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Mini 168 - Item Mafia Game Over

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:50 am
by Crola
All the townspeople wake up one morning to find that they have all received mail. They walk out side and open their letters. Each has received a letter announcing the opening of a new Store in town, and all the wonderful items being sold. Also, various amounts of coins are in the envelope as well an item to get you to buy more from the store. These are Deluxe Ultra Rare Zamborian Made Q Coins. They are very valuable, and they are the only currency accepted by the new store. Everyone happy with their good fortunes, smile upon their fellow neighbors. Yet everyone notices that Sycko999 has received a large Cardboard box. The neighbors all retreat back into their houses ready to spend their money.

Still Caring About Material Possesions (4)

Locus Cosecant = Mafia GodFather
Assasin = Mafia Goon
armlx = Rich Man (Pro-Town)

Realized they can't take it with them (7)

meaning of life 42
- Permanent Thief (Pro-Town)-Lynched Morning 1
sycko999
- Holy Figure (Pro-Town) - Executed Morning 2
Iammars
(Replacing KingCobWeb)-English Teacher(Pro-town)-Shot Night 2
LordKrishna
- Mafia - Executed Morning 3
SapphireVerde
- Mason - Shot Night 3
Coolbot
- Cop - Shot Night 4
warpdragon
- Poet - Stabbed Night 4
kleimar
- Smart Guy - Executed Morning 5
StrykkerVerde
- Mason - Executed Mornig 6

Rules are in the next post read ALL OF THEM! Sorry they're so lengthy.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:10 pm
by Crola
All is fair and just in The Land of Mahogany, however, this is not The Land of Mahogany.
There are two sets of rules, and all players should read all the rules!

Also, my name, Crola is pronounced Crola, the O sounds like the O in got. So don't mispronounce it!
Game Rules (Not stolen, but probably similar to what other people have written)

1) No foul language or insults to your fellow players or mod. I am very serious about this, and this could lead to replacement or mod kill.

2) Despite the fact that they rhyme, even though I'm mod, I'm not God. I am human and fallible, just like you. Any mistake that I make will be dealt with by me, but don't point something really stupid out like misspelling the word "the" or something.

3) When you're dead, you're dead. No more posts from you, none. Not even "Arghh," posts. If you still feel you must talk about the game and it's conspiracies, you may only talk with me. All dead posts will be erased.

4) Do not talk with anybody about the game, outside of the game at any time. Unless, of course, I tell you to, in which you can only talk at night.

5) Night deadlines will be two to three real days, unless another deadline is made by me. Morning deadlines will not be made unless the game comes to what looks like a stop, or if there's like only two people talking about hats or something.

6) If you need extensions on anything, please ask and I'll be happy to help. Also, if you are not going to be here (on the site) for any reason, please PM me, I will have absolutely no way of knowing otherwise. I will tell the rest of the players you will be gone.

7) No foul language or insults to your fellow players or mod. I am very serious about this, and this could lead to replacement or mod kill.

8 )
Like all real days, this game will start in the morning, not at night, which means after you confirm, the game will start. I will repeat this rule in my other set of rules to re-remind you.


9) Just like in real life, what you say has been said, so think before you speak. This means no editing or erasing your posts. Also, NO QUOTING MY PMS. This means no quoting
any
PMS I've given you, whether it was about your role, item, or me saying "Hello, how are you?"

10) You may post in twilight.

12) If you have questions about the game, or just want to talk about my amazing moding abilities, feel free to chat.

13) No foul language or insults to your fellow players or mod. I am very serious about this, and this could lead to replacement or mod kill.

14) Oh, this rule goes without saying, please
bold
your votes, and unvote when you unvote. A majority of votes will result in an execution. A
No Execution
can be voted for the same way, this way you can all go to sleep with a good conscience in your head. When someone's dead, unvotes won't save them.

15) No secret or invisible texts please, you may write only in visible English.

