London, 2077

[Game Master]

The Courier New

Day 3

            Deadly Strike. God's Will?


It seems that Fortune herself keeps an eye on the size of my wallet. I was about to bring you the shocking twice-in-a-week murderless night—when the right in front of my eyes, my dear readers!—beside my very office window, Falcon hunting got stuck by a bolt of lightning. The explosion was so hard it actually left me without the glass in the aforementioned window! It seems that the hand not of Her Majesty, but her boss—also known as God—personally reaped Falcon's soul.

If not this bizarre event I was so lucky to witness, I would have lost a huge pile of cryptopounds, as no one else decided to part their way with London's streets tonight. It seems, however, that shiori had a decent try: he was noticed running around the streets with a trail of blood following him. Being stopped by a bobby, he said that someone had attacked him, but he wasn't able to describe the assailant. As for the last minute, when this issue was ready for publishing, I was told that shiori was home already and that he would get better in no time. Way to go, shiori!

            — Fergus Fume



            AtroCity the Baffling


The startlingly low figures of deadly misdeeds might confuse many. Still, stay watchful and do not let such a turn of events mislead you! It is the sprouting nonchalance of ones and paroxysms of relentless paranoia of others that weave the deceit of well-being and drag us deeper into the lethargy of unfounded optimism.

However, behind that veil we still might espy the stranger things, much more worrisome. The city council is paralyzed; the executives took vacations all at once for some vague obscure reason. Or think about this, for example: the notorious den—disguised as some absurd poultry sanctuary—fortifies its ill fame with the chain of events that slowly but surely interfere with an ordinary course of things. The police forewarn tirelessly to avoid dubious establishments. Moreover, there are already several reports about streets leading pedestrians in circles. How can it be explained as not the new, deeper system hacks? One might pretend that we are doing fine, but when the fabric of city landscape itself becomes manipulated—who will stay their eyes shut in the face of our society failing?

            — George E. G. Watt



            Dear Friends,

We all are facing trying times indeed. Even our loyal readership is paralyzed by fear to express their thoughts and wills. Our correspondence was twice more modest in volume than expected. Even sadder, we are losing hope to get any correspondence from our beloved reader LIZ who managed to become a star with her first and only post. Yet we hope that fellow Londoners will find the energy to rise up and fight for themselves. To help you with that, we're pondering the idea of publishing more of your messages. Stay tuned—and stay safe!

            — All the best,
              Chief Editor



Day 3 has started. Deadline WED, 2 AM. 48 hours left.


Still alive (11):

01.

pastor chivay

02.

CyberKeanu

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Dmixn

03.

Putin mod.2

05.

l10ha

07.

shiori

10.

Julik1221

11.

SamPie

12.

InVictA

13.

Kara_Mel

14.

Anony-mouse

15.

Uranium235

Not-so-much-alive (4):

04.

Sue Sharlin

06.

Falcon hunting

08.

Drusha

09.

Bratuxa777

Falcon couldn't continue playing and got a modkill. No other player said they aren't able to stay in the game but have some penalties and might be modkilled this Day and/or next Night. I think one modkill per phase could work.

[pastor chivay]

Alive!

Falcon hunting got stuck by a bolt of lightning. The explosion was so hard it actually left me without the glass in the beforementioned window! It seems that the hand not of her Majesty, but her boss—also known as God—personally reaped Falcon's soul.

Falcon couldn't continue playing and got a modkill. No other player said they aren't able to stay in the game but have some penalties and might be modkilled this Day and/or next Night. I think one modkill per phase could work.

Oh my dear Goose, it seems that wishes came true anyway if you really want it. Prayers were heard and another inactive player has gone. Huh? Jukebox battles are not here? Oh, excuse me, I forgot. Sorry for this music attack

It seems, however, that shiori had a decent try: he was noticed running down the streets with a trail of blood following him. Being stopped by a bobby, he said that someone had attacked him, but he wasn't able to describe the assailant.

As for the last minute, when this issue was ready for publishing, I was reported that shiori was home already and that he would get better in no time

Firstly I wanted to say that it's hardly to say who exactly tried to kill Shi and even thought about Todd, but now it seems like it was Mary.
It is said that he survived. I guess someone protected or treated him and it means he has no treatment by yourself. If Mary Poppins used the "Headshot", then we'll see a dead body. Here would be a clue if Shi was assaulted by Todd, but there's no hint so there's only one option - he was attacked by Mary's "Cleanup".

The city council is paralyzed; the executives took vacations all at once for some vague obscure reason.

