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The Day the Music Died - Prelude: Concerning Charlie Horse - A [Phalla] - It's Over!
Locus
Trust MeThe seaRegistered User regular
Trust MeThe seaRegistered User regular
The Day the Music Died – Prelude: Concerning Charlie Horse
Brought to you by Locus and AustinP0027
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down
And sing an oleful ditty
'Twas on a day in April month
We started from the city
We planned a day or two at Maars
We stalwart men were chosen
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond
Who fell in when the pond was frozen
-“Concerning Charlie Horse,” by Great Big Sea
Brought to you by Locus and AustinP0027
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down
And sing an oleful ditty
'Twas on a day in April month
We started from the city
We planned a day or two at Maars
We stalwart men were chosen
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond
Who fell in when the pond was frozen
-“Concerning Charlie Horse,” by Great Big Sea
This is a phalla.
Phalla is a variation of the “Mafia” party game, where an uninformed majority (colloquially referred to as “the village”) must root out an informed minority (colloquially referred to as “the mafia”). You can read more about phalla here.
The rules for this phalla are below. There is no limit to the number of players who may participate in this game. No outside knowledge is required to play in this game.
If you wish to sign up to play this game, please sign up in a bold color. Please also include the name of a song that makes you happy. If there are no songs that make you happy, you are exempt from this requirement.
RULES
Voting
Each day, the players must vote to eliminate another player on the player list by posting the name of the player they wish to kill in bold red. The player who has the most votes at the end of the day will be eliminated from the game. In the event of a tie vote, one of the players who received the most votes will be eliminated, at random, as will the player who tied the vote.
Votes made in an edited post will not be counted.
Game Day
Each game day will begin when the hosts announce that the game day has begun.
Each game day will end at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.
Any votes cast or orders received at 9:00 PM or later will not be counted. All votes or orders must be timestamped 8:59 PM or earlier to be counted for that day.
Communications and Activity
Include the hosts on any private messages shared between players or any proboards created.
Players may not anonymously communicate with any other player.
No “ghost” posting: players may not make any posts in the game thread or communicate with any other players regarding the game once they have been eliminated from the game.
Players must make at least two posts in the game thread and vote once each day. Failure to do so will result in your elimination from the game.
Roles, Items, Results, and Order of Operations
All role names are public information. There are no hidden roles. There is a village, and there is a mafia. There are no conversions. Please see the post below for a list of the Dramatis Personae. Role PMs may not be shared.
Unless otherwise specified, all players can take one of the following actions every day:
- Investigate - Choose a role from the list of Dramatis Personae. You will learn the alignment of, but not the player assigned to, that role.
- Question - Target one player. You will learn the role, but not the alignment, of that player.
There are items in this game, which will be distributed at the beginning of the game. A description of the item, including any effects it may have on the game, will be provided to the holder of the item. Items may not be traded, given away, or discarded.
The order of operations is as follows: Mafia Actions -> Investigate/Question -> Elimination Vote and Mafia Items -> Village Items.
Clarification of any rule may be requested by posting such request in bold orange. Clarifications may also be requested in private by PMing the hosts.
Sample villager role PM:
I fished with my father, so long long ago
We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show
We held our heads high, there were lots of fish then
That was the time when we were proud men
We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun
We worked and we toiled, we strained arm and brain
We were a proud people, will be be e’er be again?
-“The Fisherman’s Lament,” by Great Big Sea
You are… the Fisherman! For generations, you and your family caught fish in the Atlantic northwest cod fishery off of the coast of Newfoundland. That was, of course, until the Department of Fisheries and Oceans mismanaged the whole enterprise, causing the collapse of the fishery. They may have taken your livelihood, and your pride, but you’re still a brave Newfoundlander, and you’re not going to let anyone else harm your community.
Win condition: Eliminate all threats to the village.
Each day, you may take one of the following actions:
Please PM the hosts with your desired action each day.
We were proud of our trade, and in us it did show
We held our heads high, there were lots of fish then
That was the time when we were proud men
We challenged great storms and sometimes we won
Faced death and disaster, we rose with the sun
We worked and we toiled, we strained arm and brain
We were a proud people, will be be e’er be again?
