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Jul-5-2012 12:23

It is rumored that the ornate palace gates of Shangri-La have finally been opened to the public for the first time in known history. The Prince is making his debut into the public eye with a brilliant gala hosted by the Prince himself: an exclusive invitation-only event attended only by the most prominent and affluent people from countries all over the world.

Some commoners have been invited to this rare event--but not as guests. The Prince's most trusted advisor has particularly collected special operatives to patrol the event: the world's brightest, swiftest, and most skilled. You will be entrusted with making sure that everything goes off without a hitch. But there are those who would rather see the event go down in flames, along with the Prince himself.

Five minutes before the event is scheduled to start, a report of a most alarming nature reaches the operatives' ears. There has been a breach in the ranks. Some spies have infiltrated the group! But since they have never seen each other's faces, there is no way to tell whose allegiance is true. The team has been compromised, but there is still a chance to save the evening.

The operatives' job this evening is to make sure the Prince's gala goes off without a hitch. If he is pleased at the end of the night, they will be rewarded handsomely. Sources say he is forgiving of small mishaps, but when pushed too far...

The Prince's reputation is at stake. Will his gala be a phenomenal success, or will it succumb to the sabotage of the spies? Stay tuned to find out in this installment of The Resistance.

Jul-12-2012 16:58

You know there really isnt any excuse as to why i was such a bad spy. I guess i possibly just suck at this game in general. Its much harder being resistance. At least the spies know who is who. :/

Jul-12-2012 17:00

Yea. I mean I don't want to jump the gun on anything and accuse people (I was mostly screwing around a few days ago when I was accusing Serges of being a spy), but I really think he probably is. Which also means there is a good chance that one of his original proposed mission members was as well. Molly, Adam, Vulkie.

If Adam is a spy, then so is Vulkie. And Serges would NOT have put both Vulkie and Adam on a mission knowing they were both spies. So that leaves either Vulkie or Molly. And considering Serges derailed the last mission that had Molly on it, it's probably Vulkie. Which means there is probably a spy on this mission, if we assume that Serges is a spy.

I still think we let it go through. Adam can use his IN THE SPOTLIGHT on Vulkie. If he outs himself, at least we know. If he doesn't, we are up 2-0. And if Molly sabotages it, I'll be able to look at her action.

I think this is the best option facing us at the moment considering the last mission was kabashed and the next three leaders are unknowns at this point.

Also, I'm fairly certain the spies are voting yes to avoid detection.

Jul-12-2012 17:08

Yes nic getting a 2-0 lead on the spies right now is a priority since theyre voting cleverly. Though seriously why was Biggie the only one to vote no? Either shes a spy who wasnt thinking and figured there would be more no votes. Or shes resistance and going by the rule of "Im not on the team, i vote no" Its 50/50 with her and im unsure. And i agree 100% about Jay being a spy.

Jul-12-2012 17:15

All I can say, is that if I were Resistance, and I were in biggie's position in the game, I would have voted No on the last one too. She's not on the team. She has no powers. I wouldn't just say yea go for it and assume that the four were clean.

That is also another reason why the spies are voting yes. So they don't out themselves if they vote no. But honestly most of the Resistance people should probably be voting no at this point because we could seriously be duping them.

So biggie's NO vote makes more sense to me (as Resistance) than having an almost unanimous YES.

That being said, not everyone can vote no to every mission they aren't on. So some of them obviously believe what is being spewed here. But I can understand being Resistance and voting No.

Jul-12-2012 17:37

Makes sense i guess. But if shes resistance then all 4 spies voted yes to keep their covers. And yeah the 'im not on the team, so i vote no" thing only works for so long before that plays to a spy advantage of voting missions down.

Jul-12-2012 17:37

Or all three spies voted yes if there was a spy on the team proposal, which i dont think there was personally.

Jul-12-2012 17:39

Here's my effort to explain the "No confidence" move, though it seems moot since the consensus is that I'm a spy (which is a shame, but if I have to martyr myself for a Resistance victory, so be it.)

3 or 4 spies voted to approve the previous mission team. Yeah, it's possible that the spies are voting "cleverly" to avoid suspicion, but let's look at the scenarios...

A) That mission was clean (0 spies on it). The spies knew that mission was clean, and knew that meant the resistance would have a 2-0 lead in the game. To me, that seems like a doomsday scenario, especially with the Resistance advantage in mission 4 looming over their heads. So, I don't buy multiple uncoordinated people subscribing to the "vote yes to avoid suspicion" theory, because the game would pretty much be over for them at that point.

B) That mission was dirty (at least 1 spy on it). The spies knew that the public consensus was that the team would be approved (heck, even I was convinced to change my vote to "yes"), so they decided to sit back, vote with the pack, and let the mission fail, which would mean a shot at winning.

I believe that scenario B is more likely than scenario A, so I burned my power to keep the game Resistance-biased. You can talk all you want about the powers Adam gave out meaning the Resistance is in prime shape, but only one of those powers gives PUBLIC information. And right now, that's the information I trust.

So, assuming the last team was dirty, who's the spy (or spies)? Frakked if I know yet. I'm pretty comfortable saying Jason is probably clean in this game. Nicnic is her usual analyzing self, but if I were in her shoes and dealt a spy card, I'd do the exact same thing to avoid suspicion. Molly hasn't given me anything that leads me to believe she CAN'T be a spy yet, so jury's still out there. As for Adam, Vulkie vouched for him, but it's not impossible that they're in cahoots.

That's my 2 cents. At least read it, even if you distrust me.

Jul-12-2012 17:54

I read it, but i still dont trust you Mr. Stark. :)

Jul-12-2012 18:09

OK Serges. Let's say for all intents and purposes, you are Resistance. That last mission proposal was going to give a lot of information (besides the fact that it was made up of of three of a team who succeeded the first mission and the fourth is pretty unanimously agreed upon to be Resistance - Jason). That mission would have given us a lot of information.

Jason has to post his action publicly.

If the mission failed, it was down to three people. I would obviously use my card on either Molly or Adam. And I would announce to everyone who the Sabotage vote was. Now I could be a spy. And let's say I posted that Molly sabotaged when she knew she didn't - Molly knows I am a spy. Then we duke it out on the boards and people can choose to believe who they want. But we know for a FACT that one of me or Molly is a spy. That was a gamble I was willing to take and it didn't seem TOO much of a gamble considering Molly, me, and Adam were all on the first successful mission.

As for the voting, I learned not to put too much weight into it. It makes you think, but... I was driving myself batpoop crazy the first game. Marc was a spy and he voted YES to every single mission proposal whether it had a spy on it or not. We also have several new players who may not fully understand yet. Or like I said the spies may be voting yes, assuming it was going to get approved anyway, as to not blow their cover. Your use of NO CONFIDENCE speaks louder than how the votes came out. Because at this point, what better team could be put out there for the Resistance than the one that was? If it fails, the game is tied and we have info to move on with. But if it passes.... that is really really bad for the spies. I can't really think of a good reason to NO CONFIDENCE it at this point thinking something better was going to come up. Unless you knew it was going to pass and that would be horrible for the spies.

That's where I'm coming from.

Jul-12-2012 18:19

I also want to mention this isn't exactly a critical mission for the Resistance and it seems jumping the gun a bit to use that card so soon based on really nothing at this point.

*shrugs*