Long Game 109: The Lords of Luthadel

[Akimikoisthecutest]

6 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

if I missed something lemme know

I think that I have two votes. Idk though. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

doing word count rn, making executive decision that acronyms are 1 word not 3 (ex. btw counts as 1, not 3)

same goes for contractions and any other word mashing

also mentions count as words, multiple if more

Spoiler

none of this is just to make it easier on the ChatGPT machine I have doing post count shshh 

@The Unknown Misting

Edited November 14, 2025 by TwinStorm

[Akimikoisthecutest]

4 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

doing word count rn, making executive decision that acronyms are 1 word not 3 (ex. btw counts as 1, not 3)

Doing the word count sounds miserable. Do you have a better way to do it rather than just count every word

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

Doing the word count sounds miserable. Do you have a better way to do it rather than just count every word

TUM has better ideas, im too stubborn

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Finally! Shard time!!!

11 hours ago, ruler of the mists said:

Sorry i was sick yesterday

Oh ok Ruler of The Mists

3 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Okay then

Booknewt

Seriously? NO ONE called me out?

Alright then

Book, you're good for now. I never really had any intention of exeing you, as even if I'm ambiguous on your alignment, I've seen you be an analytic player and this game definitely needs that, so I'm willing to take the risk of keeping you alive for the value v!you would present.

Quick responses:

Hate to tell ya buddy, but it really doesn't matter if you do

Cause they matter, perhaps more than those of any other cycle - and we need every hand on deck trying not to screw up here

ACTUALLY

I went back and looked at the opening of LG 107, and this post right here seems a lot like his current tactic:

So I'm gonna go ahead and refute that point, noting these findings with interest

Although, of course, I know a lot of people who play quite similarly regardless of alignment

Not liking vibes from this post. I've seen many elims do things like the part I bolded in purple, and it's an easy way to fake analysis. Of course, in his defense, there isn't much to analyze yet, but I still don't like it. Voting Penguin for long posts? Not only is that ludicrous, but what long posts has Penguin even made?

Don't like the pileup beginning on Ruler, but really quite minimal since I did the exact same thing on Book

Reads (not complete, duh, just what I got:

Sart: I don't know his playstyle, so I really can't judge, but I'm not interested anyways in pursuing a train on him for similar reasons to Booknewt: he's experienced, and considering our current situation, we need to keep players who can solve and keep this thread moving

Ruler: Popped up, and proceeded to do literally nothing. Not liking it, but I'm not super inclined to exe an inactive. Ruler, it'd be super great if you could give us something more. Oh, and he joined the train on Penguin for no reason. Feels a little Too Wolfy To Be Wolf, if I'm being honest.

Penguin: Since there's lots of discussion 'round this guy, I guess I'll address it. I legit have no read. Same for most people here. Deal with it.

Booknewt: Intend to keep alive as mentioned earlier.

KSauce: Surprised by lack of poke vote. Checked some previous games and lack of poke vote isn't actually abnormal. BUT

Coder: It is for this guy. So... yeah. Probably not that deep, but you never know. I could use some more Coder though, he's a cool guy.

TOW: Finally someone interesting. Posted very little, but feels weird. He teased me for forming a spy network like Doc, and then voted Penguin without analysis.

dp, Akimiko: Don't wanna exe a new player, so not worrying about these guys right now.

Vote Count:

Booknewt (2): Penguin (early poke), Renalis (lack of behavior)

Ruler of the Mists (2): Sart (lurking), CD (same)

Penguin (2): TOW (long posts), Ruler (VERY late poke)

My Vote and Final Remarks.:

ThatOneWorldhopper. Something rubs me wrong, and while there is a part of me that wants to commit to one of these trains to see if we can stimulate a more intense reaction, I wouldn't be surprised if all the current trains are on villas - and even if they aren't, I don't want to kill Book and Ruler and I really don't like the allegations on Penguin.

So TOW it is. Anyone willing to make this a rival train?

I'll try to get some RP and maybe even another "essay" in before rollover, since I find it very likely I die tonight.

Yes i am a cool guy, yeah.

And I know I have done poke votes in the past, but people change (And like I said, I have seen a lot of good reasons for dislike on poke votes) and I also didn't have much time

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Hey uhh can we know what the standings are for word count?

Also where the heck is everyone? I was expecting this turnover to be more exciting, but it seems more like a quiet sizzle

Nvm, I see Book and CD are supposedly typing

Just now, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Finally! Shard time!!!

Oh ok Ruler of The Mists

Yes i am a cool guy, yeah.

And I know I have done poke votes in the past, but people change (And like I said, I have seen a lot of good reasons for dislike on poke votes) and I also didn't have much time

Yup

Bro ninja’d me

Just now, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Finally! Shard time!!!

Oh ok Ruler of The Mists

Yes i am a cool guy, yeah.

And I know I have done poke votes in the past, but people change (And like I said, I have seen a lot of good reasons for dislike on poke votes) and I also didn't have much time

Yup

Bro ninja’d me

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Finally! Shard time!!!

Oh ok Ruler of The Mists

Yes i am a cool guy, yeah.

And I know I have done poke votes in the past, but people change (And like I said, I have seen a lot of good reasons for dislike on poke votes) and I also didn't have much time

You gonna make another vote?

