the other hand, jump at the bit to accuse me of being mafia when I know you have absolutely no proof of it.  That's very interesting.

[Khushrenada]

You didn't make any claims because you knew they would be false and raise more warning signs for me to vote against you. I do have proof of it. A vote against me is usually from a mafia member. If you look at past games, Thatguy and myself took out many mafia members on day 1 because they voted for me on Day 1. It exposes them every time.

[that Baby guy]

To be fair, stevey wasn't a mafia member every single time we voted him out...

[stevey]

Why are you all now picking on Khushrenada and Stratos?

Vote Dasmos just to even things out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I've realized that a vote for Dasmos is not a vote I want to make. To vote out Dasmos is wrong. He is the best player and for me to vote him out just makes it look like I'm jealous or desperate to be the best player. I'm not. I just figured it would be wise to toss him since he can't win the prize. But I'd rather let Dasmos do his own thing than make it look like an egotistical vote.


I am however, disappointed with Stevey. I thought there might have been a chance to come to a truce with him after last game where he finally got a good victory against me and I even helped campaign to get him the win. Sadly, stevey seems incapable of moving on. Still accusing me of being mafia and voting for me. That's sad man.

However, the one person I do want to vote is DAaaMan64. For some reason, he's seems to be intent on attacking me and my play constantly the past few games. I don't know why he felt the need to further make a comment this game since he got the win last game despite my mistakes. My fragile ego just can't handle these constant attacks. Plus, he just won so screw him.

Vote DAaaMan64

No, I'm voting for you because the Mafia is made up of...

Khush="Ol' Dirty" Brown Paddle, Thatguy="Crimson" Red Paddle, Vudu="Elusive Lucy" the Clear Paddle, Maxi="Godfather" Black Paddle.

Maxi too quiet and  KhushxThatguy are acting too cocky in trying to find mafia members.

[GoldenPhoenix]

You didn't make any claims because you knew they would be false and raise more warning signs for me to vote against you. I do have proof of it. A vote against me is usually from a mafia member. If you look at past games, Thatguy and myself took out many mafia members on day 1 because they voted for me on Day 1. It exposes them every time.

Yeah but what if you are mafia this time? hmm. Yeah, exactly.

[that Baby guy]

Why are you all now picking on Khushrenada and Stratos?

Vote Dasmos just to even things out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I've realized that a vote for Dasmos is not a vote I want to make. To vote out Dasmos is wrong. He is the best player and for me to vote him out just makes it look like I'm jealous or desperate to be the best player. I'm not. I just figured it would be wise to toss him since he can't win the prize. But I'd rather let Dasmos do his own thing than make it look like an egotistical vote.


I am however, disappointed with Stevey. I thought there might have been a chance to come to a truce with him after last game where he finally got a good victory against me and I even helped campaign to get him the win. Sadly, stevey seems incapable of moving on. Still accusing me of being mafia and voting for me. That's sad man.

However, the one person I do want to vote is DAaaMan64. For some reason, he's seems to be intent on attacking me and my play constantly the past few games. I don't know why he felt the need to further make a comment this game since he got the win last game despite my mistakes. My fragile ego just can't handle these constant attacks. Plus, he just won so screw him.

Vote DAaaMan64

No, I'm voting for you because the Mafia is made up of...

Khush="Ol' Dirty" Brown Paddle, Thatguy="Crimson" Red Paddle, Vudu="Elusive Lucy" the Clear Paddle, Maxi="Godfather" Black Paddle.

Maxi too quiet and  KhushxThatguy are acting too cocky in trying to find mafia members.

The red one?  Couldn't I be someone else?  The red one gets to do nothing

Edit:  Regardless, Dasmos is awesome, and he saw something no one else did earlier:  Pale.  The guy comes in, asks how many days he can go without voting, and then just leaves.  Unless I get something "real" (Read: The Mop_it_up trap thing didn't work out,) I'm going to go with Pale for now.

vote Pale

[Dasmos]

by destroying me you can't possibly imagine how strong i will become!!

