(OLD)Newbie Game Queue (Players and Moderators)

[SummerInWonderland]

/in

[Mina]

Newbie 1688 goes to Zaicon!

Spinlock
southernoutlaw2199
aa-dono
Fancypants12
robbylet2
kingcod (SE)
hi im Yakko (SE)
GuiltyLion (SE)
Accountant ¹ (IC)

[insanity018]

Newbie 1684 (Night 1, 14 pages) needs a replacement for Comparing Realities. As this is a newbie slot, anyone can replace in except for players currently in their first game. Priority will be given to newer players. Please PM me!

Night only just started so there's plenty of time to catch up!

[The MM]

/in whichever game's next in the queue.

[Shadow Dancer]

You forgot to add me to the mod queue, Mina.

[Shadow Dancer]

Never played mafia in ages, need something light to get back up...

/in as IC (at your own risk )

2x /in as mod (under my modding account: Shadowmod)

.[/b]

[cAKEsmash]

when our game starts, will we get a PM?

[Plotinus]

when our game starts, will we get a PM?

you will. it will tell you what your role and alignment are and will have a link to the game thread.

[cAKEsmash]

when our game starts, will we get a PM?

you will. it will tell you what your role and alignment are and will have a link to the game thread.

thanks

[YawningAngel]

/in to play for next game

[Charloux]

I used to play this with my friends but we added some crazy roles; So i was wondering if there are roles here like serial killer, witch, cultist, terrorist etc.?

[Plotinus]

I used to play this with my friends but we added some crazy roles; So i was wondering if there are roles here like serial killer, witch, cultist, terrorist etc.?

There are roles like that in some of the other queues, but newbie games are a little bit simpler and just have the roles listed in the first post.

[Charloux]

Now i'm sad because i didn't find out about this forum till yesterday

[Mina]

Newbie 1690 goes to fferyllt!

PARTY-FALCON
Callipygian
cAKEsmash
qubixes
tojam2
Lucky7
New Luna Republic (SE)
Workdawg (SE)
BlueBloodedToffee (IC)

@tojam: Blitzes don't count for experience, but since you replaced into one of your newbies, I'm saying you can join another as one of your two "games from scratch."

@Shadow Lurker: sorry, corrected! I had to stop in the middle of updating last night.

OP will be updated tonight, since I'm at work.

[Karnage]

/in SE

[insanity018]

Newbie 1684 (Night 1, 14 pages) needs a replacement for Comparing Realities. As this is a newbie slot, anyone can replace in except for players currently in their first game. Priority will be given to newer players. Please PM me!

Night only just started so there's plenty of time to catch up!

Thanks Karnage!

[BlueTrin]

/in newbie

[BlueBloodedToffee]

/in to Mod. Three completed games;

Open 611

Open 580

Open 570

[Jeanne11]

/out

[chilledtea]

/out

[fferyllt]

Newbie 1690 goes to fferyllt!

PARTY-FALCON
Callipygian
cAKEsmash
qubixes
tojam2
Lucky7
New Luna Republic (SE)
Workdawg (SE)
BlueBloodedToffee (IC)

@tojam: Blitzes don't count for experience, but since you replaced into one of your newbies, I'm saying you can join another as one of your two "games from scratch."

@Shadow Lurker: sorry, corrected! I had to stop in the middle of updating last night.

OP will be updated tonight, since I'm at work.

Sorry for the delay! The email notification must not have gone through right away. I'll have this game up in a few hours.

[BipolarChemist]

/in to mod!

[Maverick1102]

/In to play

[firelord111]

Newbie Game Queue

List Moderator: Mina

List Mod Emeriti: Mr. Flay, singersigner, Vel-Rahn Koon

Newbie Game Specific Information

Additional helpful information

:

• Beginners Guide to Mafia and Various Mafia Role Descriptions, a Flash presentation by Mike "Burnfire" Grevengoed.
  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!
  
  Game Theory (See also: Theory in the wiki).
  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!
  
  General Queue Information
  Forum Rules and Guidelines

New players will probably want to start playing one game here before playing elsewhere on the site.

Reply in this thread indicating that you'd like to play ("/in for next" is a standard way of doing so).

You will get a PM from your game moderator when your game is about to begin.

Your name should be added to the first post within 24-48 hours. The waiting time for a game to start is currently 2-3 days, on average. Upcoming games will be full when there is one Inexperience-Challenged (IC) player, two Semi-Experienced (SE) player(s), and six Newbie players available. More/less ICs and SEs may be used in any given game to relieve a backlog on those specific areas of the Queue.

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Player Requirements:

For purposes of Player Game Limits:

• A
  finished
  game is one in which you are out of the game (by lynch or night kill) but the game is still being played by others.
  
• A
  completed
  game is a game in which a winning side has been declared and the game is over.
  
• For purposes of quantifying eligible completed games, two completed micro games will count as one completed game in another queue.
  
• Replacing out of a game will count as a finished game if there was an acceptable level of participation.

Taking on too many Newbie games at one time, getting overloaded, and replacing out of those games can get you banned from the Newbie Queue!

Spoiler: Newer Players

• Brand new players may only play in
  one
  Newbie Game.
  
• Brand new players may either play a Newbie game from scratch or replace into an existing Newbie game for your first game.
  
• Once you are out of your first Newbie game (by lynch, night kill, or the end of the game) you may sign up for a second Newbie game.
  
• Players with one finished game anywhere on site may also replace into as many Newbie games as you can handle.
  
• As a Newer Player, you are only allowed to play two Newbie games from scratch.
  
