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[Mephansteras]

Oh, yeah, heydude6, that bounty hunter you wanted to hire was so expensive because they were guaranteed to succeed. They might have had to fight off some enemy ships or something, but if you guys had actually paid them you would have for sure gotten out on the next phase.

They were also just about exactly as much money as you all had pooled together at the point that I sent that PM. (I think you had like, an extra 50 KOR beyond the asking price).

There were a few moments in this game where if everyone had actually, fully, trusted everyone else you could have gotten an easy win. But, of course, how can you trust a bunch of hired killers who have bounties on each other's heads?

[heydude6]

Still kind of cruel since most people bought tech right at the beginning of the day. It’s not like there was any way I could control that!

[Caz]

Tbh I'm just surprised it didn't end in a last man standing kinda thing. Once webadict declared war it seemed like a bit of a foregone conclusion right up until the company send soldiers to attack.

[heydude6]

Honestly, Toonyman saved us by shutting down the comms. By killing the original win condition and getting an army sent after us, we were forced to work together at all costs. A part of me really wanted to say fuck it after we lost yet another player to someone’s uncontrolled bloodlust.

[webadict]

Tbh I'm just surprised it didn't end in a last man standing kinda thing. Once webadict declared war it seemed like a bit of a foregone conclusion right up until the company send soldiers to attack.

Did... did you not read what I wrote? I literally said the opposite of that. I said no one kill anyone, or I blow up the ship.

[hector13]

Honestly, Toonyman saved us by shutting down the comms. By killing the original win condition and getting an army sent after us, we were forced to work together at all costs. A part of me really wanted to say fuck it after we lost yet another player to someone’s uncontrolled bloodlust.

You were the one killing everyone :p

I was furious with you for killing two people and then having the audacity to tell everyone to stop killing each other on D2!

[heydude6]

That’s why I gave my money away to a trusted party as a gesture of good faith. I also did a lot in PMs in order to reestablish trust. Which I hope to share sometime tomorrow.

I’m spite of my violence, I think I was one of the biggest reasons why were able to keep it together at the end of that day. Although even with my efforts, the only reason why we didn’t have a bloodbath was because Toonyman got caught buying the stun bomb and finally confessed. And his Anti-tech

[IcyTea31]

By the way, I mentioned a game-breaker at one point. I'll save its details for if someone ever actually runs something like the battle royale that this game was first presented as, but I'll mention that the fact that mind control has priority over roleblocking is the key to stopping it in its tracks (at least in this setup). A player mind-controlled to self-target is not only effectively roleblocked, but also can't perform normal targeted roleblocks themself. (Except via mind control of their own, but they won't have that in the case that's being counterplayed).

[Mephansteras]

Still kind of cruel since most people bought tech right at the beginning of the day. It’s not like there was any way I could control that!

Sure, but if people sold some high end stuff you'd still have had enough. And I wasn't going to make it easy on you!

[IcyTea31]

With my best guess, I know you, Icytea31, 4maskwolf, and me all chose Intel.

Luckyowl, how'd you guess that I had intel? At that point in the game I'd been doing my best to actively conceal it.

[heydude6]

By the way, I mentioned a game-breaker at one point. I'll save its details for if someone ever actually runs something like the battle royale that this game was first presented as, but I'll mention that the fact that mind control has priority over roleblocking is the key to stopping it in its tracks (at least in this setup). A player mind-controlled to self-target is not only effectively roleblocked, but also can't perform normal targeted roleblocks themself. (Except via mind control of their own, but they won't have that in the case that's being counterplayed).

I feel like the details should be known so the next person who wants to run it can fix it before they start their version of the game. It would suck if players discovered it in-game after it was too late to change.

[IcyTea31]

To be fair, I only noticed it myself well after the point where I should have started it if I wanted to use it, since it required information I didn't start the game with; one would need to be very prescient or full of dumb luck to actually do the seemingly inoptimal moves required to use it.