"The executives" = mafia? If so, then another suspicions were confirmed. At the end of newspaper GM noted that some players are gone. And this hint means that one or even couple of mwoofiosi are inactive. So at this clue the circle of suspects are narrowed.

the notorious den—disguised as some absurd poultry sanctuary—fortifies

How rude, mr. George, how rude >:^(

Moreover, there are already several reports about streets leading pedestrians in circles. How can it be explained as not the new, deeper system hacks?

There are nothing else about mass hacks, so there I see only one option: Hyde checked someone and was not able to block and Christopher Robin missed the night, because he has only block and nothing more. Or maybe Falcon was Robin - I think there is no need to explain the reason why he could not act.

Even sadder, we are losing hope to get any correspondence from our beloved reader LIZ who managed to become a star with her first and only post.

For now I have no doubt that LIZ was Sue. That's sound a bit unrealistic if LIZ would be blocked for another night again, so yeah...  Goodbye, LIZ's interviews

Hyde checked someone and was not able to block

Regarding to the executives I want to admit that if Hyde was inactive too, then the reason why there's no block is that he is inactive and just missed the night

[Uranium235]

No, circular motion is a typical block / failure.
And who is the author of the block is still incomprehensible, Hyde, Robin or even Orlando could be described as cyber attacks.
Liz is obviously Sue, there are no surprises.

But the fact that the nickname is explicitly mentioned again, and again there are no murders, of course forces me to assume that this is still some kind of description of protection / treatment, rather protection.
Messor is an office worker. Moreover, this is Fergus’s office, which describes a criminal chronicle. I would say that he himself is probably a detective (that is, Marple), if he didn’t suspect that he probably didn’t make a move, and the lack of killings could be connected precisely with the passage of the move Moreau or Todd. I would not be surprised if the other mafia cannot send a shot.

[Uranium235]

Dmixn

This is waiting for modkill, I think, but I still want to kick out Sampai.
You do nothing - you leave. Newspapers are not very clear, so we play by the methods of the classics, and this one is in the top lines in them.

the notorious den—disguised as some absurd poultry sanctuary—fortifies its ill fame with the chain of events that slowly but surely interfere with an ordinary course of things.

Den is Alice's bar, for some reason it seems to me like that.

[Uranium235]

And they manipulate the landscape fabric more like a rabbit hole.

The city council is paralyzed

But this I can not determine. It may be clarified later, but I'm not sure that this is just a pass of the Mafia’s moves, I’m not at all sure.
Although they are also paralyzed after Liz’s death, perhaps this is an allusion to the role of Dryusha, but again, do not understand what this means.

[Uranium235]

Deadline WED, 2 AM. 48 hours left.

We have less time than you think, it is unlikely that we can conduct an active discussion immediately before the close of the day.

[Uranium235]

SamPie

Maybe it will come if you vote right away. It will not work the whole game to do nothing.
In any case, I would like to expel him, but I do not exclude that as a result of the discussion a candidate will appear better.

[Anony-mouse]

Falcon is modkilled. And we have no clue about his role. But I have feeling that he was not mafiosi.

Shiori is attacked, but survived. Almost certainly he has the role of Oliver, given the possible options for his role that the interview analysis gave. Since it is very doubtful that the wounded Scrooge would run through the streets, but for Oliver this is a completely natural description.

The city council is paralyzed - I think this means that the townspeople are not able to organize a group. If we assume that we executed Sherlock yesterday, it means that the mafiosi learned the role of Marple earlier.
In addition, one of the city triple Marple, Sherlock, Biggles may be among the silent players.

The mention of wandering people is most likely Alice's actions.

Messor is an office worker. Moreover, this is Fergus’s office, which describes a criminal chronicle.

No, he was just struck by lightning right in front of the editor’s window.

And I, perhaps, will not vote against SamPie. I'm afraid, of course, that such a statement of mine can only harm him, given that some are ready to attribute to me the role of mafiosi. But nonetheless.

[Kara_Mel]

If not this bizarre event I was so lucky to witness, I would have lost a huge pile of cryptopounds, as no one else decided to part their way with London's streets tonight. It seems, however, that shiori had a decent try: he was noticed running down the streets with a trail of blood following him. Being stopped by a bobby, he said that someone had attacked him, but he wasn't able to describe the assailant. As for the last minute, when this issue was ready for publishing, I was reported that shiori was home already and that he would get better in no time. Way to go, shiori!

There is a range of possibilities - Mary Poppins, someone protected by Ebenezer Scrooge (if consider a possible mistake with role of Bratuha), Sweeney Todd, Sherlock's protection, Biggles, Oliver Twist.
Blood is yet again referencing to first kill of Todd and yesterday lynching, but still too vague.

