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Post by storyteller0910 on Jan 9, 2008 14:07:55 GMT -5
The last night in the life of the colonist named CatinaSuit was also the longest. Certain that he would be the next target of the killers stalking the Colony, he sat at a table in the nearly abandoned New Canaan tavern, nostalgically tossing back shots of whiskey and waiting for the end.
He thought about his time in New Canaan, and felt strangely at peace. He was born here, and it was only right that he'd die here, too. As he waited, he composed a song. It was quite a beautiful song, written in memory of atarus, and he rather suspected that had he written it on Earth, he'd be a reknowned pop star already. Maybe even in a boy band. As time continued to pass, he busied himself constructing a tiny pyramid out of peanuts. Before long, nearly-abandoned became fully abandoned, and CatinaSuit found himself alone with a premonition of doom, and an unlocked, fully-stocked bar.
Sometime after 2:00AM the bar door opened, and the killer entered. The killer approached CatinSuit carefully, glancing in every direction to be sure no one was watching it, then laid a black gloved-hand on CatinaSuit's shoulder, preparing to strike his head from his body with one vicious blow. The killer was duly surprised when CatinaSuit's head dropped to the table, eyes glazed and open, quite dead and reeking of whiskey.
The killer decapitated him anyway, of course, but it wasn't the same at all.
The Coroner would later find that the cause of death was acute alcohol poisoning.
CatinaSuit, the Second Scion of New Canaan, is dead
diggitcamara, too, felt a strong sense of his own pending death, but faced it in a different way. He chose to go walking along the darkest streets of New Canaan at 4:00 in the morning, daring his killer to finish him. He was nervous, but determined. He would not go out without a fight, he vowed, and no matter how violent his death, he wouldn't make a sound.
Suddenly, he felt a cold certainty - there was someone else in the alley with him.
His hands clenched into fists.
He spun into the shadows, eyes wide, ready to make the last three seconds of his life count for as much as or more than the first three decades.
He lunged...
And tripped over the body of Captain Klutz, who was quite exceedingly dead, his body covered with shallow cuts from a nearby kitchen knife and his eyes open and staring at the sky.
Captain Klutz, a Pro-Town Human Code Runner, is no more
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Day Eight begins now. It will end at 2:00PM on Monday, January 14. With only five players still alive, three votes on any single player will mean a majority and trigger a vote freeze. Good luck, and try to stay alive out there.
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Post by Parzival on Jan 9, 2008 15:35:45 GMT -5
Now this is interesting.
But it's at least an object lesson (for me) in why word slips aren't always what they seem. I found this while re-reading yesterday's posts, from Klutz, directed at me, color added :
I thought 'target' to be a very loaded word to use. I thought it the sort of thing either a power role or scum might say. But it turns out Klutz was telling the truth. We have some strange roles in this game, I think.
The rest of that quote makes sense today (except for the part accusing me of being a speculator). I'll give my role later today, and I expect everyone else to do the same now. Only diggit is confirmed.
As intriguing as the deaths are, I'm not sure if looking at death patterns is going to be very revealing at this point. My role will maybe shed a little light on it for those interested, but I think looking at people's behavior in the game will be more useful now.
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Post by Gir! on Jan 9, 2008 20:34:10 GMT -5
He really was a Code Runner? Wow. That's...bizarre. RIP CIAS and CK.
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Post by diggitcamara on Jan 9, 2008 20:53:15 GMT -5
Interesting choice our scummy friends made... I thought it would have been in their best interest to have a vote for Guv'nur first thing toDay.
So, this leaves us:
DeathByIrony - Kat v2.0 - Parzival - zuma v2.0 -
diggitcamara-- First Scion of New Canaan (aka mason)
Care to claim?
Other then that, I'll look at that voting list my fellow scion wrote toNight, looking for patterns and/or clues as to who might be what.
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Post by CatInASuit on Jan 10, 2008 1:01:05 GMT -5
And so all good things come to an end. Nice death scene storyteller Now if someone wouldn't mind just sending me the forbidden thread links, it would be appreciated. Good Luck Town.
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Post by Parzival on Jan 10, 2008 1:13:09 GMT -5
Looks a little slow today. I guess some people may be waiting until Thursday. (Until I checked in this morning I thought it wasn't until then either.)
By the way, farewell to Capt. Klutz and Mr. Cat. Sorry to lose you guys.
So here's my role claim. I welcome any questions but expect everyone else will be revealing soon as well.
I am the Colony Cop. After spending a few years as a regular police officer, I hoped to find New Canaan a less strenous workplace. (Which it was, up until recently.)
