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[Nerjin]

In the beginning there was silence. A great void existed where sight and sound had no meaning. There was a great nothingness within this Void. Unknowable and unchanging the void existed for untold time. The unchanging void unwittingly gave birth to the first of the elements: Order.

Where before the Void simply existed Order sought to bring it under control. To better organize Order created time. Time was the measure through which to Void was learned and once learned categorized. However with the creation of time there began a disparity. Time began to get away from Order and in its haste to bring time back under control Order let vast portions of the universe slip from its notice.

These portions of the universe did not return to the Void however. Instead, despite the Void’s best efforts, they turned to something new. Chaos was introduced to the Void. Chaos sought another purpose. Change. It grew tired of the stagnation brought about by Order’s tyrannical reign and sought to create and destroy as it saw fit. However with only time as its plaything it sat about masking time’s passage from Order. Thus time once again escaped Order’s notice. This grew Chaos’ powers to be on par with Orders and soon portions of the Void began to morph and change. Instead of vast nothingness there was a matter. Air soon began to flood the universe.

Air sought to spread itself as far as it could and with no regard for the rules of Order. Order found that it could not bring the free-shifting element into its own control and thus created a prison for the new element named Earth.

Earth sought only to stay as it had been before. It did not seek to change itself or others. It merely existed. However Earth was very large and very dense and thus brought Air to itself. Soon the area around Earth was filled with Air. Air believed that it had fulfilled its purpose as it could grow no more. Thus instead of simply spreading Air, growing restless, began to move.

As Air shifted and tumbled Earth grew worried. Though at first the new visitor was benign it now began to move pieces of Earth from where they belonged. This travesty soon eroded a great mountain of volatile elements introduced by Chaos. These elements scraped and prodded at eachother until a great blaze was ignited: Fire was born.

Fire sought only to devour it grew where it could and eventually began to devour air. This pleased Earth greatly. Eons passed as more and more air was fed to the ever-growing inferno. Soon however an elemental reaction occurred. Pieces of air, imbued with the powers of all elements before it, began to form together. Great clouds formed that were different from the smoke and ash produced by fire. Eventually a great clap was heard. A mighty storm began which gave birth to Water. For many millions of years the great storms raged and poured. Fires were eliminated while Air soon regained its strength. However it never became as strong as it had in the past and so an uneasy alliance settled betwixt the elements. Fires raged when Air became too powerful, mighty torrents purged fires damning touch, great mountains protected Fire from the worst of waters wrath, and  air slowly eroded earth in order to fulfill its own desire.

Not only did the four elements grow accustomed to this peace but so did Order and Chaos. With enough destruction to sate Chaos and enough rigidity to appease Order there seemed to be an eternal peace settling over the universe.

However soon began the first scurries, creatures no bigger than a pebble began roaming the planet seeking to carve out a portion of this planet for themselves, and with that the peace was broken. As Life exploded across the lands, seas, and skies so did strife. This strife brought about the last and final element: Death.

Soon the peace that had lasted for untold eons was broken. Sides were taken and lines were drawn. Every element sought to eliminate its competition and gain true sovereignty over the planet. Jets of Fire and Water clashed as Life sought to stave off Death’s attacks.  {b]Air[/b] and Earth sought to stop the other from growing more powerful. Above it all Order sought to stop this madness and return to peace while Choas urged the competing elements onwards into a greater free-for-all.

Beyond it all though sat a force that had been there since the beginning. All of these elements an affront to its very existence. The Void has awoken once more!

Elements is a mafia-like game where each player is assigned an element with a different ability. Every day each element must vote to protect AND attack another player [you may use both on one player].  Most elements win when they have eliminated their opposing elements from the game. Every player gets a quick-topic and may choose to send an invitation to ONE other player. To do so simply PM the mod.

Spoiler:  Elemental Alliances and Rivalries (click to show/hide)

Earth is allies with Fire and Order. Earth is enemies with Air and Chaos.

Fire is allies with Earth and Death. Fire is enemies with Water and Life.

Air is allies with Water and Chaos. Air is enemies with Earth and Order.

