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  1. Jo and the Bush
    TJ is randomly determining everyone's starting roles and factions, and then telling each player what they are. (No need to apologize, we all have to learn somehow!)
  2. Jo and the Bush
    Well I know exactly who I'm voting on Day 1. Easiest game ever.
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    2 hours to game start I think?
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    Hmm, from what I have seen and remember, usually the Game Master will post in the end of the thread at rollover, to ask people to not post further until the new thread is up. What would people think about having the GM edit in a link to the new thread once it's posted? On the negative side, it is a little extra work for the GM, unless they get their IM to do it for them. It also will not help all that many people, only those who are playing for the first time. On the positive side, it will help the first-timers get from thread to thread as the cycles progress, since it usuallly takes some time for the threads to be merged.
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    I feel like the Bee Movie betrayed the Turncoats far more than the Dice Gods did. =P
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    I quite liked the Voting spreadsheet, at least once @Kasimir prettied it up. Easy access to an accurate vote-count was nice, as was seeing all the votes at once. I'm tempted to implement it if I run future games. Or maybe I somehow make a bunch of linked spreadsheets for everyone that can only be edited by the individual members? IDK, thoughs for later. I had a blast in the dead doc, I wish I had had a blast in the game, but I died on C1 because I didn't want to kill Raven just to preserve myself. Still not certain if that was the right choice. Moral sure, but morality gets you killed in Sanderson Elimination. Thanks for running it @The Unknown Flame! @Experience@KelsierApologist@xxGaea, I greatly enjoyed our pre-game Role Playing! I hope to play with you all again some day.
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    I know nothing about Wheel of Time, except that there are wolf-men??? I think??? Like, wolfkin or werewolves or something??? but the rules seem extremely interesting. I will join as Emmett, who might be a wolf-man???????? Idk, I'm here to serve the tower. Someone link me a wiki page or something. =P
  8. Jo and the Bush
    First off, @Mark IV, the Bomb that Exp has is referring entirely to his Role Playing. None of my analysis last night was based off of Alignment Indicative Activity, it was all based on Role Play, in order to get things going. And look! Now people have discussed things! So, here is my actual analysis, based more on how the votes have gone. First off, Experience, I don't really think you're a Turncoat at this point. You had two votes right off the bat, but no one ever really defended you. A few other people collected 2 votes, but none of them feel like they are meant to protect you. This could be explained by your fellow Turncoats being spread out or not yet having voted, so I don't actually trust you any more than random chance. So it's not worth it to vote for you, even to save my own life. But if I live, i will revisit you in more detail. I'm a tiny bit more suspicious of KelsierApologist, but still not enough to vote for her, because there are others who are a little more suspicious. |TJ| was the first player to vote based on actual feelings/suspicions, rather than RP or Random poking, and it was for KelsierApologist. This is the first person that could be construed as voting in defense of another player, that being Experience. TJ's vote was followed by Mark IV voting for a Confirmed Villager, so obviously he's a turncoat. (Just kidding) But Mark also votes based on actual posts, rather than RP/Random, becoming the second player to do so, and he also votes on a player that voted for the current Train at the time. It's just weird to me that TJ and Mark both voted for the players participating in a pseudo-train, without actually mentioning that fact. Wasit not at all part of their feelings, or was is deliberately not mentioned because they assumed that Exp would come online and counter vote to save his own skin, thus making Exp look suspicious while not attracting any attention to TJ and Mark? Lord Spirit chose to vote on TheRavenHasLanded, who already had a vote, and has not posted. This, once again, feels like a strange defense or vote spreading method that a Turncoat might use. #1 Taln Fan has also added a vote to Exp, bringing them back up to 2 votes, and making it even more confusing as to Exp's alignment. It would probably be a good idea to Execute Exp at this point just for the wealth of Information we'd get, but I don't suspect Exp enough to do that. No real Suspicion of Taln either. Finally, Nemora's Enchanted Easel has nor done anything at all that is alignment Indicative to me. Fae would vote me, and potentially accidentally execute me, entirely for the giggles on Day 1 regardless of faer alignment. Fae would certainly prefer I remain alive so that fae can mess with me for longer than that, but faer behavior here is what i would expect regardless of alignment. So, i'm voting for TJ, Lord Spirit, and Mark this turn as the three I am actually semi suspicious of based on activity instead of Role Play. I will leave my vote on TJ, as the one I am most suspicious of. Annoyingly, none of them currently have a vote on them, so this might get me executed due to the current vote count. Ah well. "A Joe in the Bush (2): Mark IV, Nemoras Enchanted Easel TheRavenHasLanded (2): Ashbringer, Lord Spirit #1 Taln Fan (1): Twinstorm |TJ| (1): A Joe in the Bush Experience (1): KelsierApologist KelsierApologist (1): |TJ| “
