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by **McCaber** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:25 am UTC

Well, now that you destroyed the string it's rather useless now.

So if not Entropy, does anyone else have any ideas? All I can think of is one of the people hopping in at the tail end of that miniwagon.

by **dedalus** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:29 am UTC

Personally, NaR's vote and then unvote after I challenged him about it is the most off thing to me. It's not much to go by, but it's the best of a bad bunch. Vote: NaR.

by **Entropy** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:43 am UTC

McCaber wrote:Well, now that you destroyed the string it's rather useless now.

I did not destroy it, the mod unexisted it! Otherwise I would have still had a piece. That doesn't mean the rock is useless though.

Throw rock at Marzipan

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:59 am UTC

Catch: Rock

<_<
>_>

Assuming we have any items,

Wrap: String; Around: Rock

I'm gonna Unvote since I think any Entropy discussion that's going to happen no longer requires my vote. I can always slap it on later if necessary, and I'd like to keep it by me in case I need it on short notice.

by **Entropy** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:04 am UTC

Ha-ha, you did want the rock! You're one of them! Too bad the rock was a fake. :twisted:

Vote: Marzipan

by **Knightshire** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:44 am UTC

VectorZero wrote:Wow. Way to avoid day one apathy.

First impressions: entropy not scummy (especially with contextual justification), mindless bandwagon very scummy.

[...]

Maybe we should go after those who started the mindless bandwagon, they could be the only lead we have.

by **dedalus** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:17 am UTC

@Knightshire; chucking around votes in the very early game is perfectly legitimate, because it's really one of the main ways to start discussion. However, I was a bit concerned that not one or two but four people climbed onto that bandwagon. Thus I'm directing my votes at NaR right now because he was one of the last to get on that bandwagon and he jumped off for a bad reason once someone raised an opinion against it; I really don't think the vote will stick, but NaR is the currently the person sticking his head up the most.

by **VectorZero** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:26 am UTC

dedalus wrote:Thus I'm directing my votes at NaR

Votes plural?
Could we have votals please?

by **dedalus** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:30 am UTC

sorry, spelling error. I only have one vote.

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:11 pm UTC

And now I'm more suspicious of Entropy, since that didn't appear to an OMGUS vote (and if it was he Did It Wrong since I unvoted anyway) and there is literally no justification given.

Oh, that rock was fake? Because you say it is? And that indicates...what, exactly? Man, you're like, BEGGING for me to put my vote back...

by **velvet_octopus** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:28 pm UTC

Princess Marzipan wrote:Oh, that rock was fake? Because you say it is? And that indicates...what, exactly? Man, you're like, BEGGING for me to put my vote back...

Entropy is implying that you want to burn down the playhouse. Which isn't very nice. (Neither was burning the non-existent string.)

Why can't we all just get along???

Vote: Princess Marzipan because you were scum in SMCM and I don't know how to trust you yet. And you climbed the wall before me. (Which doesn't exist, so you're crazy!). Um . . . and you, uh . . .

day 1 = fun times

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:17 pm UTC

velvet_octopus wrote:Vote: Princess Marzipan because you were scum in SMCM and I don't know how to trust you yet.

That's absolutely rubbish reasoning, even by Day 1 standards.

by **Dark Loink** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:28 pm UTC

velvet_octopus wrote:And you climbed the wall before me. (Which doesn't exist, so you're crazy!).

...yeah, it still is. Day one has bad reasoning, but-can have better reasoning. Besides, what's wrong with crazy, exactly?

by **Rakysh** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:47 pm UTC

wow. That was a quick, essentially uses couple of pages.

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:56 pm UTC

Rakysh wrote:wow. That was a quick, essentially uses couple of pages.

Not exactly. There's plenty to discuss.

by **ameretrifle** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:20 pm UTC

Vote Count:

2 Entropy (Joeyjo0, brook)
2 Princess Marzipan (Entropy, v_o)
1 NAR (dedalus)

10 votes to lynch

by **Entropy** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:06 pm UTC

velvet_octopus wrote:
Princess Marzipan wrote:Oh, that rock was fake? Because you say it is? And that indicates...what, exactly? Man, you're like, BEGGING for me to put my vote back...

Entropy is implying that you want to burn down the playhouse. Which isn't very nice. (Neither was burning the non-existent string.)

That's not at all what I was implying... I'm the one who wants to burn the playhouse down!
Which makes more sense when you realize that the ones in the playhouse are the ones who want a rock to wind a string around.
Flaming string is the best way to take them out!

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:16 pm UTC

I'm still INCREDIBLY confused as to how my playing along with Everybody Wants a Rock lyrics warrants you voting for me. Care to explain?

by **Entropy** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:41 pm UTC

I want to stop the ones who want a rock to wind a string around! You wanted a rock to wind a string around.... I want to stop you.

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:58 pm UTC

Entropy wrote:I want to stop the ones who want a rock to wind a string around!

But EVERYBODY wants a rock to wind a piece of string around.

by **KrazyNerd** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:07 pm UTC

*sigh*

It's a post/role restriction, I think. His actions have to be dictated by those lyrics. (Unless, of course, he's trying to trick us...But I could WIFOM about that all day.)

by **Sir_Elderberry** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:12 pm UTC

Those lyrics? Wonder if we can use other lyrics to boss him about.

You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
You can tell just by looking at my skull

I don't know what that would do if he had to follow them somehow. That's just the first thing that came to mind.

by **PossibleSloth** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:40 pm UTC

I'm moving tonight and tomorrow, so I'll be gone for a day or two unless I find neighbors with unprotected wireless.

by **Brooklynxman** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:26 pm UTC

KrazyNerd wrote:*sigh*

It's a post/role restriction, I think. His actions have to be dictated by those lyrics. (Unless, of course, he's trying to trick us...But I could WIFOM about that all day.)

