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Election 2016 [Mafia] | Everlasting GOPstoppers

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Ourobolus

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2016-GOP-Candidates.jpg


The candidates gather on stage, ready to present their visions of an America that is pure and free of all things horrid and different.
"We have got to stop these liberal educators from teaching our youth that slavery was bad! Who DOESN'T love a foot rub?"
"God has directed my every action, from my birth until now. Just ask my ex-wife or my seafood vendor!"
They argued about the best way to tackle these problems, but eventually they decided - "What if we just got rid of the opposition? I mean, we've got guns and they don't!"

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"Calm down, everyone! We can settle this like men. I'm Jon Stewart, your totally impartial moderator for this discussion. Now...let's get down to business."

Players:
1. LaunchpadMcQ [m] -> Lone_Prodigy
2. Hyperactivity [m]
3. CzarTim [m] -> CornBurrito [m]
4. SalvaPot [m]
5. Sorian [m]
6. cabot [m]
7. Never Forever [m]
8. Burbeting [m]
9. El Topo [m]
10. Kalor [m]
11. Palmer_v1 [m]
12. nin1000 [m]
13. bananaspaceprincess [f]
14. Fireblend [m]
15. *Splinter [m]
16. kingkitty [m]


For all intents and purposes - GOP is "town" and Electorate is "mafia."
 

Ourobolus

Banned
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Fundamental
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17. For your vote to count, it must be presented in the following format: VOTE: Ourobolus, via use of the highlight tag. It must also be in an entirely separate line from any other text.
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19. Players may use VOTE: No Elect to end the Day Phase without an assassination ("No Lynch"). It must also be in an entirely separate line from any other text.
20. Misspelt votes will be accepted within reason; if the game-runner is unsure they will notify you and in the meanwhile discount the vote. Votes in broken tags will not count.
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21b. If a day ends with a tie, the vote automatically becomes "No Elect."
22. In addition, once the time limit for the Day Phase has been reached, no more votes will be counted. So if the day is scheduled to end at 4:00PM, all votes placed by 4:00PM (based on GAF timestamp) will count. Votes placed at 4:01PM or later will not.
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Other
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35. HAVE FUN!

EDIT: we've had discussions in previous games about posting an example role so that there are less shenanigans during the game. So here it is:
You are _______, Loser.

You are aligned with the GOP.

You’ve got no chance power, but you can still vote!

You win when all of the Electorate has been eliminated.
 

