JOAT uPick | FIN!
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The JOAT uPick Design Process
My goal is to complete this uPick design and have reviewer sign-off within 7 days from Jan 21. This goal has become unattainable due to several real life happenings. All good things, but all time consuming! New goal is Jan 31 or sooner.
- Players choose up to 6 1-shot abilities -- COMPLETED
- Alignments are randomly rolled. -- COMPLETED
- Players' 1-shot picks are reviewed, narrowed down, and modified as needed for game balance and swing mitigation (~snort~). -- LAST PASS COMPLETED
- Role Cards are drafted and reviewed. -- COMPLETED
- Any additional mechanics are considered/drafted -- COMPLETED
- Role Cards are finalized - COMPLETED
- Game-specific rules are drafted and reviewed -- COMPLETED
- Game narrative and flavor is finalized -- COMPLETED
- One final review of everything -- COMPLETED
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General Rules:
In-Game Behavior
1.Site Rules are in effect. Please familiarize yourself and follow them.
2. Posts consisting purely of insults without game content are not tolerated. I penalize such posts with a strike. Three strikes and you'll be replaced. Severe issues will be reported to the listmods.
3. Claiming scum is allowed. Claiming scum with another player (whether as a joke or not) will result in severe consequences for you, and consequences for your team.
4. Play towards your win condition. Gambits are fine, directly harming your own team is not.
5. Loophole abuse is not tolerated.
6. Have fun!
Voting and Deadlines:
1. Voting must be bolded in the formVote: Player- bold tagsorCode: Select all
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or else they will not be counted. Unvotes are not required to change your vote, but they are helpful.
2. Votes inside of spoiler tags will not be counted.
3. I don't mind if you use nicknames/abbreviations when you vote someone. But if I have no idea who you're voting for, then the vote won't be counted. If you notice that your vote hasn't been recorded, please let me know.
4. Eliminations require a majority of votes: (number of living players/2) +1, rounded down. Votes for no elimination will be counted, and a majority of votes for no elimination will end the game day with no elimination.
5. If there's no majority at deadline, there's no elimination.
6. When the hammer vote is cast, all players, including the eliminated may talk freely until the final vote count and eliminated player's card-flip have been posted. If the thread is not locked, it's ok for you to post unless I've specified that it is not ok.
7. Day 1 Deadline is 10 days. Subsequent Deadlines are set at 7 days. Extensions may be granted if there are replacements near deadline, or under other extraordinary circumstances (e.g., site outages, major holidays).
8. Nights will last 48+ hours, rounded up to the nearest midnight or noon US Eastern Time.
Prods and Replacements:
Replacing Out: If you need to replace out of this game, send me a private message about it. Do NOT post that you want to be replaced, or that you have asked to be replaced in the game thread.
I will acknowledge your replacement request by replying to your PM. From that time forward, you are out of the game. Do not make any more posts in the game thread.
This is a site rule that can entail penalties if broken. It applies to all mafia games at Mafiascum.net unless the game moderator explicitly states otherwise.
1. Prods will be given to playerfs who have not posted in48 hours.
2. You will be replaced if you either do not respond to a prod, or (at my discretion) if you need to be prodded more than 3 times total. You may request for a player to be prodded at any time. Prods requested when a player has been absent for less than 48 hours do not count for replacement purposes.
If you are V/LA (on vacation/have limited access), make sure I know. If you are V/LA for more than 5 days, I suggest requesting replacement, but it's not required, unless you are not able to post at all. If a lengthy V/LA is adversely affecting the game (e.g., if you are not able to post minimally during that time), then I may replace you without penalty.
Misc.
1. Dark Blue (#004080) is the color I will use for mod posts. Please don’t use this color or otherwise try to make your posts look like mod posts.
2. You can talk about the game in the private threads given to you by me via PM, assuming you were given one. Otherwise, please refrain from talking about this game outside of this thread, and don't talk about other games inside of this game thread. This is a sitewide rule. See announcement here.
3. No editing, deleting, using invisible texts, writing in code, using font sizes less than 70, etc...
4. Don't quote or reproduce any mod-received PMs or other private communications with me. Paraphrasing is permitted. Check with me if you're not sure whether something you want to post is within the rules.
5. Vocaroos, Youtubes, etc, may not be used to make game-content posts. e.g., do not record a vacoroo with your thoughts about the game and post it.
6. I make mistakes. If you notice I make one, please let me know. For vote count mistakes you can let me know in the thread. For ANY OTHER mistake you believe I made, send me a PM.
7. Questions are vastly preferable to Modkills. If you're thinking about doing or posting something that you're unsure is within the letter or spirit of these rules and the game of mafia, then ask me privately about it first.
8.Allprivate threads inhabited by two or more slots will explicitly not be redacted. Post accordingly.
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As is the norm with uPick games, JOAT uPick is role madness. There are no vanilla town roles in the game. There is no guarantee that each 1-shot ability is a unique snowflake in every particular.
The reviewers have concluded this game is a chaotic, swingy mess. It's what you asked for, and we hope we have delivered exactly the wild ride you ordered!
I will update this post with Confirmation Phase status, so check back occasionally if you're curious about progress!
Role PMsare going out nowhave all gone out. There are instructions on how to confirm at the bottom of your role PM. Once at least 13 of 17 players have confirmed, the game will begin!
