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After more complaints about the originally announced deadline change on discord than the amount of people who actually wanted it changed, we're switching back to the originally announced time, 7 PM EST, or 2 hours 31 minutes from this post. While we're at it, small votal update (only 1 vote actually changed but whatever) Ampharos (1): acidphoenix SB (1): Shinori Elieson (5): EvanManManMan, Iris, Omega, Marth, Athena_57 Marth (3): Elieson, Snike, Weapons Athena_57 (3): eclipse, Via, SB Killthestory (1): CT075 acidhoenix (1): Brooklyn

One of the last votals of this day phase unless things get crazy: Ampharos (1): acidphoenix SB (1): Shinori Elieson (5): EvanManManMan, Iris, Omega, Marth, Athena_57 Marth (4): Elieson, Snike, Weapons, Refa Athena_57 (3): eclipse, Via, SB Killthestory (1): CT075 acidhoenix (1): Brooklyn There are 6 hours and 3 minutes left un the day phase. In unrelated news, a reminder you are allowed to edit posts in this game.

Votals #4 (actually they haven't changed all that much). Ampharos (1): acidphoenix SB (1): Shinori Snike (3): Brooklyn, SB, Marth Elieson (3): EvanManManMan, Iris, Omega Marth (5): Elieson, Snike, Weapons, Refa, Athena_57 Athena_57 (1): eclipse Killthestory (1): CT075

As requested, votal update Ampharos (1): acidphoenix SB (1): Shinori Snike (4): Brooklyn, SB, Refa, Marth Elieson (3): EvanManManMan, Iris, Omega Marth (3): Elieson, Snike, Weapons Athena_57 (1): eclipse Killthestory (1): CT075 eclipse (1): Athena_57 44 hours 23 minutes

My house currently doesn't have power so may be out a while

Day 1 votals 2 Ampharos (2): Weapons, acidphoenix SB (1): Shinori Brooklyn (1): Snike Snike (4): Brooklyn, SB, Refa, Marth Shinori (1): CT075 Weapons (1): Elieson EvanManManMan (1): Athena_57 Elieson (3): EvanManManMan, Iris, Omega Discord is dead right now, which blows, but hopefully it will stop being dead and SF PMs do indeed exist. There are 51 hours and 27 minutes left in Day 1.

epic votals Ampharos (2): Weapons, acidphoenix SB (1): CT075 Shinori (1): SB Killthestory (1): Refa Brooklyn (1): Snike Snike (1): Brooklyn

We could do more pretentious history flavor, but we're not going to. It is Day 1. Hammer is at 14 votes, and as always, there is no minimum requirement. Day 1 ends July 9th at 7 PM EST, or 72 hours from this post. Let the game commence!

Survived SFMM5! [Alive] (4): Athena_57- Mitsuki, Town Matchmaker (pairs jack)- survived EvanMMM- Marth, Town Pantsless Prince (safeguard)- survived Iris- Ampharos, Town New Candidate (miller governor)- survived SB- Makaze, Town Game Solver (one cycle public deathproof)- survived When's SFMM6? [Dead] (17): Refa- Grace, NOC Diehards Spiteful One (tailor, roleblocker, 1x omniguard)- Lynched Day 2 Shinori- BBM, Town Illiterate Gunman (poisoner)- Killed Night 2 10PercentLuck/Hitmonleet (formerly Blitz)- Bartozio, Town Public Mislynch #1 (hated 1x voyeur)- Lynched Day 3 Weapons- kirsche, Town Eternal Inmate (friendly interceptor + private eye)- Killed Night 3 Snike- eclipse, Town Fun Police (actionblocking silencer)- Killed Night 3 Omega- Paperblade, Schemer Reborn's Most Trusted Citizen (throwback arsonist)- Killed Day 4 weinerboy (formerly Euklyd)- Reinfleche, Schemer People's Champion (prophet)- Lynched Day 4 eclipse- Weapons, Town Constructor (doctor +1x commute)- Killed Night 4 CT075/Cam- Iris, Town Lieris (1-way driver)- Modkilled Day 5 acidphoenix- Omega, NOC Diehards Mad Max (1x dayvig ninja)- Lynched Day 5 Via- Elieson, Town TWO COPS (erratic doublecop)- Killed Night 5 Ampharos- Prims, NOC Diehards Reverse Networker (insomiac barista rolecop)- Lynched Day 6 BBM (formerly Brooklyn then SullyMcGully)- Shinori, Town Rager (OMGUS mayor)- Killed Night 6 Magnificence/Marth- Boron, NOC Diehards Forgotten No More (godfather martyr+decoy)- Lynched Day 7 killthestory- Refa, Town Wife (lightkeeping mayor)- Lynched Day 8 Elieson- Snike, Town William Snikespeare (poetic tracker)- Killed Night 8 dyachei- Via, NOC Diehards NOC Enforcer (1x mass freezer)- Lynched Day 9

