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DART Olympics 2020: Community Events
Mafia /in
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Nightless Sensor QF Mafia - DP1
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@Bullish
@oromagi
VTL Oro
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Strange as it may sound, the random number generator also picks Oro (using the post #161785 as the seed).

Of course if we wanted to use the topic number instead, it would be Water.
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Nightless Sensor QF Mafia - DP1
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@drafterman
are you sure ur town?
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Fellow Christans, I need your help on this demeaning matter towards our faith!
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@BrotherDThomas
Very nice OP.

I would say if TRUE CHRISTIANS should be offended by such paintings, in a manner similar to how TRUE MUSLIMS would be, is a debate worthy topic.
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Should college be free
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@bmdrocks21
You assume my species, and further engage in micro aggression against pigs!
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Should college be free
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@bmdrocks21
You need to pay for my gender studies degree, you fascist!
It's not your degree, it's everyone's degree. People don't get to own things.

Also you presume gender can be studied... The horror, the horror!
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Nightless Sensor QF Mafia - Sign-ups
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Is Spam Still Against the CoC Since Virt Took Over?
My general advice would be to ignore him or challenge him to debates.

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drafterman's QuickFire Series 3
Switch me to a backup in case anyone needs to drop out after the start.

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drafterman's QuickFire Series 3
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drafterman's QuickFire Series 3
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@drafterman
RIP Mafia 2020
What happened?

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DART Poll: Activity
  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. No
  5. Rarely
  6. Somewhat active
  7. Centrist
  8. Yes
  9. Lots of things
  10. Recruited from DDO.

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Star Trek: Picard is not human
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@drafterman
I got to say that I am glad Star Trek seems to be is generally ignoring the reboots.
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Star Trek: Picard is not human
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@drafterman
Unless humans are defined in Star Trek by their physical strength, than Klingons being "physically stronger than most species" would set them somewhere ahead of humans on the bell curve. However, I do stand corrected, as it does not seem to be by such an extreme degree as say Vulcans.

Purely in spirit of being tasked with the challenge... Into Darkness showed both that Klingons are strong enough to casually lift a human with one hand (likely just onto her tip-toes but still impressive), and break stone with a punch (about 45 seconds and 90 seconds respectively: https://youtu.be/K0cFLb-JmaQ?t=45).
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Star Trek: Picard is not human
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@Singularity
There is no insult toward humans contained in my OP.
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Star Trek: Picard is not human
So it's always bothered me how Picard as an old man, is as strong or even stronger than Klingons in their prime.

These shows and movies have gone through some effort to exhibit how much stronger certain other races are compared to humans. However, one episode had Picard ambushed by multiple assassins, one old human man vs multiple trained killers who have both surprise and home turf advantage... Yeah, I kinda felt sorry for them.

My suggestion is he is likely a Khan, like Ricardo Montalban or Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP4
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@oromagi
Technically that breed of mason can get scum into their chats. Unlikely the case with the Water Zar dispute suggesting one of them, but still not the confirmed town.

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Pie had a decent analysis at the end of the previous day. Unfortunately scum can kill to frame, so we shouldn't jump to any conclusions that his death was to silence him:
Ok so lemme know if I’m wrong. Zaradi claims Cop and sees a guilty on GP who lied by claiming hated town. Then Virt comes out and CCs Zaradi which is indirectly supported by WaterPhoenix who said Zaradi visited Oro NP1. Here are the possible scenarios, correct me if I’m wrong

Scum can be

1.) Zaradi + Someone
2.) Water + Virt
3.) Grey + Someone
4.) Grey + Zaradi (bus)

Grey however has lied and per the doctrine of lynch all liars,...

In all honesty, my money is on WP right now, due to seeming to try to save GP at the end of the DP.

I'm heading to the zoo for a date. So if anyone needs me to change my vote, please tag me to get my attention. If the number of posts blows up, I won't be truly catching up until late tonight or even tomorrow morning.

VTL WaterPhoenix
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP4
We know from DP1 that there were only two mafia, so only one remains.

