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Post by storyteller0910 on Jun 25, 2014 13:29:48 GMT -5
Dark Souls
Chapter 1: Day - Upper Undead Burg The bonfire in the upper undead burg is located in an old building, partially destroyed by forces unknown. A stone walkway leads back toward the broken aqueduct, through which the 23 made their way from Firelink Shrine. Extending in the other direction is a long stone bridge, narrow and crumbling; from the far side of the bridge the path spirals around to a few sleepy, abandoned buildings, and then up a curved staircase to a tall, imposing tower. Out from that tower is another bridge, much larger, leading into the fog to parts unknown.
"Welcome, travelers!" cries the wide-eyed ghoul who makes the upper burg its home, by way of greeting the assortment as it gathers near the bonfire. "You seem to have your wits about you. You'll need them! Things are getting treacherous in these parts; A horrible goat demon has moved in below, and up above, there's that great lizard. drake. If you stick around this place, it might end up being your grave! Nee hee hee hee hee!"
The rest ignore the ghoul's eager chatter as well as they are able. "Ah, so, it seems a few stragglers haven't joined us yet - maybe they're chatting with that fellow in the aqueduct. No matter! Let's get to it. We'll talk a while, and you can vote. The winner - the winner and the loser, you see - he or she can see what's in the basement of that tower across the way. Who doesn't like a good basement?"
They wait a bit, hoping for some further instruction, but none is forthcoming. Talk may not be a path out of Lordran, but it can certainly pass the hours... and so, carefully at first, mindful of allegiances long forged and others newly born, they begin to talk.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day One begins here, and will end on THURSDAY, JULY 3 at 12:30PM Eastern time. This will be an extended Day. Night One will end on SATURDAY, JULY 5, also at 12:30PM, and all further Days will end on Thursdays and begin on Saturdays.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please copy both textcat and lightfoot (co-moderating this game) on all game-related correspondence, especially including any soapstone messages you decide to send to another player.
Have fun!
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Jun 25, 2014 13:53:14 GMT -5
Story, you might want to consider extending night due to it being the middle of July 4th Weekend....
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Jun 25, 2014 15:35:29 GMT -5
OK, let's get this thing started... Story, you might want to consider extending night due to it being the middle of July 4th Weekend.... Afraid you and your Scum buddies won't have enough time to get your actions in, dizzy?
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Jun 25, 2014 16:31:48 GMT -5
Dude, do you think if I had a private board of any time wouldn't I have just asked that there. There's also other TOWN players with night time actions to consider as well But good try there SP
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Jun 25, 2014 16:32:32 GMT -5
Blech, "Private board of any KIND"
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Post by abstain on Jun 25, 2014 18:37:13 GMT -5
Not all of us are Americans (fortunately) . Finally a game in which I actually know something about the theme. Of course this means I will be killed either today or tonight. Vote: sinjin for my random but not that random vote that will normally be picked on by someone as they will be expecting reasoning.
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Post by abstain on Jun 25, 2014 18:40:59 GMT -5
Running the risk of getting myself lynched D1, anyone part of a non White convenant (who isn't the mafia obviously), I would quite like to hear from you. I may be able to help you out.
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Post by abstain on Jun 25, 2014 19:07:37 GMT -5
Hate to triple post but for the record - this means even those who are hostile to the way of white.
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Post by Chronos on Jun 25, 2014 20:55:37 GMT -5
How pathetic is it that I had a dream about this game last night? I dreamt that we were all gathered face-to-face in person somewhere, for a Dopefest or something, and decided that since we were all there, we might as well start the game live. But it was making a mess of the record-keeping, since nobody was recording what everyone was saying.
abstain, what makes you think that any member of an anti-Town faction will take up your offer? I mean, I'd like to hear that, too, but I don't think it's remotely realistic to expect it. And what do you mean by "hostile to the way of white" "(who isn't the mafia obviously)"? We know that there exists at least one hostile covenant (because otherwise, White would already have won), but that's all we know: There might be exactly one hostile covenant, or there may be more, and there may be zero, one, or more covenants which resemble a traditional "mafia".
In fact, I'm a little bit concerned about that. In a typical Mafia game, most or all of the people who need killing are on the same team, and know all of each others' identities. We all know how to hunt such folks: They can be given away by their interactions with each other, from the fact that they do know who each other are. But in this game, we might have an enemy team who don't know their teammates, or a number of small enemy teams who don't know the other enemy teams, or whatever, and I don't know how to hunt them. I think we're also likely to have a hostile team that starts off at a single player, and grows by recruitment, and those are difficult (though not impossible) to detect, since a player can spend most of the game not behaving like one of them, before getting recruited.
Ultimately, I'm not too concerned about this, since there's not much that can be done about it: I intend to spend the game looking for the kind of baddies that I can recognize, and hope that either we don't have the other kind, or that we'll luck into them dying. But if anyone has any ideas on how to find baddies other than traditional Scum, I'm all ears.
