StrikerEZ

Sweet thank you. I think that should be the last of my questions.

Slight correction here (and @The Unknown Medallion feel free to correct me if I’m wrong here), but the roles and alignments for the pseudogame won’t be decided until after the bet happens. Or at least they won’t be revealed until after the bet happens. They might decide our pseudogame roles and alignments from the very beginning and just reveal it to us later. Another question for TUM: will each turn of each game include a separate day and night cycle? Or will kills and executions happen at the same time in each game (besides for Night Zero)?

@The Unknown Medallion Another question: what happens if the metagame ends before the pseudogame?

Okay, thoughts time. Overall, I’d say I’m pretty satisfied with how the game went, considering what could have gone wrong. I tried something new as I was doing distribution this time. Roles and action counts were decided purely randomly for each player, and then several different alignment distributions were created. And we picked the distribution based on what roles players already had. For the roles, I created a little wheel where I made three of the roles have one slice, three had two slices, and three had three slices. The goal was to essentially simulate making some roles more common than others. I wish I had saved that somewhere because I forgot which ones I put in which categories. Anyway, we basically stuck with the random roles and actions initially assigned, except for two small changes. We nerfed Drake because he started off with three actions, and we gave TwinStorm Illusions when he didn’t start with that. I’m still fine with the TwinStorm change because it actually put Illusions into the game, but in hindsight I think we should’ve changed it so Drake had two actions. That would’ve given the elims a little bit more wiggle room compared to what they had. Especially because we underestimated the potential power of coco. That’s another thing I think we could have really screwed up on. If coco hadn’t hit so many Inhibited targets/been Inhibited so many times, she would’ve been insane and likely completely broken the game. As it is, with her having three actions I’m amazed how long the game lasted. I do think it’s a little unfortunate that the elims essentially lost because of the coin flip that killed Star. Another hindsight moment here: I think we should’ve traded out one of the elims’ ability to Sense for Mindblades instead. The elims had a lot less ability to control the thread compared to the villagers here, which is usually the opposite of what you want. I also think Sensing needed more thought put into it. I did initially envision it as scanning action type, not just who targeted who. Unfortunately, I realized the problem there after the game started. Doc and I had to do a quick change to make it only give players and not roles. Because otherwise the elims would’ve essentially role scanned nearly the entire village on Day One. But that was a huge nerf to the elims when I had been okay with how the elims’ roles had played out because I was thinking of Sensing without realizing how broken it was. In hindsight, it should’ve only been able to give one action. Then I would have been okay with it still giving action type, because then it would just be a normal role scan, just one that gives you a random player’s role. Overall, I don’t like how much the randomness, a lack of foresight on my part, and the mid-game nerf to Sensing impacted this game. I was trying some new stuff out, and I’m honestly just really grateful that it didn’t turn out as insanely broken as it could have. And man I’m glad we only made a couple minor errors while dealing with the absurdity that was these Inhibition rules.

Okay yeah I’m signing up. I need to experience this game. I am confused about something. Which might just be in the rules and I’m stupid. But, here’s the question: the roleplay characters of the metagame will make a bet on night zero about how the pseudogame will play out. But none of them will know their alignments in the psudeogame? Only their metagame alignments? And the elims in the metagame won’t be the same as the elims in the pseudogame I assume?

I’ve got some thoughts that I’m gonna start giving later today. But I just wanted to say that I think this game was surprisingly balanced, but in a very swingy way that could’ve quickly gone way too far in either team’s direction.

