Long Game 97: Midnight Whimsy

[STINK he/him]

They're technically not voting you but the dice of someone called Matriam so I think you're good in that case

[Araris Valerian he/him]

9 hours ago, Aeoryi said:

Also, how does SE RP work? Someone teach me, wise one

Something like this:

Whamsy was getting frustrated. He kept whamming his head into the wall, hoping it would jog his thoughts about what could possibly going on. For some reason his shardic powers didn't seem to be working. A part of Whamsy knew that if he could just figure that out, this whole scenario would make sense. But it had been several days with no progress, and to top it off, they were trying to kill him now. Whamsy curled up at the base of the Tree, holding his head in his hands. Nobody ever mentioned how painful it was to be a shard.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

8 hours ago, Mark IV said:

@Szeth_Pancakes Complaint laid on a player carry over across turns, right? 

They do.

[Aeoryi she/her]

45 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

Something like this:

Whamsy was getting frustrated. He kept whamming his head into the wall, hoping it would jog his thoughts about what could possibly going on. For some reason his shardic powers didn't seem to be working. A part of Whamsy knew that if he could just figure that out, this whole scenario would make sense. But it had been several days with no progress, and to top it off, they were trying to kill him now. Whamsy curled up at the base of the Tree, holding his head in his hands. Nobody ever mentioned how painful it was to be a shard.

The tree was really large, even for ambition. She looked up, and then realized the tree was exactly the way it was yesterday. In fact, the sun didn't even set. 

There was some very weird shenanigans going on.

Democracy was overthrown, being useless against the grand scheme of time, complaints were being thrown around like confetti, and everything was time locked.

Even the affected couldn't kill.

It was the worst best thing Ambition could've asked for.

[Mat he/him]

1 hour ago, Aeoryi said:

It was the worst best thing Ambition could've asked for.

Can you stop voting me  

You know I'm village

Edited October 18, 2023 by Matrim's Dice

[Aeoryi she/her]

13 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Can you stop voting me  

You know I'm village

Matriam's die

What happens if we don't vote

[Mat he/him]

4 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

Matriam's die

What happens if we don't vote

Normally it'd be RNGd among everyone, since it's technically a tie. Dunno if this game specified that. But there's no reason not to vote. We have the same info as we had D3.1 and D3.2, and we need more for this game to actually progress.

I don't think there's any world where no one dies to the exe, provided the turn actually ends properly. And I'd much rather have a say in who dies-- I made my Araris case, and think it's solid.

[Frustration]

15 hours ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Just trying to figure out why you tried to vote Araris and also sheeped his Frustration complaint ig

Okay @Frustration filter dodging doesn’t count as posting @STINK can you start playing now @The Known Novel this is now the third D3 and I would very much like to see this drastic content increase I keep hearing about

everyone else keep on talking, it makes the game winnable. A silent game is an elim victory.

Seriously dude calm down, I have a life outside of the shard.

16 hours ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Actual post:

What makes you say that?

@Frustration what did you claim I forgot :p.

Because Szeth said not to trust him and then said nothing happened.

Fighter.

[Mark IV he/him]

3 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Because Szeth said not to trust him and then said nothing happened

Yeah, I was wondering for a bit if time was secretly passing, but just that we weren't being told. But I gave up on that line of reasoning. 

So, is no one else gonna complain? Complaints should refresh at the end of next cycle anyway.

Also, I do believe Matrim and Araris are tied at 1 vote each, from each other, no?

[Mat he/him]

12 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Seriously dude calm down, I have a life outside of the shard.

You think I don't? :P. I have sooo much outside of it. And I put that first. But I also recognize that by signing up to play, I'm committing to making reads, playing for my wincon, and posting so that others can get reads on me. I don't think that's too much to ask. SE isn't like other RPs-- signing up and then flaking actively hurts the experience for everyone else.

2 minutes ago, Mark IV said:

Also, I do believe Matrim and Araris are tied at 1 vote each, from each other, no?

I think so, but Araris' vote was a joke that I doubt will stick.

[Frustration]

4 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

You think I don't? :P. I have sooo much outside of it. And I put that first. But I also recognize that by signing up to play, I'm committing to making reads, playing for my wincon, and posting so that others can get reads on me. I don't think that's too much to ask. SE isn't like other RPs-- signing up and then flaking actively hurts the experience for everyone else.

