STINK

Guess it's time to look back at Bard's posts with a very fine comb eh? Though I'm kinda late to that since I finally got a good nights sleep (but then it lasted 12 hours so was it really that good? Idk how sleep works) but before I do that just a quick thing I noticed while reading the thread that I wanted to comment on but forgot to hit quote on. 'Twas something along the lines of 'I'm glad people are analysing older cycles for why's and the how's etc etc' sorry if I didn't get it right exactly but you get the gist and hopefully you all know the post I'm on about because you are all reading this thread as well right? Anyways, I would actually kinda disagree with this. If anything, now that I think about it I'd kinda be disinclined to trust people doing this. Since really Term 1 didn't really have anything happen in it right? It's similar to an extended D1-Lynch in that most people are just trying to unlock some actions to start doing stuff and the RP was there for tuition reduction. I wouldn't get anything of worth from it and sure I could probably look at it and start doing word volleys at people that sounds rational with this and that but realistically it'd be making a mountain out of a tiny little bump in the game's history. Gotta look at the more recent stuff imo. Anyways that's actual game talk from Stink whoa something must be going on. To Bard! Luckily there's only 3 posts to look through with the hyper-focus of the Xino said he's lying (interesting to me that I saw no-one bringing up that maybe Xino is the one lying in this 'he-said-she-said' but who am I to say) and I'll try to ignore the fluff that the GM's hopefully ignored like where he says he forgot it was May and maybe he didn't and it's a big conspiracy etc etc Bard First Post: Yeah looks like this is the thing that set everyone off and can't say I disagree tbh, only other option really is if he was secretly in PMs panicking about the insanity being not Skindancers but thats like a 0.001% chance and no-ones confirmed that happening so gotta go with the other option. That's probability, y'all Bard Second Post: Claims in RP to be doing Rhetoric and Logic. With the whole RP being lies counting thing, could be that which set it off unless anyone can confirm that he is in fact doing Rhetoric and Logic. If not, that's a second option and all that I could really see from this. Bard Third Post: Again, an option is always that his reads in thread are different from his PM ones in which case thats a lie, but would need someone to confirm that. Purely thread-wise, could be the part where he's not suspicious of anyone yet where if I was a GM reading that in the 4th month, I'd be really tempted to say that as a lie if they weren't inactive cause surely everyone has suspicions by now right? But that could also be a PM thing which makes it hard to know, Bard could have PM'd someone saying they really don't like X and then in thread don't bring up X and bam now he's lying in thread. So TL;DR (even though it's not that long): 1. First Post lying means basically skindancer. 2. Second Post lying means not doing R&L despite claiming to. 3.Third Post lying means his public reads are different from private reads. In terms of what I think happened here? I'm tempted to say it's just the second post that got him in, cause unless anyone's publicly claimed where they are going yet then everyone is gonna be lying about that when it's hinted at in thread. Unless I've missed something and Xino gets specifically pointed at the post/PM(?) where the target was lying. Wow this post has gotten long I just wanted to flex my brain but yeah enjoy that word volley peeps I'm gonna drink some tea which is a stereotype but it's true. And I wanted to RP smh

@Wilson, are the tags referencing the game getting interesting or that El eating dinner was the interesting thing? In other news that isn't relevant to the game in anyway, apparently the UK has decided that today is the day to do street parties which I find quite confusing so maybe it will be relevant to the game later idk only one way to find out. I'm probably gonna get thrown shade for this but without going back and reading the posts of everyone that's mentioned in the writeup or having a really good memory since there's been so many posts I'm just gonna kinda leave the matter of Striker going insane since I didn't even have PMs with him or anything so the impact of his insanity is kinda lessened sorry (not sorry). Otherwise maybe today is now finally the day that I start pumping out RP and yeah I'm not really planning on it much either but you never know!

Btw guys what's all your plans for your thesis in fourth year

Hi can I just say the same thing or is that plagiarism

I have not been keeping track of stats, below is my table:

That's why you never go to loansharks, people

Normally, this'd be the point in the game where you all have PMs from me and I'm pestering you. But yeah looks like it risks money and I've an unhealthy paranoia about losing it all so maybe I'll just lounge in the thread instead (lounge being the key word there). It's kinda meh but also not meh so that's definitive. The green icon thing confused me as well glad to find an explanation for that rather than me just slowly turning colourblind in a weird way I could maybe try this whole RP thing again maybe later today once I'm done waking up, but we'll see don't wanna make too many commitments you know how it is. Being elevated is nice Would recommend to all, and would do again. Otherwise uh what's going on with y'all

Now all these people saying how it shouldn't be said have said it to demonstrate what shouldn't be said and it feels like Voldemort or something where every time its gonna be discussed people are gonna be throwing it in and that just defeats the point y'all

Are people still doing the thing where voting drives tuition down so heartlessly we all just accept that a sense of comradeship isn't needed but instead we all just turn on each other like flies? Cause if so, then yeah I'm down for that no questions asked No elevation makes this Stink a slightly miffed Stink Maybe I should figure out if there's any online universities or something akin to that and jumpstart the process you know?