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

3 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Oh ok Ruler of The Mists

So now its 2:2:2 With me, TOW, and Ruler

Well I personally want to live

Ruler

TOW

I would rather exe Ruler, but I don't want a tie.

[Ookla the Newt she/her]

Alr, just got out of class (I have class from 1:30pm - 9:00pm for some reason, my schedule is weirddd)

My updated reads (Hoid you will unfortunately be disappointed - I don't have very good analysis for what's happened so far unfortunately)
Trusting Akimo more, they seem to be genuinely trying to solve as a new player, so going to give them some slack for now.

Pretty solidly leaning village for Hoid, then again he's experienced enough that I'm scared to trust him after last game, but this doesn't really resemble anything he did last game or in the game before that - he's being pretty clear about his thoughts.

Dp's pretty busy right now, which is prob why he hasn't been on, so neutral for him for now, plus he's semi-new at least for SE.

Less suspicious of Sart now - starting to feel more like it was a genuine complaint about poke votes, one I share tbh - although given he's apparently very very experienced going to keep an eye on him. Being experienced works against him in my mind tbh bc a less experienced elim wouldn't start questioning general strategy and would be scared to say something like that, but more experienced would prob do what village them would do. So neutral with a slight elim lean.

Slight elim lean for Penguin, mainly just vibes, not fully sure. 

For Ksauce - Had similar behavior about vanishing around this time in QF75 I think it was (the purelake game) so not suspicious of that. 

For Ruler - I don't like the behavior so far. Hopped on once, pokevoted someone that I personally am slightly suspicious of, and said some stuff about timezones, but didn't offer any justification and page 3 of d1 is pretty late for a poke vote. However hasn't been active, and I want to wait a bit before going after inactive players bc that rarely is effective in my experience.

For Coder - 

12 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

*proceeds to laugh*

*realizes is v!read*

*claps nervously*

No one saw that i laughed, right?

This seems rather on the nose if he's elim, so either an internal joke trying to lower suspicion or a confident villager, can't tell which. Can't judge him for having homework / schoolwork, at least unless he uses it as an excuse too much. 

For Worldhopper - Has been online, but hasn't said anything other than a joke about Hoid being elim bc of setting up pms, which have no real good use for an elim that I can think of for a game like this. Going to vote Worldhopper.

Will edit in some rp in a minute, it's just getting close to rollover and don't want to risk it.

Edit: Wow votes changed while I was typing, didn't want to hit the show posts bc I have been bitten by that in the past. Going to stick with my vote though, feel pretty good about it.

Edit 2: 
Lord Renalis shifted nervously in his seat. Change bothered him. Some changes had been good. But others threw off his plans, caused him to worry. Like the arrival of the armies surrounding the city. Or changes in the assembly. He had to account for new factors, or change his plans alltogether.

So he made backup plans. He shifted through his papers, but none of them covered the arrival of Lord Capone. He would have to do this on his own.

Did I just rp steris but 300 years earlier  

Edited November 14, 2025 by Booknewt

[TwinStorm He/Him]

And that's the Day!

No more posting in threads, and no PMs till the next cycle is up

Night will be up shortly

 

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

14 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Night will be up shortly

Or not so shortly, wish me luck

[TwinStorm He/Him]

LG109 Night One: TOWed out of here

Lord R2D2 was not exactly the most temperate of lords. It was a fault of his parents, being named with one of the most ridiculous ever to grace the Final Empire. He sniffed, irritated at the other lords. Fools, the lot of them. Most were half-breeds who didn't know how to run a business.

He looked around. The energy was high in the counsel chamber. Lords began to shout and names thrown out, wild accusations. One of which was his own. He grimaced, hating the sound of it. Are-Too-Dee-Too. Ugly, awful. It did not fit his station whatsoever. 

"Who said my name?" he said, putting down his fist on his table. He was a powerful man to say the least, and his voice was deep and authoritative. Naturally the room silenced.

Dedri aquiesced. "Lord Markus, I believe, Lord . . ."

R2D2 cut him off before he could utter his name. "That's nonsense! Why would I be . . ."

He was interrupted by a cool voice, low and threatening. "It is not just him, Lords. With all due respect, I believe R2D2 to be a Venture spy. No offense, of course, my Emperor." 

R2D2 curled his fists. Lord Sart. That man had the arrogance to walk in late to a meeting pivotal to the fate of the Empire and just accuse him! "How dare you?" he whispered quietly.

"No. He has a point." came another voice, Renalis by the sounds of it. 

More voices chimed in, each agreeing. Lord Ruler, these idiots! Even a fool Thug could tell you he was innocent!

"Lords!" he shouted, louder than he meant to. He forcibly calmed himself down. "My lords, it is nonsense that you think I'm a spy of . . ."

Markus spoke again. "Emperor Elend, I motion that we remove R2D2 from office."

R2D2 stood up. That was it. His name . . . his rusting name!

Elend glanced at him for a moment. "Lord R2D2." he paused.

R2D2 braced himself for the sentence.

"You are hereby stripped of your titles and exiled from the city of Luthadel."

No. No.

Stripped of his titles. Exiled.

All his life, his fortune . . .

Gone.

