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Shocking. Rod really had me fooled.
Well done Vitek!
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nmillar: Well done Vitek!
Thank you.
To you to. If I had listened to you I could end sooner.
I mostly blame Orryy for my dilemma. Not to be his approach I would quite easily select Rod but this way he made me doubt it over and over again.
Though I should be more decisive. :-P
OK, fot those interested, here is my scum diary:

Day 1.
Just look town & go with the flow....

Night 1.
Let's get some leverage on the experienced players.
I'll investigate Vitek, V will block Nmillar & T will kill Jess.

OK, all good, but what the hell happened to the kill?
Jess was protected or T was blocked :(

Day 2.
Let’s build on last night.
I can start to build a case against Vitek with what I’ve got.
Walrus eats people. That’s gotta look scummy.
Nmillar was blocked, so he can’t claim anything useful....

Night 2.
What the hell?
He FORGOT to order the kill?
If I didn’t need him, I’d kill Typhoon tonight!
V warns me against saying too much & incriminating myself “OH, THE IRONY ;)”
Continuing the Great Frame-up, I will now investigate Nmillar.
V will block Vitek.
This time T WILL kill Jess.

Day 3.
We got the cop!
If I stay carefully townie, there’s now no-one who can disprove that...

I state my case against Vitek & Nmillar & start pointing fingers.
T backs me up & V follows suit.
This is not a good idea.
Whether we get the lynch on Nmillar or not, when the truth comes out, both are gonna look scummy as hell.
Ever heard of discreet, guys?
If V had just incriminated Nmillar, he would of come out of it fine, but he had to go too far...

T then self-destructs spectacularly.
There’s always one....
What! Jester?
Can you be Mafia AND Jester?

Night 3.
V will block Vitek to disrupt his “Great Reveal”.
I will do the kill.
Someone who has been pretty much off the radar, so there are no immediate suspects... Twiglet!

V wants me to “investigate” him & confirm that at least half of what he is saying is true.
No.
First off, I do not want to appear too close to him & get dragged down with him.
He thinks he can talk his way out of this.
I’m not so sure.
Second, what if there is a watcher & I get caught visiting Twiglet?
So I’ll investigate Twiglet ;)

Day 4.
Vitek, you really should be a little more open.
Now it looks like you’re just parrotting every idea I come up with....

I really don’t want to be left on my own. With no backup, it’s way too easy to get caught.
On the other hand, V is a bit of a liability.
Well, I will try to point the finger away, but I’m not going to stick my neck out...

Night 4.
OK, I’m gonna have to investigate Orry.
I can’t really claim to be blocked when the mafia blocker just got lynched....
Hang on, I did declare that Orry will be investigated.
When Vitek claimed an action, it was interfered with....
So I won't investigate Orry, I will kill Quad.
Again, if I am seen visiting him, I can always claim I was investigating him.

I am hoping to point the finger at Orry for this.
If we can lynch him, I will kill Vitek Night 5 & game over!!!

Day 5.
OMG, what a day.

Bandages?
What was I thinking?
I think I owe V an apology!

The whole vitek/nmillar arguement was Hilarious.
I was almost convinced I was heading for a win.
I was even imagining their faces when it happened.
Millar - What?
Vitek - Grrrr!
Orry - I told you so....

Then it all went a bit belly up.
That barny with Millar was pretty funny too, but it got a bit hairy.

I've been trying to find time to kill Vitek all damn game & it looks like he might get away with it again.
Can I really afford to keep millar alive?
Is orry secure enough in millars support to openly kill vitek?
Which way will vitek vote if he survives?
This is a toughie.
This NK will decide the game.
Is vitek really a neighbour?
If so, I can't afford to out that fact.
Is millar a secret watcher?
If so, I can't let him live.

