"EUREKA!" you hear somebody shrieking in an ecstatic voice from the laboratory next door. "I'VE DONE IT! IT'S FINISHED! I'VE PROVED IT!"
You all rush to the laboratory. There, awaiting you with an exhausted but excited face is Professor Alan Gebra, head of your mathematical research team. Old and decrepid physically, yet in his exhiliration he has taken on a youthful spirit. His white whispy hair quivers with excitement, as he clutches with trembling hands some sheets of A4 lined paper. His shirt and lab coat are soaked with sweat.
He stares at you all with a glazed over look in his eyes, the feeling of anticipation building in the room. "THIS IS THE MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR OVER THREE DECADES!" he yells hysterically. "AND I HOLD IT IN MY HANDS, THE PINACCLE OF MY CAREER! THE PROOF TO THE RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS!"
Some of you break down in tears of joy, others of you rush to smother the professor with hugs. Screams of joy echo through the room. You, the professor's research team, have been through thick and thin with him, ups and downs, and all in a quest to prove a hypothesis. But this isn't just any hypothesis; this is the Riemann Hypothesis, a problem plaguing mathematicians for over 150 years.
But somewhere in the room there is a pang of regret. Ultimately, you're just the professor's research team. Expendable. Disposable. Irrelevant. Professor Alan Gebra will be the one who scoops the plaudits, while you're left to while the rest of your days away on the Internet (playing Mafia, no doubt).
Yet as you all retire to bed, there is an overriding sense of triumph and achievement.
Perhaps foolishly so.
For as you lie snuggly tucked up in your bed, Professor Gebra tosses and turns in his sleep. His mind is restless; there's something he's forgotten. Mentally he goes over his proof. He's checked it, double-checked it, triple-checked it...
He sits up in alarm as he hears movement outside his door.
His door!
In his excitement, he didn't lock it! The movement draws nearer. The proof, they're after his proof! As his door swings open and the light from outside floods in, he grabs the proof off his bedside desk and grasps it to his chest like a mother protecting her baby, scrambling as far away from the door as he can within the confines of his room. He squints as a shadowy blob enters the room. One person? Two? Three? More? He can't tell - his glasses are lying on his bedside desk.
Laughter fills the room, and a blur of sounds swim around the professor's ears. "You won't be needing that proof where you're going, old man."
The shadows envelope him, and as the professor slumps to the floor, lifeless, his grip on his proof, his life's work, is relinquished, and it flutters to the floor peacefully, as if unaware of the atrocities just committed.
Professor Al Gebra,
Vanilla Townie
, killed pre-game!
The next day, there is a hushed awe as you all gather around the bloodied, vacant corpse of the professor. It's only later that one of you thinks to look for the proof - but it's gone. No trace of it remains.
But who would do such a thing?
You look around you. Your colleagues all seem to be doing the same thing, and there is a nervous shuffling of feet.
You see somebody raising their arm towards you, and they're holding a pistol! Suddenly, there's a flash of light, and a loud bang. Your arms fly instinctively to your face and you scream in terror.
You don't know how long you scream for, but at some point you realise you're still alive. You cautiously lower your arms, and look around you. You're the only one in the room. The pistol and the gunshot... were they
imaginary?
It all looked and sounded so
real
...
Who can you trust? They could all be killers, conspiring against you! You need to kill them first! ... No, you're just being
irrational
now. This is a
complex
issue... But now you're making mathematical puns in your head... and, as the saying goes, that's the first
Example Vanilla Townie Role PM wrote:Welcome to Mafiamatical Mathia,
Al Gebra
!
You are a
Vanilla Townie
.
Powers
You have no special powers, only your one vote!
Win Condition:
You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:05 pm
by Hoppster
Hoppster's Ruleset mk1
written solely by me
stolen
from
neil1113
with
some
modifications
who
stole
them
from
Rhinox
with
some
modifications
who
stole
them
from
Faraday
with
some
modifications
who
stole
them
from
Hoopla
with
some
modifications
who
may
or
may
not
have
stolen
them
but
wow
I
have
too
much
spare
time.
Fundamental
The site-wide rules apply, please read them and don't do anything stupid.
Play to win.
Unless it is explicitly stated in your role PM that you can do so, do not talk about this game outside of the game thread.
