I did not overlook Ess or Sylandra. The mod rules state that you must use your night action to support the crisis. Ess killed Vivet on Night 2. Sylandra arson-prepped Shaddus. I did not support the crisis, because I was blocked. So how did the mafia win the conspiracy?
Worst comes to, we lynch Cyndarin tomorrow. Cynd, the other half, will kill me tonight since you'll be protected and it's worthless to kill the protector at this stage, so you get to have fun with Lucky McTwoLives.
BY ORDER OF THE SENATE, AND PEOPLE OF ROME, KAIMANAHI IS PROSCRIBED!
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"When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?"
-Cicero, Catil 1.1, translated by C.D. Yonge
Kaimanahi doesn't wait for to hear the verdict. She flees Rome, falsely claiming to go into exile outside of the city. In reality, she goes forth to the rebel army, to lead it into battle in a last grab at power.
"Armies akin embattled, with the force Of all the shaken earth bent on the fray; And burst asunder, to the common guilt, A kingdom's compact; eagle with eagle met, Standard to standard, spear opposed to spear."
-Lucan, Pharsalia 1.4-1.8, Translated by Sir Edward Ridley
Ah, but they were Romans. The last of the rebels died where they stood. It was bloody, for Romans show more discipline than barbarian raiders. Kaimanahi's body is found apart from the rest, covered in wounds and surrounded by her dead enemies.
"Is it not better to die valiantly, than ignominiously to lose our wretched and dishonoured lives after being the sport of others’ insolence?"
-Sallust, Catiline's War 20, translated by J. C. Rolfe
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Kaimanahi was Lucius
Sergius Catilina!
Yes, you tried to overthrow the Roman Republic. That doesn't mean
you're a traitor, does it? Overthrowing the government was
practically Rome's national sport by the time that you did it.
You were a controversial man, even before the conspiracy. The
aristocracy disliked your economic policies, on account of the fact
that you wanted to support poor people. You weren't unusual for that,
since that was how most aspiring autocrats got their support, but it
did hurt your odds in the elections. There was also the whole thing
where you allegedly killed a man, paraded his head through the
street, and had him retroactively outlawed. But you got acquitted on
trial for that, so it's not a big deal.
What did matter was the attempted coup. It didn't end well for you.
On the bright side, you died heroically in the fighting, and even
your enemies praised your courage.
Let's hope you can do better this time!
Rebel:
You
oppose the Roman government. You
win when the rebels control a majority of the vote.
Roman:
You
are a citizen of Rome, and many will be reluctant to see you as a
foe. You
investigate as a member of the town. [Godfather]
Catilinarian
Conspiracy: You
know how Roman politics work, and you have plenty of plotters who
want to support you. Crisis
event. If this event is successful, pick a player. That player can be
lynched with one less vote than normal in the next day phase.
Your
safeclaim is Tiberius.
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Thus is Rome preserved from her enemies! The eternal city stands triumphant, and her surviving emperors can return to bickering, conspiring, and warring amongst themselves for power! Romans gonna Roman, after all.
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Remaining roles and whatnot to follow when it's convenient.
Any sufficiently advanced pun is indistinguishable from comedy.
You were the last of the Five Good Emperors, and are really more
famous for your book than for your leadership. You were a fairly good
emperor, but you had a blind spot for your son, who was a horrible
person who became a horrible leader.
Your Meditations are among the most important sources of
ancient philosophy, and the most important work on Stoicism. They've
influenced world leaders for centuries, which probably makes you one
of the most historically significant emperors.
Imperator:
You were an emperor of Rome,
and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You
win with the town!
Meditations:
You have mastered your own spirit, and your experience has given you
a keen insight into the natures of other men. At night, you
may target another player to learn their alignment. [Detective]
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Yasei was Romulus Augustulus!
You
have a fancy name and the world's worst father. He installed you as
the emperor of Rome, but only so he could use you as a figurehead.
Your reign lasted for about ten months, and almost nobody recognized
you as a real power.
Your
father died at the hands of Odoacer, but he spared you. Probably
because you were a child who obviously had no power. He certainly
sent you into exile, and some sources say that he also gave you a
stipend.
Imperator:
You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city
triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
End
of the West: Though the Empire
survived in the east, you were the last to rule as the emperor of the
west. You were lucky to survive getting deposed. Your
enemies will take pity on your youth. The first time that you would
die, you will survive. [1-shot death immunity]
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Arix was Justinian!