OK, I've been trying to push the scapegoat angle for a while.
So miller dies.
I will claim that Orry did it to make me look bad.
Mafia role PMs:
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Typhoon45: Dear Typhoon45,
You are the March Hare (Mafia Godfather / Jester).
For twenty eight years, you sat at the same table at the same endless tea party, chatting with the thoroughly unpleasant Hatter and drinking his odious tea. But then something snapped. After sticking a rusty fork into the Hatter’s mad heart, you finally realised what your true purpose in life was. Setting up a base of operations, you quickly recruited a handful of other wannabe criminals and started spreading terror all over the land. You may not have much experience, but you are determined to become the greatest mafia boss the Wonderland has ever seen......
......oh no what has happened here someone must have killed the nice hatter fellow such a great friend he was who could have done such an awful awful thing wait is that blood on my paws?? ......
Now if only you could do something about those blackouts. It’s odd, waking up and not knowing what you had been up to the last three days… But it’s probably perfectly fine. It’s not like you’re crazy or anything, right?
......what have I done what have I done ooh I ought to be punished for this the queen will cut my head off and I think I deserve it oh yes I think I deserve it!

Your mafia partners are ViolatorX (Tweedledee / Tweedledum - Mafia Roleblocker) and Rodzaju (Bill the Lizard - Mafia Flavour Cop). Here is the scumchat you may use to talk to each other at night: http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/MvZ8gySvPSZ

Abilities:
-To investigations, you appear as town. This is a static ability, and is always active.
-Each night, you may carry out the mafia nightkill. PM the mod with the name of the player you want to kill.
Note that only one player can carry out the nightkill per night.

Win condition:
You win when the mafia equals the town in size AND you have been lynched.
Note: the other mafia members do not know about your Jester role and you are not allowed to tell them or hint at it in any way, under threat of modkill.
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ViolatorX: Dear ViolatorX.
You are Tweedledee / Tweedledum (Mafia Roleblocker).
Ever since your brother’s death during a heist of the Sheep’s shop that went terribly wrong, you have been devastated. Riddled with grief, you can’t even remember which one of the previously inseparable twins you are. But you came to the conclusion it doesn’t really matter. As long as you’re alive, you carry the spirit of your brother with you. You’ll always be together, in your own special way.
Neither of you ever was particularly brainy, and now that there’s just one half of you... Let’s say you’re not the sharpest tool in the drawer. But you’ve got the brawn, and that’s what counts. The March Hare points, you hit. Your life is simpler and more enjoyable than it ever was, and you hope it will remain that way forever.

Your mafia partners are Typhoon45 (March Hare - Mafia Godfather) and Rodzaju (Bill the Lizard - Mafia Flavour Cop). Here is the scumchat you may use to talk to each other at night: http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/MvZ8gySvPSZ

Abilities:
-Each night you may PM the mod with the name of a player you want to knock out. That player will be prevented from performing a night action.
-Each night, you may carry out the mafia nightkill. PM the mod with the name of the player you want to kill.
Note that you may only perform one of the abilities each night, and that only one player can carry out the nightkill per night.

Win condition:
You win when the mafia equals the town in size.
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Rodzaju: Dear Rodzaju.
You are Bill the Lizard (Mafia Flavour Cop).
Tired of being constantly bossed about by the White Rabbit, you decided to jump ship the moment you heard a mafia group was being assembled in Wonderland. Now that you are one of them, you are being constantly bossed about by the March Hare. Something tells you becoming a criminal wasn’t the wisest move you have ever made.
Everyone is used to you performing all kinds of odd jobs, so your presence anywhere isn’t likely to raise an eyebrow. The mafia group often takes advantage of that, sending you to do reconnaissance work for them. Unfortunately, because you cannot read, you’re not exactly the most helpful investigator there ever was, but at least you do have an eye for detail and a solid memory. And in this business, each bit of information counts.

