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Post by Pollux Oil on Oct 18, 2012 13:32:31 GMT -5
Terrible music blasts over the speakers, brought from the archives, known only as "80s hair metal" to the archivists. However, nobody immediately awakens. People are strewn about the station, drooling on themselves, in a strange stupor. It takes an extra half-hour of bad music and loud screeching before the first player begins to stir. And then another, until finally everyone starts to get up.
"Wake up! Wow, you're all sleepyheads this morning!" Pollux yells through the speakers. Slowly, in an almost zombie-like fashion, the group begins to coalesce in the main room. It takes another half-hour before they all gather together. "So I take it you guys all had a restful night?" Surprisingly, all the players nod. This was some of the best sleep they've had in ages.
"Well that's good news! The bad news is, you better count your players." Slowly, smacking their lips, the still recovering group looks around. They notice one of their kind is missing, so they shuffle to his room. Inside, BillMc lies peacefully on his bed, almost as if he was sleeping. One of the group walks over to him and shakes his shoulder, trying to wake him up. But he doesn't wake up. He gets shook again, and again, but he just lies there. Obviously dead, but no markings or tell-tale signs whatsoever. It looks like he just...passed on. Or did he?
BillMc, aka Diddy Kong (Town Special) is dead.
The group is stunned by the loss, but at the same time, very, very rested. So they're not too mad.
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Day Five begins now. Day Five ends Tuesday, October 23, at 2 PM EDT.
Mercenary bids for Night Five are now closed.
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Post by Inner Stickler on Oct 18, 2012 13:43:01 GMT -5
Apparently I was supes drowsy and unable to perform my vigkill last night but by the look of the color we all were. Was anyone able to act last night?
And why Bill? The eternal question.
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Oct 18, 2012 13:44:28 GMT -5
So Meeko, you should be able to confirm that I did absolutely nothing last night....assuming you tracked me last night.
(PS- It wasn't by choice that I did nothing I was blocked)
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Post by Meeko on Oct 18, 2012 13:46:00 GMT -5
Terrible music blasts over the speakers, brought from the archives, known only as "80s hair metal" to the archivists. However, nobody immediately awakens. People are strewn about the station, drooling on themselves, in a strange stupor. It takes an extra half-hour of bad music and loud screeching before the first player begins to stir. And then another, until finally everyone starts to get up. "Wake up! Wow, you're all sleepyheads this morning!" Pollux yells through the speakers. Slowly, in an almost zombie-like fashion, the group begins to coalesce in the main room. It takes another half-hour before they all gather together. "So I take it you guys all had a restful night?" Surprisingly, all the players nod. This was some of the best sleep they've had in ages. "Well that's good news! The bad news is, you better count your players." Slowly, smacking their lips, the still recovering group looks around. They notice one of their kind is missing, so they shuffle to his room. Inside, BillMc lies peacefully on his bed, almost as if he was sleeping. One of the group walks over to him and shakes his shoulder, trying to wake him up. But he doesn't wake up. He gets shook again, and again, but he just lies there. Obviously dead, but no markings or tell-tale signs whatsoever. It looks like he just...passed on. Or did he? BillMc, aka Diddy Kong (Town Special) is dead.The group is stunned by the loss, but at the same time, very, very rested. So they're not too mad. --- Day Five begins now. Day Five ends Tuesday, October 23, at 2 PM EDT.Mercenary bids for Night Five are now closed. I take this to mean we were all blocked last night. I for one was.
Ok gang, My birthday and cruise await. Back Late Monday / Tuesday.
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Oct 18, 2012 13:49:03 GMT -5
Yes Same Inner....My block was because I fell asleep.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 13:51:13 GMT -5
A Mass Block? Could be...it's not without precedent. Except that if everyone was blocked, who killed Bill? And why Bill? The eternal question. I assume "because he's Bill, and he's still alive". Or someone didn't believe his claim that he had used up his powers and was effectively Vanilla.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 13:55:20 GMT -5
Could the Mass Block have been Bill's doing, at the cost of his life?
It sounds not very plausible, but given his participation issues he alluded to last Night, maybe he chose this way to bow out?
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Post by Sister Coyote on Oct 18, 2012 13:56:38 GMT -5
Vote: Suburban Plankton
For the reasons I've been voting him all along: unusually aggressive play among other things.