LIZ was Sue with almost 100% for now, only if Falcon was not LIZ.

The city council is paralyzed;

Look like a reference to "no kills" from the mafia. Strange, that it's stated in this part of a newspaper, but maybe a hint to a block.

notorious den—disguised as some absurd poultry

I see "den" as Twist's Post-Trotskyist movement, as a headquarters could be called a den.

[Anony-mouse]

There is a range of possibilities - Mary Poppins, someone protected by Ebenezer Scrooge (if consider a possible mistake with role of Bratuha), Sweeney Todd, Sherlock's protection, Biggles, Oliver Twist.

You should consider the Shiori interview.
There is no range of possibilities. Only two roles - Scrooge, who defended himself, or Oliver. And from the description he is Oliver.

[Kara_Mel]

You should consider the Shiori interview.

There is one thing bugging me.

– Do you know anyone who has already given way to his or her homicidal tendencies?

Mafia did not kill anyone when the question arose. Does it still mean that mafia given way to homicidal tendencies in that case?

That's why I see it as a range of possibilities.

[Anony-mouse]

Mafia did not kill anyone when the question arose. Does it still mean that mafia given way to homicidal tendencies in that case?

I am convinced that this is only a presentation from the Master of the game. Interview questions are usually quite simple and specific. So this is just a stylization, which, unfortunately, adds possible unnecessary interpretations. So, I interpret this question as “are you familiar with the killers”, which should cut off the options for peaceful acquaintance of Oliver and Jeeves.

[Uranium235]

And I, perhaps, will not vote against SamPie. I'm afraid, of course, that such a statement of mine can only harm him, given that some are ready to attribute to me the role of mafiosi. But nonetheless.

Justify that you vytit in him urban and name your candidacy. Well, or you can try to name those against whom you are also not ready to vote in any case.
A messor can be a mafia.
Killing is not enough, even if we assume that Shiori is the victim of an assassination attempt, where is one more?
The mafia cannot kill if Moro (or another boss) skips sending actions, this is confirmed.
A strange rule, in fact, I understand when moves are accepted only from everyone personally, so that the mafia suffers from passes as much as the city, but to deprive the right to kill due to the fact that someone misses is not entirely correct. However, this is how it works. I do not claim that this is the only explanation, but modkill in this case becomes a necessity.
Well, a hint of her Majesty’s hand is taking place, but what is the name of the mafia? Right, Queen's Hand.

[Uranium235]

Of course, I will not say that he is a mafia, this is contrary to safety precautions.
But definitely this cannot be excluded from the description, and from the behavior earlier too.
For safety reasons, only peaceful ones were dropped out, that is, now we have 4 mafias and 1 maniac out of 11 players.
That is, for everyone who positions himself as a city, you can identify no more than 5-6 exactly peaceful ones (depending on whether you consider a maniac to be such), for the remaining 5-6 players, the role of the city can only be found if you approve the mafia in someone retired or admit a mistake in peace.
For example, I do not like such clear distinctions, but now it is necessary to do this. Theoretically, there is another right to make a mistake, but it to one degree or another depends on the goodwill of the maniac and the level of modkills for the city for inactivity.
3 day, a freebie with I do not know is over. Many who do not know, suppose.

[Uranium235]

For example, Brother can be a mafia-Scrooge by description.
But does anyone have the right to say so now? I think not, well, except for a maniac who knows the role for sure, but in any case it is not beneficial for him to talk about it.
For the rest of those who left, the situation is similar, except that Sue can say for sure that the city is because it was killed by the mafia, and is unlike Alice’s influence in this case. Well, because I see Alice’s move in the newspaper now, but nothing like that happened yesterday. The transfer of a murder or protection there to the dead / from the dead is an important thing, it will be displayed.

That's why I see it as a range of possibilities.

No. If we consider that the question concerns those who have already killed, but cannot kill, it turns out that all the players would answer no to it, and this contradicts the principles of the interview.

[Anony-mouse]

Justify that you vytit in him urban and name your candidacy. Well, or you can try to name those against whom you are also not ready to vote in any case.

As you know, I, like any other, can see in someone urban by his actions. And there are also other sources of information. You-Know-What. Those that are absolutely forbidden to disclose. And which can be mistakenly interpreted, to everything else.
If you call the complete list, whoever I would not hang now for one or another reason, then this - shiori, you, pastor chivay, l10ha, SamPie and Kara_Mel.

And now it seems to me more and more that yesterday I completely in vain canceled the vote on Julik1221. It was a much better candidate for execution.