"Please escort Citizen R2D2 from the premises, Captain Hammond. He has no place here." Elend turned away, trembling slightly.

R2D2 thought for the briefest movement of resisting, before the Thug grabbed his shoulders and towed him from the room. Best of luck to you all, he thought bitterly, as the doors slammed behind him.

~

TUM's writeup

~

@ThatOneWorldhopper has been exiled and stripped of all his power! He was a New Lord.

Votecount:

ThatOneWorldhopper (4): Hoid Slayer, Booknewt, Sart, IcedOutPenguin

IcedOutPenguin (2): ThatOneWorldhopper, Ruler of the Mists

Ruler of the Mists (1): Akimoiisthecutest

Things To Note:

You may place any actions you earned yesterday today.

PMs with awards will come soon, pls be patient with me and @The Unknown Misting

Political Power is not being awarded currently.

PMs are open!

This turn will end on Friday, November 13 at 9 CST

Have fun!

Players

Spoiler

 

1. @Hoid Slayer - Lord Markus the Charming
2. @Booknewt - Lord Renalis the Realistic
3. @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren - Lord [insert name here], who is highly suspected of being a Kandra
4. @ThatOneWorldhopper - Lord R2D2, whose parents lost a bet  New Lord
5. @dplostthegame
6.  @ruler of the mists Lord Kelion
7. @CoderDrag0n8 - Lord Your Mistakes, an arrogant fellow
8. @IcedOutPenguin
9. @Akimikoisthecutest as Lady Cricket the Inquisitive
10. @Sart - Lord Sart, fashionably late, as always

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

8 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

LG109 Night One: TOWed out of here

Lord R2D2 was not exactly the most temperate of lords. It was a fault of his parents, being named with one of the most ridiculous ever to grace the Final Empire. He sniffed, irritated at the other lords. Fools, the lot of them. Most were half-breeds who didn't know how to run a business.

He looked around. The energy was high in the counsel chamber. Lords began to shout and names thrown out, wild accusations. One of which was his own. He grimaced, hating the sound of it. Are-Too-Dee-Too. Ugly, awful. It did not fit his station whatsoever. 

"Who said my name?" he said, putting down his fist on his table. He was a powerful man to say the least, and his voice was deep and authoritative. Naturally the room silenced.

Dedri aquiesced. "Lord Markus, I believe, Lord . . ."

R2D2 cut him off before he could utter his name. "That's nonsense! Why would I be . . ."

He was interrupted by a cool voice, low and threatening. "It is not just him, Lords. With all due respect, I believe R2D2 to be a Venture spy. No offense, of course, my Emperor." 

R2D2 curled his fists. Lord Sart. That man had the arrogance to walk in late to a meeting pivotal to the fate of the Empire and just accuse him! "How dare you?" he whispered quietly.

"No. He has a point." came another voice, Renalis by the sounds of it. 

More voices chimed in, each agreeing. Lord Ruler, these idiots! Even a fool Thug could tell you he was innocent!

"Lords!" he shouted, louder than he meant to. He forcibly calmed himself down. "My lords, it is nonsense that you think I'm a spy of . . ."

Markus spoke again. "Emperor Elend, I motion that we remove R2D2 from office."

R2D2 stood up. That was it. His name . . . his rusting name!

Elend glanced at him for a moment. "Lord R2D2." he paused.

R2D2 braced himself for the sentence.

"You are hereby stripped of your titles and exiled from the city of Luthadel."

No. No.

Stripped of his titles. Exiled.

All his life, his fortune . . .

Gone.

"Please escort Citizen R2D2 from the premises, Captain Hammond. He has no place here." Elend turned away, trembling slightly.

R2D2 thought for the briefest movement of resisting, before the Thug grabbed his shoulders and towed him from the room. Best of luck to you all, he thought bitterly, as the doors slammed behind him.

~

TUM's writeup

~

@ThatOneWorldhopper has been exiled and stripped of all his power! He was a New Lord.

Votecount:

ThatOneWorldhopper (4): Hoid Slayer, Booknewt, Sart, IcedOutPenguin

IcedOutPenguin (2): ThatOneWorldhopper, Ruler of the Mists

Ruler of the Mists (1): Akimoiisthecutest

Things To Note:

You may place any actions you earned yesterday today.

PMs with awards will come soon, pls be patient with me and @The Unknown Misting

Political Power is not being awarded currently.

PMs are open!

This turn will end on Friday, November 13 at 9 CST

Have fun!

Players

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

1. @Hoid Slayer - Lord Markus the Charming
2. @Booknewt - Lord Renalis the Realistic
3. @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren - Lord [insert name here], who is highly suspected of being a Kandra
4. @ThatOneWorldhopper - Lord R2D2, whose parents lost a bet  New Lord
5. @dplostthegame
6.  @ruler of the mists Lord Kelion
7. @CoderDrag0n8 - Lord Your Mistakes, an arrogant fellow
8. @IcedOutPenguin
9. @Akimikoisthecutest as Lady Cricket the Inquisitive
10. @Sart - Lord Sart, fashionably late, as always

Oh snap

Well, that’s to be expected D1, but I guess I was beginning to hope

I’m gonna go to bed now, and get to work tomorrow

Edit:

Noticed my question was addressed in writeup

Edited November 14, 2025 by Hoid Slayer

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

9 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

LG109 Night One: TOWed out of here

Lord R2D2 was not exactly the most temperate of lords. It was a fault of his parents, being named with one of the most ridiculous ever to grace the Final Empire. He sniffed, irritated at the other lords. Fools, the lot of them. Most were half-breeds who didn't know how to run a business.

