Mid-Range Game 73: SE and Taxes

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

3 hours ago, |TJ| said:

This Path to Victory analysis done by Drake last cycle, I feel, is not done with the best intentions of the village. It blatantly disregards any and all forms of vote manipulation in a game with loads of it, and that is something that we need to be very careful of in the middle-later stages of the game. Drake is someone I expect to be well versed with this and I think he deliberately omits it here in the hopes that the village overlooks it. 

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How does vote manipulation affect the numbers for what the optimal Path to Victory is?

3 hours ago, |TJ| said:

Also, I don't think he'd take it as you attacking him, don't worry.

Yeah it's fine

We murder each other a lot in this game, no hard feelings. What's a little stabbing among friends?

I do think the evidence suggests I'm not evil, but at the end of the day we all make our best guesses and if we get it wrong then oh well, we can always try again in some later game if we want.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

49 minutes ago, DrakeMarshall said:

?

How does vote manipulation affect the numbers for what the optimal Path to Victory is?

Yeah it's fine

We murder each other a lot in this game, no hard feelings. What's a little stabbing among friends?

I do think the evidence suggests I'm not evil, but at the end of the day we all make our best guesses and if we get it wrong then oh well, we can always try again in some later game if we want.

*turns on Traitors mode*

THATS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING AN EVIL PERSON WOULD SAY

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD

(Just so you know, Traitors is a reality show that is mafia, but everyone takes things to seriously and all the villagers are idiots)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

grrrr murder bad

Is that better? 

...Wow that's a funny pleading face emoji, it looks like its rolling its eyes sassily.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Hmm...

Marna wondered how many among them would be constables. If there were 3, assuming Drake was a constable and TwinStorm wasn't, then they could kindle flames enough to risk a chance of TwinStorm being executed. Unless, of course, Storm had run at night or kindled flame himself. Then, 2 constables would be enough to tie and 3 could get TwinStorm executed. However, it was unlikely the constables would do these things as it could confirm that Drake is one. Or, Drake was just a homesteader and the constables could frame him. 

@TwinStorm, have you kindled flame or sent a PM? Has @DrakeMarshall sent a PM or kindled flame this cycle?

Marna needed to know whether to risk voting.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Hmm...

Marna wondered how many among them would be constables. If there were 3, assuming Drake was a constable and TwinStorm wasn't, then they could kindle flames enough to risk a chance of TwinStorm being executed. Unless, of course, Storm had run at night or kindled flame himself. Then, 2 constables would be enough to tie and 3 could get TwinStorm executed. However, it was unlikely the constables would do these things as it could confirm that Drake is one. Or, Drake was just a homesteader and the constables could frame him. 

@TwinStorm, have you kindled flame or sent a PM? Has @DrakeMarshall sent a PM or kindled flame this cycle?

Marna needed to know whether to risk voting.

I haven't kindled flame so far, and will likely not, but I have sent a PM, one to TJ and one to Drake

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

1 minute ago, TwinStorm said:

I haven't kindled flame so far, and will likely not, but I have sent a PM, one to TJ and one to Drake

Has Drake replied?

Has @Sparker done anything?

[TwinStorm He/Him]

8 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Has Drake replied?

Has @Sparker done anything?

He did yeah

not to my knowledge

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

11 hours ago, DrakeMarshall said:

grrrr murder bad

Is that better? 

...Wow that's a funny pleading face emoji, it looks like its rolling its eyes sassily.

yeah

Do you know Traitors?

Its hilarous. And then you go and watch something smart, like Devil's plan.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

16 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

@TwinStorm, have you kindled flame or sent a PM? Has @DrakeMarshall sent a PM or kindled flame this cycle?

We've actually both sent PMs.

I probably should've thought things through a little before sending PMs this cycle, but too late for that now 

4 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

yeah

Do you know Traitors?

Its hilarous. And then you go and watch something smart, like Devil's plan.

Never seen Traitors. Maybe I'll give it a watch? Looks like I'm able to stream it.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Just now, DrakeMarshall said:

We've actually both sent PMs.

I probably should've thought things through a little before sending PMs this cycle, but too late for that now 

Never seen Traitors. Maybe I'll give it a watch? Looks like I'm able to stream it.

Its... Special. It is definitly different than any game of mafia you have ever played. Each season either has a cast of complete emotional wrecks, or half of them are complete emotional wrecks.

[DrakeMarshall he/him]

4 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Its... Special. It is definitly different than any game of mafia you have ever played. Each season either has a cast of complete emotional wrecks, or half of them are complete emotional wrecks.

Ah, reality TV...

Maybe we need a Sanderson Elimination reality TV show.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, DrakeMarshall said:

Ah, reality TV...

Maybe we need a Sanderson Elimination reality TV show.