Most people would classify you as a Byzantine emperor, but you have
direct political continuity to Rome, and your mod frowns on the
distinction between the two. The distinction is even less meaningful
for you, since you managed to reconquer most of the western
provinces.
Your primary achievements were administrative. You rewrote most of
the nation's laws, and you were one of the few emperors to make
appointments based on efficiency. That wasn't a terribly popular
choice, but it worked pretty well. You also faced a notably
entertaining revolt by chariot racing fans that destroyed half of
Constantinople.
Imperator:
You were an emperor of Rome,
and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You
win with the town!
Corpus
Juris Civilis: You love laws. A
lot. You just can't stand illegal acts, like murder, and you'll do
what you can to prevent them. You may protect one player
from getting killed at night. [Doctor]
Your mod humbly recognizes the mediocre flavor on this one, but emperors tend not be very medical so I had to make do.
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Cyndarin was Domitian!
History remembers you as a tyrant. Of course it does, it was written
by your enemies. It might be more accurate to say that you dispensed
with the pleasantries. You made it clear that you ruled Rome, rather
than paying lip service to the idea of the Roman Republic. It got you
assassinated, but it was surprisingly effective.
You also wrote a guide to hair care in spite of your own baldness.
Most of this book has not survived to the modern era, a fact which
your mod views as one of history's greatest tragedies.
Imperator:
You were an emperor of Rome,
and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You
win with the town!
Autocrat:
You do what you want. The
aristocrats and officials may not like it, but you know better than
they do. During the day phase, you may ISSUE AN EDICTto increase your vote weight by one. You may do this only once.
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Tremula was your mod's favorite emperor, Julian the Apostate!
You
were born into the Constantinian dynasty, and were the last of that
line to rule. You were also born a Christian. That part didn't stick.
You turned away from the church and tried to revive Rome's pagan
customs.
You
and your dreams of a pagan Rome died on the end of a Sassanid spear,
but you did succeed in fascinating centuries of historians. You
didn't act like an emperor. You engaged in religious debates, you
spoke to normal people like they were your peers, and you shunned
most of the trappings of wealth. Though you were prepared to take
the throne by force (your men allegedly threatened to mutiny if you
didn't, but that claim might have been you hedging your bets), you
tended to focus on the administration. Your reign was too impossibly
complex to describe in full, and your mod humbly suggests that you
read up on yourself. You were fascinating.
Imperator:
You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city
triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
The
Last Pagan: You turned your
back on the church to become Rome's last pagan ruler. This did not
make you popular, but it did give you quite a bit of experience
engaging in debates. During the day, you may DEFEND
<PLAYER> in the main game thread. The targeted player
cannot be lynched that day phase. You may not target yourself, and
you may only use this power once. [1-shot governor]
Any sufficiently advanced pun is indistinguishable from comedy.
@Sylandra you have an annoying habit of winning games post-mortem. I like it. Also I finally participated in the town's victory while being a town and I have never felt so
Also editing since I can't be modkilled for it now and I just love how thematically appropriate getting Rome's last pagan emperor is for me, especially since my power was almost entirely useless thanks to Yarith's brilliant(ly lucky) plays
@Sylandra you have an annoying habit of winning games post-mortem. I like it.
Nothing I did went as I expected, but I just rolled with it! I walked into a very lucky day 1, 2 and 3, honestly. D1: Get a spontaneous Shaddus vote! Whoo, lose my survivor condition! D2: Hop instantly on the obvious mafia train to avoid townie suspicion for awhile. D3: Great news, the only person who voted for me turned out to be a mafia, and being aggressive enough in his lynch train made his friends mad enough to kill me!
You see, I was a very limited arsonist. I could only arson prep someone if they had voted me the previous dayphase, and the only person who voted me was Shaddus D1.
So my nights looked like this: N1: Attempted to arson prep Shaddus, GOT BLOCKED, rip. N2: Unable to prep anyone, supported mafia in the conspiracy for the lulz, ironically became the target of it. N3: Hoped that I was an annoying enough townie D3 to be a mafia target. Died a victorious death.
Whoever killed me - thank you! I worked hard to be a thorn in Shaddus's side, and when he flipped mafia I hoped and dreamed his teammates would find me worth disposing of. I was despairing of how to handle a mass claim, ahaha. The one thing I desperately wanted to avoid was a lynch!
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
I want to tell a story. Once upon a time, there were rebel scum.
And then there was me.
