Newbie 958 ~Game over!

[Nikanor]

It's dark. You hear shuffling sounds. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Someone grabs your hand and whispers into your ear, "Don't panic." You're dragged into a room that smells of burning cloth. There are around thirty tiny lights at about waist-height. What could they possibly be? Are you going to be sacrificed?

The lights flick on. "Surprise!" Nine people line a table in the middle of the room. On the table is a cake with candles. You'd forgotten it was your birthday today. You've been distracted by the seemingly random string of murders that has taken place around town lately.

As you're helping yourself to a piece of cake, the lights go out. You hear a gunshot and a grunt. It sounds like... Greg. Sure enough, when the lights are turned back on, Greg is laying on the floor, dead. That means there are murderers in this room. And you have the chance to take them out.
You take it.

Players alive:

~Incognito

-

Mafia Goon

- Survived!

(Sort of)

Players who are not so much alive as they are dead:

Greg

-

Vanilla Townie

-

Killed night zero.

Earlder1

-

Vanilla Townie

-

Lynched day one.

ThatTumblweed

DTMaster

-

Vanilla Townie

-

Killed night one.

Alta

Shadow Dancer

-

Mafia Goon

-

Lynched day two.

brianj

-

Town Cop

-

Killed night two.

Leech

smashbro_of_the_SSS

-Nobody Special

-

Vanilla Townie

- Lynched day three.

remouk

win-chester

Zachrulez

-

Vanilla Townie

-

Killed night three.

LordChronos

-Equinox

-

Vanilla Townie

- Lynched day four.

Coach Travis

-

Vanilla Townie

-

Endgamed day four.

Tildes (~) indicate an IC player. They have at least five completed games, and are here to teach you about how the game works. Learn from him!
Hyphens (-) indicate an SE player. They have at least three completed games. Learn from them, too!

[Nikanor]

The Rules:

General Rules:

1.

Don't be a jerk. This is rule #1 in every game, since games are supposed to be fun, and games are not fun when someone is being a jerk. Don't be that guy.

2.

Town players are not allowed to communicate outside the thread at any time. Mafia players may communicate with each other outside the thread during the pregame and night phases, but not during the day.

3.

Do not edit posts. Most of you cannot edit posts anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem.

4.

Once you are dead, you're dead. Like, completely devoid of life. And people who are completely devoid of life may not post in the thread.

5.

You may quote the role pms provided below if you are so inclined. You may not, however, quote any private communication with me. You're not even allowed to claim the time at which I sent you a pm.

6.

Do not post in small font, white text, spoiler tags, or any other form of hidden message. You may not post in any language other than English.

7.

Play to win, etc.

8.

Do not reference ongoing games. You may reference games once they are completed, but not before.

9.

Indigo

is the colour I'll use to post vote counts, edit things into other people's posts, etc. Do not impersonate me.

10.

If you have a question or concern, or if you think that I may have made an error, do not hesitate to ask in-topic or by pm. Be sure to bold requests directed at me so that I see them.

11.

If you choose to violate a rule, I will punish you. That might mean a modkill, which is the ending of your life by moi. I'll reveal your role in-topic, then change it to Neutral Survivor so that you automatically lose. If you are town, the day will end, but if you are mafia, the day will continue. I don't like having to modkill people, so try not to break the rules. I'm also pretty understanding, so don't freak out if you accidentally break a rule.

Voting, Lynching, and Deadlines:

12.

Votes must be bolded. For example,

Vote: Mini Wheats.

You may unvote by typing

Unvote.

Some mods require you to unvote before changing your vote, but I am a kind mod, and as a kind mod, I do not require you to unvote before changing your vote.

13.

Vote counts will probably be provided twice a day, but will be provided once per day at the minimum.

14.

Once a lynching majority has been reached, the day will end and the game will go into twilight. You may continue to talk during twilight until I get to locking the thread, but no votes or unvotes will be counted. Once I lock the thread, the game will go into the night phase.

15.

You may also vote for no lynch to happen on that day by typing

Vote: No lynch.

A no-lynch still requires a majority vote to go through.

16.

Some mods require only half a majority to lynch at deadline, but I am a cruel mod, and as a cruel mod, I still require a full majority to reach a lynch at deadline.

17.

If a majority has not been reached by the deadline, a no-lynch will occur, and the game will go into night. I don't care if your hammer vote came one minute after deadline, it doesn't count. If you don't like it, don't wait until the last minute.

18.

Each day will have strict three-week deadlines. Extensions will be given only in extreme circumstances, but always feel free to ask.

Night Phase:

19.

Night lasts for 48 hours, but might be extended if I need a replacement.

Prodding and Stuff:

20.

If a player fails to post for 72 consecutive hours, he will be prodded. If that player does not post for another 48 hours after he's been prodded, he'll be replaced.

21.

Prods are available upon request. I'll still issue an official prod at the 72 hour mark, though.

22.

I like to mass-prod if I feel discussion is lacking. Don't be surprised to have your inbox filled by my spam.

23.

If you are going away, or if you have limited access to the site, notify me by pm or in-topic so that I know not to prod or replace you. If you're going to be V/LA over the night phase and have a night action, you may send in your action early.

[Nikanor]

The Setup:

The setup used for newbie games is F11. That includes this one. That means that one of these four setups have been randomly selected to be used for this game:
*1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 1 Town Cop, 1 Town Doctor, 5 Vanilla Townies
*1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 7 Vanilla Townies
*2 Mafia Goons, 1 Town Cop, 6 Vanilla Townies
*2 Mafia Goons, 1 Town Doctor, 6 Vanilla Townies

There will always be two mafia players and seven town players.

