Hinckley

Tonight's the night - Because I haven't given Ricey his damn banner. I thought that was more of a post-it than a title. That was so weird. It was a 4D movie experience at LEGOLAND Windsor and Pandora must've pissed off the booth operator at some point in time, because he/she aimed all the water and foam effects at her from behind the tinted glass. Pandora got drenched while we had all been just humorously spritzed. We went to see Clutch Powers 4D to get out of the rain, too.

It might be OK.

Yes.

"Welcome to the magical land of Agon Adludo. King Finnerty D. Colsh, his lovely wife Queen Vivian Coulahan Colsh and their son, Prince Nathaniel Kienan Colsh are constant targets of the Kensmy Clan assassins. The Royal Guard and a secret security detail go to great lengths to protect the King, the royal family and their court from the threat. Decades ago, King Colsh had banished the Kensmy Clan from Agon Adludo for treason. The conflicts that have resulted from their banishment are frequent and bloody and threaten to last for generations to come. If the Kensmy Clan overthrow the current monarchy, the Agon Adludo way of life will crumble and many innocent citizens of the realm will perish. Join the current conflict, already in progress, and help decide the future of Agon Adludo and the Colsh Royal Family. How will this conflict be decided? Mafia with a twist, of course." (no, this isn't an all-scum game) To sign up, please post the following in this thread: A brief history of your mafia experience here on Eurobricks. If you have played many games, just mention the highlights. Any conflicts for the next five weeks. Your favorite Eurobricks Mafia false roleclaim. Anyone who can't come up with one will not be considered. If you aren't aware of the intricacies of Mafia strategy, you won't do well with this concept. But, inexperience will not count against you. The twist for the game mechanics will not be as extreme as Prison Riot! This will function as a normal Mafia, for the most part. This is also not a shared action Mafia game. No pills or meals here. 12 participants will be chosen and the game will start this coming weekend. I will choose a mix of experienced and more recent Mafia School graduates. The more you know about previous Mafia games and the more you have demonstrated knowledge of Mafia game mechanics, the better.

Thanks Hikaro. You seem to follow the games closely. I hope you are able to play soon.

Thanks, guys. I like to keep activity going around here. That's what is important. It does worry me that Masked Builder hasn't logged in at all since his last post. If he does come back soon and is ready to go with his game, mine will only take 12 participants. I may choose from the eligible players at random so there are players left for Masked Builder's full mafia. I do hope he is just busy.

OK. While we're waiting to hear from Masked Builder and hoping he's OK, I'll run a quick little Mafia to keep everyone entertained. This'll be a short one. Only 12 participants. The sign-up will go up tonight.

I am cute.

Oh yes, the life of a 16 year old is ridiculously hectic. How does he fit it all in? Thank you for pointing out that he's only too young to be a member by our guidelines. That was a very nice thing to do.

Now it all makes sense...

He was the tree stump?

Define soon, please. You want to instill confidence in potential players by being consistent, so I would suggest getting a sign-up together in the next couple of days.

Lazy players are always aggravating. Town handed this one to the Scum, I think. Way to sweep 'em, Scum. Congratulations. Legoman, I'm impressed with your game. I told you why by PM. Town players, when a claimed investigator has a result, test it. Don't waste time doing other things. That's just plain lazy or not paying attention to the game at all. Verifying info is the only way to move forward. If you go back and look at what happened, you will see that proving Red's result one way or another would've given you the opportunity to see who was supporting Red and who was against her and who was trying to manipulate this situation and would've given you a good idea of who was Scum and who was Town. Oh well, I hope you guys remember that lesson.

I've had many lately: English Project Planner - Because I'm English now and I plan projects. Almighty Eurobricks Wiener - Given to me by myself because I just happen to be the Almighty Eurobricks Wiener. This was actually a result of the "swear-filter April Fools Day" THE Laser Raiders Champion - I rule at Laser Raiders, that's why. My score was the combination of the two players who sat in front of me. It didn't hurt that I could sweep both sides of the car being in a row by myself while they had to split the targets between the two of them. So, I guess I'm not that fantastic. Fantastic, though, yes. Random American Tourist - I am a RAT, because I made a conspicuous cameo in a certain review.

