Mini 2266: GnG's Upick Mafia [GAME OVER]


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Post Post #50 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:44 pm

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1.02 Votecount

Roden - 2 (jjh927, Titus) E - 5

PookyTheMagicalBear - 1 (Roden) E - 6

Yume - 1 (mastina) E - 6

mastina - 1 (Yume) E - 6

Not Voting - 8 (The one's not invited to my birthday party)


With
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to eliminated.

At deadline,
Roden
would be Eliminated.

Day One's deadline is Saturday, March 2rd, @ 10:00 PM EST: (expired on 2022-04-02 21:00:00).


Todays Challenge is: Every 5th post alternate each letter with capitalization (e.g. EvErY 5tH pOsT aLtErNaTe EaCh LeTtEr WiTh CaPiTaLiZaTiOn)
-your first post of each day must state if you'd like to participate using the bold tag.
-your first post of each day counts towards your post total. So bold tag is Post 1, then post 2-4, then post 5 is the important one.
-You may give up 0.25 xp to retry the challenge if either you fail to bold tag the first post or fail the challenge outright.
-Retries are limited to once per Day phase.

Spoiler: Players still in Challenge
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Post Post #51 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:45 pm

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In post 47, mastina wrote:GeTtInG rId Of ThE rEsTrIcTiOn
Also, I am town. (Thankfully, I am allowed to not have it be literally every post, but saying it every post makes it better.)

1/5

(note to self that I need to make my 5/5 be "I aM tOwN" tho)
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Post Post #52 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:49 pm

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Okay that's a funny PR and it's funnier how you're having to balance a 4 and a 5 post counter

Btw, guessing it wasn't just me who got 2 of my picks weirdly mashed together rather than any 1 of my picks

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Post Post #53 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:56 pm

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In post 45, mastina wrote:
In post 27, jjh927 wrote:I want it on record that I have never before received a role that is more in line with my skillset
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Eh, my role's deserved--it's a tradition for me to submit trollish picks in Ginngie games and for Ginngie to then punish me for having done so. I do need to constantly say I am town (because I am in fact town), but the role itself is quite good imo.
In post 37, Yume wrote:I don't believe you.
You better tho since I am in fact town. :P
In post 34, Reinhardt wrote:
I would like to participate in the challenge.
Town?
In post 29, PookyTheMagicalBear wrote:
I will participate
Scum. :( </3

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My role could be described as one of the most brutal interpretations of a pick to date. So I believe what you are saying.

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Post Post #54 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:00 pm

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I notice a couple things in the vote count post. First, the notation of how close someone is to being voted out seems to still be based on the “L-word”. Also, despite the rules saying simple majority is required to vote someone out, the vote count seems to indicate the person with most votes would be ejected at deadline.

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Post Post #55 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:04 pm

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In post 50, Ginngie wrote:At deadline, Roden would be voted out.
In post 1, Ginngie wrote:Eliminations are based off simple majority (half the living players + 1, rounded down) voting to eliminate someone. If no majority is reached by deadline, or a simple majority votes no elimination, then a no elimination will occur. At evens, half the living players is sufficient to no elimination.

@Mod: think this is a discrepancy. The latest votecount indicates plurality, while the game rules indicate it is explicitly not plurality.


Also, Roden doesn't seem to be in the challenge list but I think he should be, and you might wanna use E-x on the votecount as that's the terminology now

PEdit: Looks like Reinhardt also noticed the same


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Post Post #56 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:05 pm

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GeTtInG tHiS oUt Of ThE wAy.

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Post Post #57 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:09 pm

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In post 54, Reinhardt wrote:I notice a couple things in the vote count post. First, the notation of how close someone is to being voted out seems to still be based on the “L-word”. Also, despite the rules saying simple majority is required to vote someone out, the vote count seems to indicate the person with most votes would be ejected at deadline.

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In post 55, jjh927 wrote:@Mod: think this is a discrepancy. The latest votecount indicates plurality, while the game rules indicate it is explicitly not plurality.
Sorry for the confusion, I haven't hosted in a few years, keep finding mistakes in the old format using old language. Will replace L with E for Eliminated.

For clarity, the L is being replaced with E in accordance with site rules. The vote count is so far accurate. Just changing terminology.

Edit: Oh I'll use E-x then; thank you.
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Post Post #58 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:11 pm

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Yeah, figured it's just teething problems

Saying people are E-1 etc was a pretty natural change
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Post Post #59 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:12 pm

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OoPs, DiDn'T rEmEmBeR tO cOuNt

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Post Post #60 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:15 pm

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Wait, so if the VC is accurate then

A. This day phase at minimum is plurality, probably due to a role of some kind
B. Roden is already out of the challenge somehow, or was never in it

Interesting

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Post Post #61 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:19 pm

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I am a one shot miller cuz i got a free mage perk

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Post Post #62 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:20 pm

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In that case, Pooky, tell us how it works.