Well, at least one thing I can try to fix. Of course, I hope that this is an fix, not a break.

Julik1221

[Uranium235]

If you call the complete list, whoever I would not hang now for one or another reason, then this - shiori, you, pastor chivay, l10ha, SamPie and Kara_Mel.

Is Dryusha peaceful or the mafia?
Well, your list has now come out entirely from the offers, but SamPay does not get there.
Consider the team that you have left. Do you see that she is the mafia? Because it turns out that in it the players did nothing to win. Everyone. And what is she hoping for?

Well, in my opinion, giving someone color for no apparent reason with the story “there are things that cannot be said” cannot be considered a violation of the prohibition of autopsy in only one case - if in fact it was not because there was no information, that is, a hint of a lie is voiced.

[Anony-mouse]

Is Dryusha peaceful or the mafia?

I believe that he was Sherlock.

[Uranium235]

I will wait for the answers to the other questions, just remind you that they are, Mouse.
Of course I am lazy, but I can repeat the quotes if you ask - after which it will become impossible to pretend that you did not see. But what I definitely would not want is to say it now.

[Anony-mouse]

Well, in my opinion, giving someone color for no apparent reason with the story “there are things that cannot be said” cannot be considered a violation of the prohibition of autopsy in only one case - if in fact it was not because there was no information, that is, a hint of a lie is voiced.

I'm not giving colours. I am not so sure of my analytical capabilities. I just gave a list of those whom I will not hang today.
In addition, my role is unknown, although I think that from my statements and actions, someone could well figure it out. Or at least figure out who I'm trying to impersonate.
And since my role is unknown, then the possible hints that I know something do not violate anything. Everyone knows something, and so do I.

I simply did not make meaningless statements that I did not vote against SamPie, because I like his eyes, which I would have to do if I were overly concerned about the procedures. I simplified the process a bit.

[Uranium235]

You misconceive the concept of prohibition.
A reference to “what cannot be called” is already incorrect if it is based on real events, regardless of how many connections there are with the exact role and action, therefore it is impossible to evaluate somehow other than “this was not really”.

And without analytics, nowhere to go, even if it’s not yours. How many mafias are there among those whom you are not ready to vote? Are there Todd among these players? The number does not have to be zero, but four cannot be equal either.

[Anony-mouse]

How many mafias are there among those whom you are not ready to vote? Are there Todd among these players?

I doubt that anyone other than the mafiosi themselves could give a long list of players without the mafia. I do not and cannot have such confidence. There are players on my list, in whose role I am sure, there are those whom I probably do not consider the mafia due to their activity, and there are players included in the list for other reasons.

If I gave a list of those whom I absolutely certainly would not hang, then it would include only one nickname - shiori. It seemed to me that this list is somewhat short.
And at the moment I have no assumptions about Todd, at least such as I would have voiced (well, I don’t have any suspicions about who he might be).

[Uranium235]

The mafia could certainly make such referrals, so its very presence does not give peace.
Now imagine that all the townspeople who know something have said, we will / will not hang up such-and-such, because I have information that cannot be pronounced, and peaceful people who have no meaningful information said - well, we can’t say anything.
What to do the mafia, so as not to burn right away - but also say something like that.
And then - in itself, this did not give anything, but this statement will need to be consistent in the future.
While the peaceful will gladly use such statements of those whom they, by virtue of some facts, will find peaceful. And then one of these peaceful people will die in such a way that the role becomes plus or minus, and you will have to take this player’s statement for the truth as well or discredit him.
And how much easier it will become to assign roles if you divide the players into those who have something to say and who had nothing to say - after all, there will be such and peaceful ones too.
And how to win the mafia? The task is not too simple, in fact, because all the same can be reported more finely, but in a less obvious way, and more advanced players do just that. And so the option is cut off to say that the arguments for / against the player were unconvincing, not trying to somehow prove that they are not data on actions or something else secret.
The game is educational, just now there is an occasion to tell. GM was afraid to frighten off such not very compressible details, so we will find out in the process.

include only one nickname - shiori

And this is approximately what I wanted to show initially when I asked for the list. That your reason for not voting is inconclusive at the moment, given that you are not against all the other low-level assets, and only them.
Still not for voice in SamPai?
Then why. Given what I described above.

I can say why, regarding Julik, one can say no. Because he was also a victim, like Shiori now, have you forgotten about this? This is not an absolute argument against, but it needs to be neutralized to those who want to play against, do you agree? Open information, is in the subject, is available for discussion.

[Anony-mouse]

Then why.

