Mid-Range Game 3: When Chalklings Attack

[Alvron]

Very well.  I shall abstain from voting for now and if the tie remains as is closer to the deadline then I shall vote.  Until then it falls to Joel to break the deadlock.

 

Ash, having the outside people target us with Lines of Vigor weakens the number that can do Lines of Forbiddance.  And any other lines we draw will be useless as they will be cancelled by the Vigor lines.  As I said, if someone else want to target my target as well then that's fine as it will at least make sure that they will be hit by a Line of Vigor.  I am a little confused by your remark that the remaining Forgotten aren't on the chopping block as there is no way you could know this unless you are one of the Forgotten.

 

Araris, leaving myself off the list of suspicions would raise the level that people suspect me more than including myself on the list as it will look like I'm trying to focus the votes on the other two.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Yeah, I can see why you did it, my philosophy of playing is just a bit different. I prefer to give a more blunt statement that includes my own personal hopes about the outcome. And, as you can see, at least one person (me) saw it as suspicious that you mentioned your own death as a "good" idea.

[Alvron]

I wouldn't say that plotting for my own death is a "good" idea, but since we three are the prime suspects then it would be unwise of me not to plan for my own death.  The information will get us closer to finding the Forgotten.  At least that is what I hope comes of it.  If my death is what helps us win then I say go for it.

 

As for my personal hopes about the outcome.  It is simple, I hope that Ash is the one lynched as he is the one I am suspicious of.  More so now that he has posted a bit more as it seems to me that his postings are sounding like him scrambling around trying to salvage a way out.

[Ashiok]

I wasn't saying that I KNEW it, I was saying that I suspected it, assuming you were forgotten and proposed that plan. That's all. Yeah. Also my problem with the vigor thing is that if there is a single forgotten not on the 'block, it becomes pointless to Vigor anybody but the person about to be lynched. 

 

Please, somebody help me explain my thought process!

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

Finally, an increase in discussion! Much better.   

 

Hook line, and sinker! Eliminators, you have effectively revealed yourselves. Before Wyrm's 2:36 AM post, we had 3 votes on Tavi, 1 on Roddy and 1 on Alv. Now, isn't it convenient that 2 more players happened to vote for Alv , both barely 14 minutes apart, right when it seemed like Tavi was the winning candidate for lynching? Funnily enough, both players happen to be on the Most Suspected list. In fact, if you look at te current vote tally, you can see quite a connection:

 

Ronald (3) Joel, Tory Farth, Roddy, Tavi

Tavi (3) Wyatt, Jain, Samuel Kessen

Roddy (1) Joel,

Tory Farth (0) Tavi

 

Tavi, if you were innocent, you would have voted for Roddy, since he was the more erratic and suspicious player. Roddy, if you had been innocent, you would have voted for Tavi, since you weren't defending him earlier, and you had nothing to lose for voting for him. Tavi and Roddy, you both drove this vote into a tie. That's quite suspicious.

 

Joe and Ronald, you both have the power to win this game for the Villagers right now. Will you change your vote, Joe? Will you vote, Alv?

 

Edit: I don't have words to sum up your stupidity, colour editor.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda

[Ashiok]

Ok, I'm not an Eliminator. I'm telling you this on my oath as a Windrunner. If I told you that I could prove it, will ya'll allow me to? Just give me a target.

 

EDIT: Jain, my vote on Ronald was because of his plan, and how it favored the forgotten, especially if he was one and knew how many there were on the  'block. Tavi hadn't really been suspicious to me yet. From that point on, Tavi began saying more and more suspicious things, but I've come to expect that from him as par for the course. Looking back, there is more weird stuff from him than I thought. Hmm... I'm going to bed now, and in the morning I should have figured something out. I'll be back on around in about nine hours.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Ashiok

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Ash has always been erratic. I don't see that as a reason to vote, and also Ash made a statement that applied to me and votes directed toward me but said that it wasn't a specific reason to defend me, just something to think about as far as voting in general, and I happened to agree. As it happens, I was typing my post when the second vote for Ronald showed up, and decided to jump on it, partly to save myself an partly to spark some more discussion than "Tavi is inactive, lets all vote for him." I still trust you Jain, but I also think that you may r abiding the trust everyone is giving you now that you aren't being quite so erratic. However, I think that we do need a lynch tonight, and I am going to stick to my vote unless we have a major revelation like that Wyrm is really a sentry or some such thing. I think that Joe shood make the final call here, since we all trust him to be a villager.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Wow. I was about to decide to go to bed, but decided to get on, just in case. I said at the beginning of the Cycle that if this Happened, I'd vote for Araris, And I will. Roddy .