He looked around. The energy was high in the counsel chamber. Lords began to shout and names thrown out, wild accusations. One of which was his own. He grimaced, hating the sound of it. Are-Too-Dee-Too. Ugly, awful. It did not fit his station whatsoever. 

"Who said my name?" he said, putting down his fist on his table. He was a powerful man to say the least, and his voice was deep and authoritative. Naturally the room silenced.

Dedri aquiesced. "Lord Markus, I believe, Lord . . ."

R2D2 cut him off before he could utter his name. "That's nonsense! Why would I be . . ."

He was interrupted by a cool voice, low and threatening. "It is not just him, Lords. With all due respect, I believe R2D2 to be a Venture spy. No offense, of course, my Emperor." 

R2D2 curled his fists. Lord Sart. That man had the arrogance to walk in late to a meeting pivotal to the fate of the Empire and just accuse him! "How dare you?" he whispered quietly.

"No. He has a point." came another voice, Renalis by the sounds of it. 

More voices chimed in, each agreeing. Lord Ruler, these idiots! Even a fool Thug could tell you he was innocent!

"Lords!" he shouted, louder than he meant to. He forcibly calmed himself down. "My lords, it is nonsense that you think I'm a spy of . . ."

Markus spoke again. "Emperor Elend, I motion that we remove R2D2 from office."

R2D2 stood up. That was it. His name . . . his rusting name!

Elend glanced at him for a moment. "Lord R2D2." he paused.

R2D2 braced himself for the sentence.

"You are hereby stripped of your titles and exiled from the city of Luthadel."

No. No.

Stripped of his titles. Exiled.

All his life, his fortune . . .

Gone.

"Please escort Citizen R2D2 from the premises, Captain Hammond. He has no place here." Elend turned away, trembling slightly.

R2D2 thought for the briefest movement of resisting, before the Thug grabbed his shoulders and towed him from the room. Best of luck to you all, he thought bitterly, as the doors slammed behind him.

~

TUM's writeup

~

@ThatOneWorldhopper has been exiled and stripped of all his power! He was a New Lord.

Votecount:

ThatOneWorldhopper (4): Hoid Slayer, Booknewt, Sart, IcedOutPenguin

IcedOutPenguin (2): ThatOneWorldhopper, Ruler of the Mists

Ruler of the Mists (1): Akimoiisthecutest

Things To Note:

You may place any actions you earned yesterday today.

PMs with awards will come soon, pls be patient with me and @The Unknown Misting

Political Power is not being awarded currently.

PMs are open!

This turn will end on Friday, November 13 at 9 CST

Have fun!

Players

Well, that didn't go as planned. 

The plan was to exe all the elims one after another, not execute a villager! /j

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

I'm sending out preliminary PMs, they will just include your placement. If you're confused, just wait, I'm planning on sending out PMs that detail what abilities are available to you, and if you don't receive a PM, you did not make it to the top 6

[Ookla the Newt she/her]

Okay I can't decide whether to be disappointed in my vote choice or to start laughing at the writeup just bc R2D2 sounds so odd in that context (I know, I know...) Will do analysis either later tonight or in the morning, right now I have hw 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

18 minutes ago, Booknewt said:

Okay I can't decide whether to be disappointed in my vote choice or to start laughing at the writeup just bc R2D2 sounds so odd in that context (I know, I know...) Will do analysis either later tonight or in the morning, right now I have hw 

lol

you have know idea how much laughter came of the writeup 

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

6 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Okay then

Booknewt

Seriously? NO ONE called me out?

Alright then

Book, you're good for now. I never really had any intention of exeing you, as even if I'm ambiguous on your alignment, I've seen you be an analytic player and this game definitely needs that, so I'm willing to take the risk of keeping you alive for the value v!you would present.

Quick responses:

Hate to tell ya buddy, but it really doesn't matter if you do

Cause they matter, perhaps more than those of any other cycle - and we need every hand on deck trying not to screw up here

ACTUALLY

I went back and looked at the opening of LG 107, and this post right here seems a lot like his current tactic:

So I'm gonna go ahead and refute that point, noting these findings with interest

Although, of course, I know a lot of people who play quite similarly regardless of alignment

Not liking vibes from this post. I've seen many elims do things like the part I bolded in purple, and it's an easy way to fake analysis. Of course, in his defense, there isn't much to analyze yet, but I still don't like it. Voting Penguin for long posts? Not only is that ludicrous, but what long posts has Penguin even made?

Don't like the pileup beginning on Ruler, but really quite minimal since I did the exact same thing on Book

Reads (not complete, duh, just what I got:

Sart: I don't know his playstyle, so I really can't judge, but I'm not interested anyways in pursuing a train on him for similar reasons to Booknewt: he's experienced, and considering our current situation, we need to keep players who can solve and keep this thread moving

Ruler: Popped up, and proceeded to do literally nothing. Not liking it, but I'm not super inclined to exe an inactive. Ruler, it'd be super great if you could give us something more. Oh, and he joined the train on Penguin for no reason. Feels a little Too Wolfy To Be Wolf, if I'm being honest.