Are you posting from your phone? Please try not to be so sloppy in posting. We like to preserve language when we can. I'm not trying to pick on you, but I know you're a frequent contributor and I'd appreciate some attention paid to grammar. As far as the postulation that you could build this set cheaper via bricklink; have you done the research to prove that or are you just hazarding a guess? It'd be great to see the research. Honestly, I'd like to see if these sets could be built cheaper. I'm not trying to pick a fight. I actually wonder if ordering all of these parts and getting them shipped would actually make an enormous difference. These sets are made for a higher end tourism market, anyway. This research would be best to discern for fans what the value is. Can we assess some value in the lovely booklet with all the history of the site, the architecture's trademark costs and supporting fellow AFOLs? Random postulations are fun, but what if they were backed up by half the work the reviewers have put in?

Sounds like a very fair compromise and what Rufus was suggesting in our discussions. Thank you. And thanks to Rufus for taking his time to host the contest and iron out all the little details. You've displayed an excellent example of diplomacy, fairness and patience throughout and I'm glad you're on staff. Artizan, it's a very beautiful design. The tops, really.

You could've continued the polite conversation our staff had started with you. Rufus, who is running this contest, and doing a very good job at it, simply brought forward the concerns and asked you to prove that your entry doesn't violate the rules. If it's a render, it's an excellent creation, but it is against the rules that clearly state "no digital entries." Plain and simple. I'm not sure why you needed to bring this to the public instead of continuing an amicable discussion with Rufus. I think this is very clearly a render. Sorry to say, I think you've violated the rules of the competition and am not sure why you are taking this attitude towards it. Yes, you are close to winning in votes. The contest organizer's job is to make sure that your entry is valid. The reason it has been brought to our attention is because you are doing well in the voting thread, but the reasons for the question is the violation of the rules, which falls on you. Perhaps nobody would've noticed or it wouldn't have become an issue if you weren't doing well, but you are and now it's been brought to our attention and you don't seem able to prove that it is not a rendering. It's a beautiful model, though. You are truly creative and talented. I would love for you to build the actual model and enter the contest validly. But, please don't get angry with us or try to make us look unfair because you violated the rules and got caught. That is very disrespectful to us.

Ugh, I blocked The Foog in the last shot.

Well, if other people had voted sooner or the simple shield puzzle had been paid attention to earlier you wouldn't have had time to unvote. I had to end it when I did because while waiting for people to stop by and vote, you had changed the outcome of the game. I thought it was because Bob was going along with Cornelius's plan to wait for the vacuum cleaner salesman to pass. The demon's votes wouldn't have counted if you had kept your vote in place. The game mechanics wouldn't have worked that way. The game mechanics were an interesting device. I'll get to that later, but some things went out there just to get the innocents working. All that being said, I can't believe 5 of you didn't even vote for the last chapter. Like Cornelius, I was starting to have trouble with the theme. Considering something happening in real life, I didn't want the characters to all be doomed to Hell. I would really have liked the demons to lose, just to see everyone's spirits set free. However, that was not to be. The dark nature of the subject I chose is disturbing and I'm glad this game is finally drawing to its conclusion.

It was all of you really. You needed to vote for three people. You should've coordinated to make sure that the votes fell in place so three people that were trusted ended up holding swords. Since everyone voted for Pep and iamded, the demons got the third sword. So after working so hard to put all the pieces together, you lost on a technicality: only voting in two sword holders.

Me too.

