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Post Post #0 (ISO) » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:25 am

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The mafia has invaded your town, and you will stand for it no longer! To the town square, everybody, we've got a lynching to organise!

The Players:


Alive (1/9)

totallynotmafia
archaebob, Mafia Roleblocker - Survived


(Names marked with a * are Inexperience Challenged players. Names marked with a † are Semi-Experienced players.)

Dead (8/9)

jovan123
Obsidian
Zodiark13, Townie - Lynched Day One

Raven
TeWuicah, Doctor - Killed Night One

Parama†
malthusis†, Mafia Goon - Lynched Day Two

NabakovNabakov*, Townie - Killed Night Two

WeaponsofMassConstruction
joral, Townie - Lynched Day Three

Inquisitor JL, Cop - Killed Night Three

Concerned, Townie - Lynched Day Four
kunkstar7†, Townie - Killed in Endgame


Current Status:


Phase: Game Over!
Deadline: -
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:37 am

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The Rules:


1. Social Contract

*This is a game. I've done my best while setting it up to make it enjoyable for everyone. Fun is our first priority.

*I will do the following:
=treat this game as my MafiaScum priority, as a committment to the players
=post votecounts at least once per page whenever possible
=prod players w/o prompting
=answer questions as soon as possible

*I expect all players to do the following:
=have fun and play to win
=treat the game as a commitment to yourself, to the other players and to me
=not make personal attacks
=stay active per my activity policy
=bring concerns or problems to my attention as soon as possible

2. Activity

*This game will have fixed deadlines (extensible only in extreme circumstances) and I expect players to actively participate.

*Deadlines for days are 3 weeks long. Deadlines for nights will be 72 hours long. All deadlines will expire at 7PM GMT. However, if a player is in need of replacement during a night phase, the night will not end until that replacement is found, regardless of whether or not that player has a night action to perform.

*Players not posting for 72 hours will be prodded and must respond in the game thread within 24 hours, or risk being replaced.

*If you see a player has not posted in thread for 72 hours and I have not announced a prod, please PM me. All prods are stated publicly.

*If you will be away and unable to post over 48 hours, please let me know. You may be replaced if I believe your absence will disrupt the game.

3. Votes and Lynches

*Lynches will only occur with a true majority of voters (Half the number of living players plus one). Once a person has reached a majority, they are dead and unvoting them will not stop the lynch.

*If the deadline hits before anyone has been lynched, then no one will be lynched.

*Votes and unvotes should be bolded in the following format (
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unvote: iamausername
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*Players may vote for no lynch to occur on any given day (
vote: No Lynch
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*Until I have counted the votes and posted the death scene and role reveal, all players including the lynchee may continue to post.

*Once I have posted a scene indicating that a player is dead, they are not to post anything else at all, not even a "Bah!" post.

4. Other (but still important!) Stuff
*Do not post or quote directly from any PM or communication outside this thread between me and you or you and another player. Do so and I will modkill you. Don't even fake it. Put whatever you have to say in your own words.

*Modkills end the day.

*Do not post in invisible/small text or otherwise attempt to hide the text of your posts.

*Do not edit your posts or the posts of others.

*Do not discuss this game with other players (whether in this game or not) outside of this thread, unless I have told you otherwise, until this game is completed.

*At my sole discretion I reserve the right to remove any player from the game and replace or modkill their role.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:38 am

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The Setup:


This game will use the F11 setup, as is standard for all Newbie games at the moment. This is a semi-open setup, where one of the four possibilities listed below is randomly chosen, with equal weight given to each.

- 7 Townies, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 1 Mafia Goon
- 5 Townies, 1 Cop, 1 Doctor, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 1 Mafia Goon
- 6 Townies, 1 Cop, 2 Mafia Goons
- 6 Townies, 1 Doctor, 2 Mafia Goons

*In either of the first two cases, if the mafia goon is killed first, the roleblocker will be able to submit both a kill AND a block each night.

*All roles are assigned totally randomly, with no accounting for IC status, or anything else.


These are the possible Role PMs:
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During the day, you must attempt to find the mafia members hidden in the town, and you may vote for which player you wish to see lynched.

You win when all mafia players are dead.
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During the day, you must attempt to find the mafia members hidden in the town, and you may vote for which player you wish to see lynched.

