Best game ever
I think the rat is meant to be added to the Firing List along with lemmings if they fail to hack the network, though, not the Mandatory Firings. Oh well, it doesn't matter now
One request for future narrators- I'm not a fan of the rule that says that the previous narrator can't be fired for five rounds. It turned out to be a good thing that I didn't fire Trill, but seriously, five rounds is very close to the end of the game.
While I don't really understand the point of the rule (it seems to be based off a Mafia game pattern that may be superficial), it should definitely be lowered to maybe 1 or 2 rounds.
Anyway, I wrote up a victory speech last night, and I've posted it below.
ALL SHALL BE REVEALED.I can't believe I pulled that off.
I thought I was going to be voted off in the first round, making for the lamest game of WTB ever. Instead I somehow warded off suspicion until the very end. I'd like to thank everyone who didn't vote for me and who took suspicion away from me (in the absence of my rat
). Overall, this was my favorite game of Who's the Boss? I've ever played. ;D
I have five things to say, which are listed numerically (for some reason) below:
1. Yes, Trill was able to "clear" me early on because of my login time. I remembered how much you guys love using login times as evidence, and I noticed some people were bringing up my name as a possible suspect, so I came up with a quick plan. A few hours before the round ended, I set my status to Invisible and stopped posting. I sent Mr. Spartan the boss PM, and the next round began. I waited for someone to notice my login time, and I was very happy to see Trill take the bait. I then waited a couple more hours before setting my status back to Not Invisible and posting in the thread.
2. Also, obviously, I disguised my writing style in the memos. The extra commas thing was actually modeled off the writing style of another member who wasn't in this game. I thought it would be deceiving. Also, all of my memos, save the very first one, ended with a quote. Here are the quotes I used:
Round 2: "If I let loose the lightning, the richest, aye, the noblest are half dead with terror and crap for fright. You yourself are afraid of me, yea, by Demeter! you are afraid. But may I die if you frighten me."
From The Wasps by Aristophanes. I took a Greek history course last semester, and my professor cited this quote in one of his lectures.
Round 3: "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
Apparently it's from a Chinese philosopher named Lao Tzu. I found it quickly while Googling quotes about power.
Round 4: "It takes a long time, but God dies too, but not before he'll stick it to you."
This is a line from the Modest Mouse song "I Came as a Rat." I was actually worried people might realize this one was from me because I think I've mentioned before that I like the band, but it seems that my fears were unfounded.
Round 5: "I am the Angel of Death. The time of purification is at hand."
This is a quote from a Simpsons episode.
Round 6: "Brick by brick, I seal his doom!"
Another Simpsons quote.
3. I tried to come up with the most confusing and ambiguous possible answers for the Psych questions to throw you off the trail. Early on, it worked quite well.
I always answered truthfully, though, and I clarified any ambiguities with Mr. Spartan so that he would know I was giving (technically) correct answers.
Round 2:
Q: So I hear you have decided to start downsizing the company. Is there a certain age group or other criteria which you will be likely to eliminate first?
A: I do nor judge a person by age, or any other superficial measure. The ones who perish first, are the ones who have indicated themselves as useless or incompetent, by way of there own actions.
I didn't have much to work with here, but then again I didn't really understand the purpose of the question either.
It did give me an opportunity to practice my poor comma usage and misspelling skills, though.
Round 3:
Q: As a member of Proboards support, do you have more than 1,000 posts?
A: On that grounds, I fall within the minority.
I was glad to see that no one could make heads or tails of my answer. Yes, I fall within the
minority -- not among players, but among PBS members in general. The median account has, I think, 1 or 2 posts. Members with more than 1,000 posts constitute less than 1% of the entire member base on PBS.
Round 4:
Q: Out of the remaining members in the game, are you male or female?
A: My body has 24 ribs.
I knew this one would confuse people, but not on the grand scale of what actually took place.
Yes, the male body technically has 24 ribs, as does the female body. I was hoping someone would interpret this in a religious context and assume that I was referring to myself as female, since there's something in Genesis about men having one fewer rib than women. It worked.
Round 5:
Q: Did you join Proboards Support before or after August 2009?
A: I first joined Proboards Support before August 2009.
Note the word "first." I've had several past accounts, the earliest dating back to 2001. The question would have got me if the words "on your current account" had been added.
Round 6:
Q: Do you live in the united states?
A: I have lived there once.
Yes, I have lived here once -- the time period extending from when I was born up to the present. I have never left the country.
4. I can't believe you guys didn't bother properly "checking" me like you did everyone else.
5. And there's one thing that's baffled me: Who was the rat? 
This is my signature achievement.
