WW LXV-- Enter the CUBICLE (GAME OVER! See Post #1625 For Final Game Post)
 

WW LXVI--Enter the CUBICLE

Welcome to the CUBICLE, where you spend 40 hours of your miserable lives each week. You're overworked and underpaid. And guess what?

Your company is under threat from the oncoming mortgage crisis, and needs to make cuts. Word is the Bobs have been hired, and the employee lists are being parsed and compared. People are on the chopping block, and the Boss has directives from uppermanagement to swing the axe--many times.

Can you survive the ugly cutthroat world of corporate America in rough times? Or will you soon be collecting employment and food stamps?

The Game Factions

There will be three factions in this game; two mini-wolf groups and the department at large. As a stressed out everyday worker in a cubicle, it is your job to weed out the wolf factions and keep your job. Meanwhile, the wolves will compete to get you terminated--and each other, too.

Now, here's the twist. The wolf groups will not only know and be able to communicate within their own ranks. They will know every member of the opposing wolf group, too. And their number one mission isn't the worker at large. It's each other.

Will one defeat the other? Or can you defeat both?

Gameplan

This will be a 24 hour cycle game, as that works best for me and my herky-jerky schedule. The deadline every night will be 10 P.M. EST (7 P.M. PDT).

On Day One (Tuesday), I am scheduled to work at my second job that night. The deadline will remain at 10 p.m. (all actions/votes after that time will be considered post deadline), but I will process it when I get home (about 1 a.m. EST). Unless the game runs long, this should be the only time I need to do this. The other days this could happen would be Day Six (the following Monday) and Day Eight (the following Wednesday), and I doubt the game will last that long.

Other than the twist and the multiple wolf factions, this will be a fairly standard WW game (usual roles included), and I don't anticipate newer players having much issue with the rules.

Game Roles & Rules

The Boss is a fair boss under a tough directive from the bigwigs above. He needs to make some cuts to get the department under its new cut rate budget. He isn't one to just make rash decisions. He tends to think things through. But he has always put good weight into the confidence of those around him. And so many in the department have his ear and can influence the decisions he makes.

There are three factions in this game, the two wolf groups and the rest of the department. Everyone knows the cuts are coming. But no one knows who will be fired. Or how many. The Boss attempted to put up some likely candidates in a memo to his higher ups. He decided it would likely be best to keep the cuts as much as possible to one group or section, so as to minimize personal conflicts.

Unfortunately for him, his regular administrative assistant is out on maternity leave and a temp with a stutter and shaky hands has temporarily replaced her. When she emailed the memo, she accidentally cc'd it to a member of each of the wolf factions--The Crew and The Cougars. So they know who else is on the potential chopping block.

THE WOLVES

The Crew These guys have worked together for years in the same department. They are still bachelors and go-getters, confident in their own abilities. And at one point, they were very good and the most productive section in the department. But they have gotten complacent as time as gotten by, spending a little more time hanging out and partying and a little less time on the clock working. The Boss thinks it might be a time to change that section up a bit and get some new blood.

The Cougars These gals have fought their way through glass ceilings, harassment and overt sexual advances, and they are tough-minded survivors. They are very good at what they do, but now they have some of the highest salaries for non-supervisors in the department, and the Boss thinks he can get close to the same production from newer, cheaper, younger workers.

Each wolf faction will know every other wolf in the game. They will be able to silently communicate within their own groups, as wolves can in most WW games. None of the wolves are allowed to have any of the other roles available in the game (except for the Fish, more on that role later).

Neither wolf faction is allowed to reveal the names of any other wolf, whether in their own group or in the enemy wolf group. I will be the judge of what is considered revealing the names of other wolves, so if you have a question about a potential post you are considering, please PM me or email me at [email protected] (when I am at work).

Each day, the Crew and the Cougars will have the opportunity to attempt to influence the Boss to terminate one member of the department. This is the equivalent of the night kill. Only one night kill will be processed per day, but the factors determining which night kill order is accepted is known only to the wolves.

Influence has its limits. Both wolf factions know if they attempt to influence the Boss too boldly against the other wolves, that he may realize they are aware of the memo and immediately fire them all. So, neither wolf faction is allowed to submit a kill order for another wolf except every third day. So on Day Three, Six, Nine, etc., then and only then can the wolves attempt a kill on the other wolf faction.