Game rules: 1. This game is Outside Contact/OC. Most of the time, you can talk with other players so long as both of you are alive. However, please DO NOT talk between phases. This is very important. Invite the hosts to any SF PMs, and either provide logs or invite us to any conversations using outside programs (like Discord, which has a free client and you should probably use). 2. Don’t quote anything told to you by me or Paperblade in your role PM directly, unless we specifically say it’s okay to. If you want to quote other things, feel free. We can help fake quotes. 3. Don’t invite players who were not in a PM from the start into one, with the exception of substitute players. 4. No screenshots may be shared with other players, and don’t encourage others to do so either. If you want to screenshot something for your own reference, keep it in your role PM. 5. Editing posts is acceptable, but do not edit your votes. Let us know what you changed if you edit something. 6. Don’t do any tactical modkills. Any attempt at one to try and benefit you or your team will not work, so just don’t do it. If you are modkilled, and it is your fault, you will lose. 7. In general, don’t try to abuse loopholes. Rules don’t exist to nitpick, they exist to be followed. If you have any confusion about something, then just ask. 8. Don’t be an asshole. Winning is fun, but don’t do things at the expense of others. Setup information: 1. This game will start on Day 1. All phases will be about 48 hours long, except Day 1 will be 72 hours. Phases can be extended or shortened if needed, but you will know ahead of time. Night phases will end early if all players with applicable night actions have submitted them early enough for us to end the phase at a better time. Players may not post in the game thread during night phase. 2. Vote with ##Verb: Player. If you want unvote, post ##Unvote. You can vote for No Lynch if you’d like. There are no minimum voting requirements. Day phases will end early if any player has received 2/3rds of the vote as decided by us. If there is a tie, or people vote for no lynch, then no lynch will occur. 3. Investigative role results aren’t guaranteed to be accurate. 4. This game has no fools or lynchers. 5. Death may or may not be the end. If you’re dead, don’t speak with living players unless you knew each others’ alignment from the start of the game (ex: mafia). 6. If your role PM contradicts the rules, your role PM is right, except for rule 4 of setup information. 7. You can’t self-target (unless your role PM says otherwise). 8. Full role-PMs will be revealed on death. I guess this isn’t usually a thing I specify but I felt it was fair after Resurgence. 9. If the Town is in *ylo, as defined as “they could be in danger of losing at the start of the next day phase to one team”, they will be alerted. 10. The majority faction is the Town, whose win condition is “You are aligned with the Town and win if all threats to your team are eliminated.” Who those threats are is a mystery. This game is for 18 or 21 players. 21 is ideal, but we made an 18 player setup just in case, but seriously though just join it’s fucking SFMM5. Signups will be randomized if we get more than that. We are not sure on a definite start time. Obviously it will not be while TOO many players are alive in Iris's EiMM, which being delayed by 6 days has more of an impact on that than before. Role PMs are not out yet. Do not post here until announced.

Game thread goes up in less than 2 hours at 7 EST for Day 1. It will be a new thread. Putting on some finishing touches wrt discord stuff and sending out role PMs soon. Apologies to Alpha Male and weinerboy, we decided to keep the game mostly people who have played multiple games on SF before where possible seeing as it is a game about SF, but I am sure there will be opportunities for subs and I will ask you first. The starting playerlist is everyone else who signed up. Get ready!