You win when all mafia players are dead.
You are a
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During the day, you must attempt to find the mafia members hidden in the town, and you may vote for which player you wish to see lynched.

You win when all mafia players are dead.
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During the day, you must attempt to blend in with the town, and you may vote for which player you wish to see lynched. You may not communicate in private with your partner during the day.

You win when all town players are dead, or when it is inevitable that this will be the case.
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During the day, you must attempt to blend in with the town, and you may vote for which player you wish to see lynched.

You win when all town players are dead, or when it is inevitable that this will be the case.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:38 am

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-=All Role PMs have gone out. Day One will begin once everyone has confirmed. Until then, mafia members may communicate in private.=-
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:24 am

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-=Obsidian replaces jovan123=-

-=Everyone has confirmed, so Day One Begins! Deadline is set for Thursday, 11th February. With 9 alive, it will take 5 votes to lynch.=-
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:01 am

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Hmm ... as far as I can tell this is arbitary voting, right? In that case
vote: Concerned


Not only do you have the cheek to be on top of me, but you are concerned, and you only need to be that if you've done something wrong.

See you in hell, scum :P [/dice]
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:48 am

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Hey all :) I'm SE for this game, which makes me slightly more experienced than a newbie and slightly less helpful than an IC.
Anyways,
Vote: Obsidian
for replacing in.

BTW, most games start with RVS - Random Voting Stage. So feel free to vote for anybody for any arbitrary reason whatsoever - just hope you're not the one who screws up first.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:11 am

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Hi, I'm NabakovNabakov, but you can call me NabNab (or Nab, Naba, NN, N-N (?); I've seen them all)

I'm the "Inexperience Challenged" player for this game, so I'm here to show you all how mafia is played on this site, but I'm also here to play a game of Mafia. I like to IC by a mixture of explanation and example, but mainly by example. I
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With that said:
Vote: totallynotmafia
. Who does he think he's fooling?

(The random voting stage (caps optional) is an odd bit of cognitive dissonance, isn't it? We start with the proposition that votes are essentially meaningless, but we must at some point begin to assign a great deal of meaning to them. When and how can
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:12 am

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Hi, I'm NabakovNabakov, but you can call me NabNab (or Nab, Naba, NN, N-N (?); I've seen them all)

I'm the "Inexperience Challenged" player for this game, so I'm here to show you all how mafia is played on this site, but I'm also here to play a game of Mafia. I like to IC by a mixture of explanation and example, but mainly by example. I
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With that said:
Vote: totallynotmafia
. Who does he think he's fooling?

(The random voting stage (caps optional) is an odd bit of cognitive dissonance, isn't it? We start with the proposition that votes are essentially meaningless, but we must at some point begin to assign a great deal of meaning to them. When and how can
that
ever happen? In fact, I've seen just as many games start with an argument over whether the random voting stage is over or not as I've seen start with an argument over random votes.)
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:18 am

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Hi, I'm NabakovNabakov, but you can call me NabNab (or Nab, Naba, NN, N-N (?); I've seen them all)

I'm the "Inexperience Challenged" player for this game, so I'm here to show you all how mafia is played on this site, but I'm also here to play a game of Mafia. I like to IC by a mixture of explanation and example, but mainly by example. I
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With that said:
Vote: totallynotmafia
. Who does he think he's fooling?

(The random voting stage (caps optional) is an odd bit of cognitive dissonance, isn't it? We start with the proposition that votes are essentially meaningless, but we must at some point begin to assign a great deal of meaning to them. When and how can
that
ever happen? In fact, I've seen just as many games start with an argument over whether the random voting stage is over or not as I've seen start with an argument over random votes.)
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:31 am

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Sorry, server issues.
Mod: Please delete triple posts
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:15 am

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Hai guys. I'm the other SE for this game, which makes me slightly more experienced than a newbie and slightly less helpful than an IC.

As for the game...
Accidental triple post? I think not.
Vote: NabakovNabakov.
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:05 pm

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Vote: Raven


Ravens are scavengers by nature. It's in their best interest is to make certain that there is lots of corpses to feast on. Clearly that can best be achieved by being one with the scum
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:22 pm

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Inquisitor JL wrote: Not only do you have the cheek to be on top of me, but you are concerned, and you only need to be that if you've done something wrong.
I'm concerned because of all these mafia in mah town :P.