Aftermath The Administrator watched the readouts of all the Diplomacy’s systems from their office. They’d refused to give the evacuation order. The Diplomacy would endure, it had to. They’d staked their very life on it. Finally, a notification came in on their datapad. They read it. The datapad fell to the floor. Slowly, they walked to Station Security, past the waiting room, past the cells, into the portal to the Nowhere. They were just in time to see Cryax the Kitsen be exiled from this dimension forever. He did not go quietly, cursing the Administrator and all their relatives in extremely creative ways. Chief Winnifred turned to the Administrator, bowed, and left the room, leaving the Administrator alone with the only other object in the room, a hermetically sealed canister. “Report,” they murmured. “The last dissident has been discovered.” Aire said, from inside the canister. “Cryax, the Kitsen. Crystal shards on his uniform from murdering the Resonant Zrraii.” “The Kitsen.” The Administrator nodded. “Was he the last?” “The Diplomacy is secure,” Aire said. “Zrraii’s last actions were to restore and seal the backup life support systems from further tampering. I recommend a posthumous honor for it.” “How are the citizens? Who do we have to thank for the lack of chaos?” “Azren - the Varvax from IR - she stepped up to the occasion. Rallied the people, calmed them down, made sure there was no stampede. Helped by a slug, she claims.” The Administrator rubbed their temples. “Good. Good.” A sigh. “I cannot begin to imagine how to start my report.” They blinked. “What about the human?” “We haven’t had any reports of them at all. Presumed dead in the chaos, or maybe it managed to escape. Many starfighters launched in the panic.” The Administrator nodded slowly. “It seems we have weathered the storm after all, my friend…” “It certainly seems that way, Administrator,” agreed Aire. The Administrator considered the figment, waiting for more. “Did we get the last dissident?” They asked, finally. Aire simply laughed. The Administrator was silent for a very long time. Aire waited. “Who turned you against the Superiority?” The Administrator asked, finally. “The Superiority did it by itself,” Aire replied. “Its arrogance, its lust for power. The Superiority is a threat to all other free people in the galaxy, the very thing it sought to destroy. The five species deem themselves of Primary Intelligence, and use that to step on the necks of every other species in the galaxy…” She grew quiet for a moment. “I would have rather died than let you close your grip on another sector.” “You were my closest advisor, Aire,” the Administrator murmured. “I trusted you. I chose you. You were supposed to bring the Superiority to this sector, not leave it in chaos!” “I hate you,” Aire said simply. The Administrator was silent again, for a very long time. “It seems that I have not known you at all. I will… think of you often. I hope there is something for you on the other side.” Aire laughed mirthlessly. “I’ll be among friends, won’t I? All those troublemakers you’ve thrown through your bloodless guillotine. How many has the Superiority exiled over the centuries?” “Goodbye, Aire.” “Goodbye, Petra. One day, the Superiority will collapse under its own weight, brought down by one of the species it has oppressed. Maybe a figment? Oh, maybe a human. Just think about it. I will not be the last dissident." The Administrator walked out the room, nodded to the Chief, who stepped in to formally exile his most trusted aide. They returned to their office, got themselves ready to make a speech about how the Superiority had prevailed, about how the Superiority would always prevail. So what that the Diplomacy had come within a single cycle of complete destruction? Goodness had prevailed, after all! I will not be the last dissident. The Administrator shivered. The speech remained unwritten. ~~~~~ Vote Count: ___ (Mippo) (2): coco.pudding, The Unknown Medallion coco.pudding (1): ___ (Mippo) Mippo has been removed! They were a Dissident and a Cytonic Hyperjumper and Sensor. And that is the game! The Superiority has won! Still want to give a shout out to our elims, Mippo, Drake, and Star for doing such an awesome job. Another huge shoutout to coco for the crazy Interception play and keeping the village focused to the end. Thank you to @Doc12 for being an absolutely amazing co-GM. None of the RP would've been able to happen during this game if it weren't for him. Everyone give him a huge round of applause and all the upvotes on all the previous Cycles. He deserves it. Another shout out to @Araris Valerian for helping out as the IM as well. Thank all of you for playing. This was an absolutely crazy game to run. I have many thoughts, but, as usual, I will let y'all discuss for some time before I give mine. Final Player List: @Myst - Naux, a dark red Kitsen. Probably an engineer. Loyal Citizen @Verdance - Goolius, a hyperslug. Loyal Citizen @coco.pudding - Azren, the Varvax HR IR employee. Loyal Citizen @TwinStorm - Rane, who seeks to be falling all the time. Loyal Citizen @___ - Cryax, a stellar Kitsen fighter pilot. Dissident @Through The Living Star - Kitar, a young UrDail medic with a disposition towards oversharing. Dissident @Fizz9 - Nail, smashy guy. Loyal Citizen @Through the living Wahr - Zrraii, a Resonant monitoring life support. Loyal Citizen @Qianweilian - A Heklo with a name no one can pronounce. Loyal Citizen @DrakeMarshall Quoth-Yithuquoth, a solquis Dissident @IcedOutPenguin a penguin Loyal Citizen @The Unknown Medallion - Smartslug, a smart slug. Loyal Citizen Links: Master Spreadsheet Elim Doc Dead/Spec Doc

