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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:11 pm

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Welcome to Newbie 1700!


Moderator:
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Player List:
cytheflyguy
JohnLockeisKobeBryant

BTD6_maker
Hoppic
thatguy
Ghostwheel
karnos
(SE) RadiantCowbells
Workdawg

(SE) tojam2
(IC) Huntress


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Prods denoted as a star (*).

Spoiler: Alive
cytheflyguy
BTD6_maker
Hoppic
Ghostwheel
tojam2

Spoiler: Dead
Huntress,
Town Doctor
, was lynched Day 1.
thatguy,
Vanilla Townie
, was killed Night 1.
RadiantCowbells,
Mafia Roleblocker
, was lynched Day 2.
karnos,
Vanilla Townie
, was killed Night 2.


Vote Count #2.2:


RadiantCowbells:
BTD6_maker, tojam2, karnos (3)
BTD6_maker:
RadiantCowbells, Ghostwheel (2)
karnos:
Hoppic (1)

Not Voting:
cytheflyguy

With 7 players alive, it takes 4 to lynch.


V/LA:
None.

Deadline:
(expired on 2016-05-15 12:45:00)
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:12 pm

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Newbie Ruleset
(Stolen from [redacted], who stole it from KittyMo; provenance further within)

Game Rules (Modified from Zorblag, who modified them from Vel-Rahn Koon):

General Gameplay and Etiquette:

1. You may not quote private Moderator-supplied information (either real or fabricated) of any kind. Paraphrasing (for role claims, etc.) is acceptable.
2. There is to be NO personal communication outside of the forum postings unless your role PM specifically allows it. Mafia members may communicate at night and during the confirmation stage, but only in the QuickTopic specified in your role PM.
3. If you have a role with a Night action your choices are due to me by the posted deadline. If I do not receive your choice via PM or relevant QuickTopic by the posted deadline you will forfeit your actions.
4. Any player with a Night action may instead submit a “No Action” PM to let the Mod know that you do not want to perform your expected action that Night phase. This is greatly appreciated if you plan not to perform an action.

Voting, Deadlines, and Player Death:

1. A simple majority of all living members must agree on one person for a lynch to occur prior to deadline. The number of players required to lynch will be in all vote counts.
2. Once you have reached a simple majority no further votes or unvotes count.
3. Once a player is lynched the game enters twilight until I post a death scene; all players including the one who was lynched may continue to post during twilight.
4. Please submit votes as:
Vote: PlayerName
or VOTE: PlayerName. I will count all votes that I can understand as a clear vote, so abbreviations of usernames are fine.
5. Please submit vote revocations as either
Unvote: PlayerName
or UNVOTE: PlayerName or UNVOTE: . Unvotes are not necessary before changing votes.
6. You may Vote: No Lynch - a simple majority of these vote types are required to send the game to Night phase without a lynch.
7. This game will have two week day deadlines. At deadline, no lynch will occur if no majority has been reached.
8. This game will have 48 hour night deadlines.

Miscellaneous/Mechanics:

1.
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text is reserved for the Mod (#C35817). No invisible/small text is allowed, nor is cryptography.
2. If you have an issue/problem with the game, please PM the Mod privately. Do not post issues/complaints in the game thread.
3.
Please bold all requests to the Mod so that they don’t get missed.

4. Prods of missing players will be issued automatically after 48 hours of no activity. A prodded player has 24 hours to respond or risks replacement. A player who has been prodded 3 times is subject to replacement without further notice.
5. Rule violations will be dealt with according to their severity, up to and including a Modkill.
6.
If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 48-hour period please post a notice to that effect in the thread.
Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.
7. If five consecutive day or night phases go by with no deaths, the game will end in a loss for all factions.

The Golden Rule:

Please remember that this is a game and your main objective is to have fun! Be considerate of each other, don’t get personal, and enjoy the game.