VOTE : RAVEN

Because yay wagons.
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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:59 pm

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Vote: kunkstar
because I just realised you're playing two games with me at the moment, which makes it TWICE as likely you're mafia!
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:17 am

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@Obsidian: It would be helpful if you could find an avatar for your profile here. It makes it much easier to connect posts with players.
Concerned wrote: VOTE : RAVEN
Because yay wagons
Really? Why?
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:15 am

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NabakovNabakov wrote:
Concerned wrote: VOTE : RAVEN
Because yay wagons
Really? Why?
I could make a really long post but basically it would be the same as this quote in meaning.

Oh, and I'm not gonna be on over most of the weekend, got a drunken weekend planned with some friends and I'm not back until late (GMT) on Sunday.
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:36 pm

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NabakovNabakov wrote:@Obsidian: It would be helpful if you could find an avatar for your profile here. It makes it much easier to connect posts with players.
Concerned wrote: VOTE : RAVEN
Because yay wagons
Really? Why?
Because I find people marginally more likely to respond in any meaningful way when they have more than one vote on them in the RvS, I would rather add my vote to someone than make up an excuse to vote for someone else. What can I say, I don't particularly like the RvS.

Anyway just to get things moving a bit I'd like to ask the players what their previous experience with mafia is (if any), it just helps me to know who I might expect blatantly newbie comments from, and who should know better :P.

This is my third game on mafia scum (one finished, one still on-going) and I've played a fair amount on another forum, and I do so love the game :).
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:20 pm

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Inquisitor JL wrote:
NabakovNabakov wrote:
Concerned wrote: VOTE : RAVEN
Because yay wagons
Really? Why?
I could make a really long post but basically it would be the same as this quote in meaning.
Please write this post. RVS is a process of grasping at straws, and yet you tantalize us with a bushel.

Concerned wrote:
Anyway just to get things moving a bit I'd like to ask the players what their previous experience with mafia is (if any), it just helps me to know who I might expect blatantly newbie comments from, and who should know better :P.
I've played enough games to forget how many I've played. I'm coming back from a break after a well-fought summer (I think there was a month in there where no person on my faction was lynched in any of my games.) This site is the one and only medium I have ever played Mafia on.
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:21 pm

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Apart from the mini theme game that started at the same time as this, this is my second game of mafia. I replaced into my first game on day 2 so this is my first actual RVS, so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do now...I guess we haven't even heard from everyone yet though.
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:24 pm

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By the way guys, if we want to win this game everyone is going to have to post a lot more. I ended up tunneling the one person in my other game (who turned out to be the doctor) because the inactivity of everyone and people replacing in made it really hard to figure out who was scum. I know everyone has their personal committments (and it's easy for me to say because I'm still on summer holidays over here) but if the activity is going to be this poor throughout the whole game then scum-hunting is going to do my head in. If everybody lurks then it makes it a lot easier for scum to get away with lurking, which is going to make it a lot harder to find them.

Unvote, Vote: WeaponsofMassConstruction


Perhaps now he/she will come out to play. Still haven't heard from Raven either.
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:08 am

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Meh, I don't like RVS.

The only thing I can really gather is that Obsidian is less likely to be a power role since he's replacing in. Of course, jovan123 could've just not been here at all.
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:28 am

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...I don't see how you can make any assumptions about a power role from that?

Jovan123 was replaced during confirmation, so he never was here to begin with.
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:13 pm

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kunkstar7 wrote:...I don't see how you can make any assumptions about a power role from that?

Jovan123 was replaced during confirmation, so he never was here to begin with.
The assumption is that players take less interest in the game when not assigned a power-role and are more likely to flake. I tend to think the reasoning on that is pretty flimsy. More importantly, open power-role speculation is anti-town (or at least indicative of an anti-town mindset. Townies have no reason to keep tabs on power-roles until it comes to claims)

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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:06 pm

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Well our start has been a little apathetic and I blame:
Parama wrote:BTW, most games start with RVS - Random Voting Stage. So feel free to vote for anybody for any arbitrary reason whatsoever - just hope you're not the one who screws up first.
The last comment is designed to make us wary of posting, the perfect way to stall the town. Die Obvscum!
VOTE : PARAMA


Weapons and Kunstar haven't responded to my question either, even after posting.

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