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Post Post #5700 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:23 am

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Post Post #5701 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:25 am

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Post Post #5702 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:14 am

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In post 5701, JacobSavage wrote:
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9 Town Neighbours
3 Scum Neighbours
Night Start.


Split {T,T,T} {T,T,T} {T,T,M} {T,M,M}
Scum have day talk.

Distribute Neighbors randomly, but guarantee that all 3 mafia cannot be in the same neighborhood.
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Post Post #5703 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:15 am

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In post 5697, TehBrawlGuy wrote:I'm toying with an idea, but I'd like feedback on it before I move forward to balancing it. Essentially, while I like multiball, it's far too swingy. This is my aim at creating something that feels a little like multiball, without being as crazy due to crosskills.

2 scumteams of 2, both teams win/lose together. Both have a factional kill. The twist? Both also have a factional cop, and may also choose each night to not kill in return for being able to cop twice. The factional kills will kill a mafia member.

As far as other roles, I definitely want to see a Town Tailor. Maybe Town faction-specific cops as well, although I love the idea of Town Tailor + Scum copping and not much else.


I'm not sure the cop would really get used, or what a reason to use it would be.
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Post Post #5704 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:33 am

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I guess it is to determine who the other half of the team is.

The idea of two mafia halves searching each other is interesting, but i'm not sure that replacing the NK by cop shots is the best way to do it.

Also it looks pretty harsh for the town. 4 allied scum with 2NK vs 9 townies? Even with the possibility of a misshot, this looks impossible. Heck, if the day1 lynch and NK are not on mafia, all mafioso can claim and win.
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Post Post #5705 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:38 am

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In post 5704, Docteur Gudsight wrote:I guess it is to determine who the other half of the team is.

The idea of two mafia halves searching each other is interesting, but i'm not sure that replacing the NK by cop shots is the best way to do it.

Also it looks pretty harsh for the town. 4 allied scum with 2NK vs 9 townies? Even with the possibility of a misshot, this looks impossible. Heck, if the day1 lynch and NK are not on mafia, all mafioso can claim and win.


ya scum would need to be opposed for that to work
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Post Post #5706 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:48 am

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In post 5702, quadz08 wrote:Distribute Neighbors randomly, but guarantee that all 3 mafia cannot be in the same neighborhood.


Make's sense, however would that still be classed as open?
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Post Post #5707 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:51 am

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In post 5701, JacobSavage wrote:
Everyone needs
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9 Town Neighbours
3 Scum Neighbours
Night Start.


Split {T,T,T} {T,T,T} {T,T,M} {T,M,M}
Scum have day talk.


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Post Post #5708 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:59 am

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Once it gets approvals/ someone decides to mod it...

In terms on numbers is that about right? If it was randomly generated should that be balanced, its effectivly a 9:3 mountainous, should I add in something

(e.g. C9++ neighbours for example?)
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Post Post #5709 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:19 am

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Well even if you consider neighbourhoods pro town they're not pro town enough to offset 10:3 imo.
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Post Post #5710 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:55 am

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Which is why I'm think it might be worth adding it as a modification to another open set up.
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Post Post #5711 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:07 am

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I dunno about a modification to an existing setup, but the concept is still good with a couple PRs.
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Post Post #5712 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:34 am

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I'm thinking of something along the lines of:
Town Encyrptor (gives day talk to Neighbourhood, also effectively an innocent child)
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Post Post #5713 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:55 am

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Bodyguard in an almost all vanilla setup is a bad idea. It's never nice to sacrifice yourself. Sacrificing yourself for a vanilla townie is ugly.
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Post Post #5714 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:02 pm

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Hmm I want to give a protective role but I think Doctor + innocent child is jus over powered.

Perhaps Jailkeeper and Voyeur instead?
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Post Post #5715 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:25 pm

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In post 5665, petapan wrote:what if a hider hides behind a hider that targets scum

In post 5671, Ineffective wrote:The targeted hider wouldnt die but the hider targeting him would

No, Hiders that successfully Hide can't be targeted. Therefore, the Hider targeting scum would die, and the Hider targeting the other Hider would have his action fail, and could be targeted.
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Post Post #5716 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:38 pm

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Connect the answers to the right question UN.
reposnse to petapan's question was
In post 5666, Ineffective wrote:Imo since mafia/vig did not target hider b hider a lives

that answer you gave was a reponse to
In post 5670, Cheery Dog wrote:Even just two hiders hiding behind each other boosts town win rates by a lot.

Though the real point of the question is out that happens, are either out those hiders targetable
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Post Post #5717 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:43 pm

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Lol I'm totally like 50 posts behind, I don't know what I'm doing

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Post Post #5718 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:15 pm

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In post 5665, petapan wrote:what if a hider hides behind a hider that targets scum

In post 5666, Ineffective wrote:Imo since mafia/vig did not target hider b hider a lives
was the actual in line conversation to that question. the post you quoted was in response to if hider a and b are on each other and mafia targets one.
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Post Post #5719 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:15 pm

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oh cheery covered that lol
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Post Post #5720 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:23 pm

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In post 5687, Ineffective wrote:1 cult recruiter
1 diviner (knows all cult members as soon as they are culted. Counts toward cult:town ratio as cult. Wins in place of cult if not culted/lynchedbefore cult win)
1 cleric (if targeting the same person as cult recruiter, target dies as town. Cannot be culted.)
1 martyr (can kill himself day or night to reveal the role of another player)
7 town vanilla

Game related pms allowed. if cult recruiter is lynched cult may no longer recruit, but remain alive to try to win by lynching. in night actions martyrs self kill comes first, so if he is culted same night he dies as town


btw this is unnamed, looking for a theme-like name along the lines of the role names.
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Post Post #5721 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:38 pm

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In post 5697, TehBrawlGuy wrote:I'm toying with an idea, but I'd like feedback on it before I move forward to balancing it. Essentially, while I like multiball, it's far too swingy. This is my aim at creating something that feels a little like multiball, without being as crazy due to crosskills.