Once it was figured out that there were rogue replicants among us, I was severely worried in my position. Despite police experience, I'm no Blade Runner. So even though I'm a cop, I don't have any applicable powers in the game.
Especially at this point, since any usefulness I may have had died with Deckard/Pleonast. Prior to the game, I received a secret message that the Blade Runner Rick Deckard was coming to the colony. I had orders to assist him and protect him as best I could.
Everything about it was secret, though. I didn't know who Deckard was. I knew that he wasn't allowed to role claim, even his power -- at least his investigative power, which was the only one I knew for certain he had. If Deckard had managed to investigate me, I would be able to let him know who I was and I would know who he was. I still couldn't have revealed his true role, though.
I also knew one minor detail - that Deckard was a replicant. And I couldn't reveal that either. (I think I had a bit more leeway here - I probably could have said it, just not backed it up with my role.)
So my role was pretty much to support the Blade Runner if I could, and I failed at that.
As for evidence to back me up, there isn't too much except my posting history. I certainly didn't provide any hidden messages like Captain Klutz, and since Deckard died I've basically been a vanilla.
When Pleo claimed I actually didn't expect that to be a false claim for the B.R. so I wasn't too sure it was him. I just didn't expect Deckard to be accused so early on. So I really made no effort to be noticed by Pleo, but didn't get behind any push to lynch him just in case.
The night after Pleonast died is about the best I can point to to back me up - I was pretty upset that I had missed out who he was. I also made a comment about Deckard being a replicant to Story (not angry, just a wry mention of the detail).
So that's who I am - who are you all?
The following is semi-speculation, but I think it makes some sense : In my consideration I don't think there's a backup Blade Runner. There may be a backup Vig, but I expect it'd be a different type of role. In all likelihood not one that is a combo Investigator/Vig.
There is also a curious phrase in my role PM that suggests that there could be human killers in the game. It says that when I first started investigating the murders I realized it was "not just humans" doing the crime. It doesn't say anything definitively, though.
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Post by zuma on Jan 10, 2008 3:37:09 GMT -5
Hrm. Nice to know I was right (for once) with my Roosh votes. In any event, I'm vanilla. No powers, no PMs. There you are.
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Post by Gir! on Jan 10, 2008 23:31:46 GMT -5
Claim time? I'm a vanilla person. Next time, I want chocolate.
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Post by Death By Irony on Jan 10, 2008 23:41:47 GMT -5
Vanilla here as well.
I'm inclined to believe Parzival for the time being, but I am a little curious on why he was so light on details in his claim. What does "support and protect" mean, exactly?
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Post by Parzival on Jan 11, 2008 1:23:11 GMT -5
Vanilla here as well. I'm inclined to believe Parzival for the time being, but I am a little curious on why he was so light on details in his claim. What does "support and protect" mean, exactly? It's pretty much a paraphrase of some of the color. There's a certain bureacratese humor in it. The message telling me Deckard was coming (note - the message itself is not in the PM, just a description of it) says I'm supposed to help him out, but I'm also not supposed to interfere with him. And it's both a sign of the uncaring powers that be (in-game) and a bastard mod for making Deckard's job so difficult. Just to be clear, I don't have any other powers. All I could do was try to keep Deckard from being lynched (and that only if he'd found me and I knew who he was, or guessed). I should also mention that though I really did hope to get something else if he died, there was never anything at all promised or even implied. Story did made it clear after I asked that if we met up, there would be nothing exchanged other than who we were - I presume it would have been just separate PMs to the both of us. I don't know how much more detail I could put in. Since Pleonast's lynching I've been essentially vanilla. (And apparently, everyone in the town is vanilla. So why haven't we won yet?) There's plenty of ways this role could have played out, but now it's not of any use. I don't mind continuing to answer questions since I seem to be the only non-vanilla claim (Gov. diggitcamara excepted). I'm going to focus on the task of analyzing who we need to lynch as that's foremost.
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Post by zuma on Jan 11, 2008 7:49:22 GMT -5
I'm inclined to believe Parzival for the time being So you believe there are 3 townies present at the moment, of our remaining 5? diggit is obvious. If you are town, and believe parz is as well, that leaves 1 scum and one of either a speculator or sk. Which do you think is present? I know that I am town along with diggit. I know for a fact there are at least 2. Whether there is a third I will have to think about.
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Post by zuma on Jan 11, 2008 7:54:39 GMT -5
I'll ask this of Death By Irony.
If you, diggit, and parz are town, what roles do you think Kat and I hold?
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Post by Death By Irony on Jan 11, 2008 11:35:30 GMT -5
I'm not sure yet. I'm also still going back and forth on parzival's claim - it's not inconceivable for his role to have so little knowledge, but the paranoid part of me feels like something doesn't sit quite right.