Your mafia partners are Typhoon45 (March Hare - Mafia Godfather) and ViolatorX (Tweedledee / Tweedledum - Mafia Roleblocker). Here is the scumchat you may use to talk to each other at night: http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/MvZ8gySvPSZ

Abilities:
-Each night you may PM the mod with the name of a player you want to investigate. You will receive a description of the player’s room that might contain some clues to his identity.
-Each night, you may carry out the mafia nightkill. PM the mod with the name of the player you want to kill.
Note that you may only perform one of the abilities each night, and that only one player can carry out the nightkill per night.

Win condition:
You win when the mafia equals the town in size.
Post edited June 23, 2011 by bazilisek
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nmillar: Well done Vitek!
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Vitek: Thank you.
To you to. If I had listened to you I could end sooner.
I mostly blame Orryy for my dilemma. Not to be his approach I would quite easily select Rod but this way he made me doubt it over and over again.
Though I should be more decisive. :-P
Well played my man, well played!!

Even though I bowed out on Night one (Town Miller never WAS going to get far!!) I've been following this one closely.
Town role PMs, part one:
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QuadrAlien: Dear QuadrAlien,
You are the Caterpillar (Town Doctor).
With decades of experience and wisdom behind you, who cares if you’re not the most agile person in Wonderland. Your healing methods may be unorthodox, but they are surprisingly effective; a bite off one of your carefully grown and tended mushrooms can fix all sorts of ailments. And perhaps the smoke of your trusty hookah plays its part, too. What exactly it is you’re putting in there is one of the greatest secrets of your trade.
You are slow to anger, but the very idea of a group of organised criminals is abhorrent to you. You are determined to do your best to stop the menace once and for all.

Abilities:
-Each night you may send to the moderator the name of one player you want to protect. That player will be protected from the first attempt to kill them that night.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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jesskitten: Dear jesskitten,
You are the Dormouse (Town Macho Cop).
Everyone thinks of you as more of a piece of furniture than an actual living being. But while it’s true you’re not particularly quick and often look like you’re asleep, you have actually always been keeping one eye half open. This way, you have learned a lot over the years, and you could actually claim to be the most informed person in all of Wonderland, if you cared to do so. But in general, you do not like drawing too much attention to yourself.
You are secretive by nature, and often try to back off when you feel you’re too much in the spotlight. You believe it’s a useful trait to have, even though it could possibly turn against you one day.

Abilities:
- Each night you may send to the moderator the name of one player you want to investigate. You will learn what the player’s allegiance is.
- In the current paranoid atmosphere, you don’t trust anyone at all. If a doctor tries to protect you at night, you will choose to hide from them and the protection will be ineffective.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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TwilightBard: Dear TwilightBard,
You are the White King (Town Post Restricted Tracker).
When you heard about the death of your most trusted servant and, yes, in many ways a personal friend Humpty Dumpty, you knew the time has come to deal with this menace. As a king, you find it difficult to get personally involved in the ongoing investigations of every citizen of Wonderland, but you still have the help of your trusted royal messengers you can count on. They are not particularly skilled in spying, but they can at least follow the movements of people at night.
You don’t know where you picked up that habit originally, but you are known for being inexplicably fond of words beginning with the letter H. The messengers have learned to use this as a password of sorts, making sure it really is you who is giving the orders. You thought this precaution was uncharacteristically wise of them, and decided to adopt it officially.

Restriction:
- Each of your posts must include at least one word beginning with the letter “h”. If you fail to do so during the day, you cannot perform your ability on the following night. You are not allowed to talk about this restriction to anyone or provide any hints, under threat of modkill.

Abilities:
-Each night you may send to the moderator the name of one player you want to track. You will learn whom (if anyone) the player targeted that night, but not the action the player performed.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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Taleroth: Dear Taleroth,
You are the Bandersnatch (Town One Shot Vigilante).
No one even knows what you are, exactly. Even you aren’t too sure about that. But you do know you are the Bandersnatch, and what more do you need? You’re known for being quick to anger and swift in your retributions. Life isn’t particularly valuable to you, neither your own nor anyone else’s. You suppose all Bandersnatches are like that, which probably explains why you never met one.