Yes

that would be amazing

maybe two categories of people would watch it tho

Sharders and their grandmas 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

7 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Yes

that would be amazing

maybe two categories of people would watch it tho

Sharders and their grandmas 

lol yes

[Sparker He/Him]

19 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Has Drake replied?

Has @Sparker done anything?

For the sake of transparency: I did vote for Striker last cycle wich included them in the tied lead.

Edited July 9, 2025 by Sparker

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 hours ago, Sparker said:

For the sake of transparency: I did vote for Striker last cycle wich included them in the tied lead.

Can you give your reasons why? 

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 hours ago, Sparker said:

For the sake of transparency: I did vote for Striker last cycle wich included them in the tied lead.

"Yes. Have you sent a PM or kindled flame though?"

[The Unknown Character he/him]

Cycle closed.

[The Unknown Character he/him]

MR73 - Aftermath: To the Sound of Trumpets

The Bounty Hunter stepped forward. They nodded to the men gathered around. 

“Constables, good to see you.” They pulled their wig off, and the constables’ eyes widened in recognition. “You've done good work here, but I'm afraid this one is mine.”

They turned to the only remaining Homesteader, though they weren't truly a Homesteader. They were the Target.

They started to scramble away, but the Bounty Hunter swiftly stepped forward and hit them over the head. They fell with a single blow.

The Bounty Hunter gathered up the limp body, and turned back to the Constables. 

“Good day and great work, gentleman.”

~

Twinstorm has been exed! He was a Homesteader!

KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren was killed! He was a Homesteader!

The Constables have emerged victorious! Congratulations to @DrakeMarshall, @|TJ|, and @ThatOneWorldhopper . They played well and successfully sowed enough doubt to keep the village divided for the last cycle.

GM thoughts to come later.

See you all in @StrikerEZ's game. (This is your cue to post signups and shamelessly plug)

You can find the documents and spreadsheets here:

Spoiler

Spec:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cL-FpHRR20tsGBm2T-RoVG0bMI23BOv3oKYqDPfDxyA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Elim:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gb2MaiBAyh3j4s6p5W2YWnbWKfldwrs9Zbpv116IFDI/edit?usp=drivesdk

Prewriting:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kh5_2TRf_WVyTPN48I3-P7P3Ic01n_rflgNjh_y0Vas/edit?usp=drivesdk

Mastersheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Lh_RG6kyDi371Sfft2ZvV9S8Ou5Be_suNDEvZ8fzcw/edit?usp=drivesdk

Vote sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13f9min4PbGoKxQRupbYebIvEWvdruQneUoTA_7hNnPs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Players:

Spoiler

1. @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren Marna Homesteader
2. @StrikerEZHomesteader 
3.  @TwinStorm as Rocky Homesteader
4. @ThatOneWorldhopper as Worldy Constable
5. @|TJ| Constable
6. @Sparker as Honesty Baker Target
7. @DrakeMarshall as Scarface Constable
8. @CoderDrag0n8 as CD Bounty Hunter
9. @Wonko the Sane as Prof. Ashford Longfellow Homesteader 
10. @Kasimir as Mendacious Homesteader

 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

wow

okay

wait how did you kill me?

also great job to all of yall elims

I feel redeemed in getting @DrakeMarshall right, but @|TJ| got me completely off guard

good game all

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

I knew it! As soon as I saw that @|TJ|'s vote had changed from Drake to TwinStorm, it had to be him! Unfortunately, the cycle had already ended.

Well, that was fast. Congratulations, I never suspected @ThatOneWorldhopper

When and where is the next game going to be set? I need to sort out my character.

Edited July 10, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[The Unknown Character he/him]

24 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

wait how did you kill me?

They Kindled flame and TJ switched his vote. You can see in the Mastersheet. 

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Well, there goes my 100% win rate... now it's only 66.666666666666...%.

At least I still have my streak of all my characters dying.

Edited July 10, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[|TJ| he/him]

Thank you guys! All courtesy of Drake's plan of course

I waited until the last possible minute to change my vote. 

GG guys! It was quite fun to evil with Drakebro, albeit a bit too short. Next time, hopefully in a much larger game (and hopefully with Kas and Striker :P)

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

4 minutes ago, |TJ| said:

Thank you guys! All courtesy of Drake's plan of course

I waited until the last possible minute to change my vote. 

GG guys! It was quite fun to evil with Drakebro, albeit a bit too short. Next time, hopefully in a much larger game (and hopefully with Kas and Striker :P)

I definitely prefer playing elim. You have all the information, makes things easier.

[Sparker He/Him]

GGs!

Well now is the time to reveal that I have basically no experience in this game and had almost no Idea what was going on. 
Atleast I technically survived I guess and it was fun regardless. 

Special thanks to Striker for inviting me

Edited July 10, 2025 by Sparker