2 scumteams of 2, both teams win/lose together. Both have a factional kill. The twist? Both also have a factional cop, and may also choose each night to not kill in return for being able to cop twice. The factional kills will kill a mafia member.

As far as other roles, I definitely want to see a Town Tailor. Maybe Town faction-specific cops as well, although I love the idea of Town Tailor + Scum copping and not much else.

Ok how about a big game? Maybe 20 players. Too small of a game and optimal play leads to zero chance of mafia miskilling

Perhaps a fown framer would help as well?
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Post Post #5722 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:10 pm

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In post 5703, quadz08 wrote:
In post 5697, TehBrawlGuy wrote:I'm toying with an idea, but I'd like feedback on it before I move forward to balancing it. Essentially, while I like multiball, it's far too swingy. This is my aim at creating something that feels a little like multiball, without being as crazy due to crosskills.

2 scumteams of 2, both teams win/lose together. Both have a factional kill. The twist? Both also have a factional cop, and may also choose each night to not kill in return for being able to cop twice. The factional kills will kill a mafia member.

As far as other roles, I definitely want to see a Town Tailor. Maybe Town faction-specific cops as well, although I love the idea of Town Tailor + Scum copping and not much else.


I'm not sure the cop would really get used, or what a reason to use it would be.


That's probably as a result of my communication at late hours being awful. Let me rephrase:

Every night, the scumteam can cop, and additionally get a choice between a second cop and a standard kill.

I'm still not sure I like that, but I can't think of how to make it better, other than maybe making the free cop X-Shot.

In post 5704, Docteur Gudsight wrote:I guess it is to determine who the other half of the team is.

The idea of two mafia halves searching each other is interesting, but i'm not sure that replacing the NK by cop shots is the best way to do it.

Also it looks pretty harsh for the town. 4 allied scum with 2NK vs 9 townies? Even with the possibility of a misshot, this looks impossible. Heck, if the day1 lynch and NK are not on mafia, all mafioso can claim and win.

They get the first shot/night for free, the second is to make shooting-every-night not always the best option. (although it probably still is)

There would definitely be more than 9 townies; I just didn't pick a number then because balancing late at night is bleh.

In post 5721, Ineffective wrote:
In post 5697, TehBrawlGuy wrote:I'm toying with an idea, but I'd like feedback on it before I move forward to balancing it. Essentially, while I like multiball, it's far too swingy. This is my aim at creating something that feels a little like multiball, without being as crazy due to crosskills.

2 scumteams of 2, both teams win/lose together. Both have a factional kill. The twist? Both also have a factional cop, and may also choose each night to not kill in return for being able to cop twice. The factional kills will kill a mafia member.

As far as other roles, I definitely want to see a Town Tailor. Maybe Town faction-specific cops as well, although I love the idea of Town Tailor + Scum copping and not much else.

Ok how about a big game? Maybe 20 players. Too small of a game and optimal play leads to zero chance of mafia miskilling

Perhaps a fown framer would help as well?


In post 5721, Ineffective wrote:
In post 5697, TehBrawlGuy wrote:I'm toying with an idea, but I'd like feedback on it before I move forward to balancing it. Essentially, while I like multiball, it's far too swingy. This is my aim at creating something that feels a little like multiball, without being as crazy due to crosskills.

2 scumteams of 2, both teams win/lose together. Both have a factional kill. The twist? Both also have a factional cop, and may also choose each night to not kill in return for being able to cop twice. The factional kills will kill a mafia member.

As far as other roles, I definitely want to see a Town Tailor. Maybe Town faction-specific cops as well, although I love the idea of Town Tailor + Scum copping and not much else.

Ok how about a big game? Maybe 20 players. Too small of a game and optimal play leads to zero chance of mafia miskilling

Perhaps a fown framer would help as well?


That's a closer # to what I had in mind, although I think 20 is probably too big.

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Post Post #5723 (ISO) » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:22 pm

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@Ineffective: Culty Goodness?
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Post Post #5724 (ISO) » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:23 am

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@tehbrawlguy

with 20 players, consider that after a n1 nk and 2 investigations each then a mislynch and 2 kills n2, the odds are overwhelming that the game rests at 17 players

on more mislynch one more night kill and mafia have a moderate chance of being well educated on posible allies and havea voting block of 4 out of a total of 13 players.

lynching correctly at this point or anything past this is still a likely mafia win... so town essentially has 2 mislynches to gain the advantage before scum can handily dominate with little effort. one more mislynch and one more night kill lands it at near mafia autowin.

seemed like a good balance to me considering you prefer the idea of mafia being more informed with reports than town.
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