Because. Because I do not want. And this is an extremely good reason for me.
Or maybe I'm just trying to collect enough votes against him with my intolerably selfish behavior.

Oh, by the way, I could vote against InVictA too. I do not believe a single gram of his statement that he had completely studied the whole topic to vote against me. A person who has studied the whole topic would certainly have shown much more daily activity.

[Uranium235]

Well, a hint of her Majesty’s hand is taking place, but what is the name of the mafia?

You have not commented on this.

The attack in Invicta is more logical considering its your suspicions to you.

[Anony-mouse]

You have not commented on this.

In my opinion there is nothing special to comment on. GM just makes it clear that this murder is not from the mafia, but from himself - just a literally decorated modkill. It is likely that GM considered it excessive to give allusions to the roles that left the game this way.

[Kara_Mel]

I'm sorry, that I'm not active today - I got piled with urgent work.


I'll briefly state my position. First of all the overall activity is awful, so I see no need to vote out any active player. For this day actives are - Uranium, Parstor, and Anony-Mouse.

I like the idea of "hand" referencing to Falcon role.
Anony-Mouse victim is strange as Julik is inactive and was a target to kill. Chances are 50/50, so I would like to search for a more rock-solid candidate.

Roughly speaking Dmixn, Putin mod.2,  Julik1221,  SamPie,  InVictA are inactive to be modkilled in one go. GM's decisions should not be discussed, but I cannot help but wonder why this hasn't been done yet. And I see only one reason - there are mafia players, whose kick-out will cause an instant end of the game.

Following that logic - out of these beautiful 5 players - Dmixn and Julik1221 are the first candidates to be modkilled, so I think it's reasonable to lynch one of the other 3.

On the other hand, I still have my distrust towards Goose - but he's missing now. Anony-Mouse once again coming into play with good analysis, but bad vote. I see no reason in hanging someone who is no. 2 in modkill list.

[shiori]

It seems that Fortune herself keeps an eye on the size of my wallet. I was about to bring you the shocking twice-in-a-week murderless night—when the right in front of my eyes, my dear readers!—beside my very office window, Falcon hunting got stuck by a bolt of lightning. The explosion was so hard it actually left me without the glass in the aforementioned window! It seems that the hand not of Her Majesty, but her boss—also known as God—personally reaped Falcon's soul.

Looks like modkill.

If not this bizarre event I was so lucky to witness, I would have lost a huge pile of cryptopounds, as no one else decided to part their way with London's streets tonight. It seems, however, that shiori had a decent try: he was noticed running around the streets with a trail of blood following him. Being stopped by a bobby, he said that someone had attacked him, but he wasn't able to describe the assailant. As for the last minute, when this issue was ready for publishing, I was told that shiori was home already and that he would get better in no time. Way to go, shiori!

A failed kill. Looks like a defense. Could not detect the killer. And there is no other kill attempts anyway.

Article from George Watt not clear. Pedestrians in circles — is this hint to citizens that check citizens? Idk.

[Anony-mouse]

Anony-Mouse victim is strange as Julik is inactive and was a target to kill.

There is no need to remind me that Julik was the victim of an attack. I was the first to say that this player himself could be Sherlock and self-medicate, and therefore he managed to survive.
And I even came up with the idea that Julik may have been attacked / healed due to a acquaintance in real life.  And I even called rescuers to him.

And after the next night, the first thing I did was vote against Julik. And for some reason then no one was interested in the opportunity to get rid of one of the silent players. For some reason, the mafia players did not try to support me. Strange, no?
More than a day passed when l10ha voted against Drusha, and this option suddenly turned out to be so popular that two players even broke their vow of silence for the sake of voting, including Julik.
With seven voters, it can be said with a high degree of probability that the mafia became interested in this vote. And whose voice more than others looked so that the person was kicked in the chat? Julik did not even bother to write the nickname Drusha correctly.
So I have reason to say that we can very well help GM with modkill.

[shiori]

Following that logic - out of these beautiful 5 players - Dmixn and Julik1221 are the first candidates to be modkilled, so I think it's reasonable to lynch one of the other 3.

Looks reasonable.

More than a day passed when l10ha voted against Drusha, and this option suddenly turned out to be so popular that two players even broke their vow of silence for the sake of voting, including Julik.

Ok, how many bandits are in the list of Drusha voters? And who exactly. I will remind — l10ha, Kara_Mel, pastor chivay, Putin mod.2, shiori, Anony-mouse.

What about Putin mod.2? Can we combine his inactivity with hypothesis that there are 1-2 bandits in the list? What do you think?