For the Finale: Recap

[Nita]

I know it's so early to be thinking about the finale, but I know how much work you put at the end, Sam, forming the recap. So I'll write down what I remember here throughout the game (or as long as I'm in it?) I helped do this for you in Spies 5 and figured I'd do it again.

Round 1:
- Opening chat. Players are given alignments and told there is a doctor.

- Players split into 2 groups: Democrats and Republicans

- I don't know what happened in the Democrats, other than that near tie. Haven't been paying attention to them.

- Zedekiah is questioned about his activity after the opening chat.
[18:04] spies8jenny: Only thing that sticks out to me is that Zeddy told me two hours after the roles went out that he hadn't talked with anybody yet since getting roles.

Zedekiah has a difficult time explaining he was busy watching "The Princess and the Frog", playin on the Wii, playing online games, eating pizza, and sleeping and he forgot to log off. This prompts many Republicans to question if he's lying: How could someone so technologically savvy not know how to log off?

[21:46] spies8zedekiah: well I obviously found out I don't know how to log off If I found out I wasn't logged off

- Alexei is singled out by Tina and Nita for his strong attack against Zedekiah. The Anagram Alliance jokingly forms.

- Themba creates a topic to discuss the pros and cons of voting "no exile". Some Republicans think she is suspicious for this

- Stephanie thinks Dane is suspicious for reading the Democrat board. Alexei agrees to vote for Dane

- Nita decides to begin her first mission: Exile a Spy based on a case she makes. She discusses her Alexei suspicions with others and posts her case. Tina and Owen contribute.

- Alexei comes to the group chat and says no hard feelings to the people who suspect him. Themba believes Alexei admitted to being a Spy.

[22:54] spies8alexei: Also, I hope you understand that I am not taking any of this personally, and I do not blame you or think any less of any of you. I know the nature of this game, and if I took everything seriously, no one would play with me. I appreciate your honesty, and I hope that one day I will get to play with all of you again one day
[22:55] spies8alexei: and with that, I have to leave. Goodbye, my friends, for perhaps the last time
[22:59] spies8themba: did he just admit to being a spy? or was that just me?

- Savannah makes a panicked push in the Republican chat an hour before exile to get people to vote for Zedekiah. Themba and Tina switch their votes.

- Alexei is eliminated with 6 votes and is outted as a Spy. Nita accomplishes her first mission

[Nita]

Round 2:

- Doctor successfully saves the imprisonment victim

- Allan quits but then comes back

- Activity 2: Talking about AIM

- Nita is afraid of imprisonment and confesses her alignment to Jenny in hopes that Jenny is a Spy. Jenny agrees to keep Nita's secret and asks Nita to play the game pro-Citizen

- Allan role-claims to Jenny and Nita, fulfilling Nita's second mission

- Claude role-claims to the Democrats

- Lots of casemaking in the Republicans. Zedekiah steps up and posts his suspicions, particularly on Themba. Hambone posts several cases, including one on Allan. Stephanie accuses Owen and Rondak with reasons that other Republicans consider ridiculous. Everyone is suspicious of Savannah. Many are still suspicious of Zedekiah.

- Kiara is replaced

[Nita]

Round 2, continued:

As the voting deadline nears, it looks to Jenny that Allan will be receiving the most votes. He is not present, so she decides to role-claim for him. The Republicans switch their votes to Savannah.

After the voting deadline, Savannah admits she has a role: The Messenger. Citizens are saddened by her poor play and late claim, since it was too late to change their votes. Savannah is exiled. Themba earns the next highest number of votes, earning Nita her third mission.

The Democrats exile Margot, another Citizen.

Sam assigns new teams.

[Nita]

Round 3:

Gabriel is imprisoned

Allan, Nita, Rondak, Hambone, and Jenny cross over to the Democrats. Isaac, Lilith, Broderick, Jasmine, and Lawrence cross over to the Republicans.

Suspicion begins to build against Jenny and Rondak amongst the Democrats

Cory, the ex-doctor, reveals his role to Nita

Claude declares this exile must be a showdown between him and Chance. Most Democrats disagree, although nearly everyone suspects one or both.

