OC Circus Maximus and the Temple Mafia of Doom - Game Over, Town Relics Win!

Hammer, Day Two concludes.

The call goes out for one Spanish Hogfish to claim.

You never hear it until it's too late. StupidFlandrs48 shouts he's a Utility Player... and a lot of Spanish. Hablamos espanol?

He is surrounded, and offed, by the will of the relics!

Dear StupidFlandrs48
You are a Steam Engine.

Alias: Spanish Hogfish

Once upon a time, are you guys gonna flame me if I point out that American railroads were built on the bodies of Chinese laborers? No? Anyway, once upon a time, you were the singlemost effective means of transporting large quantities of materials (or people) across land. Then came diesel…

Each night, you may use one of the Utility Players’ pooled abilities. As a team, you may assign a role to each member. Each role may only be used once a night. Any ability-checking abilities will receive the ability the mafia member performed that night.

Each night, beginning on N1 if you choose, you may designate one member to perform your factional kill. You may send “NX - Kill ALIAS” to the host. If ALIAS is outside a temple and not otherwise protected, they will die.

Each day, beginning on D2 if you choose, if your factional kill did not succeed at night, you may designate one member to send “DX - Destroy TEMPLE” to the host. TEMPLE will be destroyed, killing everyone in it, after taking the prior night’s protective abilities into account. You may submit a TEMPLE to destroy on D1, but it must be empty.

Each night, you must send “NX - Visit TEMPLE” to the host. You may include any other conditions for entry you like. If you are visiting a probability temple, please include a number from 1-100. If you are visiting an adventure temple, be aware you will need to complete the activity during the day.

Your safeclaim is: Smoking in Restaurants.

You are allied with the Utility Players. You win if the Town Relics and the Proper Comedic Timing Relics are eliminated while at least one Utility Player is still alive.
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How interesting to see a mafia role PM!

While studying this treasure trove, you all notice that one of you is missing...

You go to look for poor Celever, who is no longer gathered with everyone. You find him draped over a sarcophagus in a temple, slain by a curse, for daring to disturb the emperor's slumber. Say farewell to Panther Grouper, the first victim of Temple RNG:

Dear Celever
You are VHS.

Alias: Panther Grouper

Once upon a time, you let people record their favorite television programs, from the grand total of three channels that existed. Then came DVD, and Blu-ray, and DVR, and hipsters protesting that you weren’t even the best option in your heyday, Betamax was. Now, you’re only found in Goodwills and abandoned Block Busters.

Each night, you may use one of the Utility Players’ pooled abilities. As a team, you may assign a role to each member. Each role may only be used once a night. Any ability-checking abilities will receive the ability the mafia member performed that night.

Each night, beginning on N1 if you choose, you may designate one member to perform your factional kill. You may send “NX - Kill ALIAS” to the host. If ALIAS is outside a temple and not otherwise protected, they will die.

Each day, beginning on D2 if you choose, if your factional kill did not succeed at night, you may designate one member to send “DX - Destroy TEMPLE” to the host. TEMPLE will be destroyed, killing everyone in it, after taking the prior night’s protective abilities into account. You may submit a TEMPLE to destroy on D1, but it must be empty.

Each night, you must send “NX - Visit TEMPLE” to the host. You may include any other conditions for entry you like. If you are visiting a probability temple, please include a number from 1-100. If you are visiting an adventure temple, be aware you will need to complete the activity during the day.

Your safeclaim is: NyanCat.

You are allied with the Utility Players. You win if the Town Relics and the Proper Comedic Timing Relics are eliminated while at least one Utility Player is still alive.
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Oof! This unfortunate fellow joins apricity in the Temple Mafia Hall of Fame for unlucky N1 visits.

Finally, you all wait to hear an evil cackle. Someone laughs maliciously, and then you hear a cartoonishly-large stick of TNT ticking down. You locate the unfortunate victim of vandalism: the Kalasan Temple.

Just as the fuse is about to blow, someone drops a bomb on the Kalasan Temple! Was it destroyed by the explosion of the dynamite or the very utilitarian drone strike?

It seems it was both.

And it seems there were victims:

The first to fall is genisu, also known as Emperor Angelfish. He is taken too young, but at least the slurs will stop. He is blown to smithereens in the explosion.
Dear genisu
You are a Bandito.

Alias: Emperor Angelfish

Once upon a time, you picked the pockets of the wild west. Riding around robbing banks and stuff. With a bandit mask!

You will steal the item(s) of anyone in the same TEMPLE as you. You will not be told aliasnames of who you stole from.