These are the role pms:

~NAME~,

Welcome to Newbie 958! You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

. You have a partner, and his name is

_________

. He is a

Mafia Goon

.
You may talk during pregame, which is until I start the game, or at night, using {this Quicktopic}.

Each night, you or your partner may send me the name of a player you would like to kill.
As long as you are alive, you or your partner may also send me the name of a player you would like to roleblock, preventing any night ability they might have from taking effect.

You win if the Mafia comprise at least half the town, or if nothing can prevent the same from happening.

The game topic is here. Please confirm in-thread.

Good luck!
~Nik

~NAME~,

Welcome to Newbie 958! You are a

Mafia Goon

. You have a partner, and his name is

_________

. He is a

(Mafia Goon/Mafia Roleblocker)

.
You may talk during pregame, which is until I start the game, or at night, using {this Quicktopic}.

Each night, you or your partner may send me the name of a player you would like to kill.

You win if the Mafia comprise at least half the town, or if nothing can prevent the same from happening.

The game topic is here. Please confirm in-thread.

Good luck!
~Nik

~NAME~,

Welcome to Newbie 958! You are the

Town Cop

.

Each night, you may send me the name of someone you'd like to investigate. At the end of the night, if you're still alive, I will tell you if that player is Town or Mafia. Your results are guaranteed to be accurate, but if you are roleblocked you will be told there is No Result. You may not target yourself.

You win if all of the Mafia are dead.

The game topic is here. Please confirm in-thread.

Good luck!
~Nik

~NAME~,

Welcome to Newbie 958! You are the

Town Doctor

.

Each night, you may send me the name of someone you'd like to protect. If that player is targeted by a kill, that kill will fail. Your protection is guaranteed to work, unless you are roleblocked. You will not be informed if you are roleblocked. You may not target yourself.

You win if all of the Mafia are dead.

The game topic is here. Please confirm in-thread.

Good luck!
~Nik

~NAME~,

Welcome to Newbie 958! You are a

Vanilla Townie

.

Each night, you may do nothing but sleep in your bed with the fear that you may be the next to die. Use every day wisely, you never know which one might be your last!

You win if all of the Mafia are dead.

The game topic is here. Please confirm in-thread.

Good luck!
~Nik

[Nikanor]

Roles are sent out. Please confirm in-thread by posting "/confirm" or something similar. I'll start the game once at least eight people have confirmed.

[ThatTumblweed]

/confirm

[remouk]

/confirm

Ready to go!

[Incognito]

/confirm

Hi! I'll use the confirm section to give you guys my patented "Words of Wisdom". See below:

1)

Games on this site tend to move somewhat slowly so be patient!

2)

If you haven't done so yet, you can use the Wiki Index as a good place to learn about Mafia theories and abbreviations that are often used in the game. I'd recommend at least taking a glance through it when you get a chance.

3)

As the IC, I'm here to help you learn the game of Mafia as well as play along. The SEs have some experience too, so they're kinda good to listen to, too (but I'm better to listen to ).

4)

Always remember that this is a game so have some fun.

[brianj]

/confirm

[LordChronos]

/confirm

[Coach Travis]

/confirm

[Earlder1]

/confirm

[Leech]

/confirm

[Alta]

/confirm

[Nikanor]

That's everyone! Let's get started.

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Vote Count 1.0

Not Voting (9)

- ThatTumblweed, Earlder1, remouk, Coach Travis, Alta, brianj, LordChronos, Leech, Incognito

With nine players alive, five votes are required to lynch.

Deadline falls on Saturday June 5 at 17:14 UTC.

[Incognito]

vote: ThatTumblweed

Incog Theory. Seriously.

[brianj]

vote: Incognito

This guy won all of his eight games as scum. Seriously.

[Incognito]

Oooooh a metagamer. What else have you learned about me?

[brianj]

Not really. All I needed to do was look at your wiki page; I mean, with the search function down I am not going to bother finding and reading through the games you played. O.O

[LordChronos]

Vote: brianj

Given that Incog has won all of his 8 games as scum, doesn't that mean he is a good player. He has a 7/9 chance to be town, so why do you want to get rid of a good player who is likely to be town?

[Incognito]

brianj, all of my games have links to them in my Wiki page though. So you wouldn't need to use the Search function to find them, silly. You sure you checked out my Wiki page?

Incidentally, if any of you are trying to search things on-site but can't do so because the Search function is down, I'd recommend using this link instead: http://www.msutils.net/search.php. It's a pretty good alternative to the normal Search function.

[Coach Travis]

Vote:LordChronos

Totally random.

[brianj]

Because skill set for playing scum and playing town is slightly different in my opinion. Also voting for players in earlier stage is hardly an indication of one's desire to lynch that player.

By the way, I lost my first game as Mafia, so my win rate as a scum is 0%. If anyone wants to vote for me please consider that I am player who is likely to be town and fails at playing for scum side!

[Earlder1]

Well I wish I could vote incognito randomly because he thinks I am 2 people. But he already has a vote, so I'll refrain.

Vote: Alta

It's always a scumtell being last to join the game :p

[remouk]

vote Coach Travis

It's random (random.org gave me 4, and Coach Travis is 4th on the "Players alive" list).

[Incognito]

But he already has a vote, so I'll refrain.

Why does me having a vote already cause you to refrain from voting me?

Ftr, I could see what brianj is getting at with his explanation. I agree that just because a person has a decent record as scum that doesn't mean the same thing would translate over to a person's town game too. I've certainly seem some people who are just absolutely amazing as scum but who suck as town and vice versa. LordChronos, have you seen differently?