[ToonyMan]

All of my PMs:

Spoiler: Stuff just with Meph (click to show/hide)

I want for tech:

Large Tech Slot:
Replicator, which I want to make a Personal Shield and Hold-Out Blaster

Medium Tech Slot:
Assassin Bot

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Can the Personal Shield and Hold-Out Blaster work together? In other words, if I'm protected with the Personal Shield will the Hold-Out Blaster also target the attacker?

For my Night action:
I do nothing.

Yes, they most certainly work together.

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Can I use my Assassin Bot on Webadict? Would that go off at the beginning of the next truce phase since that's the new day phase?

It would go off between this Hunt phase and next Truce phase, yes.

Okay. I'm not confirming any actions here, I'm just checking.

Cool.

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I'll buy an Anti-Tech Field for 50 KOR and give my remaining 50 KOR to Jim Groovester.

Noted

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MOD Question:
Can I do a night-kill and use my assassin bot the same night?

Yes.

Can I make it conditional if both targets are the same?

For example:
Night kill Webadict, if he's still not dead and I'm not dead, assassin bot Webadict.

Or better yet, is an assassin bot wasted if the target is already dead?

Conditional is fine.

And, no, an assassin bot is not used up if the target is already dead.

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Hunt Phase 1 Action:

Nightkill Juicebox
Use Assassin Bot on Webadict

Noted.

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MOD Question:
If your bounty is killed by someone else do you still get the KOR?

Only if you are somehow instrumental in the death. Mind Control or taking out a Personal shield, for example.

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MOD Question:
Do I still have all of my small tech after Hunt Phase 1?

Yes, you do.

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MOD Questions:
Would it be possible for me to buy an Assassin Bot after already using one?

Can the Assassin Bot be activated during a Truce Phase, so that it will go off the following Truce Phase morning?

Yes and Yes.

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A communication comes in:

You have a new bounty posted: 1000 KOR for the death of Caz

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Buy Stun Bomb for 100 KOR.

Show Stun Bomb in public.

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Sorry. Wasn't meant to troll you. I interpreted your PM as saying you wanted people to see you buying it. My apologies for misreading that.

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Can I move around the station and get a general overview of each location here?

You can do that as part of your Hunt Phase action, sure, but you can't do that before deciding what to do (at least at a basic level). I kinda need to know if anyone is trying to kill anyone else since that can massively change how things go.

My Hunt Phase 2 Actions:
Use my Stun Bomb.
For my other free action: do nothing.

So while everyone is theoretically stunned, can I do stuff during the Hunt Phase? There's a few actions I want to take if possible:
1. Check players for what items they have on them, could I even take stuff?
2. Inspect Juicebox's body.
3. Hide or discard (preferably hide) my used Replicator somewhere that would be hard to find.

Sure, you can try to do those things once you've set off the Stun Bomb.

How ominous.

An anti-tech field prevents a stun bomb from working on them correct?

If I approach somebody and they aren't stunned I don't want to engage with them, just avoid if possible.

That is correct. And, noted.

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Can I investigate Staff Res and Storage for helpful items like IDs?

The Staff residential area is pretty empty. Each room has been cleared out, and other than the odd button or such you don't find anything of note.
The Storage area is pretty similarly bare. There are some empty crates and shipping containers around, but nothing useful.
However, you do at one point note a Maintenance droid go through a small doorway the opens up in the wall of the Storage areas and closes behind the droid.

How big is the doorway? Can I search there?

You could fit through it, but you can't seem to figure out how to get the door to open. There are no controls on this side.

Are the buttons in the staff residential area labelled? If they don't look dangerous I want to press each one.

They just open up little compartments with utility things like hot plates and the like. Small domestic appliances.

What allows a maintenance droid to open the door? Could I just follow a droid in from behind?

You assume it has some sort of command it can send. And, yeah, you could try to follow one in. The door stays open for a little bit.