On to other matters: We're told that most of us currently just have the factory-standard single soul, and that possession of more will be relevant for certain abilities. Now, from fantasy in general, I would expect that using the souls of other to gain power would be a very non-White sort of action. Can anyone familiar with the source material confirm or deny this? We might want to take some care concerning the disposition of souls, and try to arrange for them to end up in the hands of those who are more trusted (once we have such). I'm inclined to distrust anyone who seems to want souls, for any reason other than keeping them out of dangerous hands.
Also, "When a player is killed, his or her soul(s) go directly to his or her killer. If the player was lynched, his or soul(s) go directly to the first voter for that player.". Does this happen at the first kill (human -> hollow), at the second (hollow -> completely gone), or both?
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Post by Mahaloth on Jun 25, 2014 20:57:18 GMT -5
Story, you might want to consider extending night due to it being the middle of July 4th Weekend.... I am American and I really think Nights and Days are plenty long enough as is. If anyone is going to be gone big-time for July 4, I guess they should just take care of whatever they have to take care of in advance. We already waited to begin the game. I say let's get going and stay on the pre-set schedule.
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Post by storyteller0910 on Jun 25, 2014 21:06:14 GMT -5
Souls go to the killer when the player is killed (dead and removed from the game). Hollowing has no practical impact, ultimately.
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Post by patricia on Jun 25, 2014 22:06:32 GMT -5
What happen to the post about the soapstone and other game set ups?
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Post by sinjin on Jun 25, 2014 22:19:00 GMT -5
Not all of us are Americans (fortunately) . Finally a game in which I actually know something about the theme. Of course this means I will be killed either today or tonight. Vote: sinjin for my random but not that random vote that will normally be picked on by someone as they will be expecting reasoning. Pray tell, what is the "not that random" part of your vote?
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Post by Hal Briston on Jun 25, 2014 22:41:40 GMT -5
^^^^^^^^^^^ What a fantastic post/sig line combo!
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Post by MentalGuy on Jun 25, 2014 23:25:17 GMT -5
After going back and rereading the game concepts and seeing what might be possible, then reading my role PM, I feel rather deprived. I hope some of you that are also in my covenant (which is the Way of the White, not that I expect anyone to take my word for it) have some really awesome powers. Running the risk of getting myself lynched D1, anyone part of a non White convenant (who isn't the mafia obviously), I would quite like to hear from you. I may be able to help you out. Hate to triple post but for the record - this means even those who are hostile to the way of white. I can entertain the possibility that even if you are in the WotW, you might have reason to have contact with someone from a hostile covenant, but you seem to imply here that there is a covenant that is the "mafia" along with other hostile covenants, and there is some reason you would want to contact someone from the latter, but not the former. I do find it suspicious that you seem to know this much about the setup. My suspicion is that you are in a non-white covenant, but it could be hostile or non-hostile. What happen to the post about the soapstone and other game set ups? Look in the forum Mafia:Dark Souls --> The Undead Asylum: Administrative Area
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Post by sinjin on Jun 25, 2014 23:31:28 GMT -5
^^^^^^^^^^^ What a fantastic post/sig line combo! Hey, if he had said it was a random vote, full stop, I would have been fine with that. I know I'm clueless but what the hell is a "not that random" vote?
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Post by Chameleon on Jun 26, 2014 0:29:49 GMT -5
Hey, if he had said it was a random vote, full stop, I would have been fine with that. I know I'm clueless but what the hell is a "not that random" vote? I can only guess that Abstain is trying to be deliberately ambiguous, for what purpose remains to be seen. Perhaps he's simply trying to illicit a response to gauge (which obviously doesn't tell us why he chose Sinjin). We know that players can leave the White covenant but have yet to see the mechanisms of this in action - perhaps there is something in Abstain's role that benefits his changing covenants, which in turn will benefit the new covenant by attaining another member? He could also simply be trying to locate the other covenants to gain what information he can.
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Post by Chameleon on Jun 26, 2014 0:32:49 GMT -5
I was also going to add that it seems a bit brazen for Scum to take this kind of risk - however, in a game where there are an unknown number of friendly/hostile groups, Scum has a lot more wiggle room. I know "Scum wouldn't do that" isn't really a valid argument (although it does sometimes apply), but it would seem to be even less so in this game.
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Post by Chronos on Jun 26, 2014 5:55:58 GMT -5
Wait, I get it: abstain isn't expecting anti-Townies to reply via post, but via soapstone. Which means that his post has the sole effect of putting him on their radar, but without any benefit to the rest of us. . If he has mitigating circumstances, I'd really like to hear them, because otherwise, this looks Not Good, like he's either non-Town already, or (if he is Town) that he intends to change sides quickly, which amounts to about the same thing. Amusing typo, there: You mean "elicit".