Ourobolus

Banned
DAY 4 BEGINS

Jon Stewart cried at his desk. Alejandra had told him such uplifting stories about how they were going to escape the horrors that the drug cartels had wrought upon their upended city of Torreón. Her husband died while crossing the street, simply trying to collect a toy that her daughter, Gabriela, had lost, gunned down by a roving band of gang members who wanted nothing more than to cause havoc.
After burying her husband in the nearest cemetary, among the very few friends and family she had left, she strengthened her resolve for freedom. She gathered what articles of clothing, food, and money that she had and stole into the night with her daughter...towards the border of the United States. She was able to catch a ride here and there from some unscrupulous characters, some of which desired such a form of payment that she forced her daughter to close her eyes and ears and hum the soft tunes her mother had sung to her as she was coddled to sleep as an infant.
It took eight days, but finally she had reached the border, herself and Gabriela nestled in the back of a pickup truck, hidden by a series of tarps and toolboxes. They held their breath - their hearts raced as they could hear the customs officers mumbling to themselves. With a little luck, and a lot of prayer, they made it across the border. Freedom had never felt so grand.
Over the next few months Alejandra worked various jobs as a cleaning lady for an elderly couple, a dishwasher for a local Texan Mexican restaurant, and even selling flowers that she managed to steal from a local garden from time to time. Life was difficult, but it wasn't dangerous. And at least Gabriela would grow up without knowing the pain and suffering that had been left behind.
Gabriela eventually turned five years old and was able to attend kindergarten. Thankfully undocumented children were allowed to attend public school in this wonderful country. She even came home from time to time with pictures she had drawn of herself and her mother standing next to the American flag. Alejandra was so proud of her daughter.
Alejandra tried desperately to find better work though, even deciding to go by a more American-sounding name, "bananaspaceprincess." While slowly learning English she managed to get some slightly better work providing cleaning for people who were a little more well-off, it was still mostly just enough to get by. She even managed to get the paperwork for full citizenship started.
One day, while she was out on her front porch watching Gabriela play on the sidewalk, a large black SUV pulled up in front of her home, and out walked several Immigration officials. Frightened, bananaspaceprincess took Gabriela in her arms as the men walked closer.
"bananaspaceprincess...or should I say, Alejandra?"
"Y...yes?"
"We're here to escort you to the border. You've been living off of the taxpayer's dime for too long. You are here illegally, and we are here to fix that." They grabbed her arm, while another officer scooped Gabriela into his arms and carried her to the SUV.
"No, you can't do this! We just wanted to come here and be free!" bananaspaceprincess shouted.
"Mama!" Gabriela squealed, as she was shoved into the vehicle.
The ride was sullen. bananaspaceprincess weeped into her sleeves, despondent over the loss of what could have been a bright future for her and her daughter.
As they pulled up alongside the nearest border station, they were pushed out of the SUV and onto the street. In front of them, a group of GOP candidates stood, wringing their hands together gleefully.
"You didn't think you'd get away with it, did you?" They grinned.
bananaspaceprincess looked across the border. Coming over the horizon were a group of vehicles that suspiciously looked like they belonged to cartel members. The same vehicle that had killed her husband long ago. "Please, don't do this. I even applied to be a citizen!"
"It doesn't matter. You can wait for the paperwork to finish back where you came from!" They shoved her and Gabriela menacingly toward the border. "Get going," they sneered.
bananaspaceprincess and Gabriela were brought to tears once more as they began to walk towards the oncoming vehicles. Unsure of where to hide in the middle of the desert, they desperately tried to find somewhere...anywhere.
The convoy grew closer.
The GOP members, satisfied that they had secured the country once more, hopped into their vehicles.
"It's hot out...roll down the window, would ya?" One of them prodded the other.
The windows rolled down, and the car began to drive away.
In the distance, they heard a gunshot.
A scream.
A second gunshot.
...silence.

bananaspaceprincess has been eliminated from the game!

bananaspaceprincess said:
You are an Undocumented Immigrant.

You are aligned with the No one.

Sorry man, but you don’t exist...on paper. You can’t even vote! But, the GOP needs their numbers so if you are investigated you will ALWAYS show up as “GOP.”
However, you only win if the Electorate wins. They have no idea who you are (you are undocumented, after all), but you’ve been reading up on them.

The Electorate consists of [REDACTED].

You win when the Electorate wins.

The public game thread is here.

Oh, and nin1000 was eaten by wolves. Yes, wolves.

nin1000 said:
You are Lindsey Graham, Loser

You are aligned with the GOP.

You’ve got no chance power, but you can still vote!

You win when all of the Electorate has been eliminated.

The public game thread is here.

nin1000 has been eliminated from the game!

Lindsey_Graham,_Official_Portrait_2006.jpg

Day 4 ends at:
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5 votes are needed for majority.
 

Burbeting

Banned
Someone with photoshop skills could make our avatars on those heads :p.

I have already shown with NX that I have no such skills.
 

Burbeting

Banned
I just want to start by saying that it's midnight in my timezone, so there is a possibility that I won't able to post as much as I would want to in the beginning (need to wake up at 5.30am so I really need to hit the bed sooon).

Other than that, I hope that this electional debate will be intellectual and sophisticated, just like all the other electional debates. Right?
 

Sorian

Banned
All PMs have been sent out.