I will follow one in, worst case I'll have to wait to leave again.

Ok. It'll take a bit of time for another one to go through the door, but you stake it out.

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It takes a while, but eventually another maintenance bot makes its way to the door.

You slip in behind it, and find yourself in a cramped room. Several droids sit in charging bays, while other bays sit empty.

At one end of the room is a holding area, apparently for items the droids have brought in.

Searching through it you find various odds and end, along with a few actually interesting items.

You find:
Plasma Bomb
Assassin Bot
Arcrin Mining Corp branded Communicator

You also discover that this side of the door has a release handle, so you don't have to wait for a droid to leave to get out.

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Is the Arcrin Mining Corp branded Communicator operable? I want to go to the Command and Control room Jim found.

It seems to work fine, but you don't have the passcode to get into it.

The C&C room is still open. Multiple monitors and control panels in here, though they are currently locked out and unresponsive.

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Do I have time to buy a tech?

Yes.

Buy a replicator for 500 KOR.

Done. Your new balance is 400 KOR.

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Webadict said I can join a Merge? Sign me up.

The Merging takes a lot of energy and cannot be attempted again until the next Hunt Phase. But I will include you when that happens.

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I want to punch Caz in the face.

This has been an....interesting experience to run.

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Can I move? How far can I go out?

You can certainly float around as a ghost. It's hard to see, kind like trying to see through really murky water. Stuff that's more than a few feet away gets pretty blurry.
Where do you want to go?

The edge of this asteroid, can I circle around the perimeter to gauge how large it is or if it really even is a station in a space rock?

Sure.
It takes quite a while to do, you think. Time is fuzzy as a ghost. But this thing is pretty huge, but it is certainly an asteroid with a station on it. You also find the hanger that Jim was talking about on the far side of the rock.

Can I sense psychic signals? Any notable sources?

The only major source of psychic signals that you can find is coming from somewhere inside the mining station.

Ghost there. I mean Thimbleweed Park there. I mean go there.

Ok, you head that way. It will probably take a bit (real time) since your explorations have taken up most of the in-game time available for the moment.

And that's it. I never got to do a Merge or explore the mines as a ghost.

Spoiler: Working with Caz (click to show/hide)

Hey Caz, want to cooperate for the time being, at least until Webadict is gone? We have a mutual interest in this.
You in?

We do seem to be natural allies at the moment.
Do you think web actually has a plasma bomb? I'm not sure why he is saying he will take 'everyone' with him since plasma bomb only targets one person, iirc?
Only about 3 people agreed with the peace. I really doubt it will hold tonight.

He either has a plasma bomb or he's lying and has a shield himself.

Plasma bomb can only target one person and he needs to tell Meph who he's targeting before the night is over, he can't just "auto-fire" the plasma bomb on somebody that targets him.

In other words, one of us is probably going to die tonight if he isn't lying about the bomb since you can't protect yourself from it.

Hey Caz, want to cooperate for the time being, at least until Webadict is gone? We have a mutual interest in this.
You in?

Also, did you get a shield too? I get the feeling web is actually trying to get someone to shoot him at this point.

Yes, I have a personal shield. I was thinking we should both target him tonight in case he's lying about not having a shield, if we both survive I can split the KOR with you. If I don't give you your half then you can out me and tell everybody about how I screwed you over.

Either that or 4mask, who only has a stunbomb left iirc since he got intel.  He actually made a post that seems like he would be ok with dying.

Also not sure what web is talking about resurrecting players unless he found some sort of medbay in the station. If that's possible then killing 4mask as well might be a better plan.

All of web's talk about the plasma bomb and killing everyone just makes me think he bought a replicator and traded it for a personal shield and gun blaster though. At least if you attack him with a shield then if he has a gun it won't hurt you. And if he was telling the truth then his bomb shenanigans aren't in play. He can't have both a bomb and a shield since he gave 100KOR to Jim.

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So... call web's bluff or not?

