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Post Post #3450 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:04 pm

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In post 3446, notscience wrote:Wait a minute are you telling me WE were the reason bell wasnt loverized

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Post Post #3451 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:04 pm

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In post 3439, Dunnstral wrote:At least limlo didn't drag on
Yeah. Thanks for that. You saved Notty some trauma.

Uh. I didn't earn this, but once I was mech cleared accidentally, I didn't make any serious mistakes to cause people to doubt it. A toast to mediocrity everywhere.

Scum PT can be opened without edits from my end.

Also, why. Don't be sad or upset. That was the definition of a blindside mech clear. It had nothing to do with skill or being pocketed/fooled.

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Post Post #3452 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:05 pm

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The sheer amount of minigame I built into A Midsummer Night's Dream was insane.

I will never design a large theme with this many moving parts again.

I also will NEVER do so much bbcode formatting in the flavor/mod posts again. It was a nightmare.
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Post Post #3453 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:06 pm

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I enjoyed it even though it was a cluster.

I also don't regret giving bell that post restriction it was the most fun I had all game.
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Post Post #3454 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:06 pm

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Can I ask how a vanilized player regained a power to loverize Titus and I?
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Post Post #3455 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:07 pm

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Good job Pav on loverizing 2 scum!
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Post Post #3456 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:07 pm

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In post 3451, Icebox wrote:
In post 3439, Dunnstral wrote:At least limlo didn't drag on
Yeah. Thanks for that. You saved Notty some trauma.

Uh. I didn't earn this, but once I was mech cleared accidentally, I didn't make any serious mistakes to cause people to doubt it. A toast to mediocrity everywhere.

Scum PT can be opened without edits from my end.

Also, why. Don't be sad or upset. That was the definition of a blindside mech clear. It had nothing to do with skill or being pocketed/fooled.

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Post Post #3457 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:08 pm

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Also, Wisdom is honorary scum. Just iso him this game, he was loving every second of his role.
I hated it when I was fake catching up. I kept having to delete posts hating on Wisdom because it would show I was lacking focus lol.
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Post Post #3458 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:08 pm

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I feel like this is what Pooky was telling me all along.

I don't even care that we lost and I got ME'd twice in a row in MELO because I had fun.
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Post Post #3459 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:09 pm

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Icebox had a role copy action and used it to get Pav's lover action.
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Post Post #3460 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:09 pm

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I understand Pav,
I too am a seeker of truth and self-flagellate when I am too blind to see it, no matter how difficult/unreasonable.
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Post Post #3461 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:09 pm

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In post 3459, Skybird wrote:Icebox had a role copy action and used it to get Pav's lover action.
which should have been removed from them by the Vanilization, correct?
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Post Post #3462 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:10 pm

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Once you're vanilized you don't get your abilities back

Or, if you do, Lover status should also have returned...seen their lover dead... and killed Bell.

You can't do one and not the other?
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Post Post #3463 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:10 pm

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That would be the reasonable assumption to make, but it was actually a gold ability.

Note that when I claimed I didn't mention one.

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Post Post #3464 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:11 pm

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I believe COF or someone mentioned I hadn't full claimed.
I just ignored it.

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Post Post #3465 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:11 pm

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In post 3463, Icebox wrote:That would be the reasonable assumption to make, but it was actually a gold ability.

Note that when I claimed I didn't mention one.

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Vanilizations blank your role PM. Gold Abilities should ALSO have been removed.

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Post Post #3466 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:12 pm

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I should have just killed you when giffy flaked.
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Post Post #3467 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:13 pm

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In post 3464, Icebox wrote:I believe COF or someone mentioned I hadn't full claimed.
I just ignored it.

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Post Post #3468 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:13 pm

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I don't mean to be salty, this was a fun game and I appreciate you modding Ffery.

I'm just not okay with those moderation decisions, I think. Not a big deal, still had fun, just.... bitter taste.
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Post Post #3469 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:14 pm

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Spoiler:
In post 3230, Pavowski wrote:Because I am feeling powerless and at a loss I went back thru ISOs and compiled the role claims of the 5 currently living players

Skybird:
In post 2911, Skybird wrote:
In post 2905, Lukewarm wrote:Who all has full claimed?

I did. Wisdom did. OTH did. Icebox did. Pav did. LLD did.

@Skybird claimed roleblocker - was that all?

@Titus you claimed your guess the night kill ability - was that all?

@Bowser Jr claimed to be a neighborizor in our hood - did that ability work last night? They also gave a post restriction. (That feels like a complete claim, but let me know)

Dunn and enchant I don't think I have seen anything from
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In post 1729, Icebox wrote:I can visit 3 players. They said something may or may not happen when I do visit them.
They said there may be other aspects of my role I'm not aware of.
If I visit certain players, I could lose my abilities it says, but doesn't specify what that means.

