Newbie 1996: GAME OVER

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Newbie 1996: Red Panda Time

Player List

InWho22 *

Tuxedo Mask

Peaches *

notme0

Clidd *

Peter Pan

SeserOneHK

LuckyLuciano

3bounty

Aloratom

Rectiplanes

Yooh ***

Kirari Momobami (SE)

humaneatingmonkey (SE)*

HoldenGolden (SE) *

* denotes prod

Alive

Rectiplanes
Peter Pan
Tuxedo Mask
humaneatingmonkey (SE)

Dead

Aloratom,

Vanilla Townie

Lynched Day 1.
Inwho22,

Town Jailkeeper

Killed Night 1
3Bounty,

Mafia Goon

Lynched Day 2 AKA Groundhog Day.
Kirani Momobami

Vanilla Townie

Killed On Groundhog Day

[Elmo TeH AzN]

The Rules - Please read them:

Directly Stolen From Hoopla (With Minor Edits)

> Fundamental
1) The site-wide rules apply, please read them and don't do anything stupid.
2) Unless it is explicitly stated in your role PM that you can do so, do not talk about this game outside of the game thread.
3) Do not quote/screenshot any communication you have with me, the moderator of the game. You may paraphrase things I have sent you (such as a role title, abilities and results) but direct quoting and talk about role PM flavour is not allowed.
4) Be courteous to your fellow player. This is just a game - please don't bring any personal grudges in. Lets have fun, okay!


> Voting, Lynching & Death
5) For your vote to be counted, it must be bolded or in vote tages, like so: VOTE: Elmo TeH AzN or

VOTE: ETA

If It looks like a vote it will be counted.
6) Unvotes when switching votes aren't necessary, but will be appreciated.
7) A lynch will occur when a player achieves 50% +1 of the votes. When this has happened, any subsequent votes and unvotes will not be counted, and the game will enter twilight. Night will begin as soon as I have declared the lynch.
8) The town may opt to

'no lynch'

in lieu of lynching a player on any day. VOTE: No Lynch is the format for this. No lynching requires only 50% of the town's votes to go through, as opposed to a majority.
9) Once you're dead, you are dead. Do not post in the thread until the game is over, not even a 'bah' post, for real.


> Activity & Deadlines
10) Prods will be issued after 36 hours in a row without posting or under request from players. Multiple prods will probably lead to your replacement.
11) Things come up in life. If you need time off for something, please let myself and the players know in-thread for V/LA purposes. I will be flexible, but if you can't be here for a significant amount of time I will replace you.
12) Deadlines for this game will be 10 days for Day 1 and 7 days for following Day Phases. Night Phases will last 48 hours.
13) In the event of a deadline ending without a player gaining a majority of votes, there will be no lynch.
14) Nights will have a 48 hour deadline. If you fail to send in a night action or do not send it via DM, you will automatically default to 'no action' for that night, and you will do nothing.


> Miscellaneous

15) Please do not use small/invisible text, steganography or advanced forms of coding/cryptography. Breadcrumbing is an acceptable form of basic coding.
16)

Blue

is my colour I will use for modly purposes. All other colours are fair game.
17) Do not try to exploit any loopholes there may be in this rule-set. I reserve the right to add, remove or modify existing rules at any time. If this happens, I will let everyone know.

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Setup Information

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.

Spoiler: List of Setups

Column A & Row 1:

Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Cop, Town Doctor, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column A & Row 2:

Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Jailkeeper, Town Tracker, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column A & Row 3:

Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Mason x2, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column B & Row 1:

Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Tracker, Town Friendly Neighbor, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column B & Row 2:

Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Jailkeeper, Town Friendly Neighbor, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column B & Row 3:

Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Tracker, Town Doctor, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column C & Row 1:

Mafia Goon x 2, Town Cop, Vanilla Townie x 6

Column C & Row 2:

Mafia Goon x 2, Town Jailkeeper, Vanilla Townie x 6

Column C & Row 3:

Mafia Goon x 2, Town Mason x2, Vanilla Townie x 5

Spoiler: Sample Role PM's

Vanilla Townie

Welcome!

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 Jailkeeper

Welcome!

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 Cop

Welcome!

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 Mason

Welcome!

You are a

Town Mason

.

You know that PLAYER NAME 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 Tracker

Welcome!

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 Doctor

Welcome!

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 Neighbor

Welcome!

You 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 Goon

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Goon

.

