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    ...Friday the Thirteenth? I think every can agree that is the perfect time to start this game. (And almost Midnight too)
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    Just read a quote from Children of Dune that kinda hit me. No spoilers except for a look into the general philosophy of the books.

    "Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in in the interests of the ruling class—whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy."

    Is it true? I kinda think so. Is that scary? Definitely. Is there a better option? Who knows.

    PS, if any teacher tries to tell me And and But shouldn't start sentences again, I am showing them Frank Herbet.

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    Somehow still the first to sign up. I'll be Keisser, a former military man who has a tendency to arrive late to things.
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    All I have to say in my defense is Oops! All golems
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    MR70 - Aftermath Death slashed the golem with his scythe, bringing an end to those who opposed the Secreta. Soon, the whole city would be one big secret society. ~ Araris Valerian has died! He was a Golem Citizen of Ankh-Morpork! Aeternum was attacked but survived! Votecount: Araris Valerian (3): Coffeecat, Ashbringer Coffeecat (2): Araris Valerian, Lego Mistborn, Aeternum I ended the game a little bit early because the Secreta had a vote majority at parity. So, yeah, congratulations to @Coffeecat and @Ashbringer for winning. GM thoughts to come later, though they're not very complex. Documents: Players:
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    Cycle closed, Aftermath to come in a while.
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    MR70 - Cycle Four: Wr1t3-ups R 4 W1mps Just start talking ~ Araris Valerian was executed but survived! Xinoehp512 was attacked but didn't survived! They were a Golem Citizen of Ankh-Morpork! Votecount: Araris Valerian (2): Coffeecat, Lego Mistborn Coffeecat (1): Araris Valerian Ashbringer (1): Aeternum Some Things to Note: PMs are closed! You must use an action to open them. Ties will kill all players involved. This cycle will end in two days at 12:00 PM Central Time on Sunday the 25th of August Have fun! Players:
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    Cycles over! See you shortly.
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    MR70 - Cycle Three: Second Time's the Charm Just start talking ~ RoyalBeeMage has died! They were a Golem Citizen of Ankh-Morpork! Xinoehp512 was attacked but survived! Some Things to Note: PMs are closed! You must use an action to open them. Ties will kill all players involved. This cycle will end in two days at 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday the 19th of August Have fun! Players:
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    Cycle Two: Late and Probably Not Worth the Wait Start talking, writeup eventually. ~ Experience has died! He was a Wizard Citizen of Ankh-Morpork! RBM was executed but survived! Experiance(2): Coffeecat, Ashbringer, Lego Mistborn Royalbeemage(3): Experience, Aeternum Some Things to Note: PMs are closed! You must use an action to open them. Ties will kill all players involved. This cycle will end in two days at 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday the 19th of August Have fun! Players:
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    Apologies everyone, my time zone is changing, rollover will be up as soon as possible.
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    Cycle One: The Calm Before the Storm Death reclined his chair. He, well, he didn't sigh, but close enough. The flames within his eyesockets dimmed. Just a brief nap... he was going to need to be alert for this next rush. ~ Some Things to Note: PMs are closed! You must use an action to open them. Ties will kill all players involved. This cycle will end in two days at 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday the 19th of August Have fun! Players:
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    Sign-ups are closed! Cycle one will be posted soon!
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    In a little over two hours. That's fine! You can find some rules, etiquette, and terminology threads in this forum (the pinned threads). The specific rules for this game are in the first post. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I or another player will answer as soon as we can.
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    @Aeternum, @Coffeecat, @xinoehp512, @Ashbringer, @Araris Valerian, and @RoyalBeeMage Some important announcements. Rollover will be at 12:00 PM Central Time (GMT-5 in case you live in that fictional place we call "Not Murica") @CadCom will be your IM, and @Aeoryi will be my Co-GM. In the unlikely scenario where you try to kill me (looking at Drake who isn’t playing, but shouldn't be trusted regardless), they will be my meat shields. While I would like more players, I am planning on just running this with this player count. But, like, ask your friends? Ankh-Morpork is supposed to be crowded.
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    Going Postal, Mort, and Guards! Guards! In that order. The half is from Thud!, Making Money, and Unseen Academicals, which I think I had read when making the ruleset, but don't really make an appearance in the rules.
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    I mean, you could get all the info for this game just by reading 3 and a ½
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    This game is in Schroedinger's timeline. Do or say whatever you want for roleplay.
