Newbie 1982 | Cellular Automata | Over

Plotinus · Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:14 pm

Newbie 1982 | Cellular Automata

Hello. In this game, I'll be showing off various types of cellular automata. Such as this chaotic knitting pattern. which uses Rule 30, left XOR (center OR right), to produce a chaotic arrangement of triangles and lines.

This game is in

Over

and the PTs will be released in

(expired on 2020-02-10 14:45:00)

.

Moderated by Plotinus

]

Original Playerlist:

1) skylarrrlb
2) chazary
3) clidd
4) bugspray
5) TheLordOfKittens
6) GeorgeBailey
7) Luca Blight (SE)
8) JacksonVirgo (SE)
9) TrueSoulEnergy (SE)

Spoiler: Game Reveals (9)

Spoiler: Spectators (1)

Events5 - Day 1 begins
80 - Chuck Shurley replaces skylarrrlb
182 - volxen replaces clidd
305 - Aloratom replaces Chuck Shurley
363 - DkKoba replaces TheLordOfKittens
781 - TrueSoulEnergy is lynched, day 1 ends

783 - Aloratom is killed, day 2 begins
813 - volxen is lynched, game over
815 - Game Events, PT links

Plotinus · Post Post #1 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:24 pm

Rules

Inspired by Equinox's, Glork's and Ether's rulesets.

important bit

Day 1: up to 10 days, Day 2+ up to 7 days, Night: 48 hours.
Majority lynches
36 hours before prod, 24 hours before replacement, 24 hour weekends
Bah posts allowed (limit: 1, free of game related content)
I have some unusual rules about animated GIFs, tiny text, and prodging. Scroll down for details.
Don’t be a dick

Follow all site rules.
Mod colour
– My mod colour is
grey
; don't use it.
Behaviour
- Don’t be a dick. This is a heated game but toxicity will not be tolerated. Attack the play not the player. If your fellow players tell you to stop, you must stop. If you do not stop, I will tell you to stop. If you still do not stop, you will be force-replaced. Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself lynched if you try it.
Don't talk about ongoing games
- You may not talk to each other about this game outside of threads I have created for this purpose. You may not talk about other ongoing games in this thread.
Animated GIFs
- are of the devil, but they are permitted behind spoilers if clearly labelled as such.
Tiny text
- is also of the devil, keep it 70+ please.
Provable randomness
- is against the rules. Saying that you rolled a dice is fine, using dice tags or random.org is not.
Claiming scum
- by yourself is fine. Claiming scum with another player is against the rules.
Cryptography
- is forbidden. Breadcrumbing is okay.
Confirmation
- You have about 72 hours to confirm your role and your alignment by PM. Game will start sooner if everyone confirms. Posting in a private topic counts as confirmation.
Days
- Day 1 lasts 10 days and other days last 7 days. Extensions may be granted if there are replacements, or if the majority of players make it clear to me that an extension is desired.
Activity
- You must post at least once every 36 hours or I will Prod you. You then have 24 hours to post in the game thread or I will replace you. If you come back before I find a replacement, you can stay. The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends. Players can request me to prod somebody early. This will only count as an official prod if you don't post before you would have been due for a prod. If you haven't posted in the 24 hours before the thread is locked for night, you must reply to the night start PM or you will be replaced during the night.
Vacation/Limited Access
If you need to be absent for longer than this, you should declare
V/LA
in bold in the thread like this: [
b]
@Mod: I will be v/la until Thursday
[
/b]. While you are V/LA, you will be nudged once every 54 hours. Two nudges equals one prod. If you have not posted game advancing content in 5 days, regardless of V/LA status, you will be replaced.
Prodging
- A naked "prod dodge" does not reset the prod timer. To avoid being prodded/replaced for inactivity, include some game advancing content in your prodges, such as "got prodded; xxxx is still scum."
Quoting
- You may not quote (or copy paste) any private information into the thread, including your role PM and any mod communication.
Voting
- Votes must be in bold in the format VOTE: Plotinus or
Vote: Plotinus
. Strong preference for using vote tags instead of bold tags. Unvotes are nice but not required. If I think it’s a vote, it’s a vote, no tricks. Type [
v]Plotinus[
/v] to vote and [
uv]Plotinus[
/uv] to unvote.
Lynching
- Days end early when a simple majority of players (50% of living players + 1 rounded down) vote to lynch somebody. If a majority is not reached at deadline or if a majority of the players vote for no lynch, the day will end without a lynch. At evens, 50% is sufficient for no lynch.
Twilight
- Begins when a majority is reached and lasts until I lock the thread. You're still alive until I flip you so you can talk in any game threads you have access to until then, but no votes or unvotes will be counted.
Night
- Night lasts at least 48 hours. The night phase can be shortened if every living player -- even those with no night actions -- agrees to it and if I'm not busy.
Action submissions
- You may submit actions via PM (if town) or PT (if scum). If the actions are not submitted by the deadline then you do nothing. You can change your mind as many times as you like before the deadline.
Reminders
- If I don't hear from you about your night actions, I'll PM you 24 hours before the deadline. This doesn't count as a prod. If I still don't hear from you, you will take no action.
Notes PT
- Let me know if you want a private thread to store your thoughts and feedback for the other players. This thread will be made public immediately after the game. You may draft posts in your notes PT but you may not talk about your notes PT in public. You definitely may not use the notes PT to demonstrate that you've had a town mindset in private all along; just put your town mindset in public to begin with and keep your notes to yourself.
Play to win
- this particular game, not some future one, and keep it fun!

