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[Darvi]

In an alternate reality, not so far into the future, the internet has evolved. Cyberspace is a thing, and people can visit websites like they would a physical location, with their online avatars. This segregation from perception and reality also enables people to do many things that would be impossible in the real world, partly because some things are too lethal to be attempted in real life, but mostly because anybody can add some subroutines to their avatars, not unlike items and abilities in video games (and in fact most people refer to them as such).

Naturally there have been laws for regulating these programs. Most notably, it is forbidden to permanently damage or erase somebody else's avatar. It is different from manslaughter in that one can always make a new one, but it isn't cheap and takes a few days to do so.
It is also forbidden to connect autonomous AI's to the web. It should be obvious why.

The bay12 forums have of course figured out how to use this cyberspace for maximum FUN.

Worth  special mention is the mafia board. As a polar opposite to the erratic and random RTD-subforum, this place is where logic and the ability to hold a poker face are gold. The ability to talk face-to-face, while still having separate chats and various abilities to your disposal makes cyberspace the perfect medium for this game of psychology, tactics, and politics.
Unfortunately, some people keep suggesting making a program that could play mafia independently of a player's input. While having players that wouldn't be subject to the whims of real life would be a neat thing in theory, there are still laws against that, so the idea has been shot down every time.

Lately, Derpy had the idea of making a game based on everybody's own persona. Every player would make up some skills based on themselves, and Derpy would then tell everybody their alignment and a (if necessary) tweaked version of their role.
Everybody has signed in now, and people are joking about  James Goolguy's army of Jamesbots or lamenting the fact that Victor wasn't playing. It is estimated that everybody should be ready and the game can start the next day. In the meanwhile, everybody does their own thing while Derpy tries not to mess everything up too much.


It is now Night 0. This is quite definitely not an excuse for postponing the start of the game for longer. People should use it to get known to their teammates.

Abilities not tagged with Night 0 cannot be used during this phase.

Day 1 will start next Friday.

[TolyK]

This is going to be fun.
Now.
Heh.

[Darvi]

TolyK has been warned for infringing rule 5. No posting during the night.

[Darvi]

Welp, people seem to be itching for the game to start, and I got all I needed. I think I might start this later today.

[Darvi]

The day after, the players log back into the forums. But they notice that something has gone awry. Some are using the wrong accounts. Others can't log on at all.
And none of them are able to leave the Mafia board.

The reason for this are clear as they check the Froggy One's latest blog entry:


"What, so somebody screwed up the servers, and it's possibly even one of us?", Applebottle asks.
"Not even possibly. Definitely. If Ninetoe really quarantined the board, then they couldn't have left.", Animoodude answers. "And they are definitely not those who couldn't log on at all, as that would mean that they would be severely crippled in their ability to affect the forums."
"They?", Mike asks. "Do you think it was more than one person?"
"Well durrrr", Derpy snarks back. "Don't you see? This is almost exactly like the setup of a game of mafia, with a cliché plot. How often has it happened that there was only one mafia?"
"So, are you saying we should lynch those who we think are the culprits?"
"You saying we shouldn't?"
"Well, how do you expect us to lynch them? You know we can't literally erase them, that's illegal."
"Well, we could use... THIS!", Derpy retorts triumphantly as he pulls out a certain legendary bludgeoning weapon.
"Uh, Derp?" Fikod Lee interrupts the dramatic revealing. "That's the Nerfbat. I don't think that you could actually hurt anybody with it."
"Whoops."

"Not to interrupt your bantering, but we could use the Banhammer. It's right there, you know." PolyC points at a corner where the other legendary bludgeoning weapon indeed lays.
"Shouldn't we, you know, give that back to Froggy?"
"Not possible. We are cut off from the rest of the forums."
"So if we use it, we can ban the culprits and the admins can fix the forums?"
"Either that or we remove those who would stand in their way and we have doomed all of us. Worth a shot?"
"I... am not sure."
"Oh come on, you pansy!" James Coolguy is clearly losing his cool. "We certainly won't achieve anything by doing nothing. Let's do this!"


Derpy's Voting List:

webadict [0]:
Urist_McArathos [0]:
Toaster [0]:
Jim Groovester [0]:
Urist Imiknorris [0]:
Jack A T [0]:
Orangebottle [0]:
Andrew425 [0]:
Ottofar [0]:
Dariush [0]:
Powder Miner [0]:
TolyK [0]:

No Lynch [0]:
Not Voting [Abso-fucking-lutely everybody]:
Extend [0]:
Shorten [0]:


Day will end on Tuesday 3PM GMT Or somesuch

[webadict]

*sad face*

[Toaster]

Web:  Why the long face?


Urists:  Do you two expect to be extra confused by the mix of your similar usernames added with rolenames similar to usernames?


Ottofar:  Will it confuse you?



In keeping with my opinion of claiming it, I am a miller.

[webadict]

Web:  Why the long face?

I wasn't mention in the opening post.

[Darvi]

Oh. And here I thought I forgot to send you your role PM :V

[webadict]

Oh. And here I thought I forgot to send you your role PM :V

I'd play without one. And win!

[TolyK]

Well then.
Jim Groovester: What do you think the bastardness will be?
Powder miner: Do you think there is anything in items this game?

Also. Who knows anything about Leafsnail?

[Darvi]

I am the bastard mod. It's me.

The game, on the other hand, much less so.

[TolyK]

Darvi for answering others' questions.

[Darvi]

Oh snap! TolyK has triggered my hidden anti-smartass-system!

[Urist Imiknorris]

Toaster: Not really. I know it would be hard to confuse me for Fikod Lee.

Jack: Who are your scumbuddies and why are you so disappointed in them?