-“The Fisherman’s Lament,” by Great Big Sea
You are… the Fisherman! For generations, you and your family caught fish in the Atlantic northwest cod fishery off of the coast of Newfoundland. That was, of course, until the Department of Fisheries and Oceans mismanaged the whole enterprise, causing the collapse of the fishery. They may have taken your livelihood, and your pride, but you’re still a brave Newfoundlander, and you’re not going to let anyone else harm your community.
Win condition: Eliminate all threats to the village.
Each day, you may take one of the following actions:
- Investigate – Choose a role from the list of Dramatis Personae. You will learn the alignment of, but not the player assigned to, that role.
- Question – Target one player. You will learn the role, but not the alignment, of that player.
Please PM the hosts with your desired action each day.
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Posts
1. 38thDoe
2. Assuran - The Mermaid
3. Auralynx - Miss Brown
4. Bluecyan - John Barbour
5. Cythraul - Helmethead
6. discrider - Lukey
7. Ghostly Clockwork - Process Man - Corrupted
8. Gizzy - Jack Lynch
9. Grunt's Ghosts - Old Moose Coosten
10. H3Knuckles - Penelope
11. JPants
12. Kilnaga - Billy Peddle
13. kime - Summer
14. LostNinja
15. Lucedes
16. MamaWolf - The Butcher
17. Moridin889 - William Oldford - Corrupted
18. ObiFett
19. oldmanken - Captain Wedderburn
20. Phyphor - Art Jackman - Corrupted
21. premium - Johnny Dhu
22. Romantic Undead - The Scolded Husband - Corrupted
23. shalmelo
24. Sir Fabulous
25. Virgil_Leads_You
26. ZombieHero
Dramatis Personae:
1. Able Rogers
2. Art Jackman - Phyphor - Corrupted
3. Billy Peddle - Kilnaga
4. Blue Puttee
5. The Butcher - MamaWolf
6. Captain Wedderburn - oldmanken
7. Doctor John - Virgil_Leads_You
8. Gideon Brown
9. Helmethead - Cythraul
10. Jack Hinks
11. Jack Lynch - Gizzy
12. Janie
13. John Barbour - Bluecyan
14. Johnny Dhu - premium
15. Lukey - discrider
16. Margarita
17. Mari Mac
18. The Mermaid - Assuran
19. Miss Brown - Auralynx
20. Old Moose Coosten
21. Penelope - H3Knuckles
22. Process Man - Ghostly Clockwork - Corrupted
23. Sally Ann
24. The Scolded Husband - Romantic Undead - Corrupted
25. Summer - kime
26. William Oldford - Moridin889 - Corrupted
Narrations and Results
Opening Narration
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Anyways, Sign up
Interesting that there's a rule of no ghost posts at all.
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Also no video? For shame
Are you Canadian? They're big there. Like, actually.
If not? Only if you've watched Republic of Doyle for some reason.
Oh, and sign up.
Well that comes as no surprise
Still I kinda like this feelin'
Of being left behind
Yea this ain't nothing new to me
Well it's just like goin' home
It's kinda like those sunsets
That leave you feelin'
So stoned
Hey hey I guess it hasn't hit me yet
I fell through this crack
And I kinda lost my head
I stand transfixed
Before this street light
Watching the snow fall
On this cold December night
I never thought this could happen
But somehow the feeling is gone
You got sick of the patterns
And I got lost in this song
Hey hey I guess it hasn't hit me yet
I fell through this crack
And I kinda lost my head
I stand transfixed
Before this street light
Watching the snow fall
On this cold December night
And out in the middle of Lake Ontario
The same snow is falling
On the deep silent water
The great dark wonder
Into the waves of my heart
Into the waves of my heart
Of my heart
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
Like a dog wrapped round my leg!
And the old Phalla's got a hold on me
Will I live for another day?
Eh!
Will I live for another day?
Switch Friend Code: SW-1406-1275-7906
24/7 one day one to go
I want to be [REDACTED]
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
These so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest
SIGN ME UP
Confusion will be my epitaph
Congrats @MamaWolf!
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I shouldn't be as busy at work this time
Reading the OP is for after the game starts!
