Cookie Thread Act 1: A Cookie in Time

[Arete]

Osie stepped down, the site continued for months/maybe over a year afterwards but is now dead, though the Discord continues to exist and they sent a rep to champs

[Arete]

the mafia colosseum we’re referring to branched off from the MAL community I think

[Marshal]

it was MAL but like basically every major subforum site it moved on from it’s OG

[May]

My third favourite part of PAYOR was that Magnus was literally the only player in the game to not submit KP for their role

[beancat]

@Arete

Discord continues to exist

probably why i didn’t know since I kept seeing new posts in the disc

[May]

I got really close to winning the No KP Award but

Summary

@Questionable_Host

The Navidson Record (Day/Night/Compusive/N0)
On N0, you may select a target and learn their full role. They will remain your target until they die. Your target will be informed that they have found The Navidson Record and that they must render the word house and all variants in a shade of blue for the remainder of the game.

If your target dies, you may pick a new one during the subsequent phase. You cannot use any of your abilities during the phase you select a new target.

You may not claim your role. If you do so, you will be vanillaised for the rest of the game. It is possible for your target to discover your identity, but that is a mystery they must solve themselves.

Each night, you must use one of the following compulsive, cycling abilities on your target. You may not repeat use of an ability until you have used the others. After your death, you retain access to your abilities for one additional night phase.

• Annotate: Edit one of your target’s actions or abilities by crossing out words and/or rearranging words. This takes effect during the following phase, and your target will be informed of the ability’s new wording. Hosts have veto power over this action should it cause an extremely disruptive interaction.
• Pass Manuscript: Select a modifier¹, and add it to their ability. Additionally, you may draft a post²; during the following day phase, your target must send it in thread at their earliest convenience. They may add footnotes as they see fit. You may not place intentional hints toward your identity in this post.
• Obsession: Redirect all actions your target takes onto a player who you voted for at some point during the preceding day phase. Your target will learn who they were redirected to, and you will learn all of their feedback. Your target is protected from death during the night you use this ability.

¹ Modifier must be selected from the following list. You may only use each modifier once per game.

• Announcing: the ability’s targets will learn its name and that it targeted them (but not who performed the action)
• Compulsive: ability must be used every night, until and unless it runs out of uses
• Day/Night: night ability becomes a day ability, and vice versa
• Reflexive: ability cannot be actively used, and will instead automatically target all players who target user
• Strongwilled: ability cannot be roleblocked or redirected
• Weak: user will die if they target non-town with this ability

² The post must follow game rules, forum rules, and general etiquette; be nice.

Riiight at the bottom there.

Atlas revised my role from insisting that its user “be fucking niceys” to simply “be nice”. Which completely destroys the designer’s intent IMO

[beancat]

my efforts to work on my grad school application has yet again gone to waste

good night yall

[May]

My fourth favourite part of PAYOR was that YBW got a role where she got to Truman Show me and the moment someone slipped even the slightest bit of information about it I immediately went

@May

@crazynuto

My information is that I’m Town and I have no idea what’s up with this Director nonsense. I didn’t vote for her! In the metaphorical sense or any mechanical sense either.

I didn’t see anything regarding a Director? Am I getting owned

And Magnus tried to scumread me for knowing I was getting owned

[CRichardFortressLies]

I still remember subbing into a wolf slot offsite, and the game was declared a draw because of a modkill.

[May]

My fifth favourite part of PAYOR was that Jake would only speak to me and only in toki pona and I had to translate for the thread (until we were told to stop speaking in toki pona because it is against the forum guidelines, which it is)

[Marshal]

i remember when vulgard gladiated me early d1, subbed out, and then the game ends because of the Neutral Lie Detector

[Arete]

what about when I delayed-dayvigged you day 1 and you were Priest

[benguinedparbecue]

i remember someone once claimed a role where they were bulletproof if their truth:lie ratio was exactly 2:1 (with very slight leniency). people took the claim seriously until they realized that no sane host would try to process that shit. they were town btw

[Marshal]

oh yeah that was a banger
i think it was more of a gladiate was it not? Like one of us two was gonna die and whatever mechanic it was i threw so that I died over you

[May]

Remember that time in FAM3 I threw rock paper scissors and still won against Jarek

[May]

I PICKED SCISSORS EVERY TIME WE TIED TWICE HOW DID HE LOSE TO THE TRIPLE SCISSORS TECHNIQUE

[Marshal]

if i had a nickel for every time a townie KP-gladiated me so I intentionally threw the gladiate because they were way more obvtown than me and then town lost anyways. I’d have. 2 nickels

[benguinedparbecue]

there is no such thing as throwing in rock paper scissors. unless you pick rock. never pick rock

[Marshal]

i have what is genuinely an 80% wr with rock

[May]

I pick scissors every time and everybody already knows I will do this because I am a lesbian and I have the sense of humour of a 13 year old