VOTE PALE

[stevey]

Damn it, how many bandwagons are there going to be today? Just more proof of the mafia being the best players being way too cocky.....

[that Baby guy]

I'm just tired of being the first person to vote for all the people I've voted for.  Not because I don't like being #1 (though we all know who that is,) but because it means if I find the one who's the orange paddle, I'm dead

[BeautifulShy]

Vote Pale

[that Baby guy]

Because I'm a boyscout, and because so many of you didn't read the rule where you have to strikethrough any former votes, I've posted what I've interpreted to be current votes, who's made those votes, and the total rankings.  Some of you might be surprised and believe you voted for someone else later on, so if you don't intend to be voting for who I have listed, you might want to go and double check!

stevey     - thatguy
vudu       - Dasmos
Stratos    - Mop_it_up
UncleBob  - Khush
oohhboy   - Dasmos
Mop_it_up - Dasmos
Stogi       - Decoyman
Khush      - DAaaMan
GP           - Dasmos
thatguy    - Pale
Dasmos    - Pale
Maxi        - Pale

Totals:
#1 Dasmos     - 4 votes
#2 Pale         - 3 votes
#3 thatguy    - 1 vote
#3 Mop_it_up - 1 vote
#3 Khush       - 1 vote
#3 Decoyman  - 1 vote
#3 DAaaMan   - 1 vote

[UncleBob]

You didn't make any claims because you knew they would be false and raise more warning signs for me to vote against you. I do have proof of it. A vote against me is usually from a mafia member. If you look at past games, Thatguy and myself took out many mafia members on day 1 because they voted for me on Day 1. It exposes them every time.

Bad idea.  You can't base my actions off of what happened in former games after you just noted that we've never played games together (or, at least, haven't in a long time...)

[NWR_DrewMG]

so many of you didn't read the rule where you have to strikethrough any former votes

I'll accept "unvote" as well, but stirkethrough is even better.

[BeautifulShy]

How much time is left?

[NWR_DrewMG]

Just under 50 minutes.

[BeautifulShy]

Vote tally?

[that Baby guy]

It's up above, in my post, I believe.  It could be off a teeny bit, but I'm not sure.

stevey     - thatguy
vudu       - Dasmos
Stratos    - Pale
UncleBob  - Khush
oohhboy   - Dasmos
Mop_it_up - Dasmos
Stogi       - Decoyman
Khush      - DAaaMan
GP           - Pale
thatguy    - Pale
Dasmos    - Pale
Maxi        - Pale

Totals:
#1 Pale         - 5 votes
#2 Dasmos     - 3 votes
#3 thatguy    - 1 vote
#3 Khush       - 1 vote
#3 Decoyman  - 1 vote
#3 DAaaMan   - 1 vote


For the record,  stevey has a vote up, then voted again without unvoting the original vote.  Stevey unbolded the vote against me, but no strikethrough or "un-" with it.

[Stratos]

Vote Pale since my trusted sources say that is our best lead.

[BeautifulShy]

I think it is a tie now. 4 for Pale and 4 for Dasmos.

Edit. Now it is 5-4 Pale. Drew is this right?

[Stratos]

That is right, I changed my vote from Dasmos to Pale.

[that Baby guy]

It's not necessarily easy to say:  Stratos has a vote for Mop_it_up in the first page.  If that's undone, it'll be 5-3, I think.

[Stratos]

It's not necessarily easy to say:  Stratos has a vote for Mop_it_up in the first page.  If that's undone, it'll be 5-3, I think.

That wasn't meant to be a real vote but I scratched it out when I saw you were counting it. Better to be safe than sorry.

[that Baby guy]

Got it now, I think.  That leaves stevey with an ambiguous record.

[vudu]

Vote Pale since my trusted sources say that is our best lead.