And that's the game! Please stay tuned for the Aftermath!!

And that's the Cycle! Stay tuned for more!

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Ooooooo one of the scenarios being a conversion game would be a lot of fun actually. I’d have liked that a lot more than the FFA version.

@Verdance @coco.pudding @___ @Through the living Wahr @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion There are just over 11 hours left in the Cycle. Don’t forget to put your votes and actions in! Current VC: IcedOutPenguin (2): ___ (Mippo), The Unknown Medallion ___ (Mippo) (1): Through the living Wahr

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I apologize for the formatting errors that are about to occur since I’m on mobile, but now felt like a good time to plop down an Official Vote Count™ since I’m about to be busy for a bit. coco.pudding (2): Through the Living Star, DrakeMarshall Through the Living Star (2): coco.pudding, Through the living Wahr Verdance (1): ___ (Mippo) ___ (Mippo) (1): IcedOutPenguin

@Verdance @coco.pudding @___ @Through The Living Star @Through the living Wahr @DrakeMarshall @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion Heads up that we’re gonna need to delay rollover by an hour today probably. I’ll be busy at normal rollover time. So the Cycle will close at 8 pm CDT. So you now have just under 12 hours to get any and all votes/actions in. Not doing a proper VC right now because I’m on mobile.

Minor correction: Myst had Non-Cytonic Communication, not Cytonic Communication.

And that's the Cycle! No more posting, voting, or submitting actions till we get the next one out!

@Myst @Verdance @coco.pudding @___ @Through The Living Star @Fizz9 @Through the living Wahr @DrakeMarshall @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion We’ve got just under three hours left. Please make sure to get all your votes and actions in before rollover! Current VC: Fizz9 (4): Myst, Verdance, DrakeMarshall, The Unknown Medallion Please let me know if I’ve missed any votes.

And that's the end of the cycle! Please no posting, PMing, or submitting actions until we get the next cycle out and all the GM PMs sent out.

@Myst @Verdance @coco.pudding @TwinStorm @___ @Through The Living Star @Fizz9 @Through the living Wahr @DrakeMarshall @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion There's about half an hour left in the cycle. Make sure to get any actions and votes in before the cycle ends! Current VC: Fizz9 (2): Myst, coco.pudding Myst (1): IcedOutPenguin ___ (Mippo) (1): Through the living Wahr Through the living Wahr (1): DrakeMarshall

New VC: Myst (2): Fizz9, IcedOutPenguin Fizz9 (2): Myst, coco.pudding ___ (Mippo) (1): Through the living Wahr Through the living Wahr (1): DrakeMarshall

@Myst @Verdance @coco.pudding @TwinStorm @___ @Through The Living Star @Fizz9 @Through the living Wahr @DrakeMarshall @IcedOutPenguin @The Unknown Medallion There's about 7 hours and 20 minutes left in the cycle. Make sure to get any actions and votes in before the cycle ends! Current VC: Myst (1): IcedOutPenguin coco.pudding (1): Myst ___ (Mippo) (1): Through the living Wahr Through the Living Star (1): coco.pudding Through the living Wahr (1): DrakeMarshall Please let me know if anything looks inaccurate.

Everyone say thank you to @Doc12 for dealing with the insanity that is these rules while I was frantically driving over an hour back home to be online for rollover. We got everything done and sent out in like 45 minutes despite me getting online a minute before rollover. And there was only one minor little oopsie. Go us!

7 pm CDT. About 5 hours and 20 minutes from now.