Well now I consider this vote on me be to be quite the error and am quite miffed at that etc etc I guess my only recourse must be to vote on Straw but I'm sure he'll be empathetic and understand etc etc

So who's it still safe to vote on? And does it count if you vote on yourself?

Ugfal here, after an unexpected delay. The weather today? He doesn't know. The tense being used? Inconsistent at best. His presence? Sadly, unknown to most. And as a matter of principle, this must be changed for the better. Also if he could be charged less for just about everything that would be very much appreciated like man fictional universities are expensive. But if Ugfal wants to really be involved in this whole RP thing the third hand is telling him about (don't question the mechanics on that one) then he can't just be a solo act. Those always require a personality thats both humble and relatable yet at the same time you look up to and admire. Isn't that just crazy. Maybe he should devise a bidding system for something like that, or first person to claim it gets it like a pirate and their booty. Pirates are simply great, but do they even exist in this universe? Dunno, can't really check so I guess pirates don't exist anymore and now I'm sad. And I'm in the first person again, how annoying. Is this even RP anymore or just inane ramblings with a sort of character filter applied? Is that all it takes to qualify? Probably not, so now for some action! Ugfal stands up from his indistinct chair, slips on a very distinct banana peel and slams his head on the much-closer-now chair with enough force to break not his head, but the chair. Mourning for this loss of chairkind, Ugfal kneels in an indistinct and undescribed area and simply kneels there in silence, perhaps waiting for a new chair or something else similar to that. ---------------------------------------------------------------- That's probably enough words idk solo pieces are hard okay don't judge me. Judge Ugfal, he's the guy who can't even RP that well but if I want to RP as Stink then I can do an amazing job. I have been kinda wonky with activity I'll admit before anyone lays down those charges at me but from now on I should be grand for this kind of thing, smooth sailing and all those other sayings. Can't exactly PM anyone rn though since this game does not like when that happens without a bunch of posts to match it. So this cycle will just have to be posts, and then maybe next whatever I can start posting strong from the start and send everyone a little 'hey what's up' that kind of thing you know its just what I do. As well as long sentences. But sometimes short ones. Presumably a bunch of people are in Imre rn for some pipes so if someone hasn't mentioned that yet it probably has some game significance. But if someone has already mentioned it, they have to be a genius of immense magnitude because I also thought of it and that's how that works. Anyway for now I gotta think about my lunch situation it's either gonna be spicy noodles or some leftover chile con carne im looking forward to whatever it ends up being.

Ugfal was very lost, both figuratively and literally though he doesn't know the difference between the two. On one hand, he'd somehow ended up at this University or whatever it's called, but on the other hand he had no academic ability or foresight whatsoever. On the third hand, Ugfal knew he was special thanks to his parents always reaffirming that at any time in his life. He could sense that there was quite a bit of discussion going on right now (seriously people, 4 pages how on earth am I meant to read all of that) but he was unsure how, which lead to the typical conclusion of Ugfal that it must be related to his mystical third hand, of which it's powers are limitless and confusing to all including said third hand, which if it sounds confusing then it just merely proves his point. What time was it? Continuity-wise, Ugfal can still be considered very lost. It's truly a feat that he even managed to make it here, considering its a struggle to even attempt to make a list consisting of what Ugfal is confident in. But surely this is the place for that list to be made bigger and better than ever! If he could just figure out what it being better would even look like, or consist of, or yada yada you get the point by now I'm sure. Ugfal is similarly confused at who keeps talking about him in the third person and if he can just be left alone for a while. Seriously, who is that? Oh, it's me. Fair enough. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh look it's not Ugfal but Stink and you can tell that because I just said that and this isn't going to be a really weird meta-RP or anything I can swear on that. But the RP won't ever lie, I did not expect to be opening up 4 pages of some big posts and like I've got some stuff to be doing I like just woke up and gotta hit my daily goals before getting back to this and maybe PMing everyone but I remember a thing about PMing everyone being punished by tuition or something like that so maybe I shouldn't and wow this sentence is really turning into a run-on one but let's keep it going so anyway whats with food on planes? Apologies for that paragraph, but I stand by it. So what's the deal with University food? Apologies for that sentence. So I think I'm gonna have to like maybe do my own thing thread-wise for now 'cause I aint going back but if people quote me or @ me I'll definitely be able to read it and probably respond but I can't imagine anyone wanting to do something like that but it's out there and fun fact when you put in the @ it just keeps trying to load people's names for like a good 5 seconds or something before giving up (this is when it gave up looking for a person). So what's the deal with all this activity?

Ugfal the Three-Handed only has two hands. And he's signing up for your game. And he's already got a piece of paper with him labelled 'Writeup?'.