Water is allies with Air and Life. Water is enemies with Fire and Death.

Life is allies with Chaos and Water. Life is enemies with Death and Fire.

Death is allies with Order and Fire. Death is enemies with Life and Water.

Order is allies with Death and Earth. Order is enemies with Chaos and Air.

Chaos is allies with Life and Air. Chaos is enemies with Order and Earth.

The Void despises all elements and grows stronger with their demise.

Spoiler: Elemental Abilities (click to show/hide)

Earth: You may choose to switch the target of an attack from another player to yourself. To do so simply PM the mod. Other players will not be made aware of your choice.

Fire: You may choose to have your protect vote count as an attack vote. If you choose to do so simply PM the mod. Other players will not be made aware of your choice.

Wind: You may choose to have your protect vote count as an attack and vice-versa. To do so simply PM the mod. Other players will not be made aware of your choice.

Water: You may choose to have your attack vote count as a protect vote. To do so simply PM the mod. Other players will not be made aware of your choice.

Life: You may force another player’s “Attack” to behave like a “Protect”. You may not target yourself with this ability.

Death: You may force another player’s “Protect” to behave like an “Attack”. You may not target yourself with this ability.

Order: You may force another player to be unable to use their ability.

Chaos: You may force another player into using their ability. If this ability is used on Life/Death than the target is randomly selected. If you target The Void with this ability the ability used is randomly selected.

The Void: Every time a player dies whom you are voting for you gain use of their ability. You may only use one ability per day.

Win Conditions
Every element wins when their enemies are voted out of the game and The Void is eliminated from play. More than one player can win but the game is over when the first player claims victory.

The Void however wins when there are only four non-void players left.


How to Play
1. Each player gets a Protect and an Attack
2. A protect gives a -1 rating to a player while an attack gives a +1 rating.
3. After all votes are cast then the players with the highest rating are eliminated from play. Being eliminated forbids you from posting in the thread other than a “Bah” post. Absolutely no game-play information can be given in the “bah” post.
4. Immediately after the player with the highest rating is eliminated a new round will begin.
5. Steps 1-4 will continue until a player has reached their win condition.

Players:

• NotQuiteThere
• Tiruin
• TheWetSheep
• Griffinpup
• Lukeinator
• DavetheGrave

[notquitethere]

I'm IN, obviously. Question: what happens when chaos targets life or death?

[Nerjin]

It'll be a random player other than Chaos or the player who is being forced to use the ability. I'll add that in here real quick.

[Tiruin]

NO way am I missing this and getting not-replaced in despite being a replacement :I

[TheWetSheep]

Uh, I'm a bit wary of joining a third game, but it is summer vacation... and elements is pretty low-maintenance... and I don't want to miss this one...

In.

[griffinpup]

IN.

[Lukeinator]

In

[webadict]

Just a note, you probably want to fix the enemies thing so that there aren't teams. So far, you've created 4 teams against each other, with the fact that "allies" don't mean anything here. In the original version, allies made sense, since, you know, they weren't against you.

But, in this iteration, allies make no sense, since for example, Earth isn't an enemy of Water, so why isn't Water an ally? Is it because Fire is an ally? But, then again, Earth's only ACTUAL ally is Order, which doesn't make sense at all, because in reality, these two are simply a different person with the exact same goal. Which also means that if Fire IS an ally of Earth, then so should Death. Basically, this would create 4 teams of two that are essentially 2 teams of 2 sub-teams each of two people.

Earth + Order vs. Air + Chaos
Fire + Death vs. Water + Life

Since the EO faction and FD faction are not at all enemies, they should BOTH be listed as allies, since it is possible for four players to win. But that doesn't even matter, since, you know, what's stopping Water and Life from being allies with Earth and Order? Nothing! Which is why it's basically four teams of two people.

Now, I'm going to ignore abilities, since they don't matter to me that much, and I'm just going to postulate an idea that'll make this slightly better. It simply involves switching the enemies of four players. I also feel like this change allows Void to be a competent faction, instead of teams ganging up on him.

