T-I-G CIV: Spambot Apocalypse (Game Thread)

[Nerwen]

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Morsul, or rather H.U.N.T.E.R., let Shasta and Kitanna out of their cells.

"Egad! No bondage?" said Kitanna.

"Er- no, doesn't seem much point," said H.U.N.T.E.R. "So it's come down to this: I know each of you is going to accuse the other of being a spambot, and expect me to judge between you. The trouble is, I'm only a beta version. My software just doesn't discriminate well between friend and foe. So I've got a surprise for you. I'm going to press this button," he indicated a knob behind his ear, "and hope for the best. The result won't disappoint you."

"Won't it now?" said Kitanna mockingly.

"What's the button for?" Shasta enquired.

"Oh, that activates my self-destruction subroutine. I'll blow myself to smithereens. But you wanted to hear the really fun part."

"I did, did I?" said Kitanna.

"The fun part is, I'll take my target with me! Leaving only one person alive: the winner!" The security program laughed heartily.

"My beloved always did have a peculiar sense of humour," Shasta muttered under his breath. Aloud he asked, "So which of us is your target?"

"Ah," said H.U.N.T.E.R. "That'll be the surprise!"

Immediately he pressed the button his aspect changed, his formerly cheerful face now set in an expression of implacable ferocity.

"Exterminate, exterminate, exterminate," chanted the bot as he advanced upon Shasta.

"Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic!" Kitanna remarked cryptically.

"Wait, you got it all wrong!" said Shasta. "I'm just a human- it's Kit you want. She's the one talking in palindromes. Get her!"

But H.U.N.T.E.R. was now beyond reason. Relentlessly he pursued Shasta, and soon caught him in a vice-like grip.

"Let me go! I tell you, you've picked the wrong pers-"

The explosion was heard throughout the server.

When the smoke cleared, all that was left was the solitary figure of Kitanna.

At first she just stood there, disbelieving. Then, as understanding seeped into her stunned mind, she began to dance.

Faster and faster Kitanna whirled, and as she whirled she changed. Her body became round and black, sprouting jointed legs that took up the steps of her dance, and clustered eyes that shone with triumph.

"Now I won!" Lucyyenic declared.

And there was much rejoicing throughout the length and breadth of the spambot empire. While some AIs regretted the loss of their cyber-slaves, all agreed that the humans posed much more of a threat than they had suspected. Lucyyenic was proclaimed the Palindromic Princess of Cyberspace, and armed with the knowledge she and tomtom had gained, the spambots went forth to conquer the internet.

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Living
Kitanna. (Lucyyenic.)

Dead
Coppermirror, Lommy– seized by Adult Friend Finder.
Nerwen, Aganzir– poisoned by webcrawlers.
Rune– lashed to death with overseer-bot’s light whip. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Inziladun– ICE pick to the head. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Sally– pushed down a data-mineshaft. (R.A.N.G.E.R.)
Lottie- rubbed out. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Boro- brain unplugged. (tomtom.)
Galadriel55- incinerated by firewall. (S.E.E.R.)
Blind Guardian- drowned in I/O stream. (The Hacker.)
Legate of Amon Lanc- caught a virus. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)
Morsul the Dark- self-destructed. (H.U.N.T.E.R.)
Shastanis Althreduin- blown up by self-destructing H.U.N.T.E.R. (Ordinary cyber-slave.)

GAME OVER.

SPAMBOTS WIN.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by tom tom

yay! go lucy! go spambots!

Your victory is temporary, you cyberspace fiend!

Well, I hate to see that! I was hoping to be avenged indeed for my untimely demise. Looks like a good job by the 'bots. Nice to see I nailed Boro by my first vote, anyway. Was I thought to be the S.E.E.R because of that? I was semi-trying to look like it, to draw attention away from the actual one.

We'll get 'em next time, village.

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Well, I hate to see that! I was hoping to be avenged indeed for my untimely demise. Looks like a good job by the 'bots. Nice to see I nailed Boro by my first vote, anyway. Was I thought to be the S.E.E.R because of that? I was semi-trying to look like it, to draw attention away from the actual one.

I actually thought you might be since your reasoning against Boro was so flimsy.

I was surprised to see Morsul took Shasta down in the end. I honestly thought it would be me and Shasta would be the lone survivor. Though I'm certainly not complaining about it.

I'm glad I could take part in this game. Thank you to everyone for making this so much fun (my life has been severely lacking in WW for months.) And thanks to Nerwin for modding this.

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Kitanna

I actually thought you might be since your reasoning against Boro was so flimsy.