Probably going to start in 4 or 5 days, more or less depending on how many people are still alive in EiMM and stuff. @Blitz confirm your signup already bro...

Sidney had been feeling quite pleased with herself with how well the voyage was going. Sure, some of the food had been very questionable, but there certainly could be worse problems overall. That was true until Morta reported just about one of the worst things that she could've heard. "Pirates?! No, no, it was all going smoothly and now this happens? Of all the--! There's no way we can get out of here in time, huh..." She took a couple moments to steady her breathing and heartbeat. "Alright... we've dealt with plenty more than pirates before. Everyone! I don't think there's a whole lot I can do at this point, so we're just going to have to be ready to fight instead!" She kept her eye on the steadily approaching ship and got her new bow ready. Time for a real test, huh?

Five Relics "We're very sure that to most people, the weapons aren't terribly useful. And no, there's no stories of them, because they were discovered very shortly after the Lost Age," Thalia explained with a sigh. "So, of course, there are no stories that we know of to be told. We speculate that it's probably Timaeus's time magic allowing them to be so powerful, seeing as it is a pretty logical conclusion... mostly because we don't really understand how time magic functions overall. Slowing and speeding up time is obvious, but can he really use it to restore power to ancient artifacts? Well, that is what we suspect right now, so ideally he won't acquire any more of them. A lot of the weapons of the legends here in Titan are in good hands, at least." She gestured to her own blade and Aaron's axe. "The Mazzarins are in possession of the dagger Nightfall, locked away to prevent misuse, and the lance Iraxen- currently granted to Maximus, who's proven very capable himself. Lady Elizabeth in Jotun has, err, somewhat less careful with Windrunner in the past. I hope she didn't ignore the letter I sent her about how dangerous showing off is in times like these." Golden Age "As ever, the truth lies somewhere in the middle, Kaya." Shylah smiled, circling around her slowly. "Of course, that's up to you to decide what really matters, and what's better left off to the land of dreams. But, it certainly is true. I wouldn't say the initial quest for the Emblem is exactly a modest one, seeing as it is the most powerful artifact in all existence, but I'm sure you didn't expect to become tangled in webs woven centuries ago involving the very dragons that you have spent much of your life as a disciple of- and here you are, two Gifts amongst your friends, and also... hmm." She placed her hands on the side of her head, glowing intensely with energy. "By my guess, even in your journey, you've been very close to two more without even knowing it. Valerie held onto one of them for her king, the Lazarus Gem. Who's to say what the other was, and where you may have encountered it?" The dark prophet shrugged. "Well, I can't say. Perhaps your visions may yet guide you to another."

I too read titles properly

You can talk at any time except during phase transitions, yes, or if otherwise specialized.

join, it's SFMM5 it will be great Currently we have 19 players and someone else who's expressed definite interest but hasn't posted yet (Blitz), so functionally 20. The 21p setup is honestly much better so having enough players and subs for that would be great.

