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  1. DrakeMarshall
    Well, I'd never heard of Gunnerkrigg Court before now. However, a short trawl through the Wikia page (I absolutely adore Wikia... Except for the Stormlight Archive Wikia. Because the Coppermind is obviously much better ) I think I understand what this is all about. And if this is technically two linked games, I figure you're going to need players. So... Count me in. I'll sign up as... (*covertly pulls up a name generator on a new tab*) Anwir.
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    Heh, I considered running this game as Uther. But I have certain things I want to write as the next chapter in Uther's story before I put him in another game. And Aaliyah will make a good character I think. It's always fun to maintain a few characters at a given time... Hope all is well with you Doc. I have fond memories too. I look forward to the time when our characters meet again in an SE game
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    If by competitive play you mean putting winning over fun, I wholeheartedly agree that we should discourage such behavior. The point of any competition should ultimately be to have fun. So if competition doesn't produce fun, it's kind of pointless.
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    It's usually better to kill somebody for what they are doing in the present game, not what they have done in past games.
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    It's game? Well then. Requiem staggered into the midst of the other time travelers. It had not been easy to catch back up to them, after he took on a new body back at the Emerald Ocean. A day's flying apparently took a lot longer on the ground. "Hello everybody. I miss anything important?" "I hope I'm not late for my trial."
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    "Within the Ardentia, we do not have the same customs about men and women. These guidelines work very well for society as a whole, but within the Ardentia in particular, our calling is whatever the Almighty wills," she said. "If the Almighty wills that I am a scribe, a scribe I will be. If the Almighty wills that I am a soldier, a soldier I will be."
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    "I've practiced with a sword before," she said, doing her best to sound confident. "The Devotary of Kelek requires diversity in talents." "I am ready to do whatever the Almighty calls me to," she added. And anyway, surely this soldier is exaggerating. It stands to reason that a soldier might remember training as more difficult than it actually was. Reminiscing how terrible it was together probably helps to unite them.
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    Good thing I didn't pick Uther... Aaliyah couldn't help but overhear the one called Malnar talking to himself. "Almighty above, what did I do to deserve this?" "Nothing, probably," she whispered conspiratorially. "In this life, the Almighty rarely gives us what we deserve. For better, or for worse... Depending on the person," she smiled ironically at the last part. "Point is, I'm sure it'll get better. We're all going to be trained up as a sort of squad of soldiers, no? Mister Revali will get some sense knocked into him, I'm sure. And we all get to join the highest calling that's ever existed. And what could possibly go wrong in some basic training? It's not like we're going to be put in any real danger until we're ready for it..."
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    In regard to balancing things... Faction games are hard to balance. It's hard to predict how people will react to them. And honestly, I had a blast in this game. I was pretty sure I was going to lose for most of the time, but that was quite probably part of what made it so fun. If I'm going to speak honest with myself, I probably would have developed a more negative attitude if the game went on and the shardblade intervention never happened. Because the unaligned Parshendi couldn't really do anything at the beginning, except persuade another faction to help us (which I attempted extensively, hehe...). But there was intervention. I'm glad the unaligned Parshendi received something that they had as a faction. I'm not sure what the balance would look like if that shardblade was used to aid 3 stormforms, but the blade entered the game after 3 stormforms wasn't a possibility. I still don't really think we can know how the Voidbringer faction would have played out. They got unlucky, and that happens. I wonder how effective 3 stormforms would have been... Given the abundance of protective roles, it's hard to guess. Depending on how each person used their roles, the kills could have been devastatingly powerful or laughably ineffective. I can't really say I know. For future iterations of this game though... I think my biggest point of feedback is about specific roles, not the overall factions balance (it's really hard to even predict how factions will be balanced, honestly). In my opinion, the highprince(ss) role was extremely powerful. The basic template of the highprince(ss) seems to be the bodyguard role, which redirects kills from the protect target to itself. The standard bodyguard role isn't