I was surprised to see Morsul took Shasta down in the end. I honestly thought it would be me and Shasta would be the lone survivor. Though I'm certainly not complaining about it.

I'm glad I could take part in this game. Thank you to everyone for making this so much fun (my life has been severely lacking in WW for months.) And thanks to Nerwin for modding this.

I actually had as my target the night before you were saved by a technicality

[Shastanis Althreduin]

I keep having to delete everything I type because it's coming out too snarky.

Good game Kit/Boro/BG/Sally (honorary traitor).

Originally Posted by Kit

I was surprised to see Morsul took Shasta down in the end.

I wasn't.

[Aganzir]

This was definitely a very interesting game to watch! Thank you everybody for providing entertainment for my otherwise a little bit duller but even so not very dull workdays!

[Boromir88]

Fantastic job Kit and BG.

I felt bad most of the time because my usefulness during the day and night wasn't very good. I might have sent a total of 3 messages to Kitanna....and I know the last one before G55's reveal was "I feel confident to day BG, G55, and Morsul are NOT the seer." And limitted it down to Lottie or Legate. Went with Lottie because she was doing her submarining-getting-gifted-feeling Lottie.

Then hindsight bias slapped me in the face with G55's reveal, because I've pulled that same, acting cobblery when you're the seer. It's rather perfect seer strategy when there is a cobbler as well.

Night 1 there was added temptation to off G55 early, because Nerwen informed us the hacker was cursed and would be switched if we nightkilled him/her. But we went with Inzil. I didn't think he was the seer, because I would have imagined he would have been more subtle maybe not even voted for me. I mean, my WW-playing life is a like a broken record...after a few days people want to lynch me regardless, so historically seers let me have fun for a few days, see if I give any leads to partners and then decide to out me if they have to reveal. I sent to Nerwen something like "Doubt he's the seer, but he's going to be a pain no matter what, and we don't want any pains."

Night 2, Kit said she thought Morsul was the hunter and either G55 or BG were the hacker. I said, I think I can stir the pot between Morsul and Shasta more, and I was more worried about Lottie being a cautious and quiet seer, who like sally expressed anger by all the gifted seer hinting.

Then G55 reveals and sort of spoils those plans. I see the writing on the wall that amongst the unknowns, I'm probably the one who was going to get lynched. And thought maybe a last ditch effort to act like the hacker and thus make people less willing to lynch me would do the trick, since we didn't have to worry about G55 being protected. And to try to keep the cursed hacker (now abundantly clear it was BG) alive for Kit to change over.

Fantastic game concept and narrations Nerwen!

[Blind Guardian]

WE WON WE WON! Epic game people! Really surprised Kit was the other bot!

[satansaloser2005]

Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin

Good game Kit/Boro/BG/Sally (honorary traitor).

Hey, I was on y'all's side until you killed me. And whose fault was that, my darling? I think you'll find the real traitor here was....well, it was BG, really, but let's not bother with technicalities.

[Inziladun]

Looks like tom got bombed. Pity, that.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

SPAMBOTS WIN.[/B]

Well, hopefully at least that won't be true in RL!

Well done, wolves! That was very well and tactically played!

Originally Posted by Boromir88

and I know the last one before G55's reveal was "I feel confident to day BG, G55, and Morsul are NOT the seer."

At least my cover worked.

Originally Posted by Blind Guardian

WE WON WE WON! Epic game people! Really surprised Kit was the other bot!

I wasn't. A very brilliant thought came into my mind just as I was being burned by that firewall - Boro would not throw himself under the wagon (or the bus) unless his mate was still unseen and out of danger. That would put BG out of the picture (aside from the fact that she was quite obviously the cobbler by the end), and I just happened to dream Shasta. I wanted to scream NO, STUPID VILLAGE!, but I reaized I was no better for when I was still alive and I would probably be no better had I continued living.

In other words, nice one village, and well played to the wolves! And even if we lost, how many times was there a solitary wolf after endgame? WW history it is!

[Morsul the Dark]

SO what we're saying is had I voted I would've won because I would have vote Kit...

I'll get you next time gadget, next time....

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

In other words, nice one village, and well played to the wolves! And even if we lost, how many times was there a solitary wolf after endgame? WW history it is!

The real question is what is a bot to do all by herself? I suppose I should find some adult friends to help repopulate the village.

[satansaloser2005]

Botanna: As always, a stellar performance, darling! It was lovely to bicker with you again, though said bickering rather tipped me off that you were more artificial than intelligent (which is impressive, considering how cleverly you played this game). You were at the top of your very bloody game and you truly deserved the win here. ++Kudos!