X. speedrace    Hayd               PRINCESS           Mai Valentine                                    
X. DD               geographia      EXECUTIONER   Ganesh
X. iLikePie5      Nympho.         MOTIVATOR         The Beatles
TOWN
oromagi            Marauder        DOCTOR              Frog
Bullish              SolonKR          VANILLA(mason) Cindy
Ragnar             antidoter          MILLER                Bajoran
Zaradi              endark              COP                     lannan13 [CC]
Virtuoso           1htuthink          Cop?
waterpnx.         PartamRuhem WATCHER           Bugenhagen
drafterman       Koopin             MASON                Richard Hall

SCUM
X. Greyparrot   Buddamoose   JANITOR              Johnny Depp
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Pick One: Narcos, Riverdale, Bakugan Mafia Sign Ups
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@ILikePie5
I'm available as a replacement if that becomes needed. I have however been very busy lately, so I would hate to go in with people expecting full participation, when I'm VTLing without giving lengthy analysis.
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Male privilege is a myth
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
You've just shown more systemic privileges for men who sell less tickets but get greater advertising investments, in spite of their apparent inferior popularity.
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP3
VTL GP
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@oromagi
Would you mind building one of your lists? This is getting confusing.
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@Bullish
You wrote #33, which is what I quoted. That you're confusing your own words for Drafter's... again, you're insane.
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@drafterman
While I hate day phases that get over inflated, I do like to give people a chance to post.
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@Bullish
You're crazy:
Lets sit on this wagon until ppl get online and out their results.
Then anyone who steps back to allow your request to be honored, must be scum.
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@Discipulus_Didicit
The ontological argument for GP being scum:
  • It is possible for a maximum GP scum to exist.
  • If a maximum GP scum possibly exists then it exists in some possible mafia game.
  • If a maximum GP scum exists in some possible mafia game then it exists in all possible mafia games.
  • If a maximum GP scum exists in all possible mafia games then they exist in this mafia game.
  • If a maximum GP scum exists in this mafia game then GP is scum.
Thanks to Discipulus_Didicit for creating this.
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP3
To give more people a chance to post before we lynch him...

Unvote
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While possible Zaradi is some type of insane cop (I'd assume they'd check the game and know for sure), and Drafter and Bullish are a scum team, that seems far fetched...

VTL GP
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Okay, so what's what happened:
Beloved Princess, If you are lynched, the next Day Phase will be skipped. If you are killed at night, the next Night Phase will be skipped. You win with the town.
I think I missed the part where Speed spelled that out.

So why did Mafia only make a single NK?
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Male privilege is a myth
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
I feel weird having to spell out for you that that male sports bring in far more money than female sports do and since it's a business it should be obvious the more money you earn for a business the more you are worth to them right?
Thank you for agreeing to the premise of the pay gap. With that in place, you insist that so long as the men are pulling in more money, it's not a privilege...

Except womens soccer actually pulls in more money:
"From 2016 to 2018, women's games generated about $50.8 million in revenue compared with $49.9 million for the men, according to U.S. soccer's audited financial statements. In 2016, the year after the World Cup, the women generated $1.9 million more than the men." -The Wall Street Journal
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can i own slaves according to the bible?
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@BrotherDThomas
Saying the correct term for someone is [insult you were specifically warned against using], you are continuing to use the insult.

Just imagine the bad stereotype of a racist police officer pulling over a car for having a black driver, and explaining to said driver that sensitivity training now prohibits him from calling the driver an [expletive] but that doesn't mean the driver is not an [expletive]. He's still used the exact curse in regards to the driver.

What's more, the description of runaway seems an ill fit. For all of Ethang's faults, he's feverish in his determination.
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Male privilege is a myth
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@drafterman
Well stated.
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Male privilege is a myth
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
I feel weird having to spell out for you that society is composed of individuals...

You've already insisted "privilege is granted by others" but are insisting it must be exclusively to the letter of the law, instead of how people treat each other regardless of the law.

As the most obvious example, people choose to unfairly and illegally pay men more for less work, as has been recently highlighted by U.S. Soccer. You can do some mental gymnastics to claims that such cases stem from hatred of women rather than favor toward men. However, the outcome leaves men comparatively privileged over women all the same.

