[Omtose]

And interesting, it appears that Ruse was lying about Rashan's alignment.

[Merrid]

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 01:30 PM, said:

Well guys, my available time is probably going to be decreasing drastically due to real life issues (or Cataclysm, you choose). Should still be around, though.

Looks like HZ/ZX are in a rather bad way.

WoW<Mafia, you heathen.

[Tulas Shorn]

i'm wondering if this means HZ operation wil be i play this night....

[Merrid]

Who knows. There's equally convincing arguments for doing it now to get a leg up on YS or leaving it until there are fewer players left to have more of an effect. I guess we'll see which it is. The timer's started already, yeah?

[Korabas]

Given that Rashan said his actions had bounced twice, I doubt he was the ops master, personally. Instead, also given his own words suggesting someone to do a find on him, I think that might have been his own role, as such doing one on him and revealing the result would have seemed less rare to him than it usually is.

[Tulas Shorn]

huh?
you're suggesting that Rash was a fionder?

i'm being kinda slow rite now, pulled an all nighter and now i'mabout to die of exhaustion. but i've got job trainig in less thna an hour.

[Galain]

Path-Shaper, on 06 December 2010 - 12:34 PM, said:

Day 3 is over.

6 Votes for Rashan ( Kessobahn, Omtose, Tulas Shorn, Tiamatha, Korabas, Emurlahn )
1 Vote for Kessobahn ( Rashan )

Players not voted: Galain, Merrid, Silchas Ruin

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Pang Tong was captured by a river patrol and brought before the Prime Minister. "Only a fisherman," said the patrol's commander, "but he claims to be Pang Tong, an advisor of Huang Zhong." Sitting rigidly at his desk, Yuan Shao said, "A name long known to me, but what brings you here?" Pang Tong described how he had opposed the alliance with Zhang Xiu and urged his lord to surrender to Yuan Shao. "Now, my lord sits idly by while that western tyrant answers my voice of reason with unjust punishment!" Pang Tong removed his robes and showed an astonished Yuan Shao his still-bleeding wounds. "People say that Your Excellency yearns for men of ability. Outraged and vengeful, I wish to defect." Delighted, Yuan Shao said, "If you can achieve real merit, you will be rewarded far above all others." "It is not for rank or emolument that I come," answered Pang Tong. "I am doing what Heaven ordains and men approve." Yuan Shao poured Pang Tong wine and then had him escorted to a tent to rest.

The following day, Yuan Shao called for Pang Tong and said, "Your great name has long been familiar to me, and we welcome your gracious regard. May I hope that you will look over the features of our deployment, offering us advice and instruction?" Yuan Shao called for horses and invited Pang Tong to review his naval stations. There were twenty-four openings facing south, and in each the attack boats and warships were laid out like a city wall, within which clustered the smaller craft. For passage there were channels, and everything proceeded in good order. Smiling delightedly, Pang Tong said to Yuan Shao, "Excellency, if your use of forces is like this, your reputation has not preceded you for naught!" So saying, Pang Tong pointed across the river and cried, "Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong, the day of your doom is fixed!"

Immensely pleased, Shao returned to camp and invited Pang Tong into his tent to share his wine and talk of military machinations. After much discourse Pang Tong said, "You have good medical services for the troops, no doubt?" "Unfortunately, much of our sailors have been unable to adjust to the southern clime and have been seized with nausea and vomiting. We have too few physicians to treat them all," Yuan Shao responded. "There is a way to free the sailors of their ailments, to make them steady and capable of success," said Pang Tong. Yuan Shao was delighted and eager to learn. "On the river the tide swells and recedes," Pang Tong continued, "and the wind and the waves never subside. These northern troops, unaccustomed to shipboard, suffer from the pitching and rolling. This is the cause of their ailment. Reorganize your small and large vessels: marshal them in groups of thirty or fifty and make them fast with iron hoops, stem to stem and stern to stern. Then, if wide planks are laid so that horses as well as men can cross from ship to ship, however rough the waves or steep the swells, what will you have to fear?" Yuan Shao was amazed and toasted Pang Tong's wisdom. Thanking him, Yuan Shao excused himself to begin the changes immediately.

As Pang Tong returned towards his tent, a man dressed all in tight-fitting black silks approached, grabbed him and said, "Your audacity is remarkable! You use the 'battered-body scheme' to win His Excellency's trust, and now you submit the plan for linking the boats - your only concern being that the coming fire attack might not consume everything! Such insidious mischief may be enough to take in Yuan Shao, but it won't work on me." Terrified, Pang Tong tried to break free, but his captor neatly pulled a dagger and thrust it into the advisor's heart.