Four SFMMs and seven years ago, Haze and Paperblade brought forth on this subforum a new mafia game, conceived in infamy, and dedicated to the proposition that that all mafia players are villains at heart. Well, that was then, and this is now. Every year, from 2011 to 2014, there was an SF Mafia Mafia game, widely viewed as big occasions each year. The first two with Haze and Paperblade, were classics, back when balance was more lax. After that, 3 and 4 had Paperblade remaining but Prims stepping in had more nuanced setups, the roles and humor varying based on the players in them throughout the years. In 2015, things were set to change- now the new host along with Paperblade was Reinfleche, and the next game was announced in April. Well, it’s 2018 now. What happened to us? Hard to say, 2015 was a while ago, and a lot's gone on since. SFMM5 existed as an unfinished setup, unopened in Google Drive for about three years. But, then some upstarts started talking smack. They said they don’t NEED SFMM5. And probably most of you reading this are thinking “who the hell is Haze”. Well, no more of that. It’s been a long time coming, but here we are. I, Reinfleche, along with the original SFMM host Paperblade, present to you: i spent 10 minutes on this and i'm not that good at photo editing no flame pls Game rules: 1. This game is Outside Contact/OC. Most of the time, you can talk with other players so long as both of you are alive. However, please DO NOT talk between phases. This is very important. Invite the hosts to any SF PMs, and either provide logs or invite us to any conversations using outside programs (like Discord, which has a free client and you should probably use). 2. Don’t quote anything told to you by me or Paperblade in your role PM directly, unless we specifically say it’s okay to. If you want to quote other things, feel free. We can help fake quotes. 3. Don’t invite players who were not in a PM from the start into one, with the exception of substitute players. 4. No screenshots may be shared with other players, and don’t encourage others to do so either. If you want to screenshot something for your own reference, keep it in your role PM. 5. Editing posts is acceptable, but do not edit your votes. Let us know what you changed if you edit something. 6. Don’t do any tactical modkills. Any attempt at one to try and benefit you or your team will not work, so just don’t do it. If you are modkilled, and it is your fault, you will lose. 7. In general, don’t try to abuse loopholes. Rules don’t exist to nitpick, they exist to be followed. If you have any confusion about something, then just ask. 8. Don’t be an asshole. Winning is fun, but don’t do things at the expense of others. Setup information: 1. This game will start on Day 1. All phases will be about 48 hours long, except Day 1 will be 72 hours. Phases can be extended or shortened if needed, but you will know ahead of time. Night phases will end early if all players with applicable night actions have submitted them early enough for us to end the phase at a better time. Players may not post in the game thread during night phase. 2. Vote with ##Verb: Player. If you want unvote, post ##Unvote. You can vote for No Lynch if you’d like. There are no minimum voting requirements. Day phases will end early if any player has received 2/3rds of the vote as decided by us. If there is a tie, or people vote for no lynch, then no lynch will occur. 3. Investigative role results aren’t guaranteed to be accurate. 4. This game has no fools or lynchers. 5. Death may or may not be the end. If you’re dead, don’t speak with living players unless you knew each others’ alignment from the start of the game (ex: mafia). 6. If your role PM contradicts the rules, your role PM is right, except for rule 4 of setup information. 7. You can’t self-target (unless your role PM says otherwise). 8. Full role-PMs will be revealed on death. I guess this isn’t usually a thing I specify but I felt it was fair after Resurgence. 9. If the Town is in *ylo, as defined as “they could be in danger of losing at the start of the next day phase to one team”, they will be alerted. 10. The majority faction is the Town, whose win condition is “You are aligned with the Town and win if all threats to your team are eliminated.” Who those threats are is a mystery. This game is for 18 or 21 players. 21 is ideal, but we made an 18 player setup just in case, but seriously though just join it’s fucking SFMM5. Signups will be randomized if we get more than that. We are not sure on a definite start time. Obviously it will not be while TOO many players are alive in Iris's EiMM, which being delayed by 6 days has more of an impact on that than before. Signups: 1) Snike 2) SB 3) Shinori 4) Alpha Male 5) Weapons 6) weinerboy 7) EvanManManMan 8) eclipse 9) Walrein 10 Refa 11) killthestory 12) Brooklyn 13) Euklyd 14) Iris 15) Elieson 16) acidphoenix 17) Athena_57 18) Magnificence/Marth 19) Omega 20) dyachei 21) CT075/camdar 22) Vi-astra 23) Post your goddamn signup already blitz

"Mm, no, unfortunately the situation can't be perfect. But things are looking better, aren't they?" Sidney took his hand into hers and smiled. "If all were nice in the world, we'd just all be returning from a visit to Raewald together which really was just diplomatic and not planning the beginnings of a war, and Wyke wouldn't have to be retaken from Deira... but, instead those things aren't true and we just have to make the most of what we've got. So, I believe you when you say it won't be a cakewalk, but none of this has been, right? That's why I'm confident in us, even though some things have changed. It's just us and Claire still around from that first foray into the village, and I wasn't with you from the start, either." She thought back and laughed. "Sorry, it's not all funny, just... the whole situation, you know? Who would've thought, huh? I got myself tied up in that mess, but even with all that's gone wrong, I'm certainly much better off having met you, Owen. So I believe in all of us, and that we really can do it. Not just blind faith, but real confidence- I think we've built up that much, at least, with the fact that we've gone through so much already. Never perfect, but getting by well enough, if you ask me." Sidney looked at her new bow by her side. "I can just go forward without any big regrets... maybe I'm not completely off the hook for everything in Raewald, but I made things up with my family, and that's what really matters to me. So let's save Wyke from the Deirans, and then we can start fixing relations with your family."