I'd have to reread the other players, because I was focusing most of my attention on my top suspects these past few Days.
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Post by storyteller0910 on Jan 11, 2008 13:32:34 GMT -5
Well, there isn't any vote count, but I thought I should poke my head in and say:
Day ends at 2:00PM on Monday, January 14, or in slightly more than three real life days (of which two will be weekend days, of course).
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Post by Parzival on Jan 11, 2008 13:50:06 GMT -5
CatinaSuit laid out a model similar to this one, but I don't want to rule out some of the possibilities of who is left.
We obviously have at least one scum, and at least one other killer. For the sake of convenience I'll call it the SK (which could mean 'serial' but also 'second'). There may be a Speculator as well. The rest I call 'vanilla' (I count myself in that group).
Possible town make-up
2 scum, 1 spec, etc. - unlikely since this would probably be a loss already. But if it's the case, it's still lynch scum or lose (and then maybe lose in the Night). 2 scum, 0 spec, etc. - Lynch scum or lose.
1 scum, 1 spec, etc. - Lynch scum and win; lynch spec and result in option (b) or (c) below. 1 scum, 0 spec, 1 Mason, 2 'vanilla', 1 SK - (a) Lynch scum and win (b) Lynch SK, play 3-handed Tomorrow (c) Lynch town, game probably decided (and probably lose) in the night. Note that the last two populations come out about the same. So we pretty much need to find scum today. The other thing I think that is important - [one of] the remaining scum is the Nexus-9. I see no reason not to believe what atarus said, which means that in all likelihood the Nexus-9 was not on the scum boards at the start. So when doing our analysis, we may want to check out people who modified their behavior after a few Days. I think it may be wise to examine all the other scums players' reactions to the Nexus-9 information, as it may be a clue as to when it was activated.
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Post by diggitcamara on Jan 11, 2008 22:11:17 GMT -5
Well, might as well start the voting this round: vote Kat v. 2.0My reasons are twofold: 1. She has barely voted for anyone during this game. That strikes me as... odd. (Look at my fellow Scion's analysis here) 2. She has only a couple more posts than I do. Which, again, I find odd. Those two reasons give me the feeling that Kat v. 2.0 has been trying to stay under the radar. And it doesn't fit with the behavior of a "Vanilla colonist".
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Post by Parzival on Jan 12, 2008 13:50:32 GMT -5
Can we hopefully get a little analysis before this Day ends? None of us have all that many posts to look at, even. I've done a little just to start but I don't have much more time today. I just read through all of Kat's posts (from Day 2 on). Most of them don't have much in them, though there's been a slight uptick in content since about Yesterday. So the thing that struck me was that on Day 5 she suddenly comes out with a very lengthy post, based on a 'complete re-read'. (5.90) Her top suspects are Capt. Klutz, Roosh, and drainbead. It isn't too hard to believe that the Nexus-9 joined the scum board Night 5, and then a strategy was developed. One that might have been set up to preserve it the longest, maybe even at the expense of one or two other scum. The out-of-character post, coming at that time, and naming those people is quite suspicious to me. I also looked a little at some of zuma's posts around the same time (looking for signs of Nexus-9). He did seem to be talking it up a little bit, and this is also when he had the 'apparently shitty doc' line that still smacks of role-fishing to me. DeathbyIrony I put a little lower on my suspicious list only because she has already drawn some suspicion, and I have a feeling the remaining scum is/are more likely the under-the-radar type. I didn't see her saying much in the time frame I was looking at. One last bit about evidence of my role - while digging around I remembered asking NAF a question about whether he could replicate a replicant: 1.390 This was a direct question about Deckard. I was also talking up the Blade Runner role early on in the game, in the hopes of attracting an investigation.
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Post by diggitcamara on Jan 12, 2008 15:54:13 GMT -5
(snip) So the thing that struck me was that on Day 5 she suddenly comes out with a very lengthy post, based on a 'complete re-read'. (5.90) Her top suspects are Capt. Klutz, Roosh, and drainbead. It isn't too hard to believe that the Nexus-9 joined the scum board Night 5, and then a strategy was developed. One that might have been set up to preserve it the longest, maybe even at the expense of one or two other scum. The out-of-character post, coming at that time, and naming those people is quite suspicious to me. (snip) Could you link to that post?
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Post by Parzival on Jan 12, 2008 20:48:24 GMT -5
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Post by zuma on Jan 13, 2008 8:59:38 GMT -5
I've also had a few problems wit kat, especially knowing her as fellow scum in a previous game. Before doing a re-read she'd be at the top of my list, but that is all subject to change...
