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Infinite Jest Mafia - Gouda hands the CIVs a win
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- If you have any questions about rules or game setup or need clarification on a specific issue, please PM me. Do not post these questions on the thread. I will not be lenient and will err on the side of AA’ing mod talk EXCEPT IN LIMITED INSTANCES WHERE MOD INTERACTION HAS BEEN STATED TO BE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED. If the question is something that I feel that needs to be addressed for all players, I will post a Mod Note in the thread.
- Votes must be made by bolding or starring a player’s name (ex: GAt or ***GAt***). If you would like to switch your vote from one player to another, please indicate this clearly by using language such as “switch to ***GAt***.” I will try to provide frequent vote counts, this will help tremendously in making sure these vote counts are accurate.
- Two missed votes will result in a AA. If you absolutely know that you will not be available to make a vote during a specific day round, I will allow players to send a proxy vote to me. Any proxy votes will be posted as a Mod Note and will only contain the vote itself.
- If there is a vote count that you do not think is accurate, DO NOT POST AS SUCH IN THE THREAD. Refer to Rule #1 and send me a PM, preferably with what is the correct vote tabulation and/or what post # contains a different vote than what I have listed.
- The clock I will be using is the clock at time.gov. Day rounds will end at 10:30:59am/1:30:59pm/4:30:59 pm Eastern Time unless otherwise indicated in a Mod Note.
- If two or more players are tied at the end of a day round, an instant OT will start. The first additional vote on a player in the tie will instantly end the round and that player will die. If no player has received an additional vote by 20 minutes after the scheduled deadline, the kill will be RNG’d between the players in the tie.
- In the event of a player receiving a majority of votes prior to the scheduled end of a round, an instant majority vote will be called and 5-minute twilight will begin. During this twilight period the player receiving a majority of votes will not be allowed to post, but all other remaining alive players may continue to post normally. I will make every effort to be around to track majos but please police yourself. At the close of the 5-minute twilight period night will be called. And normal night rules will apply. If a majo has occurred but twilight is not called and posting/voting continues, the majo will still count and no switches after the majo will be recognized.
- Majority votes will not occur when there are 8 or fewer players remaining. Majority votes will not occur when there is 20 minutes or less remaining in a round.
- Absolutely no night posting. Similar to mod talk, I will not be lenient. I understand some lag between trying to get a post in at the buzzer and the board registering it, but any posts outside of a very narrow window post-“NIGHT” will likely result in an AA unless extreme extenuating circumstances exist. Some discretion MAY come with majority votes. Do not test this.
- Every player will receive a PM with their role, including vanilla civs. PMs may not be discussed and/or posted in the game thread. If you decide to claim your role, you may not copy and paste your role PM. Roles may have restrictions surrounding claims.
- NOTE: CORRECTED VERSION: The mafia team did receive safe claims as all roles in this game are named roles.
- Order of Operations is as follows:
- 1) Roleblocking abilities
2) All other actions
3) Night kills - Other general rules: No editing or deleting posts, No repping of posts, No angleshooting or cheating
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You do not need to be intimately familiar (or even remotely familiar for that matter, see below) with the book, its characters, or its themes in order to play this game.
In this game we will have three factions: 1) The town, made up of recovering addicts from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House[SUP]1[/SUP] (redundancy sic), residents of the neighboring Enfield Tennis Academy[SUP]2[/SUP], and members of the US Office of Unspecified Services[SUP]3[/SUP], 2) the “mafia” is made up of various and sundry members of various and sundry Quebecois Separatist Groups[SUP]4[/SUP], and 3) an Indy Serial Killer. Night kills will have different flavors to allow distinction of the actions of each faction.
The book Infinite Jest is set in the near-future when the United States is part of the Organization of North American Nations[SUP]5[/SUP]. All of New England north of Boston has been forcibly ceded to Canada (under threat of nuclear annhilation) and turned into a giant toxic waste dump which is fed by giant catapults along the border which hurl waste northward. Said dump is inclusive of southern Quebec, which, to be fair, most players at certain upscale Boston-suburb tennis academies would, when subjected to like even the slightest prodding or cajoling, most probably tell you was actually improved by the catapult-launched loads of toxic waste lobbed in its direction. The territory is roamed by either giant feral hamsters or dinosaur-sized feral toddlers (the stuff of fucking nightmares, truly).