Yes, my scum mates left me to limp along the whole game by myself, outdone by the dastardly investigator Yarith. But, for my own pride and the memory of my fallen comrades, I persevered on. I killed off Sylandra, who dared to FoS at me - the nerve! And how dare she win for doing such! Whatever, better get on with it. Then there was poor Ushaara, who was the only one to stick up for me as the crisis innocent. But alas, that blocker had to go; I learned my lesson from last game.
As the days went on, my prospects always seemed bleak, but then, there were rays of hope. A caught serial killer? Two modkills? Maybe I can do this after all! If only Yarith would come investigate me... then I, as the godfather, will be foolishly embraced as an emperor! And they will not be able to stop me as I snip away at them. So my revenge on Yarith would have to wait. I watched and waited for him to come, to grace me with his investigation. Allowing him to live made my stomach churn, but the one who doomed my comrades would have to be the one to save me. And yet, he would not come. Curse him. Perhaps Ushaara defended me too well.
I had no choice; I was forced to take things into my own hands. So I became inspired: I would pose as Tiberius, a veteran - a sensible and thematic claim with a power that could not be readily tested! Then I would need a theory. I concocted a perfect explanation for the crisis outcome, convincing even myself that I could not possibly be the crisis supporter. And it was true, I was not! Surely they must realize this. (I actually thought nobody supported the crisis at all and that mafia won in a 0-0 tie. But even then I could point to Ordassa as having supported for town, maybe.) They can't argue with this logic!
I laid it all out carefully, trying to not seem too eager. Cyndarin put up a good fight, but I maintained my conviction. My plan was foolproof! I even got Arix and Yasei to roleclaim, and I could see a path to victory. AND THEN YOU ALL LET ME DOWN BY NOT CONCEDING TO LOGIC. I mean, damn, you were right, but not for the right reason! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfjeqoifjwoiegohfwoihfefwofj. There's still a chance. If only Cyndarin and Yarith would vote for Yasei, maybe that would be enough to flip Arix. AND THEN YARITH, OF ALL PEOPLE, CASTS THE DECIDING VOTE TO LYNCH ME? And, of course, it's not because he suspected me. He just wanted the day to be over, to march onward to his inevitable victory. But how else could the game possibly end? How fitting that he would betray me one last time.
In conclusion, I'm salty AF that I lost, but man we gave it our best. GGs to Yarith, the town carry who let me down -so hard- in every possible way. I literally told him that my one goal in this game was to survive longer than him, which made it all the worse.
@Kaimanahi facts and logic have no standing against the raw feeling of your gut. Godfathers nearly always investigate as town, it's something that's an arguably integral part of mafia. No one begs as hard to be investigative as someone worth investigating, and while I thought it was because you were a traitor with veteran powers (Choose to go into a defencive state, killing anyone who visits you during the night), the possibility you were a godfather was itching in my head. I'm really sad I didn't say it out loud to look smarter than I am.
Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."
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There is gut and there is also:
Sylandra said: Well possibly, but we also only saw one kill last night, but were conditioned to expect two, so FoS: Kaimanahi for a bit.
[...]
....because we went from 2 kills to 1 kill on a night she was blocked, which is sketch.
I was amused no one ever brought this up again after the serial killer was revealed! Would the mafia really sacrifice their night 2 kill, for a paltry 1-less vote crisis? I thinketh not.
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
I mean, my gut is driven by logic, because that's the way I think. And I realized I had killed off some of the logical people who seemed likely to put the pieces of the puzzle together, but I had to give it a try.
I wasn't trying to beg for an investigation at the end, just tried to point it out as an option if (when) my theory was wrong. I 100% would have acted the same way if I was town, though. Who doesn't love a good conspiracy theory?
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
Et tu, @Kaimanahi? I was 90% sure you were a vigilante who killed Sylandra. Briefly considered blocking you again but I was convinced by my own post regarding Catiline conspiracy maybe having a secondary effect allowing someone to claim bonus power as their only power. Public vote reduction by itself just seemed too weak for the crisis mechanic.
I also came so close to pressing post on a D1 accusation of @sylandra for being 3p/mafia, based off her 'hypothetically we might see anyone" post, taking it as evidence that she didn't have a town rolesheet. But I figured it'd be taken as one of my off-the-wall theories to be convinced off a single post, and would backfire onto me.
Adapting a quote...
"Mafia is a simple game. Town try to root out the mafia over several days, and Sylandra always wins in the end."
I also came so close to pressing post on a D1 accusation of @sylandra for being 3p/mafia, based off her 'hypothetically we might see anyone" post, taking it as evidence that she didn't have a town rolesheet. But I figured it'd be taken as one of my off-the-wall theories to be convinced off a single post, and would backfire onto me.