Penguin: Since there's lots of discussion 'round this guy, I guess I'll address it. I legit have no read. Same for most people here. Deal with it.

Booknewt: Intend to keep alive as mentioned earlier.

KSauce: Surprised by lack of poke vote. Checked some previous games and lack of poke vote isn't actually abnormal. BUT

Coder: It is for this guy. So... yeah. Probably not that deep, but you never know. I could use some more Coder though, he's a cool guy.

TOW: Finally someone interesting. Posted very little, but feels weird. He teased me for forming a spy network like Doc, and then voted Penguin without analysis.

dp, Akimiko: Don't wanna exe a new player, so not worrying about these guys right now.

Vote Count:

Booknewt (2): Penguin (early poke), Renalis (lack of behavior)

Ruler of the Mists (2): Sart (lurking), CD (same)

Penguin (2): TOW (long posts), Ruler (VERY late poke)

My Vote and Final Remarks.:

ThatOneWorldhopper. Something rubs me wrong, and while there is a part of me that wants to commit to one of these trains to see if we can stimulate a more intense reaction, I wouldn't be surprised if all the current trains are on villas - and even if they aren't, I don't want to kill Book and Ruler and I really don't like the allegations on Penguin.

So TOW it is. Anyone willing to make this a rival train?

I'll try to get some RP and maybe even another "essay" in before rollover, since I find it very likely I die tonight.

But Sart, to me, felt far more casual in LG107

Maybe it was the soundtrack, I don't know

You see, I've kind of trapped myself when it comes to poke votes, because almost every time I voted D1 I was evil, and I'm worried people will use that as evidence to exe me later on.

5 hours ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

You know, honestly I think that KSOHS leaving so soon is kind of weird, but I have to change my vote to Ruler. Him leaving and saying nothing important is kind of weird. 

4 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

@Booknewt where are you @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren@dplostthegame can we get some votes?

It means he’s writing the vote count right now

I was at school

2 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

LG109 Night One: TOWed out of here

Lord R2D2 was not exactly the most temperate of lords. It was a fault of his parents, being named with one of the most ridiculous ever to grace the Final Empire. He sniffed, irritated at the other lords. Fools, the lot of them. Most were half-breeds who didn't know how to run a business.

He looked around. The energy was high in the counsel chamber. Lords began to shout and names thrown out, wild accusations. One of which was his own. He grimaced, hating the sound of it. Are-Too-Dee-Too. Ugly, awful. It did not fit his station whatsoever. 

"Who said my name?" he said, putting down his fist on his table. He was a powerful man to say the least, and his voice was deep and authoritative. Naturally the room silenced.

Dedri aquiesced. "Lord Markus, I believe, Lord . . ."

R2D2 cut him off before he could utter his name. "That's nonsense! Why would I be . . ."

He was interrupted by a cool voice, low and threatening. "It is not just him, Lords. With all due respect, I believe R2D2 to be a Venture spy. No offense, of course, my Emperor." 

R2D2 curled his fists. Lord Sart. That man had the arrogance to walk in late to a meeting pivotal to the fate of the Empire and just accuse him! "How dare you?" he whispered quietly.

"No. He has a point." came another voice, Renalis by the sounds of it. 

More voices chimed in, each agreeing. Lord Ruler, these idiots! Even a fool Thug could tell you he was innocent!

"Lords!" he shouted, louder than he meant to. He forcibly calmed himself down. "My lords, it is nonsense that you think I'm a spy of . . ."

Markus spoke again. "Emperor Elend, I motion that we remove R2D2 from office."

R2D2 stood up. That was it. His name . . . his rusting name!

Elend glanced at him for a moment. "Lord R2D2." he paused.

R2D2 braced himself for the sentence.

"You are hereby stripped of your titles and exiled from the city of Luthadel."

No. No.

Stripped of his titles. Exiled.

All his life, his fortune . . .

Gone.

"Please escort Citizen R2D2 from the premises, Captain Hammond. He has no place here." Elend turned away, trembling slightly.

R2D2 thought for the briefest movement of resisting, before the Thug grabbed his shoulders and towed him from the room. Best of luck to you all, he thought bitterly, as the doors slammed behind him.

~

TUM's writeup

~

@ThatOneWorldhopper has been exiled and stripped of all his power! He was a New Lord.

Votecount:

ThatOneWorldhopper (4): Hoid Slayer, Booknewt, Sart, IcedOutPenguin

IcedOutPenguin (2): ThatOneWorldhopper, Ruler of the Mists

Ruler of the Mists (1): Akimoiisthecutest

Things To Note:

You may place any actions you earned yesterday today.

PMs with awards will come soon, pls be patient with me and @The Unknown Misting

Political Power is not being awarded currently.

PMs are open!

This turn will end on Friday, November 13 at 9 CST

Have fun!

