Hello. In this game I'll be showcasing cool stuff I found/learned about online via my RSS reader and maybe talking some about why I think it's cool.
Such as Why Wasn't I Consulted. a post about the driving forces of the internet
- Don’t be a dick. This is a heated game but toxicity will not be tolerated. Attack the play not the player. If your fellow players tell you to stop, you must stop. If you do not stop, I will tell you to stop. If you still do not stop, you will be force-replaced. Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself lynched if you try it.
Don't talk about ongoing games
- You may not talk to each other about this game outside of threads I have created for this purpose. You may not talk about other ongoing games in this thread.
Animated GIFs
- are of the devil, but they are permitted behind spoilers if clearly labelled as such.
Tiny text
- is also of the devil, keep it 70+ please.
Provable randomness
- is against the rules. Saying that you rolled a dice is fine, using dice tags or random.org is not.
Claiming scum
- by yourself is fine. Claiming scum with another player is against the rules.
- You have about 72 hours to confirm your role and your alignment by PM. Game will start sooner if everyone confirms. Posting in a private topic counts as confirmation.
Days
- Day 1 lasts 10 days and other days last 7 days. Extensions may be granted if there are replacements, or if the majority of players make it clear to me that an extension is desired.
Activity
- You must post at least once every 36 hours or I will Prod you. You then have 24 hours to post in the game thread or I will replace you. If you come back before I find a replacement, you can stay. The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends. Players can request me to prod somebody early. This will only count as an official prod if you don't post before you would have been due for a prod. If you haven't posted in the 24 hours before the thread is locked for night, you must reply to the night start PM or you will be replaced during the night.
Vacation/Limited Access
If you need to be absent for longer than this, you should declare
V/LA
in bold in the thread like this: [
b]
@Mod: I will be v/la until Thursday
[
/b]. While you are V/LA, you will be nudged once every 54 hours. Two nudges equals one prod. If you have not posted game advancing content in 5 days, regardless of V/LA status, you will be replaced.
Prodging
- A naked "prod dodge" does not reset the prod timer. To avoid being prodded/replaced for inactivity, include some game advancing content in your prodges, such as "got prodded; xxxx is still scum."
Quoting
- You may not quote (or copy paste) any private information into the thread, including your role PM and any mod communication.
Voting
- Votes must be in bold in the format VOTE: Plotinus or
Vote: Plotinus
. Strong preference for using vote tags instead of bold tags. Unvotes are nice but not required. If I think it’s a vote, it’s a vote, no tricks. Type [
v]Plotinus[
/v] to vote and [
uv]Plotinus[
/uv] to unvote.
Lynching
- Days end early when a simple majority of players (50% of living players + 1 rounded down) vote to lynch somebody. If a majority is not reached at deadline or if a majority of the players vote for no lynch, the day will end without a lynch. At evens, 50% is sufficient for no lynch.
Twilight
- Begins when a majority is reached and lasts until I lock the thread. You're still alive until I flip you so you can talk in any game threads you have access to until then, but no votes or unvotes will be counted.
Night
- Night lasts at least 48 hours. The night phase can be shortened if every living player -- even those with no night actions -- agrees to it and if I'm not busy.
Action submissions
- You may submit actions via PM (if town) or PT (if scum). If the actions are not submitted by the deadline then you do nothing. You can change your mind as many times as you like before the deadline.
Reminders
- If I don't hear from you about your night actions, I'll PM you 24 hours before the deadline. This doesn't count as a prod. If I still don't hear from you, you will take no action.
Notes PT
- Let me know if you want a private thread to store your thoughts and feedback for the other players. This thread will be made public immediately after the game. You may draft posts in your notes PT but you may not talk about your notes PT in public. You definitely may not use the notes PT to demonstrate that you've had a town mindset in private all along; just put your town mindset in public to begin with and keep your notes to yourself.
Play to win
- this particular game, not some future one, and keep it fun!
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:35 am
by Plotinus
Setup Info
Spoiler: Full Setups
Column A & Row 1:
Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Cop, Town Doctor, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column A & Row 2:
Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Jailkeeper, Town Tracker, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column A & Row 3:
Mafia Roleblocker, Mafia Goon, Town Mason x2, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column B & Row 1:
Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Tracker, Town Friendly Neighbor, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column B & Row 2:
Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Jailkeeper, Town Friendly Neighbor, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column B & Row 3:
Mafia Rolecop, Mafia Goon, Town Tracker, Town Doctor, Vanilla Townie x 5
Column C & Row 1:
Mafia Goon x 2, Town Cop, Vanilla Townie x 6
Column C & Row 2:
Mafia Goon x 2, Town Jailkeeper, Vanilla Townie x 6
Column C & Row 3:
Mafia Goon x 2, Town Mason x2, Vanilla Townie x 5
Spoiler: Role PMs
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:35 am
by Plotinus
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:35 am
by Plotinus
All role PMs have been sent out (in the order of the signup list so timestamps mean nothing)! We will start in (expired on 2019-09-28 20:00:00) or when [8/9] people have confirmed, whichever happens sooner.