[Sart he/him]

     The debate on who to kill had devolved into a shouting match. Three members of the platoon were calling for Ronald's death. Then Ronald and his friends had declared that Tavi must be guilty. They weren't making any headway, until Joel's voice shouted above the crowd. "Hey, listen up!" he shouted. Jain quickly asked, "Who do you think is the Forgotten?" Joel responded, "Honestly, I think Tavi is, but that's not important right now..." The rest of his words were drowned out by a triumphant cheer, as Tavi was lynched. Sadly, his body didn't start spewing chalklings, so the camp was at a loss of what to do, as they started to argue again.

       Joel had more important things on his mind right now. Like the chalkling horde that was advancing on the camp. He tried to rally the camp, but everyone was too busy arguing! He had patrolling day in, and day out, and he hadn't seen a horde this big since the failed charge. Even worse, it appeared that he was the only one to fight it. He hastily drew the Matson defense, hoping he would survive the attack. Unfortunately, there was sabotage in the air. Someone shot a Line of Vigor at his rear. Then someone threw a dagger into his back! He collapsed on the ground, and screamed, "Chalklings!"

    The camp heard him that time. All the soldiers made a mad dash towards the center of camp. They needed a defensive perimeter if they were going to survive. Everyone was fleeing, rushing in a chaotic stampede. Aaron Roddy tripped though, and scrambled to get up. He drew chalklings which began to defend him, even though he didn't give them any orders. He started running to the circle the other soldiers had set up, it was only a little farther. But then, something hit him. It was some sort of new line. It pushed him backwards and he fell into the chalkling army, screaming. When the dust settled, the camp was surrounded, and they had lost three good men. The survivors buckled down, determined to fix their mistakes.

Tavi was a Rithmatist!
Joel was the Sentry!
Aaron Roddy was an Artist!

Vote Count:
Tavi: Joel, Jain, Wyatt, Kessen (4)
Ronald: Tavi, Tory Farth, Aaron Roddy (3)

Player List:

 

• (The Only Joe) Joel, a Long time soldier at Nebrask Sentry
• (Araris Valerian) Tavi, a troublesome, but bright young man. Rithmatist
• (Alvron) Ronald, a Short man with White hair and piercing blue eyes.
• (AonarFaileas) Aaron, a Graduate of Académie de Montréal. Rithmatist
• (Tulir) Rlint, a Policeman. Non-Rithmatist
• (Mailliw73) Will, a Blonde Male. Rithmatist
• (Lightsworn Panda) Jain, a new Soldier.
• (Wyrmhero) Wyatt, a Senior Soldier
• (Elend'sSecondCousin) Dui, a JoSeun Immigrant who eats chalk. Forgotten
• (Kasimir) Samuel Kessen, a man who hates the JoSeun way of life.
• (Gamma Fiend) Dig, a Digger. Rithmatist
• (pir2h) Chase Tearing, a Rithamantic Murderer. Rithmatist
• (Metacognition) Matt, a man seen through the eyes of others. Artist
• (Twelvethrootoftwo) Tory Farth, a man who exists
• (Ashiok) Aaron Roddy, A Baseball Coach Artist

This cycle will end at 9:00 AM Central Time on Friday.

Edited June 16, 2016 by Alvron

[Kasimir he/him]

Well, that went, uh, well. So, from the fact the game hasn't ended, I think we can take it as tacit confirmation that there are just two Forgotten left (three, including Dui.) We don't get rid of one this cycle, it's game over for us. In fact, unless one of us is hiding a sentry in our pocket, it looks like only two people are rostered to Ward tonight. Plus one LoV and the wild chalkling kill will come into play, plus the usual Forgotten kill. Not reassuring.

 

More importantly, I think the write-up indicates someone does in fact have Advanced Rithmatics, and it's likely to be either King or Jain. I don't really think Alv, Twei, or myself are the kinds of people that inspire confidence in others to give us access to powerful toys like fancy new lines. Though Alv did call an airstrike down on Ash, from whoever who had Advanced Rithmatics, so I guess it is vaguely possible he has it, but I don't find that the most likely option. As far as I'm concerned, the most likely candidates for having used the Line of Revocation (sounds like it was that) are King or Jain, and while they might have done it in a case of friendly fire, it should not go unquestioned. We've been focusing too much on the same few people in a big case of tunnel vision and we really should've snapped out of that by now.

