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[Mini-Phalla] Vote Manipulation Phalla - Look Out it's Sabs and TheLawinator survive.

MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Critical Failures
Vote Manipulation Phalla
A MrBlarney Abomination


Vote Manipulation Phalla is an abstract strategic mini-Phalla game focused around the theme of vote manipulation abilities. That's all there is to say about that.

Genre: Multi-Dimensional Factional; Vote Manipulation


Player Roles

Each player is assigned the role of a card, each of which has a picture containing a set of three features:

- Number (one, two, or three)
- Color (red, blue, or green)
- Shape (triangle, square, or circle)

The cards:
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2rt.gif2rs.gif2rc.gif2bt.gif2bs.gif2bc.gif2gt.gif2gs.gif2gc.gif
3rt.gif3rs.gif3rc.gif3bt.gif3bs.gif3bc.gif3gt.gif3gs.gif3gc.gif

Each card is unique, and all possible combinations are represented; therefore, there will be 27 cards and players. Each player will also have an ability that can be used privately; most of these manipulate the vote in some fashion.


Daily Vote

Each game day, all players get a vote on who to eliminate from the game, indicating that player’s name in bold red, posting "!vote for <player name>" or similar phrase. You may retract a vote by posting "!retract vote for <player name>" or similar phrase in bold lime or change your vote by making another one in bold red. At the end of each game day, the two to four players receiving the most votes will be eliminated: the number of players to be eliminated will decrease as the game goes on (and will be noted in the results of each day).

Of course, being that there is vote manipulation, there is an order of operations that will (normally) be followed to calculate the actual vote counts:
  1. Abilities that change how much a vote is worth - Every player's raw vote is worth one at the start of each day. The value of each player's vote is manipulated by powers in the order they are received (i.e. first in, first out)
  2. Votes are tallied - Post-manipulation votes are tallied up, based on the players' voting in the thread that day.
  3. Abilities that change how much the tally is worth - Every player's tally may be further manipulated by other abilities. Once again, the tally is changed by powers in the order they are received (i.e. first in, first out).
In case of ties in the vote, the vote will be broken by looking at the number of raw, pre-manipulation votes, then by who got to that vote count first if the tie is still not broken.

Voting will close each day at 8PM PDT / 11PM EDT / 3AM UTC; any actions before the hour (x:59) will count, any actions on the hour and later (x:00) will not.


Daily Information

Information revealed about players after their deaths will be limited. You will not be told their individual cards or any special abilities they may have had, nor will you know how many votes the eliminated players ended up with. What you will be told is the collected distribution of attributes among those eliminated, i.e. how many reds, blues, and greens were eliminated, etc.


Win Conditions

Every player has four different win conditions; only one needs to be satisfied to claim victory:

- All remaining players share the same number.
- All remaining players share the same color.
- All remaining players share the same shape.
- All remaining players share no common number, color, or shape between any of them.

What this means is that you can win with any other player in the game, though it may be harder to win with some players than others. It also means that you can’t trust anyone completely since they also have objectives that won't include you being around to celebrate. Any two players may win together; it is not the case that any three players may win together.


Signing Up

Sign up with the phrase "I !sign up" or similar phrase in bold lime or other bright, easily visible color to ensure that your intent to play is acknowledged. This game has a maximum player limit of 27.


Inactivity

It is expected that players vote and take their action each day to be considered sufficiently active. A warning will be sent on the first day that this requirement is not met, and a replacement will be made on the second consecutive day of inactivity or third day of inactivity overall. If there are no replacements available, then the player will be eliminated from the game.


Clarifications

Any questions about the general game rules may be made by highlighting the question in bold orange text. Answers will be posted in the thread and collected in the below section. Player-specific inquiries that are not addressed in the general rules may be asked via PM. Please note that there may be mechanics or details which will not be answered and kept hidden until the end of the game.


Other Rules

Standard Phalla rules apply: no sharing of host-provided PMs via screenshots and direct quotation. However, information may be shared indirectly, such as through rephrasing. No anonymous contact is allowed. All messages must be traceable to a player in the game.

If any players create "proboards" for private communication, please send a link for it to the host.


Player List

Day 1 Eliminations
Dunadan019
LoserForHireX
Orange Soda
Robos A Go Go

Day 2 Eliminations
Burnage
Capfalcon
FunkyWaltDogg
The Anonymous

Day 3 Eliminations
Alegis
Rend
Ringo
simonwolf

Day 4 Eliminations
jdarksun
samurai6966
Teucrian

Day 5 Eliminations
Ebfan
Infidel
Phyphor

Day 6 Eliminations
Extermatott [strike]Zandracon[/strike]
JaysonFour
Sir Fabulous

Day 7 Eliminations
Aegis
Daius

Dau 8 Eliminations
Delphinidaes
Megatin [strike]SlickShughes[/strike]


Look Out it's Sabs! and TheLawinator earn victory as the final survivors, sharing the common Number Feature, "One".