Probably correct votals that someone gave me that I haven't actually checked (leaving for important family stuff): XnadrojX (2): RADicate, Fable Fable (2): Junk, Mackc2 RADicate (1): XnadrojX Not voting (1): Zeonth Phase ends in 34 minutes, technically, but I don't know if either Iris or me will be around then. Stop posting then anyway though.

The aliens were really mad that Russia didn't want to defect from XCOM, so they blew it up instead. Wait, that doesn't sound right... athena was killed! He was: Now It's Day 4. Day 4 ends in 48 hours 19 minutes, 12:30 PM EST June 29th. With 6 alive, it takes 4 to hammer. Also, it's *YLO. So watch out for that.

Reminder I'm doing phase update in about 10 hours for Iris, send in your actions folks and do 'em on SF PM too so I can keep track more easily.

The Past Returned "Hmm, how very unusual indeed." That seemed to be the first thing Kaya said that Shylah was at all surprised by. "The Heroic Age has come to an end, Kaya. Who can say as to what this age entails? We don't even know what it will be called yet. It might not seem important to you, why what point in time it is could affect your powers, but the Ages are no mere marks on the calendar. They really are a sign of things to change for all of Dominus, and some things become different that you wouldn't expect to be effected at all. An age of darkness is upon us now as opposed to an age of light, but to the properly prepared, that's not necessarily a bad thing. So perhaps your powers are adapting to the times- instead of the straightforward visions you used to receive, now they are more frequent, but you have to decipher the meaning from them. If you do that... well, the frequency of them could be more useful, no?" Arrows and Cats? "Uhh... I'll put in a good word about the food?" Thalia didn't seem to be the most ahead on the hospitality aspect, or to understand the idea of talking with cats, but she saw the arrow. "Oh, that... it was with one of the weapons that were taken here recently, the bow of course. I believe it was called Sharanga. But they were always on decoration and seemed more ornamental than practical, so nobody thought they were of real use until they were stolen. It seems they've got a lot more to them than meets the eye. Sure, it's a longbow, but longbows don't fire from that wall all the way to here, that's absurd. I've used an enchanted one before myself- they call them bolt bows, useful anima magic, those- and it still doesn't go that far. So it is a little confusing, what we're dealing with here."

It was smooth sailing to start things off, and Sidney was feeling rather confident in herself. "Well! This looks like we're off to an admirable start, as far as our voyage is concerned. I appreciate the offer, Baron Nelon- I suppose I might as well accept, it wouldn't do to tire myself out too early. Four days... we can handle that!" She brushed her hair back, allowing him to take the wheel, looking ahead over the side of the ship. "Well, at least here's going well. We're finally going back to Wyke now. I'm not sure I'd say I'm looking forward to it, what with the war at hand, but I think I'm rather fond of the place- even though I wasn't here all that long, it feels important to come back now and make things right in the world. What do you think, Owen? Feeling alright still?"

"Well, that's settled. We head for southern Wyke instead of straight towards the capital." Despite the seriousness of the situation, Sidney couldn't help but laugh. "Haha... I'm sorry for my lack of composure, but it really is just such a totally ridiculous scenario. He was a pretty good soldier, from what I remember, but who knew he was secretly such a skilled leader as to be the last stand Wyke has, basically within the whole country, against all of the invading Deirans? He's not even from Wyke and he's got them outmaneuvered on his newly granted that territory he's hardly much more familiar with than they are! I don't even know what else I can possibly say." She looked over towards the other ship, now that Owen mentioned it. "Err, no... they're not back yet. That's pretty unusual, isn't it? I hope there's no trouble. We might need to look into it, Prince." She headed off towards the larger ship, now curious.