Shadows

That reply combined with your current title made me giggle.

2 words: yellow castle. Do I want the set? Of course. Do I think that brick built horses and stickers make a great set? Not a chance.

*stares at the stupid topic and hopes it isn't a sign that EB is going downhill* *shakes it off* Carry on! *wanders off to ban this pizzamovies person before it's too late*

I was just thinking that if that guide rambles on any more about demons and curses and all that, we might want to slip away and find some alternate entertainment. Plus, if he ends up right, we might as well die happy...

Might be interesting to see just how flexible, dear.

We could cure this little addiction for you, if you'd like...

It will definitely destroy the chrome at the same time. That wasn't done with Brasso, it would be impossible to get in every crevice that well, those were soaked in bleach. The specific amount of time varies, but bleach does a nice job removing chrome. I've dechromed a few pieces that were worn, revealing the natural colour underneath. The only problem with lightsabers as an example is that they are rarely anything but bley or grey underneath. I haven't found one of the unique colours yet, but I've heard of red and blue in addition to those shown. The easiest way to tell is to look for an area inside the ends where the chrome doesn't completely cover (assuming you don't have a damaged one with plastic exposed already). I've definitely seen red under chrome exhaust pipes, as well as transclear. Haven't tried a crown yet. Dechroming is a unique way to salvage otherwise damaged parts and make something new, though outside of having unique lightsabers, I can't really come up with a good use for any of them.

... is GOOD! Yay Siegourney! Now let's move on before those creepy demons come running this way.

Maybe some of the other visitors could help me jerk, yank, or otherwise manually manipulate any and all appendages. And the ones on the statue, too.

Well, until we find a johnson rod or something to stick in that hole, I'd like to examine the statue closely, looking for markings, inscriptions or little switches or levers that might open a hidden compartment.

Somewhere in another story, a chandelier has just crushed an unsuspecting player, resulting in a Grim death. Let's move a torch there and put it in the same position as the others.

Oh, nice! Freaky statue with a very creative headpiece. I'd like to take a torch, please, I expect we'll need it later, and while I'm at it, I'd like to try tilting that last one into the same position as the other two. It looks a little out of place, so maybe that means something.

A confession, folks! If I die on night 1 in a game, you'll know that Sandy is scum! I cringed at that until I started laughing. Ah yes, that was a good one. To be honest, I just like playing, but I do think that most of the time it's easier to be scum. You might lose, but you never feel as out of control as when you're loyal. One of the secrets to playing good scum is to think loyal. How would I feel right now if I was loyal? What kinds of things would I be trying to use as evidence, excluding anything that might actually be helpful? What are the townies thinking and how can I support their incorrect beliefs? It makes the game a lot more fun once you get that down. Of course, the other option is to fly low and avoid notice. I never get to do that, even when I try, so if you ever see me doing that, don't think anything of it, I just need a break. Or maybe I'm lying again. You'll have to wait and see, huh? In Noir I was practically playing a part I'd played before in MC1 (my first game) where my boss was ... TinyPies. What are the odds I randomly got that role for the second time ever and it just happened to be his game? That was the worst clue.

*wakes up* What? Huh? Scratching! AAAAHHH! Wait... it was just a nightmare. Oh, it was horrible. We were in this house and we were looking around, going from room to room, and all we kept finding were these damn word puzzles ... Sliver blah blah what? ... AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! *passes out*

Before it's asked, my character info explains a little about my unique role. Andrew Gordon (Scum) You are the son of Steven & Lucy, You are an evil spoiled little brat. Ever since your uncle, Tony ‘The Toaster’ Gordon, was gunned down by the BOI, you inherited the tiny mafia in Stapleton. Even though you are only thirteen, and some felt you weren’t ready, you showed cold heartedness as the mob boss, and you are respected and feared amongst those in the Stapleton underworld. You are the Godfather of the Stapleton Mafia. (Although instead of the usual Godfather Role which shows you as a townie when investigated, you have a “peeping tom” role.) You can spy on the actions of one person a night and choose who your hit man takes out. I was relieved to see that 'The Toaster' part of his name was never mentioned anywhere, or I would have been... toast. I told you who I watched, didn't I? I know I was telling lots of people various things. I didn't lie about metagaming, or I'm missing your point. I still think it's one of the worst mistakes a player can make, it's too easy to trick someone by acting differently, or worse yet, you metagame out a player who ends up being on your side and lose for it. It's a dangerous tactic in almost any situation and one I hate more than any other in the game. As for Sandy, I knew the district attorney was trouble, so we tried to kill her on night one. When that didn't work, I figured she couldn't be killed at night. As the days progressed, she was helping us more than hurting, so I kept 'reluctantly' going along with her ideas and watching the body count rise. When she said all that stuff about being hard to kill and there being a 50% chance of killing her attacker and all, it reminded me a little too much of Shawn Imperante in Noir and I had to take the chance to see her killed then and there. I even called her a silver tongued toaster salesman at one point. I knew you might catch on to me, but I would have just had you killed that night if I thought you were on to me. I didn't think you were, so you lived until the end. I always figured you'd be good for the Quarry vote, and you were. Define 'personally' 5 scum out of 21 players. Many games start with 6. We were only able to use one conversion and that didn't take place until night 4. Daddylonglegs wasn't scum, he was neutral, but willing to work with us. I would add that it was a team of mostly background players. WhiteFang, TinyPiesRUs and SimonJedi all drew attention for not posting much, but that's their usual style, so whenever someone would bring that up, I'd remind them that it was perfectly normal. On the other end, Big Cam is an enthusiastic player not entirely unlike Striker, so people wanted to kill him early on. Keeping all of that in balance with my own overboard posting style wasn't easy. Draggy would have been helpful early on, but as it is, he only made one post and never had a chance to vote as scum. It was an eclectic mix, to say the least.