He's absolutely lying. This is a gambit to keep himself alive (so he can win the game).

Tbh on the small chance it's not, the game ending because the whole arena exploded and everyone died is just... cool.

That's what I mean. This is a really bad gamble, because if we call his bluff then the game is just over immediately.

We don't need to outright call him out in the thread, if he's convinced we won't do anything to him then it'll be easier to get rid of him anyway.

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As for 4maskwolf, I'm cool if we kill him too for the same reasons as Webadict. He's a threat to me and you'll get your bounty reward if he's gone.

Sounds like a plan then. Here's to not exploding in web's theoretical nuclear fireball.

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Kill both, that gives us enough credits for nice items and whatever needed to get out this place. If web doesn't die somehow we will still have a better chance tomorrow with upgrades.

Okay. I'm going to target Webadict then. If we both survive then we can discuss afterwards what to do if 4mask or Webadict is still around.

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That went better than I expected. We can work together for the time being if you want, but I'm cool either way.

Hey, if it's possible for us to win together or for us all to win then I'm all for it. Tbh if webadict hadn't started acting crazy yesterday that probably would have happened anyway. Though with the repair ship apparently blocked by many ships idk how it's possible. First step would probably be taking control of the station so they can't just gas us if we don't kill each other.

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Do you think Jim and heydude are working together as well?

Don't know. When Heydude posts I need to see if he claims the Juicebox kill. If he does they probably are. If he denies it then they probably aren't.
I'm going to accuse you for 4mask and Webadict because it's a clear connection, but don't be shy accusing me back for the same reasons. We'll look like enemies on the front to everyone at least.

Worst case scenario, if they are working together then they both have 1,000 KOR as well. I was thinking we should both buy EMP Pulse Emitters and then target Heydude and Jim together, ensuring their deaths. Not sure yet, I'm going to hold off on buying until near the end of the Truce Phase. I'll keep you posted.

Wouldn't the assassin bots be a better bet?

True. Let me check with Meph if we can activate them before the Truce Phase is over. That way if they try to mess with our tech during the night it would be too late. And of course, make sure to keep your mind shield on.

I checked and you can activate an Assassin Bot during a Truce Phase, although now we have a bigger issue/discussion with Heydude's post.
I wasn't really expecting Heydude's post, it doesn't loooooook like he's working with Jim. I'm not sure how to work around this.
Lastly, to keep things slightly more amicable, I received a new bounty for your head same reward as before 1000 KOR, just so you know.

Great, I got a bounty for Jim. The mind shield voices are interesting since they were given by the owners of the station/whoever set up the battle royale etc. Makes sense that they wouldn't want us to turn them off. I'm gonna cooperate with them since it's pretty obvious what happened anyway.

Oh yeah, speaking of assassin bots... How come webadict looks like he got killed by a bot? Did you bot him and kill juicebox too?

Yes, it was me. I don't want to admit it unless I have to though.

Don't give your money up to anyone. Jim and I aren't going to either.

I think Jim is legit but I don't trust Heydude. I'm deciding whether to kill Heydude or use a stun bomb tonight...

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I could use some assistance after Meph trolled me. If you would be kind enough to back me up.

I was playing the game fully until the end of Truce Phase 2. This is why I wasn't claiming the Webadict kill and trying to throw suspicion on Jim with Juicebox's death. Heydude's admittance of his crimes shook me, but I still planned on lying about my bounty to make it seem like I wasn't a threat and had no KOR. But then Meph revealed my Stun Bomb purchase by accident so I said fuck it and went legit. Sole survivor victory seemed impossible anyway.

Spoiler: Working with Jim (click to show/hide)

Meph, I want to let ToonyMan know where I tossed away my mind shield on N1.

Jim gives you directions to a particular alcove on the station.

Can I check there now?

No, but it can be part of your planned explorations for the Hunt Phase.

Add it in please. This will definitely be a good idea.

