Mafiascum.net

PLAYERS

1. Galron
   
2. mastina
   
3. Yume
   Dwlee99
   
4. Flea The Magician
   
5. MegAzumarill
   
6. Taly
   Andante
   
7. Titus
   
8. Greeting
   
9. ɀefiend
   Prods: 1
   
   
10. Enchant
    
11. House
    Prods: 1
    
    
12. CheekyTeeky
    
13. Scorpious

Important Events

Night 0

: Pregame

Day 1

: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dwlee99 replaces Yume 1.6 1.7 1.8 MegAzumarill was eliminated

Night 1:

CheekyTeeky was killed

Day 2:

2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Flea the Magician was eliminated

Night 2:

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Day 3:

3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Scorpious was eliminated

Night 3:

ɀefiend was killed

Day 4:

4.0 4.1 4.2 Greeting was eliminated

Night 4:

Andante replaces Taly Andante was killed

Day 5:

5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 House was eliminated

Night 5: Endgame

Feedback on rules/format at any point during the game via PM will be appreciated. Evolution of my rules/formatting has been inspired by Korina and Plotinus, and feedback from xofelf.

Golden Rule

Golden Rule

: If I think it counts it counts. Don't play around with edge cases then plead you didn't mean it to be interpreted that way.

Content and Etiquette

Site Rules

: Follow all site rules. Common mistakes are talking about ongoing games and discussing replacements, and players not playing to achieve their win condition.

Keep it civil

: This is a game where we get to call each other scum and manipulate and lie to others. Beyond that please keep it civil, I don't ever want to reach the point where I don't want to read the game I'm running. If you feel like a player has gone too far but hasn't stopped after you ask them to please contact me.

Readibility

: Everyone should be able to read your posts. This is an English language site so use English. Avoid using text

smaller than 75

. Don't use BBCode features in a way that makes your posts difficult to read.

Concealed messages

: Cryptography is not permitted. Steganography (hidden text/messages) is not permitted other than breadcrumming.

Provable randomness

: You are not permitted to use a provably random or pseudo-random (most computer generated random numbers) results in the game. Saying you did without showing the evidence is not provable and so permitted.

Communications and Private Threads

Other threads

: You may talk in any game threads you have access to at any time, unless specified elsewhere (e.g. the

Game Setup

post or your Role PM).

Private Notes Thread

: You may request a private note thread. You may post in that thread at any time.

Quoting

: Quoting this thread in this thread is always ok. You may quote this thread in other game related threads you have access to. You may not quote any other game related threads in this one. You may draft a post in a private notes thread, but copy and paste the content without quote tags. You may not quote any mod communications. Paraphrasing any of these things is ok, creating a fake quote is not.

Claiming mafia

: Part of paraphrasing mod communications is claiming roles. Claiming to be part of an anti-town faction is ok. Many mods ban claiming your team mates, whether real or faked. If you do want to claim your team mates, real or fake, I ask you to strongly consider if it could be considered playing against your win con and check with me if you are unsure.

Redactions

: The

Dead and Spectators Thread

will be released at the end of the game. Any other threads will be released 48 hours after game end, or when all players in them have said it is ok to release them. You can use that 48 hours to redact posts or request the thread isn't released.

Communicating with the mod

: If you want to VOTE: XXXX or UNVOTE: XXXX use the appropriate tags, I skim looking for those tags when doing a vote count and may miss it otherwise. If you want to get my attention for some other reason

bold

it or PM me, otherwise I may miss it and not answer.

Mod Colour

:

#8000FF

is my prefered colour. You can use it but don't

bold

it, or use it to imitate me.

Deadlines, Activity and V/LA

Pre-game

: The game is locked during pre-game and confirmation. First I will be PMing people to ask and/or confirm UPick submissions. People will have 48 hours to respond before I start looking for replacements. Then I will design the setup and get it conformed for Normal balance with Gypyx. Once all Role PMs have been sent people have 48 hours to reply via PM or the

Mafia Private Thread

with their role and alignment. The game will start after more than 75% of players have confirmed or the 48 hours have passed, after which unconfirmed players will be replaced.