Pang Tong, Huang Zhong's chief advisor, is dead. (Rashan and Tattersail)

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It is Night 3. 6 hours remaining
9 Players still alive: Tulas Shorn, Tiamatha, Galain, Merrid, Omtose, Kessobahn, Emurlahn, Silchas Ruin, Korabas

That's a rough break... the dude gets whipped half to death and then stabbed.

But really, it's completely ambiguous as to his real alignment.

[Korabas]

Tulas Shorn, on 06 December 2010 - 04:44 PM, said:

huh?
you're suggesting that Rash was a fionder?

i'm being kinda slow rite now, pulled an all nighter and now i'mabout to die of exhaustion. but i've got job trainig in less thna an hour.

It would fit with brazenly asking for a find.
I dunno, but his alignment kind of has me thinking that he has been playing the game honest, extremely naive and forthright throughout. Asking for a find and a reveal to go with it to counter Vengey would then make sense to him, especially if he was of the opinion that finders are common as muck.

[Galain]

By my count, the night timer should end pretty soon, not sure when D'rek will be back, though.

[Kessobahn]

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 01:33 PM, said:

And interesting, it appears that Ruse was lying about Rashan's alignment.

Whoa, hold on there - you mean someone in Mafia LIED?

... I'm not sure I want to play this game if that sort of thing is going on.

[Omtose]

Kessobahn, on 06 December 2010 - 06:35 PM, said:

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 01:33 PM, said:

And interesting, it appears that Ruse was lying about Rashan's alignment.

Whoa, hold on there - you mean someone in Mafia LIED?

... I'm not sure I want to play this game if that sort of thing is going on.

What I found interesting is that Ruse lied about the alignment of a team mate. I guess maybe he thought that, with his reveal, we wouldn't lynch him. Who knows.

[Omtose]

Merrid, on 06 December 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 01:30 PM, said:

Well guys, my available time is probably going to be decreasing drastically due to real life issues (or Cataclysm, you choose). Should still be around, though.

Looks like HZ/ZX are in a rather bad way.

WoW<Mafia, you heathen.

You, sir, are just asking to be lynched.

[Tulas Shorn]

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 06:41 PM, said:

Merrid, on 06 December 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

Omtose, on 06 December 2010 - 01:30 PM, said:

Well guys, my available time is probably going to be decreasing drastically due to real life issues (or Cataclysm, you choose). Should still be around, though.

Looks like HZ/ZX are in a rather bad way.

WoW<Mafia, you heathen.

You, sir, are just asking to be lynched.

I will back up Merrid, on this.

also, I don't see the ambiguity in Rash's CF. I concur with Korabas that he was just playing far too openly, and being honest. which is never a great policy in Mafia.

now, Vengey's CF, otoh.... is a whole different kettle o' fish.

[Path-Shaper]

The soldiers were formed up, the boats were unanchored, ballista oiled and horses well fed. Jia Xu called together his commanders to receive their orders. First he told Wei Xu: "Take Cai Mao's surrendered soldiers along the southern shore. Fly only the flag of the northern troops. Penetrate the camp around Yuan Shao's grain depot, then signal with fire." Next he called Yang Qiu and instructed him: "Take three thousand men on transports down the river, exit on the north shore and secure Fan Cheng to intercept Shao's reinforcement from Wan Cheng. Attack immediately and signal us by fire. Look for the red flag: it will mean Hou Xuan is coming to your aid. Wei Xu and Yang Qiu had to travel the farthest, and so they went off first.

Jia Xu turned to the remaining commanders. "Marines and archers to the ships, cavalry assemble at the front gate, infantry assemble one li east of the camp. Keep your craft, weapons, and rigging in readiness. Once the order comes down, the slightest delay will be punsihed with the severity of martial law." Lastly, he turned to Wei Yan. "Our fate rests with you. As soon as you set the flames our forces will strike the enemy encampments from all directions. If Pang Tong has succeeded in chaining Yuan Shao's ships together, the flames will spread and we will crush his forces with ease."

Wei Yan's elite force took ship and charged the enemy naval base. Their approach was reported to Yuan Shao, who sent Wen Ping and Zhang Yun to eliminate the incoming force. Wen Ping shouted from his ship "You assault us with only a handful of ships? You come to your deaths!" As these words were hanging in the air, Wei Yan nocked an arrow and let fly. As the arrow sang, he shouted back "No, yours!" and Wen Ping, struck in the left arm, toppled over in his boat.