exactly groundbreaking. It's one of the weaker power roles, and probably would have been out of place in a role madness faction game. However, the highprincess has three pretty significant buffs on top of that. First, it had the powers of an elite bodyguard. Namely, it would kill the attacker in the process of protecting somebody. This role is not at all unheard of (for example, if my memory serves, it appears in roughly half of the ranked games in Town of Salem). But it is generally regarded to be a rather powerful role, because it gives you a nearly confirmed kill on one of the eliminators, in addition to redirecting a kill from an important role to an expendable one. Second, the highprince had the powers of a pewterarm, gaining an extra life. This is understandable perhaps, given the number of second lives in this game. However, it still compounds the fact that this is a very powerful role. Third, it could use the protect ability an infinite number of times without dying. This effectively adds in the functionality of a doctor. The doctor-bodyguard combination, as two separate players in a game, can often be regarded as a dangerously powerful combination. In this case, the functionality existed in a single player. The highprince possessed the powers of an elite bodyguard, doctor, and thug. With a reusable protect ability, it was already capable of denying any kills made by other factions, if it was used to maximum effect. But additionally, it would automatically perform kills against the kill-roles of enemy factions, without even having to learn who specifically is in possession of a kill role. In this game, I would argue that highprincesses quite directly decided the victories and defeats of the Ghostbloods, the Sons of Honor, and the Unaligned Parshendi. 3/5 factions. I don't say this to demean either highprincess, because they both played an excellent game. But the fact remains that their role was very powerful. The roles in this game were all fun ideas, but I believe that this one would benefit from some tweaks, for a future game. I would suggest as a possible alteration: removing the kill function, making it just a doctor role with an extra life. This is fairly easy to justify in RP: the highprincess fights off the attacker, instead of killing them. Thoughts?
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    You know you're thought process has been wired to elimination games when you start seeing parallels in the natural world. That is actually a fairly common tactic for certain kinds of spider. When they wait in their webs, some spiders will try to pair up their lower legs, so from a distance (and/or to a bug with poor eyesight) it looks like they only have six legs. Ants and the like have a fascinating means of coordination, coordinating so well that the colony as a whole can react intelligently to most issues that it encounters... But as individuals, they aren't terribly intelligent, so they tend to fall for those sorts of tricks. In some way, I wonder if ants are like the opposite of humans. Humans can be quite clever as individuals, but in groups it often seems like we are less clever as a whole.
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    I think canonity. It's simpler and more efficient
  12. DrakeMarshall
    Well. That was an interesting game. We actually pulled an unaligned win, even though it seemed impossible at the beginning. Reading all of those docs has been very interesting. I have to say I am somewhat flattered by the number of times I was mentioned in the Sons of Honor doc. Well played everybody... And sorry to HH. I realize at this point that you could have been a very useful ally indeed. I arranged for your lynch because I wanted to mitigate the heavy losses on the Parshendi. At that point in the game, I think I had cause to be worried about this. Also, Sami, many thanks for saving my life. I appreciate it.
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    You may be able to steer the lynch, but there's only one person who might stop Joe from dying.
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    I'd guess that the spec doc is the ideal source of jurors.
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    If the current trial is adjourning, do I have leave to file an Amicus Curiae brief? I have a vested interest in this case because it may affect legal precedent for my own
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    Okay, yes it was obvious. I actually suggested in the Parshendi doc that Yitzi might be preferable to Joe. Although maybe we wanted you to think that and we were actually going to attack Joe or maybe Alvron flipped a coin In all fairness though, I also asked Cloud to attack Joe. Because who doesn't like xanatos gambits? Not that this was actually very likely to work, because even if Cloud did put in the order, It looks like the lynch precluded a stormform kill. So here we are. The gods of RNG hath spoken, and we will have peace.
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    Well. I guess Yitzi died instead of Joe. Interesting, that. In any case, if we lynch Joe everybody else wins. This is the fastest victory for everybody involved so I think it is reasonable for me to ask the Alethi to join in this lynch.