 

I am, after all, reminded that King did do a major amount of backstabbing and generally pretending to be a proper helpful darkeyes in MR1 (the scars from which still remain), so this should've really be long overdue but: Wyatt/Wyrm. Got anything to say for yourself?

Edited October 29, 2014 by Kasimir

[Wyrmhero he/him]

Wyatt/Wyrm. Got anything to say for yourself?

 

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to hear you accuse me of that! After all the work I've done, trying to get people to discuss stuff and my tireless efforts in rooting out Villagers for you. You guys shouldn't even listen to anything Kas says. He's a Forgotten, and Forgotten always lie.

 

But anyway, there's someone else to find too. Personally, I think Alvron's the most suspicious of everyone. He practically told me to airstrike Ashiok like that, singling him out and calling down the King's Wrath on him, and then it turns out he was innocent all along. So, what have you got to say for yourself?

Edited October 29, 2014 by Wyrmhero

[Kasimir he/him]

You guys shouldn't even listen to anything Kas says. He's a Forgotten, and Forgotten always lie.

But your justificatory support for your claim that I'm a Forgotten is the implicit claim that you are a Forgotten. And if Forgotten always lie, then you wouldn't be telling the truth if you said I'm a Forgotten. And if you're not telling the truth, that means I'm not a Forgotten. Except that would, unfortunately, be a lie. Which means you are telling the truth. But if you are telling the truth...

Eh, whatever. Alvron.

[Sart he/him]

Epilogue: In which the GM miscounts the number of Villagers, and feels really bad about it.
 

Samuel Kessen was shocked when Wyatt accused him of being a Forgotten. He was going to defend this camp to his dying breath. Just as he was about to kill the man for daring to vote for him, he stopped. "Why would he want to kill his leader?" His thoughts faded away, as he was possessed by the Forgotten inside of him. Wyatt smiled as his eyes turned black as well, while Jain and Roland looked on in horror.

Jain managed to squeak out, "We can take them, right Tory?"

Unfortunately for the two remaining soldiers, Tory Farth's eyes had also turned black.

"Well, this looks like the end." said Roland, as he drew a circle around himself.

Wyatt tsked, "Honestly, humans are so bloodthirsty. It barely took any provocation to get you to kill yourselves."

Jain stammered, "What are you going to do to us?" while he drew a shaky Easton defense.

Wyatt smiled again, "Don't worry. You won't remember a thing."

As the wild chalklings swarmed their circles, the two Rithmatists said a silent prayer to the Master. He didn't answer it.

A few days later, the platoon was rescued, and each of its 5 remaining members received Medals of Honor. The military didn't realize the truth though. The survivors might have looked like ordinary men, but they were only hallowed out corpses. In their place, stood 5 Forgotten, who could turn at a moments notice, seeking the destruction of the human race. Wyatt smiled as he received his Medal. Everything was going according to plan.

I apologize for the confusion but this ends Mid-Range Game 3. I miscounted the number of Villagers left, and assumed there was one more cycle. Once again, my apologies, but congratulations to the Forgotten for winning the game. I'll talk more about the game in a wrap-up post, but I hope you guys had fun. If you want to join a game, Long Game 9 is still accepting sign-ups. See you guys later.

Edited June 16, 2016 by Alvron

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

Well, there goes my gambit. I was really hoping Tavi was a Forgotten.

 

(Sigh). I know this is bandwaggoning, but I'm also going to vote for Alv. There really isn't anything I can do. And no, I don't have a Line of Revocation. i'm not the kind of person that would be given one.

 

Looks like we're going to lose this game. Mea culpa, mea culpa...

 

Edit: iNinja'd by Satrams!

 

Well, GG all. Great GMing, smart. Sorry for insturmenting the loss.   

 

Wyrm, YOUR WERE MY BROTHER! I TRUSTED YOU!

Edited October 29, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda

[Wyrmhero he/him]

Wyrm, YOUR WERE MY BROTHER! I TRUSTED YOU!

 

Well, I guess now you know why I was adamant that you were innocent?

