Power Rangers Mafia (Game Thread)

[Arrows]

Thanks to all those who've gone before for putting this together.

READ OR DIE

HOW TO PLAY:

- All of you will be PM’d a role and your alignment. The objective is to eliminate all members of the opposing alignment from the game.

- Each player has been given a role. You may also have a special ability. Your PM will explain what it does, if you are meant to know. You don’t have to reveal what your role is to the other players, nor will we do so in our updates. Then again there is nothing to stop you, so if you feel that it may help prove your innocence, go ahead - just keep in mind that this could also backfire and help the mafia. In other words, claim at your own risk. Likewise, you may lie about who you are if you wish. If you want to use your abilities, PM us. DO NOT post it in the thread unless your role PM states otherwise!

- The game is split into two phases, Day and Night. The game begins during the day, and all players (Mafia and Townie alike) post in the thread, deciding who to kill off. Lynching is the only sure-fire way for the Townies to kill the Mafia, so be sure to examine voting patterns of your fellow players. There may also be clues in the death write ups, but over-reliance on those is ill-advised as some may be traps. Day phases will last 48 hours or until a consensus is reached. Night phases will last 24 hours but may end earlier if all night activities are concluded.

- All voting and discussion is to occur within the thread. Town players may discuss who they think is Mafia, and Mafia members should be trying to bluff/convince/blend in, and generally try not to get voted for. To vote, post Vote: Username (MUST BE IN BOLD!). You can also change your vote, by typing Change Vote: Username (AGAIN BOLDED!). You can also change your vote to nobody by typing Change Vote: No Vote (IN BOLD!). You can also choose to vote for No Lynching by using Vote: No Lynch (yeah... BOLDED!), meaning you actively vote to not lynch anyone during that day phase rather than passively not voting at all. You must post in the thread for your vote to be counted. You do not have to vote if you do not wish to.

- A Day Phase is over whenever a person obtains more than 50% of the vote (and is lynched) or when the 48 hours run out. If no majority vote has been reached by the time the day phase expires, a no lynch will be declared. Once a person dies, their alignment and role will be revealed.

- Night falls after somebody is executed or a no lynch is achieved. During this time, the Mafia can discuss who they want to kill next (using whatever form of communication appeals to them). Abilities are also used during this time. To use an ability, PM the mods (BlueStar / Arrows), and we'll PM you the outcome of the ability the following day phase. If it is something serious like somebody getting killed, I will update it in the thread. If possible though, try to PM us what you want to do as soon after night falls as possible to keep things moving along at a quick pace. I will be sending the PMs to pet to make it easier on all of you, so try and make it easier on me by getting them in sooner.

- Night ends once we post who gets killed, and the cycle repeats itself. The Town players win if all Mafia members are dead, and vice versa. Remember, this is a team effort, so if you think sacrificing someone may help your cause, go ahead.

- Remember, some roles such as investigators and protectors are more valuable to the town - so try to keep them alive!

RULES:

- This may be a Mafia game thread, but try not to postwhore in the thread anyway. Feel free to trash talk, accuse, call out other players if you want, but if you’re going to vote, at least state some kind of reason as to why you’re doing so.

- Though we can’t force you to post, we’d love to see active participation. We would advise everyone try to check in with this game at least once a day. Things move fast and you can fall behind pretty easily.

- Once you are dead, you stay dead, and may not participate until the game is over except in very rare cases. This includes notes found on your corpse, cryptic messages from the dead, etc, etc. You may also not advise the remaining players on what to do - besides, to prevent cheating, I will not provide the dead with any additional information than they would get if they were still alive. Of course, I’m willing to listen to your theories as to what’s going on. Likewise, I'd appreciate if those not taking part try not to help those playing, though general comments on how things are going would be welcomed in the Sign Up Thread. As is tradition in these games, though, one after-death 'ghost post' is permitted to bemoan your fate, curse your lynchers and so on.

- Unless your role PM specifically states otherwise, all players may not discuss game plan, your role, or alignment outside the thread. Of course, we can’t enforce this, but secretly revealing information amongst each other would spoil the game, so try not to do it. If it comes to our attention that you've been talking about the game outside the thread then you will be killed. This is your only warning.

- Players are not allowed to edit their posts in this thread at all, as it allows for those who make mistakes to remove all of the evidence without any effort. Since I can't enforce this, I strongly encourage all players to scrutinize any posts they notice that have been edited.