Do not quote your role PM. Do not quote from any mod-provided private QT. Both these will result in modkill and auto-loss. Depending on the circumstance, you may be able to paraphrase things. Use common sense and if you are unsure feel free to ask me via PM.
Be courteous to your fellow player. This is just a game - please don't bring personal grudges into the game. Try and keep it civil. If you cross 'the line' I'll step in. Said line will be judged by me.
Voting, Lynching & Death
For your vote to be counted, it must be bold, and in the form
Vote: Al Gebra
. Caps and colons are optional, but it does need to be bolded. The VOTE: tags are also appropriate for voting.
If it looks like a vote (including broken tags), I will probably count it as a vote (and fix tags if necessary). If you have any doubt, then make a double-post with the fixed tags. Mispellings or shortened names are accepted as long as it is clear who you are voting. If I can't tell who you are attempting to vote, it won't count.
Unvotes are
not
necessary before placing a new vote, but appreciated by me. Please bold your unvotes or use the unvote tags. It is not necessary to name the player you are unvoting.
A lynch will occur when a player achieves a majority of votes. When this has happened, any subsequent votes and unvotes will not be counted, and the game will enter twilight. Night will begin as soon as I have declared the lynch. All players alive prior to the hammer (including the player being lynched) may continue to post in the thread until I declare the lynch.
Majority needed for a lynch is calculated as follows: (n/2) + 1 votes [with '(n/2)' rounded down], where
n
is the
number of players alive
.
For example, with 9 players alive it takes (4) + 1 = 5 votes to lynch [as 9/2 is rounded down].
With 6 players alive it takes (3) + 1 = 4 votes to lynch.
You may vote for a no lynch if desired. A No Lynch still requires a majority of players to vote for it. Once achieved, the game will progress to night without a lynch.
Once you're dead, you are dead... however, you may make one 'bah' post of
no more than four words
. 'Bah' posts may only contain the following words (in any order/combination):
Spoiler: The Bah Post Rule in Detail
Bah
Sorry
Go
Town
I
You
All
Suck
Rock
Avocado
Punctuation/capitalisation may be used as you deem appropiate. If I feel you are intentionally trying to be a prat, I may disallow it though.
You are allowed to use words that can be derived from or are slight alterations of words on the list of accepted words.
If in doubt, check your 'Bah' post with me via PM before posting it. Any 'Bah' posts that I deem to be unacceptable will be replaced with 'I SUCK AVOCADOS!'
Activity & Deadlines
Treat this game as a commitment, and try your best to stay active.
Prods will be issued after 48 hours in a row without posting. I will force-replace players as I feel necessary if I am having to repeatedly prod them. Players may request a prod on another player in the following format:
Mod: Please prod <playername>
. This is only to be done if a player has gone without posting for 48 hours and I have missed prodding them.
If you do not post in-thread within 48 hours of a prod I will begin looking for a replacement. You may reclaim your spot if you return before I find a replacement.
Things come up in life, if you need time off for something, please let myself and the players know in-thread for V/LA purposes. I will be flexible, but if you can't be here for a significant amount of time (as judged by myself at the time) I will have replace you for the sake of the game.
The default deadline for each game day will be 2 weeks. Nights will last 72 hours.
In the event of a deadline ending without a player gaining a majority of votes, there will be no lynch. No pluralities for lynching.
Deadlines will only be extended if I need a number of replacements, or barring some other freak circumstances. Apart from that, laziness, or anything else, will not result in a deadline extension.
Other Information
This is my colour and font I will use for modly purposes
. All other colours are fair game as long as they are easily read by your other players/myself and do not look similar to my paticular shade (as judged by myself), just don't post a rainbow.
I will try to post Vote Counts as often as possible. If you feel a vote count is needed, don't hesitate to ask for one, and I'll provide one at the next opportunity.
If there seem to be mistakes on the Vote Counts, don't hesitate to correct me. I am awesome but not infallible.
It's more than possible I've missed a rule or haven't completely covered something. If I believe that you are intentionally exploiting the game in this way, you will be either force-replaced or mod-killed depending on what I judge to be the severity of the offence.
I reserve the right to add more, or modify existing rules at any time. If this happens, I will let everyone know. (This paticular rule will not be modified.)
Flavour in night/day write up's is just that; flavour. It has no bearing on and does not reflect the setup/roles/actions/choices. As such, speculation on this will be publically mocked.