Players

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1. @Hoid Slayer - Lord Markus the Charming
2. @Booknewt - Lord Renalis the Realistic
3. @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren - Lord [insert name here], who is highly suspected of being a Kandra
4. @ThatOneWorldhopper - Lord R2D2, whose parents lost a bet  New Lord
5. @dplostthegame
6.  @ruler of the mists Lord Kelion
7. @CoderDrag0n8 - Lord Your Mistakes, an arrogant fellow
8. @IcedOutPenguin
9. @Akimikoisthecutest as Lady Cricket the Inquisitive
10. @Sart - Lord Sart, fashionably late, as always

The name's Zinwik

Also I agree that this is normal TOW behaviour

Penguin is always his first target

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

9 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Penguin is always his first target

I don't know why I'm always his first target, but it usually results in neither of us getting exed until like cycle 3.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Heya

I have school in like, 2 seconds

Sorry

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

9 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

But Sart, to me, felt far more casual in LG107

 

What was LG 107 again? I don't remember if I played or not.

[Akimikoisthecutest]

"Wow, very interesting, so he was innocent. How quaint."

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Alright

Sorry I couldn't post earlier

Time for Hoid's Analysis *crunches knuckles*

I'm taking my time on this, cause there's a possibility I die tonight, and in that event this is what I want people to remember

Day 1 Timeline: Significant Events (Spoilered for length)

Spoiler

I pop in, post my essay

Penguin pokes Newt

I poke dp

CD pops in, RPs

KSauce pops in, RPs

TOW says he doesn’t like me cause PMs

dp says he wants reads before doing stuff (hey dp - got those reads yet?)

I move poke to Newt to apply more pressure

Sart lurk-votes Akimiko

Akimiko votes Newt for lack of reaction

Sart moves vote to Ruler after Akimiko shows up

Newt makes analysis, votes Akimiko for weird vote

TOW votes Penguin for long posts and vibes

CD lurk-votes Ruler

Ruler shows up to say literally nothing, pokes Penguin

I remove Newt vote, vote TOW for weird posts

Penguin makes analysis, votes Ruler for weird poke

Akimiko votes Ruler for same thing

Sart votes TOW

Penguin votes TOW in self-pres

Newt votes TOW for same as everyone else

Day 1 Timeline: Broken Down

The game begins with a couple votes; Penguin pokes Newt, and I poke dp.

CD and KSauce both pop in to do a little RP, but neglect to make any votes.

Eventually, after almost a full day where like nothing happens, I move my vote Newt in the hopes of applying pressure and shifting the tide. And while I said yesterday that I was disappointed in the ripples my vote had - I take that back. Because, as it turns out, a LOT happened in the next 24 hours. Let's take a look:

VC as of 4:00 PM Wednesday, CST, 29 hours before rollover:

        Newt (2): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure)

Two hours later, Sart makes his first appearance to poke Akimiko for her lurking.

Within ten minutes, Akimiko shows up, and votes Renalis for vague reasons.

VC as of 6:00 PM Wednesday, CST, 27 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Sart (lurking)

We can observe clear changes following my attack on Newt. The question is whether there's a relationship; I have no reason to particularly believe there is, but it is interesting.

Following Akimiko's arrival, Sart changes his vote to Ruler, again for inactivity. I actually quite like the strategy he is taking here, and it's important to note this reduces odds of him being elim together with Newt as an elim is unlikely to give up so easily on a counter-train when a partner is in danger.

Two more hours later, Newt shows up, makes some analysis, and decides to vote Akimiko for the weird vote. This is quite understandable, and likely has an element of self-pres - although it's important to note Newt isn't scrambling.

Iced acts unusually normal /s ALTHOUGH he does at one point make a somewhat weird comment telling people to wait for C3 for him to cook

VC at the end of Wednesday, CST, 21 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (1): Sart (inactivity)

The following morning, TOW popped in and didn't like Penguin's vibes, voting him.

CD shows up, and backs up Sart on Ruler, also for inactivity.

Ruler shows up within the hour, popping in to say literally nothing about the game and eventually settles on a "poke" on Penguin. Something I want to note: the time discrepancy between Ruler's first appearance and poke is more than half an hour, and it's giving me vibes that the latter could have been directed from the elim doc - something like Ruler got told to vote Penguin, but wasn't given reasoning, and so Ruler improvised it into a poke.

VC as of 10:00 AM on Thursday, CST, 11 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (2): Sart (inactivity), CD (inactivity)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

There's a lot more to read into here. We're seeing a slight pattern of trains forming. Both CD's and Ruler's backups strike me as somewhat sus, although it's worth noting that Ruler's backup was on a train started by a villager. Could be elims exploring options to save Newt, could be elims just causing chaos, could be villas flailing around, could be a mix of all.

After getting home on Thursday - 19 hours ago according to the Shard, roughly 4:00 PM CST - I withdraw my vote on Newt, and decide to rashly vote TOW instead based off two weird posts (oh, how naive D1 posts are in retrospect).

18 hours ago, Penguin moves vote from Newt to Ruler.

And within the hour, Akimiko moves THEIR vote from Newt to Ruler as well.

VC as of roughly 5:00 PM on Thursday, CST, 4 hours before rollover:

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (4): Sart (inactivity), CD (inactivity), Penguin (late poke), Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (1): Hoid (weird vibes)

THAT is interesting. We see Ruler replace Newt as the main train in one fell swoop. If that was elim intended, it was executed quite smoothly. Things, however, get even crazier as rollover approaches:

First, Sart decides to remove the vote on Ruler, disliking the pileup, and shifts his vote to TOW for some retrospectively very vague reasoning.