-Players are not allowed to cut and paste anything straight from the Role PM except the Role title. No cutting and pasting from the body of the PM. You can paraphrase what your Role PM says but that is all.

- Please play your role/alignment and play to win. We will be strict about this, so please don't make us enforce it.

- Talking about your role after death or to those who have died IS NOT allowed.

- Not everything is as it seems. If something unexpected happens, feel free to question it to us in private. If we can, we'll answer. If not, we'll be blunt and tell you that we can't answer it at the present time.

We reserve the right to mod kill if we find out that any of these rules have been broken. Please remember that you are not the only one playing this game, so don't ruin it for everyone else!

The mods for this game are BlueStar, Arrows, and petrija. Questions can be sent to any of us at any time, though pet and Blue are both very busy people.

Let us all keep in mind that this is a game and should be an enjoyable experience.

NEXT TO COME: OPENING WRITE-UPS!

[Arrows]

Night 0

"Where... am I?" He pushed himself off the ground and took a moment to take in his surroundings. Unsure of how he managed to wind up here, he noted a sign ahead and made his way towards it.

"Angel Grove?"

Then he heard it. The rumbles and roars of battle up ahead.

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A giant half scorpion half woman monster battled a giant robot just outside of the city. Marks from the battle could be seen on both, which made it obvious that they'd been going at it for some time now.

The scorpion monster, on the defensive, battled with everything she had. Blocking blow after blow from the giant sword the robot swung, thanks mostly to her own weapon. She knew it was only a matter of time before this battle would be won. The robot was using up it's power supply, and the sun was setting fast.

The solar powered robot sensed the urgency and sped up it's attacks, only to have the monster fight back. It took the advantage, slicing into the robot time and time again.

The sun set, and monster took complete control. Explosions began throughout the zords as they took massive damage from each strike, not lasting long at all before they fell to the ground in a heap, completely wrecked.

With that, the monster returned to it's normal state as a woman dressed in gold armor.

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"Interesting."

She jerked around. Tired from her battle with the Megazord, she wasn't ready to deal with more. She drew her weapon, shock on her face as she noticed what she was staring at. "But I just..."

"And now, I'm going to destroy you."

Her attacker charged forward, weapon out and ready to strike. Dodging the blow from her weapon, the attacker came to a stop behind her. She fell to the ground, unable to dodge the attack herself.

"I thought you'd be a challenge." Disgusted at the ease of her defeat, the attacker simply walked away.

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Bluestar is dead. He was Scorpina, Evil Aligned Beautiful Scorpion Creature.

Arrows is destroyed. He was The Megazord, Power Rangers Aligned Giant Robot.

[Arrows]

ACTIVE PLAYERS LIST
6. Cappyboy
22. Nevermore - Crychon
24. Prophet
29. Slim Jim
35. Trypio
37. Wallbanger

--THE DEAD--
12. Glotnot- Putty, Evil Power Rangers Aligned Yellow Ranger.
36. UFC-KING-Marge, Angel Grove Aligned Blue Obsessed Nerdy Chick.
3. Astil- Zack Taylor, Power Rangers Aligned Black Ranger.
4. Bak42- Katherine Hillard, Angel Grove Aligned New Girl In Town
11. Gabbo- Putty, Evil Power Rangers Aligned Black Ranger.
7. Comradebot- Kimberly Hart, Power Rangers Aligned Pink Ranger.
26. Self- Mr. Kaplan, Angle Grove Aligned School Principal.
38. ya_its_me- Laura, Angel Grove Aligned Angelettes Troop Leader.
8. Derek_b- Prince Dex, Angel Grove Aligned Masked Rider.
25. SeanMcFly - bak42 2.0- Uncle Howard, Angel Grove Aligned Scientist.
30. Supermareo- Ninjor, Angel Grove Aligned Power Creator.
15. LostRelms- Finster, Evil Aligned Monster Maker.
13. GruntMark- Harvey Garvey, Angel Grove Aligned TV Show Host.
16. lprock- Adam Park, Angel Grove Aligned Shaolin Kung-Fu Expert.
17. Masterded- Justin Stewart, Angel Grove Aligned Pre-Teen Power Wanger.
9. Destiny- Lord Zedd, Evil Aligned Emporer of Evil.
10. foolinc- Lt. Jerome Stone, Angel Grove Aligned Police Lieutenant.
19. MJDGoldeneye- Tommy Oliver, Power Rangers Aligned Green Ranger.
28. Shigakai - Imarevenant- Putty, Evil Power Rangers Aligned Blue Ranger.
23. Praguepride- Rocky DeSantos, Angel Grove Aligned Do-Gooder.
5. Bear- Baboo, Evil Aligned Scatterbrained Alchemist.
18. Midnightnick- Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch, Angel Grove Aligned Dumber.
20. moon_lit_tears- Aisha Campbell, Angel Grove Aligned Energetic Ninja.
32. Tha Black Phenom- Zordon, Power Rangers Aligned Interdimensional Wizard.
33. The Two- Willy, Angel Grove Aligned Child Genius.
31. SuperOwens- Goldar, Evil Aligned Flying Monkey Warrior.
1. Actarus- Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier, Angel Grove Aligned Dumb.
2. Antithesis - bak42 3.0- Squatt, Evil Aligned Dimwitted Sidekick.
14. Jaded- Ernie, Angel Grove Aligned Youth Center Owner.
21. Mr T Jobs To Me- Rita Repulsa, Evil Aligned Intergalatic Witch.
39. Zero9teen- Melissa, Angel Grove Aligned Deaf Dancer.
27. ShadowedFlames- Trent Fernandez, Evil White Dino Ranger.
34. treton-d_w_w- Commander Crayfish, Evil Power Rangers Aligned Leader.

