Young Bard

Yep. That was hilarious. "He'll be along any minute now..." And then Turnbull did the exact same thing. They're taking tips from each other...

Are any other Aussies up at 1:30 am looking at the election results? Or am I the only Australian politics nerd on the forum?

When I first tried coffee I didn't like it, but I grew to enjoy it. I don't know whether it's because I learned the way I liked it (lots of sugar, just a tiny splash of milk), or just because I got used to it, or whether my brain just decides to ignore the fact that I don't like it when I'm finishing an assignment at 3am, but I don't mind it.

Oh! For some reason, I thought the Night was 24 hours, not close to 48. And yes, the day one lynch was a lot more revealing than usual, IMO. Usually people have nothing to go off and just vote off an inactive or something, but with the faction games, people are trying to protect people from their guilds. So yes, it was chaotic, but it was usefully chaotic. Once you sort through the mess, you've learned a lot.

OK. I was going to put extensive analysis here, but I can't actually work out that much just from the Day 1 lynch. The last minute bandwagon on PK. Now, there were enough votes that more than one faction probably moved to bandwagon against him. I'm inclined to think Maill's faction and Kipper's faction both bandwagoned onto PK at the last minute. The other interesting thing is the two Soothings. The PK -> Aman one probably came from Penrod, for obvious reasons. The Aman -> Kipper one I suspect came from Maill's house who probably wasn't online for rollover, as Kipper was one of the 3 leading candidates a few hours before rollover. I doubt that Penrod has two Soothers, and it was probably an attempt to save one of the two other candidates from the lynch. This was originally going to be a lot more in-depth, but I was trying to work on about a dozen things at once, which didn't work out well for me. I'll be on before rollover, and can hopefully get more analysis done then.

A friend of the family's parent was moving from a house to a nursing home, and was giving away a lot of books. We were told they had some Christie books they wanted to give away. We said yes. It turns out "some Christie Books" is basically her complete works. Visual representation: I have a bit of reading to get done...

@Terakonin Do you want to see how complicated Mafia can really get? (Context for the rest of you: Tera is someone I know in RL. I played Mafia with him a couple days ago. In a group of 20 people, 3 mafia, a sniper, a doctor and a jester was considered "too complicated". The thing is, a couple months ago I might have agreed with them )

Just a notice about why I might not have been as active (or active at all). End of term is coming up, and there's always an incredible amount of work due on the last day/week. So, this will probably be my only post this day turn. However, the good news is that the rest of this game I'll be on holidays, which means I'll be able to be a lot more active than usual. In the meantime, sorry for the absence. OK. This won't be as in-depth as I'd like it to be, but I'll vote Maill. I don't really have anything against him at this point, but I don't really have anything against anyone at this point. And, Aman raised some good points about Chaotics, which Maill is certainly one. In addition, Maill has a tendency to work out or receive a lot of information, which he usually keeps to himself (or which he might pass to his faction this game). So, consider this an encouragement to be more open about your thoughts, Maill. And finally, I consider you to be one of the most powerful players in the game, and I know you're not on my side, so without knowing roles, I'll vote for skill instead. (I'll probably see your response very late tonight if you want to try to convince me otherwise). Also, I want those boxings.

Do votes for the GM count towards the money prize?

Done and done. A fellow Sydney-er! (Well, I already knew that, but that makes 5 of us that are publicly known in Sydney. Even if we are the only 2 active ones. )

I find the argument about the Inquisitor v. a Faction based bloodbath to be largely redundant unless someone actually finds something to point out an Inquisitor. If someone does find something like that, or if I spot something like that, then of course I'll vote for that person. In the meantime, I see no problem with going after other factions. That might sound bloodthirsty, but it's quite possible that the Inquisitor will get caught in the cross-fire along the way anyhow. For now, here's a bit of RP that I put together just then: Ranel walked through the streets, ash staining the hem of his robe. Once, he'd never have been forced to endure this. Once, he could have hired a palanquin to carry him. Once, he could have sent a servant to do everything in his place. But, now, things were different. Now, he was supposedly in an enlightened place, free from the shackles of an oppressive tyrant. And Ranel hated it. According to this new peoples court, he was free from fear now. He wasn't at risk of being carted off by obligators for having disobeyed one of many strict laws that the Lord Ruler had made. He was free to interact, mingle, and be open without constant political intrigue. But, that was the price of stability. A world where everybody knew their place, where there was order, and where life was predictable. He sneered at a nearby skaa, trying to cheer himself up. The skaa stared back, defiant. We don't answer to your kind anymore. Ranel remembered the man's face. He, and so many more, would pay the price for their lack of allegiance. People would remember the day when the weak Venture Republic was thrown down, and a new order rose, with Ranel at it's head. Ranel made his way to a street where a bazaar of stalls, where peddlers of all kinds roared and yelled, as crouds jostled each other. He looked at it, and saw the chaos, the weakness, that had crept into the empire since the Lord Rulers demise. Under his rule, there wouldn't be such weakness. The skaa, the peddlers, and everybody else who thought to question a system which worked for 1000 years would learn obedience once more. But, today, Ranel couldn't afford to turn his nose up at the commoners. Slowly, he began to head into the crowd. As he worked his way in, he was mercilessly jostled as other shoppers knocked him. He tried to take note of their faces, but their were simply too many. As he reached a small stall, slightly less conspicuous than most (which wasn't saying much), Ranel quicly ducked aside and under the tent like fabric of the stall. As he glanced around, the room appeared empty, even though he'd deliberately arrived half an hour late. Bloody cheek. Ranel considered it an insult that someone could pull off the same power stunt he did, but do it better than him. As it turned out, he didn't have to wait long. Only a couple minutes later, a rustling at the side of the stall announced another newcomer to the back of the store. Ranel looked up. "This had better be good." The figure looked up, a smile just barely visible on their face. "Trust me. It is." Feel free to join the RP, if you like.

