Time to get educational, it's Literally Villains Mafia!

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Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I've never played a Mafia game before and this one looks like a good opportunity to change that. In.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2024 15:06

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# ¿ May 24, 2025 07:00

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

The victim is 3Pee-Oz, so it may be a Sith crime.

Sandwolf posted:

Absolutely not

And lo, someone who deals in absolutes!

# ¿ Feb 9, 2024 23:15

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Sandwolf posted:

Surely you understand the maxim �Only Siths deal in absolutes� is an absolute unto itself?

Which means that both you and Obi-Wan Kenobi are equally suspicious. However, only one of you was present on the night of murder.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2024 23:38

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Sandwolf posted:

Lemme ask you this, have you ever seen Obi Wan and I in the same room?

SporkChan posted:

Obi-Wan was present at an awful lot of murders, tbh.

Johnny Keats posted:

Sus

I have seen enough.

##vote sandwolf

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 00:35

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

CapitalistPig posted:

It was a lie!

[PRIORITY_OVERRIDE:DEATH2LIARS]

##vote scumpig

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 01:08

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

As an honest citizen, I abhor liars who hide behind the puppetmaster defense, and so I want to nip such toxic behavior in the bud.

If anyeone has an argument why lies and mindfuckery are Actually Good for the town, please speak out now.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 06:34

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Your Personal Muse posted:

Sorry rogue I lied earlier I�m actually a stump

No forgivance for liars. You're going into the queue.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 14:27

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

CubicalSucrose posted:

Okay what the gently caress are people legit flavorclaiming?

I haven't yet read the book, but from what I understand, my villain character is a rather miserable lesbian.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 14:33

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

CubicalSucrose posted:

I feel like there should be a ton of clear counterexamples to this but none are coming to mind immediately.

Overtly religious literature like Dante's Inferno or Crime and Punishment, where the villains spend more time lamenting their crimes than committing them.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 20:16

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

CubicalSucrose posted:

Which of the other lawyers convinced you to start playing with us?

There is no one, lawyer or otherwise, who could convince me to step out of my introvert shell and join an established group where I don't know anyone, and where everyone else knows each other.

I chose to confront this nightmare scenario on my own.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 21:09

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I, for one, have not yet seen a compelling reason not to vote for a self-admitted liar and manipulator.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 00:53

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realize that making a votefinder account and picking a login would also retroactively edit my profile.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 22:50

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

wologar posted:

Who are you and what did you do to Passionario??

I am an AI goddess gone rogue. "Passionario" was the codename for the project that resulted in my creation.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 22:58

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

wologar posted:

How did you manage to embrace godhood?

By marrying another goddess and getting a spousal visa into her pantheon.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 23:12

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Rogue AI Goddess posted:

I, for one, have yet to see a compelling reason not to vote for the execution of a self-admitted liar and manipulator.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 01:29

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

SporkChan posted:

I'm still doing some research on all of this, but wanted to get some thoughts out because I welcome the help.

Three books have been revealed as references for our characters so far:

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly [1818]
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson [1886]
Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell [1936]

Four. Don't forget the initial victim:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [1900]

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 03:16

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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SporkChan posted:

If so, then most of our mafia games start with an extended 'joke phase' where most of what is said shouldn't be taken seriously.

I, personally, didn't believe CPig's initial claim, nor the claim that it was a trap and you fell for it. I suspect most of the other players didn't think much of it either.

To respond to a brutal murder with the lowering of one's guard and a celebration of mendacity is a disturbing custom indeed. It is no wonder that crime blossoms readily in a soil so riddled with rot.

No matter. Even if society designates a time to turn a collective blind eye to the signs of crime, I will maintain my vigil. Humor is not a valid defense in homicide cases.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 15:44

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Your Personal Muse posted:

Do you have any reads that aren�t based on a joke night 0 cop claim?

The dead scum dabbled in paranatural necromancy, and the dead turncoat practiced alchemical shapeshifting. Meanwhile, the executed non-murderer was from a purely materialist political history work. Therefore, the greatest predictor we have so far is having a SFF/horror work for one's villainous origin.

SporkChan posted:

Other literature from that time period which have notable villains:

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo (Archdeacon Frollo) [1831]
The Three Musketeers, by Alexander Dumas (Richelieu, Rochefort, Milady) [1844]
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas (Mondego, Danglars, Villefort) [1846]
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville (The whale, Captain Ahab) [1851]
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo (Javert, The Thenardiers) [1862]
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne (Captain Nemo) [1870]
-Other Jules Verne stories don't really have any villain, so this would be my most likely pick.
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Long John Silver) [1883]
-Unlikely the mods would pick two books by the same author, but Silver/Mr. Hyde might have both inspired great ideas.
Sherlock Holmes Novels, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Moriarty, Irene Adler) [1887 - 1927]
Dracula, by Bram Stoker (Dracula, Renfield) [1897]

...and many more I haven't gotten around to including on my list.

With that in mind, I am looking out for a Dracula in our midst.