16) I would prefer not to have zombies in my game. Zombies are people who die, and replace someone and then they turn up on the living and dead list as Crola and Crola II. I will take people who haven't been in the game over those who are dead, so don't be offended. Also, if you were a cop and you try to be a replacement, I will not allow you to be a zombie. Any role with information like cop or mafia and you will not be allowed to be a zombie. However, a townie becoming a cop will get all his info that he collected.

17) Oh, I almost forgot.
NO RANDOM VOTES!!!!!!!!
Call me annoying, as long as you don't random vote, they annoy the hell out of me. (Hell is a bad word that you should try to avoid. Sort of.)

18 ) No foul language or insults to your fellow players or mod. I am very serious about this, and this could lead to replacement or mod kill.

Game-specific Rules for Item Mafia (These are what makes it interesting)

The numbered rules are towards the bottom, most of the rules have been sorted into sections of explanations rather than numbers though.

This game is all about buying the better items, and of course, being rich. Everyone starts with an item, unless otherwise specified, and of course everyone gets a role.
There is a store which will be listed and updated.
YOU MAY ONLY HAVE 2 ITEMS! And you may hold as much money as you like.
You can buy items from the store only during Morning and Twilight (see rule # 2 ).

Items are similar to Roles, if you quote their effects, you have quoted the mod and will be publicly executed!


Some Items can be sold, others can't. Some you will choose to use, others automatically take affect. The item will specify if it can be sold and how it can be used. (See rule # 4) You won't know what an item does until you buy it. So, I'd prefer you don't announce what an item does, that's like role claiming. I will allow you to say what an item does though, because no one will know if you're telling the truth or not.

YOU MUST USE THE ITEM YOU START WITH! The item cannot be sold even if it normally could be sold.

YOU ALSO HAVE ROLES. Though items are very similar to roles, you have both roles and items, don't forget that!

How to buy an item

Buying from the Store:

To buy from the store, simply post which item you wish to buy, you will then receive that item at its face value. This also means everyone can see this purchase.

Buying from Crola's Black Market:

To buy items in secret so no one else knows, you may PM me during the Morning and you can purchase the item of your choice for double the actual price. It's worth the privacy though.

You can buy as many items you want every Morning/Twilight (Which means you can buy up to 2)
However, you can only buy from the my Black Market once per day, so if you buy 2 items in one day, one will automatically be bought from the Store.

Playing The Lottery

Yes, the lottery, and no age requirements either.

Each night you are allowed to play in the lottery. It costs two coins to join the lotto, and you must
pay for the ticket in the Morning
, this means PMing me and paying for your tickets. All the money gets put into the jack pot, and he/she who wins the lotto gets all the money in the jackpot. Anyone who dies during the night has all their money placed in the jackpot in addition to the money from ticket purchases.

The Way it Works
For the first 2 coins you spend on a lotto ticket, you get one real piece of paper with your name on it, I call this a ballet. Each coin you spend after that, you get one more ballet. So, if you PM me saying you want to spend 3 coins on papers with your name on it, you will get 2 ballets. I will throw these ballets in a hat and pick one out, I have no favorites and there is no way to rig the lotto or bribe me. Whoever's name I pick out wins the jackpot. The more ballets you bought, the more times your name is in the hat and the better chance you have of winning. (BTW, the hat is a Yankees cap, Go Yankees!).

1)
Like all real days, this game will start in the morning, not at night, which means after you confirm, the game will start. (I told you I'd repeat this one)


2) When buying items during Twilight, you can only buy from the store, but not from my Black Market. It will be closed.

3) If you run out of items, you immediately become a thief (See the Thief Section at the bottem). If you have a role, such as Cop, then you are both a cop and a thief.

4) When selling items that can be sold, you will receive half the face value in return. If it's an odd number you will get one more than half. Please PM me when you want to sell items.

5) You can only use items at night unless otherwise specified!

6) ALLOWANCE: You need some sort of income. One way is the lottery, the other is selling items you don't want. Also, each night you stay alive, you get 5 coins as allowance from me.