No I think its role related, his actual role.

by **Princess Marzipan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm UTC

I'm gonna be away for maybe the whole weekend. I'd appreciate it if no one else voted for me for little to no reason, and if anyone OTHER than me would press for explanations of the existing ones...

by **velvet_octopus** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:42 am UTC

Just stirring conversation - thought that would be evident from the reasoning :twisted:

Unvote: PM

by **Entropy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:19 am UTC

Princess Marzipan wrote:
Entropy wrote:I want to stop the ones who want a rock to wind a string around!

But EVERYBODY wants a rock to wind a piece of string around.

But most of them have the self control to stop themselves! I have to stop the ones who act on that evil impulse. If I don't stop them, who will? Triangle man? He may win every fight he picks, but he hates everybody!

by **Sir_Elderberry** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:25 am UTC

What makes you think winding strings around rock is evil?

Wait. If Triangle Man hates everyone, and you are currently also waging war on "everyone" ('cause everybody wants a rock to wind a string around), logically*, that makes you Triangle Man! (gasp)

*(Use of "logically" is not a guarantee of actual logic.)

by **Entropy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:06 am UTC

Wanting to stop everyone hardly means I hate them. I just want them to stop!

And of course it is an evil impulse... when you wrap a string around a rock you create a rock on a string. If you swing it around, it could be used as a weapon!

by **Sir_Elderberry** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:18 am UTC

Or a pendulum. To keep time. (I was about to make a reference to Pendulum Man, before I remembered that's one my friends and I made up.)

by **Entropy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:20 am UTC

And if you keep time, then no one else can use it! Don't keep time, set it free!

by **Sir_Elderberry** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:21 am UTC

Hey now. This isn't Discworld Mafia.

by **ameretrifle** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:33 am UTC

Vote Count:

2 Entropy (Joeyjo0, brook)
1 Princess Marzipan (Entropy)
1 NAR (dedalus)

10 votes to lynch

by **McCaber** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:57 am UTC

I also don't like the way Not a Raptor hopped on and off that miniwagon so quickly without really giving explanations of himself.

Vote: Not_A_Raptor

Sorry, just a few more questions: Are there an unlimited amount of unvotes? And how long do the nightcycles last in these parts?

Also: people need to start talking. Entropy's dominating the discussion and keeping it rolling for us, but more than a few people haven't even posted so far. Seriously, quiet games are no fun.

by **dedalus** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:03 am UTC

McCaber wrote:Sorry, just a few more questions: Are there an unlimited amount of unvotes? And how long do the nightcycles last in these parts?

You have A vote, it may be placed upon whoever you want at any point of time (unless your role specifically says different). Days and nights usually last for however long the mods want, with most days being ~1-2 weeks and nights being 2-3 days.

Honestly, the discussion is going off on a tangent which I'm really not liking.

by **Adacore** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:51 am UTC

McCaber wrote:Sorry, just a few more questions: Are there an unlimited amount of unvotes? And how long do the nightcycles last in these parts?

Yes, unless there is an explicit restriction in your role (there sometimes is, but it's not common) you can unvote and revote as many times as you like in a given day. You may only have one vote active at any one time, of course, but you can change who that vote is for as much as you want. Vote hopping a lot tends to come out looking really scummy though and draw suspicion.

Night cycles are shorter than day cycles, normally, but the rules for how long they last are similar. Day lasts until someone gets lynched or the mod(s) impose a deadline; Night lasts until all the night actions are sent in or the mod(s) impose a deadline. Normally this is 1-2 weeks for day and 2-4 days for night, depending on how many night actions there are and how many factions that can talk at night exist. I've seen nights last anything from 2 minutes to well over a week and days last from under an hour to over a month before, though.

by **Brooklynxman** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:22 am UTC

Adacore wrote:
McCaber wrote:Sorry, just a few more questions: Are there an unlimited amount of unvotes? And how long do the nightcycles last in these parts?

Yes, unless there is an explicit restriction in your role (there sometimes is, but it's not common) you can unvote and revote as many times as you like in a given day. You may only have one vote active at any one time, of course, but you can change who that vote is for as much as you want. Vote hopping a lot tends to come out looking really scummy though and draw suspicion.

Night cycles are shorter than day cycles, normally, but the rules for how long they last are similar. Day lasts until someone gets lynched or the mod(s) impose a deadline; Night lasts until all the night actions are sent in or the mod(s) impose a deadline. Normally this is 1-2 weeks for day and 2-4 days for night, depending on how many night actions there are and how many factions that can talk at night exist. I've seen nights last anything from 2 minutes to well over a week and days last from under an hour to over a month before, though.

Dont you dare bring up that bloody game where I just had to survive till the bloody end. Being nk'ed would have been better then my fate.

by **dedalus** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:49 am UTC

Heh... that was a good game.

by **keeneal** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:14 pm UTC

personally, I'm looking at Princess and NaR; PM for starting what was guaranteed to be a bandwagon based on what looks to me to be a joke, and NaR for the whole on again - off again bit.

Also, I agree that it seems odd that entropy is constantly talking about an element from the lyrics. If I still had some Advil, I'd throw it at him to see what he could say.

by **Not A Raptor** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:51 pm UTC

To be honest, I do most of these things on a whim. I hardly ever think things through in a game, and I follow who looks scummy at the time instead of game-long trends. I voted for Entropy because it looked like a good thing to do at the time. I hopped off because it looked bad to stay. I kept quiet because it looked like I might put my foot in my mouth as I'm wont to do half of the time on any given day one. I speak up now because I want to head this off before momentum sets in.

I haven't done much. To be honest, nobody has done much. I'll happily vote Marzi for starting that Entropy business if you care for me doing so. I hate day one.

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