Now that's what I call a conclusion. No one suspected a 13yr old mob boss, even when I was the 13yr old. Amazing. To my fellow misunderstood heroes: Big Cam, Dragonator, SimonJedi, TinyPiesRUs, WhiteFang and our newly adopted serial killer, Daddylonglegs, good job one and all. Oh, and to the townies, honestly, we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you so much for your cooperation. You know, when this started, I felt like it was going to be particularly difficult because I wasn't given a traditional godfather role where you can't be investigated properly, I was actually made into a peeping tom. All it would have taken is one person checking and it would have been all over for me. Still, peeping tom (or peeping kid as I called it) ended up being a valuable source of information not just to use directly, but to feed people as helpful evidence. Of course, sometimes I twisted it around, and other times I used the results of our conversion investigator instead, just to make people think I was offering up useful tips for future decision making. I wasn't. As the game progressed, it got a little sloppy and hectic with people having to make up fake roles to excuse their activities, but we were lucky that a few loud voices kept the crowd worked up and confused and we were able to keep getting the job done, eventually. We had to find a suitable conversion target and that took 2 nights, then the night action cancellation kept us from using that info until night 4, by which time it was almost over. We were only allowed one conversion, and then we didn't even get any use out of the lazy dragon... Discovering that Daddylonglegs was the serial killer and approaching him with an offer to guarantee that we both would win ended up being the last unusual element of the game. I've never tried that before, but I just wasn't sure we'd get the votes otherwise (Draggy is out of town and I'm not sure where Fangy is). I hadn't counted on the welcome support of several of the town to push us over the top. Seriously, it wasn't quite as simple as just sitting back and waiting, we had to do a lot of subtle manipulation to get things going in the wrong direction and keep them there. By the end, it wasn't even vaguely subtle anymore, it was a madhouse. I'll always remember this last few hours of game as some of the best ever, just for pure insanity and confusion. Great game everyone, it's been a blast! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to our poker game, the strippers the cards are getting cold. What? Oh, nothing, Mary, I'll be right there!

No, but the post you were replying to was, so I wanted to keep them together. Always a tough call.

I moved the game posts to the game day where they belong.

Agreed! Damn Jimbee can't count.

Jim Butcher SimonJedi Shadows Big Cam Millacol88 TinyPiesRUs Ricecracker Dannylonglegs

And that is 8 votes. Good job, town! Or is that 7 and someone *cough*Millacol*cough* can't count?

Odd considering that he told someone else that he was the loyal investigator. Can't have two loyal investigators, I wouldn't think. You scum should come up with a story and stick to it or mistakes like that happen. Bad move. Now there are two neutrals to go with the two loyal investigators? It's just a serial killer and loyal investigator spree around here, isn't it? Shame neither of you ever managed to find a single scum to identify until AFTER you'd been revealed for the scum that you are. Isn't that a lucky coincidence for you? Yes you are.

The name of this game ... of life ... is Prohibition, a time without booze. The town has one drunk despite how he wants to claim he's drinking something else (please, we can all see the truth), and he just happens to have been instrumental in the death of the loyal district attorney. He's even gone so far as to privately claim to be the loyal investigator, but mysteriously hasn't found any scum despite how much the town has begged for any help at all. Instead, he's just voted for townies. Mr. Right was right on this one, I just wish we hadn't been tricked into ignoring it. Vote: Ryan Alberts / Quarryman

If there were 7 scum, this game of life would be over. We've already seen that there is a serial killer, who would be neutral, and that would mean that 7 scum would outnumber us. I think the arrival of 7 people is symbolically representing that there are only 7 townies left, though I suspect that some of the late arrivals are, in fact, scum. I do not think that any voice in the sky with even the slightest bit of normal hosting ability would put all of the scum together, that would be completely silly, plus I know I'm not one. Could the other 6 all be? I guess, but that seems a little hard to believe, doesn't it? That's a pretty good summary. Maybe we need to look back and where the previous incorrect accusations have come from and try to look for a pattern.

Daddy! I'm sorry I'm not more prompt on the morning after my father was brutally murdered. Noooooo... WHY? It is confusing. Why did they kill the mayor? Why was he a threat?