Newbie 152 - Game Over

[Flying Dutchman]

Welcome to newbie game 152! To keep this simple this game has no special theme. The basic story applies: Evil mafia members have infiltrated this small town. It's up to you guys to figure out who those mafia members are! Unless you are one of them, of course. In that case you can simply go on a killing spree .

[Flying Dutchman]

Alive and kicking (and lynching) (3):

• ibaesha
  
• Kiarlea
  
• Narninian

Dead as a dodo (4):

• mprty5, townie, lynched day 1
  
• Thok, townie, killed night 3
  
• Marbak, mafia member, lynched day 3
  
• Tyfo, doctor, killed night 4

[Flying Dutchman]

The Rules

: (stolen from MeMe)

• Votes must be in
  bold
  . If you do not bold your vote, it will not be counted.
  
• Please be attentive and
  unvote
  , if necessary, before casting a new vote. This is not
  required
  , but I’d appreciate it.
  
• Executions will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. You may
  vote: no lynch
  – majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death.
  
• The game is not to be discussed outside of the thread unless your role specifically states that you may do so.
  
• Once your death scene has been posted, you’re dead. Stop typing.
  
• Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts
  
• Don’t quote any PMs from me.
  
• If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you – if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made.
  
• If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 48-hour period, please post a notice to that effect in the thread.
  Treat this game as a commitment. Be considerate – don’t leave us hanging.
  
• Remember, it’s a game. It’s supposed to played. It’s supposed to be
  fun
  . Do your part.

[Flying Dutchman]

The Setup

One of the following four set-ups has been randomly selected and will be used for this game:

a) 2 mafia, 1 cop, 1 doc, 3 townies
b) 2 mafia, 1 cop, 4 townies
c) 2 mafia, 1 doc, 4 townies
d) 2 mafia, 5 townies

Possible role PMs:

You are the town's cop.

Each "night" you can submit the name of one other player to me by PM. I will tell you whether that player is mafia or not.

Please remember that you are not allowed to communicate with any of the other players outside the thread about this game.

You win when the mafia are dead.

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You are the town's doc.

Each "night" you can submit the name of one other player to me by PM. That player will survive if the mafia tries to kill him that night. You are not allowed to select yourself to be protected.

Please remember that you are not allowed to communicate with any of the other players outside the thread about this game.

You win when the mafia are dead.

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You are a townie.

You are just a simple citizen, trying to figure out who is mafia and who is not. You do not have any special night ability.

Please remember that you are not allowed to communicate with any of the other players outside the thread about this game.

You win when the mafia are dead.

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You are a mafia member.

Each "night" you and your partner, XXX, can try to kill one other player. Either of you can submit the name by PM to me.

You are allowed to talk to your partner by PM during the "night". You may not talk to him/her during the "day", nor may you talk to any other player in the game.

The two of you win when all other players are dead.

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Note 1: In most games, set-ups are not known before the game starts. Here the set-up is known because it's a newbie game and we want to keep things understandable.

Note 2: Also most other games start with a "night" phase, so mafia members can kill and cops can investigate before there is a chance to discuss. To make sure every newbie survives untill day 1 (so he has a chance to speak, vote, and play the game) this first night phase is now skipped.

[Flying Dutchman]

All confirmations are in! However, the mafia needs some time for pre-game discussion, and there were some questions. Thread will go open for posting in 24 hours.

[Flying Dutchman]

Time's up!

Mafia, please stop discussing from now on.

It is day 1. 7 alive makes 4 to lynch. Have fun!

[Tyfo]

Not-random-at-all

vote: Thok

- only because it is the shortest name besides me.

[Marbak]

The customery random vote to get things rolling 8) -

Vote: Narninian

[Thok]

Hi everybody, and welcome to mafiascum. If you have any questions feel free to ask either FlyingDutchman via pm, or one of the inexperienced challenged (Me, Ibaesha, or Narninian).

Not-random-at-all

vote: Thok

- only because it is the shortest name besides me.

As an inexperienced challenged, I'm suppose to introduce common phrases, like OMGUS (short for "Oh My God, you suck!", often used when voting people in response to being voted).

But I don't want to do that right now, so I'll just

vote Marbak

[ibaesha]

vote: Kiarlea

Welcome to Mafiascum!

[Kiarlea]

Ha, I love you too, Ibby.

vote: mprty5

Just to get us all involved, eh?

[Flying Dutchman]

The two players who have yet to post have been prodded.

[mprty5]

vote:

tyfo

because he posted first.

[mprty5]

vote:

tyfo

because he posted first.

vote:tyfo

forgot to bold the word "vote"

[Narninian]

Like...