The book is also the eponym of a movie made by James Incandenza that is so engrossing and powerful that any person who watches it immediately becomes catatonic, face warped into a grotesque mask bordering on both happiness and horror. Those that are exposed to Infinite Jest lose all interest in anything (for e.g. food or any forms of even like the most basic of human hygiene) other than watching the movie over and over on an endless loop. The watcher slowly withers and dies, transfixed.
The Quebecois Separatists are in search of the master copy of The Entertainment from which they hope to be able to create copies that can be sent out to O.N.A.N. political leaders in a terrorist act that will force Canada to allow Quebec to secede.
But honestly, Infinite Jest (the book) is not about this storyline. Its a story about addiction, recovery, dysfunctional families, depression, the dangers of the human need to be entertained, and the hollowness of life that creepingly comes upon us as we cede active engagement with other actual humans in our lives in place of shiny, colorful things to entertain us. Oh and tennis. Its also about tennis.
1) Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic) is a Boston-area halfway house for recovering addicts of all flavors. It is located just down the hill from Enfield Tennis Academy (see, super 2, below) and characters from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic) play a major role in the events that unfold in Infinite Jest.
2) Enfield Tennis Academy (ETA) is an elite Junior Tennis Academy located in the suburbs of Boston. Found by James Incandenza, it serves as one of the primary settings for Infinite Jest. It is located, not randomly one would presume, just up the hill from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic).
3) US Office of Unspecified Services (aka Le Bureau Sans Specificite, or BSS, to our not-so-friendly ‘Nuck separatist neighbors to the North) is a newly formed agglomeration of many of the current US services, agencies, offices, and other assorted governmental detritus responsible for violence in some form or other and as such it encompasses e.g. the Nat'l Security Agency, A.T.F. and D.E.A., C.I.A. and O.N.R. and Secret Service.
4) The Quebecois Separatists are a loosely-affiliated group of fringe ‘Nuck terrorist groups the most well-known (and pretty much the most rapacious) of which is Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent (The Wheelchair Assassins), a group of wheelchair-bound terrorists comprised of the sons of Quebecois miners who lost their legs playing a childhood game called La Culte du Prochain Train (“The Cult of the Next Train”) (super a). Moments before suffering a violent death, victims of the AFR are said to “hear the squeak” (e.g. the squeak of the wheels of the assassin’s chair).
4a) La Culte du Prochain Train is a game played by the male progeny of asbestos, nickel, and zinc miners in the remote Papineau of Quebec. In its simplest form, the game is played by 216 boys organized into groups of six. Each group of six stands on consecutive railroad ties and awaits an oncoming train. The goal of the game is to be the very last among the six to dive across the tracks in front of the train and emerge with limbs intact. If the last of the six to jump is struck by the train, the 2nd to last will advance (assuming intact limbs, obviously). The winner of each round advances to the next round and on and on until only six remain. It is not uncommon for several of the final six to be struck. That many of the initial members of the AFR were members of this final group across multiple competitions is beyond sociohistorical dispute.
5) The Organization of North American Nations (O.N.A.N.) is a unified North American entity made up of present-day Mexico, The United States, and Canada.
In this game we will have three factions: 1) The town, made up of recovering addicts from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House[SUP]1[/SUP] (redundancy sic), residents of the neighboring Enfield Tennis Academy[SUP]2[/SUP], and members of the US Office of Unspecified Services[SUP]3[/SUP], 2) the “mafia” is made up of various and sundry members of various and sundry Quebecois Separatist Groups[SUP]4[/SUP], and 3) an Indy Serial Killer. Night kills will have different flavors to allow distinction of the actions of each faction.
The book Infinite Jest is set in the near-future when the United States is part of the Organization of North American Nations[SUP]5[/SUP]. All of New England north of Boston has been forcibly ceded to Canada (under threat of nuclear annhilation) and turned into a giant toxic waste dump which is fed by giant catapults along the border which hurl waste northward. Said dump is inclusive of southern Quebec, which, to be fair, most players at certain upscale Boston-suburb tennis academies would, when subjected to like even the slightest prodding or cajoling, most probably tell you was actually improved by the catapult-launched loads of toxic waste lobbed in its direction. The territory is roamed by either giant feral hamsters or dinosaur-sized feral toddlers (the stuff of fucking nightmares, truly).
The book is also the eponym of a movie made by James Incandenza that is so engrossing and powerful that any person who watches it immediately becomes catatonic, face warped into a grotesque mask bordering on both happiness and horror. Those that are exposed to Infinite Jest lose all interest in anything (for e.g. food or any forms of even like the most basic of human hygiene) other than watching the movie over and over on an endless loop. The watcher slowly withers and dies, transfixed.