Abilities:
- Once during the game, at night, you may send to the moderator the name of one player you want to attempt to kill.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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Vitek: Dear Vitek,
You are the Walrus (Town One Shot Friendly Neighbour).
Sporting the greatest moustache in all of Wonderland, you can’t understand how anyone could be mad at you. True, the Carpenter never exactly liked you, but still you considered him something of a friend. When you saw his strangled corpse that washed upon the shore one morning, you knew that the time for fun and games (and oyster feasts!) was probably over, but despite the circumstances, you can’t help but still feel rather cheerful and friendly. It’s a nice world, so why make living in it so hard?

Abilities:
-Once during the game, at night, you may send to the moderator the name of one player you want to send a friendly greeting to. The player will receive a message from the moderator, confirming your allegiance to Town. Note that you can’t personalise the message in any way.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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Rodzaju: That barny with Millar was pretty funny too, but it got a bit hairy.
Yeah, that was alot of fun; I didn't actually plan on confronting you until the final day (I pointed the finger at Vitek and Orryyrro so I could stay alive), but I thought I had enough evidence to convince Vitek, so went full on assault a day early!

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Rodzaju: I state my case against Vitek & Nmillar & start pointing fingers.
T backs me up & V follows suit.
This is not a good idea.
Whether we get the lynch on Nmillar or not, when the truth comes out, both are gonna look scummy as hell.
Ever heard of discreet, guys?
If V had just incriminated Nmillar, he would of come out of it fine, but he had to go too far...
As you quite rightly pointed out, this is where it fell apart for the mafia. All three of you were bandwagoning me despite the evidence from the text of Through the Looking Glass that proved I was the White Knight; for me it was just a matter of which order to push the lynches in.
Town role PMs, part two:
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Robbeasy: Dear Robbeasy,
You are the Mock Turtle (Town Miller).
Being a mock turtle has never been easy. Everyone finds it difficult to grasp that you are a good, honest and educated person, even though you appear to be something you’re not, specifically a turtle. So often have you told yourself it doesn’t really matter and that over time, people will learn to appreciate you for what you truly are – but over the years, very few have been able to do that.
You have always wanted to be a teacher, but everyone feels uncomfortable with you around their children. You have become very tired and depressed, and tend to be rather grumpy these days. But who could possibly blame you?

Abilities:
- If an investigative role targets you at night, they will receive a result stating that you’re Mafia. This is a permanent ability and cannot be removed.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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fexen: Dear fexen,
You are the Cook (Town Vanilla).
As a simple cook in the services of the Duchess, you have no use for formal education, and never received any. You learned your trade from your grandmother whom everyone remembers as an excellent cook. You have never managed to gain such popularity as she did, but you never understood why. Your meals are always delicious and healthy. They could use some more pepper, though. No matter how much you put in, there always seems to be room for more, doesn’t it?

Abilities:
- None. Adding pepper to food never caught a criminal before, and it’s not going to.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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Orryyrro: Dear Orryyrro,
You are the Knave of Hearts (Town Vanilla).
A card’s life is simple. Most of the time, you just lie there and wait for the hand of Providence to give you a good shuffle and place you where it wants you to be. You remember you were once accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts, ludicrous as it was. The human girl cleared you of that, if you recall correctly, and you’ve lived an easy, problem-free life since. Sometimes you’re worried the Queen will have your head cut off, but that’s pretty normal around these parts.

Abilities:
- None. You’re a playing card.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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nmillar: Dear nmillar,
You are the White Knight (Town Vanilla).
As clumsy as you are brave, as inventive as you are inept. You think you are a fantastic asset to Wonderland, but no one ever seems to recognise that. Oh well. Perhaps if you prove to be helpful during this organised crime investigation, the king might be persuaded to give you something better than just this tired old horse and a broken lance held together with a piece of string. Well, a man can dream. A man can always dream.

Abilities:
- None. Nothing you do ever turns out right, anyway.