Day-time

: Day 1 lasts for 10 days (240 hours). Later days last for 8 days (192 hours).

Night-time

: Night lasts for 48 hours. The game thread is locked during night. See

Night Actions

in the next section for more info about how they work.

Quick night

: If all living players request a quick night, I will resolve the night phase as soon as possible.

Prods and replacements

: You will be prodded after not posting for 48 hours, or 72 hours over the weekend or when

V/LA

. You will have 24 hours to post or be replaced. If you are prodded 3 times you will be replaced. If you repeatedly post close to prod timer or respond to prods without game advancing content I reserve the right to give you stricter activity requirements.

V/LA

: You can go Vacation/Low Access by requesting in thread, by PM or the option in your User Control Panel. If you are V/LA for longer than 72 hours with no expectation of access request a replacement instead. I reserve the right to seek a replacement if a player is V/LA for a long period of time.

Game Actions and Death

Voting

: You can vote for a player or a no elimination with VOTE: XXXX vote tags. If a majority is reached that player will be eliminated and the game will enter twilight. If at least half of the players vote for no elimination no one will be eliminated and the game will enter twilight. If the deadline for the day is reached without a majority no one is eliminated. (

bolded

votes will be counted but I am very likely to miss them so please don't)

Twilight

: Twilight is the time period between a majority vote or deadline and me locking the thread. The voted player is not currently dead and may talk normally. Votes are no longer counted.

Death

: You are dead once I have revealed your role and alignment. You will gain access to the

Dead and Spectators Thread

. You may still post in a Private Notes Thread but not in any other game threads, not even a contentless BAH post.

Night Actions

: Night actions can be submitted by PM or the

Mafia Private Thread

. You will be reminded of any pending night actions 24 hours before night ends - this is not a prod. Night actions submitted after the deadline but before I process the results are forfeited.

Design Process

Below are the steps I will take to produce a design.

UPick Submissions:

Players will submit their UPick submissions. This will be up to three Normal legal mafia and town power roles (so up to six roles in total), including any modifiers the player wants to include. A player may also submit a

Mafia Preference

or a

Town Preference

, and a

Vanilla Preference

if they would prefer to avoid a power role. Preferences are only that and may end up not being followed, but the role you receive will be a town power role or mafia power role from the ones you submitted, or the town vanilla or mafia goon roles presented below.

Faction Randomisation:

The player list will be randomised in such a way that all players with a Mafia preference are at the top and all players with a Town preference are at the bottom. All people with a vanilla preference will have that penciled in. The top 3 players will be penciled in as Mafia.

Role Randomisation:

If there is at least one vanilla player penciled in the Mafia, then the other Mafia will receive a power role. If there isn't then a random number of Mafia players will receive a power role based on a dice roll on this table (weighted towards more power roles:
1 (12.5%): 1 Mafia power role
2-3 (25%): 2 Mafia power roles
4-8 (62.5%): 3 Mafia power roles

Design sketch:

Based on the number of Mafia power roles calculated, Mafia players will be assigned roles from their UPick, starting at the player at the top of the random player list and Town players will be assigned roles starting from the bottom of the player list, skipping over Vanilla preferences where possible. Once I have a setup designed I will ask Gypyx to check it for balance. If he is happy the game will go ahead. If not I will make alterations based on his feedback and the available UPick roles until a design is confirmed.

UPick considerations:

My assumption is I will receive more Mafia preferences than available slots, making a Town preference very likely to be certain. I also do not expect to receive many Vanilla preferences so I expect to be able to fulfill all of those. However, any of these are preferences and not certain. I also expect roles with gating modifiers to be easier to fit into a balanced set up, so consider that when making your submission, especially if your main desire is to be most likely to get a power role of some sort, not a particular role if you do get one.

Setup

Day talk

: If you are a member of a shared private thread you may talk there at any time, including the day, as long as you are alive, unless your Role PM says otherwise.

Action Resolution and Multitasking

: Actions are resolved according to Natural Action Resolution. If you have multiple night actions available you may only perform one unless your Role PM says otherwise.