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make those people dance,
And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
Well, lets go with the song that always trips my trigger when it comes on the radio these days:
I'm fairly sure you're all ahead on me sharing that theme song and a Slaid Cleaves thing in the phalla thread rather than trying to explain why, say, Lyle Lovett's cover of Townes van Zandt's Lungs is a song that makes me happy.
On the other hand, Warren Zevon's Lawyers, Guns, and Money, final answer.
What I get for not reading the OP I guess :S
Dude...
@ecco the dolphin
@Erin The Red
@Goose!
@Iron Weasel
@mi-go hunter
@Rawkking Goodguy
@Romantic Undead
@Shiny New Toys
@Sir Fabulous
@That Dave Fella
@The Anonymous
@The Dagon
@Void Slayer
@Zombie Hero
@Alegis
@am0n
@Anialos
@Arivia
@Auralynx
@Baidol
@Bedlam
@Bluecyan
@Buddha73
@Burnage
@CapFalcon
@chamberlain
@Cythraul
@DeamonIzual
@facetious
@FecklessRogue
@Flarne
@Gizzy
@Green
@GrimmyTOA
@H3Knuckles
@Hedgethorn
@Heffling
@immortal_squish
@Invictus
@JayKaos
@JaysonFour
@Jester313
@Jordan_ht
@JusticeforPluto
@Kilnaga
@l3lasphemer69
@Langly
@Locus
@lonelyahava
@Lucedes
@MagicPrime
@MamaWolf
@Marikir
@Megafrost
@MikeyCTS
@Mill
@mrpaku
@MrTLicious
@ObiFett
@Phoenix-D
@Phyphor
@Premium
@Rend
@Retaba
@SaberOverEasy
@SeGaTai
@Sepah
@Smasher
@Spoit
@Taya
@Teucrian
@vagrant_winds
@Virgil_Leads_You
@Wildcat
@Assuran
@Ghostly Clockwork
@LostNinja
@MikeyCTS
@Moridin889
Island Name: Felinefine
That was the hardest part for me. Lots of my favorite songs evoke other emotions besides happiness. Excitement, sadness, grief/loss, peacefulness, anger, etc. Joy is actually not that common of a reaction for me.
Yeah, my favorite song is "Mad World" which is depressing as hell. But I think I like sad song because sadness isn't an emotion I expected often, which seems weird to say but it's true. My life isn't bad, really.
Maybe The Postal Service - Such Great Heights ?
Only song they did with happy lyrics instead of sad? Happier. Whatever.
Not sure it counts as a song, but to anyone who has ever heard it this has to make you happy.
I won't comment on how long my signup was held up by such a tough choice.
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Seven [REDACTED] in my house
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
This epilogue of our own fable
Heedless in our slumber
Floating nascent we
Free fall through this boundlessness
This madness
Of our own making
Falling isn't flying
Floating isn't infinite
Come, our end, suddenly
All hail our lethargy
Concede suddenly
To the quickened dissolution
Pray we mitigate the ruin
Calling all to arms and order
Drifting through this boundlessness
This madness of our own making
Sound our dire reveille
Rouse all from our apathy
Lest we
Cease to be
Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order
Sound the dread alarm
Through our primal body
Sound the reveille
To be or not to be
Rise
Stay the grand finale
Stay the reading of our swan song and epilogue
One drive to stay alive
It's elementary
Muster every fiber
Mobilize
Stay alive
Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order
Song - The Builder
Oh, what a night
Late December back in '63
What a very special time for me
As I remember what a night
Oh, what a night
You know I didn't even know her name
But I was never gonna be the same
What a lady, what a night
Oh, I got a funny feeling
When she walked in the room
And I, as I recall
It ended much too soon
Oh, what a night
Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
She was everything I dreamed she'd be
Sweet surrender, what a night
I felt a rush
Like a rolling bolt of thunder
Spinning my head around
And taking my body under
(Oh what a night)
Oh, I got a funny feeling
When she walked in the room
And I, as I recall
It ended much too soon
Oh, what a night
Doo, dit, doo, dit, dit
Doo, dit, doo, dit, dit
Oh, what a night
Doo, dit, doo, dit, dit
Doo, dit, doo, dit, dit
Oh, what…
I love me some four seasons!!
I do love me some postal service
Island Name: Felinefine