Parzival's claim also bugs me. He is a colony cop with no investigative powers, other than to "protect" the blade runner, with no powers. I will look at his claims that he tried to alert the blade runner in my re-read. Which will eat up all of my sunday night. It just seems like an opportunistic and unverifiable role-claim. Plus, on a personal note, altho I know I'm town, his bringing up the "apparently shitty doc" quote as some sort of role-fishing bugs me.
What, did he think I'm scum trying to lure a "I AM NOT A SHITTY DOC" response? At that time, NAF should have been protected and I stand behind my "shitty doc" comment at that time.
Parz hasn't really been on the radar for me yet, but he's getting there with his dubious role-claim and dredging up the entirely defensable "shitty doc" comment.
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Post by zuma on Jan 13, 2008 9:01:59 GMT -5
That said, Parz's question to NAF about being able to replicate a replicant is a point in his favor. I'll have to really consider that post he referenced.
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Post by zuma on Jan 13, 2008 10:26:54 GMT -5
Sheiss. All I know is that either 0 or 1 of you nondiggits are town. The rest are scum. I must suss out the lies you've told us.
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Post by zuma on Jan 13, 2008 10:30:17 GMT -5
kat's yay post bothers me still. When we were scum she'd post a "yay" post whenever us scum had a good night. I hate to keep going back to that one... but i don't know...
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Post by Death By Irony on Jan 13, 2008 15:26:47 GMT -5
Kat, a question - are you allowed to reveal what your previous incarnation did on Night One?
(I ask this because I'm sort of metagaming her based on her previous role - as someone who was sort of in her shoes last game, I don't think I would have been allowed to substitute into a scum role knowing that Hal was River Tam.)
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Post by Death By Irony on Jan 13, 2008 15:36:54 GMT -5
After much deliberation, vote Parzival.
Nobody else has claimed getting a PM similar to Parzival's, and the fact that he's still alive despite his claims puts a lot of doubt in my mind. And the overall tone of his posts remind me of Roosh's - trying to sound helpful and analytical, but just spreading mostly baseless suspicion all over the place.
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Post by Parzival on Jan 13, 2008 17:30:47 GMT -5
Death by Irony, do you think at this point we shouldn't be sharing everything we find suspicious (or favorable,even) about everyone in the game? I don't find any of what I've said 'mostly baseless', but you may have your opinion.
I'm also not going to excuse someone merely based on metagaming, either. I find Kat's lurk-post one big analysis-lurk behavior suspicious.
zuma, your comment was certainly 'defensible', but do you admit that merely mentioning roles (especially when we didn't know all the roles) can easily be indicative of someone who's trying to tease out the role or information about it? I can point out that I did some talking about the Blade Runner (suspicious), and Capt. Klutz did some talking about the 'hacker'/Neuromancer (also suspicious), but we had reasons (even pro-town in both cases) to do so. I guess what bothers me most is that I see no reason for you to make such a comment. Obviously NAF was already dead, and there were any number of reasons for how it happened. Your picking of the (til then unknown) 'doc' seemed more likely to have a special reason behind it than not.
Frankly, I don't find it quite suspicious enough to put you on the block for it. Later tonight I'll be checking your other posts, though, before the Day ends.
At this point I'm pretty firmly decided on Kat. Voting now could end the Day a little prematurely if the scum jump on, so I'll hold off (and I'd like to hear her at least chime in again).
Also, to zuma - I do recall it happening, but do you know what Day the Kat 'yay' post was on?
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Post by storyteller0910 on Jan 14, 2008 8:43:12 GMT -5
VOTE COUNT, DAY EIGHT
Kat v. 2.0 (1) - diggitcamara Parzival (1) - Death by Irony
Two votes have been cast of a possible five. The Day ends today at 2:00PM, or in just over five hours.
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Post by zuma on Jan 14, 2008 9:10:20 GMT -5
Two votes have been cast of a possible five. The Day ends today at 2:00PM, or in just over five hours. More east coast bias. I always have to do the math timewise in these games. Oh lord. I've only done a partial re-read, and will have to go with what my gut has told me. Results tell me I am a terrible mafia player. Common sense tells me that diggit has suspected kat like I have. I hope nobody hates me if I'm wrong on this, but vote: kat 2.0[/color]. Yay.
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Post by Parzival on Jan 14, 2008 12:44:54 GMT -5
As I already said before, I'm voting Kat. At this point the silence isn't helping. And I don't think the countdown will end the day sooner.
vote Kat 2.0
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Post by storyteller0910 on Jan 14, 2008 12:59:50 GMT -5
Three votes Kat. diggit may end this Day at any moment by refusing a stay of execution; if that does not happen, it will end in an hour. Whee!
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