Bomb Mafia -- Game Over

Jack · Post Post #6 (isolation #0) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:12 am

I have an awesome plan for the bomb day one, and an awesome plan for it day 2.

Jack · Post Post #8 (isolation #1) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:20 am

Hoopla wrote:Everyone force the bomb on Fate D1. Everyone force the bomb on Katsuki D2. I like your thinking.

I want it day one because I want to play outguess the mod regarding the first deadline and pass it to someone right before it goes off.

After that we force it on a suspect.

Jack · Post Post #10 (isolation #2) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:03 am

hitogoroshi wrote: From my tentative musings, it seems to me like the bomb is best used as a policy lynch that we get in addition to our normal lynch. While I have no intrinsic problem with Jack's plan, I think the town as a whole should have a hand in picking the "someone" Jack will pass the bomb to.

It's not good to let people use any kind of town consensus as a crutch. I want to see each person who has the bomb making their own decision on what to do with it.

Jack · Post Post #22 (isolation #3) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:43 am

I have played with a similar deadline mechanic, and considered setups involving them at one point. I have an educated guess as to when the first bomb will go off, so you should give it to me and let me take a shot at vigging with it. It's worth a shot.

Other than that, having a clear standard for how to use the bomb is just handing the mafia a big note saying HERE'S WHAT TO DO TO BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM TOWN. People should do what their townie instincts tell them to do, and mafia can scramble to try and keep up.

Jack · Post Post #25 (isolation #4) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:57 am

Early bomb movement is pretty meaningless.

Hoopla, you aren't working with the information I'm working with.

Jack · Post Post #28 (isolation #5) » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:06 am

Hoopla wrote:even if you're softclaiming some sort of bomb information/manipulation role, we have no way of knowing if it is town/scum/3rd party aligned.

What the heck is this Hoopla? I revealed nothing about having any role related info.

Jack · Post Post #53 (isolation #6) » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:59 am

Nonsense.

Jack · Post Post #69 (isolation #7) » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:50 pm

There really isn't that much to say about the bomb. It explodes and kills people, so you don't want to keep it, and you want to pass it to someone you wouldn't mind dying.

Hopefully I will get it to start.

Jack · Post Post #77 (isolation #8) » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:54 pm

CES, pass the bomb to me.

I have played in a game with almost the exact same kind of mod-predetermined deadlines, and it should be obvious that it isn't entirely random. I have a decent chance at guessing close to right.

Jack · Post Post #83 (isolation #9) » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:18 am

I have a bomb activated PR. Depending on how long I hold it, I get different abilities. Longer is better.

My

perfectly legitimate

guesses about when the first deadline will be are relevant here. I wanted to get it ASAP on day 1 because it would be bad from a design standpoint to have it go off before the game is up to speed.

Jack · Post Post #94 (isolation #10) » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:42 pm

@Jack: To be clear - your PR has benefits based off of how long you hold the bomb, but you actually have no information on when it goes off, correct? You're relying on your personal insights for that?

I have empirical data and inferences from the role information, in addition to the "personal insights".

Jack · Post Post #105 (isolation #11) » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:04 pm

I don't understand that "thing". What I suggested was reasonable (I really was in a previous game with the same kind of mechanic) and it was annoying to have it called role related information, even though I did have separate role related information.

Jack · Post Post #129 (isolation #12) » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:56 pm

vote:Nobody Special

For his last post.

Someone explain to Coug et al how mafia works.

Jack · Post Post #133 (isolation #13) » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:16 pm

If we all do, yes.