"I can't believe with all of you 'men' around, I'm the one who had to swim down and retrieve the third sword," Ingrid says, "Whatever's coming up from below is here now. It was right behind me." "Yikes, a Bionicle!" Ingrid screams as she smacks the claw with the sword. It quickly retreats back into the water. "Oh no you don't!" Ingrid cries as she swings the sword at Fred, Diesel, Samantha and Diana. "We figured out who we can trust and you four are not on that list!" "OK, you other trusted tour members!" Ingrid says as she takes a battle position on the stairs, "Grab a sword and let's stab these no good demon jokers and then take care of that vacuum salesman." "The sword still won't come down!" Penny cries as she foolishly tries to pull the sword down by the blade. That's not very safe. "Try now!" Ingrid says as she places the third sword in the remaining hook. "Got it!" Penny cries as she grabs the sword. "And now we can fight the demons!" Ingrid cries as she grabs the other sword and joins Penny, ready to fight the demons. "But there are three swords!" Donna says, "Who did we vote as the third person to grab the sword?" "Um..." Penny and Ingrid think about what 'voting a third person' means. "Did anybody vote for somebody besides me and Ingrid?" Penny asks. "I voted for Tony," Donna explains, "But after he agreed to the vacuum salesman thing, I unvoted him and changed my vote to Ingrid." "What happens if we didn't work it out well enough to vote three people to hold the swords?" "Well I know I can be trusted," Sylvia says, "So, I'll grab this sword." But, the sword is now stuck. "It won't come off the hook!" Sylvia yells, "Somebody help!" "Now it's Diesel's turn to shine," Diesel says, annoyingly referring to himself in the third person, "I've been waiting for this for what seems like years." He begins to trash the statue. Diesel knocks the statue over and removes the torch from it's hand. "I see where you're going with this," Siegourney says as she similarly trashes the statue opposite Diesel. Diesel and Siegourney place the torches in the hooks where the swords were. "Yoink!" Samantha laughs as she grabs the sword out of the hook. "Hey!" Sylvia cries, "You're not trusted!" "I should be!" Samantha says as she forces Sylvia to the top of the stairs, "I have the true power of sight, not Chris. I can show you who these people really are and who among us is a demon." Before their very eyes. Sylvia turns into a hideous demon. "Sylvia Berent is a demon!" Samantha yells triumphantly, "not me!" Samantha lops off Sylvia's head... ...which rolls past the other and into... ...a gaping, reeking maw. Vacuus has risen and fed on it's first tour member. Sylvia Berent's body had perished, and her soul claimed by Hell. Penny, Samantha and Ingrid got ready to fight for everyone's soul. "Here is another demon among us!" Samantha cries, "Richard Stanton!" Samantha tosses a dazed Richard into the mouth of Vacuus. Richard's head and limbs fall to the bath as his soul sinks even deeper, to Hell. "Something's not right," Donna says, "These aren't the people we figured to be the demons at all. Could the puddle clues have pointed to Sylvia and Richard? Were the puddles tampered with after all? Maybe we were listening to the wrong people." "Drop the act, 'Mom,'" Diesel says as he grabs Donna, "I have the gift of sight too and it's clear that you're one of the demons who has been tricking us this whole time." Donna transforms to a hideous demon in front of them. After a quick trip to Vacuus's mouth, Donna's body expires as her soul gets trapped in Hell. "You know how pissed I'm going to be if we waited all this time just to lose on a technicality." Sheldon gains the strength to deride what's happening. "What were we supposed to do?" Ingrid asks, "The rules didn't say 'Make sure there are three nominees.' What were we supposed to do? Work together and coordinate?" "But I was voted as the third most trusted member!" Samantha declares as Vacuus takes a seat behind her, watching the little souls below him. "When you fools didn't vote a third trusted member," Samantha explains, "the demon's vote got counted. If you guys had just voted for three people, we wouldn't have gotten a vote. But our master told us to take advantage of our attack on Sheldon, and it worked! You fools forgot that all three swords had to held by trusted members. Vacuus has risen and our power has returned! That's how we made you think your friends were actually demons. They didn't look like Collectible Minifig Zombies. That was just our powers making you see that. And now you shall meet the demon who has brought this all to be." In a flash, Fred Thomas appears before them. He has been transformed into a hideous, yet somewhat hilarious, beast. "OK, that vision about the tour roster was total megablocks," Fred says, "The killer's name wasn't on the roster, but all the guests name were. Someone else's name was under the heading 'security detail'. That's why that stupid bus driver kept calling me by the wrong name. And that's how Johnson Willoughby learned my identity." "And now it's your turn, you hideous bitch!" Diana growls as she grabs Ingrid, "I hate your hair!" "Ha ha! You didn't count on me saving one of the sails from the boat!" Tony cries, "Ha! Yup...I have a sail...and now you'll be sorry..." "I was totally innocent until Fred stabbed me with his tooth," Diana laughs, "Funny enough, it was my husband who first brought the demon back to life during the last eclipse. I had no idea that's how he had died. I was told the body was missing. Now I know it's with Vacuus and now we shall be together in eternity!!" Tony's sail floats lamely on the surface of the bath. Vacuus sweeps Tony and Ingrid up in his claws. Tony is squeezed so hard, his head pops right off. His soul is now trapped in Hell Ingrid makes a tasty little snack for Vacuus as her soul is discarded and