Win condition:
You win when all the other factions are dead.
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bazilisek: Dear TwilightBard,
You are the White King (Town Post Restricted Tracker).
When you heard about the death of your most trusted servant and, yes, in many ways a personal friend Humpty Dumpty, you knew the time has come to deal with this menace. As a king, you find it difficult to get personally involved in the ongoing investigations of every citizen of Wonderland, but you still have the help of your trusted royal messengers you can count on. They are not particularly skilled in spying, but they can at least follow the movements of people at night.
You don’t know where you picked up that habit originally, but you are known for being inexplicably fond of words beginning with the letter H. The messengers have learned to use this as a password of sorts, making sure it really is you who is giving the orders. You thought this precaution was uncharacteristically wise of them, and decided to adopt it officially.

Restriction:
- Each of your posts must include at least one word beginning with the letter “h”. If you fail to do so during the day, you cannot perform your ability on the following night. You are not allowed to talk about this restriction to anyone or provide any hints, under threat of modkill.
So THIS was the restriction? I would never gues this. :-P

So it wasn't you who screwed Bandersnatch description but Taleroth, I see.
And before I forget, here is the observer thread, set up sometime at the start of Day 5:
http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/dZitmXhkWbqkQ

List of night actions:

Night 1
*TwilightBard failed to fulfill his restriction (#127)
*Taleroth kills Robbeasy
*QuadrAlien protects jesskitten (fail)
*jesskitten investigates ViolatorX
*Rodzaju flavour investigates Vitek
*ViolatorX blocks nmillar
*Typhoon45 didn't send in his night action

Night 2
*TwilightBard failed to fulfill his restriction (#351)
*jesskitten investigates Vitek
*QuadrAlien protects ViolatorX
*Rodzaju flavour investigates nmillar
*Typhoon45 kills jesskitten
*ViolatorX blocks Vitek

Night 3
*TwilightBard tracks Orryyrro
*Rodzaju kills TwilightBard
*QuadrAlien protects Vitek
*ViolatorX blocks Vitek
*Vitek sends a friendly greeting to Rodzaju (blocked)

Night 4
*QuadrAlien protects Rodzaju
*Rodzaju kills QuadrAlien

Night 5
*Rodzaju kills nmillar
The big thing that everyone missed was QuadrAlien's death flavour; it specifically mentioned the healing mushrooms, while Rodzaju claimed bandages from his 'investigation'!
To tie up some loose threads and show how exactly the flavour cop worked, I have decided to publish all night PMs. As you can imagine, that's quite a lot of text, so I'd appreciate it if someone would throw a post in between each time so that I don't have to wait 10 minutes after every night. After that, discussion may flow freely without me interrupting it by walls of text all the time.
Post edited June 23, 2011 by bazilisek
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bazilisek: To tie up some loose threads and show how exactly the flavour cop worked, I have decided to publish all night PMs. As you can imagine, that's quite a lot of text, so I'd appreciate it if someone would throw a post in between so that I don't have to wait 10 minutes after each night. After that, discussion may flow freely without me interrupting it by walls of text all the time.
Post away :)
Night 1 flavour:

Taleroth received:
Opening the door to Robbeasy's room, you found him sound asleep. How can he be so calm? That guy must have nerves of steel, you thought.
You crept next to his sleeping form in complete silence, and moved your grotesque maw as close to his face as you could. You watched him breathe peacefully for a minute or two. Then you let out the mighty Bandersnatch battle yell, giving Robbeasy the wakeup of a lifetime. Before he could know what was going on, you started slashing at him mercilessly with your talons. And you kept slashing. And piercing. And twisting and tearing.
After your killing frenzy subsided, you calmly opened the door and walked out. It's a good thing the pattern on your feathers hides blood marks so well. Evolution has been kind to you.

You have killed Robbeasy.