Day 1 Ends at:
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Oh, we're starting so fast? I'll start with my usual spiel then which Gafia is in desperate need of. DO NOT ROLE CLAIM especially on day 1. Anything anyone is throwing around is based on nothing and you don't need to role claim when you have one vote on you, day 1 is for talking not for blowing your entire load. I am, as usual, for a day 1 lynch. I'll go throw you all into a RNG and see who gets my first vote.
 

cabot

Member
I just want to start by saying that it's midnight in my timezone, so there is a possibility that I won't able to post as much as I would want to in the beginning (need to wake up at 5.30am so I really need to hit the bed sooon).

Other than that, I hope that this electional debate will be intellectual and sophisticated, just like all the other electional debates. Right?

Sir, freedom does not have a time zone.

Our freedom will look past the boundaries of time, space, heat and gun control.

Freedom to believe in science, Freedom to follow God's will.

Freedom.


America.
 

Sorian

Banned
Sir, I would rather have your vote please. When I am in office, America will be safe from the monstrosities both within our great nation and outwith it.

Thank you, sir.

Man, a game were getting voted for is bad, it's perfect for GOP candidates, with the way they act, they must hate getting votes.
 

Kalor

Member
So I'm in favour of a Day 1 lynch. I think that we can get more information from a death today than if we kill no-one and the Electorate kill someone who we get no information from. Though I can see the argument of a no lynch since this is a smaller game and one death means more.
 

cabot

Member
I only vote in the general.

Sir, quite frankly, that is unconstitutional.

What is it to be truly American when you cannot abide by the completely unquestionable and relevant laws passed centuries ago.

You sir, are not American.
 

cabot

Member
So I'm in favour of a Day 1 lynch. I think that we can get more information from a death today than if we kill no-one and the Electorate kill someone who we get no information from. Though I can see the argument of a no lynch since this is a smaller game and one death means more.

Death?

What is this death you speak of?

We're having a debate here, sir!
 

Sorian

Banned
So I'm in favour of a Day 1 lynch. I think that we can get more information from a death today than if we kill no-one and the Electorate kill someone who we get no information from. Though I can see the argument of a no lynch since this is a smaller game and one death means more.

16 people isn't too small, at 15 NX didn't even seem that small. I know you are for a lynch so I'm not trying to convince you of anything, just saying my thoughts. Since balance is usually % based, I think it's all the same in all honesty.
 

cabot

Member
I.. er... misspoke. I'm sure that there are no snipers watching us right now. Heh heh. We're all having a safe debate here.

EXCELLENT, sir.

Gun control was going to be my next point.....


We DO NOT have a gun problem.

America has no problems.

Freedom.
 
I'm all for a Day 1 lynch, as long as the day is allowed to go through the full 48 hour cycle so we can get as much out of people as possible.

I hope that everyone here is prepared to behave rationally, and that nobody pulls anything crazy for the sake of it. I find unnecessary insanity quite frustrating.

It's nearly 10 here and I need to be up by 8 tomorrow morning so don't all start screaming if I vanish and/or don't really do much within the next few hours.
 

cabot

Member
Alright that's about as much positivity on America I can muster, back to reality oh there goes gravity oh there goes rabbit he won't give up that easy...

oh wait, Thats Eminem. Sorry.

Let's play some Mafia.
 

Sorian

Banned
if you elect me , i will open the borders !!!!!!!!

#scumell

I'm all for a Day 1 lynch, as long as the day is allowed to go through the full 48 hour cycle so we can get as much out of people as possible.

I hope that everyone here is prepared to behave rationally, and that nobody pulls anything crazy for the sake of it. I find unnecessary insanity quite frustrating.

It's nearly 10 here and I need to be up by 8 tomorrow morning so don't all start screaming if I vanish and/or don't really do much within the next few hours.

100% agreed.
 

Burbeting

Banned
I'm pro day 1 lynch too. It gives us more information than a no-lynch does. Some people think that the first day of the electorial debate is usually wasted, I think it can give lot of useful information from people, so I don't think it should be dismissed.
 

Palmer_v1

Member
Vote: Czartim

For your evil avatar.

Everyone should have an active vote at all times. Do not let the Mafia get away with not voting. We need to see receipts for EVERYTHING.
 
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