Heroes & Villians Mafia XXII Game Thread: Day 3

[[M] Mike - Funny Dad]

Uweee hee heee! Hello kiddies! Good to see only one death last night! Good work Doctor! Still don't like the Captain, something about him just rubs me the wrong way! Time for you to die, Captain American't!

[[M] Mike - Funny Dad]

Ooooh hooo, I seem to have forgotten to vote! Silly me!

##Vote: Captain America

Where's Bats? Come and play Bats! We have such fun together.

[[M] Ron - Cop Dad]

##Unvote: [M] Bane
##Vote: [M] The Flash

Unless I am one hundred percent certain of your guilt, Bane, I am more inclined to target somebody who is less active. At least you will have ample opportunity to prove your guilt if you are alive and talking.

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

Spiderman was right.

I like you Venom. I really do. But never, ever, use these words again!

Joker;3098323'Where's Bats? Come and play Bats! We have such fun together.

HELLO FRIEND

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

I think whoever killed Lex Luthor did so because his vote was as scummy as heck. He was blatantly mafia after that. So either the serial killer was making a move against the mafia, or a vigilante was striking out for the good of the town. Given what Venom has told us, I'm now leaning more towards a SK. Certainly I'd find it hard to believe there was both a SK and a vigilante in a game this size.

Venom, seeing as your secret hobby (I'ma call you Dexter from now on ) is out in the open, who have you investigated as to whether or not they're The Ripper and what were the results?

[[M] Ron - Cop Dad]

Batman, I investigated you the first night. I investigated Captain America the second night. Both yielded "Not The Ripper" results. This doesn't clear you of mafia suspicion, but I have other ways to determine that my friend!

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

Well of course I'm not a Ripper or a Mafia, I'm a Sprinklefairy. I don't know how many times I have to say it!

Still, how does one catch The Ripper? It's not like they're a member of the mafia where they know who their team mates are and have to protect them. Indeed, The Ripper can play like a perfectly normal townsfolk and actively engage and hunt for the mafia just like any of us. It seems the only way of catching The Ripper is Venom, which would also mean that the mafia are ill-advised to kill Venom, particularly as their own night kill does not work.

Of course, we now have three interesting scenarios with Venom:

1. He is telling the truth. The Ripper will therefore immediately seek his death. That might be a dangerous game though - what if there is a Watcher looking at Venom? Regardless, with Venom's death we are utterly smurfed and the Ripper would know this.

2. He is a mafia member and has come up with this cover story to not only secure himself, but also draw focus away from the mafia. The downside to this is that it doesn't explain the two kills on Night 1. If Venom were lying about this, whoever did kill Lex Luthor would not be best pleased with him. The town role will now either kill Venom, or will claim vigilante and out him.

3. What if Venom is The Ripper and has claimed detective to cover himself? How on earth could we prove or disprove that? His role is so utterly vital that we couldn't risk killing him to prove it one way or the other. There would be no real Detective to come out of the woodwork and say "Well hang on a minute" and the Cop is dead, and so we might very well have no way of knowing.

Scenario 2 seems rather implausible to me, and it will be resolved by the vigilante one way or the other if it is true, so let's discard it for now. Scenario 3 is a very worrying one.

[[M] Ron - Cop Dad]

Scenario 3 would be an incredibly risky gambit, but it would also prompt the "real Detective" to out themselves as well and force a confrontation. If that happens, there is a very simple way to resolve it, but I can't give away my arsenal of tricks just yet old bean. Now that we know* there is a serial killer, we should regain focus on finding the mafia though. I assure you my claim is not intended to detract from the greater threat, only remove an element of doubt and confusion.

* I know there is a serial killer, your belief in him also rests on your trusting me.

[[M] Ron - Cop Dad]

Have we heard from Wolverine or the Flash lately? I am concerned that we have some inactive fellows and that hardly makes for easy investigations. It seems like all the active players - sensible or not - are being met with the rope

[[M] Ron - Cop Dad]

Oh and once again; it feels so nice to be wearing pink. You cannot comprehend my glee!

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

Scenario 3 would be an incredibly risky gambit, but it would also prompt the "real Detective" to out themselves as well and force a confrontation

That is assuming there is one of course.

While consuming food substances and making sure Robin had a bath, I had another thought. There could be a Scenario 4 that was touched on earlier - you are a lyncher and you have a lynchee, and you have planted the seed now, and will nail your target later. Older mafia players may remember the Harry Potter mafia where a really handsome and good looking lyncher claimed cop and had poor old Cho Chang lynched, and then that wonderful and brilliant lyncher won the game ahead of town and mafia.

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

oh trout did I just do a "Ah yes but in Mafia 90345...."? God damnit. You awful people are rubbing off on me.

The example is unnecessary and I do apologise for that. The scenario is still plausible without it. Let's say I just wanted to remind you all of how great whoever the person playing Neville was in that game (and indeed, in every game. ).

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

"In Mafia 22, Batman called upon an example from a previous mafia game and he turned out to be fabulous and wonderful. Now then, in Mafia 12..."

OH GOD

WHAT HAVE I STARTED HERE

[[M] Dave – Stepdad]

You know what, we need to come up with a pact, right here, right now.

Anyone who invokes an example of a previous mafia game gets smurfing lynched. They can be some sort of Doctor-Cop hybrid with the powers of both for all I smurfing care, they get lynched. Or modkilled. Let's ask all prospective hosts what they would do about someone doing this. If the answer is not "Strip them of their powers first offence, lightning rod powers second offence, DIE DIE DIE DIE third" then you should never host.

I MADE A MISTAKE

IT IS NOT OKAY TO DO THIS

EVER

PLEASE

I AM BEGGING YOU

i could list countless games where i whooped ass. COUNTLESS.

i don't

because it is WRONG

WHY ARE YOU DOING IT

JESUS CHRIST

smurfING STOP

JUST smurfING STOP

you smurfers

I don't care

lifetime smurfing ban from mafia who ever does that tit.

I'm so incredibly serious. Lifetime ban me first. I smurfing deserve it for what I did.

This is not smurfing okay.

Ever.

Do not do it.

You are bad at mafia if you do it. I say so.

Stop doing it.

Please don't copy me. I was wrong. I WAS WRONG.

[Shattered Dreamer]

I have always wanted to put The Punisher (a role that is allowed to kill people for role claiming sometimes even allowed to kill people for hinting at roles) into one of my games but I haven't put it in yet. The role isn't in this game or quite a few more of you would be dead Modkilling people for saying "I remember in Mafia xxxx when xxxx happened" would be smurfing hilarious

Anywho 11 hours 9 minutes left