CD shows up, and removes his vote from Ruler after Ruler shows up.

VC as of roughly 7:00 PM on Thursday, CST, 2 hours before rollover:

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (2): Penguin (late poke), Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (2): Hoid (weird vibes), Sart (vibes?)

Penguin switches vote to TOW in self-pres.

Newt shows up, decides to cut Akimiko some slack, and votes TOW.

Final VC:

        Ruler (1): Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (4): Hoid (weird vibes), Sart (vibes?), Penguin (self-pres), Newt (weird posts)

What I got from all this chaos:

Throughout the day, we see the rise and fall of three primary trains, in interesting succession. I won't spend too much time imagining worlds, so instead I'll stick with what I feel confident in. Keep in mind, however, that these are all only PREDICTIONS based on fragile evidence.

≠ = Leaning Incompatible

≈ = Leaning Compatible

e!Sart ≠ e!Newt

Sart's vote switch from Akimiko to Ruler early on makes me think these two are incompatible, although it is a weaker read. The implication is that Sart is not trying to build a rival train.

e!Sart ≈ e!Ruler + e!Penguin / e!Sart ≠ e!Ruler + v!Penguin

I see a world where Sart poked Ruler for distancing, but got spooked by the rising train and shifted his vote to back me up on TOW instead. It would justify his weird reasoning for his vote. This only works, however, if Penguin is also elim; otherwise, it makes no sense for him to not simply move over to the Penguin train.

e!Newt ≈ e!Ruler

Tentative, but possible. I don't love Newt's final vote on TOW, and could be an attempt to save Ruler.

e!Ruler ≠ e!Penguin / e!Ruler ≠ e!Akimiko

Based off the train buildup. Sart and even CD I could believe, particularly given they both left the train, but there's not point for these votes on the train. Even if they were trying to save Newt, there were better options. Extra emphasis on Penguin for Ruler's vote on him.

Aaaaand there's not much I can think of right now.

Final Thoughts:

In order of confidence:

e!Ruler ≠ e!Akimiko

e!Sart ≈ e!Ruler + e!Penguin / e!Sart ≠ e!Ruler + v!Penguin

e!Ruler ≠ e!Penguin

e!Sart ≠ e!Newt

e!Newt ≈ e!Ruler

I'm sorry if it ain't much, and I welcome anyone else to sort through this data.

In the case of my death, I suggest looking into Ruler the most. There are some interesting dynamics with Sart and Penguin, and I'm not sure how to sort through those.

I need a break.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

7 hours ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

What was LG 107 again? I don't remember if I played or not.

Striker's game

Tyrean-adjacent

2 hours ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Alright

Sorry I couldn't post earlier

Time for Hoid's Analysis *crunches knuckles*

I'm taking my time on this, cause there's a possibility I die tonight, and in that event this is what I want people to remember

Day 1 Timeline: Significant Events (Spoilered for length)

  Hide contents

I pop in, post my essay

Penguin pokes Newt

I poke dp

CD pops in, RPs

KSauce pops in, RPs

TOW says he doesn’t like me cause PMs

dp says he wants reads before doing stuff (hey dp - got those reads yet?)

I move poke to Newt to apply more pressure

Sart lurk-votes Akimiko

Akimiko votes Newt for lack of reaction

Sart moves vote to Ruler after Akimiko shows up

Newt makes analysis, votes Akimiko for weird vote

TOW votes Penguin for long posts and vibes

CD lurk-votes Ruler

Ruler shows up to say literally nothing, pokes Penguin

I remove Newt vote, vote TOW for weird posts

Penguin makes analysis, votes Ruler for weird poke

Akimiko votes Ruler for same thing

Sart votes TOW

Penguin votes TOW in self-pres

Newt votes TOW for same as everyone else

Day 1 Timeline: Broken Down

The game begins with a couple votes; Penguin pokes Newt, and I poke dp.

CD and KSauce both pop in to do a little RP, but neglect to make any votes.

Eventually, after almost a full day where like nothing happens, I move my vote Newt in the hopes of applying pressure and shifting the tide. And while I said yesterday that I was disappointed in the ripples my vote had - I take that back. Because, as it turns out, a LOT happened in the next 24 hours. Let's take a look:

VC as of 4:00 PM Wednesday, CST, 29 hours before rollover:

        Newt (2): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure)

Two hours later, Sart makes his first appearance to poke Akimiko for her lurking.

Within ten minutes, Akimiko shows up, and votes Renalis for vague reasons.

VC as of 6:00 PM Wednesday, CST, 27 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Sart (lurking)

We can observe clear changes following my attack on Newt. The question is whether there's a relationship; I have no reason to particularly believe there is, but it is interesting.

Following Akimiko's arrival, Sart changes his vote to Ruler, again for inactivity. I actually quite like the strategy he is taking here, and it's important to note this reduces odds of him being elim together with Newt as an elim is unlikely to give up so easily on a counter-train when a partner is in danger.