Adapting a quote...
"Mafia is a simple game. Town try to root out the mafia over several days, and Sylandra always wins in the end."
(also yes, poor Sidd with a Nero safeclaim )
In all fairness: remember the time you and @Lavinya killed me in the Elder Mafia game and you two won? Despite me constantly gunning for your deaths?
That is definitely 100% my saltiest loss of all time. You did that, bb.
(Nero safeclaim really was the worst. Poor @Sidd.)
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
Yeah, that might be my historian showing. Nero has been rehabilitated a lot in recent scholarship, so I don't really think of him as evil to the same degree as pop culture does. Probably no worse than actually being Caligula or Elagabalus, though.
Any sufficiently advanced pun is indistinguishable from comedy.
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Oh wow just to clear something up, I forgot about this:
After being blocked night 1, I figured I'd pretend to be the first arsonist target. I assumed (wrongly) more people would vote for me over time and I'd get to prep people.
So uh, the jeers and whatnot never actually happened to me, but they would have happened to other people if my arson preps had been allowed to happen.
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
i had My investigator check shaddus the night i was killed .
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Cyndarinused Flamethrower! It was super effective.
@Kaimanahi If it makes you feel any better, when I first read your explanation of why it's probably me, it made so much sense to me that I sat here trying to figure out how you're right about everything but I wasn't mafia.
I think that's what threw me off your trail in the end, it all just made so much sense, but at the same time I knew my role wasn't mafia. HOW COULD IT ALL BE SO WRONG AND SO RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME.
Sorry I wasn't around the last day, had to take off work for personal reasons. Thank god for Tremula.
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Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."
-Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Prophecy of Capys
-Cicero, Catil 1.1, translated by C.D. Yonge
Kaimanahi doesn't wait for to hear the verdict. She flees Rome, falsely claiming to go into exile outside of the city. In reality, she goes forth to the rebel army, to lead it into battle in a last grab at power.
"Armies akin embattled, with the force
Of all the shaken earth bent on the fray;
And burst asunder, to the common guilt,
A kingdom's compact; eagle with eagle met,
Standard to standard, spear opposed to spear."
-Lucan, Pharsalia 1.4-1.8, Translated by Sir Edward Ridley
Ah, but they were Romans. The last of the rebels died where they stood. It was bloody, for Romans show more discipline than barbarian raiders. Kaimanahi's body is found apart from the rest, covered in wounds and surrounded by her dead enemies.
"Is it not better to die valiantly, than ignominiously to lose our wretched and dishonoured lives after being the sport of others’ insolence?"
-Sallust, Catiline's War 20, translated by J. C. Rolfe
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Kaimanahi was Lucius Sergius Catilina!
Yes, you tried to overthrow the Roman Republic. That doesn't mean you're a traitor, does it? Overthrowing the government was practically Rome's national sport by the time that you did it.
You were a controversial man, even before the conspiracy. The aristocracy disliked your economic policies, on account of the fact that you wanted to support poor people. You weren't unusual for that, since that was how most aspiring autocrats got their support, but it did hurt your odds in the elections. There was also the whole thing where you allegedly killed a man, paraded his head through the street, and had him retroactively outlawed. But you got acquitted on trial for that, so it's not a big deal.
What did matter was the attempted coup. It didn't end well for you. On the bright side, you died heroically in the fighting, and even your enemies praised your courage.
Let's hope you can do better this time!
Rebel: You oppose the Roman government. You win when the rebels control a majority of the vote.
Roman: You are a citizen of Rome, and many will be reluctant to see you as a foe. You investigate as a member of the town. [Godfather]
Catilinarian Conspiracy: You know how Roman politics work, and you have plenty of plotters who want to support you. Crisis event. If this event is successful, pick a player. That player can be lynched with one less vote than normal in the next day phase.
Your safeclaim is Tiberius.
----------Thus is Rome preserved from her enemies! The eternal city stands triumphant, and her surviving emperors can return to bickering, conspiring, and warring amongst themselves for power! Romans gonna Roman, after all.
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Remaining roles and whatnot to follow when it's convenient.
Yarith was Marcus Aurelius!
You were the last of the Five Good Emperors, and are really more famous for your book than for your leadership. You were a fairly good emperor, but you had a blind spot for your son, who was a horrible person who became a horrible leader.
Your Meditations are among the most important sources of ancient philosophy, and the most important work on Stoicism. They've influenced world leaders for centuries, which probably makes you one of the most historically significant emperors.