  9. Jo and the Bush
    The Suspicious Man carefully eyed the criminals that he was trapped with, examining each and every one, trying to decide which of them were the biggest threats. Most of them didn't seem to have the slightly clue what was going on, or who was a threat, but some of them were definitely prepared for violence. First, there was Tomias, the leader of this terrible bunch, a grim man who was content to incite violence, as long as he was kept out of it. That one would have to go eventually, but if he went, the speedbubble would pop and everyone else would scatter. Then there was that woman, The Nameless Whisper, who had been very carefully and secretly watching him ever since she showed up. He resolved to keep an eye on her as much as he could, since she seemed to be focused on him for no good reason. The Enforcer seemed trustworthy, at least insofar as he was willing to accept the cards as a valid method of finding a traitor. The Suspicious Man decided to not pay too much attention to them for now. The next one was much more worrying. The Crazed was a wildcard, no one seemed to know why he was here, only that he was entertaining. His jokes were suspiciously good. He wondered if The Crazed had been stalking him to learn his sense of humor. Exp was obviously a traitor, since only the lowest of the low would draw the lowest of the cards, and therefor Exp was a safe bet to direct everyone's attention to. That bomb of his was going to be a problem, but Nameless Whisper seemed confident that she could stealth it out of his hand when it came time to kill him, so maybe that problem would solve itself. The eldest of the gang, Foss, Twice Fooled, Once Crazy, had a thousand-yard stare that made The Suspicious Man suspect he would welcome death, and therefore wasn't a threat either. Luckily for an undercover conner like himself, there was another undercover conner in the gang, Johnny Goodman, who he could therefore trust with his life and his wallet. No further analysis necessary. One of the more dangerous gang-members was Billy Joe, a pewterarm, and therefore worth at least 5 men in such close quarters as this. Suspicious carefully sidled further away from the man, though he didn't seem dangerous right now, as he hadn't voiced any suspicions, which was, of course, suspicious. Steel was, well, that man defied description. He seemed to be following Billy Joe around, which meant he was more likely to be a traitor, because he was either following Billy Joe around to kill him, or because he was following Billy Joe around to protect him. Regular Criminals didn't follow around other regular criminals like that. Le Flambeur was a wonderful man with excellent taste, and The Suspicious Man didn't see any good reason to target a gambler right now. Surely the man would do something foolish all on his own. He wasn't certain what to make of Human, but he trusted the man on the basis of also lying about being Koloss-Blooded. Since he, a lawman, was lying about that, it said good things about others who lied about it. Lamron looked to be no trouble at all, being foolish enough to sit down in what could easily erupt into a full firefight. The man wouldn't be pulling a gun anytime soon. The Suspicious Man nodded, fairly certain that his excellent lawman talents had immediately figured out who the traitors were. Exp, The Nameless Whisper, and Steel. There was a slight chance he was wrong about one or two of them, in which case The Crazed or Billy Joe were probably the Turncoats instead. "I plan all my decisions in advance, as any smart people would do." He hefted his deck of cards, with their custom faces. "But I would never rig a gamble. A man who cheats at gambling while among criminals is certain to live a very short life." He tossed the deck in the general direction of his two accusers. One of them would probably catch it. "Check for yourself, no setup, cleanly shuffled." He elbowed Le Flambeur, hoping to get some backup. "Come on @|TJ|, tell them how stupid it is to try to cheat at cards in a criminal gang." (Is all my analysis based entirely on roleplay, most of which happened before alignments were even started? Yes it is. What else am I supposed to do on day 1? I admit to some surprise that Exp hasn't voted on me or KelsierApologist yet, like I assumed would happen. It's almost enough to make me take my vote off them, since the RP was an obvious way to make a vote without suspicion, but the fact that they had a bomb and didn't use it when the rival gang attacked us is still worth voting on.)
  10. Jo and the Bush
    The Suspicious Man nodded in agreement. "The cards are the fairest way of deciding this, unless someone saw the betrayal happen. So, Exp, give us a reason not to vote for you." (Why isn't Exp in the player list?)
  11. Jo and the Bush
    "Well, you are a criminal, so yes I assumed you were stupid." In fact, Exp was proving to be suspiciously smart for a criminal. It was becoming more clear to The Suspicious Man that Exp was definitely the turncoat. Who else would be smart enough to bring contingency grenades after selling out their gang to a rival? He squinted at the orb. Was it a noseball? He'd never actually played the game, though he knew other officers did, even despite the ban. "Sure, but if he does prove it, what do we do? We can't just ignore a grenade in such close corners."
  12. Jo and the Bush
    Always good to see a fellow not-undercover-lawman, if you get caught, try not to put any suspicion on my would you? There's a Good Man, thanks.