Each night, you must send “NX - Visit TEMPLE” to the host. You may include any other conditions for entry you like. If you are visiting a probability temple, please include a number from 1-100. If you are visiting an adventure temple, be aware you will need to complete the activity during the day.

You are allied with the Town Relics. You win if the Proper Comedic Timing Relics and the Utility Players are eliminated while at least one Town Relic is still alive.
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The next to meet his untimely demise is the cheerful Former, also known as the Bicolor Parrotfish. He happily tries to type up his next post, but it is: no good, as he is crushed by a collapsing tunnel.
Dear Former
You are the Hwow Checker.

Alias: Bicolor Parrotfish

Once upon a time, someone made you up as a fakeclaim in a mafia. Your time in the sun may have been very brief, but it existed, nonetheless. You’re a real boy now.

You will be informed of the hwow level of all abilities used in same TEMPLE as you during that cycle. You will not be told aliasnames. There can be any number of other people visiting TEMPLE. You must be one of those people. Hwow level ranges from 1, extremely weak, to 10, extremely strong.

Each night, you must send “NX - Visit TEMPLE” to the host. You may include any other conditions for entry you like. If you are visiting a probability temple, please include a number from 1-100. If you are visiting an adventure temple, be aware you will need to complete the activity during the day.

You are allied with the Town Relics. You win if the Proper Comedic Timing Relics and the Utility Players are eliminated while at least one Town Relic is still alive.
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And lastly, one of your noble leaders, Mekkah, has driven to his final stop. You lose Marine Betta to the rubble falling everywhere.
Dear Mekkah
You are the Trolley Driver.

Alias: Marine Betta

Once upon a time, you rode the rails of industrializing cities, transporting people through busy urban areas. Then, you decided to start running people over, taunting people to flip switches to minimize casualties. Or maximize them - beep beep, mothertrucker.

Each night, you may send “NX - Drive ALIAS1 to the safe end of the line, and ALIAS2 to the shady end of the line” to the host. Any protective roles (usually defined as roles that contain ‘guard’) targeting either ALIAS1 or ALIAS2 will target ALIAS1 only. Any informational roles (usually defined as roles which provide information on the target’s role, action, item, or temple) targeting either ALIAS1 or ALIAS2 will target ALIAS2 only.

All roles of other categories (kill, disruptive, deceptive, thief, etc.) will disregard the trolley. Passive items ignore the trolley.

Each night, you must send “NX - Visit TEMPLE” to the host. You may include any other conditions for entry you like. If you are visiting a probability temple, please include a number from 1-100. If you are visiting an adventure temple, be aware you will need to complete the activity during the day.

You are allied with the Town Relics. You win if the Proper Comedic Timing Relics and the Utility Players are eliminated while at least one Town Relic is still alive.
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At least one team is laughing after these results!

Pidge (zoa on Discord) has been subbed in for des121. Please direct all communications about the slot to him.

Results for D2 phase going out now. It is now Night Two. N2 will end in 49.5 hours or so at 5pm PDT, 7/5. Get those actions in!
 
Attention all:
Now that we know how the mafia temple destruction / kills work, several things are imperative:
1. Most people should be randing temples. Do not visit specific temples under any circumstances unless you have a specific reason to. There are good reasons to visit specific temples, but make sure you know what they are and that you're not just following orders, because you might be following them to your death.
2. If you rand, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CLAIM WHAT TEMPLE YOU VISITED UNTIL AFTER THE DAY CYCLE ENDS. It is fine to claim this information and your result AFTER the day cycle ends because the mafia can no longer kill you with that information.
3. The lack of communication between the mafias implies that the Comedy mafia feels they can win without needing to coordinate with Utility. I suggest we take them at their word and focus on Comedy mafia for the foreseeable future, until we are back to relatively even numbers. Utility mafia, if we start voting one of you in the future then STEP UP EARLIER (i.e. before hammer) with information on the Comedy mafia and I for one will gladly shift my vote to them if the evidence you provide is compelling.
4. I do still think the village leaders are more likely village than mafia. Dak in particular I really think is town. LN I'm slightly suspicious of due to the night's results but don't think people should be up in arms at him. Treat LN with healthy skepticism, Dak I would personally be very surprised if he was mafia but I've been wrong before so don't take this as gospel.

With the above being said, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO ROGUE TONIGHT. The village leaders still have the best idea of what to plan and how to catch mafia, and we absolutely cannot be messing things up because we are panicking and doing random stupid shit. Just make sure you ask for some reasoning behind why you're doing what you're doing, and if they tell you a specific temple to go to make sure they give you a damn good reason for it and let someone else know that you're going somewhere specific that theoretically only the village leaders should know about.
 
