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  1. Elandera
    Popping in for another reminder regarding the rules: Be Polite. Don't take arguments personally. Take a minute to reread, both before you post and before you respond to someone else's post. Text is not a great way to convey tone, so please be careful with your words. If an argument is straying away from game-related content, it is best to disengage and focus on the game.
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    Thank you Fifth for this unique blackout! I particularly enjoy the spoiled rules doc. Congratulations to the Red Team! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  3. Elandera
    Thank you to Wilson, El, and Devo for another fantastic KKC game! This ruleset takes an incredible amount of work, and their dedication to keeping it running is amazing. Congratulations to the Students for their hard earned victory! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  4. Elandera
    Congratulations to the Ghostbloods for their victory. It was a great game run by Szeth! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  5. Elandera
    Popping in real quick to provide a quick reminder about some rules and general etiquette. Make sure your arguments about a player are not solely based on playstyle. Sometimes players work differently. They have different capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Playing in a way that is not how you would play is not necessarily alignment-indicative. We discourage dictation of playstyle for a reason. That being said, we do encourage players to work for the benefit of their team. Please take time to consider responses and how it might impact your team and other players. Avoid actions that could be construed as overt emotional manipulation or gamethrowing. If any of you have concerns or frustrations about what any other players are doing, please reach out to me and I will do what I can to help all players involved.
  6. Elandera
    Congratulations again to TKN and Drake as the Autonomous faction for getting their primary win condition before any others! Also congratulations to JNV as Ruin for destroying three planets! Thanks to Ash for running a great game. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  7. Elandera
    Thank you to Kasimir for running a great game, and congratulations to the village for a fantastic and quick win! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  8. Elandera
    Thanks again to everyone who played this Threnody game. It was fun, despite some of the problems. Congratulations again to the Cult of Cthulhu for their surprising victory. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  9. Elandera
    Congratulations to Matrim, Stick and Amanuensis of the Mobborn Faction! Thank you to TKN for GMing. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  10. Elandera
    Thank you Mat for running another great game! And of course, congratulations to the Nikli for their elim victory. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  11. Elandera
    Congratulations to the Investigators for taking Round 1, and to the Co-Conspirators for taking Round 2! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  12. Elandera
    Another great game for the elims! Congratulations to the Spiked for their victory, and great game to the villagers. As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  13. Elandera
    Congratulations to the SE Players for rooting out the bots causing chaos in the server! As always, if anyone would like to try their hand at running a game, please get ahold of Wilson, Devotary of Spontaneity, Elbereth, Araris Valerian, Elandera, or StrikerEZ, or post in the GM Signups & Discussion Thread. Not only will we get you added to the list, but we'd also be more than willing to help out in any way we can. You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone in our Art of Game Creation thread. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about. If you would rather keep some detail secret, or are self-conscious about posting in thread (there's really no need to be; while we do slaughter each other, we are very polite about it), then I'm sure one of our fantastic committee members (Amanuensis, STINK, Sart, Fifth Scholar, Straw, Archer, and Kasimir) would be more than willing to help you out in private. Thanks again to everyone that played, and we look forward to killing seeing you in future games!
  14. Elandera
    There was a question recently in another thread about the lexicon of SE. We've had some terms develop since our last update in our General Rules thread. Please review this list and if you know of any others that aren't here, let me know. Please note that we won't be including terms that are easily searchable in other realms of the internet or that are more common in other mafia forums but not so much around here. We want to keep the lexicon fairly SE-specific to avoid it getting too much longer than it already is. Also, we overall encourage plainspeak as much as possible to avoid confusion and to be as easy for newer players as possible.
  15. Elandera
    Thanks for flagging this for me At this stage, we aren't able to make any changes to the exe. We'll just say that RNGesus put in its influence a bit early. I will also try to double check the numbers before rollover completes. As a side note, please don't edit in vote switches. Those are way too easy to miss. Especially with how active this thread has been, wait a bit and include it in your next post. EDIT: End of day is a bit different for editing posts because of the auto-merge. You won't always have another post or enough time. Just try to make it as apparent as possible.
  16. Elandera
    Time for some brutal truths (sorry Szeth). Had I known Szeth's plans for RP, I absolutely would not have signed off on the rules. Calling complaints an out-of-game mechanic caused irreparable harm to the overall village chances. The village would absolutely be a lot more hesitant to use that kind of tool, even after IM clarification. We had even intentionally changed some of the wording to that rule to make it more inherently a game mechanic. Additionally, I didn't think complaints from a single player stacked on a single target. I personally don't think it should have been possible, as that would (and did) make it yet another easy elim kill tool. I should have been more insistent on clarifying this point. The elim strength was definitely a problem. We decided early to only have two elims when the standard team size would be three or four. It's quite possible we should have gone with a single elim since the player count could have had two elims standard using the 20% base. For future GMs, I do not recommend such active RP. I know what Szeth did was intended to be fun and meta, however in the blackout setting where players were unaware of that possibility, it pulled attention away from the elim team on onto the GM (in both complaints and votes). There is also a difference between RP and game-influencing behavior. GMs need to make sure their fun does not interfere with the game itself, and I do not believe that balance was achieved in this game.