This thread has been open for ~7 daytime hours depending on timezones.

That's really not that long.

 

As an aside I'm really not getting any solid reads on anyone, village or otherwise.

Edited October 18, 2023 by Frustration

[STINK he/him]

Where are these complaints even coming from what if we all complain the tree

[Mat he/him]

Just now, Frustration said:

This thread has been open for ~7 daytime hours depending on timezones.

That's really not that long.

And? I pinged you based on a whole game of very low activity. It's been going for almost two weeks. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as rude, I don't mean to, but I think it's important to understand the general expectation of mafia games. These games simply aren't winnable with the kind of activity we're seeing, not without a whole lot of luck. My only two real reads are on Aeoryi and Araris. It's not a coincidence those are the two other active people. I would say my secondary reads are Mark/JNV-- the former who is decently active, the second who has been active in PMs. If all those people die and the game isn't over, it's literal RNG between you, Stink, and TKN because you guys haven't posted enough content for me to get reads on you.

I will say though, I think this exchange has been helpful because I don't think e!you responds to me that way, at least not e!you with a remotely active teammate.

1 minute ago, STINK said:

Where are these complaints even coming from what if we all complain the tree

We all inherently have one complaint to use over the course of two cycles. All we know is that complaints "remove" a player (theoretically what happened to DeTess) and we think they're maybe why D3 keeps happening. But we don't really know.

[Frustration]

Well we complaint killed Szeth

I propose vote killing as well.

Just in case.

Szeth

[Mark IV he/him]

4 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Well we complaint killed Szeth

I propose vote killing as well.

Szeth was never declared as removed. I suspect that part could have just been a joke on the GM's end. But that leaves the blank writeups unexplained. Idk. 

[STINK he/him]

We got rid of Szeth but not the Pancakes?

[Mat he/him]

Yeah, I don’t think the complaints on Szeth did anything. imo voting Szeth is equivalent to not voting at all

[JNV]

Ok theres 8 of us left 7 not me Im writing off Aeoryi as village out of sheer no evil would do this Ive got good vibes about Matrim and Mark but this might just be cause like meaningful talk you know Stink and I have a chill PM so like hm of the randoms wouldnt hit them first if you know what I mean anyway Frustrations got complaints already so we could try to get them out there and Novel well Novels always weird to me but Im not writing them off but I think hm I think Im voting Araris anyway I kinda cant get on rest of day so see you after the cycle ends

[Mat he/him]

Engagement activity: Everyone write an ordered list of who'd you kill, top is kill first, bottom is kill last, not including yourself or Szeth. I'll go first.

1. Araris
2. TKN
3. Stink
4. Frustration
5. Mark
6. JNV
7. Aeoryi

[Araris Valerian he/him]

1 hour ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Engagement activity: Everyone write an ordered list of who'd you kill, top is kill first, bottom is kill last, not including yourself or Szeth. I'll go first.

1. Araris
2. TKN
3. Stink
4. Frustration
5. Mark
6. JNV
7. Aeoryi

1. Mat
2. TKN
3. Frustration
4. STINK
5. Aeoryi
6. JNV
7. Mark

[Aeoryi she/her]

13 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

1. Mat
2. TKN
3. Frustration
4. STINK
5. Aeoryi
6. JNV
7. Mark

1. Frustration

2. TKN

3. Araris

4. STINK

5. Mark 4

6. JNV

7. Mat

 

[Mat he/him]

1 hour ago, Araris Valerian said:

1. Mat
2. TKN
3. Frustration
4. STINK
5. Aeoryi
6. JNV
7. Mark

Why am I first for you? Your vote seemed to be a joke to me.

[Aeoryi she/her]

1 minute ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Why am I first for you? Your vote seemed to be a joke to me.

Chill- voting doesn't matter.

What do you honestly think will happen in 2 hours

[Araris Valerian he/him]

16 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Why am I first for you? Your vote seemed to be a joke to me.

Because you asked for who we'd prefer to kill, not who we suspect

They mostly line up for me.

[Aeoryi she/her]

7 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

Because you asked for who we'd prefer to kill, not who we suspect

They mostly line up for me.

if we could kill