^ Building on what Sam said:

Its actually kind of a good thing to visit the same temple that mafia does. They wont blow up a temple their teammate is in (obviously cross fire could happen, but you see the point). Agreed spreading out in general to mitigate risk and keeping temple visits need-to-know is likely a good idea here.

I agree with LN that it makes sense to focusfire the weaker mafia team (Utility) which has 2 (3?) members dead. Just typing that makes me think M2H was town. I think we need to reckon with the M2H/redless situation at some point. Was Flandrs trying to get Comedy Mafia to contact not-Redless? Or was that just wifom to protect redless? Or both?

UncleSam said:
With the above being said, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO ROGUE TONIGHT.
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Wait, what? Isnt this antithetical to what you posted before? We shouldnt let someone potentially orchestrate temple assignments since mafia could absolutely massacre a whole group if they know about that.
 
AngryPidgeon said:
Wait, what? Isnt this antithetical to what you posted before? We shouldnt let someone potentially orchestrate temple assignments since mafia could absolutely massacre a whole group if they know about that.
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No, not at all. There are several things in play here:
1. Role actions. These should not under any circumstances be used in a 'rogue' manner, so to speak. Use actions as the village leaders request, as long as they give a decent reason.
2. Temple visits. These should not be rogue, these just shouldn't be specified. There is a difference:
- If LN says 'rand one of these 15 temples', then going rogue means randing one of the other temples. This (i.e. randing off of the approved list) is a no-no, and constitutes 'going rogue'.
- If LN says 'rand one of these 15 temples', and you then rand one of them, then I am recommending you not tell LN which one you randed until after the following day cycle.
- If LN says 'visit this SPECIFIC temple', then I am saying ask for a damn good reason before just doing it. If you're not going to do it, then say so and rand one of the village leader-approved temples on the rand list. This does not qualify as going rogue, but visiting a different temple or saying you will visit the specific temple LN asked and then not doing so do qualify as going rogue.
 
zorbees said:
I think sam means follow orders for actions but rand temple visits, but not sure
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Randing temples is exactly the opposite of what we should do. It means that every temple will end up being a viable explosion target for the mafia rather than just certain ones. I have access to temple fortification that can keep people alive.

The Temple of Heaven

and

The Arch of Constantine

have been FORTIFIED via role. They CANNOT be demolished. They also do not have entry requirements and also the latter of which provides useful healing items that we need in order to combat the poisoners that are on the mafias.

If you are a villager, and you do not trust to receive a specified temple from me, i implore you. PLEASE seek refuge in one of those two temples.

I am now more certain than ever at this point that UncleSam is in fact part of the Comedy Mafias. The fact that no comedy ever came public to counterclaim him and the insistence with which he expected us to lynch M2H, who i now know via infallible coroner was a confirmed villager. Means that he probably received outreach from the REAL Utilities and got lucky that m2h wanted to cosplay mafia so he could get him mislynched. Additionally, he KNEW that former was in the Kalasan Temple (and his posting restriction) and therefore knew that Mekkah also had the same restriction (because he can read mekkah's lynch post)

I am begging us not to get disorganized because of faulty logic by a likely mafia. Please reach out to me with a claim if you haven't already done so and for a night target / temple recommendation.
 
Well I obviously did not know about the fortification. I think that going there is totally fine, I don’t really see how LN can say my logic is bad though. I don’t have access to the role knowledge you do, lacking that what argument is there against what my suggested plan was?

As for the rest, well, LN is kinda just saying things. No Comedy mafia has come forward ever, that much is clear from Flandrs asking for contact + the mafias destroying the same temple. If he has a legit coroner result on M2H then well gj to him (M2H) for fooling me. I still stand by the logic of the vote based on the information available at the time.

As for literally everyone huddling in one or two temples, that sounds like a lot of risk in the event that LN is lying or simply mistaken about how secure a temple is. I do not think that we should send like 10 villagers into only two temples, but if people think it’s a good idea then use your best judgment.
 
I can corroborate LN's claim that fortification roles exist and the aforementioned Temples are likely to be relatively safe picks.

I would also like to make the request that anyone that was visited by a member of The Beatles to accompany them to the vote last night please get in contact with me as soon as possible. If I do not hear from all four of you by the end of this night, I might have to make assume that the aliases that did not get back to me are a part of either mafia factions.
 
If you are have not received any suggestions from me or LN to go anywhere else, please go to one of the following temples. Like we previously mentioned, the last two of these have been fortified and can't be destroyed.