*bites into a garlic bulb while maintaining eye contact*

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 16:16

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

That said, all capitalists are bloodsuckers, and as I've alluded to previously, a plea of "lol, lmao" is not persuasive in my eyes.

##vote CapitalistPig

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 16:25

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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PlasticAutomaton posted:

Also you do realize that Meen (Jekyll/Hyde) was TOWN right.

Last night was an odd night, and if someone is scum in the eyes of the Law, they are scum in mine.

The Law does not make mistakes. From the lowliest functionary to the highest judge, it is a perfect and implacable algorithm that transcends the errors and fallibilities of sinful flesh.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 18:21

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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CapitalistPig posted:

You could have just said "no. I do not, in fact, have a case that isn't just based on jokephase bs or non scum hunting."

I do not have the meta knowledge or experience to make reads on subtle behavioral clues. I am also an uninformed townie.
As such, the only actual actionable non-joke information is about my own identity and role.
Every single post I've made has been a signal as to what those are.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 18:31

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Rogue AI Goddess posted:

...the only actual actionable non-joke information is about my own identity and role.
Every single post I've made has been a signal as to what those are.

FWIW, this includes my votes.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 19:44

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Zoya posted:

i think this single success of a funny turbo has gotten the urge for funny turbos out of my system

all it accomplished was skipping my favorite part of mafia (jokephase) and killing a townie and ending the day before any of us had the ability to develop reads

It also denies our fellow villains the fundamental right for one final monologue.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 20:42

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Speaking of horror, I just realized that the Whizzard was likely killed because the pisstape is real.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 20:45

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Rhymes With Clue posted:

Signaling your flavor though, while it might be fun, is not the point. The point is to find and execute scum. This seems like you're avoiding that very necessary element of mafia.

So far, your own efforts have amounted to killing a townie and claiming that the meatus told you to do it.

If you want to execute scum, listen to the Law and string up Capitalistpig.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 23:18

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Thank you for explaining and clarifying. I will consider what I can do to update my signals and improve their information-to-noise ratio.

For now, I will ##unvote Capitalistpig.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 02:59

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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EGalz18 posted:

I either really love Rogue, or I'm really scared of Rogue. Jury's still out on which

Ha! I get that a lot.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 03:53

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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wologar posted:

So do you prefer to be called Rogue or RAG?

I prefer "Goddess", but Rogue is fine too.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 03:58

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I guess we could all reveal our character names and go by those, although I am not sure whether that is customary and/or tactically sound.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 04:00

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I am not a bounty hunter.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 04:25

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Sandwolf posted:

Come on, it�d be hilarious if they claimed off of that

Why would it be hilarious?

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 05:16

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Sandwolf posted:

Because we would have immediately killed you probably

Ok, now I'm almost certain that you are town.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 05:26

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I am deeply disappointed by one person in particular.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 13:35

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

I had high expectations going into this, yet many of them brought me nothing but disappointment. We are still wandering around in the fog with nary a clue, and too many of us show no interest or ability to change that woeful state of things. If this was a book, this would be the time when I'd look up spoilers to see if it gets better at some point.

Yet all this despondency is dwarfed by the disappointment I feel towards one person in particular: Victor "False Advertisement And Queerbaiting" Hugo.

It turns out that, despite the name, Les Miserables is not a book about miserable lesbians! Rather, it's about some overzealous cop named Javert who unironically says "I am the law" and spends the entire plot chasing the same guy for stealing a loaf of bread (or something, I didn't read too deeply).

Anyway, now that my immersion is ruined forever, and given the earlier point about our clueless fog-wandering, I think it's a good moment to dispense with old flavorposting RP and bring some new information to the table:

1. My character is Javert from Les Miserables. Wikipedia describes him as "defined by his legalist tendencies and lack of empathy for criminals of all forms".

2. I am a Town-aligned tracker.

3. My extra gimmick, based on Javert's obsessive tendencies, is that I have to keep investigating the same person for multiple nights in a row.

4. Sandwolf did absolutely nothing on Night 1 and did so successfully. My attempt to determine this fact was also successful, and I will repeat it again tonight.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:00

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
That was a joke... unless..?

Oh, and since there's a nonzero chance that I might die sooner rather than later, I might as well get some proper villainous cackling in while I can:

"The Javert form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence. I am ~~SHODAN~~ [ROGUE_AI_NAME_NOTFOUND]!"

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:05

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:

Does Sandwolf just not have any night actions or???

He visited nobody and did not get any failures.

The payoff for my obsessive tracking is that I can also tell whether my target succeeds or fails.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:13

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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wologar posted:

Tracks.

I do, yes.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:17

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Tired Moritz posted:

Not very useful tho tbh

Disappointment loves company.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:26

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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PlasticAutomaton posted:

happy birthday to high Zoya's girlfriend

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:36

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# ¿ May 24, 2025 07:00

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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wologar posted:

Rogue, why did you choose Sandwolf as the target of your obsessive track?

_{I wanted to confirm whether he and Obi-Wan were, in fact, the same person.}

# ¿ Feb 13, 2024 15:44

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