THE WRITE-UP LIST
Day One: No Lynch
Night One: Death of Glotnot
Day Two: UFC-KING Lynched
Night Two: Deaths of bak42 and Astil
Day Three: Gabbo Lynched
Night Three: Deaths of Comradebot, Self, ya_its_me, and derek_b
Day Four: Lynch of bak42 2.0
Night Four: Death of supermareo
Day Five: Lynch of LostRelms
Night Five: Deaths of Masterded, GruntMark, and lprock.
Day Six: Lynch of Destiny
Night Six: Deaths of foolinc and mjdgoldeneye
Day Seven: Lynch of Imarevenant
Night Seven: Death of praguepride
Day Eight: Lynch of Bear
Night Eight: Deaths of Midnightnick, The Two, moon_lit_tears, and Tha Black Phenom
Day Nine: Lynch of SuperOwens
Night Nine: Deaths of bak42 3.0, Jaded, and Actarus
Night Ten: Deaths of Zero9teen and Mr T Jobs To Me
Day Eleven: Lynch of ShadowedFlames
Night Eleven: Death of d_w_w

IT IS NOW THE MORNING OF DAY ONE. WITH 39 PLAYERS ALIVE, IT TAKES A MAJORITY OF 20 TO LYNCH.

YOUR DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 AT 11:30 AM EDT, 6:30 AM GMT. IF MAJORITY IS NOT REACHED BY THIS TIME, A NO LYNCH SHALL BE DECLARED.

[Arrows]

Game on!

[bak42]

Yay! First post!

[Self]

Vote: derek_b

Because odds are that he's either Scum, or will become Scum in short order.

[lprock]

Hehe Auto Lynch: derek_b

[praguepride]

Vote: derek_b

D1 is best used to randomly find info on someone. Given the odds, derek_b is or soon will be scum, so might as well start with him and then work our way aruond the room.

[trypio]

Yup... He's scummy as hell!
vote: derek_b

[praguepride]

Plus he tentacled me in the sign up thread.

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW DEREK!

[bak42]

Ah, the day 1 random (or semi-random in this case) bandwagon. I'll hop on.

vote: derek_b

[Mr T Jobs To Me]

I don't ever remember such a quick day 1 bandwagon... But he did cult me the last time I played so I owe his ass!

Vote: derek_b

[cappyboy]

And so another game begins and we have a bandwagon that seems to be based on the tomfoolery in the signup thread. One of the better rationales I've seen for a Day 1 bandwagon actually. Launch points are good things.

Vote: Derek B

[lprock]

Don't know why we're still voting, I've already auto lynched him.

[Arrows]

IT IS NOW THE MORNING OF DAY ONE. WITH 39 PLAYERS ALIVE, IT TAKES A MAJORITY OF 20 TO LYNCH.

YOUR DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 AT 11:30 AM EDT, 6:30 AM GMT. IF MAJORITY IS NOT REACHED BY THIS TIME, A NO LYNCH SHALL BE DECLARED.

derek_b: 6 (Self, praguepride, trypio, bak42, Mr T Jobs To Me, cappyboy)