If you would like a personal or hydra private thread for keeping notes in this game, please let me know and I'll be glad to set you up!
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Day One will start at 7:00 PM US Eastern Time.
(expired on 2024-02-01 16:00:00)
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I have been asked to confirm if this game design is still not bastard, as it was advertised in the Theme Queue.
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One great thing about the Pandemic: now everybody uses Zoom and Zoom is available worldwide. It's made planning this strike so much easier. It's not fail-safe secure, but we save the secretive discussions for cutting edge encrypted message spaces. The fully coordinated strike begins today!
It's great to see so many enthusiastic, experienced, charismatic and capable faces on your monitor. There are a few participants who have their cameras turned off, but that is to be expected. Some of the countries participating in the strike planning work in extremely hostile circumstances.
We're set to settle down, officially call the strike and glue ourselves to social media to see how it rolls out!-
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an injury to one is an injury to all-
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Don't mourn, organize!-
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Kickin' ass for the working class...-
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In post 510, lemon.tangerine wrote: would love a new vc right about now tbhGame Moderators have called a strike against the bourgeoise pagetop hoarders.
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In post 1207, Bell wrote: @FF: I don’t think Ircher is voting me.
Post 194 appears to be his last vote. Did I miss one?-
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Bosses beware — when we're screwed, we multiply-
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Bread and Roses-
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In post 1934, Joyboy wrote:
THE LAST VOTE I PLACED WAS ON BELL!In post 1932, fferyllt wrote:In post 1927, Doctor Drew wrote: Also, Mod isn't Fire voting me?
Fixed, thanks!Fixed, Thanks!
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fixed, thanks!-
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I have redone the vote count from scratch and reposted it in 1900.
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Please be sure your posts are not straying close to the Out of Game Influence 3rd Rail. This is a general request. I will follow up with PMs for posts I think are too close to the line.
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In post 2206, PookyTheMagicalBear wrote:
drew voting two peopleIn post 2204, fferyllt wrote: Relativistic Harmony (7): Ircher, Dunnstral, Maid Cafe, Joyboy, Doctor Drew, Titus, LadyTerminallyOffline
Maid Cafe (3): lemon.tangerine, PookyTheMagicalBear, Doctor Drewyeesh.-
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Relativistic Harmony was Jeff Bezos, aJOAT Union Buster
Spoiler: Jeff Bezos Role PMLast edited by fferyllt on Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:53 am, edited 2 times in total.-
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Night One Begins Now.
Night actions are due by February 8, Noon US Eastern Time.
Countdown: (expired on 2024-02-08 09:00:00)-
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The first day of the general strike was successful beyond your greatest hopes. You found a powerful union buster within the inner circle of labor activists. Overnight, though, things took a turn for the worse. Firebringer was arrested in Mexico City and you fear how he will be treated in jail, and if he will be allowed out on bail.
Firebringer was a labor activist from Mexico, aJOAT Union Member
Spoiler: Firebringer's Role PM
You vow to avenge Mexico's strikers and root out all filthy union busters in your midst!
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Please hold...-
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Carry on-
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The only force that can break tyrannical rule is the one big union of all the workers-
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I have been asked if this game uses natural action resolution or a different scheme.
There are some differences from NAR. I won't answer detailed questions about action resolution beyond what I've answered so far.
Also
In post 2844, Prism wrote:Apparently no one got the memo.
Save everyone the headache and CC me on all of your mod PMs.In post 2634, fferyllt wrote:I will be offline for 2-3 hours. Please make sure to CC Prism on any PMs you send me.
PLEASE do this.
I will be completely afk biking for 2-4 hours either morning or afternoon US Pacific Time almost every day, conditioning for a metric century ride. PM us both and you'll be more likely to get a timely response.-
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MariaR replaces Maid Cafe.-
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I believe there was an error in the previous vote count, and have "corrected" it pending discussion with co-mod-
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Hu Tao was Bobby Kotick, aJOAT Union Buster
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Hu Tao, cornered by her fellow strikers after a long and desperate run through alleys and abandoned buildings, turns to face her accusers. She laughs maniacally, draws her gun, and shoots Sakura Hana, a clean shot to the head.
Sakura crumples to the ground as Hu Tao's pursuers tackle her and bury her under a storm of flailing fists and feet.
Sakura Hana was a labor activist from Argentina, aJOAT Union Member
Spoiler: Sakura Hana's Role PM
You have rooted out one more Union Buster at a great cost.
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Night Two Begins Now.
Night actions are due by Tuesday, Midnight US Eastern Time.
Countdown: (expired on 2024-02-12 21:00:00)
Fast night has been requested. Please PM me and Prism to let us know if you would like a fast night and what, if any, night action you want to take.-
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Cabd replaces LadyTerminallyOffline.-
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As today's zoom meeting check-in begins you find that two more labor activists haven't showed up. Two more black tiles where two of your counterparts in other countries should be. The faces that are visible are suddenly looking to the side just as a comment pops up in the chat panel.
"We don't know what happened to Joyboy and Titus or where they are now. They disappeared sometime last night." You stare at the message in silence. You knew there might be casualties but the last day and night is not what you signed up for: A peaceful worldwide strike.
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Joyboy was a labor activist from Denmark, aJOAT Union Member
Spoiler: Joyboy's Role PM