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    Trust no one, and your trust will never be betrayed. Trust everyone, and you might just be Outha Airs-Locke. ~ Ow, why did his back hurt all of a sudden? HELLO OUTHA. Lilo jumped, then frowned at the voice. Only his mother called him Outha since he had joined the Secreta. They had given him his new name upon joining, and he liked it. It was just about the only thing he liked about his time with the Secreta. Sure, the mystique had been fun at first. Skulking around at night, doing pompous ceremonies in candlelit rooms, it had an appeal. But he was done with the Secreta. He had told the Most Secret that he was leaving just a little bit ago. Who would call him Outha? Surely not a Secreta trying to get him to cone back. "Who're you?" He asked, feeling brave in his defiance. I AM DEATH. "Death?! What? How? I'm not dead!" He protested. I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU ARE. "But how?" THE SECRETA DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO DISLOYALTY. "I never should have left, Lilo said mournfully. I DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE MADE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. I FEAR I'M GOING TO HAVE A BUSY NEXT FEW DAYS. ~ Welcome to MR70 - Ankh You! This game is going to be set in the Discworld universe, with all the wackiness that entails. Writeups will be relatively light (probably never longer than the above), but I will be accepting death roleplays if you feel inclined to make them longer. If you want some Co-GMing experience, shoot me a PM, but I'm not really desperate this game. You can find the rules here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dt_HkWXwAoGXHgBAeAUtLrzbQIPhvutik6DvCzh7OVI/edit?usp=drivesdk In doc format (note that they're intentionally weirdly formatted, there's links to the sections in an ordinary order at the top) Alternatively, you can find them within the forum in the spoiler below. MR70 - Ankh You! Participants: Sign-ups will close a little over a week from today on Saturday the 17th of August. Rollover is very TBD but think morning-time in North America. Quick Links
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    Been a little while since I checked in, but I've been busy the last couple of weeks. Finished the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer in mid July. Also re-read tEotW, which was surprisingly fun. I then took a little bit of a break, but in just a couple days I read Gideon the Ninth (forgot the author). Aside from the humor it wasn't really my style, but I still really enjoyed it. Looking forward to later books in the series. I read Will of the Many by James Islington in a single day. That was an amazing book, I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for the sequel. It's really cool to see his writing skills of the course his four books. Going from mediocre but fun, to one of the best endings to a series I've seen, to an amazing hook to a new world with an incredible magic system. Now onto Children of Dune. It's a bit of a downer after the other two, but I'm hopeful. I got some spoilers for God-emperor of Dune, and I'm really excited. After that, I've got Over Your Dead Body by Dan Wells. Should be fun, I really enjoy the John Cleaver books.
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    I dare you to try in the elim doc. >:) Also the "Everyone’s TUO in the neutral doc is amazing." Foreshadowing The unreasonable elims shooting RBM that night: I am! Woo-oo!
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    Thanks @Kasimir,you picked the right distro in my heart. This game was a blast. Thanks to @Araris Valerian for keeping us in check for the last little bit. @DrakeMarshall, we're 2 for 2 on sharing a doc with Kasimir. This game was amazing, even if you did most of the work. Now I just have to read the dead doc Kas kept hyping up.
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    Belittle the village?
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    I could do my own point by point analysis, but I'm not really interested. I think CadCom’s smart enough to realize the inherent contradiction that this entire analysis is. For my part I'll add some context on a part or two. Starting with the ending cause I've already got it quoted. I don't think you can honestly say any part of that wasn’t intended to influence. You didn't just happen to decide to make three mega posts right after your win was no longer guaranteed. The thing about where we're at right now is that we're both trying to convince the village. That's what we should be doing first and foremost. It doesn’t matter how genuine any post is, because it can be genuine and trying to influence at the same time, without becoming less genuine. This post right now, is trying to convince the village. I'm actually hoping it will convince you as well, Xino. I don't expect you to throwaway a decently likely victory, but as I'm going to say in a bit, I don’t think Drake was being disingenuous. I hope I can convince you of that and maybe to be a bit less cynical. To start, Drake hasn't outright told me in our doc if his posts have been genuine, but I personally think they were. At the beginning of this cycle, Drake wrote a single sentence, then disappeared until he posted his mega post. He then expressed dissatisfaction at the game state and we talked about other things. My impression of his tone lined up with what he said. I think, while he was trying to convince (like everyone is), I think his tone, words, and dissatisfaction were real. This is the only other major point I want to deal with. Sure sure you can't believe us, but I think CadCom and Ash both know that this is perfectly in character for us. If I end up dying, me and Drake have decided to do our actions towards the best writeup possible. We also find our targets ti be amusing. A side effect of choosing this path is the 4b winning. We're not upset with that actually for reasons we discussed in the doc, and it's going to create the funniest scenario in our opinion. That will be all, I'll be around but I'd kinda prefer not to make another megapost.
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