BG: A hacker you were indeed, and you served your purpose well. An excellent (if not terribly nuanced) performance, young Miss. Congratulations on your lynch, as yours is really the only scenario in which it's okay to say so.

Boro: My sweet prince, how could you? Sadly your shenanigans were cut short, but you did quite well, and you put up a brave front against a seer reveal. As always, good show, you clever boy.

Gal: A bold play indeed, Ma'am! I'm sorry I wasn't around to extend your gift, but you did quite well on your own, and at least you made Kit's last Day or two interesting. Well done, and of course lovely to play with you again.

Legate: Terribly sorry I suspected you, lovely. Your words re: Rune didn't sit right with me and I just sort of ran with it from there, not wanting to rush to judgement (again) on Morsul. You played a good game and, as always, it was wonderful to play with you again, even for a short spell.

Rune and Dun: It was a pity you lads had to leave us so early. Dun, I actually considered saving you on the first Night, but opted to protect Morsul instead for some reason. My condolences to you both.

All the other innocents: Well done, all! The bots were simply too tricksy, but you all played a solid game and did your best against the pesky beasts. Just, um, next time don't lynch me in my sleep, okay? It's as much my fault as it is anyone else's, given that I couldn't return before DL, but this is only the second time I've been a ranger ever and I didn't even get to do anything. Still, a wonderful experience. It's been too long since we've played! We must do it again soon.

Botwen the Modbot (and her sultry co-bottess, Agan): A fantastic game, my dear! The narrations were amusing and the concept was fabulous. I thoroughly enjoyed the game both prior to my death and after the wretched event. As always, a joy to play in your game.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Boromir88

I felt bad most of the time because my usefulness during the day and night wasn't very good. I might have sent a total of 3 messages to Kitanna....and I know the last one before G55's reveal was "I feel confident to day BG, G55, and Morsul are NOT the seer." And limitted it down to Lottie or Legate. Went with Lottie because she was doing her submarining-getting-gifted-feeling Lottie.

That's absolutely typical way of things. I get the feeling this happens really often. So no need to worry about that, Boro.

Did you have any specific reasons why you thought I might be Gifted?

And as for your reveal, so the reasons for it were that you thought you might go anyway, and wanted to create some confusion? I am just wondering if it would have been possible for you to still survive... personally, I was inclined to vote you (in fact, already the Day before), and I know there were others, but would enough people have shared the idea? Then again, it ultimately worked, so you certainly can't say your sacrifice was in vain...

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Well, hopefully at least that won't be true in RL!

Well done, wolves! That was very well and tactically played!

Just so, just so! I must say, from my part, Kitanna really managed to stay on the "innocent-looking" list all the time and were it up to me, I'd have voted Shasta (sorry, pal, for suspecting you!). I really call this a good performance from a Wolf, and a deserved victory.

Originally Posted by G55

At least my cover worked.

Certainly did. I was quite convinced, throughout the game, that you have some special role, but I was hovering between Cobbler and Hunter, Seer crossed my mind only shortly. And were it not for Boro's reveal, I could have still suspected you of being a Cobbler. Definitely good job.

Originally Posted by G55

In other words, nice one village, and well played to the wolves! And even if we lost, how many times was there a solitary wolf after endgame? WW history it is!

Couple of times it happened. But not that often, for sure.

Originally Posted by satansaloser2005

Legate: Terribly sorry I suspected you, lovely. Your words re: Rune didn't sit right with me and I just sort of ran with it from there, not wanting to rush to judgement (again) on Morsul. You played a good game and, as always, it was wonderful to play with you again, even for a short spell.

And likewise so sorry to have voted you... even though it was given by circumstances, mostly. (Really, during the first two Days, I practically had to vote people who already had votes, then in the next two Days I was voting for practically clear Wolves/Hackers... Talk about free will!) It really was such a total fail to vote you, of all people, and I am sure the village could have also done much more had you been still around. Well, hope next time it's going to be better!

But in conclusion, your Highness! Thanks to the Moddess (and to the co-Moddess) for really enjoyable game, despite losing, this was a good game and not only because it was after such a long time of no WW, but also because the theme was fun, the game itself was fun and balanced (no awkward roles or role-changes in the course of the game), people played well on all sides and it was nice.

I will let people talk about this game for a while still (because it really deserves it) and then I am going to ask when's next

[Galadriel55]

Noteworthy things about the game:

A lone wolf victor. Nuff said.

I said point-blank that I am the Seer and no one cared.

The Night I dreamt Inzil I almost dreamt Kit, and the Night I dreamt Legate I almost dreamt Boro.

We lynch a ranger.

The hunter commits suicide.


The list goes on, I just have to go to school now. You guys continue it.