Edited October 29, 2014 by Wyrmhero

[Kasimir he/him]

Wyrm, YOUR WERE MY BROTHER! I TRUSTED YOU!

That was pretty much me, in MR1. Especially after he went and got himself spooked and therefore revealed right after I died and used my Voidbringer PM to PM him. And the best part, Jain: you'll have to get in line. I think Tulir wants to express his feelings of great betrayal too, since he basically gave King Advanced Rithmatics.

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

You too, Kas. I had trust in you. 

 

Looks like there were 4 Eliminators after all... 

Edited October 29, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Wyrm, Meta had you pegged from Day One. You're lucky you killed him. That was the one thing he kept going on about in the dead doc. That and accusing Chase based on RP.

[Ashiok]

I really thought Jain was forgotten with that gambit at the end. I thought that the forgotten were either you and ronald or Wyrm and Joe. I was wrong on both accounts.

[Wyrmhero he/him]

Wyrm, Meta had you pegged from Day One. You're lucky you killed him. That was the one thing he kept going on about in the dead doc. That and accusing Chase based on RP.

 

I feel bad about advocating Meta's death early on in two games in a row, but in my defence, I am absolutely terrified of him as a player .

 

I really thought Jain was forgotten with that gambit at the end. I thought that the forgotten were either you and ronald or Wyrm and Joe. I was wrong on both accounts.

 

I'm surprised you didn't go for myself and Jain. That was part of what I was trying to go for with my defence of him, getting Jain lynched after my death.

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

I'm surprised you didn't go for myself and Jain. That was part of what I was trying to go for with my defence of him, getting Jain lynched after my death.

 

You evil and devious little backstabber...

 

But hey, another Game I've survived! And another Game I've been Good in... See? I don't need a rant to be good.

Edited October 29, 2014 by Lightsworn Panda

[Aonar he/him]

I'm glad I managed to peg the other two Forgotten in the Dead doc. (It was out of a list of four, but hey. ) I wasn't at all useful while I was alive, (really should have voiced my suspicion of Wyrm while I had the chance) but I got that at least. 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Oh Hey Meta! In the Next Quick Game, The Killer can Convert people, so They Won't kill you on the First Day!

 

'Course, now that I said that, you'll get lynched on the second.

[Sart he/him]

First off, I just want to say, running this game was a blast! I had so much fun watching you guys form suspicions and submitting actions.

Here's some of my random thoughts about this game:

• I was surprised by how well the Eliminators did this game. I knew putting 4 Eliminators in was going to be challenging for the camp, but I thought that since everyone had a role, it would be mostly balanced.
• Originally, this game was going to have 2 Artists, 2 Non-Rithmatists, and 1 Sentry, with a total of 20 players. If we had gotten one more player, he would have been a non-Rithmatist, just to add to the chaos of the game.
• We've started to not do as much RP on this sub-forum. I would be really interested in a game with no blue text, if only to see the writing skills of you guys. Although I must say, it looks like LG8 will have a lot of RP which is always a good sign.
• I've also noticed a bad tendency of our group to lynch those who are inexperienced, which can really hurt our community. We need to keep new players playing, and stop lynching them on the first day. Also, the Forgotten targeted experienced players with their kills. I know that is normally a good strategy, but it's somewhat unfair to experienced players, especially Meta.
• To combat this, I've thought about running a game in which we are all anonymous. However, that goes against site policy, since we are not allowed to make burner accounts. Still, we could try running a game in a Google doc or something...

Here's the links to all of the Google docs associated with this game:

Spectator Doc (Very Quiet): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xRWXmG2TQIOZ4WhVE5T02Lq4XhOePtSe-o83nd_orN8/edit?usp=sharing

Dead Doc (Great Discussion): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jf8MSuxwh0mQ4zoR0yL1djkHLtgEEHkNfpi31YPZcTg/edit?usp=sharing

Eliminator Doc (Lots of Discussion): https://docs.google.com/document/d/10UJzLsG229KeudeR8SRhHz95qd9BmZR_haGFuLaH8yA/edit?usp=sharing

Master Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1voTyiBs2zJ212KZ299wyJX3gqL6u1DgHAZK9_7APwsA/edit?usp=sharing

 

I'll try to answer any question you guys had about my game. See you later.

[Ashiok]

Question: Why didn't the Forgotten go for Jain last cycle?

 

Also, Why am I always a viewer type person?