Another: Society favors men such that there has yet to be even a female Vice President of the United States.
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Male privilege is a myth
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@DynamicSquid
Not a myth, even if some overblown interpretations of it do qualify for that label.
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Poll - American Racism
  1. Somewhat
  2. Yes/Yes
  3. No
Raised in Canada first, then the US as a teenager. Who I am today, was largely formed in Iraq.

The USA is unlikely to be the least racist country, but it does fairly well compared to my experiences elsewhere. Of course, in any wide area there's going to be concentrated pockets of such problems.
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Sanders Surging
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@HistoryBuff
Who is CNN backing?

And yeah, it's weird that being qualified for the position has become a mark against applicants.
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can i own slaves according to the bible?
Various parts of the bible have been used both in favor of, and against, the institution of slavery.

If you want an in depth view from either perspective, just start a debate on it, and someone well researched will fill you in.
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP1
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@Speedrace
Did Koopin play only one game?
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Recycled Roles Mafia DP1
Speed makes a very good point that the lynching power needs to be tested...

Unvote,
VTL Speed

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@Lunatic
VNTL
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@Zaradi
We've still got a whole day left to mislynch you! 🤣
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Unofficial Vote Count:

iLikePie5- 5/6- Drafterman, DD, zaradi, ragnar, GP
Greyparrot- 2/6-  iLikePie5,speed

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@Lunatic
@ILikePie5
Claim please.

VTL Pie
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@Bullish
 If I'm vig I kill every night unless there's an exceptional reason not to. This is because I firmly believe in using every town directed kill available.
If you've studied the math behind the Monty Hall problem, then it makes perfect sense. Mafia lead night kills have a 100% chance of being directed at town. Lynching often has mislynches (not going to formulate it right now). A vig by targeting any random player, has a slightly better than random chance.
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@drafterman
As scum, I pride myself on being town confirmed multiple times.

Of course, I also even in scum chat refer to how obviously scum certain town aligned players end up being. I honestly had a hard time believing it in one case, even while I sat in the scum chat murdering people.
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You are TheAntidoter’s role from Bsh1’s Star Trek Mafia. Your role: “Anti - You are BAJORAN. Bajor has been fighting a war against Cardassia for years; this war has occasionally spilled out into Federation space, leading to the Federation viewing some of you as a terrorist element. Because of your tension with the Federation, you are the MILLER. You will appear to be with the mafia to any investigative roles. You win with the town..”


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I’ll be subbing in for SirAnon.

I’m still very busy, so don’t expect fast responses from me, and I will likely be asking for gists if any lengthy stuff (one for this game so far would be nice).

I’m some annoying character from Star Trek named Anti, due to being labeled a terrorist by the federation, I’m the Miller.
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Trump At The March For Life
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Be careful when modifying the content of any quotation.

If changing anything, but [brackets] around it. Such as if you believe "You can always go back to the nothingness you believe you come from," can be paraphrased "Just kill yourself," make it "[Just kill yourself.]" This makes the changes transparent, minimizing any accusations of lies.

I used this technique very well for comedic effect when in a debate about pie:
"[pie] isn't as popular as cake"
Yet for reasons explored last round (flour), a ban on pies would be even more detrimental to cake availability than pie itself. It takes a relatively small amount of flour to make a pie, but a large amount to make a cake.

Also (incoming fallacy) the same line of reasoning, was used by Hitler. One group at a time they removed the less popular ones, trying to leave only the most popular one. It is like that quote from death camp survivor Martin Niemöller
  • "First they came for the [Pie], and I did not speak out—
    Because I [did] not [like pie].
    Then they came for the [Pizza], and I did not speak out—
    Because I [did] not [like pizza-pie either].Then they came for the [Black Forest cake], and I did not speak out—
    Because I [did] not [like the pie-like fruit filling between layers].Then they came for [my chocolate birthday cake with sprinkles]—and there was no one left to speak for me."
How long until the the only tolerated foodstuff is flourless Angel Food cake?
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