Also each day, the Crew and the Cougars will have the opportunity to seek out the Fish and convince him to join their side. More on the Fish in the department roles.

THE DEPARTMENT

The rest of the department doesn't want to get fired either, and they don't know about the memo. As far as they know, they are as likely to go as anyone. So they want to find the wolf factions, because the know the Crew and the Cougars will do whatever they can to escape being fired.

Every day, they and the wolves will vote on one person to submit to the Boss for firing. This will be the lynch vote. You can vote for this as we have done in the past, as follows:

VOTE CHIEF RUM

If you change your mind, you must unvote, before you re-vote. These votes must be bolded and in caps to make them stand out for the moderator.

UNVOTE CHIEF RUM

Any ties will be broken with a hidden mechanism.

The Department has three key members known as the Boss's Golf Buddies. They have managed over the years to become friends with the Boss, and have more influence on him than anyone else in the office. In addition to the role information provided below, these three also will start every day at "-1" votes, meaning they automatically have one less vote than everyone else. After all, it's hard to get the Boss to fire his buddies.

They are as follows:

The Veteran: This guy has been working for the company longer than anyone, and has also known the Boss longer than anyone. He is as close to a personal friend in the office as the Boss has. He is well paid, which potentially puts him on the block, but he is also very good at his job and supremely confident. He can use his influence to protect one person per day from a night kill firing. He cannot protect the same person two nights in a row. He can protect himself.

The Gossip: He's the social butterfly. Everyone knows him and likes him and talks to him. There are few secrets he doesn't eventually catch wind of. One time every day, he can put his ear to the cubicle desktop and find out the role and allegiance of any other player in the game.

The Comic: There isn't a joke this guy doesn't know, or co-worker he can't make laugh. Witty and charismatic, he has worked his way into the Boss's good graces, but not as close as the Veteran. He has two ways he can influence the Boss, but he can only use one of them per game. He can either use his influence, one time per game, to switch the department lynching victim to any other player except for the other two golfing buddies, although his action and name will be known throughout the department. Or he can, three times per game, add one vote to any player (and it doesn't have to be the player he voted for), which will be done without revealing himself.

OTHER ROLES

The Fish The Fish is a waffler. A classic flip-flopper with little personality or opinions of his own. He is easily led one way or another, although once committed he will stick with the side he has chosen. Every day, the wolves can seek out the Fish and try to convince him to their side. If they find him, they will convert him to their side. He will be an unknown wolf to the other side and to the department. He will appear as a regular Department worker to the Gossip until he is converted, after which he will appear as a wolf. In the final numbers, he will always count as a department worker.

The Temps Three of the regular workers are actually recent hires from a temporary agency. The Boss will have to jump through less HR hoops to terminate them, so as a result they start each day at "+1" votes. Meaning, they start every day with a lynch vote.

The Observor One worker is particularly quiet and unassuming, and rather plain. She shows up for work, does it well, and then leaves, and few members of the Department know her more than superficially. As a result, she is rarely noticed. She herself, though, has always prided herself on being observant. She lacks the charisma and influence to discover anyone's role or allegiance, but, ever watchful, she can see when two people are having a meaningful conversation--and when someone goes into the Boss's office.

The Pretentious Fool Every office has one of these, and this one is no different. This is a relatively new worker, who is loud and arrogant and convinced of his own importance. He thinks everyone likes him, when no one really does, and he'll talk to anyone. So he thinks he's the Gossip, and that's what he will be told. He will be treated like the Gossip, but his results will be random, and he won't be revealed until he is fired.

WIN CONDITIONS

The conditions for winning operate from a simple point system, as follows:

(3 PTS)-- Both wolf factions have been eliminated by the Department. Only the Department can get this.
(2 PTS)-- A wolf faction has been eliminated. Only the other wolf faction gets credit for these points.
(1 PT)-- The wolves get this if they earn a 1:1 ratio with the Department. This applies individually to each wolf faction, not collectively.

The Fish's win conditions follow the Department's until he is converted, afetr which they switch to the win conditions of the wolf faction that recruited him.

Three points is a COMPLETE VICTORY, and the ultimate goal of all factions. Two points is a MAJOR VICTORY. One point is a MINOR VICTORY.

The game does not end until at least one wolf faction has been eliminated AND the remaining wolf faction has achieved at least a 1:1 ratio with the remaining members of the Department.