Imperator: You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
Meditations: You have mastered your own spirit, and your experience has given you a keen insight into the natures of other men. At night, you may target another player to learn their alignment. [Detective]
Yasei was Romulus Augustulus!
You have a fancy name and the world's worst father. He installed you as the emperor of Rome, but only so he could use you as a figurehead. Your reign lasted for about ten months, and almost nobody recognized you as a real power.
Your father died at the hands of Odoacer, but he spared you. Probably because you were a child who obviously had no power. He certainly sent you into exile, and some sources say that he also gave you a stipend.
Imperator: You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
End of the West: Though the Empire survived in the east, you were the last to rule as the emperor of the west. You were lucky to survive getting deposed. Your enemies will take pity on your youth. The first time that you would die, you will survive. [1-shot death immunity]
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Arix was Justinian!
Most people would classify you as a Byzantine emperor, but you have direct political continuity to Rome, and your mod frowns on the distinction between the two. The distinction is even less meaningful for you, since you managed to reconquer most of the western provinces.
Your primary achievements were administrative. You rewrote most of the nation's laws, and you were one of the few emperors to make appointments based on efficiency. That wasn't a terribly popular choice, but it worked pretty well. You also faced a notably entertaining revolt by chariot racing fans that destroyed half of Constantinople.
Imperator: You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
Corpus Juris Civilis: You love laws. A lot. You just can't stand illegal acts, like murder, and you'll do what you can to prevent them. You may protect one player from getting killed at night. [Doctor]
Your mod humbly recognizes the mediocre flavor on this one, but emperors tend not be very medical so I had to make do.----
Cyndarin was Domitian!
History remembers you as a tyrant. Of course it does, it was written by your enemies. It might be more accurate to say that you dispensed with the pleasantries. You made it clear that you ruled Rome, rather than paying lip service to the idea of the Roman Republic. It got you assassinated, but it was surprisingly effective.
You also wrote a guide to hair care in spite of your own baldness. Most of this book has not survived to the modern era, a fact which your mod views as one of history's greatest tragedies.
Imperator: You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
Autocrat: You do what you want. The aristocrats and officials may not like it, but you know better than they do. During the day phase, you may ISSUE AN EDICT to increase your vote weight by one. You may do this only once.
-------Tremula was your mod's favorite emperor, Julian the Apostate!
You were born into the Constantinian dynasty, and were the last of that line to rule. You were also born a Christian. That part didn't stick. You turned away from the church and tried to revive Rome's pagan customs.
You and your dreams of a pagan Rome died on the end of a Sassanid spear, but you did succeed in fascinating centuries of historians. You didn't act like an emperor. You engaged in religious debates, you spoke to normal people like they were your peers, and you shunned most of the trappings of wealth. Though you were prepared to take the throne by force (your men allegedly threatened to mutiny if you didn't, but that claim might have been you hedging your bets), you tended to focus on the administration. Your reign was too impossibly complex to describe in full, and your mod humbly suggests that you read up on yourself. You were fascinating.
Imperator: You were an emperor of Rome, and you will see the eternal city triumph over her enemies. You win with the town!
The Last Pagan: You turned your back on the church to become Rome's last pagan ruler. This did not make you popular, but it did give you quite a bit of experience engaging in debates. During the day, you may DEFEND <PLAYER> in the main game thread. The targeted player cannot be lynched that day phase. You may not target yourself, and you may only use this power once. [1-shot governor]
Also editing since I can't be modkilled for it now and I just love how thematically appropriate getting Rome's last pagan emperor is for me, especially since my power was almost entirely useless thanks to Yarith's brilliant(ly lucky) plays
Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."
D1: Get a spontaneous Shaddus vote! Whoo, lose my survivor condition!
D2: Hop instantly on the obvious mafia train to avoid townie suspicion for awhile.
D3: Great news, the only person who voted for me turned out to be a mafia, and being aggressive enough in his lynch train made his friends mad enough to kill me!
You see, I was a very limited arsonist. I could only arson prep someone if they had voted me the previous dayphase, and the only person who voted me was Shaddus D1.
So my nights looked like this:
N1: Attempted to arson prep Shaddus, GOT BLOCKED, rip.
N2: Unable to prep anyone, supported mafia in the conspiracy for the lulz, ironically became the target of it.
N3: Hoped that I was an annoying enough townie D3 to be a mafia target. Died a victorious death.