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    "Your honor, I am one of the accused, and thus by Unkalaki law have standing to register an objection. Clearly Locke misunderstands this case. I would like to point out that Silverlight legal precedent does not extend to affect local judges. That would be tantamount to claiming that Silverlight decides the laws of other nations. Unkalaki is a sovereign nation! If you were actually speaking as a representative of Silverlight, such a claim as you have made would amount to an international incident. I would also like to draw to your attention that the district Unkalaki court exists to interpret the laws and deliver judgement, not to write new ones or nullify existing ones. It does not matter if you think the requirement for a plaintiff to be living is "antiquated." It is the law. The only court that has the authority to overrule such a law is the Unkalaki Supreme Court, which is strictly appellate for a case of this nature. What's more, you appear to be mistaken about the identity of Mr Hooded Cloak. Mr Hooded Cloak is Remnant. They are one and the same, and neither of them are Phil. Therefore, this case has no legal standing. One of the charges is against simply the wrong person... And the other charges cannot be pressed in a civil lawsuit, because the plaintiff is no longer a legal entity."
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    So there are mechanics that can instantly end the game, then?
  20. DrakeMarshall
    "Objection, your honor!" Requiem faced the Unkalaki judge. "The charge for assault lacks legal basis! First, let it be established that this case is being held under Unkalaki law. We are not under the jurisdiction of Silverlight while on Roshar, and the honorable judge is a certified judge of Unkalaki law, not of Silverlight law. Second, Mr. Albert Vron is deceased. Being deceased, he does not constitute a legal entity under local Unkalaki law. As such, he does not have legal standing to make a case as a plaintiff. It would be legal for another to act as plaintiff on behalf of the deceased Mr. Albert Vron. However, no such person has, as of yet, come forward. And before you try, remember that it would be highly improper for the laywer of a case to assume the position of plaintiff, Locke. So the case for assault does not have standing as a civil case! There is legal standing for a criminal case, with the plaintiff designated to be the Unkalaki government. However, if this were to be re-designated as a criminal trial, any form of monetary compensation would be out of the question for Mr. Albert Vron, as such compensation may only be sought in a civil case." Requiem paused briefly for effect. "I will also raise an objection about the identity of one of the accused parties, Mr Remnant. Mr Remnant has been charged with impersonating a Silverlight judge. However, evidence suggests that the person known as Phil is the perpetrator of this crime. With the presentation of this evidence, I motion a new case be convened on a later date to put Phil on trial for impersonating a silverlight official. It would also be proper to extradite Phil to silverlight to hold that trial, because it is not under Unkalaki jurisdiction." Requiem seated himself again. "As you can see, your honor, this trial is wholly invalid. All civil charges against myself and Remnant must be dropped."
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    Aaliyah stepped forward. "My name is Aaliyah. Aaliyah Cross. I was, and still am, an ardent, Order of Kelek." With that, she stepped back in line, and waited for the next in line to introduce themselves.
  22. DrakeMarshall
    Well, RNG hath spoken. I guess I read Alv wrong. Still, he got what he wanted in the end. Death by fate. @Sami you were about to get vig killed. Any comments?
  23. DrakeMarshall
    If you told us in-thread right now, that would just make it boring, so thank you for not doing that.
  24. DrakeMarshall
    This game looks fun. Not sure if I should be in 3 games again though. I was just in 3 games, and to speak truthfully, the result was that I simply neglected L35. On the other hand, MR23 will probably be over by the time this starts. So I'll probably sign up for this, once I can think of a proper character for it. Tempted to play this as Uther. EDIT: Also, now I know where the "vote on this person and we might all die" idea came from, heh
  25. DrakeMarshall
    I believe a two-way tie is optimal, if there is going to be a tie. It involves more actual danger and a smaller pool of suspects, meaning the voters are more responsible for the way they vote. Current vote tally: (2) Alvron - Drake, Manukos (2) Roadwalker - Clanky, Alvron (2) Manukos - BrightnessRadiant, Orlok It looks like you guys are playing musical chairs with the votes. One of you breaks the tie and another one makes it again. EDIT: 19 minutes left in the cycle... This is going to be interesting.
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