• Once you have played two Newbie games you are no longer allowed to play Newbie games (except as a replacement) until you play a game outside The Road to Rome, thereby qualifying as an SE player. See the SE section below for more information.

Spoiler: SEs

• When you finish any three games, with at least one outside of The Road to Rome, you are then considered a Semi-Experienced (SE) player and will occupy one of the SE playing spots.
  
• SE players may play in as many Newbie games as they can handle.

Spoiler: ICs

• First and formost, the IC slot is a VOLUNTARY TEACHING position. If you don't want to be required to explain how the game works to the Newer players, you should sign up to be an SE. More information can be found in the wiki: IC.
  
• A player that finishes any five games, with at least two outside of The Road to Rome, and has at least 3 months on-site may apply to be an Inexperience Challenged (IC) player.
  
• Replacing out of a game does not count as finished!
  
• At least one of your 5 games must be a Newbie game, either as a Newbie or as an SE.
  
• Send the ListMod a PM with links to your 5 most-recent completed games

  when you /in to IC
  .
  
• If one of your 5 most-recent completed games is NOT a Newbie, you should include a link to a Newbie game.
  
• All Potential ICs MUST also read Being a good IC.
  
• If you want to IC a game, you
  must
  "/in to IC". The ListMod will place you in the SE queue if you do not specify "/in to IC".

Spoiler: Replacements

• If you want to replace into a specific game you should send a PM directly to the Mod instead of posting here.
  
• Unless specified, all requested replacements are newbie replacements.
  
• Moderators are welcome to replace with a player of greater skill level if they wish (ICs may replace SEs or Newbies, for example. Newbies may NOT replace into an SE or IC spot).
  
• Please notify the ListMod if you notice a player replace out who then signs up to play another Newbie game within the next 14 days. Replacing due to boredom or any other similarly selfish reason is NOT acceptable and the offender will be suspended from placement into the Queue for a period of two weeks.

Spoiler: Alts

IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP AS AN ALT ACCOUNT:

Established players starting Alt accounts (an account different from their primary account, usually used as a means to play against their established meta)

may not

/in as a Newbie since they'd be taking a spot away from a true site Newbie. Additionally, since the Alt account itself doesn't qualify, you may not function as SEs or ICs under the Alt account either, even if the player behind the account does qualify for one of these positions.

The ONLY way in which a new Alt account (one with less than two finished games) may play in a Newbie game is to offer to replace into existing games. Once the account has a record of three finished games, you may then /in as an SE player as normal. Once the account has a record of 5 completed games and 3 months on-site, you may /in as an IC player after ListMod certification as normal. You may always instead use your primary account to function as an SE or IC, depending on qualifications.

Hydras are sometimes considered a type of alt account, but for the purposes of keeping Newbie Games as normal as possible, they are not allowed in Newbie Games. Hydra accounts will be force-replaced immediately if discovered playing Newbie Games.

Any player is, of course, welcome to join other Game Queues as they feel ready.

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Moderator Requirements:

• You may only be in the modding queue twice at a time. (See this post.)
  
• Potential moderators must have one completed game on this site as a Moderator. See the Modding Requirements wiki article for exact details.
  
• Potential moderators MUST visit the Newbie_Game#Moderators wiki page to see what is required of Newbie game Mods.
  
• Potential moderators must include links to their completed games

  when they make the request to be added to the modding rotation
  . If you have more than two games as a Mod, please link the latest two.
  
• For purposes of quantifying eligible completed games, three completed micro games will count as one completed game in another queue.

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Newbie Setup

Matrix6 (as designed by Cogito Ergo Sum):

	A	B	C
1	Town Jailkeeper	Vanilla Townie	Mafia Goon
2	Mafia Roleblocker	Town Cop	Town Doctor
3	Town 1-shot Bulletproof	Mafia Goon	Town Tracker

Each Newbie Game will be given a setup that incorporates either one row or one column. The remaining six roles will be filled in by mafia goons and vanilla townies appropriately, to create a 2-mafia and 7-town setup. They are listed below.

Spoiler: Full Setups

Row 1:

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

Row 2:

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

Row 3:

Mafia Goon x 2, Town 1-shot Bulletproof, Town Tracker, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column A:

Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Jailkeeper, Town 1-shot Bulletproof, Vanilla Townie x 5

Column B:

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

Column C:

Mafia Goon x 2, Town Doctor, Town Tracker, Vanilla Townie x 5

All Newbie games should use the Natural Action Resolution system for determining Night action effects. Roleblocker actions will take precedence over Jailkeeper actions should that apply. The 1-shot Bulletproof is a passive ability that cannot be roleblocked.

First-time mods should use the sample role PMs below.

Update as of September 22nd, 2015:

Newbies 1652-1681

must

be run with daytalk for the Mafia faction. See this post. Sample PMs have been updated to reflect this.

Spoiler: Sample Role PMs

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.

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.

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.

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.

1-shot Bulletproof Townie

Welcome!

You are a

1-shot Bulletproof Townie.

You will survive 1 kill attempt during the game. This does not include lynches.

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

The game thread is here.

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 they targeted with their action, if any.

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

The game thread is here.

Mafia Goon

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Goon

.

Your partner is PLAYER, who is a

Mafia Goon/Roleblocker

.

You 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 all times.

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

The game thread is here.

Mafia Roleblocker

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

.

Your partner is PLAYER, who is a

Mafia Goon

.

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

You 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 all times.

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

The game thread is here.

/In newbie

[SarasaKat]

/In to play