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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:13 pm

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Newbie Setup

Matrix6 (as designed by Cogito Ergo Sum):

ABC
1Town JailkeeperVanilla TownieMafia Goon
2Mafia RoleblockerTown CopTown Doctor
3Town 1-shot
Bulletproof
Mafia GoonTown 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. For example Row 1 (1 jailkeeper, 1 vanilla townie, 1 mafia goon) would add an additional 5 vanilla townies and 1 mafia goon, for a total setup of 1 jailkeeper, 6 vanilla townies, and 2 mafia goons.

*Roleblocker will take precedence over jailkeeper when resolving night actions should that apply.






Sample Role PMs:


Vanilla TownieWelcome!

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 to this PM.

Town JailkeeperWelcome!

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 to this PM.

Town CopWelcome!

You are a
Town Cop
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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 to this PM.

Town DoctorWelcome!

You are a
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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 to this PM.

1-shot Bulletproof TownieWelcome!

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. Confirm by replying with your role name to this PM.

Town TrackerWelcome!

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. Confirm by replying with your role name to this PM.

Mafia GoonWelcome!

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. Confirm by replying with your role name to this PM.

Mafia RoleblockerWelcome!

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. Confirm by replying with your role name to this PM.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:25 pm

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All role PMs are out! Confirm as stated in your role PM within the next (expired on 2016-04-18 19:25:00). The game will start when the timer runs out.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:16 am

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RadiantCowbells replaces Workdawg due to a small mixup in the newbie queue.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Mon Apr 18, 2016 5:08 pm

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Replacing JohnLockeisKobeBryant. The game will start immediately after I find a replacement.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:56 am

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cytheflyguy replaces JohnLockeisKobeBryant.

Day 1 begins! With 9 players alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Countdown: (expired on 2016-05-03 19:00:00)
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:05 pm

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Hey guys. This is my second game of mafia on these boards.

Just to get the ball rolling...

VOTE: cytheflyguy

Being at the top of the player list is my favored method of RNG, so you win my first vote. Feel free to convince me to change it.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:32 pm

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VOTE: karnos Your favorite method of RNG is guaranteed to pick on newbies? Such a bully.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:34 pm

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Hi everyone! I am the Inexperience-Challenged (IC) player in this game. Basically it means that if at any time you have any questions (not related to your role) about game mechanics, mafia theory or about anything that is happening in the game, feel free to ask and I will answer them to the best of my ability. Some things I may have to give a partial answer for because of the game being ongoing. If that happens I will let you know and will make a note to come back to it after the game is over. If you have any questions related to your role then please send a PM to the mod as these should not be asked in game.

I guarantee that I will not lie about theory and practice regardless of my alignment, and my alignment is randomized along with everyone else's so I could be either town or mafia.

A few useful links:
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Newbie Guide
A Beginner's Guide to Being Awesome At Mafia


Usually we start the game with the Random Voting Stage (RVS), where we vote for randomish reasons. The purpose of this is to immediately get people talking about things and to help get the game moving. RVS tends to go on for a page or so until someone sees something worth following up.

Some people prefer to start with a Random Question Stage (RQS) instead, where they ask everyone to reply to a set of questions which may or may not appear relevant to the game. The danger of this is that players may inadvertantly say something which gives a clue to their role. (And be wary because some questioners may actually be fishing for this!)

Vote, but don't quicklynch! If your vote puts someone at L-1 (only one more vote needed to lynch), then say so. The next person who wants to vote that person should declare intent to hammer and ask for a claim before making the final vote. We don't have a fixed-length Day phase here so the Day ends as soon as a majority, in this case five votes, is reached. The deadline is only there to stop the day going on too long.

I'll add more stuff as it comes up but the best way to learn is from experience so jump in, keep active (try for at least one post a day), and have fun!
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:37 pm

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VOTE: Huntress

is always scum.
2019 stats: Town WR 76.7%, overall WR 81.667%, 1 scum defeat involving a major mod error in lylo vs 8 scum wins.
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:45 pm

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It's only been three games in a row now. :P
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:57 pm

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Ghostwheel wrote:VOTE: karnos Your favorite method of RNG is guaranteed to pick on newbies? Such a bully.