Two more hours later, Newt shows up, makes some analysis, and decides to vote Akimiko for the weird vote. This is quite understandable, and likely has an element of self-pres - although it's important to note Newt isn't scrambling.

Iced acts unusually normal /s ALTHOUGH he does at one point make a somewhat weird comment telling people to wait for C3 for him to cook

VC at the end of Wednesday, CST, 21 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (1): Sart (inactivity)

The following morning, TOW popped in and didn't like Penguin's vibes, voting him.

CD shows up, and backs up Sart on Ruler, also for inactivity.

Ruler shows up within the hour, popping in to say literally nothing about the game and eventually settles on a "poke" on Penguin. Something I want to note: the time discrepancy between Ruler's first appearance and poke is more than half an hour, and it's giving me vibes that the latter could have been directed from the elim doc - something like Ruler got told to vote Penguin, but wasn't given reasoning, and so Ruler improvised it into a poke.

VC as of 10:00 AM on Thursday, CST, 11 hours before rollover:

        Newt (3): Penguin (poke), Hoid (pressure), Akimiko (lack of response)

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (2): Sart (inactivity), CD (inactivity)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

There's a lot more to read into here. We're seeing a slight pattern of trains forming. Both CD's and Ruler's backups strike me as somewhat sus, although it's worth noting that Ruler's backup was on a train started by a villager. Could be elims exploring options to save Newt, could be elims just causing chaos, could be villas flailing around, could be a mix of all.

After getting home on Thursday - 19 hours ago according to the Shard, roughly 4:00 PM CST - I withdraw my vote on Newt, and decide to rashly vote TOW instead based off two weird posts (oh, how naive D1 posts are in retrospect).

18 hours ago, Penguin moves vote from Newt to Ruler.

And within the hour, Akimiko moves THEIR vote from Newt to Ruler as well.

VC as of roughly 5:00 PM on Thursday, CST, 4 hours before rollover:

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (4): Sart (inactivity), CD (inactivity), Penguin (late poke), Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (1): Hoid (weird vibes)

THAT is interesting. We see Ruler replace Newt as the main train in one fell swoop. If that was elim intended, it was executed quite smoothly. Things, however, get even crazier as rollover approaches:

First, Sart decides to remove the vote on Ruler, disliking the pileup, and shifts his vote to TOW for some retrospectively very vague reasoning.

CD shows up, and removes his vote from Ruler after Ruler shows up.

VC as of roughly 7:00 PM on Thursday, CST, 2 hours before rollover:

        Akimiko (1): Newt (weird vote)

        Ruler (2): Penguin (late poke), Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (2): Hoid (weird vibes), Sart (vibes?)

Penguin switches vote to TOW in self-pres.

Newt shows up, decides to cut Akimiko some slack, and votes TOW.

Final VC:

        Ruler (1): Akimiko (lack of substance)

        Penguin (2): TOW (vibes), Ruler

        TOW (4): Hoid (weird vibes), Sart (vibes?), Penguin (self-pres), Newt (weird posts)

What I got from all this chaos:

Throughout the day, we see the rise and fall of three primary trains, in interesting succession. I won't spend too much time imagining worlds, so instead I'll stick with what I feel confident in. Keep in mind, however, that these are all only PREDICTIONS based on fragile evidence.

≠ = Leaning Incompatible

≈ = Leaning Compatible

e!Sart ≠ e!Newt

Sart's vote switch from Akimiko to Ruler early on makes me think these two are incompatible, although it is a weaker read. The implication is that Sart is not trying to build a rival train.

e!Sart ≈ e!Ruler + e!Penguin / e!Sart ≠ e!Ruler + v!Penguin

I see a world where Sart poked Ruler for distancing, but got spooked by the rising train and shifted his vote to back me up on TOW instead. It would justify his weird reasoning for his vote. This only works, however, if Penguin is also elim; otherwise, it makes no sense for him to not simply move over to the Penguin train.

e!Newt ≈ e!Ruler

Tentative, but possible. I don't love Newt's final vote on TOW, and could be an attempt to save Ruler.

e!Ruler ≠ e!Penguin / e!Ruler ≠ e!Akimiko

Based off the train buildup. Sart and even CD I could believe, particularly given they both left the train, but there's not point for these votes on the train. Even if they were trying to save Newt, there were better options. Extra emphasis on Penguin for Ruler's vote on him.

Aaaaand there's not much I can think of right now.

Final Thoughts:

In order of confidence:

e!Ruler ≠ e!Akimiko

e!Sart ≈ e!Ruler + e!Penguin / e!Sart ≠ e!Ruler + v!Penguin

e!Ruler ≠ e!Penguin

e!Sart ≠ e!Newt

e!Newt ≈ e!Ruler

I'm sorry if it ain't much, and I welcome anyone else to sort through this data.

In the case of my death, I suggest looking into Ruler the most. There are some interesting dynamics with Sart and Penguin, and I'm not sure how to sort through those.

I need a break.

From this, I'm not liking Ruler

Edited November 14, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

4 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

From this, I'm not liking Ruler

It's a night cycle

No votes

[TwinStorm He/Him]

5 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said:

Striker's game

Tyrean-adjacent

From this, I'm not liking Ruler

Night cycle, no votes

oh mb ninjad

Edited November 14, 2025 by TwinStorm
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