Mini 610: Ace Attorney Mafia - Game Over!!

[vollkan]

Mini 610 - Ace Attorney Mafia

Moderator: Vollkan

(All players unfamiliar with the Ace Attorney series of video games, or who just want to freshen up their knowledge, are advised to check out Court Records)

Game Status:

Over

Welcome to the City Courthouse everybody. Sorry it's so early in the morning, but we are in a bit of a rush to get things organised. There was a murder last night, you see, and we need to ensure that whoever was responsible is brought to justice.

My name is Vollkan and I work here at the court as a general odd-job man, but I've been told to prep you all as to exactly why you've been called here today, and as to what will be required of you. Last night, a Mr Larry Butz was found dead in his apartment. As per the new procedural requirements, the trial has to take place today - and the details of that are still being finalised at the moment.

The trial will begin shortly, but first let me first give you some general information about the court system.

Each day will consist of a trial, lasting 24 hours in court-time (which is equal to 3 weeks real world-time). Anyway, some recent ridiculous...*ahem* er "reforms" of the court system have resulted in a requirement that

every trial must end with a conviction

.

Let me go over the trial process in detail. This is

very important

and is probably like nothing you've ever experienced before:

Each trial has somebody designated as the Defendant. That person will be convicted at the 3 week deadline

automatically

unless somebody else is convicted instead. The effect of this is that somebody will always be convicted by the end of the day.

The outcome of the trial is controlled by the Jury. The Jury each day consists of a number of select individuals from the courtroom. Each day, the number of persons designated as Jurors shall be equal to a majority of persons in the courtroom (excluding me because I'm just a nobody). For a person other than the Defendant to be convicted there must be a unanimous verdict among the Jurors that somebody else is guilty. The Jurors may convict the Defendant before deadline if they want, but they will need a unanimous verdict to do so. Thus,

every

Juror must vote for a person if they want to convict them.

The one exception to this rule is if the person being voted for is a Juror. If the Jury wishes to convict a Juror, there must be a unanimous verdict among the other Jurors and a ratifying vote from a non-Juror (or a self-vote from the Juror in question). Non-Jurors may cast ratifying votes whenever they wish, but their votes will not be able to achieve a conviction without unanimity among the other the other Jurors.

To help you remember, I've been told to hand out this brief summary to all of you:

1. Every day phase consists of a trial.
2. Each trial must end with a conviction.
3. Any person convicted will be executed.
4. Each trial has a Defendant.
5. If no conviction is reached by the end of the 3-week trial deadline, then the Defendant will be convicted regardless.
6. The Jury, which consists of a numerical majority of the living players are the only players who may vote to convict.
7. In order to convict somebody, a unanimous verdict must be reached. This requires that all members of the Jury individually vote for a single person, be it the defendant or somebody else.
8. The Jury may convict a Juror if there is unanimous agreement among the other Jurors and a ratifying vote from a non-Juror (or a self-vote from the Juror in question).
9. Once a convicted person is executed, it becomes the night phase.

The Living:

(3/12)

Rishi. Puisne Judge, Judge.

Town

Cream147. Trucy Wright, Doctor.

Town

SensFan. Franziska von Karma, 2-shot vigilante.

Town

The Dead:

(8/12)

Joubert. Damon Gant, Judge Corrupter.

Criminal Organisation

was convicted on Trial One

Mirth. Miles Edgeworth, Prosecutor.

Town

was killed Night One
Gorrad. Maggey Byrde, Bailiff.

Town

was killed Night One

populartajo. Godot, Prosecutor.

Town

was convicted on Trial Two.

ChiefSkye4. Phoenix Wright, Defence Attorney.

Town

was killed Night Two
Battle Mage. Chief Judge, Judge.

Town

was killed Night Two

Natirasha. Dahlia Hawthorne, Godmother.

Criminal Organisation

was convicted on Trial Three

Matt_S

MafiaSSK

. Ema Skye, Watcher.

Town

was killed Night Three

Malthusis. Kristoph Gavin, Rogue Prosecutor.

Criminal Organisation

was convicted on Trial Four

[vollkan]

The Rules:

1: This is a game. Having fun is a requirement.
2: Please bold your votes. For example,

Vote: RandomPerson

. Votes that are not bolded will not be counted.
3: If you wish to change your vote, bold an unvote for the player you were voting and vote for the new player you are going to be voting. For example,

Unvote, Vote: ScummyPerson.

If you do not unvote, your vote will

not

be counted.
4: Lynching requirements are set out in the previous post. Once a lynch is decided, the decision is final. Feel free to continue posting until the thread is locked, but unvoting, etc. before I check the thread will not prevent the player from being lynched.
5: If you get lynched or killed, you are

dead

. Post nothing; not even a “Bah!” post.
6: Any questions, concerns, desires for me to prod, whatever PM me.
7: Never quote

anything

that I PM to you.
8: Treat this game as a commitment and be considerate of me and your fellow players.
9: No small or invisible text, editing of your posts, etc.
10: Do not discuss this game outside the thread at any time, except if your role specifically allows you to do so.
11: You must confirm

your role

to me by PM.

12: If you do not post for 3 days without notifying me that you will be away, you will be prodded. Not posting within 48 hours of the prod or getting prodded more than 3 times may result in replacement.

13: Each day will have an automatic deadline of 3 weeks. I may extend it in very special circumstances.

15:

Red

[/color] is my colour. Don't use it.

[vollkan]

Day One - Trial One

Court is now in session for the trial of the Defendant

babygirl86

.

With 12 alive today, there will be 7 jurors.

