Mat

You'd better believe it

Welcome aboard

I don't think so but idk

Huh I think that’s actually like the best possible rollover time for me

Fight the PTSD fight the PTSD I’ll play but I have zero idea how this works atm

Oh hey Silberfarben, long time no see Guess you forgot your old password * * * The intercom crackled, and announcement broadcasted throughout the Salt Palace. Just like the year before, no one could make out what was being said. It didn't matter, though. The convention attendees would find out. "The Convention Game has begun!" the announcement had been. "Come to the Warcamps to receive your assignment." The SErs agreed to go together. They moved as a hive mind while their numbers grew, entering the hall set up to mimic Alethi tents and barracks, to go find what kind of assignment they'd been given. * * * Stretch Goal #3 has been reached! The Convention Game has been put in place! Each player will be anonymously and randomly paired with another, and given a miscellaneous task to complete. The first to beat their opponent in completing this task will be lauded with compliments and meaningless prizes! The Convention Game has no direct impact on the rest of the game. We have reached all three stretch goals! I'm very proud of you all The convention begins in four days time! More are welcome, of course. The badges haven't sold out just yet!

Aaaaaaa my bad, I had copied the rules from my committee PM and did originally change it, but when I had to redo the post I forgot to change it again. Thanks for catching that Also, not me just trusting JNV and forgetting my own rules, that never happens, shhhh

Hmm I think I'll rule that if the SK wins everyone else loses Cause yknow it's kind of a hollow victory if you're dead

They move in. Alert. The SErs are there. There they are. In a circle. Why a circle? Circles are tooooooooo symmetricalllllllllll............ .........but circles are normal. And they have to be normal. to fool. To... play SE. SE was love. SE was life. It was time to... play SE. * * * Stretch Goal #2 has been reached! The Ballistic SEr has entered the game! They're an SK solo faction with a kill each turn and kill invulnerability, or in other words, they must be exed to be removed. The Reasonable SErs and the Crazed SErs do not need to remove the Ballistic SEr to win.

I'll say they can self protect but can't protect the same person twice in a row. Standard Lurcher.

From within the many layers of his fake wizard beard, designed to let him mingle without constant attention, Brandon Sanderson watched the SErs with interest. He'd never seen such a group before. They clearly liked his books well enough to be here, but there was something about their circle that was different. They were united by something more than simply a love for the cosmere. "Hmm," he thought. "I'm going to find out what that is." * * * Stretch Goal #1 has been reached! Brandon Sanderson has entered the game! One of the Reasonable SErs will be Brandon in disguise, and will be able to protect one player per cycle. His convention, his rules. To an extent, of course.

All good, thanks Awesome Ookla name, Araris

Mat was confused. The first two people he talked two introduced themselves as Raven. And also with an Ookla name. Oh no... "Wiz, is that you?" I forgot something! Ookla Season Rules: Please put your original username as your Member Title and/or in your signature for ease of literally everyone but especially me. Thanks When voting during the game, use both if you can but I won't enforce anything.

"I should have bought a VIP pass," Mat muttered to himself, staring at the long registration line ahead of him. He should have figured the convention would have way more people than the year before, what with Stormlight 5 and all, but had weighed the extra cost of the badge against the benefits and chosen the cheaper option. A choice he was beginning to regret. Eventually, he made it to the front of the line and picked up his badge. Number 1748. Isn't that the number of pages in SA5? He thought he remembered that fact from the Shardcast spoiler-free review that was posted the day before. That's a fun coincidence. And a very long book. The designated SE meeting spot was in front of the Exhibit Hall, so Mat headed there next. The hall still was closed to non-VIP badgeholders. Yet another reason to have splurged for it. But even if he had one, that didn't guarantee the others did as well. He turned the corner and there they were: a circle of people he didn't recognize. Time to go put faces to a name. This is going to be a fun weekend. * * * Welcome to MR67: 'Twas the Night Before SA5! I'm your GM, and your IM is @Elandera. Please feel free to go to her for any concerns before, during, or after the game. Mat and the other SErs are attending Dragonsteel 2024! But with Stormlight 5 so close, and the tension and excitement so high, some of them may have forgotten that this is not one of their games. Or maybe that was their plan all along… Rules are found below, and also in this doc. General Rules: Factions: Mat's Kickstarter: Signups are open starting now, and run until Monday, December 11th, at 3pm PST. The game will begin shortly after, and that will be the regular rollover time. I don't think I'll need to delay a turn going up during the game, but if something comes up in my schedule I thank everyone in advance for their patience Turns will always end at 3pm PST regardless of that possibility. Note that you may sign up with an RP character, but because in-game you're actually at Dragonsteel in person, that's who will show up in the writeups I guess that means this game also comes with the risk of someone else (AKA me) RPing as you, and if that makes you uncomfortable feel free to not sign up. But I'll be as courteous as I can. If at any point you feel I've crossed a line please yell at me and/or Elan, but I don't think it'll come to that. I'll be careful! Participants: Quicklinks:

I don’t think I can run the MR ruleset I have prepped because it’s too complex, which is lame because right now I’m probably the least busy I’ll be ever so it’ll just never happen xD I can take the slot, provided it’s fine that I make a ruleset completely from scratch.

I think this is a situation of ‘right answer, wrong formula’ because I really don’t think that’s e!indicative. I almost corrected you in thread when you said it but didn’t because I wanted you to vote Illwei

If I was elim the self voting would have prevented a C1 win for you. It’s always bad :P.

I tried? Stick was the fatal blow, which I guess was my bad for actually voting there but I don’t think I can entirely be blamed. I’ll attribute it to us not being used to her evolved playstyle post MU Champs I guess? Maybe I went for it too hard last turn, idk. But I feel like there was nothing I could do because JNV’s analysis was totally confbiased lol But w/e ggs Illwei and welcome back Edit1: Oh and thanks @Ookla the Paradigm for running this, the writeups were gold as usual and the word sneak was fun to complete :D. See I’m still a winner at heart Edit2: Hahahaha reading you guys tunnel e!me in the doc was hilarious I didn’t slip Stick smh everything I said was true :P. Illwei did outplay me, though. But to be fair I wasn’t aware that was a competition that was happening until it was too late.

This is making me feel all blue or no that’s not right more like purple yellow

Great gg @Ooklil the Wei glad you could get the win on your return game :p.

I would prefer that to it being you and them voting me tbh

From my PoV he was townreading me, because my PoV was from before he voted me. I fully didn't see that coming. That idea came from this post and also this post, and if there were signs of him reconsidering while I was still around I missed them. I see the post where he was theorizing a you/me team but that was after I logged off.

Illwei Betting the farm on this but I'm never not voting Illwei here so there's no point in holding off. @JNV, Illwei will wait until you vote before voting. If you vote me, we lose, because Illwei can double vote and I don't have manip anymore because I wasted it C1. Raven doesn't have manip either after wasting it yesterday, so even if they vote Illwei we lose to Illwei's manip. It is absolutely critical here that you vote Illwei. Doubling would be nice, but it's only necessary if Raven votes me. @Ookla of Ravens it's not as critical that you vote correctly, but it sure makes this a whole lot cleaner. If people want, I can v case myself but I don't like doing that and I don't really have the time. I feel like I've played differently enough from MR66 to be notable, but it's always hard to tell when it's your own playstyle.

Not an option. There’s nothing stopping the remaining elim from voting last-second and just winning. Illwei saying they have to work until and hour before rollover is funny because I have to work starting an hour before rollover .-. Guess there won’t be any discussion here.

A strategy for what? Someone I’m vibing with is someone e!me wants to have around as long as possible. I went offline before I saw Kas’ vote on me and was legitimately surprised reading it back during rollover. I’m actually kind of relieved that he died because I 100% would have paranoided e!Kas otherwise >> But all that aside, the main point is that I totally thought that Kas and I v!read each other and were on the same page. I wouldn’t have killed him. I would have killed JNV, as he was the one player Kas wasn’t reevaluating. Interested in what you have to say. I will note that I think JNV is more village for this. e!JNV should know that all they need to do to win is vote Illwei. I feel pretty good about e!Illwei here but I guess now have to focus on not losing the game by being exed >> There’s a reason Illwei asked JNV to vote first. If JNV votes wrong, game over, because they’re the only one with manip still. So no pressure >> I guess there’s something calming about knowing the game is completely outside of my control.