Win Conditions

: Win conditions for

Town

and

Mafia

are as follows:

Town

: You win when all threats to the town are dead, and at least 1 town aligned player is alive.

Mafia

: You win when all players not aligned with you are dead or nothing can prevent that from happening, and at least 1 mafia aligned player is alive.

Sample Roles

: Below are an example role for a

Vanilla Townie

and a

Mafia Goon

. At least 2 players are a Vanilla Townie. 1 or more players might be a Mafia Goon.

Vanilla Townie

You are a

Vanilla Townie

Each day you may talk in the game thread and vote on who to eliminate.

You win when all threats to the town are dead, and at least 1 town aligned player is alive.

The game thread is here, please confirm your role and alignment via pm.

Mafia Goon

You are a

Mafia Goon

You form a

Mafia

family along with REDACTED.

Each day you may talk in the game thread and vote on who to eliminate.

Each night a member of your family may perform a factional kill. A member of your family will attempt to visit a player, and assuming no interference that player will die.

You win when all players not aligned with you are dead or nothing can prevent that from happening, and at least 1 mafia aligned player is alive.

The game thread is here and your Mafia private thread is REDACTED, please confirm your role and alignment via pm or your private thread.

Official Votecount 1.0

Anyone (0): Nobody

Not Voting (13): Galron, mastina, Yume, Flea The Magician, MegAzumarill, Taly, Titus, Greeting, ɀefiend, Enchant, House, CheekyTeeky, Scorpious

With 13 players alive, it takes 7 votes to achieve an eliminaton.

Day 1 will end in (expired on 2022-01-15 21:40:00).

First!

VOTE: MegAzumarill

Hands in the air!

VOTE: Greeting

Hands in the air!

Wave em like you just don't care

VOTE: Galron

Because drugs are bad

I confirm my claim.

In post 9, House wrote:

Hard claim compulsive self-targeting friendly neighbor.

I confirm my claim.

I actually cc this

In post 10, MegAzumarill wrote:

In post 9, House wrote:

Hard claim compulsive self-targeting friendly neighbor.

I confirm my claim.

I actually cc this

Did we just get Taly fever or something?

Hey scum

I get lazy the longer I survive, got PLENTY of recent meta to back that shit up

*waves*

VOTE: MegAzumaril
Gengar is better.

@Titus: I'm pleased to see you're town this game
Please don't spend the entire game trying to figure out the same about me, so we can work together.

Kthx.

Hi I am a mason.

In post 15, House wrote:@Titus: I'm pleased to see you're town this game
Please don't spend the entire game trying to figure out the same about me, so we can work together.

Kthx.

VOTE: House

Btw everyone here should be outting the scum role(s) they submitted, but the town roles (for obvious reasons).
1-Shot Strongman, 1-Shot Universal Backup, PT Cop

Everyone should also be outting their submitted alignment preference.
.

(We should do this because while scum can lie about their submitted preference, we can still conftown some players.)

We should NOT claim any submitted preferences

I submitted Mafia Informed Commuter Traitor (know a random tpr in game)

Outing preference is useless as mafia will simple tell they submitted to be town.

My mafia picks:
Informed Goon
Macho 1-Shot Strongman
Rolecop

It actually may be -town based on how roles are calculated so I'd suggest against it

In post 19, MegAzumarill wrote:We should NOT claim any submitted preferences

We absolutely should.

The mafia might lie about theirs, but they are only 3/10 of the players. They can't prevent 10/13 players from telling the truth.

If we have players truthfully claim their alignment preference (without claiming PR/Vanilla preference), then we can narrow down the gamestate.

For instance, if we have 12/13 or so claim they submitted town preference, then that means that everyone who submitted scum preference probably got it and some of them lied.

In contrast, if we have 6/13 or so claim they submitted mafia preference, then that means that everyone who submitted town preference probably got it.

There's zero downsides to this. It genuinely can POE the game on D1.

Considering town preference was on the same side of the lists that town power roles were pulled from it actually can out prs