Newbie 14 - Game Over

[Phoebus]

Game over!
Town wins!

Welcome to a town. Not just any town. Your town!
Peace and harmony reign once again in this quaint little picture postcard view place. The scum has been flushed out and life is good!

I'm using the standard newbie game setup.

Two (2) players got: You are the Mafia and you're here to take over the town. You may discuss strategy with each other only during "night" and not during "day". Send in the name of one player to me before the night deadline and that person will be declared dead in the morning. You win when all the other players are dead.

One (1) player got: You are the cop. Send me one player name every "night" and I will get back to you saying if they are evil or not. You are not allowed to communicate outside the thread with any of the other players. You win when all the bad guys are dead.

One (1) player got: You are the doctor. Send me one player name every
"night" and you will heal that person if they are targetted by the mafia that night. You may not heal yourself. You also may not communicate with any of the other players outside of the game thread. You win when all the bad guys are dead.

Three (3) players got: You are a townie and you don't like what's happening to your town. You will do something about it. Find and exterminate the scum by using the most powerful weapons you possess. Your logic and your vote. You have no night actions and may not communicate with any other player(s) outside of the game thread. You win when the bad guys are dead.

Those still around:

2 alive, all is well!

Talitha (town)
thorred (town)

Those not:

MeMe (NPC) - shot by the mafia - night 0
Yoko Kurama (Doc) - lynched - day 1
Norinel (Townie) - shot night 1
Jaguar (Mafia) - lynched - day 2
Dragon Phoenix (Cop) - shot - night 2
Morpheus (Mafia) - lynched day 3

[Phoebus]

The rules du jour a la Meme:

• Votes must be in
  bold
  . If you do not bold your vote, it will not be counted.
  
• Please be attentive and
  unvote
  , if necessary, before casting a new vote. This is not
  required
  , but I’d appreciate it.
  
• Executions will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. You may
  vote: no lynch
  – majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death.
  
• The game is not to be discussed outside of the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so.
  
• Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing.
  
• Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts
  
• Don’t quote any PMs from me.
  
• If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you – if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made.
  
• 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.
  
• Remember, it’s a game. It’s supposed to played. It’s supposed to be
  fun
  . Do your part.

[Phoebus]

All confirmations are in! It is now day 1.
Due to the size and nature of the game, MeMe a NPC (non playing character) has been killed by the mafia for the sake of storyline and atmosphere and we begin with day.

Vote! Lynch! Play!

[Phoebus]

Your first vote count:

1 Jaguar (Norinel)

2 Morpheus (Talitha, Yoko Kurama)

1 thorred (Jaguar)

2 Talitha (Dragon Phoenix, Morpheus)

Not voting: thorred

[Phoebus]

No...Phoebus is not super cruel...

not yet

Your unvote was counted DP...

Vote count as of now:

1 Morpheus (Yoko Kurama)

2 thorred (Dragon Phoenix, Jaguar)

4 to lynch!

No deadline yet. Not anytime soon I don't think...

[Phoebus]

Let me make one thing clear! I DO NOT approve of unsolicited personal attacks on players in my games.

I don't know how others might have handled it but if he were not really lynched I'd probably have given a warning and then sought a replacement/modkill depending on my mood or the level of incident.

This probably makes me sound like an "opinionated hardass" but I just don't approve of such behaviour.

Remember, it’s a game. It’s supposed to played. It’s supposed to be fun. Do your part.

There you have it....it's a game! Not life or death!! There'll be more!!!

What has just happened has left an extremely bad taste in my mouth and I was all ready to post a nice death scene at the end too.

All I'll say now is

Yoko Kurama has been lynched.

Unfortunately...he was the doctor.

Please send in night choices soon. There is no deadline for them yet but I will put one up if they seem too long in coming.

~Phoebus (highly annoyed)~

[Phoebus]

Norinel has been shot. He was a townie.

With 5 alive, 3 votes are needed to hang someone.
Remember! This is a do-or-die situation for the town. Lynch the wrong person and scum win.
Good Luck!

[Phoebus]

If the mod does not mind, I still like to see some more posts from the three suspects

Mind what? There's a healthy amount of discussion in this game. More than there was in the one I played in and more in general with regards to them all I think.
If you're worried about a deadline...don't be...I'm not putting one up....yet...

[Phoebus]

Erm I was away...but it does not seem that it's been too long since the lynch.

With the requisite 3 votes, Jaguar is all strung up. Congratulations! She was scum.
Yay and all that.
Night choices if you please...
You know where to find me.

[Phoebus]

The longest day? Not quite but we've definitely had the shortest night...

Dragon Phoenix, Cop, has been shot

SURPRISE!! Oh no wa...

3 alive, 2 votes to put the town out of its misery.

[Phoebus]

And thus, after an excruciatingly long wait, with the fate of the town in balance, thorred saw the light at the end of the tunnel. And why not? Fingered by a cop and combined with Talitha's pure infallible logic, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Morpheus, scum, is lynched!

Congratulations town!! You win! Yay!!

[Phoebus]

Anyone care to share learning moments?

If I were scum, I might possibly have gone after DP saying I'm the cop and I pinged him last night.

There certainly was a mod learning moment in the sense that you might need to tweak the roles for balance a bit looking at the player list. But I thought, in most fairness, names out of a hat oughta do the trick. Baptism by fire for the scum I guess, but useful nonetheless.

Talitha and DP's reasoning is also something to emulate.
Being scum in all completed games does not help me play better (if at all) as a townie and I certainly learned things from their play.

Well played town!

I'll probably be signing up for some more newbie games (to play) as well. The last one...I was scum again.

Cheers folks and thank you for playing.

~Phoebus~

[Phoebus]

Phoebus, I would not tweek distribution of roles, because that leads too much to a meta-game. "We lynched a newbie scum, so the other one must be an experienced one".

Point taken. Not something one would want to make a habit of either...

[Phoebus]

I wasn't sure that he was cop, until Morpheus' post after the role claim, because he included himself in who else could be scum and I thought townie wouldn't do that, as townie knows he is not scum.

So true. Conscience I guess.
I find myself doing that somewhat. *sigh* I'd give my left arm to be town more often.