Serving on the Jury today are:

ChiefSkye4
Cream147
Gorrad
malthusis
Mirth
SlySly
theopor_COD

This trial will end on June 29 at 6:30 pm GMT+10. If no person is convicted by that time, then the Defendant will be convicted by default.

Let the trial commence!

[Cream147]

Hello all. I feel sorry for babygirl. Being defendant on day 1 is harsh.

[Mirth]

Any particular reason you're expressing sympathy? She a scum buddy of yours?

Also,

not at all random vote: theopor_COD

. Hi, Theo, didn't actually notice you were in this game until like just now. This should be interesting ^_^

[Cream147]

Any particular reason you're expressing sympathy? She a scum buddy of yours?

Also,

not at all random vote: theopor_COD

. Hi, Theo, didn't actually notice you were in this game until like just now. This should be interesting ^_^

If only it were so easy that you could figure out 2 scum after a single post. I'm expressing sympathy because I'd hate to be in that position.

[Mirth]

Yet her being the defendant doesn't automatically mean that she will be the lynch for the day, so maybe i'm just being too skeptical, but your sympathy seems a bit forced.

[babygirl86]

awww man I'm the defendantt? noo!

[Gorrad]

This is gonna be one crazy game mechanic. If we have two scum in the jury at any one time, we cannot get a scumlynch unless the defendant is scum. I'm hoping that somewhere in the juror selection is a way to avoid that, but if not this is gonna be hell for town.

[populartajo]

This is gonna be one crazy game mechanic. If we have two scum in the jury at any one time, we cannot get a scumlynch unless the defendant is scum. I'm hoping that somewhere in the juror selection is a way to avoid that, but if not this is gonna be hell for town.

Hi all. This is a good post but it would be pretty hard for scum N1 to defend his partner, if he's heavily suspected, without bringing suspicions to his ass.
What happens with the other guys that arent jurys? They are like useless townies?

[Mirth]

This is gonna be one crazy game mechanic. If we have two scum in the jury at any one time, we cannot get a scumlynch unless the defendant is scum. I'm hoping that somewhere in the juror selection is a way to avoid that, but if not this is gonna be hell for town.

Hi all. This is a good post but it would be pretty hard for scum N1 to defend his partner, if he's heavily suspected, without bringing suspicions to his ass.
What happens with the other guys that arent jurys? They are like useless townies?

No, see above for the voting conditions. (As it is possible to lynch someone on the jury)

And this game mechanic is going to be crazy regardless of whether or not there is scum on the jury, because while this game still calls for a majority lynch, the majority is preselected. Trying to convince 7 people of anything is hard enough when its any 7 of 12.

[Natirasha]

Boy, this is gonna be fun. And a bit boring.

[Cream147]

Yet her being the defendant doesn't automatically mean that she will be the lynch for the day, so maybe i'm just being too skeptical, but your sympathy seems a bit forced.

It's going to be hard to get all 7 of us members of the jury to vote for the same person on Day 1 I would've thought, especially with only 3 weeks for things to happen.

It will be possible to lynch scum if there are 2 scum members of the jury. Those members of the scum would look very suspicious if they didn't lynch someone who looked clear scum and they may choose to do so for a bit of distancing anyway.

[ChiefSkye4]

Yeah, this is gonna be tough, but we just gotta be observant and play like normal, and we'll manage.

(Poor Larry! Getting killed. Not a surprise though, XD))

[Mirth]

Yeah, this is gonna be tough, but we just gotta be observant and play like normal, and we'll manage.

Ya know, this post bothers me. Not quite sure why...

[Joubert]

If you insist...

Vote: Mirth

, for no apparent reason...

[Mirth]

So is the no apparent reason because I'm the only one who voted, my vote isn't random, or just cause im being contrary? Or did you actually roll dice?

[Natirasha]

I'm confused at Joubert's vote.

[vollkan]

MafiaSSK has requested replacement. I'm looking now.

[populartajo]

I'm confused at Joubert's vote.

Wow, Natrasha's first post isnt antitown.

[Natirasha]

I'm confused at Joubert's vote.

Wow, Natrasha's first post isnt antitown.

I don't have a vote to vote myself with.

[vollkan]

Many thanks to Matt_S who has agreed to replace MafiaSSK

[populartajo]

I'm confused at Joubert's vote.

Wow, Natrasha's first post isnt antitown.

I don't have a vote to vote myself with.

That explains it.
Ok, we have to get this thing moving.
Could you all answer these questions? (Conversation FTW)
1. What do you think of this setup?
2. Is this game tough for town?
3. Is Mirth town or scum? Yes, no, I dont know?

[Mirth]

I'm confused at Joubert's vote.

Wow, Natrasha's first post isnt antitown.

I don't have a vote to vote myself with.

That explains it.
Ok, we have to get this thing moving.
Could you all answer these questions? (Conversation FTW)
1. What do you think of this setup?
2. Is this game tough for town?
3. Is Mirth town or scum? Yes, no, I dont know?

Actually Natirasha, you do. It just doesn't count much.

as to the questions.
1. It's weird
2. Maybe. Depends on how the defendant is picked.
3. I don't know, its page frakking one, a bit too early to be having that discussion, dontya think? Maybe I'll have some semblance of an idea on page 5...oh wait, I'm talking about myself...in that case, I'm not telling, so at you!

[Matt_S]

Hello all. It's a nice feeling replacing into a game without any real reading required.

1. What do you think of this setup?
2. Is this game tough for town?
3. Is Mirth town or scum? Yes, no, I dont know?

1. It's an interesting idea, but the randomness makes it a little tough.
2. That depends on the setup, but it appears so.
3. Attacking someone for sympathizing with the default lynch is unhelpful, but I'm reserving judgment.