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Post by abstain on Jun 26, 2014 7:56:56 GMT -5
I'm simply making myself known to those who may require my help in the future, nothing more.
I voted sinjin because I saw his (her?) name in the night zero thread when I was reading through it and figured why not. Actually randomising a vote is far too time consuming.
If I intended on ditching the town, I wouldn't say anything. But my power is available to help anyone who isn't town, so I figured why not.
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Post by abstain on Jun 26, 2014 8:00:35 GMT -5
The Deprived is actually a class in DS. Is that a name drop, or simply a descriptor?
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Jun 26, 2014 9:27:11 GMT -5
After going back and rereading the game concepts and seeing what might be possible, then reading my role PM, I feel rather deprived. I hope some of you that are also in my covenant (which is the Way of the White, not that I expect anyone to take my word for it) have some really awesome powers. So, you're claiming Vanilla Town in your first post of the game? Well, I suppose someone had to do it, and neither Idle nor Pleonast are playing this one... I don't have a problem with abstain's 'claim', nor with his 'random but not random' vote. It was 'random' because he decided to vote for someone for no particular reason, but it was 'not random' because he he made a conscious choice (based purely on whimsy) to vote for sinjin. None of which I take issue with at this stage of the game. As for the rest of his post: it looks like some tasty wine. The only question is whether we should drink it, or not.
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Jun 26, 2014 9:31:13 GMT -5
Suburban You don't have a problem with Abstain's claim that he has powers that help Non-Town members? That's a big problem for me.
Unvote: Abstain
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Jun 26, 2014 9:31:55 GMT -5
And I clicked the wrong button.... Cancel that Unvote...
Vote: Abstain
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Post by peekercpa on Jun 26, 2014 10:09:02 GMT -5
After going back and rereading the game concepts and seeing what might be possible, then reading my role PM, I feel rather deprived. I hope some of you that are also in my covenant (which is the Way of the White, not that I expect anyone to take my word for it) have some really awesome powers. So, you're claiming Vanilla Town in your first post of the game? Well, I suppose someone had to do it, and neither Idle nor Pleonast are playing this one... I don't have a problem with abstain's 'claim', nor with his 'random but not random' vote. It was 'random' because he decided to vote for someone for no particular reason, but it was 'not random' because he he made a conscious choice (based purely on whimsy) to vote for sinjin. None of which I take issue with at this stage of the game. As for the rest of his post: it looks like some tasty wine. The only question is whether we should drink it, or not. i went ahead and left the whole thing in here because i am kind of getting confused. i don't get mental's post = vanilla town. kind of remember somewhere that story mentioned that no one would be "niller". maybe it's just semantics but crips folks any possibility for any fucking consistency? also, i know some of you folks are young enough that if you'd have lived in my neck of the woods back in the day i'd probably be the old toot that your mom dropped you off at while she went to go shopping. but is this really shit that is out there. can we go back to scooby doo? or maybe happy days?
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Post by Meeko on Jun 26, 2014 10:37:16 GMT -5
The Deprived is actually a class in DS. Is that a name drop, or simply a descriptor? Curious that you would call this out. Curious further that you wouldn't cite the original poster.
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Post by Meeko on Jun 26, 2014 10:43:17 GMT -5
can we go back to scooby doo? or maybe happy days? Join next time on the continuing conscripted adventures of Scooby Doo (Less Shaggy) where the gang tracks down an aging Fonzie trying to convert retired home owners to the way of the reverse mortgage. "I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling Suze Orman!"
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Post by Mahaloth on Jun 26, 2014 11:37:32 GMT -5
I don't think mental claimed vanilla, but merely that his role isn't as exciting as he had hoped.
Abstain interests me, but while others may think "scum wouldn't do that" is not a strong argument....I kind of think it is this time. I don't think scum or any other hostile group would just post that right away.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Jun 26, 2014 11:41:43 GMT -5
Suburban You don't have a problem with Abstain's claim that he has powers that help Non-Town members? That's a big problem for me. I don't have a problem with any claim at this stage of the game. For one thing, I don't necessarily believe it in the first place. And if he is telling the truth (about having powers that can help non-Town members), it might well be that his power can help them become Town...which I think most of us would agree is a good thing, right?
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Post by peekercpa on Jun 26, 2014 12:13:40 GMT -5
Suburban You don't have a problem with Abstain's claim that he has powers that help Non-Town members? That's a big problem for me. I don't have a problem with any claim at this stage of the game. For one thing, I don't necessarily believe it in the first place. And if he is telling the truth (about having powers that can help non-Town members), it might well be that his power can help them become Town...which I think most of us would agree is a good thing, right? ok, this seems to be borderline absurd. if someone is 3rd party depending on their wincon. but cripes if you could flip a scum that's game breaking. that's not a good thing. that's pack the bags and head to vegas. insta lynch/insta lynch/ insta lynch ............. oh well. you get the picture.
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