The best bit is that if you're lying then we'll find out later

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Post Post #63 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:24 pm

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In post 60, jjh927 wrote:Wait, so if the VC is accurate then

A. This day phase at minimum is plurality, probably due to a role of some kind
B. Roden is already out of the challenge somehow, or was never in it

Interesting

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It got updated, I'm still in it.

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Post Post #64 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:27 pm

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In post 62, jjh927 wrote:In that case, Pooky, tell us how it works.

The best bit is that if you're lying then we'll find out later

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it just means the first investigative ability used on me will give a positive result and only the first investigative ability so i should be fine later. it is my passive.

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Post Post #65 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:37 pm

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In that case I will not be picking up the Miller unless I want the doctor ability from the Mage tree.

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Post Post #66 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:57 pm

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In post 65, Reinhardt wrote:In that case I will not be picking up the Miller unless I want the doctor ability from the Mage tree.

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Is there even any benefit to taking Doctor over Bulletproof Bodyguard? They both require the same amount of experience.

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Post Post #67 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:37 pm

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Hey there peoples, anyone interested in playing some quakeitch with me ? it's like soccer but on flying carpets and actually we don't care about the game and the winning team is just whoever of the 2 guys playing quake on the side of the field win the match
In post 30, Dunnstral wrote:
In post 2, Ginngie wrote:
Warrior Tree
Sneak Tree
Mage Tree
1-shot Bullet Proof
1-shot Ninja
1-shot Miller
1-shot Body Guard
1-shot rolestop
1-shot doctor
1-shot Engineer
1-shot Engineer
1-shot Engineer


Cost:
1 XP

-You may buy from any tree at any time.
-Purchase order goes from the top row first to the bottom row last.
-After the 3 rows are filled you can spend
1 XP
to gain a 4th hidden ability.

From what we can see of the Warrior and Mage trees, the Mage tree seems to be strictly inferior to Warrior for the town. Not taking into account their hidden abilities, or any roles which may incline people towards picking made for other reasons.

Anyone want to claim to be going for Mage tree and becoming a miller?

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enclined towards doin' that, but i'd say it's more up to the other peoples in the game to validate that choice than anything

I will participate


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Post Post #68 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:44 pm

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oh wait, i'm not in the challenge apparently, can you confirm that Ginngie?
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Post Post #69 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:47 pm

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In post 44, Yume wrote:VOTE: mastina

Lal
VOTE: Yume

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Post Post #70 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:23 pm

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CaN We pReTeNd SoMeOnE's DoNe SoMeThInG tO gEt OuT oF rVs?

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Post Post #71 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:26 pm

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We CoUlD aDdReSs ThE eLePhAnT iN tHe RoOm
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Post Post #72 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:28 pm

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What is the elephant in the room?

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Post Post #73 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:54 pm

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Spoiler:
In post 30, Dunnstral wrote:
In post 2, Ginngie wrote:
Warrior Tree
Sneak Tree
Mage Tree
1-shot Bullet Proof
1-shot Ninja
1-shot Miller
1-shot Body Guard
1-shot rolestop
1-shot doctor
1-shot Engineer
1-shot Engineer
1-shot Engineer


Cost:
1 XP

-You may buy from any tree at any time.
-Purchase order goes from the top row first to the bottom row last.
-After the 3 rows are filled you can spend
1 XP
to gain a 4th hidden ability.

From what we can see of the Warrior and Mage trees, the Mage tree seems to be strictly inferior to Warrior for the town. Not taking into account their hidden abilities, or any roles which may incline people towards picking made for other reasons.

Anyone want to claim to be going for Mage tree and becoming a miller?

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In post 33, Dunnstral wrote:What if everybody dipped into the warrior tree and became 1-shot bulletproof?

Going to be hard for mafia to kill anybody. Any strongman type abilities would likely be limited.

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Here is what I think optimal play is for the town:

The majority of town should dip into the warrior tree for the 1-shot bulletproof. This should cause at least a few kills to fail, maybe not immediately if mafia has strongman abilities (very likely considering everyone can be a 1-shot doctor/bodyguard/bulletproof), but eventually once those abilities run out, every once in a while a kill will fail.

There will likely be members of the town who have an incentive to go into either the sneak or mage trees instead. These players should carefully consider whether they want to dip into warrior first or rush for their abilities.

I have extra knowledge to share that is not covered in the set-up that can be disadvantageous to us if not properly navigated:
I believe that each tree also has a neighborhood associated with it
, and that putting a point in a tree gets you access to that neighborhood. I believe that these neighborhoods do not reveal who is a part of them, so other players will not know unless you actually talk in the neighborhood. For this reason, I think that
players who join the Warrior tree should not post in the neighborhood
in order to make it less clear on who decided to take the tree and who is rushing something else.

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Post Post #74 (ISO) » Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:04 pm

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I mean, my understanding was that everyone was just assigned one of the three things and thrown into one of three neighbourhoods, independent of whether you actually take anything from that tree

There are already 4 of us who have posted in my hood

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