7) KILLING: If you kill someone, you can confiscate one item, or take half their money. You will not know how much money they have, nor will you know what items they have. Everything left behind is confiscated by me.

Thieves
Thieves can steal during the night, however, if you choose to steal, then you cannot use your other role. I will flip a coin to see which item you steal, heads will always be the item that your victim first possessed. You may also choose to steal 5 coins. Once you have an item again, you are no longer a thief.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:19 pm
by Crola
The Store


Gun - 13 coins (Out of Stock)
Ammo - 5 coins
First Aid Kit - Sold Out
Mirror - 8 coins
Shoes - 9 coins (Out of Stock)
Magnifying Glass - 2 coins
Hammer - 5 coins
Knife - 4 coins
Candle - 3 coins
Cardboard Box - Sold Out
Duct Tape - 8 coins
Bongos - 8 coins
Confusion Ray - 9 coins
Quill - 2 coins
Chewing Gum - 5 coins

NEW UPDATE
The Gun is out o' stock

OLD UPDATES:

21) The Mirror is back in stock and the FAKs are all sold out.
20) The Gun is back in stock.
19) The Mirror is out of stock.
18 ) Shoes out of stock. Price of Confusion Ray, Mirror, Candle, and Magnifying Glass drops by one.
17) Gun is out of stock again.
16) Shoes, Gun, and First Aid Kits are back in stock.
15) Shoes are temporarily out of stock.
14) First Aid Kits are out of stock for a day.
13) The Chewing Gum is now in stock. Advice to you, don't buy two at the same time.
12) The Gun is temporarily out of stock again.
11) Mirror back in stock, the Confusion Ray and the Quill are two New Items in stock. Expecting the Final new item tomorrow Morning.
10) The price of the Knife and Shoes decreased by one coin, due to lack of buying them.
9) The Gun is back in stock.
8 ) The Gun is temporarily out of stock.
7) The Mirror is temporarily out of stock.
6) The price of First Aid Kits increased to 5
5) Expecting 2 new items to be shipped in by Morning 3.
4) New Item In Stock! Yup, the Bongos!
3) Expecting a new item to be shipped in by Morning 2.
2) Increase in First Aid Kit price. Supply and Demand Rocks!
1) You can't possess two of the same item if it's cost is 8 coins or more.

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:05 am
by Crola
Iammars will be replacing KingCobWeb, so once he confirms day starts.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:13 am
by Crola
The story has been posted at the top, the game has started, and it is Morning first.

Also, I updated the store, so take a look.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:15 am
by Assasin
Yeah, first post!!!

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:55 am
by sycko999
N00B!!!!!111one1oneoneevelen.
Vote: Coolbot
, for lurking...Also, I would like to buy a candle (is that how i do it?).

- Pug

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:06 am
by Crola
Crap, sorry, Coolbot is away for the weekend, my bad.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:16 am
by Iammars
Crola wrote: Crap, sorry, Coolbot is away for the weekend, my bad.
I could've told you that.
Is anybody planning on buying a lottery ticket today?
sycko999 wrote: N00B!!!!!111one1oneoneevelen
Please, spaces between your words, and keep your numbers and letters seperate from each other, as there is no word in the english language that has both letters and numbers in it.
Quotes = 2
Corrections = 1

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:24 am
by Crola
sycko999 wrote:N00B!!!!!111one1oneoneevelen.
Vote: Coolbot
, for lurking...Also, I would like to buy a candle (is that how i do it?).

- Pug
Yes, this would be how you buy an item from the regular store. I'll PM you your Item now

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:29 am
by Iammars
Crola wrote: I'll PM you your Item now
Please end all sentences with a punctuation mark. For example, in the above sentence, a period at the end would be most applicable.
Quotes = 3
Corrections = 2

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:44 am
by Iammars
All right, I have done enough posting to use my role, and expect some more of it later on in the day. My idea, to give us something to go on is to item claim all of our starting items. Any thoughts on this?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:02 am
by sycko999
Unvote: Coolbot, vote iamers
, must you be so obnoxious? By the way, iamers:
Rule wrote:Items are similar to Roles, if you quote their effects, you have quoted the mod and will be publicly executed!
Nice plan moron, did you even read the rules?