GENERAL RULES

All normal WW rules apply.

No editing in this thread, other than by me, or, for outside game reasons, Barkeep in his role as moderator. No communicating outside of this thread unless you are explicitly told you may do so. Hence forth, I will post in red, so that my posts will stand out. No one else is allowed to post in this color.

If I did not mention any standard WW rules, assume they are liekly still in place unless I say otherwise. I reserve the right to amke any changes needed for the good of the game.

Roles will go out sometime Monday, January 21, probably in the afternoon my time (early evening back East), before I go to work.

Any questions during off-work hours (most nights and weekends, except where noted in Post 1) should be PM'd to me here. If you are trying to reach me during my work hours (5:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. PDT Mon-Thur, 6 to 3 on Fri), you must email me at [email protected] instead to ensure you receive a timely response.

Please let me know if you have any questions. The game will begin when roles go out Monday afternoon. I will post when the game has begun.

And have fun!

Player List

1. claphamsa
2. Arles
3. Farrah Whitworth-Rahn
4. jeheinz
5. Barkeep49
6. Lathum
7. Passacaglia
8. finkenst
9. oliegirl
10. mauboy1
11. ntndeacon
12. st.cronin
13. Mr. Wednesday
14. path12
15. Schmidty
16. AlanT
17. Render
18. bulletsponge
19. SnDvls
20. bsak16
21. The Jackal

Final Player List moved to Post #1630

in!!!! nice twists!

I'm in

I actually spend 40+ hours in an office with doors....

But I'm in.

:)

Werewolf imitates life?

I'm in.

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8. Passacaglia

How does the department at large win?

Pass would be 7 not 8

Damnit! the 2 after claphamsa's name threw me off.

why not? my first foray into WW

FRESH FISH FRESH FISH

I'm in

Count me in.

yup yup yup

inn

oh..
i need to sign up my othe rlogin here...

finkenst


this one is my work login..

long story

weird, i thought you were two people who happened to have similar names.

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look who's back

In.

Lathum can see the future!

nice turnout so far

In.

That would be traditional wolf killing.

Welcome!

As you have already made yourself aware, of course, be sure to tell me which name you will play with. Obviously, we want to keep that to a minimum.

Will it be finkenst then? Thanks!

I shouldn't, but since it's a 24 hour schedule, what the hell.

well you were so valuable last game

So Side A wants to kill all of Side B, and Side B wants to kill all of Side A, and the middle wants to kill all of both? Won't that be pretty much impossible without one side winning first?

I was thinking it would be kind of a reverse of "normal" ww, where the wolves need a 1:1 ratio to win. If the middle gets a 1:1 ratio on A and B without either team being completely eliminated, then they win????

Well, if I did set it up that way, then it would be a race to see who gets to their conditions first. As with other WW games, the game wouldn't end with everyone dying, but when victory conditions have been met. And when I said "traditional wolf voting", I was referring to the department voting them out. I didn't make any statements about the victory conditions of the department. And in any case, I didn't set it up exactly that way. There are variable victory conditions to this game.

I will be posting the rules and roles available sometime today.

Where's Blade6119, I didn't create this screen name for nothin'! :p

He hasn't played WW in many months.

I'll try to play this game. We'll see how difficult it is for me to get by during the day.

thought I might be able to play this game, but I don't think it's the best idea as I have a business trip i'm leaving for on next sunday, and that would just be D5...

Yup, might be tough DT unless you have access to the Internet on your trip. And welcome Alan. As a veteran "I can't play in the day" player, I manage, and the 24 hour clock should help, too. Hopefully it works for you.

BTW, I can adjust this game to the number of players, but I always thought 18 was about ideal. It will be interesting if we end up with that number.

maybe post in GD would hepl

well I will have internet...but it's sorta a big-deal trip so I want to be 110% focused on that, so I guess I gotta give this one a pass

we could just all agree to lynch DT day 1

Count me "In"


and lynching ayone other than ME on day 1 would be nice this time ;)

you could. But i'd probably end up being the seer or something

*edit*

I said lots of stuff here, but I didn't swear.

*edit*

huh, why the hostility, I thought you knew me well enough by now to know not to take me seriously.

Ok, then I will put my anger away and blow you a kiss. :)

lol.


I was messing with you because of this post in the last game

Take note of my signature. ;)

Oh, I was just tossing out what I thought was my ideal number for this gameset. I'm not really too concerned wherever it ends up. If no one else joined and some people dropped off, I could still run an effective game.