  13. Jo and the Bush
    "I'm Koloss-Blooded," he blatantly lied, "I'll survive. So go ahead, prove it." He squinted suspiciously. Maybe this criminal wasn't lying. This might be a bad idea. "You could also toss it out the bubble and let it explode there. Can't hurt us inside the bubble, and then you'll be able to prove you're not bluffing." That's the idea! Get these minor Role-plays stared again to keep engagement going.
  14. Jo and the Bush
    The Suspicious Man squinted at the small sphere, suspicious that it was just a regular metal ball. "I've never heard of such a device. Prove that it works as you say, and I might retract my vote. Especially since Tomias is supiciously silent and still in this liminal time."
  15. Jo and the Bush
    The Suspicious Man eyed the three cards that had already been revealed, then flipped the remaining ones over. All face Cards. What were the odds of 6 face cards and an Ace? That was suspicious. Hopefylly no one accused him of rigging the game, whichbhe definitely hadn't. "Well, Tomias, as you can see, these fool proof cards clearly state that I, the Enforcer, and that Nameless Whisperer are all clearly innocent, and should be let out without dying. Meanwhile, Exp there is obviously the turncoat. Case closed, we can all go home after you shoot him and no one else."
  16. Jo and the Bush
    I think it's awfully Suspicious of TUF to say there are no roles, when there is very clearly at least 1 role! "Which of you are Gambling men? eh?" The Suspicious Man pulled out a deck of cards. "Anyone fancy a game of chance to decide who should die first?" The Suspicious Man fans out 7 cards. "Whoever pulls the lowest card is the Turncoat."
  17. Jo and the Bush
    To be fair, that is all of the tags for the entire game. When the threads merge, each new cycle's tags get added to the merged thread. at least, that is how it functioned when I was still active.
  18. Jo and the Bush
    Signing up as The Suspicious Man of Quick Fix 7 Infamy. Possibly a Doctor, definitely not a Lawman, but if he is, he wasn't the one who sold out the gang to their rivals. He's just trying to survive long enough to sell out the gang to the Constables.
  19. Jo and the Bush
    Lol, thank you two for preventing me from Double Posting. This is an improved version of my previously posted game, and is once again free for anyone to run. I may eventually run it myself, idk. Allomantic Scarcity Allomantic Scarcity is a Mid Range Game revolving around Allomancy. Any setting/flavor works. The two main twists of this game are Role Charges and Areas of Affect. Most Roles will affect multiple players, based on their positioning in the player list. Most Roles can be used a limited number of times without careful planning. The Player List Action Economy Order of Actions: Roles Factions: Complexity If you wish to remove Complexity, I recommend removing Luck Passives, then Lone Wolves, then Flaring Actions for 4 different levels of Complexity. If you wish to increase Complexity, I recommend Doubling the Starting Vials of all players, and changing the Action Economy to allow players to Burn/Flare and Gift/Faction Kill in the same turn. If there are less than 15 Players, I recommend removing Lone Wolves.
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    Not i! Spec doc link please, i wish to mock the athletes.
  21. Jo and the Bush
    While talking about this with @xxGaea last night, I learned that this is exactly why they left SE. They had brought up multiple cases of harassment, and each time it had been brushed off as jokes in good fun, even by me. They gave me several examples over the years of the normalization of lesser members not being taken seriously by staff, including me, who. So I agree with this. SE does have a culture of tolerating at least minor abuse and harassment, and in certain cases tolerating much higher levels of abuse if it comes from members who have much higher status in the community, as was the case with Arraenae. I think all of Arraenae's suggestions are good ones. I also think that members should keep a better eye out for people who are feeling pressured to stay silent or forced to not make a scene.
  22. Jo and the Bush
    What is the training process for new SE Mods/IM's/Admins? I'm not sure I've ever heard of one, other than simply trying to choose people with good judgement to be them.
  23. Jo and the Bush
    We should probably expressly spell that out in the General Rules and Etiqutte Policy then. Currently it just says all 17th Shard policies are followed 'here'. It could be updated to say "followed in all Servers, Docs, and Forums associated with SE." Or something that like.
  24. Jo and the Bush
    I've been playing around with a low power Scadrial ruleset that I'd like some thoughts on if anybody minds. I have no intentions of running this game, so anyone is free to run it. It's just been stuck in my head because there's been two different mechanics I've been wanting to make a game for; Player List Distance, and Role Charges. Misting Elimination Game Obviously whoever runs this game is free to change anything about it. The numbers of starting Vials probably need tweaking, as do the areas of affect. Perhaps it would be more balanced if the seeker can sense up to 4 places away, or maybe everyone should have a standard burn and a Flare effect, like the Soother and Rioter do. If you wanted to make it more complicated, you could also include a mechanic for changing positions in the player list. I just really needed to get this game out of my head.
  25. Jo and the Bush
    Man, LG53 was a blast. I want to sign up for this Spiritual Sucessor so badly, but I know that's a bad Idea. Can I join Hael in the Spec doc?
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