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Old 07-24-2010, 04:51 PM   Top  -  End  -  #1
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Default Alien Invasion III

It is 2010 AD. You live in the Town of Skunthorpe. You're living a normal life, going to work, commuting back home, living the night life... it is such a beautiful place. Quiet, ordinary, and you are quite content.

You vaguely hear on the radio about the latest scare - Aliens from the Star System of Centurai! Absolute Codswallop. Who believes in that sort of thing nowadays?

I mean, such a warning is rubbish, isn't it? It's almost impossible for a place like, oh, here, to be targeted by aliens from outer space, isn't it?

...Isn't it?

Alien Invasion III - a WW game for 20 players

The Roles
Townsfolk(villager): Abduction fodder for the aliens. You just want to stay alive. Each day you can vote to lynch someone, to see if they're an alien. You win if you survive by the end and all the aliens are dead.
Area 51(masons): They've heard the aliens are coming. So they want to stop them. Logical really. All Area 51 members know each other, and have the same win conditions as the Townsfolk.
Agent Fox Mulder(seer): Secret Government Agent, he can identify aliens. He's good at his job. Each night, he can choose to spy on one person, to identify their role. He has a 90% chance of being correct. Same win conditions as Townsfolk.
Crazy Escapee(fool): Having escaped from the aliens, he thinks he can identify aliens. He's not so good at his job. Each night, he can choose to spy on one person, to identify their role. He has a 25% chance of being correct. Same win conditions as Townsfolk.
DJ (baner): He heard country music stops aliens. So he plays it outside someone's house each night. Each night, he can choose a person (including himself) to protect from attack by the aliens. Same win conditions as the Townsfolk.
Aliens (Wolves): Green blobby things. They want to destroy the world, starting with this town. Each night, they decide on someone to kill. The Aliens win if they reduce the villager population down to equal their amount.
Big Freakin' Alien (Devil): He's big. He's freakin' big. He also can see which villagers are which. He scries people. Each night, he can choose a person to scry. He has a 80% of being correct. He also chooses someone to kill each night. Same win conditions as the Aliens.

The Twist
Each day, you lynch someone. Each night, aliens abduct someone. HOWEVER: The narrator will not say who gets abducted, or if someone gets baned or even if the aliens forgot to send in an action. That is up to the players to decide. Aliens will not get told if an abduction is successful. So they have to work it out too.

Auto Lynching will be after 2 days of inactivity.

Sign ups start now, and will end Thursday 29th July. Then I will send out roles, and the game will begin Friday.

The maximum cap on players will be 20.

Narrators are Castaras and Lex-Kat.

Players Alive and their Currently Known Status: (16/20)
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Old 07-24-2010, 05:09 PM   Top  -  End  -  #2
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I'm in this one.
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Old 07-24-2010, 05:12 PM   Top  -  End  -  #3
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In. Sounds like a logistical nightmare for any player trying to reason things out (Murska)
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Old 07-24-2010, 06:58 PM   Top  -  End  -  #4
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In! Ambushed by white text! Lose 10hp!
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Old 07-24-2010, 07:25 PM   Top  -  End  -  #5
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So roles aren't revealed at death?

I'm in I guess.
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Old 07-24-2010, 08:44 PM   Top  -  End  -  #6
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This sounds fascinating and terrifyingly confusing. I'm in!
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Old 07-24-2010, 08:57 PM   Top  -  End  -  #7
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Definately in.
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Old 07-24-2010, 09:15 PM   Top  -  End  -  #8
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So roles aren't revealed at death?

I'm in I guess.
Unless the rules have changed, you find out that someone was abducted and what their role was 2 days after the abduction (when they would normally be autolynched for inactivity). I'm in.
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Old 07-24-2010, 09:26 PM   Top  -  End  -  #9
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I'm in! In, with...er...cake.
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Old 07-25-2010, 01:53 AM   Top  -  End  -  #10
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Unless the rules have changed, you find out that someone was abducted and what their role was 2 days after the abduction (when they would normally be autolynched for inactivity). I'm in.
Incorrect. You don't find out the role for people who are abducted until the end of the game.

You do find out the role instantly for the people you lynch.
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Old 07-25-2010, 02:28 AM   Top  -  End  -  #11
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I have secured my place as Co-Narrator by threateneing everyone else.

Your wish is my command, Mistress Castaras.
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Old 07-25-2010, 02:35 AM   Top  -  End  -  #12
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Yay!
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Old 07-25-2010, 03:44 AM   Top  -  End  -  #13
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In?
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Old 07-25-2010, 06:54 AM   Top  -  End  -  #14
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Im in
Always wanted to play one of these
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Old 07-25-2010, 07:24 AM   Top  -  End  -  #15
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In please oh dear narrators
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Old 07-25-2010, 08:04 AM   Top  -  End  -  #16
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ABDUCT MEEEEE!
Err...
In.
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Old 07-25-2010, 08:13 AM   Top  -  End  -  #17
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ABDUCT MEEEEE!
Err...
In.
The aliens don't speak English.
From my research during the last encounter, I've narrowed down their language to German, French or Chinese
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Old 07-25-2010, 08:53 AM   Top  -  End  -  #18
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In.
Or, if the aliens speak French, dans.
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Old 07-25-2010, 12:04 PM   Top  -  End  -  #19
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7 more people, and this game can start early.
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Old 07-25-2010, 12:51 PM   Top  -  End  -  #20
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6, actually.
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Old 07-25-2010, 01:33 PM   Top  -  End  -  #21
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Make that 5. I'm in.
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Old 07-25-2010, 04:28 PM   Top  -  End  -  #22
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And down to 4 now?

Because I'm in.
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Old 07-25-2010, 08:45 PM   Top  -  End  -  #23
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In. Vermine humaine, votre monde nous appartient maitenant!
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Old 07-26-2010, 12:22 AM   Top  -  End  -  #24
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I"ll give it a shot.
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Old 07-26-2010, 12:26 AM   Top  -  End  -  #25
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eh sure why not. slides in
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Old 07-26-2010, 02:30 AM   Top  -  End  -  #26
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Just so I'm sure about the rules here... abducted people can't post, but lynched people can?
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Old 07-26-2010, 02:43 AM   Top  -  End  -  #27
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I think I make the last person.
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Old 07-26-2010, 04:44 AM   Top  -  End  -  #28
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Lift off!!

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Just so I'm sure about the rules here... abducted people can't post, but lynched people can?
Lynched people are dead-dead and cannot post (unless it is meaningless ghost talk). Not everyone always keeps to this rule but life in WW would be even grander if everyone did
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Old 07-26-2010, 04:49 AM   Top  -  End  -  #29
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  1. Billtodamax
  2. the Bushranger
  3. the Cyberwolf
  4. Deathslayer7
  5. Eternal Drifter
  6. the Fiery Tower
  7. Fleeing Coward
  8. Internet Flea
  9. Irbis
  10. Istari
  11. Kroy
  12. Murska
  13. Rakkoon
  14. Recaiden
  15. Reinholdt
  16. Shadowcaller
  17. Teron
  18. Thufir
  19. Trixie
  20. Whitehelm
Yup, the Fiery Tower is the last one in. Game starts when Castaras starts the game.
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Old 07-26-2010, 06:25 AM   Top  -  End  -  #30
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Oh woot woot, that was quick.

Righties, sorting out roles and such. You should, provided I don't get distracted, get role pms by tomorrow at the absolute latest.
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