"Ohh mmyy Gaawd, YOU SUCK"

VOTE: Marback

[Thok]

Just to keep the game moving,

unvote marbak, vote Kiarlea

.

[ibaesha]

I was kind of wondering what we'd do at this point. So instead of Marback having two votes, now Kiarlea does. Not too much of a change in circumstance really, but hopefully it'll move things along. So far no one has made any usual newbie mistakes for us to pick apart and discuss, nor asked any questions. Maybe our newbies aren't that newbie-ish. But we haven't gotten very far yet, either.

I suppose I'll mention another acronym. FOS stands for Finger of Suspicion. FOSes are used when you find someone suspicious but aren't ready to vote for them for whatever reason.

[Flying Dutchman]

Vote Count (4 to lynch):

Kiarlea: 2

(ibaesha, Thok)

Marbak: 1

(Narninian)

mprty5: 1

(Kiarlea)

Narninian: 1

(Marbak)

Thok: 1

(Tyfo)

Tyfo: 1

(mprty5)

Not voting: None

[Tyfo]

We still have to learn, my dear ibaesha.

[Kiarlea]

Well, don't I feel special.

[mprty5]

Hi everybody, and welcome to mafiascum. If you have any questions feel free to ask either FlyingDutchman via pm, or one of the inexperienced challenged (Me, Ibaesha, or Narninian).

Not-random-at-all

vote: Thok

- only because it is the shortest name besides me.

As an inexperienced challenged, I'm suppose to introduce common phrases, like OMGUS (short for "Oh My God, you suck!", often used when voting people in response to being voted).

But I don't want to do that right now, so I'll just

vote Marbak

Like...

"Ohh mmyy Gaawd, YOU SUCK"

VOTE: Marback

Just to keep the game moving,

unvote marbak, vote Kiarlea

.

Hmmm...
Thok changed his vote at an odd time. As ibaesha says, it's "Not too much of a change in circumstance".

Here's what I think: Thok (whom I think may be Mafia) picks Marbak (his partner) to get things moving. But, when Narninian Votes Marbak, Thok decides that he does not want his partner lynched. So he quickly switches to Kiarlea.

unvote: Tyfo, Vote:Thok

[Thok]

Hmmm...
Thok changed his vote at an odd time. As ibaesha says, it's "Not too much of a change in circumstance".

Here's what I think: Thok (whom I think may be Mafia) picks Marbak (his partner) to get things moving. But, when Narninian Votes Marbak, Thok decides that he does not want his partner lynched. So he quickly switches to Kiarlea.

unvote: Tyfo, Vote:Thok

Yay! A reaction!

I will point out that scum voting each other has gotten to be such a "scum tell" in newbie games that I would specifically advise my scum partner not to do this. (Of course, I'll let ibaesha or Narninian explain why that is a WIFOM argument and what WIFOM means).

I'm also experienced enough not to panic about a (hypothetical) partner having two votes on them-they stil would need two more votes to be lynched. (Although again, this is WIFOM).

[Marbak]

Hmmm...
Thok changed his vote at an odd time. As ibaesha says, it's "Not too much of a change in circumstance".

Here's what I think: Thok (whom I think may be Mafia) picks Marbak (his partner) to get things moving. But, when Narninian Votes Marbak, Thok decides that he does not want his partner lynched. So he quickly switches to Kiarlea.

unvote: Tyfo, Vote:Thok

I think your stretching a bit on this.

As mentioned, 2 votes is hardly a lynch, particularly with 5 needed. Just throwing out your vote because of some perceived "tell" (especially a flimsy one), seems a bit over aggressive.

[Marbak]

I think your stretching a bit on this.

As mentioned, 2 votes is hardly a lynch, particularly with 5 needed.

Sorry, make that 4 needed. Dunno where I got 5 from.

[mprty5]

Hmmm...
Thok changed his vote at an odd time. As ibaesha says, it's "Not too much of a change in circumstance".

Here's what I think: Thok (whom I think may be Mafia) picks Marbak (his partner) to get things moving. But, when Narninian Votes Marbak, Thok decides that he does not want his partner lynched. So he quickly switches to Kiarlea.

unvote: Tyfo, Vote:Thok

I think your stretching a bit on this.

As mentioned, 2 votes is hardly a lynch, particularly with 5 needed. Just throwing out your vote because of some perceived "tell" (especially a flimsy one), seems a bit over aggressive.

No, but someone with two votes has a much greater chance to get lynched than someone with one vote. I really don't see any point to changing the vote besides what I said. Now, he could simply have been "trying to move the game along". I'm not saying he's Mafia no matter what. But that looks strange to me.