I didn't realize that, but I suppose it might be the case. I will reevaluate my plan next game, but it would ruin the experiment to change my vote right now.
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:15 pm

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Huntress wrote:It's only been three games in a row now. :P


I'm watching you you cheeky little otter.
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:12 pm

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VOTE: RadiantCowbells for trying to get our most helpful player lynched.
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:08 am

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karnos wrote:Hey guys. This is my second game of mafia on these boards.

Just to get the ball rolling...

VOTE: cytheflyguy

Being at the top of the player list is my favored method of RNG, so you win my first vote. Feel free to convince me to change it.

I'm innocent! D:

VOTE: karnos
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 6:31 am

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BTD6_maker wrote:VOTE: RadiantCowbells for trying to get our most helpful player lynched.


Why do you call Huntress our most helpful player?
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:22 am

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I'm not talking about scumhunting help (she may or may not be scum). However, as Huntress is an IC, if she was lynched D1 the newbies may not learn how to play well as easily. I am talking about teaching help, which is what I meant in my earlier post.
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:02 am

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So with Mafia versus Town of Salem, is there a time limit to a day's length (maybe I misread it idk) or does it end only when there are enough votes for something.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:06 am

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OK I'm getting bored because apparently the scum are too smart to slip up during RVS (shocker!) and people don't even seem to be making random votes, jokes, or the absurd overreactions people are usually happy to call out for the sole purpose of advancing the game so I'm doing an RQS. Deal with it.

1. What's your name?
2. What's your time zone?
3. How much NOC (no outside communication) experience do you have?
4. Do you think questionnaires serve to advance the game or are they distracting?
5. Are you Mafia?
6. What is your favorite color?
7. If you could add one question to this questionnaire, what would it be? Answer it.

1. Ghostwheel
2. GMT - 7
3. Very little, I have a day's worth of a game here, and a decent amount of lurking elsewhere. I also play really role heavy OC games on a Pokemon site.
4. Evidently, I think they're helpful.
5. No
6. Red
7. Question 7

P-Edit: There's no lynch if we don't hit majority before deadline, and otherwise it ends at majority.
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:11 am

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Hi! I'm one of the two Semi-Experienced Players in this game, it basically means that we've played at least 2 Newbie games, and 1 other game type. If you have any general game questions and Huntress (our IC) isn't around, feel free to ask us.

1. Tom
2. GMT+1 (British Summer Time)
3. None, I've only ever played on here and on another website for another game which we occasionally play Mafia together on.
4. Depends what they're about, if they're about a new game mode, fine, if they're about my last game, I'm pissed.
5. No, but who would say yes anyway?
6. Green, although it used to be purple, my favourite dual-tone is red and green.
7. What role were you in your last completed game, what powers did you have and how/when did you die?
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:13 am

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RNG rolled 2:
VOTE: BTD6
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:16 am

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cytheflyguy, I believe it's 1 week to a game day (tbh, time flies when you're on this site), and 48 hours to a night.

@Rob: Has a game ever been ended by the 5 night rule?
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:21 am

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cytheflyguy wrote:So with Mafia versus Town of Salem, is there a time limit to a day's length (maybe I misread it idk) or does it end only when there are enough votes for something.

Day ends immediately one player has five votes placed on them, but if that doesn't happen before the time limit for the Day (which is two weeks) runs out then we don't get a lynch for that Day. There is no need to use all the two weeks but it's worth taking most of it, at least on Day one, to get plenty of interaction to look back on after we get flips.
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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:22 am

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The deadline can be found in post #6, and it will also be found in every vote count.

@tojam: I don't think I've ever had to use that rule as a mod myself, but it's there because I'm aware of other newbie games that have ended in draws due to repeated no kills/no lynches.
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