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[Phalla] Heroes - Volume 1: Origins

HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Social Entropy++
Where does it come from, this quest? This need to solve life's mysteries, when the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.

The Human Genome Project has discovered that tiny variations in man's genetic code are taking place at increasingly rapid rates. Teleportation, levitation, tissue regeneration. This is no longer outside the realm of possibility.

A painting of a grim future has been produced by a comic book artist, Isaac Mendez, with an uncanny talent for seeing the future. A number of groups feel very conflicted about this painting; some are actively trying to prevent it, while others want to see it happen. In all of this, the serial killer known as Sylar is still loose somewhere in the country, taking powers from others and using them for himself.

Everyone assembled here is interested in the bomb, whether for good or for bad. The question simply remains; will you let it happen?

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Narrations

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Gameplay and Rules
Each night everyone will get to vote for a person they believe suspicious. At the end of the round, the person (or people) with the most votes will be arrested (essentially out of the game), and the voting begins anew for the next round. If you vote for someone, you may not go back and edit your vote away. You must make a new post that says you retract the vote. Votes and retractions should be framed as such, or at least similarly:

I !vote to have Hylianbunny arrested.

I !retract my vote to have Hylianbunny arrested.

The voting closes each night at 10pm Eastern. The first round will end on Monday, July 16th. Those who have special abilities need to PM me their intentions by 9:45pm Eastern to use their powers. Furthermore, you may not contact anyone anonymously, share role PMs (though you can explain your role if you so wish), or post in the thread once you die. You may not contact anyone once you are dead, and you may not contact the dead if you are living, unless told otherwise. Everyone is allowed one goodbye post that may not have any pertinent information. I am told mods will be watching. There will be no dead thread either. Suck it up and wait for the endgame.

Activity Clause
Two posts a day or you are out. If you will be gone for a day, or few days, contact me so that I can announce it to the thread. If you are a special, I will give you a chance to give orders in advance. Otherwise, you die in the next narration. Everyone gets a free pass in round one, as last time we axed certain people too quickly. I don’t really pay as much attention to the activity clause as some people, so don’t worry about it too much.

Roles
There are a number of sides in this game of Phalla, with evolved humans in each group. Groups may have alternate win conditions.

As time goes on, special events may occur which alter the rules slightly. Alterations in this fashion will be announced.

There are five to eight baddies.
There are three to four seers, with different powers.
There are not yet any guardians.
There is at least one vigilante.

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Players

    1. naporeon
    2. DasHanselHM
    3. Monkeybomb
    4. Bogey
    5. Mr. Embarkation
    6. Six
    7. Tossrock
    8. Zoolander
    9. Darkseid
    10. scarlet st.
    11. vagabondmonk
    12. Qorzm
    13. Munkus Beaver
    14. Green
    15. blankspace
    16. AkimboLegs
    17. Wiggin
    18. SeafoodSoup
    19. scarlet ave.
    20. PotU
    21. Seriously
    22. real_pochacco
    23. Sara Lynn
    24. Javen
    25. Nogs
    26. Carl with a K
    27. the wook
    28. JohnHam
    29. Quetzi
    30. B:L
    31. Krummith
    32. Captain Ultra
    33. bsjezz
    34. Osvik
    35. Fizban
    36. Redeemer
    37. VulnoX
    38. SojakFA
    39. TheKovakistani
    40. Drez
    41. precisionk
    42. Ardor
    43. Dogbone33
    44. FirstComradeStalin
    45. Shenanigans
    46. Fembot
    47. Bendery
    48. Nusch
    49. Dislexic
    50. tuxkamen

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    Order of Powers:

    Any guardians protect.
    Sylar attacks.
    Any bad groups attack.
    Any vigilantes attack.
    Vote takes effect.
    Any seers receive results.

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    Round one will end on Sunday, July 15th, at 10:00 PM Eastern Time.

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    !vote Bogey

    that's right

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So we don't know what Specials there are?

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Not specifically. If I have something listed as "any _____ _____'s", assume there's at least one of the sort, though.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    !vote Bogey

    Wook has a lot of confidence.

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Game doesn't start for another...18 and half hours, right? or is it okay to vote right now?

    EDIT: this is my first phalla ever, so ill be asking a lot of questions like this.

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So apparently I have the power of having exact change.


    Who wants to take the bus!?

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Long as you vote before Monday at 10:00 EST, that's fine. I'm considering bumping up the first day's finish to 22 hours from now, though.

    I'll edit the OP with the decision within the next few minutes. :P

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Nogs wrote: »
    Game doesn't start for another...18 and half hours, right? or is it okay to vote right now?

    EDIT: this is my first phalla ever, so ill be asking a lot of questions like this.

    It has already started

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  • BogeyBogey I'm back, baby! Santa Monica, CAModerator mod
    edited July 2007
    So it begins...

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    You'll find information is a valuable resource in this game. :P

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I love you Bogey

    !retract Bogey

    !vote Fiz

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Harshest of blows.

    And I was going to kidnap that Elvira lady for your birthday present.

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    You'll find information is a valuable resource in this game. :P

    As valuable as having just the right amount of change?

    What constitutes the right amount anyways?

    If the right amount is a million dollars, will I have it in change?

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I shall bide my time.

    I need a menacing cat to sit on my armchair while I bide.

    a biding cat, if you will.

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    What if I need the exact amount of change to build a house with?

    A house made of change.

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    you cant see this post because i am invisible

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    so you're a hobo?

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Qorzm wrote: »
    you cant see this post because i am invisible

    I think you're only invisible from the waist down, Q.

    Fiz on
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  • DarkseidDarkseid Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    Since we don't know how many of every special there is, that really throws a wrench in the whole "examine everything under a microscope" idea.

    The unknown is scary.

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    i am a floating shark attack victim

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Oh shit. Maybe I've been looking at this the wrong way.


    Maybe I have the right amount of change in the sense of CHANGING things.


    Watch out, fuckers.

    You wearing pants?

    Not for long!



    A comet isn't about to crash into us?

    Not anymore!

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So is getting your skull cut open.

    Just sayin'.

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Qorzm.

    Wanna be my biding cat?

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Day one will finish on Sunday at 10:00 PM Eastern. All votes must be in at that time.

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    ok nogs

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    <3 Hylian

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    this is cool

    the roles are a mystery then i guess

    i will randomly !vote for JohnHam

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    who am I?

    I'm Mister Nobody

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  • HylianbunnyHylianbunny Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Raneados is the real Claude Rains

    you know

    because he doesn't exist

    (psst git out! :P)

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    awesome.

    okay now, just sit on the arm of this chair menacingly until i am finished biding.

    oh, and make sure to hiss at any passers-by.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    alright: my last post in this thread


    hahaha person who PMed me

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Raneados wrote: »
    alright: my last post in this thread


    hahaha person who PMed me

    Thanks a lot Rane.


    D:

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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Whoa whoa whoa

    why you gots to be votin for johnham

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    the question here isn't why we are voting for johnham.

    the question is, why does johnham like eating brains so fucking much?

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I will cast a revenge !vote for Bogey

    If it hadn't been for you, I would have won Phalla++! :P

    Green on
  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Nogs wrote: »
    the question here isn't why we are voting for johnham.

    the question is, why does johnham like eating brains so fucking much?

    A legitimate question, to be sure.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    JohnHam wrote: »
    Whoa whoa whoa

    why you gots to be votin for johnham

    gotta nuke somethin'

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  • ShenanigansShenanigans Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Everyone who is evil raise your hand.

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    !retract Fiz

    !vote Green


    revenge votes are gay

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