Mass Block just really sucks, but it usually sucks for everyone.
A second, though far less likely possibility (zebras, and all) is that Bill mass blocked last night but had to kill himself to do so.
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Post by Sister Coyote on Oct 18, 2012 13:57:17 GMT -5
Could the Mass Block have been Bill's doing, at the cost of his life? It sounds not very plausible, but given his participation issues he alluded to last Night, maybe he chose this way to bow out? Damn you.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 13:59:42 GMT -5
Vote: Suburban PlanktonFor the reasons I've been voting him all along: unusually aggressive play among other things. Mass Block just really sucks, but it usually sucks for everyone. A second, though far less likely possibility (zebras, and all) is that Bill mass blocked last night but had to kill himself to do so. "unusually aggressive play"? In what way? I think my participation has been pretty much par for the course in this game. If you're comparing it to the last few games you may have a point, because my participation sucked over the summer, but historically this is 'me'. Or are you just mad that I keep Ninja-ing your comments?
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Post by Inner Stickler on Oct 18, 2012 13:59:50 GMT -5
Why would a town bill choose to block everyone last night at the expense of his life? It's functionally equivalent to no one doing anything and the scum perform a NK. I reject that hypothesis as untenable.
My suspicion is that scum had a mass block in the wings and chose to use it last night due to Pizza's complex plotting.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 14:02:00 GMT -5
Why would a town bill choose to block everyone last night at the expense of his life? It's functionally equivalent to no one doing anything and the scum perform a NK. I reject that hypothesis as untenable. My suspicion is that scum had a mass block in the wings and chose to use it last night due to Pizza's complex plotting. A mass block that only affected non-Scum? I don't think I've ever personally come across such a thing...but it's still more plausible that the 'Bill committed suicide' theory.
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Post by Rich Beckman on Oct 18, 2012 14:04:28 GMT -5
BillMc was the merc last night, correct? He won it Night Three so he exercised it Night Four, right? Sorry folks, I'm really not contributing much to this game - work is getting in the way. Apologies for not having the time. I did win the Merc bid on N3. My claim is below - I've used my powers, so I'm vanilla town now. I boosted KidV, Red, Pizza respectively.<snip>
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Post by Sister Coyote on Oct 18, 2012 14:08:35 GMT -5
That is my understanding of how the mercenary works, yes.
Inner: I didn't think it was probable, just not impossible. And I don't think Burby thought it was, either -- which he obviously didn't, I see ON PREVIEW TAKE THAT.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 18, 2012 14:11:38 GMT -5
It is an odd set of circumstances, but I don't see a clear Occam's Razor approach to trying to ferret out what may have happened. Unstoppable kill maybe?
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Post by Sister Coyote on Oct 18, 2012 14:12:40 GMT -5
Actually, to correct something:
Bill won the Merc's services last Night. Whether he actually was the merc is a matter of some debate (that mostly happened last Night). Though I'm inclined to believe Storyteller, that it's a particular individual; just as ginger claims to be a kind of "reverse coroner".
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Post by Sister Coyote on Oct 18, 2012 14:13:03 GMT -5
Why use it on Bill, though?
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 14:17:20 GMT -5
It is an odd set of circumstances, but I don't see a clear Occam's Razor approach to trying to ferret out what may have happened. Unstoppable kill maybe? Possibly. I looked back at all of the claims so far, because I seemed to recall someone having an unblockable kill. I was not quite correct; though Mahaloth claimed a one-shot kill that can't be protected against, and crys claimed that his bite attempts cannot be blocked. So an unblockable kill is plausible, at least.
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Post by Suburban Plankton on Oct 18, 2012 14:29:41 GMT -5
Speaking of crys...
Did you bite anyone last Night?
On a related note: did anyone get infected with a virus last Night? Or on Night 1?
And while we're on the subject of 'possibly bad things happening to people', has anyone been cursed recently? guiri was cursed on Night 1 and Jan reported being cursed on Night 2 (though she may have been lying about it).
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Post by patricia on Oct 18, 2012 15:00:48 GMT -5
Maybe the merc kill is unstopable? so who had the merc? Scum for sure but why KILL BILL (had to say that) lol if he was vanilla town? Maybe he was the best choice as the scum felt all the other know towns would be protected?