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Do tell... (Just tell me which Game Number it is, and I'll go look it up. I've grown rather partial to the odd spot of brutal murder - especially if it's unforeseen...)

The way I understood it - I could be wrong, as I haven't studied this extensively - the UK can't be 'forced' into anything unless they become a signatory to the initial legislation, and attempt to ratify it. In this way, Britain has been able to avoid becoming part of the principle of the Schengen Area for years, because they declined to sign the initial document or to ratify it, and opted out instead. If they had signed it, and then changed their minds and decided they weren't too keen on the idea, then and only then could they have been taken to the EU Court (which happened a few times when they wanted to sign a document to save face and then attempt to slip it under the rug and forget about it without legislating it.) Your argument about the economic side of leaving the EU, I find... flawed. Britain will still attempt to balance the budget, regardless of whether or not they are in the EU. In fact, not being in the EU will make it harder to get back into surplus, as you yourself acknowledge that the EU "clearly benefit's the UK's economy". In the wake of the Brexit decision, several major companies in London have started making plans to shift a lot of their work supply to Paris, and the stockmarket has been going haywire internationally. So, I fail to see how the EU could possibly be made accountable for Britain's economic status, or how leaving the EU will somehow improve it. Also, the housing prices are part of a global trend, not something native to Britain or the EU. So again, the 'Leave' campaign is supporting an idealistic, rather than realistic, representation of how an EU-Free Britain would effect the economy. With the numbers you specified on the number of British immigrants in the EU v. the reverse, apparently, I did get the statistics wrong on that. I withdraw that particular argument. With the Scottish referendum, it all depends on how much stock you place in economic reports (if you'll pardon the pun). The thing is, numbers can be manipulated expertly by people who know what they're doing to represent basically anything they want it to say. For example, in one local incident for me, the state government is attempting to amalgamate local councils. They hired a company called KPMG to show the economic benefits. The local councils then hired the same company to show that local council amalgamations would be bad for the economy. KPMG issued 2 reports, each contradicting the other. Here's a source, if you don't believe me. Remember, I'm using this example because they both came from the same company within a month of each other. Now take into account that any number of companies predict estimates, and you realize how impossible it becomes to actually determine any sort of solid economic prediction data. In short, do I think it's possible, even probably, that there might be a hit to the Scottish economy in the even of a split? Yes, I do, especially in the short term. However, I also believe that the case for exactly how damaging a split would be for Scotland to be overstated.

Note: I express some strong feeling in here. I don't wish to cause offence to anyone who supports the Brexit. If you have a problem with something I say here, just mention it or PM me and I'll rephrase the offending parts.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

So the numbers for how many people are a Senator is only fixed between 2 and 5 players. Good to know.

I suppose. But whoever runs it seems to still be updating it... Also, it depends how in-depth you want to study everything. I could probably spend 7-8 hours on these starmaps alone...

I'm using all of my willpower not to bookmark the page. If I ever do that, then I'll never, ever be able to leave.

I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but you no longer seem to be able to see the breakdown of how many posts everyone made in a given thread by hovering over the "(x) replies" section in the subforum. Is there a reason for this, or is it accidental? Thanks.

Could you maybe create a setting where editors who have been shown to be genuine are given those rights? I seem to recall Wikipedia having a setting where you needed to have an account four days old and have made at least ten edits before being given more access. Is that's something that's possible?

Darkness

Demon

Apparently I can't make pages on the Coppermind. I don't know whether a restriction has been placed deliberately on accounts, or whether there's some sort of permission error, but I thought it would be good to bring it to the attention of the admins. For reference, I was going to create a page on the Edgedancer Novella.

I just found this awesome resource for sci-fi authors. It has so much info. on what things in sci-fi would be like, meant as a tool for sci-fi authors. Just to give you an understanding of how in depth it is, here's just one page dedicated to mining. Now imagine several dozen pages like that (and counting). Subheadings include: ice mining, asteroid mining, lunar mining, martian mining, harvesting gas giants, and element bottlenecks (basically all about how people living on another planet could make up excess minerals not found on planet.) I think I've found the second most addictive site on the internet. It might even become the first, though TV Tropes is strong competition. EDIT: If you go to the bottom, and click the arrow to the next page, then you'll come to a page talking about NASA's attempt to build an inflatable space station. I find this absolutely hilarious.