Best lead?  Bullshit.  It's the first day.  There are no leads.

If Pale isn't mafia you folks that voted for him have some explaining to do.

[that Baby guy]

I'm voting for him for one reason, and one reason only:  All he's done this game:

What are the voting rules for this game?

To me, it means he hasn't any intention on playing very much at all.  We tried to see if Mop_it_up was up to something, and that didn't work, we being the people voting for Stratos out of nowhere.

Beyond that, there was a vote for Dasmos because before this game even started, he said he was the best player.

Also, I voted for stevey based on his prior performance, and when he demonstrated he'd change it, I changed my vote, as well.  Also voted for Mop_it_up for voting for Stratos before our little Stratos vote thing.

Today we haven't figured out anything, as far as I know.  Sometimes we do and find a lot, sometimes we try, and learn little, in terms of who to vote out, but I'd say this:  Mop_it_up doesn't want Stratos to just die, and Pale likely doesn't actually care about this game.

Hence, between the two of them, I went with Pale.  Got any better ideas, Sherlock?  What have you tried today?

[nickmitch]

Um, I think I missed something. . .again.

[NWR_DrewMG]

Voting is now closed.

Vote totals:

Pale - 5
Dasmos - 3
thatguy - 1
Khush - 1
Decoyman - 1
DAaaMan64 - 1

Note that Stevey cast two votes, the first for thatguy and the second for Khush.  Only the vote for thatguy was counted.  In the future, make sure you strikethrough any votes you don't mean to count.  Luckily tonight it didn't really affect the outcome of the vote.

Send in your night actions!

[Khushrenada]

Why are you all now picking on Khushrenada and Stratos?

Vote Dasmos just to even things out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I've realized that a vote for Dasmos is not a vote I want to make. To vote out Dasmos is wrong. He is the best player and for me to vote him out just makes it look like I'm jealous or desperate to be the best player. I'm not. I just figured it would be wise to toss him since he can't win the prize. But I'd rather let Dasmos do his own thing than make it look like an egotistical vote.


I am however, disappointed with Stevey. I thought there might have been a chance to come to a truce with him after last game where he finally got a good victory against me and I even helped campaign to get him the win. Sadly, stevey seems incapable of moving on. Still accusing me of being mafia and voting for me. That's sad man.

However, the one person I do want to vote is DAaaMan64. For some reason, he's seems to be intent on attacking me and my play constantly the past few games. I don't know why he felt the need to further make a comment this game since he got the win last game despite my mistakes. My fragile ego just can't handle these constant attacks. Plus, he just won so screw him.

Vote DAaaMan64

No, I'm voting for you because the Mafia is made up of...

Khush="Ol' Dirty" Brown Paddle, Thatguy="Crimson" Red Paddle, Vudu="Elusive Lucy" the Clear Paddle, Maxi="Godfather" Black Paddle.

Maxi too quiet and  KhushxThatguy are acting too cocky in trying to find mafia members.

If there is one thing that is getting old, it is your "predictions" of who the mafia is. When this game is over and you are proven wrong for the umpteenth time, I am going to bring this up over and over again, to shame you over your bad instincts. Moreover, if I am still alive in this game and you howl at me being mafia again, I am going to take you down and it is not going to be pleasant. It may shock you to know that other people play this game besides myself and they are just as good at deceiving you and using you as I can be. You might want to watch out for one of them sometime.

[Khushrenada]

On a more pleasant note, I am going to lock this thread to prevent any vote switching or dirty tactics. Just a precaution.

[Pale]

I was writing proposals at work all day... then I went to the bar! (http://tapandmallet.com It's a wonderful place.)

I wanted to know because I like to not vote until I'm sure in some games.

Also, it's fun to post in locked mafia threads.

[NWR_DrewMG]

Ain't that the truth.

[that Baby guy]

I find posting in locked threads to be rather mundane, actually.