No cryptography.
Have fun!
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:11 pm
by Hoppster
Spoiler: How to Confirm
Hoppster, in a mass PM wrote:
NB:
Role PMs have
not yet
gone out.
I will start sending them shortly, however, before I do, this is how you confirm (once you recieve your Role PM).
Just in case people somehow lost their PM.
All Role PMs should now be out; PM me if you did not recieve one.
However, pretty sure that should not be the case, so confirmations are a-go.
VOTE: don_johnson. He was town in the only other game I've played with him. Therefore, he has to be scum in this one. Foolproof logic is foolproof.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:12 am
by Morthas
VOTE: implo
Lurking before the game even starts thus making me refresh this page so many goddamn times.
Hi Twisted ;D Not you Kalofer... you don't get a hi.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:21 am
by Oopidstay
Vote: Oopidstay.
Because I'm me.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:27 am
by implosion
Morthas wrote:VOTE: implo
Lurking before the game even starts thus making me refresh this page so many goddamn times.
Hi Twisted ;D Not you Kalofer... you don't get a hi.
I don't post at school.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:32 am
by don_johnson
vote: juls
long time no see.
implo: which game was that? i thought we were in more than one together...
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:35 am
by Twistedspoon
Oopidstay wrote:
Vote: Oopidstay.
Because I'm me.
so how does this self-vote help us to get out of RVS and do some serious scumhunting?
thought not
VOTE: Oopid
Morthas wrote:
Hi Twisted ;D Not you Kalofer... you don't get a hi.
hey mothy
Kalofer gets a hi from me due to his insane biomass analogies :p
Hi kalofer.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:45 am
by implosion
Oh. yeah, we were, but i died night one in one of them, so i forgot it. And you were scum in that one... lol. I was thinking of open 260. The one where you were scum is open 262, i think.
unvote
, VOTE: twistedspoon
Is the goal of the RVS to get out of the RVS? If so, why does the RVS exist in the first place? Must every post in the RVS make an attempt to leave it?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:22 pm
by Kalofer
Heeeey Twisted...and everyone else for that matter (except you mort, you don't deserve my recognition). VOTE: theplague42 cos plagues r bad
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:25 pm
by Oopidstay
Twistedspoon wrote:
Oopidstay wrote:
Vote: Oopidstay.
Because I'm me.
so how does this self-vote help us to get out of RVS and do some serious scumhunting?
thought not
VOTE: Oopid
I can no haz fun?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:27 pm
by Juls
don_johnson wrote:
vote: juls
long time no see.
implo: which game was that? i thought we were in more than one together...
ninja'd. Good to see you.
Vote: Oopid
Self votes are bad, period.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:41 pm
by Juls
Just an FYI, I have already told the mod, but, I will be limited access until mid-day Saturday. I am travelling tomorrow 8.5 hours by car (and back Friday/Saturday), but I will try to post from my hotel tomorrow night and friday if I feel up to it.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:46 pm
by Kalofer
You better feel up to it...or else!
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:46 pm
by Juls
Kalofer wrote:You better feel up to it...or else!
You don't scare me
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:55 pm
by Hoppster
Juls is V/LA Thursday-Saturday.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:59 pm
by Oopidstay
Juls wrote:Self votes are bad, period.
Why?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:00 pm
by don_johnson
*facepalm*
dear god.
no. not this discussion.
question for all: do you find it more difficult to random vote when you are scum, or when you are town?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:04 pm
by Oopidstay
Why not? Really, I'm curious.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:07 pm
by Juls
Rules wrote:2. Play to win.
Mini Normals contain no roles which would require or encourage your own lynch. At a minimum you are breaking Rule #2 of the fundamental rules.
If you are town, placing your vote on yourself is placing a vote on a confirmed townie (to you). So I can only deduce that you are scum and/or a bad player.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:10 pm
by Juls
missed your question don....
don wrote:question for all: do you find it more difficult to random vote when you are scum, or when you are town?
I don't find it difficult to random vote no matter my alignment. I usually vote the person I know the best or like the most. Or in this case, the
dumbest
worst RVS voter.
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:12 pm
by Oopidstay
How is self-voting necessarily playing against my win condition?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:13 pm
by Oopidstay
EBWOP: Is self-voting necessarily playing against your wincon.
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