Newbie 2057: Mars! - End!

[skitter30]

also: heya wheme, it's been a while

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

I just want to say you look positively radiant tonight skitter.

VOTE: whemestar

[skitter30]

aw thank you :)

i do want to know how far you were gonna go with that tho

[Kazyan]

We are 100% dead serious until RVS ends, obviously. Also apparently we're doing hyperposting again

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

Skitter there is nobody on this green earth I would be more happy to share a mafia game with





pls don't eat me again

[SAMCRO]

PookyTheMagicalBear

[Kazyan]

I think it went as far as it

could

have gone, since I think you got to E-2, and you never put someone at E-1 unless you actually want them dead. (That's within lolhammer radius)

[SAMCRO]

oh i messed that up

[SAMCRO]

Vote: PookyTheMagicalBear

[skitter30]

i know that! :)

i want to know if i didn't show up shortly would you have actually pushed me to a lim!
(and i think you probably know where i'm going with this .... and had to have known where i'd be going with this ...)

hello kazyan, nice to meet you :)

pedit also townpings on kazyan

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

type in


VOTE: POOKY [/vote

with a closed ] at the end.

to vote people

[SAMCRO]

i give up for the rest of my life

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

i want to know if i didn't show up shortly would you have actually pushed me to a lim!
(and i think you probably know where i'm going with this .... and had to have known where i'd be going with this ...)

I'd probably unvote at 4 if I got there :3

[SAMCRO]

VOTE: POOKY

damn

[SAMCRO]

ty brother

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

you are getting the hang of this! :3

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

anyway now that's out of the way.

Hey, all.

I’m your Inexperience-Challenged (IC) player in this game. As the IC, I have to adhere to specific guidelines as listed in Being a Good IC. In short, my job is to answer any questions you might have about game mechanics and theory; and, in doing so I will never intentionally misguide you.

However, it is important to note that I am also a player in this game, and I do have to play to achieve my win condition (wincon). I have just as much likelihood of being mafia as anybody else here.

Some links you might want to read up on first:
Glossary
Commonly Used Abbreviations
Newbie Guide
A Beginner’s Guide to Being Awesome At Mafia

There are a few key concepts to discuss before we get started to help you better understand the site meta:

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, E-x, and Hammers

E-x is a way to convey how far away a player is away from elimination. For example, you should always announce that you are putting someone at E-1 (1 vote away from an elimination) so that someone doesn’t come along and accidentally vote for that player's elimination. This also prevents Mafia-aligned players from coming along and placing the final vote to eliminate (“hammer”) and claiming ignorance about doing so. You may also see E-2 and E-3 (2 votes away from elimination and 3 votes away from elimination, 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 eliminated, 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 E-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 eliminated, you might cause a real PR to out themselves by counterclaiming - then the mafia will know who the PR is, and you will probably get eliminated for lying to town. Feel free to fake a claim as scum, though, if you think it would help.

ELo

ELo is the shortened representation of “Eliminate or Lose.” ELo 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 eliminate (“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!

[WhemeStar]

nice fake claim there are no ic's /s

VOTE: pooky

[skitter30]

pooky it makes me a wee bit worried that you're a scum-magical-bear who wanted to see if he could quicklim me before i showed up

also: that's been posted already by ffery!

also: the poster in 5 - i had another poster in that series of posters as my phone wallpaper for several years :)

[Kazyan]

Hello, Skitter!

I was kind of an aggressive jerk in my last game, so I'm going to try to be friendly in this one and, like, actually listen to people instead of going "YOU'RE ADVISING ME, THEREFORE SCUMREAD".

Thanks for being an IC, Pooky! I don't have any questions right now, but will spring them if I come up with any.

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

hey I am much friendlier than Fiery :3

[PookyTheMagicalBear]

pooky it makes me a wee bit worried that you're a scum-magical-bear who wanted to see if he could quicklim me before i showed up

also: that's been posted already by ffery!

also: the poster in 5 - i had another poster in that series of posters as my phone wallpaper for several years

<---- Look at that innocent face.

Would I ever do something as silly as try to quick elim my favorite tiger in the whole wide world ?

of course not <3

[Kazyan]

pooky it makes me a wee bit worried that you're a scum-magical-bear who wanted to see if he could quicklim me before i showed up

I'm not getting any scum pings off Pooky, for what it's worth.

I vaguely doubt that SAMCRO is scum playing dumb, either; it would be bold to do that.

[WhemeStar]

also: heya wheme, it's been a while

Hi skitter long time

[fferyllt]

allez