Plotinus · Post Post #2 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:24 pm

Setup Info

Newbie Setup

NewD3 (as designed by RadiantCowbells):

	A	B	C
Mafia	Mafia Roleblocker	Mafia Rolecop	Mafia Goon
Row 1	Town Cop and Town Doctor	Town Tracker and Town Friendly Neighbor	Town Cop and Vanilla Townie
Row 2	Town Jailkeeper and Town Tracker	Town Jailkeeper and Town Friendly Neighbor	Town Jailkeeper and Vanilla Townie
Row 3	Town Mason and Town Mason	Town Tracker and Town Doctor	Town Mason and Town Mason

Each Newbie Game will be given a setup that incorporates one mafia role from the top of a column, and then two town roles from a row below the selected mafia role. The remaining six roles will be filled in by

one mafia goon

and

five vanilla townies

appropriately, to create a

2-mafia

and

7-town

setup.

All Newbie games use the Natural Action Resolution system for determining Night action effects.

Mafia Roleblocker

action takes precedence over a

Town Jailkeeper

action should that apply.

Mafia are able to communicate in their Private Topic at all times, and Mafia Power Roles are able to use their role ability and the factional kill in the same night.

Spoiler: Full Setups

Spoiler: Role PMs

Vanilla TownieWelcome!

You are a

Vanilla Townie

.

You have no special abilities.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town JailkeeperWelcome!

You are a

Town Jailkeeper

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills and be prevented from using their own action, if they have one, during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town CopWelcome!

You are a

Town Cop

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed if they are

Town

or

Mafia

. If you are roleblocked, you will receive no result.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town MasonWelcome!

You are a

Town Mason

.

You know that MASON2 is Town-aligned. You also share a Private Thread (PT), located here, where you may talk at any time.

You have no active abilities.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

Town TrackerWelcome!

You are a

Town Tracker

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed what player or players they targeted with their action, if any. If you are roleblocked, you will receive no result.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town DoctorWelcome!

You are a

Town Doctor

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town Friendly NeighborYou are a

Town Friendly Neighbor

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be sent a message informing them that you are Town-aligned.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Mafia GoonWelcome!

You are a

Mafia Goon

.

You and your partner share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk at any time.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

Mafia RolecopWelcome!

You are a

Mafia Rolecop

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed of their role but not their alignment.

Vanilla Townies

and

Mafia Goons

will both return "Vanilla". If you are roleblocked, you will receive no result.

You and your partner share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You may commit the kill and perform a role cop in the same night phase. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk at any time.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

Mafia RoleblockerWelcome!

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

.

You may target one player per night. This player will be prevented from performing their own action, if any.

You and your partner share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You may commit the kill and perform a roleblock in the same night phase. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk at any time.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is ]here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

Plotinus · Post Post #3 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:25 pm

Introduction and Tips

Here are some helpful links (a lot of them from our helpful wiki):

-> Forum Rules and Guidelines
-> The Glossary
-> Commonly Used Abbreviations
-> The Newbie Guide
-> Articles on How to Play Well (be sure to check the dates these were written/updated, as good advice changes over time)

Key Concepts and Tips

Activity

Try to check in at least once a day.