Your partner is PLAYERNAME who is a

Mafia Goon/Roleblocker/Rolecop

. Together you share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional Private Thread (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 Rolecop

Welcome!

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.

Your partner is PLAYERNAME who is a

Mafia Goon

. Together you share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional Private Thread (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 Roleblocker

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

.

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

Your partner is PLAYERNAME who is a

Mafia Goon

. Together you share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional Private Thread (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.

[Elmo TeH AzN]

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 Plotinus' 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!

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Role Pm's have been sent out. Please Confirm using the instructions in your Role PM

Game will start when enough players confirm or (expired on 2020-04-09 02:00:00)

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Votecount 1.00

Not Voting (9) -

InWho22, Peaches, LuckyLuciano, 3bounty, Aloratom, Yooh, Kirari Momobami, humaneatingmonkey, HoldenGolden

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is paused at 10 days until all players have confirmed.

[humaneatingmonkey]

VOTE: HoldenGolden
sup

[Kirari Momobami]

The scumteam is holden and aloratom

The WHEEL has spoken

VOTE: Holden

[LuckyLuciano]

♪Another win
They don't want me to have another win
So I ima make sure I get another win♪

VOTE: Holden L-2, if the next 2 posts are votes for Holden and we lolhammer in 5 posts flat, this game will have been worth it for the memes alone.

[humaneatingmonkey]

why do this?

[LuckyLuciano]

Which part?

[humaneatingmonkey]

putting him at L-2

[LuckyLuciano]

UNVOTE: Holden
VOTE: Monkey

Gut. Something about showing concern about a player being at L-2, and leaving his vote on that player feels off to me. Is this concern genuine, or is he looking for an reason to FOS somebody? Has our hero found scum with only 3 players posting so far? Is everything so far meaningless? Find out on the next episode of Mafiascum Z.

[HoldenGolden]

VOTE: HoldenGolden
sup

Spoiler:

We have unfinished business. This world is corrupt; tainted by your misdeeds. Do you feel good about what you did? Breaking an eldritch blood pinkie pact is no joke, and here you are. Your actions has consequences. Ramifications beyond the scope of mortal rational.

Do you know the space civilization of Uranus? No you dont because they all died this morning in a freak cosmic ray explosion because of what you did. Does that make you feel good? Being responsible for mass murder already? Are you crying in the inside because you know nothing, nihil, will ever fix what you have set forth upon the world?

VOTE: Humaneatingmonley

Caveat emptor, mors exspectat

[humaneatingmonkey]

UNVOTE: Holden
VOTE: Monkey

Gut. Something about showing concern about a player being at L-2, and leaving his vote on that player feels off to me. Is this concern genuine, or is he looking for an reason to FOS somebody? Has our hero found scum with only 3 players posting so far? Is everything so far meaningless? Find out on the next episode of Mafiascum Z.

ah yes. of course.

[HoldenGolden]

#justiceforHolden

HEM do you prefer being turned into monkey bread or having your brains seasoned and cooked?

[Yooh]

Hello

VOTE: LuckyLuciano

[InWho22]

VOTE: LuckyLuciano
Just to even the wagon here.
Also hey guys

[humaneatingmonkey]

Has our hero found scum with only 3 players posting so far?

Is everything so far meaningless? Find out on the next episode of Mafiascum Z.

VOTE: LuckyLuciano

[humaneatingmonkey]

Dying to find out!

[humaneatingmonkey]

#justiceforHolden

HEM do you prefer being turned into monkey bread or having your brains seasoned and cooked?

Eating me won't bring back your 100% success rate.

[LuckyLuciano]

Really bad play if you are town to break a 3-way tie in which your are one of the wagons, instead of letting a non-voting player come in and decide the leading wagon. Wouldn't the latter be reasonably AI once flips start coming out?

[humaneatingmonkey]

I doubt there would be a non-voting player coming in and putting you at L-2. But I want to see more of you!

[humaneatingmonkey]

EBWOP: L-1

[LuckyLuciano]

You don't think that a non-voting player would break a 3-way 2-vote tie? Why is that?

Pedit: Now I'm even more confused by what you are saying. Are you saying that you think I am at L-1 now, or that a nonvoting player would not put me at L-1? Either way, there was a 3-way 2-vote tie. I don't see any reason why the next incoming vote wouldn't be on one of the 3 wagons, and that vote is very AI to look back on later in the game, but your vote change both stripped us of the possibility of analyzing that, but also removed pressure from yourself by making yourself a non-leading wagon.