The above clock and any others used throughout this game will be accurate from the time you loaded the page.
Everyone except for Chibiie is here, so we can get started early. Chibiie has another (expired on 2019-09-28 20:00:00) to remember mafiascum exists before I start looking for a replacement.
Please take a moment to familiarise yourselves with my ruleset because I have some rules you may not have encountered in other games before regarding animated gifs, tiny text, prodging and perhaps some other things.[/area]
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:18 pm
by Chibiie
Well, good luck & have fun!
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:23 pm
by Saladman27
You all have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in my next Mini Normal as flavour.
That being said VOTE: Teacher, you can’t teach newbies.
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:27 pm
by Chibiie
So, this is my first game on this platform and did not expect people to vote day 1.
I will abstain until more chatter and a chance to start accusing people.
FeelsBadMan 'cos I'm a newbie.
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:30 pm
by Saladman27
This is what is called RVS, where you claim scum and everyone wins.
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:34 pm
by Plotinus
Everybody has confirmed!
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:57 pm
by Chibiie
Since this is RVS and you're teaching me about that, I will gladly VOTE: Saladman27
I guess this is how it works, am I right?
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:21 pm
by Donempire
I'll have some uhhhhh
Teacher lynch VOTE: teacher
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:05 am
by GeorgeBailey
Teacher Lynch
Bottom Text
VOTE: Teacher
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:16 am
by teacher
Well thats a heck of a way to wake up
VOTE: GeorgeBailey
Hows the old building and loan?
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:22 am
by teacher
@chibiie - kindly get an avi, its like a form of "facial recognition" for posts. If you're not graphically inclined, send a link of the image you want and I think I can size it for you.
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:16 am
by Yodavader
Hi everybody. This is my first game of Forum's Mafia since WotC forums about 10 years ago. VOTE: AaronFrost because the cold never bothered me anyways...
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:34 am
by AaronFrost
Hello everyone.
So after mulling over the player list for hours and using my superb deduction skills, I've come to the conclusion that there is only one person on this list who I can conceivably accuse of being scum at this time.
VOTE: Saladman27
Why Salad you might ask? Well based off of his username, I can only conclude that he enjoys eating salads. Why is this an issue? Because you see, salads consist entirely of products made by plants, which means that this guy is a plant murderer! Do you know what plants do for us? They provide us with the oxygen that we need in order to live. So by eating and killing all these plants, Saladman here is attempting to kill us all by cutting off our oxygen supply.
Absolutely despicable.
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:35 am
by AaronFrost
In post 7, Saladman27 wrote:You all have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in my next Mini Normal as flavour.
That being said VOTE: Teacher, you can’t teach newbies.
Honestly though, 10/10 flavor. Probably my favorite flavor that I've seen on the site so far.
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:51 am
by Spartan117
Hi all,
So in typical RVS fashion, I'm gonna use a random number generator and vote the number that comes up...
Welp...
VOTE: Spartan117
Also just putting it out there that Teacher is on L-2 btw so no newbies hammer him by mistake.
yodavader could you also follow teachers advice its important for all players as a whole to help identify who is who
So after mulling over the player list for hours and using my superb deduction skills, I've come to the conclusion that there is only one person on this list who I can conceivably accuse of being scum at this time.
VOTE: Saladman27
Why Salad you might ask? Well based off of his username, I can only conclude that he enjoys eating salads. Why is this an issue? Because you see, salads consist entirely of products made by plants, which means that this guy is a plant murderer! Do you know what plants do for us? They provide us with the oxygen that we need in order to live. So by eating and killing all these plants, Saladman here is attempting to kill us all by cutting off our oxygen supply.
Absolutely despicable.
Rate the randomness here
Also @yodavader ignore my previous comment, seems you beat me too it
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:21 am
by teacher
It’s not so much the (lack of) randomness as the overly forced theatricality.
I had yet to rep in but I don’t recall you doing that in 1952 aaron?
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:36 am
by AaronFrost
Nope, did not open like that in 1952.
Haven't opened like that in any of my games honestly.
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:09 am
by Donempire
I think your flavor could use a bit of work, Aaron . Like, right now it reads like a Ben Shapiro quote but with 20 more braincells, so condense the wording and make it shorter and remove the useless emphasizing words like "only" and you have a good flavor on your hands.
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:26 am
by AaronFrost
Yeah I tend to do that in my writing. Not the first time I've had that pointed out to me.
Writing was never my forte which is why I'm going to school for computer science.