. You can use it if you want, just don't attempt to impersonate me.
Behaviour
- 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 eliminated 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.
Provable randomness
- is against the rules. Saying that you rolled a dice is fine, using dice tags or random.org is not.
- If you wish to replace out, PM me, do not request replacement in thread. Do not discuss your reasons for replacing out publically. Do not threaten to replace out or tell other players to replace out. If you have any concerns that a player should be replaced, PM me.
Confirmation
- You have about 48 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 up to 10 days and other days last up to 7 days. Extensions may or may not be granted if there are replacements, or if the circumstances call for it (for example, if the site was experiencing issues).
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. 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 60 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: Datisi or
Vote: Datisi
. 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]Datisi[
/v] to vote and [
uv]Datisi[
/uv] to unvote.
Elimination
- Days end early when a simple majority of players (50% of living players + 1 rounded down) vote to eliminate somebody. If a majority is not reached at deadline or if a majority of the players vote for no eliminate, the day will end without an elimination. At evens, 50% is sufficient for no elimination. It takes (100% of living players + 1) votes to eliminate the Moderator.
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. You may draft posts in your notes PT if the posts are clearly meant to be posted in the main thread. You 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.
Using scripts
- Using scripts to alter or hide another player's posts is not allowed.
Play to win
- this particular game, not some future one, and keep it fun!
Each Newbie Game will be given a setup that incorporates one mafia role from the top of a column, and then two town roles from a row below the selected mafia role.
The remaining six roles will be filled in by
Besides the activity requirements listed in the moderator's original post, it's just necessary for a fun and healthy game that everyone
plays
. If you post very rarely, or only post a little bit at a time, you may get scumread for lurking. Even if you are not scumread for it, what's the fun in playing a game where multiple people are hardly participating?
Site Meta
Meta is the description of how people on Mafiascum like to play mafia. Things can be different on other online mafia sites, or if you play IRL, so it's good to know what's expected of you on this site. These aren't "rules", per se, but if you don't follow these guidelines it is likely things will go poorly for you on MS. Some examples are...
Random Voting Stage (RVS)
Games on MafiaScum almost always begin with what we call the Random Voting Stage (RVS). At this point in the game, we are in a low information game state (except the mafia, which know everyone’s alignment). As a way to provoke reaction, start a discussion, and try to determine alignment, people will usually vote for non-serious reasons. As the discussion progresses, we will eventually get the game moving and progress out of RVS.
Voting, E-x, and Hammers
E-x is a way to convey how far away a player is away from elimination. For example, you should always announce that you are putting someone at E-1 (1 vote away from an elimination) so that someone doesn’t come along and accidentally vote for that player's elimination. This also prevents Mafia-aligned players from coming along and placing the final vote to eliminate (“hammer”) and claiming ignorance about doing so. You may also see E-2 and E-3 (2 votes away from elimination and 3 votes away from elimination, respectively).
Before you hammer a player, state your intent to hammer (usually done in bold) and ask the player to claim their role. This is done to prevent power roles from being eliminated, and can sometimes get Mafia-aligned players to be caught (via counter claiming). It's best to then allow other players to react and discuss the claim before hammering.
Claiming Your Role
It is almost always best to not claim your role unless you are at E-1 and have been asked to claim as part of an “intent to hammer.” This is because, as a town power role (“PR”), if you out prematurely, you are likely to be night-killed (“NK’d”). As a Vanilla Townie (“VT”), claiming early helps the mafia team narrow down the setup and possible PR candidates. An exception to this would be if a mafia player claimed your role, claiming early to counter the false claim (“CC”) would out the mafia player, and would be a benefit to the town.
Do not fake claim a power role as town!
While it may help you avoid getting eliminated, you might cause a real PR to out themselves by counterclaiming - then the mafia will know who the PR is, and you will probably get eliminated for lying to town. Feel free to fake a claim as scum, though, if you think it would help.
ELo
ELo is the shortened representation of “Eliminate or Lose.” ELo in the Newbie Queue is when there are 3 remaining players, 2 of which are town and 1 is mafia; or when there are 5 remaining players, 3 of which are town and 2 are mafia. It is important in these situations that the town aligned players do not carelessly vote like is done during RVS or early days, as the mafia player(s) can organize and instantly provide the necessary votes to eliminate (“quickhammer”) and win the game.
Conclusion
Mafia is hard!
As town, it can be hard to figure things out, and stressful when people think you're scum.
That's okay!
Just share your thoughts on who you think is scum as they come to you, and don't be afraid to change your mind. As scum, it can be hard to lie convincingly, and stressful when people think you're scum. Don't let that scare you! Try to think of what you would post if you were town, and don't be afraid to "change your mind".
This is a game.
Have fun!
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:24 am
by Datisi
All role PM's are out. We will start once 7/9 players confirm their role. Everyone has (expired on 2021-02-17 22:25:00) to confirm their role before I start looking for replacements.
Currently confirmed: 9/9
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:53 pm
by Datisi
Vote count 1.00
with 9 votes in play, it takes 5 to make a decision. day 1 ends in (expired on 2021-02-26 12:00:00).
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:38 am
by Vasex
Hello there.
I'll skip Random Voting Stage (RVS) for a while, I will vote later.
I wish all players interesting game and to have much fun and I wish townies to win this game, but not with ease.
Ready for talking.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:58 am
by Vasex
Talking a bit about myself. I played a lot on Russian forums (sometimes with this nickname). My English language can be bad sometimes, this is my first experience not on the native language. I have a habit to play fast games (1 in-game day = 1 real day, sometimes nights last 1 day or more often only 30 minutes). It is very strange from my POV to play 7-10 days only 1 in-game day and especially to spend so much time on night time. But I'm ready to try it.
An advice for absolutely new players (especially if you are not mafia): if we talk a lot, it is much easier to understand who is mafia among us. So don't keep silence a whole game.
Flow trap, please tell me about your experience. How many games have you played before this one?
And I think it will be good if everybody will make the introducing like that. It helps to understand the players.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:38 am
by flow trap
I rate it 4 stars?
Let me count
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:58 am
by flow trap
So I don't have to do it later: VOTE: Floo
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:31 am
by Vasex
I don't fully understand you, but it is ok for now. Waiting for the others.
VOTE: Ydrasse
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:35 am
by FBJim
hi, if i am posting between 6AM/3PM PST, i am posting instead of working, please don't call my boss
first game of this, actually. anyway, VOTE: team rocket queen, might as well poke some SEs to see how you're "supposed" to respond at this stage
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:37 am
by Ydrasse
good morning everyone! welcome to the game, we’re going to have a great time, the SEs this game are lovely, etc etc!
i’ll be here on and off because of work.
VOTE: flow trap
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:42 am
by Vasex
Ydrasse, why flow trap? Do you want me to vote against him too?
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:43 am
by Ydrasse
there’s not much of a reason really, just to throw down a vote.
do you feel like you need my permission to vote? o:
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:48 am
by Vasex
In post 18, Ydrasse wrote:there’s not much of a reason really, just to throw down a vote.
do you feel like you need my permission to vote? o:
So in this case he shouldn't worry about your vote?
Not permission, just looking for your wish
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 2:50 am
by Ydrasse
i don’t think it’s much to worry about when it’s alone!
you can if you want to, but during this phase we’re all sort of just hanging out and poking at each other. if you wanted to, you could join me and wagon them a little bit.