  17. Elandera
    As a reminder, I am your IM this game. If you have any concerns or questions, please don't hesitate to message me directly.
  18. Elandera
    Hello everyone! As a reminder, I am your IM for this game and I already have a clarification: Complaints are not a community moderation tool. They can be used for in-game reasons. GM RP is not necessarily a real response. As always, if you have questions or concerns regarding anything in the game, feel free to PM me or reach out on Discord (especially in the case you need a quick response).
  19. Elandera
    While this may be true, remember this is a faction game. For elims to V!read you, they also have to discount that the other faction may have converted you.
  20. Elandera
    I think I figured out what bothered me so much. I know there are other legitimate reasons for suspicions against me (my support of Archer was rather unfortunate...) but among some players, there seems to be a perception that because I suddenly became active, I must have been converted. Please be careful moving forward with this idea. We sit here condemning low activity, then as soon as one player goes from low activity to trying (albeit with a lot of mistaken perceptions due to previous low activity) they get accused of being converted. If someone is only tangentially following the thread and getting the impression that's what my exe is about, they lose all incentive to join again. I'm not saying this as a way to talk people out, as there are other reasons. Just a cautionary tale for the village moving forward.
  21. Elandera
    Sorry. I did not mean for that to be so emotional. It's been a rough week.
  22. Elandera
    I'm sorry, but I just don't have the time or energy. I'm barely keeping up with the game and have been camped on Silverlight the entire time because I know I don't have the capacity to follow docs on top of the thread. I made the post while attempting to multitask my job, so no, I couldn't go dig into what times you logged into the server. I don't even have the energy to fight my exe. I was just trying to answer Kas's question. I will say, though, the fact the game is basically Roshar v. Everyone else is a bit off-putting, especially for someone like me who has not left Silverlight because I know I can't follow more than the thread.
  23. Elandera
    AC? After reading, TBB is certainly shortlisted for my Hoid vote. Araris is there too as you do make good points about that. But the lack of Hoid involvement in a counter Archer wagon, combined with no more breached shards has me headscratching.
  24. Elandera
    Or it was that I actually had time/motivation to begin putting more active work into the game, combined with an acknowledgement that I didn't want to be a low active player because of its detrimental impacts on the rest of the village. And sorry my activity dipped over the weekend. I had several things going on and only those two days with my husband before he left for another week. It also allowed me a little time to think on the Archer flip and what that meant for my previous assumptions. I think he was likely the N0 or N2/3 conversion. As it's been pointed out to me and from looking again at vote records, Archer wasn't under as much pressure as I had thought, but converting him right after he was tied for exe seems very risky. Since all of my previous assumptions were wildly incorrect, I no longer trust anyone... But I'll do my best to answer you anyways and spend some time digging through posts. Looking at the players we know so far: Mat/Fifth = Khriss Faction and Archer = Hoid Faction TBB - Looking through their past posts and votes, they seem to be the most sheep-y, and therefore most suspicious. His D1 vote was first a sheep on Archer, then a sheep on DeTess, then back to Archer for self-preseration. He didn't vote at all D2. In D3, he thought about voting on Szeth after Araris mentioned his suspicion, thought about going after Xino after he got attention for his low activity elim tendencies, then finally landed on Szeth only after TJ set down the first vote. In D4, he was the fifth(?) vote on Archer, which was every vote but Archer himself at that point. Conclusion: 80% chance of being elim, mainly Hoid Faction. I don't like the voting patterns, and he only seemed to land on Archer when that was the majority vote. D1's self-preservation could be pre-conversion, or a Hoid!TBB with Archer as N0 convert, considering this: Archer never showed up after that point. Looking at it now, it looks like he was trying to get them both out of the top spot, and then the self-pres was done late enough that he was confident neither would die with the tie rules. Kasimir - While there has been a shift in your playstyle this game, it was an expected one (both for how you started and where you are now). I place you as my most confident village read because you went after both Archer and Mat pretty hard. There's no way you'd have sussed Mat that hard if you were Team Khriss, and I doubt you would have eviscerated my vote on Wizard quite so much if you were Team Hoid. Drake - No clue, honestly. Player history wise, especially with Fifth, I think, he'd make a good conversion target, but I can't get a good read. They haven't voted at all this game (please correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find a vote), which makes me lean non-village. But the lack of commitment gives me Autonomy vibes more than Hoid Faction vibes. Definitely not Khriss Faction with the shot at Mat last night. DeTess - I really want to trust her because she's had great contributions and analysis. Definitely not Hoid Faction, as she was consistent about her suspicion of Archer (and followed through with it). Possible Khriss Faction with their v!read on Mat most of the game, but that's pretty low because she was pretty blatant about calling out his joining me on Wizard. Maybe autonomy? But I still think Drake fits that style better. So I think I land at another village read with DeTess.
  25. Elandera
    Oh, that was because my AI read of Xino came from the end of D2, which I hadn't gotten to rereading for that post. Though I still wouldn't mind, I also have to trust some of the people I read as village and who are better at tracking and remembering posts than me, all of whom seemed to agree on a v!Szeth. This is, after all, a team game where majority opinions matter, and it would be foolish of me to not listen.
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