That said, yeah, I was going to post in GD when I started this thread and just forgot. I'll toss one out there.

Oh, and play nice, kids. No hostility (feigned or otherwise) allowed until the game starts, after which you can go to town on one another. ;)

ill give it another go. *starts licking himself* ahh being a wolf sure has its perks

When you are one of the first ones voted off, I don't want to hear any whining from you! DT pulled this last game and turned out to be a wolf...once bitten twice shy!

Chief, I did say I would play.

Well, yes, so you did! Sorry, ntn, not sure how I missed ya. I added you back in.

I'll have to keep an eye out. I missed Render last night for a few hours, too, and realized it and added him in.

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to be honest, last time i played i did the same thing and was a wolf too!

Do you need one last person to fill 20? If so I'll join...if not I can wait till the next go round.

I don't need to fill 20, but there is plenty of room to join. So if you want to join, let me know. I will be sending roles out in a couple of hours, so I'll send you a PM, too, just in case.

Hope i'm not too late. Coming over from TSW, I was referred to this game and would certainly like to be a part of it.

Aw crap. Now I've really ruined the neighborhood. At least before I could say that Mau was already here. :o

Ha, its my fault hes here :( Its not fair you and him run all the games... I figure he should get to play once in a while....

I know you missed me in the last game.

Thank you!

Welcome to the game, Jackal, and bsak16 has confirmed he will play as well. Well, looks like this one's going to be pretty big!

Here's my prediction for this game, made before any role has been sent.

thats a pretty cool posting thing....

You can use spoiler code this way: [spoiler]Spoiler text[/spoiler]

I don't understand what the observer does.

Please don't PM me my role. I'm taping this game, and will watch it later.

:p

You joke, but it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people announce who wins in the thread title. It ruins some of the suspense of reading the thread, I feel, whether it's being done contemporaneously (and damn if that's not the longest word I've typed in a REAL long time) or some time later.

Yeah, I try to usually post GAME OVER, but not announce who wins so people visit the thread to find out.

sadly the above is the post i got..... one day i will get to be something other than soem smhuck! Im gonna gofill out my tps report and send evil thoughts to the fax machine....

Just in case this got lost.

Oh and I will add that I am upset that once again I don't have a villager role. There were so many in this game. I was so hopeful. And yet I was denied in my aspiration once more and am but a lowly normal villager. At least that's better than being a wolf.

hey at least you arent a temp....

Regular department worker clocking in for the day.

BTW, I'd like to know who the bosses are so I can kiss up and get a freakin raise...I'm seriously overworked and underpaid...any fringe benefits I can apply for????

See there's your problem right there. You're trying to kiss up but then talk about costing the company more money by applying for benefits. Help the company, save money!

I'm a normal department worker and I'd like to see if anybody is pretty good with some coding.. namely one that will take fractions of a penny away from stocks and putting it into our own bank account all the while I get to bang Jennifer Anniston. Thanks.

I need one ghetto white guy, I need someone who's name is hard to spell and there is already me. If you'd like to be a part of the normal working gang, just holler.

See you all later.

Looking for hints like.. VITE MAU or perhaps NOTE MAU.

mau: It sounds to me that you're losing sight of the fact that our midsize paper products company needs all the help it can get.

I got nothing this time.....

Here.

checking in

Yeah Lathum your vote kind of announced that you were checking in.

just in case anyone wasn't certain

wolf checking in, erm i mean regular worker :)

dont mind the fur or self licking, nothing to see here

Umm remember last time? Where I hounded you (pun intended) relentlessly for this mix-up? And I was a wolf then. Now that I'm a villager I can be even more vicious.

Vote bulletsponge

Anyone claiming to be a wolf makes our life easier.

i didnt claim i was a wolf

vote lathum!!!!
is it me or does this guy seem awfully cosy with the other over 40 women?/////????????

huh?

You're right. You didn't claim to be a wolf. You admitted/stated you were a wolf. Claim wasn't strong enough. My bad.

I'm a trusting sort (just ask Render) on this sort of thing. Fact remains you say you are a wolf. Good enough for me on D1.

I'm game for that. I mean, I guess it is like your philosophy with RendeR -- if everyone is going to wank around about this forever, let's just get rid of him. If not, though, I'm fine keeping him around.