Maybe the "good night sleep we all had was done by Pizza/Colby? as they claimed they would have 3 confirmed towns today - as a way to cover?
very puzzling indeed!!
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Post by patricia on Oct 18, 2012 15:02:50 GMT -5
known towns even - hate that we can't correct our posts!!!
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Post by patricia on Oct 18, 2012 15:06:47 GMT -5
also - I have a feeling that bill will be back like peek was - due to the color - or is he
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Post by LightFoot on Oct 18, 2012 15:23:15 GMT -5
I have to agree with those confuseded about Bill being killed
He seemed sincere ( yeah I know) in his claim of being vanilla now- from the Town POV I saw him as a possible 3rd that was no longer a threat worst case- given that the players that he claimed to have boosted confirmed that bit and showed no ill effects
trying to use a Scum POV - he claimed -as Scum I would have not seen him as a threat ? Why would they not go for a Town power -shot in the dark?
was it a hostile 3rd party ?
But that would mean the Scum didn't kill ( or were unable to?)
extra thought- I don't know the Scum win-con BUT I wager eliminating as many Town players as possible is part of it.
So. Scum could have decided either he was Town and they need them dead/ or he was hostile 3P ( since he would have then been lying about his PM ) and another possible threat to Scum. Add to that - Bill is notorious for ferreting out Scum so...
OR I could be all wet and everyone was blocked except ONE sure shot
If it was the Merc ( then if the Merc was won by Scum the above theorie holds some water? )
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Post by LightFoot on Oct 18, 2012 15:24:11 GMT -5
Don't we have a magic Pizza box due for delivery?
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Post by peekercpa on Oct 18, 2012 15:26:21 GMT -5
i've got a virus. if that helps at all.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 18, 2012 15:32:06 GMT -5
Don't we have a magic Pizza box due for delivery? Not necessarily if he/they were blocked.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Oct 18, 2012 15:36:32 GMT -5
I have to agree with those confuseded about Bill being killed He seemed sincere ( yeah I know) in his claim of being vanilla now- from the Town POV I saw him as a possible 3rd that was no longer a threat worst case- given that the players that he claimed to have boosted confirmed that bit and showed no ill effects trying to use a Scum POV - he claimed -as Scum I would have not seen him as a threat ? Why would they not go for a Town power -shot in the dark? was it a hostile 3rd party ? But that would mean the Scum didn't kill ( or were unable to?) extra thought- I don't know the Scum win-con BUT I wager eliminating as many Town players as possible is part of it. So. Scum could have decided either he was Town and they need them dead/ or he was hostile 3P ( since he would have then been lying about his PM ) and another possible threat to Scum. Add to that - Bill is notorious for ferreting out Scum so... OR I could be all wet and everyone was blocked except ONE sure shot If it was the Merc ( then if the Merc was won by Scum the above theorie holds some water? ) Scum need to kill Townies. They don't necessarily need to kill the power roles first. Perhaps they thought he would be the least likely to be protected. Maybe they didn't believe that his super-charging powers were actually used up. I think we can pretty safely conclude that Bill wasn't killed by the Merc, because he stated that he had won the Merc bid on Night 3, to be used on Night 4. Unless it was indirectly due to some funky reflection/redirection/boomerang of the Merc action back onto Bill, but that is traipsing off into woowoo land, imho.
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Post by Colby11 on Oct 18, 2012 15:41:26 GMT -5
I think that the "mass block" was due to Pizza and the announcement that he was super charged.
For the record, I am not pizza's partner.
Now, I have two people who I have converted. I am unsure whether they are really town or not, so if you have been converted, please leave a message to that effect... Or leave a crumb... Or cake...
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Post by Colby11 on Oct 18, 2012 15:43:30 GMT -5
I think that the "mass block" was due to Pizza and the announcement that he was super charged. For the record, I am not pizza's partner. Now, I have two people who I have converted. I am unsure whether they are really town or not, so if you have been converted, please leave a message to that effect... Or leave a crumb... Or cake... Correction: two people who I have tried to convert.
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Post by dizzymrslizzy on Oct 18, 2012 15:48:14 GMT -5
Colby? Are you saying that you weren't blocked last night?
You claimed your first two converts were Pleo and Wombatt. So you tried to convert 2 more players on Nights 3 & 4?
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