Spoiler: This is the current setup (click to show/hide)

Earth is allies with Fire and Order. Earth is enemies with Air and Chaos.
Order is allies with Death and Earth. Order is enemies with Chaos and Air.

Fire is allies with Earth and Death. Fire is enemies with Water and Life.
Death is allies with Order and Fire. Death is enemies with Life and Water.

Air is allies with Water and Chaos. Air is enemies with Earth and Order.
Chaos is allies with Life and Air. Chaos is enemies with Order and Earth.

Water is allies with Air and Life. Water is enemies with Fire and Death.
Life is allies with Chaos and Water. Life is enemies with Death and Fire.

This pattern fails on account of the team aspect. I feel no element should be given a teammate that can be fully accounted on. Therefore, my suggestion is this (Please note that the poles may be shifted, in case you wish to have Death be allies with Earth and Fire instead of Fire and Air. This is merely a test example that fixes some of the perceived game flaws.)

Spoiler: Better example without teams (click to show/hide)

Earth is allies with Life and Order. Earth is enemies with Air and Death.
Order is allies with Fire and Earth. Order is enemies with Chaos and Air.
Fire is allies with Order and Death. Fire is enemies with Water and Chaos.
Death is allies with Air and Fire. Death is enemies with Life and Water.
Air is allies with Death and Chaos. Air is enemies with Earth and Life.
Chaos is allies with Water and Air. Chaos is enemies with Order and Earth.
Water is allies with Chaos and Life. Water is enemies with Fire and Order.
Life is allies with Earth and Water. Life is enemies with Death and Fire.

In my example, the elements that is adjacent to yourself are your allies. You each share one enemy, just like the original concept, and so I feel this sticks to how the original game was played. This also makes the term ally make sense. Anyone NOT listed as either can now be rightfully called a neutral.

Now, if you REEEEALLY wanted to expand, you could have three enemies, but that feels problematic, and is much bigger, plus it changes a few things. Plus, it's off-topic a bit.

Just figured I'd try to make the game fit the vision better.

[DaveTheGrave]

The above post is quite true, on a second notice i'm In

[Nerjin]

Hm... I may have to take some time to slightly re-work the teams. If that's alright with everyone. Web points out some rather... Important information. Also, Dave, have you completed a BM? Plus, for future reference, you shouldn't use black text. Most people here, to my knowledge, use Darkling so it's hard to catch.

[webadict]

Hm... I may have to take some time to slightly re-work the teams. If that's alright with everyone. Web points out some rather... Important information. Also, Dave, have you completed a BM? Plus, for future reference, you shouldn't use black text. Most people here, to my knowledge, use Darkling so it's hard to catch.

I would've suggested three enemies, as it creates a much better star pattern, but then Void is horribly underpowered. But, yeah, my suggestion makes it less team-based, and more concept-fitting.

[DaveTheGrave]

Hm... I may have to take some time to slightly re-work the teams. If that's alright with everyone. Web points out some rather... Important information. Also, Dave, have you completed a BM? Plus, for future reference, you shouldn't use black text. Most people here, to my knowledge, use Darkling so it's hard to catch.

I havent done any mafia on this forum, but I've played variations on others, I understand the concept quite well.

[Nerjin]

I dunno Dave. I'd recommend getting into the current BM as well. I'm sure you're decent at the game but you should do a BM anyway. It'll help you get into how we at Bay12 work with Mafia [as I'm told it's different from other areas]. Plus it'll actually let you into other games on the forum [I know that most games do not allow BM-less players in.]

I'll go ahead and add you here but I hope you consider what I said.

[DaveTheGrave]

I dunno Dave. I'd recommend getting into the current BM as well. I'm sure you're decent at the game but you should do a BM anyway. It'll help you get into how we at Bay12 work with Mafia [as I'm told it's different from other areas]. Plus it'll actually let you into other games on the forum [I know that most games do not allow BM-less players in.]

I'll go ahead and add you here but I hope you consider what I said.

Is it possible for me to join late? I'll see.

[Nerjin]

It's entirely possible. It hasn't started yet. As I said you'll be playing here either way but you might as well pay your dues to the board so to speak.