The Race begins.

The Republicans beat the Democrats in the first round by assembling a unicorn in the faster time. The Democrats lack organization and struggle as they attempt to fit their 6 drawing pieces together.

The Republicans beat the Democrats in the second round. Organization in the Democrats is better: Claude leads the group through the Mary had a Little Lamb portion and Nita leads the group through the Planetocopia portion. Gertrude sends a frustrated E-mail to Chris Wayan, the creator of the site, in the middle of the challenge.

[01:19] spies8gertrude: I want Chris Wayan to die.
[01:20] spies8claude: Who is that
[01:20] spies8gertrude: The guy who made all of that.
[01:20] spies8Nita: Este hombre, he need to die, si
[01:20] spies8gertrude: I emailed him before I found out you guys had found Paramount Peak.

[Nita]

Round 3 continued:

The Republicans beat the Democrats in rounds 3 and 4 to win the race and the right to exile, distribute imprisonment immunities, and assign the Grand Power.

The Democrats quickly select their nominee. Magalie is chosen for not participating in the challenges, blatantly lying, being a disruption, and lurking.

The Republicans are split over their nomination. In the last hour before exile, Themba receives a wave of votes to become the nominee, 5-3 over Jasmine. Isaac leads part of the push and makes a post that is immediately pointed out by Claude as being scummy.

Owen wins the grand power over Tina by one vote

Imprisonment immunities are granted to Lilith and Tina

The Republicans select to exile their nominee, Themba, over Magalie, 9-3. Themba is revealed to be a Citizen.

[Nita]

Round 4:

I don't know, I wasn't here.

Nita tries to pick a fight with Broderick to prevent her imprisonment. It doesn't work; she is imprisoned by the Spies anyway.

Sam posts Nita was a third-party: A foreign agent. Jenny confesses in a public chat that she knows some details.

Jenny, Stephanie and Isaac are selected for nomination. A role is used to cover up the nominations, so nobody knows who nominated whom.

Claude uses his role on Allan so Allan can prove he has a role next round.

Owen casts the sole exile/Senate vote for Isaac. Isaac is revealed to be a Spy.

Owen grants Mary her vote back. Cinnamyn wins hers as the result of a challenge.

[Nita]

Round 5:

Lilith is imprisoned (perhaps due to some people hinting she had a role or inside knowledge of the doctor?)


Cory wins his vote back by having the most conversations


Magalie earns her vote back by being the Spies Choice. Her public response: "Hey Sam I refuse to take this. FUggin makes me look like I am scum."


Allan proves his role by using Claude's ability on Hambone, limiting Hambone's nomination choices to Dane, Gertrude, or Cory


Players submit critiques. Some are written in the voices of past Spies characters. Some imitate Cinnamyn's bizarre/ghetto typing style.


Players are hesitant to nominate Magalie because she has 20% of the Senate voting power. Jenny, Chance, and Tina decide to nominate her anyway, and their votes are enough to make Magalie a nominee.


Chance, Rondak, Magalie, and Gertrude are nominated.


Lawrence and Rondak post they are quitting.


A typo regarding a misplaced period and some robot jokes lead to a marriage proposal for Claude and Gertrude:
spies8gertrude: Claude, the most wonderful days I've had in the Burg have been the days I've spent with you. You are the headlights to my heart. I can't calculate how much you mean to me.
spies8gertrude: Please do me the honors of being my semi-lawfully wedded husband.
spies8claude: Your heartfelt words have powered up my cold, metal heart. I accept.


Magalie enters chat and creates drama by claiming she received a message telling her Tina is the doctor and she is telling the burg because if she goes down, she is taking the rest of the team down with her. Claude doesn't think Magalie is capable of the level of subterfuge that is required for that kind of play and becomes convinced Magalie is a Citizen.


Cory, Cinnamyn, Owen, and Mary vote 4-1 to exile Magalie. Magalie is revealed to be a Spy.