I'm literally a question mark.

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In post 2343, Pavowski wrote:Okay, you guys are ready to run me up. Cool cool cool.

Might as well claim.

I'm Oberon's Flower. I make people fall in love. 'Twas I who loverized Galron and Icebox. I had a good scumread on Galron and I was nullish at best on Icebox after d1 (townier since then!). Several of you expressed that loverizing seemed like a scum ability; maybe it usually is (this is my first game with the mechanic), but this time it isn't. I had an ability and didn't want to die with it in my pocket. I do not know why they subsequently fell out of love, but something must have happened to nullify it because my ability was still "spent".

I can loverize again if the opportunity arises for me to repurchase the ability, but it hasn't come up yet, so I'm a vanilla townie right now. As such I do make sense as an elimination target, as until something unforeseen happens, I can't add any intel or affect the game in any meaningful way. I can think of one pair I'm curious to loverize if given the chance, but who knows if that'll happen or if you will let me live that long.

Anyway, watch the vote counts. There is opportunism afoot.

And I wrote you guys a damn sonnet, too.

Probably done posting for tonight!
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In post 3197, Bowser Jr. wrote:We post restricted Pav last Night which is confirmed by the fact that we have a neighborhood with him today. (Lukewarm I believe confirmed we claimed this ability in the neighborhood Day 2 and Bell/Pav should be able to vouch).

Since our PR is confirmed, the only way we're scum is if we are able to target four different players (two loverize, one NK, one post restriction) in one Night phase which is kinda laughable?

Like I guess it's technically possible but notty says that would be awkward game design and I believe him obvi :P

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In post 3199, Bowser Jr. wrote:If we targeted Oberon's Flower, we get a neighborhood with them.

If we targeted Titania, we got vanillaized, with the option to buy one more shot of the PR ability with 5 coins. We had to pay coins in order to learn this information.

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In post 2912, Dunnstral wrote:My role:

I'm Banquo
I'm the crier, I can send a message during the dawn phase
If I die I can continue to send a message during each dawn phase (not just the night after)
My sticks and stones ability is that I can't be protected from dying at night
It costs 5 gold to remove that part (which I have bought)
Breaking this up so as not to overwhelm the page with a ridiculous wall...


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Post Post #3470 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm

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In post 3454, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:Can I ask how a vanilized player regained a power to loverize Titus and I?
It was explicit in the role pm and part of the design.


Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Take pains. Be perfect.: Should you lose any abilities you may buy one 1-shot ability back. The cost is 6 gold coins


Icebox had a meme ability, where they could target a player each night, but had no idea what would happen, and there was the interaction with Puck if Puck targeted them.

In the posts wall the role PMs, the hidden parts of each role, if it had hidden parts is described. The role copy was a sort of punishment for town claiming unnecessarily. In the case of the loverize that didn't quite work it made sense for Pav to explain what he knew about what happened, but it opened up one of the more useful to scum roles to copy.
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Post Post #3471 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:15 pm

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fferyllt wrote:
fferyllt wrote:
Bowser Jr. wrote:See subject. May or may not use the PR, will message later if so.
Acknowledged!
Thou hast learned wondrous things about thy ability:

Shouldst thou target Oberon's Flower, thou shalt gain a neighborhood with them.

Shouldst thou target Titania, thou shalt lose thy ability and become naught but a vanilla player, though thou hast the option to buy one more shot for
5 gold coins
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This was information we learned about our role. Note that if we targeted Titania we would be vanillized and have the option to buy a shot of our ability again for five coins.

I assume Bell becoming vanilla gave him this same opportunity. So I don't think this is an error.

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Post Post #3472 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:17 pm

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What happened with CoF's gold coins?
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Post Post #3473 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:19 pm

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In post 3470, fferyllt wrote:
In post 3454, Lady Lambdadelta wrote:Can I ask how a vanilized player regained a power to loverize Titus and I?
It was explicit in the role pm and part of the design.


Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Take pains. Be perfect.: Should you lose any abilities you may buy one 1-shot ability back. The cost is 6 gold coins


Icebox had a meme ability, where they could target a player each night, but had no idea what would happen, and there was the interaction with Puck if Puck targeted them.

In the posts wall the role PMs, the hidden parts of each role, if it had hidden parts is described. The role copy was a sort of punishment for town claiming unnecessarily. In the case of the loverize that didn't quite work it made sense for Pav to explain what he knew about what happened, but it opened up one of the more useful to scum roles to copy.
That... that's...

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Post Post #3474 (ISO) » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:20 pm

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Congrats Bell! I was rooting for you by the end
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