The Quebecois Separatists are in search of the master copy of The Entertainment from which they hope to be able to create copies that can be sent out to O.N.A.N. political leaders in a terrorist act that will force Canada to allow Quebec to secede.
But honestly, Infinite Jest (the book) is not about this storyline. Its a story about addiction, recovery, dysfunctional families, depression, the dangers of the human need to be entertained, and the hollowness of life that creepingly comes upon us as we cede active engagement with other actual humans in our lives in place of shiny, colorful things to entertain us. Oh and tennis. Its also about tennis.
1) Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic) is a Boston-area halfway house for recovering addicts of all flavors. It is located just down the hill from Enfield Tennis Academy (see, super 2, below) and characters from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic) play a major role in the events that unfold in Infinite Jest.
2) Enfield Tennis Academy (ETA) is an elite Junior Tennis Academy located in the suburbs of Boston. Found by James Incandenza, it serves as one of the primary settings for Infinite Jest. It is located, not randomly one would presume, just up the hill from Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic).
3) US Office of Unspecified Services (aka Le Bureau Sans Specificite, or BSS, to our not-so-friendly ‘Nuck separatist neighbors to the North) is a newly formed agglomeration of many of the current US services, agencies, offices, and other assorted governmental detritus responsible for violence in some form or other and as such it encompasses e.g. the Nat'l Security Agency, A.T.F. and D.E.A., C.I.A. and O.N.R. and Secret Service.
4) The Quebecois Separatists are a loosely-affiliated group of fringe ‘Nuck terrorist groups the most well-known (and pretty much the most rapacious) of which is Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent (The Wheelchair Assassins), a group of wheelchair-bound terrorists comprised of the sons of Quebecois miners who lost their legs playing a childhood game called La Culte du Prochain Train (“The Cult of the Next Train”) (super a). Moments before suffering a violent death, victims of the AFR are said to “hear the squeak” (e.g. the squeak of the wheels of the assassin’s chair).
4a) La Culte du Prochain Train is a game played by the male progeny of asbestos, nickel, and zinc miners in the remote Papineau of Quebec. In its simplest form, the game is played by 216 boys organized into groups of six. Each group of six stands on consecutive railroad ties and awaits an oncoming train. The goal of the game is to be the very last among the six to dive across the tracks in front of the train and emerge with limbs intact. If the last of the six to jump is struck by the train, the 2nd to last will advance (assuming intact limbs, obviously). The winner of each round advances to the next round and on and on until only six remain. It is not uncommon for several of the final six to be struck. That many of the initial members of the AFR were members of this final group across multiple competitions is beyond sociohistorical dispute.
5) The Organization of North American Nations (O.N.A.N.) is a unified North American entity made up of present-day Mexico, The United States, and Canada.
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Player List
1) mako
2) bym -- Civ Indy Hunter Bruce Green was killed in the night on N4
3) ryala -- Civ GF Hunter Don Gately was killed in the night on N4
4) townie -- Vanilla Civ Trevor "The Axhandle" Axford was lynched by the town on D3
5) numbers
6) nonny -- Civ RB Michael Pemulis was killed in the night on N5
7) Gouda -- Indy SK Randy Lenz was killed in the night on N6
8) Knight -- Mafia Traitor Remy Marathe was lynched by the town on D4
9) dv7 -- Civ Detective was AA'ed for night posting on N4
10) Rommy -- Civ James O Incandenza demapped himself on N1
11) SD3
12) Juice -- Mafia GF Guillaume DuPlessis was killed on N2
13) Da -- Mafia RB Avril Incandenza was killed on N3
14) D14 -- Vanilla Civ USS Millicent Kent was lynched by the town on D1
15) WFU03 -- Mafia Searcher Luria P_____ was killed on N1
16) Eagles
17) Jman -- Civ 1x Vig Hitter Orin Incandenza was killed on N3
18) Toogs -- Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch was killed on N2
