Dune 2.0 Game Thread

[oblivion]

Day 1 - Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?

A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows. To begin your study of the life of Muad'Dib, then, take care that you first place him in his time: born in the 57th year of the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. And take the most special care that you locate Muad'Dib in his place: the planet Arrakis. Do not be deceived by the fact that he was born on Caladan and lived his first fifteen years there. Arrakis, the planet known as Dune, is forever his place.

-from "Manual of Mad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan


To attempt an understanding of Maud'Dib without understanding his mortal enemies, the Harkonnens, is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.

-from "Manual of Mad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan


Leto Atriedes learned mere hours ahead that the Harkonnen and Sardaukar army would overrun the Government Mansion in Arrakeen tonight. In great haste, House Atriedes flees into the desert in the company of Fremen from Stilgar's Sietch Tabr.

The first leg of the journey is to the Great Shield Wall, a natural rocky barrier that surrounds Arrakeen and protects the city from the terrible sandstorms that scour the desert into featureless dunes.

(That's right. this is not exactly the way the story unfolded in the novel Get over it.)

When you arrive at the wall before nightfall, you must select a leader for this journey across the deserts and bleds - a mayor whose lynch votes will count as 1.5 votes. You must also choose one of your company whom you suspect are Harkonnen scum to be lynched - sent into the desert alone with no water to perish.

vote mayor in bold blue. e.g, vote oblivion
vote lynch in bold black. e.g. vote oblivion

To change your vote:
unvote; vote oblivion
unvote; vote oblivion

This game day ends 12 hours after it begins.


Among the living:

1. virphen
2. irreligionist
3. rezling
4. heyzeus
5. CookieJon
6. GhataNothoa
7. NonCredo
8. sifaka
9. Miss Anne Thrope
10. Animavore
11. Normal
12. Mephistopheles
13. Blip
14. DP
15. AshtonBlack
16. MantisDreamz
17. 95These
18. ksen
19. higgs2
20. Evil Spock
21. I_pity_the_fool

Deceased:

None. (yet...muahahah)

Let the game begin!

[virphen]

Fuck, this sand gets EVERYWHERE.

[Don't Panic]

Fuck, this sand gets EVERYWHERE.

If you closed the mouthflap of your stillsuit you might not swallow so much of it.

[Azathoth]

Fuck, this sand gets EVERYWHERE.

Stop wanking then. It's a waste of water

[Animavore]

Walk ahead of me where I can see youse.

[Azathoth]

Walk ahead of me where I can see youse.

Never turn your back on the monkey

[Animavore]

Fine. We'll just stay here than. Shall we?

[higgs2]

hmmm. sandstorm coming, I'm afraid.

Or maybe my glasses are just dirty. Sorry!

[Don't Panic]

hmmm. sandstorm coming, I'm afraid.

Or maybe my glasses are just dirty. Sorry!

The sandstorms of the deep desert can strip the flesh from a man's bones.

[normal]

Should we perhaps have brought some vehicles? This walking seems very oldfashioned

[higgs2]

So where is everyone?

[Don't Panic]

Should we perhaps have brought some vehicles? This walking seems very oldfashioned

The vibrations from vehicles attract the worms.

[normal]

Should we perhaps have brought some vehicles? This walking seems very oldfashioned

The vibrations from vehicles attract the worms.

Ah, I see. Clearly I'm a bit of an idiot and shouldn't be mayor

[95Theses]

I think you should all make me the mayor.

Mainly because I have no fucking idea what on earth is going on, and it should be good for a laugh to be lead by a bumbling halfwit who has never even heard of this planet, nevermind anyone on it.

95Theses for Mayor.

(I don't even know if I can vote for myself or what being mayor means)

[higgs2]

The mayor should be the person that we as town trust to have a tiebreaking vote.