Whoever killed me - thank you! I worked hard to be a thorn in Shaddus's side, and when he flipped mafia I hoped and dreamed his teammates would find me worth disposing of. I was despairing of how to handle a mass claim, ahaha. The one thing I desperately wanted to avoid was a lynch!
And then there was me.
Yes, my scum mates left me to limp along the whole game by myself, outdone by the dastardly investigator Yarith. But, for my own pride and the memory of my fallen comrades, I persevered on. I killed off Sylandra, who dared to FoS at me - the nerve! And how dare she win for doing such! Whatever, better get on with it. Then there was poor Ushaara, who was the only one to stick up for me as the crisis innocent. But alas, that blocker had to go; I learned my lesson from last game.
As the days went on, my prospects always seemed bleak, but then, there were rays of hope. A caught serial killer? Two modkills? Maybe I can do this after all! If only Yarith would come investigate me... then I, as the godfather, will be foolishly embraced as an emperor! And they will not be able to stop me as I snip away at them. So my revenge on Yarith would have to wait. I watched and waited for him to come, to grace me with his investigation. Allowing him to live made my stomach churn, but the one who doomed my comrades would have to be the one to save me. And yet, he would not come. Curse him. Perhaps Ushaara defended me too well.
I had no choice; I was forced to take things into my own hands. So I became inspired: I would pose as Tiberius, a veteran - a sensible and thematic claim with a power that could not be readily tested! Then I would need a theory. I concocted a perfect explanation for the crisis outcome, convincing even myself that I could not possibly be the crisis supporter. And it was true, I was not! Surely they must realize this. (I actually thought nobody supported the crisis at all and that mafia won in a 0-0 tie. But even then I could point to Ordassa as having supported for town, maybe.) They can't argue with this logic!
I laid it all out carefully, trying to not seem too eager. Cyndarin put up a good fight, but I maintained my conviction. My plan was foolproof! I even got Arix and Yasei to roleclaim, and I could see a path to victory. AND THEN YOU ALL LET ME DOWN BY NOT CONCEDING TO LOGIC. I mean, damn, you were right, but not for the right reason! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfjeqoifjwoiegohfwoihfefwofj. There's still a chance. If only Cyndarin and Yarith would vote for Yasei, maybe that would be enough to flip Arix. AND THEN YARITH, OF ALL PEOPLE, CASTS THE DECIDING VOTE TO LYNCH ME? And, of course, it's not because he suspected me. He just wanted the day to be over, to march onward to his inevitable victory. But how else could the game possibly end? How fitting that he would betray me one last time.
In conclusion, I'm salty AF that I lost, but man we gave it our best. GGs to Yarith, the town carry who let me down -so hard- in every possible way. I literally told him that my one goal in this game was to survive longer than him, which made it all the worse.
== Professional Girl Gamer ==
Yes I play games
Yes I'm a girl
get over it
1. Doctoring didn't do much because nobody ever attacked Yarith, but the threat of doctoring might have impacted it early on.
2. Ordassa supported the Catilinarian Conspiracy for the town, Sylandra did for the scum.
3. Yarith and Ushaara had really great aim with their powers.
4. As mentioned above, Vivet aimed hilariously badly.
Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."
I wasn't trying to beg for an investigation at the end, just tried to point it out as an option if (when) my theory was wrong. I 100% would have acted the same way if I was town, though. Who doesn't love a good conspiracy theory?
I also came so close to pressing post on a D1 accusation of @sylandra for being 3p/mafia, based off her 'hypothetically we might see anyone" post, taking it as evidence that she didn't have a town rolesheet. But I figured it'd be taken as one of my off-the-wall theories to be convinced off a single post, and would backfire onto me.
Adapting a quote...
"Mafia is a simple game. Town try to root out the mafia over several days, and Sylandra always wins in the end."
(also yes, poor Sidd with a Nero safeclaim
That is definitely 100% my saltiest loss of all time. You did that, bb.
(Nero safeclaim really was the worst. Poor @Sidd.)
After being blocked night 1, I figured I'd pretend to be the first arsonist target. I assumed (wrongly) more people would vote for me over time and I'd get to prep people.
So uh, the jeers and whatnot never actually happened to me, but they would have happened to other people if my arson preps had been allowed to happen.
I think that's what threw me off your trail in the end, it all just made so much sense, but at the same time I knew my role wasn't mafia. HOW COULD IT ALL BE SO WRONG AND SO RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME.
Sorry I wasn't around the last day, had to take off work for personal reasons. Thank god for Tremula.