19) Gooner -- Mafia Goon M Fortier was lynched by the town on D6
20) Parlay -- Civ Doctor Mario Incandenza was killed in the night on N6
21) Tim
22) RobertPirsig -- Vanilla Civ Hal Incandenza was lynched by the town on D5
23) PhDeac -- Civ Cop was lynched by the town on D2
1) mako
2) bym -- Civ Indy Hunter Bruce Green was killed in the night on N4
3) ryala -- Civ GF Hunter Don Gately was killed in the night on N4
4) townie -- Vanilla Civ Trevor "The Axhandle" Axford was lynched by the town on D3
5) numbers
6) nonny -- Civ RB Michael Pemulis was killed in the night on N5
7) Gouda -- Indy SK Randy Lenz was killed in the night on N6
8) Knight -- Mafia Traitor Remy Marathe was lynched by the town on D4
9) dv7 -- Civ Detective was AA'ed for night posting on N4
10) Rommy -- Civ James O Incandenza demapped himself on N1
11) SD3
12) Juice -- Mafia GF Guillaume DuPlessis was killed on N2
13) Da -- Mafia RB Avril Incandenza was killed on N3
14) D14 -- Vanilla Civ USS Millicent Kent was lynched by the town on D1
15) WFU03 -- Mafia Searcher Luria P_____ was killed on N1
16) Eagles
17) Jman -- Civ 1x Vig Hitter Orin Incandenza was killed on N3
18) Toogs -- Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch was killed on N2
19) Gooner -- Mafia Goon M Fortier was lynched by the town on D6
20) Parlay -- Civ Doctor Mario Incandenza was killed in the night on N6
21) Tim
22) RobertPirsig -- Vanilla Civ Hal Incandenza was lynched by the town on D5
23) PhDeac -- Civ Cop was lynched by the town on D2
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Roles will be sent out to all players over the next 30 minutes. All players (including vanilla civs) will receive a role PM. The thread will be unlocked for play beginning at 4pm.
Win Conditions:
Town: Eliminate the mafia and serial killer
Mafia: Eliminate the serial killer and the town can no longer win
Serial Killer: Last man standing
Please note the changes to rules #1 and #7, above.
Win Conditions:
Town: Eliminate the mafia and serial killer
Mafia: Eliminate the serial killer and the town can no longer win
Serial Killer: Last man standing
Please note the changes to rules #1 and #7, above.
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Day 1 Final Vote Count (page 25):
Everyone voted
Day 2 Final Vote Count (page 46):
Missed vote: Ryala
Day 3 Final Vote Count (page 62):
No missed votes
Day 4 Final Vote Count (Page 66):
Majo so no missed votes
Day 5 Final Vote Count (Page 88):
No missed votes
| D14 | 7 | numbers | knight | gouda | Gooner | juice | Jman | Tim |
| juice | 5 | rommy | D14 | Eagles | bym | Toogs | ||
| da | 3 | mako | SD3 | townie | ||||
| knight | 1 | nonny | ||||||
| RobertPirsig | 1 | dv7 | ||||||
| numbers | 1 | RobertPirsig | ||||||
| WFU03 | 1 | ryala | ||||||
| SD3 | 1 | PhDeac | ||||||
| Parlay | 1 | da | ||||||
| gouda | 1 | Parlay | ||||||
| Gooner | 1 | WFU03 |
Everyone voted
Day 2 Final Vote Count (page 46):
| PhDeac | 6 | Jman | knight | Gooner | SD3 | Tim | Eagles |
| SD3 | 3 | gouda | Parlay | PhDeac | |||
| mako | 3 | nonny | da | Toogs | |||
| Tim | 2 | RobertPirsig | townie | ||||
| bym | 1 | juice | |||||
| juice | 1 | bym | |||||
| da | 1 | mako | |||||
| knight | 1 | dv7 | |||||
| RobertPirsig | 1 | numbers |
Missed vote: Ryala
Day 3 Final Vote Count (page 62):
| townie | 8 | da | Jman | nonny | SD3 | Gooner | gouda | Tim | knight |
| knight | 7 | numbers | dv7 | RobertPirsig | bym | Parlay | ryala | Eagles | |
| da | 2 | mako | townie |
No missed votes
Day 4 Final Vote Count (Page 66):
| knight | 8 | numbers | RobertPirsig | Gooner | bym | mako | Tim | Eagles | Parlay |
Majo so no missed votes
Day 5 Final Vote Count (Page 88):
| RobertPirsig | 5 | numbers | nonny | Eagles | Tim | gouda |
| Tim | 4 | Gooner | Parlay | mako | SD3 | |
| Gooner | 1 | RobertPirsig |
No missed votes
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D14 - Vanilla Civ USS Millicent Kent was lynched by the town on D1
Civ USS Millicent Kent -- You are Millicent Kent, one of the junior players at Enfield Tennis Academy. You are referred to as having "breasts like artillery" and a butt like "two bulldogs in a bag". You are also the only known romantic interest for homodontic and grossly misshapen Mario Incandenza. In this game, however, you have no special power and are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Rommy - Civ James O Incandenza was found dead, having de-mapped Himself on N1.