sinks to an eternity in Hell. "I can't believe my demon face is a the Fright Night witch." Samantha complains. "I'm from Atlantis." Fred says. "My sideburns don't even match my hair." Samantha continues as her self-consciousness grows. "Well, here we are at then end," Fred laughs, "Unfortunately Penny's granny gave her the special ability to protect people. After trying to protect three of us, she finally used her ability on the two of you losers." "So you are protected from harm," Fred admits, "However, the protection only covers your souls..." "Sorry I have to kill you," Siegourney says to Sheldon, "The sex was great and I'll always have our demon seed to remember you." "There's only room for one sexy red-head around here," Diesel says. Sheldon and Penny's decapitations are quick and relatively painless. "Ah, the best for last," Fred laughs as Diana pushes Chris Owen to him, "You did an amazing job at cracking our game wide open. It was quite an accomplishment for you to be the one who solved the mystery. Maybe you should learn not to gloat quite so much." "The best part of this is that you were so thorough in rubbing it in that you had figured it all out that you missed an important detail and didn't organize the innocents," Fred smiles, "You could've really put the final nail in our coffin, if you'd have paid as much attention to the structure as you did arguing point for point with me. And it's not like it was hard to figure out. The monk told you exactly what needed to happen." Chris stammers. "What's the matter Chris?" Fred laughs, "Grasping at straws?" The other demons laugh as Fred slits Chris's throat very slowly. The demons disappear as Chris slowly bleeds to death, suffering all the while. Outside the temple, 6 figures walked out into the deep red of the full lunar eclipse. The winners of Red Moon 2: Fred Thomas (CorneliusMurdock), Diesel Nolan (Dragonator), Siegourney Harcourt (Siegfried), Samantha Cole (Rufus), Diana Mantino (Fugazi) and William Falcon (WhiteFang). "Do we feel good about winning on a technicality?" Samantha asks. "Yes," Fred answers, "A win's a win." "It was an epically stupid mistake on their part, too." Diana adds. Everyone agrees and starts to laugh. "This post-game discussion is going to be interesting," Diesel predicts. William just stares at the frog. Back in the baths... "What do you guys do for fun around here?" Sheldon asks. "Oh, we swim," the crazy old monk answers, "...or we solve anagrams or move statue arms." "If I'm dead already, can I kill myself?" Sheldon asks... ________________________ I'll forego any player analysis for now and just let you guys discuss what happened. Cast of characters: Sylvia Berent played by Zepher Chris Owen played by Tamamono Siegourney Harcourt played by Siegfried Richard Sexton played by Mrlegoninja Donna Falcon played by Dannylonglegs William Falcon played by WhiteFang Diesel Nolan played by Dragonator Penny Maltese played by Peppermint_M Sheldon Wills played by Shadows Samantha Cole played by Rufus Tony Peck played by Bob_ Ingrid Peck played by iamded Fred Thomas played by CorneliusMurdock Diana Mantino played by Fugazi Reserves MaskedBuilder KielDaMan Scouty The Legonater *Thanks so much to VolcanicPanik, CallMePieOrDie, Swils, JediAnakin, Scorpiox, K-Nut, Darth Nihilius, The Legonater and Flipz for showing interest in the game. I wish there was more room. Please sign up again for future games! * Rules for Game play No anagrams. Each chapter you will be faced with a LEGO building challenge. The first part will be a group effort to find a certain amount of LEGO pieces. The second part will be an individual effort to figure out what model the pieces create. The winner of the individual effort will be judged by how much time is taken to solve the puzzle. When you begin to solve the puzzle post "Challenge begin" in the thread. When you solve it, PM me a picture of the finished product. Do not post in the thread for fifteen minutes following your "Challenge begin" post or your entry will be disqualified. The winners of the challenge will elect five people to receive clues. You must search for clues. This means that an action must be specified. For example, you wish to search a room for hidden objects. The following is an example of how not to go about this: "I wish to look for suspicious or hidden objects in this room". Instead, you must be able to specify what you want to do. For example: "I would like to open the drawers of the cabinet." It is not required for you to specify exactly what you are doing and what you are looking for, but a generalised statement will not find you anything. Act like a detective and you will be fine. Dynamic Actions: Actions you wish to carry out without all of the other players' knowledge can be PMed to the game host, Hinckley. You may or may not be allowed to do what you request. Host response time: Please be patient. You may bring the story to a point where you need the host to further game play. I will be on top of this game as much as possible. Please be patient with me between chapters as well. Stagnant game: If you find yourself stuck in the group challenge portion, it is because you need to find a clue or you've missed something. Don’t argue with the game host. You’ll be there until everything that needs to be discovered has been discovered. Each game day will last 72 hours with three portions, each lasting 24 hours. The team challenge will last 24 hours. The individual portion will last 24 hours. And the nomination process will last 24 hours. If the group fails to find all of the pieces in the first 24 hours, then the chapter will end with no further clues given. You cannot edit your posts. Failure to follow these rules will result in a warning. A second failure will result in the humorous death of your character.

Thank you. That makes more sense. Perhaps, it could be phrased more coherently next time.