- Pug

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:40 am
by Crola
Sorry, the rule meant quoting my PMs, not what I write here, sorry for the non specifics, Iammars won't be killed, continue playing.

see:
9) Just like in real life, what you say has been said, so think before you speak. This means no editing or erasing your posts. Also, NO QUOTING MY PMS. This means no quoting any PMS I've given you, whether it was about your role, item, or me saying "Hello, how are you?"

It only says PMs

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:13 am
by Locus Cosecant
I don't think a mass itemclaim would be good for the town, given that it would tell the mafia who to go after. It would be kind of like a mass roleclaim in a normal game. However, if you buy something from the market, it could be helpful to give a general description of its powers, since the scum already know you have it.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:28 am
by Assasin
Iammars wrote:
Crola wrote: I'll PM you your Item now
Please end all sentences with a punctuation mark. For example, in the above sentence, a period at the end would be most applicable.
Quotes = 3
Corrections = 2
Crola wrote: Any mistake that I make will be dealt with by me, but don't point something really stupid out like misspelling the word "the" or something. [/qoute]

I think our mod was letting you off easy this time but can you stop because if you continue with this throughout the game it will get very tedious and I doubt Crola would be happy.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:51 am
by armlx
I think it may be a role abilty. See post 11.

I would like to buy Magnifying Glass.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:18 am
by StrykkerVerde
Good Morning ya'll. Is the lotto ticket system by PM or here?

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:35 pm
by Iammars
armlx wrote: I think it may be a role abilty.
Yeah. It's a role ability.
sycko999 wrote: iamers
Please spell my name correctly, and as it is capitalized, so you should've capitalized it to.
I'm not saying that we should say what the items do, just what we have. (Unless you bought something Black Market)

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:39 pm
by Locus Cosecant
It seems to me, though, that the item names will provide good guesses as to the item functions.

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:50 pm
by armlx
Item claims may help the mafia too. If there is a vig kill item or RB item the Mafia can uses them just like we do. However, since these items seem self evident (dunno, Crola said this game would be insane though) it really wouldn't matter too much.

Hmm... With a 5 coin allowance this game might just become Town lynching.... I think there is a doc item.

On Item Names

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:42 pm
by LordKrishna
Locus Cosecant wrote:It seems to me, though, that the item names will provide good guesses as to the item functions.
I dunno about that. It seems that this game would be analogous to many other themed Mafia games, where the role names do not indicate abilities -- to prevent the problem of a Mass Role-Claim (fellow Newbs, you can read about this in the Wiki, too -- I think it's quite helpful to get an idea of what's going on in the games, in general).

Also, I have a suspicion that given Crola's clear penchant for complications (check out the lengh of the rules/setup posts!), it will not be so very easy to guess the functions of the Items by the names alone. I think this will just add yet one more wrinkle into the game, to make it more interesting, as we take a big chance by buying something that it might be useless!

-K

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:49 pm
by sycko999
[quote="Crola"]Items are similar to Roles, if you quote their effects, you have quoted the mod and will be publicly executed![quote]We can't item claim...Thats why I posted it, but no one seemed to notice it. The item claims might help the mafia, and thats why iamers suggested it.

- Pug

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:25 pm
by SapphireVerde
wow. so many posts...morning everyone. um i wanna buy a lotto ticket. but how?

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:20 am
by Assasin
sycko999 wrote:We can't item claim...Thats why I posted it, but no one seemed to notice it. The item claims might help the mafia, and thats why iamers suggested it.

- Pug
I agree, I think the mass item claim is exactly what he wants so
Vote Iamers