Civ James O Incandenza (aka JOI, Himself, the Mad Stork, the Sad Stork) – You are the patriarch of the Incandenza family, husband of Avril Incandenza (nee Mondragon), father of Orin, Mario, and Hal (though your contributions to Mario’s genetic makeup are, to put it charitably, debatable). You commit suicide (aka “de-map” yourself) several years before the major events in the Infinite Jest timeline by putting your head in a microwave oven. But you are later able to come back as a wraith to visit several people in the story. This is where your power comes from - if you are not lynched on D1, you will automatically demap yourself N1, ending your time in the game thread. Despite your death you will have the power to communicate with the living (REMAINDER OF ROLE REDACTED)
PhDeac, Civ Cop Hugh Steeply was lynched by the town on D2.
Civ Hugh/Helen Steeply – Cop -- You are Hugh Steeply, a member of the US Office of Unspecified Services and you are seeking to stop the various and sundry ‘Nuck separatist groups from acquiring a copy of The Entertainment that could then be used as a weapon of terror. Your role in this game is Cop. Each night you will be able to submit one name for investigation. If this person you investigate is a member of the 'Nuck Separatist group you will receive “mafia” in response. If not, you will receive “not mafia” in response. You win with the town.
Toogs, Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch was killed in the night on N2
Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch - you are Jim Troelstch, a junior tennis player at Enfield Tennis Academy. Your goal in life is to be a tennis broadcaster. That is of no use to you in this game, however, and you will play as a Vanilla Civ. You win with the town.
Townie - Vanilla Civ Trevor "Axhandle" Axford was lynched by the town on D3
You are Civ Trevor Axford, a junior player at Enfield Tennis Academy. Your claim to fame is that you have only three and a half digits on your right hand. This provides you with no special power in the game and you are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Jman - Civ Orin Incandenza was killed in the night on N3.
Civ Orin Incandenza – You are Orin Incandenza, the eldest son of James and Avril Incandenza, a talented former junior tennis player and current punter for the Arizona Cardinals. When the game starts you are in possession of a master copy of The Entertainment, sought after by the Quebecois Separatists. You gained this master copy by digging up your father’s dead body and removing the master copy from his head. In the book you send copies of The Entertainment to enemies of your father on the anniversary of his death. In this game that is the source of your power: you are a 1x vig hitter representing your ability to send out The Entertainment to any player you choose to kill. If you use your vig hit it will be shared with a distinctive kill flavor. You win with the town. HIDDEN: Even if the mafia do not find you through searching, they will still get your master copy of The Entertainment if they night kill you.
dv7 - Civ Detective Assistant North Shore DA was AA for Night Posting on N4
Civ Assistant North Shore DA – Civ Detective -- You are the unnamed Assistant North Shore DA who prosecuted Don Gately several times (forcing him to undergo a rather uncomfortable Demerol withdrawal on the floor of a Boston jail cell) and who was the subject of an act of revenge from the aforementioned Gately so unspeakable that i won’t even like darken this PM with the details. Your role in this game is once per night you can investigate a player. In doing this you learn the player’s role but not their alignment. Some roles will be clear with a well-known name (e.g. roleblocker) while others will be less clear and more descriptive as no known name exists (e.g. communicative).
Ryala - Civ GF Hunter Don Gately, was killed in the night on N4
Civ Don Gately -- Godfather Hunter– You are Don Gately, a former thief and Demerol addict, and current counselor in residence at Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic). Your role as Godfather Hunter in this game stems from your accidental killing of M DuPlessis, one of the leaders of the AFR and brother to Guillaume DuPlessis, current leader of the AFR, during a burglary turned robbery which you used to support your Demerol habit. Each night you may submit the name of a player for investigation. If the player you target is the Godfather you will be told. All other investigations with return “not the GF”. You win with the town.
BYM - Civ Indy Hunter, Bruce Green was killed in the night on N4
Civ Bruce Green - Indy Hunter. You are Bruce Green resident of Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy sic). On your nightly walks from AA meetings back to Ennet House you come to befriend Randy Lenz (the Indy) and eventually see him kill a dog, setting off the final scenes of the book. Each night you will be able to submit a name for investigation. If the player you target is Randy Lenz, you will be told you have found the Indy. You win with the town.
