Ether

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Player Profile

A history lesson

A photograph of Ether from Starkadium. Her vacuum arm is obscured by her hair.

Sophie "Ether" Lastnamewithheld used to text roleplay when she was a wee net-rat. (She is still a wee net-rat.) Then she read fanfiction. Then she joined a fan-based forum and text roleplayed a bit there. She first played mafia online when it was introduced to that forum in a messy, messy form. Ether was fascinated by the game and discovered 'Scum on its Wikipedia entry. She lurked without an account for a bit, left for summer camp for three weeks, then joined upon her return on July 24, 2006.

Ether quickly attained fame as a ScumChatter with healthy levels of sanity, maturity and libido. There was this awesome Momir game where she blatantly speedlynched Skruffs twice as a serial killer for the win. Her uPick games take a ridiculously long time to prepare.

On the forum scene, Ether steadily became lurkier and lurkier, and eventually flaked from the site entirely in early May 2007 without a word. She returned on July 26th, and insists that anything earlier than that is not canon. (Except possibly Newbie 259, an ironic origin story. She's never scum anymore, which is good because her town play is noticeably more active and enjoyable for everyone involved.) Upon her return, she played reliably again for about a year, but eventually fell apart again. Currently she's all right; she just figures she'll need to recharge every so often.

In the summer of 2008, Ether attended both Starkadium and Yosarian's Parents' BeachBam. She looks forward to the sequel to the latter in 2009.

Little known facts

Ether does not have a conventional left arm. It was removed in a surgery which replaced it with a vacuum cleaner. (Chainsaw arms, alas, require a license.) This is how she eats so quickly. Her unique appendage can also equip some accessories which human arms can't: most notably, she can equip Glork at will to redirect his deadly glorking abilities.

Ether is not a nun. She is not Angelina Jolie. Her screen name is not obscene and should not require the use of asterisks. She does not live in Middlesex. She is not 26, but she is at an age where she enjoys being told that she gives off 26-vibes.

Ether is a Mith minion. This loyalty has cost her; the Council of ScumChat expelled her from the clique for fear that she was a cultist. She insists that she has a dual win condition, but admits that there are some drawbacks to this. Incidentally--if you're eligible (read: female), you should join Ether, Talitha, Ibby, Bookitty, Mizzy and countless other role models. You should be a Mith Minion.

Once upon a time, Ether was in a two-way tie for "Most times having endgamed Glork." Now she's in a six-way tie. Andycyca is very happy. Ether is not.

Games

Although Ether started playing on Mafiascum in July 2006 immediately after joining, she doesn't really want to talk about her first year of play. And it's not gonna help you meta her anyway. So we'll start with July 2007. Comments later, possibly.

• Open 35 - Big Love
  • (Replaced in Page 38; alive 73 pages.) Pro-town vanilla, endgamed Day 5. Loss.

• Mini 494 - Farscape
  • (Replaced in Page 8; replaced out Page 31; Page; alive 23 pages.) Pro-town vanilla ("grunt"), technically replaced Day 4.
  • I was replaced not for inactivity but for a slip that gave me more information than I should have had. That makes the outcome a bit more painful...maybe I could have pulled out a win.

• Normal 70 - Traditional
  • (Replaced in Page 6; alive 111 pages.) Pro-town unconfirmed mason, endgamed Day 8. Loss.

• Mini 524 - Short & Sweet 2
  • (Replaced in Page 2; alive 5 pages.) Pro-town vanilla ("hedgewitch"), killed Day 2. Win.

• Mini 535 - Pick Your Poison 2
  • (Alive 45 pages.) Pro-town vanilla-turned-mason, survived. Win.

• Newbie 530
  • (Replaced out Page 7; alive 6 pages.) Mafia roleblocker, replaced Day 1.

• Egypt Mafia
  • (Replaced in Page 75; alive 20 pages.) Pro-town sort-of-confirmed mason ("Osiris"), sort of endgamed. Sort of a draw.
  • But we definitely beat Yosarian.

• Mini 574 - Portal
  • (Replaced in Page 9; alive 14 pages.) Pro-town roleblocker ("Cake Core"), survived. Win.

• Pick Your Poison 3
  • (Alive 43 pages.) Pro-town supersaint, killed Night 3. Loss.

• Mini 594 - Satin Doll Showdown
  • (Alive 28 pages.) Pro-town vanilla, killed Night 3. Win.

• Invitational 10
  • (Replaced out Page 39; alive 27 pages.) Pro-town one-shot vig ("Pie_is_good"), replaced Day 1.

• Mini 707 - Cops and Robbers
  • (Alive 43 pages.) Pro-town vanilla, killed Night 2. Loss.

• Newbie 707 - Nitoville, Steel Ward
  • (Replaced in Page 1; replaced out Page 11, alive 7 pages.) Pro-town vanilla, replaced Day 1.

• Mini 720 - SPQR
  • (Ether + Patrick hydra; alive 16 pages) Pro-town vanilla ("conspirator"), killed Night 1. Loss.

• Mini 728 - Ye Olde Tymes
  • (Replaced in Page 17; alive 9 pages.) Pro-town lover ("Staargdom"), survived. Win.

Testimonials

(10:10:58 PM) CaffieneDeity: Guys. Am I nice?
(10:11:03 PM) CaffieneDeity: This is very important.
(10:11:07 PM) XXXpickemgenius: YES INDEED
(10:11:09 PM) jathan84: ether i'd say yes
(10:11:11 PM) soccerh888: IRL?
(10:11:13 PM) XXXpickemgenius: YES
(10:11:13 PM) Ultima Avalon: I think you are
(10:11:15 PM) XXXpickemgenius: <3
(10:11:28 PM) soccerh888: IRL or online?
(10:11:50 PM) CaffieneDeity: Uh, the person I'm proving this to is online.
(10:12:00 PM) soccerh888: yeah
(10:12:31 PM) unclexyzzy: well, you're always sitting on people in photos from starkadium, so if you were really fat or sweaty you'd be mean
(10:12:43 PM) unclexyzzy: but you don't appear to be either of those in the photos

(10:14:38 PM) Nocitogin: Indeed. Ether is the kindest, sweetest, most gentle, wonderful person on Earth.

Ether is truly a kind hearted soul who rescues kittens, feeds the homeless and ocassionally will even make the sun come out and play. Any slight one reads in her posts should be disregarded because it's an obvious misinterpretation.
-Green Crayons, Mini 707

(6:09:53 AM) Xtoxm: i dunno, id say youre prob one of the less scary ones