[Nita]

Round 6:

I think somewhere in here Gertrude and Chance started working with Allan, without claiming to him

I think also Gertrude and Chance claim their mason roles to Tina shortly before her imprisonment

Tina is imprisoned

Claude uses his role on Owen and limits Owen's voting choices to Zedekiah, Kiara, and Chance.

Members of the burg are appalled that Owen's voting options are limited, so they decide to help him out by nominating Zedekiah, Kiara and Chance to give him options. Kiara is visibly annoyed that she is nominated essentially because people are sheeping.

Lawrence is self-nominated for not voting

Rondak is replaced. His replacement decides it would be easier to create a new character instead and makes the character of Brondak, Rondak's twin brother:

I came here to find out what happened to my brother. He was telling about how he was "slaying all the dragons" on his path to become the greatest leader of all time, and kept yapping about how fast he was "leveling", and all of the sudden, he dropped off the radar. *exhales*

I suspected he joined a dangerous game. This dude thought his 20-sided dice could save him from everything, but I guess he never gave too much thought to greedy politicians. *scratches beard* Anyhow, when I arrived in his apartment, I skimmed through his journals (a very hard thing to do if you're not into "Elfen language") and I believe he was messing with the wrong people.

I tried to impersonate him in order to find more about his whereabouts, but my bluff was quickly called on. I don't want any trouble here, I just want him to pay back the 5 Grand he owes me. So, for the time being I'll just get his job done and collect his paychecks until I get my money back, or find him and then take the money by force. *coughs*

Now, since I'm stuck here either way, what do you say if we just get together and start hunting for those "spies" he was talking about? The dude's got a huge imagination, but since he gets paid for this, I'm willing to play along.

Players are asked to vote for the person they want to receive their vote back. Chance and Rondak win their votes back as the "most" and "least" desired players to have voting abilities.

(Unverified) Soon before exile, Kiara is the receiver of the majority of votes. She saves herself by claiming a role (Security Checkpoint) to Cory and Owen. Cory and Owen panic and change their votes to Zedekiah (even though Alexei was busted for going after him hardcore in round 1!)

Zedekiah is exiled 3-2-1-1 and revealed to be a Citizen

Sam offers money to players to quit. Allan accepts the offer at $33.88 and spends the money on comedy DVDs and a guitar thingee.

[Nita]

Round 7:

Cory the doctor is imprisoned. Chance and Jasmine mourn the loss of their crush.

Broderick is angry at the Senators for not publically discussing their votes and reasons.

I think in this round or the round before it Chance and Gertrude claim to Claude so he will stop trying to exile Chance.

Over half the players are nominated in a bizarrely split nomination vote.

The Senators are undecided between Awohali and Jenny.

Awohali claims a role shortly before exile to try to save himself: The Political Activist, who must talk to players to get an investigation. He claims he earned it this round and used it on Jenny, and found her to be a Spy. Cinnamyn, Rondak, Chance, Gertrude, and Owen do not believe him and vote to exile him anyway.

Despite Chance's role claim (or maybe because of it - because Chance needs votes to use his ability), Claude votes for Chance anyway. Some things never change.

In a 5-3-1 vote Awohali is exiled and revealed to be a Citizen.

Kiara wins a game of I Spy to earn her vote back.

[Nita]

Round 8:

Gertrude is imprisoned. Chance reveals her final words detailing that she is the Angel and Chance is the Devil, and they are masons to each other. Several players are pissed at Chance for wasting their time - they suspected Chance when he could have just come out and cleared himself, freeing their time to look at other suspects.

Owen returns from vacation.

Inquisition activity.

Dane earns his vote back for being "the most loved"

Jenny's fate is all but sealed by Awohali. She is exiled 10-1 and revealed to be a Citizen, shocking everyone. Stephanie and Kiara threaten to resurrect Awohali so they can kill him again.

Hambone and Jasmine must litter each other's district with propaganda to earn their vote back. Whoever loses will be impeached.

[Nita]

I stopped doing this because it's difficult to recap when you aren't there. The players know far better than I what is going on.