RobertPirsig, Vanilla Civ Hal Incandenza has been lynched by the town on D5
Civ Hal Incandenza – Vanilla Civ -- You are Hal Incandenza, youngest son of James and Avril Incandenza, brother to both Orin and Mario Indandenza, and both a child tennis prodigy and a child grammar and usage prodigy. While you are arguably the protagonist in the book, you have no special powers in this game and as such are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Nonny, Civ RB Michael Pemulis was killed in the night on N5
Civ Michael Pemulis - you are Michael Pemulis, a mediocre tennis player at Enfield Tennis Academy who hails from the nearby blue-collar town of Allston, MA. You are also the resident drug dealer to students at Enfield Tennis Academy. Given your familiarity with drugs and your mediocre tennis skills, you have developed a penchant for “dosing” your opponents before matches by slipping drugs into whatever they are drinking while on court. Additionally, toward the end of the book you succeed in procuring several doses of a virulently potent but exceedingly rare hallucinogenic drug called DMZ (street name: Madame Psychosis). With these in mind you have the option of role choice (chosen anytime before the end of D2) between role-blocker (dosing your opponents - no limit on usage) or 1-time vig (giving them DMZ). If you choose the roleblock option you may submit one name per night and the player you name will be blocked from making any moves that night. They will be notified that they were blocked. If you choose the one-time vig hit you will have a distinctive kill flavor. You win with the town.
Civ USS Millicent Kent -- You are Millicent Kent, one of the junior players at Enfield Tennis Academy. You are referred to as having "breasts like artillery" and a butt like "two bulldogs in a bag". You are also the only known romantic interest for homodontic and grossly misshapen Mario Incandenza. In this game, however, you have no special power and are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Rommy - Civ James O Incandenza was found dead, having de-mapped Himself on N1.
Civ James O Incandenza (aka JOI, Himself, the Mad Stork, the Sad Stork) – You are the patriarch of the Incandenza family, husband of Avril Incandenza (nee Mondragon), father of Orin, Mario, and Hal (though your contributions to Mario’s genetic makeup are, to put it charitably, debatable). You commit suicide (aka “de-map” yourself) several years before the major events in the Infinite Jest timeline by putting your head in a microwave oven. But you are later able to come back as a wraith to visit several people in the story. This is where your power comes from - if you are not lynched on D1, you will automatically demap yourself N1, ending your time in the game thread. Despite your death you will have the power to communicate with the living (REMAINDER OF ROLE REDACTED)
PhDeac, Civ Cop Hugh Steeply was lynched by the town on D2.
Civ Hugh/Helen Steeply – Cop -- You are Hugh Steeply, a member of the US Office of Unspecified Services and you are seeking to stop the various and sundry ‘Nuck separatist groups from acquiring a copy of The Entertainment that could then be used as a weapon of terror. Your role in this game is Cop. Each night you will be able to submit one name for investigation. If this person you investigate is a member of the 'Nuck Separatist group you will receive “mafia” in response. If not, you will receive “not mafia” in response. You win with the town.
Toogs, Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch was killed in the night on N2
Vanilla Civ Jim Troeltsch - you are Jim Troelstch, a junior tennis player at Enfield Tennis Academy. Your goal in life is to be a tennis broadcaster. That is of no use to you in this game, however, and you will play as a Vanilla Civ. You win with the town.
Townie - Vanilla Civ Trevor "Axhandle" Axford was lynched by the town on D3
You are Civ Trevor Axford, a junior player at Enfield Tennis Academy. Your claim to fame is that you have only three and a half digits on your right hand. This provides you with no special power in the game and you are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Jman - Civ Orin Incandenza was killed in the night on N3.
Civ Orin Incandenza – You are Orin Incandenza, the eldest son of James and Avril Incandenza, a talented former junior tennis player and current punter for the Arizona Cardinals. When the game starts you are in possession of a master copy of The Entertainment, sought after by the Quebecois Separatists. You gained this master copy by digging up your father’s dead body and removing the master copy from his head. In the book you send copies of The Entertainment to enemies of your father on the anniversary of his death. In this game that is the source of your power: you are a 1x vig hitter representing your ability to send out The Entertainment to any player you choose to kill. If you use your vig hit it will be shared with a distinctive kill flavor. You win with the town. HIDDEN: Even if the mafia do not find you through searching, they will still get your master copy of The Entertainment if they night kill you.
dv7 - Civ Detective Assistant North Shore DA was AA for Night Posting on N4
Civ Assistant North Shore DA – Civ Detective -- You are the unnamed Assistant North Shore DA who prosecuted Don Gately several times (forcing him to undergo a rather uncomfortable Demerol withdrawal on the floor of a Boston jail cell) and who was the subject of an act of revenge from the aforementioned Gately so unspeakable that i won’t even like darken this PM with the details. Your role in this game is once per night you can investigate a player. In doing this you learn the player’s role but not their alignment. Some roles will be clear with a well-known name (e.g. roleblocker) while others will be less clear and more descriptive as no known name exists (e.g. communicative).