QuadrAlien received:
You waited for jesskitten to leave the main hall, intending to follow her and protect her tonight, in case anyone will want to do her harm. You saw her scuttle down the palace corridors in the direction of her room and stealthily kept behind. To your surprise, however, she didn't enter her room and continued on, turning a corner into a dark hallway. Having no idea where that dusty old corridor leads, you hurried after her and turned at the same corner.
But when you got there, jesskitten was nowhere to be seen. You looked back, along the hallway, around you, everywhere -- not a trace. Knowing that looking for her all over the palace would be hopeless, not to mention very suspicious, you gave up and returned to your room. If she's this good at hiding, hopefully she'll survive tonight even without your help.

You have tried to protect jesskitten. You have failed.

jesskitten received:
Scuttling down the corridors of the palace, you quickly located ViolatorX's room. For a minute, you thought you were being followed, but that was probably just the shadows and the stress playing tricks on you. Your investigation should be safe. The door was slightly ajar, so you peeped in. The occupant was nowhere to be seen. You sneaked in and started sniffing around.
ViolatorX is not a tidy man. The room was overflowing with junk, with just a narrow corridor between the door and the bed. Everything else was just heaps of what looked like a collection of old metal. There were rusty stoves, pots and pans, bicycles, chimney pipes, old bedsprings, broken umbrellas and what looked like parts of agricultural machinery you didn't recognise. Making your way through the corridor to the bed, and careful not to disturb anything, you made mental notes of the inventory, but felt this would not amount to anything useful.
The bed was more interesting. For some reason, it was a double bed, yet only one half of it looked slept in. This is odd, you thought. On the pillow of the other half, you saw something that vaguely looked like a flower, but when you came closer, you saw it was a... bouquet made of egg whisks?
Finally turning your attention to the nightstand, you found a stack of papers, covered with drawings that looked somewhat like comics. You picked them up to look closer.
A picture of a crudely drawn and strangely proportioned stick figure strangling a man and throwing the corpse in the sea. A picture of the same stick figure apparently stealing something from a safe. This is strange bedtime reading, you thought. You didn't find it particularly entertaining, to be honest.
And then you saw the third one: it showed the stick figure pushing something egg-shaped over the edge of a wall. Then you knew: these are not comics at all. They are instructions!
You quickly replaced everything where it was and ran back to your room feeling very satisfied with yourself.

You have investigated ViolatorX. He is Mafia.

Rodzaju received:
Looking around and seeing just an empty corridor, you opened the door to Vitek's room and peeked in. No one there. You crossed the threshold and lightly closed the door behind you.
The room was decorated in a painful explosion of colours. Whoever lives here lacks any semblance of taste. Among all the pastel coloured rainbows, motley patterns and violent polka dots, you vaguely recognise objects stacked on the many shelves of this room: decorative statuettes, sea shells of various kinds, souveniers from who knows where, knick-knacks and all sorts of junk. Your eyes slightly hurting from the multitude of things, you focused on the centrepiece of the room: a dressing table with a large mirror standing right next to the bed.
In front of the mirror, there was a fine comb and a well used tin. You opened the tin full of expectations, but only found something that looked like pomade and vaguely smelled of fish. The only other object on the table was a porcelain statue of two ballet dancers in the middle of a complicated figure. The drawers didn't yield anything interesting except dust bunnies.
You briefly searched the bed, covered with a crude patchwork bedspread, but didn't find anything except a fluffy and rather worn teddybear. No, there won't be much else to learn here.
You made sure everything was in its proper place, left the room and nonchalantly went back to your own. You wonder what your boss is going to say about this.

You have made a search of Vitek's room.

ViolatorX received:
You opened the door to nmillar's room and the first thing you heard was extremely loud snoring. There was someone in the bed, all covered with a thick blanket, carelessly asleep. You stood there thinking for a while which side of the sleeping figure was which, and picking one, gave it a brutal smack with the frying pan you brought with you. The snoring stopped.
Satisfied, you left the room and went back to your own. Smooth and easy. You like these kinds of jobs.

You have roleblocked nmillar.