Yuan Shao witnessed the arrow kill Wen Ping, followed by Zhang Yun's attempt to board Wei Yan's vessel. Wei Yan, wielding a five-span axe, repelled the boarders, then leapt on to Zhang Yun's vessel. Zhang Yun dove overboard and was lost in the river. Wei Yan's fleet broke formation and spread across the width of Yuan Shao's navy. Shao heard Peng Ji note, "If they held grain, they would be low and steady in the water. But these boats are so light, they are practically skimming-" and then the first of Wei Yan's ships burst into an explosion of flame and smoke. As each boat made contact with Yuan Shao's fleet, oil-soaked timber and kindling were torched. Soon smoke and flame screened off the sky. The face of the water where the rivers joined could scarcely be seen as the flames chased the wind in piercing currents of red that seemed to rise to the heaves and pass through the earth.

The Zhang Xiu/Huang Zhong Fire Attack has been launched. Their forces receive two additional kills for this night.

However, Yuan Shao had been informed by Qu Yi of Pang Tong's ruse, and many of his ships, unchained, were able to escape the flames. From all sides, Zhang Xiu and Huang Zhong's forces closed in and battles raged between the flames from horizon to horizon. Seeing that the ships were unchained, Jia Xu personally lead an elite force of marines to stall the enemy ships' retreat long enough for the flames to take them. Catapults and ballista were fired from all sides, and Jia Xu's ship was struck directly. Struggling to the shore, he was spotted by Wen Chou, who drew his bow and shot the strategist in the shoulder. Jia Xu drew his sword, killed a passing scout and stole his horse to retreat west. When he reached Shang Yong he fainted and could not be revived, so he was sent to Han Zhong to recover.

Jia Xu, chief strategist of Zhang Xiu, is severely wounded and is out of the game. (Kessobahn and Kurt Montandon)

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Night isn't over, but basic actions are resolved.

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 06 December 2010 - 09:10 PM

[Tulas Shorn]

hrrrm

so, the two YS defector officers weren't actual players chars.

looks like the allies are taking a beating.

[Path-Shaper]

As Jia Xu escaped into the distance, Wen Chou turned back to his army to find the field strewn with their corpses. Walking up the hill, a broken spear in one hand and a longsword in the other was Wei Yan. Wen Chou loosed another arrow, but Wei Yan knocked it aside without breaking stride, so Wen Chou threw down his bow, drew his sword and charged his horse towards the warrior. Wei Yan stood his ground until Wen Chou was only a stride away, then rolled under Chou's sword and buried his spear in the horse's flank. The horse reared and Wen Chou neatly tumbled off onto Wei Yan's sword.

Wen Chou, a general of Yuan Shao, is dead. (Merrid and MTS)

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It is Day 4. 31 hours and 59 minutes remaining
7 Players still alive: Emurlahn, Galain, Korabas, Omtose, Silchas Ruin, Tiamatha, Tulas Shorn

4 votes to lynch, 4 votes to go to night.


Players not voted: Emurlahn, Galain, Korabas, Omtose, Silchas Ruin, Tiamatha, Tulas Shorn

[Galain]

Wow, that was a pretty crazy set of actions... so... this means that Ruse/Vengey fake revealed on Rashan and Me... got himself lynched anyway... got his teammate lynched (seems like Rashan was really a fake defector after all). He was the chief advisor. Kesso was the chief strategist. I'm not sure if Rashan's death or a planned action launched the fire attack.

But as a result, Merrid died, and *he* was a general of YS.

[Omtose]

This is what happens when you disagree with Omtose about the awesomeness of World of Warcraft. Take that, Merrid! Haha, kidding (OR AM I? DUNH DUNH DUNH).

[Korabas]

Galain, on 06 December 2010 - 09:17 PM, said:

Wow, that was a pretty crazy set of actions... so... this means that Ruse/Vengey fake revealed on Rashan and Me... got himself lynched anyway... got his teammate lynched (seems like Rashan was really a fake defector after all). He was the chief advisor. Kesso was the chief strategist. I'm not sure if Rashan's death or a planned action launched the fire attack.

But as a result, Merrid died, and *he* was a general of YS.

Ehm, I didn't see vengey reveal on you. I saw him reveal on Rashan (fake reveal) but all he said was that you were Rashan's master...in Galain's bed, I think was what he said. Like I wouldn't have let them knot you up over the association, I'm not going to allow you that easy off the mark, and I think you are a tiny bit too eager to say Venge fake-revealed on you. He was wrong about Rashan, doesn't mean he HAS to be wrong about you.

[Korabas]

Also, we see Wen Chou (Merrid) take out Kessobahn.
Does that mean YS's killer is slain?
I'll have to read back to that scene at the start of the day to see if there is any connection.