Besides the activity requirements listed in the moderator's original post, it's just necessary for a fun and healthy game that everyone

plays

. If you post very rarely, or only post a little bit at a time, you may get scumread for lurking. Even if you are not scumread for it, what's the fun in playing a game where multiple people are hardly participating?

Site Meta

Meta is the description of how people on Mafiascum like to play mafia. Things can be different on other online mafia sites, or if you play IRL, so it's good to know what's expected of you on this site. These aren't "rules", per se, but if you don't follow these guidelines it is likely things will go poorly for you on MS. Some examples are...

Random Voting Stage (RVS)

Games on MafiaScum almost always begin with what we call the Random Voting Stage (RVS). At this point in the game, we are in a low information game state (except the mafia, which know everyone’s alignment). As a way to provoke reaction, start a discussion, and try to determine alignment, people will usually vote for non-serious reasons. As the discussion progresses, we will eventually get the game moving and progress out of RVS.

Voting, L-x, and Hammers

L-x is a way to convey how far away a player is away from a lynch. For example, you should always announce that you are putting someone at L-1 (1 vote away from a lynch) so that someone doesn’t come along and accidentally vote for that players lynch. This also prevents Mafia-aligned players from coming along and placing the final vote to lynch (“hammer”) and claiming ignorance about doing so. You may also see L-2 and L-3 (2 votes away from a lynch and 3 votes away from a lynch, respectively).

Before you hammer a player, state your intent to hammer (usually done in bold) and ask the player to claim their role. This is done to prevent power roles from being lynched, and can sometimes get Mafia-aligned players to be caught (via counter claiming). It's best to then allow other players to react and discuss the claim before hammering.

Claiming Your Role

It is almost always best to not claim your role unless you are at L-1 and have been asked to claim as part of an “intent to hammer.” This is because, as a town power role (“PR”), if you out prematurely, you are likely to be night-killed (“NK’d”). As a Vanilla Townie (“VT”), claiming early helps the mafia team narrow down the setup and possible PR candidates. An exception to this would be if a mafia player claimed your role, claiming early to counter the false claim (“CC”) would out the mafia player, and would be a benefit to the town.

Do not fake claim a power role as town!

While it may help you avoid getting lynched, you might cause a real PR to out themselves by counter claiming - then the mafia will know who the PR is, and you will probably get lynched for lying to town. Feel free to fake a claim as scum, though, if you think it would help.

LyLo

LyLo is the shortened representation of “lynch or lose.” LyLo in the Newbie Queue is when there are 3 remaining players, 2 of which are town and 1 is mafia; or when there are 5 remaining players, 3 of which are town and 2 are mafia. It is important in these situations that the town aligned players do not carelessly vote like is done during RVS or early days, as the mafia player(s) can organize and instantly provide the necessary votes to lynch (“quickhammer”) and win the game.

Conclusion

Mafia is hard!

As town, it can be hard to figure things out, and stressful when people think you're scum.

That's okay!

Just share your thoughts on who you think is scum as they come to you, and don't be afraid to change your mind. As scum, it can be hard to lie convincingly, and stressful when people think you're scum. Don't let that scare you! Try to think of what you would post if you were town, and don't be afraid to "change your mind".

This is a game.

Have fun!

Plotinus · Post Post #4 (ISO) » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:25 pm

All role PMs have been sent out (in the order of the signup list so timestamps mean nothing)! We will start in (expired on 2020-01-30 09:30:00) or when [8/9] people have confirmed, whichever happens sooner.

The above clock and any others used throughout this game will be accurate from the time you loaded the page.

Plotinus · Post Post #5 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:00 am

Official Vote Count 1.00

Spoiler: animated GIF of gliders in conway's game of life

The most famous cellular automaton is Conway's Game of Life. It's a way to study how complex systems can arise from very simple rules. You have a grid of cells and there are rules for how the cells will change from one generation to the next: if it has too many neighbours it dies (turns white), if it has too few neighbours, it dies. If it has 2 or 3 neighbours, it turns black.

LynchingWith 9 votes in play, it takes 5 to lynch.

Everybody

(0): Nobody

Not Voting

(9): skylarrrlb, chazary, clidd, bugspray, TheLordOfKittens, GeorgeBailey, Luca Blight, JacksonVirgo, TrueSoulEnergy

Deadline:

(expired on 2020-02-07 18:00:00).

Mod notes:

Everybody except skylarrrlb has confirmed. That means we can get started early. skylarrrlb has another (expired on 2020-01-30 09:30:00) to remember that MafiaScum exists before I replace them.

Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with my ruleset because I have some rules you may not have encountered in other games before regarding animated gifs, tiny text, prodging and perhaps some other things.[/area]

bugspray · Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:17 am

bugspray · Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:18 am

VOTE: tse 2 in a row?

bugspray · Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:23 am

RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?

Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?

Are you happy with the role you randomed?

What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?

Buses or trains?

bugspray · Post Post #9 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:27 am

For me it's brawl. The SSE is very good and I think olimar was really cool on it

Chocolate or cookie dough or cookies and cream.... They all have very good sweet creamy tastes and different textures to fit any situation

Yes

CRT tvs are do so good

Trains

clidd · Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:51 am

In post 8, bugspray wrote:RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?

Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?

Are you happy with the role you randomed?

What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?

Buses or trains?

1 - I never played.

2 - Açaí, taste.

3 - Yes.

4 - Radio.

5 - Trains.

VOTE: Bugspray

bugspray · Post Post #11 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:59 am

What's so good about acai taste?

clidd · Post Post #12 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:08 am

t is naturally bitter, but extraordinarily good when sweetened. Much more than the common flavors of ice cream.

GeorgeBailey · Post Post #13 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:09 am

In post 8, bugspray wrote:RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?

Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?

Are you happy with the role you randomed?

What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?

Buses or trains?

1. Melee. No items, Fox only, Final Destination.

2. Cookies and Cream. Makes me feel like a child.

2. Roles are a spook. I am my own Role, and the role is me.

3. Lobotomies. I call dibs.

4. CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO *CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA* CHOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

VOTE: tse

bugspray · Post Post #14 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:41 am

Gb you have such a pleasant girth

GeorgeBailey · Post Post #15 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:52 am

In post 14, bugspray wrote:Gb you have such a pleasant girth

Aw shucks

GeorgeBailey · Post Post #16 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:19 am

In post 9, bugspray wrote:For me it's brawl

Who do you main? I can play a mean DeDeDe.

bugspray · Post Post #17 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:25 am

In post 16, GeorgeBailey wrote:
In post 9, bugspray wrote:For me it's brawl
Who do you main? I can play a mean DeDeDe.

I don't play competitive smash but I think I was best at Samus when I played brawl (though a recently helped to a smashu tournament and it was neat watching the games)

TrueSoulEnergy · Post Post #18 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:54 pm

In post 13, GeorgeBailey wrote:
In post 8, bugspray wrote:RVs questions:
What's the best smash Bros game?

Which ice cream flavor is your favorite and what's so good about it?

Are you happy with the role you randomed?

What piece of old technology do you think should be brought back?

Buses or trains?
1. Melee. No items, Fox only, Final Destination.

2. Cookies and Cream. Makes me feel like a child.

2. Roles are a spook. I am my own Role, and the role is me.

3. Lobotomies. I call dibs.

4. CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO *CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA* CHOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

VOTE: tse

No U.

TrueSoulEnergy · Post Post #19 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:54 pm

In post 7, bugspray wrote:VOTE: tse 2 in a row?

No, sorry bro.

Luca Blight · Post Post #20 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:17 pm

VOTE: bugspray

I dislike the RVS questions - they are unrelated to the game and therefore pointless, apart from question 3 which feels like role-fishing.

TrueSoulEnergy · Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:33 pm

In post 20, Luca Blight wrote:VOTE: bugspray

I dislike the RVS questions - they are unrelated to the game and therefore pointless, apart from question 3 which feels like role-fishing.

Is that a try hard I see?
Is that a no memer it to be?

GeorgeBailey · Post Post #22 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:45 pm

In post 20, Luca Blight wrote:VOTE: bugspray

apart from question 3 which feels like role-fishing.

Party pooper, that was the best question.

bugspray · Post Post #23 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:09 pm

In post 20, Luca Blight wrote:VOTE: bugspray

I dislike the RVS questions - they are unrelated to the game and therefore pointless, apart from question 3 which feels like role-fishing.

I'm just trying to find scum through a bit of investigation. Please don't try to police my play

Luca Blight · Post Post #24 (ISO) » Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:55 pm

I’m not trying to police your play - it’s called advancing the game. During RVS something has to act as the catalyst to move the game from meaningless to meaningful, and one way of doing that is by zoning in on things in order to create talking points.

That said, I am sincere in my view and have you as a slight scum read as things stand.