Noted.

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I'm willing to believe you. If you need help with something let me know.

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The droids were collecting items inside. I found three items:

Plasma Bomb
Assassin Bot
Arcrin Mining Corp branded Communicator

The plasma bomb and assassin bot might be what 4maskwolf and Juicebox had, the fact nobody is admitting it yet makes me think the maintenance droids got to them first. As for the communicator, no idea why they would have that.

I think we could use the communicator for something, the plasma bomb and assassin bot could be useful for the mutiny.

There was a release handle on the inside so I was able to leave immediately. If I can buy at the vendor still I think I should make a space suit from a replicator.

It might be what juicebox had since 4maskwolf gave everything he had to webadict and I got to webadict first.

See if the communicator gets you access in the command and control room. If it's branded by the mining company my guess would be it belongs to former staff and might have credentials for staff access there.

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It might be what juicebox had since 4maskwolf gave everything he had to webadict and I got to webadict first.
See if the communicator gets you access in the command and control room. If it's branded by the mining company my guess would be it belongs to former staff and might have credentials for staff access there.

The communicator works, but I can't use it without a passcode. I went to the C&C room, but can't do anything.

I don't think I've ever tried to hack a communicator but it might be time to try.

Meph: Can we meet now in Truce Phase?

I am now officially out of truce phase actions so it'll have to be during the Hunt phase.

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Let's meet during the Hunt Phase and try to get the passcode for the communicator using the hacking tool.

Roger.

Let's do it shortly after the start of the phase.

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Let's meet during the Hunt Phase and try to get the passcode for the communicator using the hacking tool.

ToonyMan, I'm going to need to borrow your plasma bomb and based on what I'm doing with it I probably won't be able to give it back.

Okay, I'll hand it over when we meet.

For "I'm willing to believe you. If you need help with something let me know." I was subtly hinting I'd be cool with taking out Caz and Heydude together, but it never came to fruition. Cooperating seemed like the much better option to increase my success rate.

Probably missed some but whatever.

[ToonyMan]

@Jim:

On your way you get a pair of messages on your communicator:
Bounty Kill confirmed on juicebox
1220 KOR has been transferred to your Account. Your balance is now 1320 KOR.

Wait, Jim you got paid 1220 KOR for Juicebox? What is this shit? Everyone else got 1000 KOR.


@Heydude:

Honestly, Toonyman saved us by shutting down the comms. By killing the original win condition and getting an army sent after us, we were forced to work together at all costs. A part of me really wanted to say fuck it after we lost yet another player to someone’s uncontrolled bloodlust.

Maybe.

I’m spite of my violence, I think I was one of the biggest reasons why were able to keep it together at the end of that day. Although even with my efforts, the only reason why we didn’t have a bloodbath was because Toonyman got caught buying the stun bomb and finally confessed. And his Anti-tech

My anti-tech field what?


@Roseheart:

For the final panel I will be accepting ALL SUGGESTIONS, this could get really weird! Spend your KOR(see totals, above) to influence how much impact your suggestion will have. Players may also merge their funds under the same suggestion. Otherwise, 1 suggestion per person.

My 500 KOR goes to the Exterminator having their Mind Shield on and an angry ghost yelling at them in the background.

[heydude6]

I’m spite of my violence, I think I was one of the biggest reasons why were able to keep it together at the end of that day. Although even with my efforts, the only reason why we didn’t have a bloodbath was because Toonyman got caught buying the stun bomb and finally confessed. And his Anti-tech

My anti-tech field what?

In spite of my pacifist pleas on day 3, people still tried to kill you. You only survived that night cause you had anti-tech. If someone had succeeded, we'd likely have all turned against eachother. You saw what we did to LuckyOwl once you finally did croak.

EDIT: And Caz would have been murdered too if I hadn't talked Jim out of it. It was the right call considering the role he played in the final few fights. We barely made it as is, imagine what would have happened if we were one man down!