Ryala - Civ GF Hunter Don Gately, was killed in the night on N4
Civ Don Gately -- Godfather Hunter– You are Don Gately, a former thief and Demerol addict, and current counselor in residence at Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy, sic). Your role as Godfather Hunter in this game stems from your accidental killing of M DuPlessis, one of the leaders of the AFR and brother to Guillaume DuPlessis, current leader of the AFR, during a burglary turned robbery which you used to support your Demerol habit. Each night you may submit the name of a player for investigation. If the player you target is the Godfather you will be told. All other investigations with return “not the GF”. You win with the town.
BYM - Civ Indy Hunter, Bruce Green was killed in the night on N4
Civ Bruce Green - Indy Hunter. You are Bruce Green resident of Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House (redundancy sic). On your nightly walks from AA meetings back to Ennet House you come to befriend Randy Lenz (the Indy) and eventually see him kill a dog, setting off the final scenes of the book. Each night you will be able to submit a name for investigation. If the player you target is Randy Lenz, you will be told you have found the Indy. You win with the town.
RobertPirsig, Vanilla Civ Hal Incandenza has been lynched by the town on D5
Civ Hal Incandenza – Vanilla Civ -- You are Hal Incandenza, youngest son of James and Avril Incandenza, brother to both Orin and Mario Indandenza, and both a child tennis prodigy and a child grammar and usage prodigy. While you are arguably the protagonist in the book, you have no special powers in this game and as such are a vanilla civ. You win with the town.
Nonny, Civ RB Michael Pemulis was killed in the night on N5
Civ Michael Pemulis - you are Michael Pemulis, a mediocre tennis player at Enfield Tennis Academy who hails from the nearby blue-collar town of Allston, MA. You are also the resident drug dealer to students at Enfield Tennis Academy. Given your familiarity with drugs and your mediocre tennis skills, you have developed a penchant for “dosing” your opponents before matches by slipping drugs into whatever they are drinking while on court. Additionally, toward the end of the book you succeed in procuring several doses of a virulently potent but exceedingly rare hallucinogenic drug called DMZ (street name: Madame Psychosis). With these in mind you have the option of role choice (chosen anytime before the end of D2) between role-blocker (dosing your opponents - no limit on usage) or 1-time vig (giving them DMZ). If you choose the roleblock option you may submit one name per night and the player you name will be blocked from making any moves that night. They will be notified that they were blocked. If you choose the one-time vig hit you will have a distinctive kill flavor. You win with the town.
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WFU03, Mafia Luria P____, Mafia Searcher was found inside of two Hefty Steel Sack garbage bags on N1.
Mafia Luria P____ – Mafia Searcher. You are searching for Orin Incandenza who has the master copy of The Entertainment . If you can find him, you will submit him to a technical interrogation by trapping him inside of a giant overturned glass with his greatest fear: roaches. This will force him to give you the master copy of The Entertainment but will not kill him. If you should be successful in getting a copy of The Entertainment from Orin your faction will get 2 night kills on the following night.
Juice, Mafia GF Guillaume DuPlessis was killed in the night on N2
Mafia Guillaume Duplessis – Mafia Godfather. You are Guillaume Duplessis, leader of Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent and as such you will serve as the Godfather for the Quebecois Insurgent mafia. If you are investigated by a Cop they will receive a message that you are “not mafia”
Da - Mafia Roleblocker Avril Incandenza was killed in the night on N3.
Mafia Avril Incandenza nee Mondragon – Mafia Roleblocker. You are Avril Incandenza (aka The Moms), wife of James, Mother to Orin, Mario, and Hal and are one of the most loathsome characters in the book. You sleep with anything with a Y chromosome (including your potentially half-brother Charles Tavis, various near-eastern medical attachees, junior players at Enfield Tennis Academy, and possibly even your son Orin). You are Quebecois by blood and it is widely suggested through Infinite Jest that you are, at best, a willing sympathizer (and at worst, a major participant in the activities) of various and sundry ‘Nuck Separatist Groups. Your varied allegiances land you on the mafia for this game and your power is derived from your willingness to to sleep with nearly anyone. Each night you submit a name of a player roleblock through your seductive skills. This player will be blocked from making any moves that night and will be notified that they were blocked. You win with the mafia.