Reserves
The_Reflection
Lucedes
CoreGoon

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  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yes please

    Rend on
  • InfidelInfidel Heretic Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !sign up

    Infidel on
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  • DaiusDaius Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
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    !Signup

    Daius on
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  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I got phalla fever again, sign me up!

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  • The AnonymousThe Anonymous Uh, uh, uhhhhhh... Uh, uh.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yessssssssssssssssssss

    The Anonymous on
  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Sounds fun

    TheLawinator on
    My SteamID Gamertag and PSN: TheLawinator
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    oh no

    oh noooooo

    simonwolf on
  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Thock

    Zandracon on
  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Oh yes

    Burnage on
  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Burnage wrote: »
    Oh yes

    Oh yes, oh yes oh yes ohyesohyesohyesohyesohyesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    Aegis on
    We'll see how long this blog lasts
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  • The AnonymousThe Anonymous Uh, uh, uhhhhhh... Uh, uh.Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Let's see if this works.

    Infidel.

    The Anonymous on
  • samurai6966samurai6966 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !Mind Blown

    samurai6966 on
  • TeucrianTeucrian Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It's like Set, but for Phalla. Sign up!

    Teucrian on
  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Teucrian wrote: »
    It's like Set, but for Phalla. Sign up!

    Well, you could consider this to be a spiritual sequel to Set Phalla, which was a long, long time ago (in internet time).

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    signup

    Dunadan019 on
  • Orange SodaOrange Soda Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !phalladictted again... damnit

    Orange Soda on
  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Infidel won't be able to steer our votes in this phalla I bet!

    I said this mostly to see my avatar.

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    My SteamID Gamertag and PSN: TheLawinator
  • Rawkking GoodguyRawkking Goodguy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    :>:>:>

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I can't stop staring at MrBlarney's new avatar.

    Aegis on
    We'll see how long this blog lasts
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    Characters
    [5e] Dural Melairkyn - AC 18 | HP 40 | Melee +5/1d8+3 | Spell +4/DC 12
  • PhyphorPhyphor Building Planet Busters Tasting FruitRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Ahahahahah yes

    Phyphor on
  • SlickShughesSlickShughes Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !I loves me some set

    SlickShughes on
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !sign up

    Ringo on
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  • DelphinidaesDelphinidaes FFXIV: Delphi Kisaragi Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Count me in

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  • CapfalconCapfalcon Tunnel Snakes Rule Capital WastelandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Mmmmmm. Tasty mechanics...

    Capfalcon on
  • Sir FabulousSir Fabulous Malevolent Squid God Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yes please! Who doesn't want to know what the Silly Goose is happening every night.

    Sir Fabulous on
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  • LoserForHireXLoserForHireX Philosopher King The AcademyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    this game sounds delicious

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !I demand a recount

    Alegis on
  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !Signup

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    I can has cheezburger, yes?
  • EbfanEbfan Wimmy Wam Wam Wozzle! Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    This game sounds confusing as hell and could only have been created by Blarney.

    I can't resist

    Ebfan on
  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Sign upppppppp

    FunkyWaltDogg on
  • ShushnikShushnik regular
    edited June 2010
    Sure, why not. !Sign Up

    Shushnik on
  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    signup

    Robos A Go Go on
  • ExtermatottExtermatott Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !sign up.

    Extermatott on
  • CoreGoonCoreGoon Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    This phalla appears to be full. I reeeeeealy wanted to play but I guess it's for the best since I'll be busy the coming days anyway.

    But I will be watching.

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  • ShushnikShushnik regular
    edited June 2010
    I'd hate to be excluding people. I'll !rescind my signup.

    Shushnik on
  • MegatinMegatin Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Reserve Up!

    The only thing better than being in a multi-dimentional faction based vote-manipulation phalla is joining a multi-dimentional faction based vote-manipulation phalla in the middle of the game.

    Megatin on
  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    As noted, we've hit the player limit for the game, but reserves are still being accepted in case of inactivity. We'll start this game up at 8pm PDT, with roles and abilities going out shortly before then.

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  • The_ReflectionThe_Reflection Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    reserve up

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  • ExtermatottExtermatott Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    SOMEONE PLEASE BE INACTIVE!

    Extermatott on
  • LucedesLucedes might be real Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    !resurface

    Lucedes on
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