Hi, guys. Welcome to MafiaScum!
And possibly your first game here. My name's Haylen, I will answer to any variation of that. I'm your IC (Inexperienced Challenged player...political correctness and all that) and it's my job to show you the ropes and to make sure you understand what is going on. You can ask me any questions you have during the game, unless it is about your role, in which case you must send a PM with your question to Glados (the mod), neither of us bite so don't feel you can't approach us about things. I completely understand that your first game may be a daunting experience...hell, I remember my first game, ended up getting night killed on Night One, and most of you will be in the same boat regarding experience level but you're all here to learn. If you feel as though you haven't done well, don't be put out, just learn from it and improve. It is not cool to insult players for poor logic, anyone caught doing so will receive a post specially made for them in which I barate you...in a kind way. Don't take attacks on your logic personally, or lynches. They happen, that's what Mafia is all about.
Aswell as being a helper here, I am also a player in the game, even though this is a newbie game, I will not be toning down my play, I'll be treating it like a game from any of the other forums otherwise you wont be able to learn and grow as players. Just because I'm the an IC, it doesn't mean you can't attack my logic. I will NEVER lie in my answers when questions asked about game mechanics ect. That would completely defeat the purpose of my being an IC here. If I don't answer your questions quick enough, which is extremely unlikely, I believe the SE's are Stefenny and DavidParker which means they are Semi Experienced players and may also be able to help - there roles arent teaching roles, though.
Anyway, read the rules Zach has decided to use (warning: other mods may decide to use different variations of these rules, but the fundamentals are all the same,so don't get confused). When this game is over, and you're all excited about joining games in other forums, ask yourselves if you truly feel ready for it...there's nothing worse than going into a mini normal game (or any other non road to rome game, for that matter) and realising halfway through it that you aren't ready.
And have fun!!!
(by the way, I will be taking notes all through the game, because I have OCD, so I will be able to tell you what was good, what went wrong and how to improve, when the game has ended.)
Back to player mode
Big warning: I like to multipost, meaning I will post more than once in a row. Usually because I have just remembered something I wanted to say in the post before but forgot. I will spare you my megaposts, no player should ever have to deal with them. Also, my grammar is generally terrible because I have a running conversation in my head and I write literally what my head is saying.
First thing's first.
How we vote and unvote: Zach says in his rules that we have to bold votes and unvotes. This is how we do that:
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[b] Vote: playername [/b] or [b] Unvote: playername [/b]
Another important part of the game is quoting, you will find that you want to quote another player and some point or another. We do that like this:
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[quote="playername"] what they said [/quote]
A little bit more complicated is putting in a link to another post as it requires multiple steps, you might want to use this sometimes when refering to the whole of a post, rather than quoting the whole thing. Here you go:
1) In the post you want to link, click on the little white symbol to the left of the word 'Posted' at the top of the post.
2) Once you have done this, copy and paste the url from your internet's address bar.
3) you will need to do this:
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[url=pasted url from address bar]post number (you can use any word here, but I dont want to be confusing)[/url]
An example of that this. Here is a link to
post 1 .
That was a link to Zach's post 1, it has all the rules in it, and as a code, looked like this:
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[url=https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=2741369#p2741369]post 1[/url]
(Yes, the fact I just linked you to the rules post again was not a coincidence. Seriously, read them. Ignorance is never an excuse.
Hope that last one wasn't too confusing, if it was just ask
Anyway, enjoy yourselves!
~Hayl~
PS. I want your opinions on me as a teacher after this is over. I need to know I'm teaching stuff in the right fashion.