Rock of Cashel
Chichester Cathedral
St Vitus Cathedral
Hagia Sophia
Brihadisvara Temple
Corvin Castle Genoa
Cathedral Borgund Stave
Church Temple of the Sun
The Temple of Heaven
The Arch of Constantine


Feel free to send us a message if you want to further discuss where to go.
 
Night Two concludes.

Wary after the loss of your fearless leader (perhaps he should have been afraid!) to the unexpected double-destruction of the Kalasan Temple, and wondering how exactly to stay safe, you all gather for more exciting developments.

The advice-seeker is back, hoping someone can offer insight onto their newest predicament:
Dear Darling Darla,

Since giving birth to our twins, my wife has been distant and inattentive. Don't get me wrong, she's really stepped into the role of mother. I just wish she would remember that she was a wife first sometimes. I'm trying to provide and take care of this family, but who is gonna take care of me?

There I am, feeling alone and abandoned when an old girlfriend of mine messaged me outta nowhere. And not just any ex, this is the girl who got away. When she texted saying that she had moved back into town, it felt like time reversed. She asked if we could meet up for a drink this Friday, but my wife asked me to watch the kids that night as she is hoping to get back to her pottery class now that she's recovered from the birth. Should I leave my ex on read, or message them back?

Sincerely,
Alone in a Full House

PS: I think it's really interesting what you do here, giving advice and listening to people's problems. Although it seems like a pretty cushy gig, so I guess this has all helped you out in the long run.
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Ring, ring. A bell tolls in the town center, beckoning you to gather round. You come together to hear the proclamation for the day:
As my eyes saw it last night, in this year of our Lord 2024, the masses assembled included the following fealties:
Town Relic
Town Relic
Town Relic
Town Relic
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There is one body today. It appears Milk Spotted Puffer has been rendered obsolete by some nefarious ne'er-do-wellers.

But, what's this? You cannot find a role PM or user attached to the alias!

This was an NPC.

All results should be out, please inform me ASAP of any issues.

It is now Day Three. D3 will end in 24 hours, at 5pm PDT 7/6.

Have fun hunting!
 
Well now, ain't this just the darndest thing! Seems like the only one who bit the dust here was some poor ol' NPC, huh? No real players takin' the big sleep, just some nameless face that got caught in the crossfire.

Now, I know y'all must be wonderin' just who it was that took out this here NPC. Was it the Comedy Mafia, tryin' to thin the herd a little? Or maybe it was just the Utilities, takin' out the guy to send a message. Either way, it's got me mighty curious, I tell ya what.

This whole Mafia game's got my blood pressure higher than a June bug, I tell ya. I can feel the Mafia eyes on me, tryin' to figure out if I'm the one who's gonna expose their rotten scheme. But they're gonna have to try a whole lot harder than that if they want to take this ol' dog down. I'm in it to protect this here town, and I ain't goin' down without one heck of a fight, y'hear?
 
Alone in a Full House,

Please do not fall in love with the ex. Marriage is a commitment and whatever is in the past stays there. Regardless of how you communicate with your ex (and I wouldn't recommend getting drinks) please talk with your wife :)
 
Hello everyone, today I have a story for you.

On n0, Former went to Corvin Castle and an unknown user at the time accompanied him. Former's role clocked this person's power level at an 8. Quite strong indeed! In fact, yeti confirmed to Former that a user with a role strength of 8 could only be a variant of a temple ability checker, or a hooker. If only we knew who it was! We could squeeze them for information and possibly get a lynch target out of them! Unfortunately, for a long time nobody ever claimed to have gone to Corvin Castle on n0, so alas, the trail went cold.

At any rate, going through the motions of the game, eventually a claim fell into my possession. Quite the innocuous claim. This user claimed to be able to target any temple and prevent the inhabitants from having their items stolen. Not the best ability by any stretch, but worth something at least, given the number of items in the game.

Then through a bit of bad luck, this user came to be infected with a deadly bit of arsenic poisoning and was due to die the following night. He begged and pleaded for me to cure him with some activated charcoal. Given I had no reason to disbelieve him, I set out to find him this item and by stroke of luck, we did in fact have a spare piece of charcoal laying around. I got his alias and gave it to him right away. He received it at the end of the day and his poison was cured!

As reward for providing him a cure, he decided to finally full claim, giving me every night result he'd gotten from the beginning of the game. To include....

His n0 temple visit.

Corvin Castle.

User zorbees. You stand accused of falsifying your role, your role name, and your alliance. The evidence is clear. The writing is on the wall. You are mafia.

Today we !Vote Radiata Lionfish
 
Oh also, that announcement in the update is a fake. My role failed. I targeted Somnath Temple and there were too many users in it, the mafia stuffed the ballot box.
 
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