Knight, Mafia Traitor Remy Marathe was lynched by the town on D4
Mafia Remy Marathe -- Mafia Traitor -- You are Remy Marathe, a member of Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent but also a double-agent working with the US Office of Unspecified Services who have promised to help your wife receive medical treatment as a condition of your duplicity. The AFR believe you are actually a triple agent but because your allegiances are ultimately even-numbered, you will serve as a traitor in this game. You will not be able to communicate with your mafia teammates and they do not even know of your existence - thus making it possible that they could night kill you. You have no way to join them but if you outlive all of the other mafia you will inherit their factional kill. You win with the mafia.
Mafia Luria P____ – Mafia Searcher. You are searching for Orin Incandenza who has the master copy of The Entertainment . If you can find him, you will submit him to a technical interrogation by trapping him inside of a giant overturned glass with his greatest fear: roaches. This will force him to give you the master copy of The Entertainment but will not kill him. If you should be successful in getting a copy of The Entertainment from Orin your faction will get 2 night kills on the following night.
Juice, Mafia GF Guillaume DuPlessis was killed in the night on N2
Mafia Guillaume Duplessis – Mafia Godfather. You are Guillaume Duplessis, leader of Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent and as such you will serve as the Godfather for the Quebecois Insurgent mafia. If you are investigated by a Cop they will receive a message that you are “not mafia”
Da - Mafia Roleblocker Avril Incandenza was killed in the night on N3.
Mafia Avril Incandenza nee Mondragon – Mafia Roleblocker. You are Avril Incandenza (aka The Moms), wife of James, Mother to Orin, Mario, and Hal and are one of the most loathsome characters in the book. You sleep with anything with a Y chromosome (including your potentially half-brother Charles Tavis, various near-eastern medical attachees, junior players at Enfield Tennis Academy, and possibly even your son Orin). You are Quebecois by blood and it is widely suggested through Infinite Jest that you are, at best, a willing sympathizer (and at worst, a major participant in the activities) of various and sundry ‘Nuck Separatist Groups. Your varied allegiances land you on the mafia for this game and your power is derived from your willingness to to sleep with nearly anyone. Each night you submit a name of a player roleblock through your seductive skills. This player will be blocked from making any moves that night and will be notified that they were blocked. You win with the mafia.
Knight, Mafia Traitor Remy Marathe was lynched by the town on D4
Mafia Remy Marathe -- Mafia Traitor -- You are Remy Marathe, a member of Les Assassins de Fauteuils Rollent but also a double-agent working with the US Office of Unspecified Services who have promised to help your wife receive medical treatment as a condition of your duplicity. The AFR believe you are actually a triple agent but because your allegiances are ultimately even-numbered, you will serve as a traitor in this game. You will not be able to communicate with your mafia teammates and they do not even know of your existence - thus making it possible that they could night kill you. You have no way to join them but if you outlive all of the other mafia you will inherit their factional kill. You win with the mafia.
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Hold for Indy death post
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Mod Note: Much like IJ treated post-modern fiction, i’m going to try some different things in this game. Rule-breaking things. If that gives you the howling fantods and you don’t think you can keep from losing your shit you should probably let me know so i can demap you now and save us all the trouble of e.g. having to AA you later for like crying and generally being a baby.
When these things happen or become clear, I ask only that you trust the process and let the game play out. I have attempted to account for what may seem otherwise imbalanced.
Also, we will be playing Eschaton. Eschaton will take place at the close of D2 after the lynch but before night actions. I would suggest all attempt to be here for Eschaton.
When these things happen or become clear, I ask only that you trust the process and let the game play out. I have attempted to account for what may seem otherwise imbalanced.
Also, we will be playing Eschaton. Eschaton will take place at the close of D2 after the lynch but before night actions. I would suggest all attempt to be here for Eschaton.
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And so but yo man, what's your story?
Day 1 begins now and ends at 10:30 AM.
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Off to a good start
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you'd be half right!
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Since this game of mafia is about a book, here's a hypothetical: How much money would someone have to pay you for you to no longer know how to read? For the remainder of your life, you will be unable to learn again. You can still physically see the letters, you just can no longer understand written words. Your ability to count and do basic math is unaffected. You get the money in a lump sum.
My roommate's answer to this hypothetical is ridiculously high and I wanna prove him wrong.
My roommate's answer to this hypothetical is ridiculously high and I wanna prove him wrong.
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First game as mafia eh?