This part alone nearly made me start disassociating O.o Experience is discovering the Contribution Crusade rn, DeTess is reading the encyclopedia, Zillah is gut-punching and TGK is currently the only RPer which kudos to that. Unfortunately my PM game this game must be weak or something 'cause I ain't getting anything to work with, but I similarly don't wanna join the CC when it's our only real lever with which to act. Which I guess leaves the Zillah thing, but then the question becomes even though Zillah couldn't quantify the gut on DeTess - and has in fact now rejected it because DeTess is active - was there something there or was it an attempt to maybe sow discord? I know this means nothing but it's demonstrative, Sart. And I don't necessarily think it was distancing but there's also the post about PMs leading to lack of information which Idk not really? There's certainly less people doing random stuff in thread cause it's generally saved for PMs but in games the bulk of information is stuff that happens in the thread so looking back on it like wow shouldn't have let that one fly by. Just not sure if it's new player stuff or something more sinister euuuuuugh

Sorry everyone since coming back from Uni I've had to basically do all of the housework involved in the grand scheme that is moving everyone's stuff into one room (which isn't that weird a concept I know) and our house was an absolute state beforehand so that is nearly done now. As part of that process, my PC apparently broke so I might have to disect that which I don't even think I have the mental energy for rn with this sudden summer heat wew. Anyways so yeah that explains why I made my post about people being active then kinda just went poof for a good set of hours so mb mb. As for the game, I don't really get the Striker lynch? Looks like the arguments were that he was in the majority (aka everyone except for DeTess really) and he wasn't that active that day, along with Rath and others? Sart, until I find something better to go with for now. The DoS kill when his only real post was about a WGG might be something worth looking into, since it's unlikely the elims cared about one of many posts about whether they know each other at this point.

Aight so I went to look back at C1 expecting to get some like mad analysis in or something but uh Xino kinda just made one post at the start then vamooshed. So either there's some PM stuff going on in which case that is definitely something to maybe be aware of or the elims just didn't like that they made a confident sounding post that early in the game? I'm tempted to throw some trust at Experience but in my own experience (see what I did there) I'm also tempted to say this this erring in the ways of a mislynch isn't that worthy of actually looking at? Idk, if only someone else could engage and we can bounce ideas

Ok well now I feel bad that I didn't vote cause I thought it wouldn't really matter and now Joe is dead, but at the same time I can't really think of any alternatives that leave me 'satisfied' with their death. Wow that last sentence feels wrong to type but I guess that's just SE for you. Without reading C1 over again, I don't really think Xino did anything that we can look at and be like 'ah yes of course they killed them for X reason' but it's only C1 so we'll have to see. Guess I'll have to start making PMs with all you peeps now Also that Rulo message is uh, certainly something

I like the quote under the PAFO though, nice touch

Heh, I think I've been involved in previous incarnations of this but did not know that before signing up Only really read the rules in detail now And looks like we didn't start with no Seon Holders, so as soon as I get access to an actual PC rather than mobile, you know I'm gonna have to start PMs with everyone else in existence, which I'll also have to figure out how that works RP wise now that I think of it. Otherwise, looks like anything that people have picked up on are just waiting for clarification and tbh, I did not pick up on any of that when I read through the rules so depending on the clarification either grats or shame Is it even worth poke voting in-thread when really I could be sending someone else's name to the GM and just doing whatever I feel like?

Room for one more? I too will make the sacrifice for the betterment of society to stay in my room all day and play SE Feel free to name me

Sorry, I'll generally use El to refer to Elbereth but I'll try to keep the third letter added in for others Why are there so many people with El at the beginning of their name anyway? 'Tis a symbolic vote, and you can't #friendship me after what you did to Araris

Hiya everyone, beggar whisperer here. And the whispers doth say, me no likey Stick collaborating with El, Striker and Wonko. So for @manukos and @Elandera, Wonko probably like really wants you dead. For @Abstrusity, @Coda and @Elkanah, It's like actually 100% Striker wants you gone and like yeah 'thats the point of the game STINK' but like half of my PMs with Striker are him going on about how many schemes he's got and all that which like just cause the trio named up above are his main scheme doesn't mean he's got side-schemes and no man should have side-schemes you gotta be loyal @Snipexe, @Shqueeves and @Bartimaeus, I don't think any of my PMs with you lot are that active but you get the same spiel about El like actively going round trying to hustle some deaths with a side of maybe smooth jazz can never have enough of that. Now, I realise now that I'm gonna get some 'but STINK, that leaves just you and Lemon' and to that I say precisely, Lemon and Me got that trust thing going on for real unlike Stick (cmon Stick you could've at least stuck to friendship for one cycle) so us two can just keep the train rolling until one of us gets bored and lets the other person win out of real friendship. Which probably means Lemon winning, but Let's get some votes out there people

Outside of RP which hopefully I get round to (though I do have two exams on Monday and Tuesday), I'm just waiting for the first person to get rid of one of their fellow faction members tbh

Yeah I'm down for drunkenly chatting game strats tbh