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*Cue Mafia TV theme song*
Townies do it in the day
Mafia do it in a group
Cops do it at night
Serial Killers do it alone
Vigilantes don't do it enough
Masons do it together
MafiaTV does it 24/7!
*End Mafia TV theme song*
Midas Welbee: Welcome to MafiaTV, the TV show where saying that you want to be a serial killer doesn't land you in a mental institute. What most people don't know about MafiaTV is that we were also affected by the writer's strike. Most of what we say here is planned beforehand by some guys who only refers to himself as "MOD." Therefore, while we're still waiting for him to get back from picketing, we decided to show you this classic episode from back in the 1920s:
*start tape*
Stuffy Old Guy 1: Here we have 7 people, 5 of which are normal citizens...
Stuffy Old Guy 2: Pardon me for interrupting, but have you read the script recently?
SOG1: Yeah. Why?
SOG2: Well, on the script, we appear to be referred to as "Stuffy Old Guy" 1 and 2. Now, what do you suppose that means?
SOG1: Well, I imagine that we're called Stuffy because we've both got colds, old because we're reach over the age of 65, and guys because, well, it's fairly obvious why.
SOG2: Thanks for that, but aren't you realizing that we're being insulted like this?
SOG1: Pssh. Just because we don't use new-fangled words like "hepcat" and stuff like that? It's not enough to make me break the fourth wall.
"Rolefishing is fishing for someones role. It's called fishing because it requires subtlety. When you grab a shotgun and start firing into the water, thats not fishing." - IH
. 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.
Lynches 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.
Die!
Er...
When you die, stop talking. Dead people don't talk (except in horror movies, but that's a whole 'nother story)
Don’t edit/delete previously submitted posts. Else I will edit/delete you.
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.
We are using a Pie E7 setup for this game.
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"Rolefishing is fishing for someones role. It's called fishing because it requires subtlety. When you grab a shotgun and start firing into the water, thats not fishing." - IH
SOLG1: Now that my partner is done breaking the fourth wall, the game is about to start once everyone down there is ready.
It is now the confirmation stage. Please confirm by return PM as soon as possible. Please make sure to state which game you're confirming in as I'm starting off two different newbie games right now.
"Rolefishing is fishing for someones role. It's called fishing because it requires subtlety. When you grab a shotgun and start firing into the water, thats not fishing." - IH
I'm going to give the slackers another day to confirm. If they don't confirm by tomorrow, I'll get y'all some replacements. Sorry for the wait.
"Rolefishing is fishing for someones role. It's called fishing because it requires subtlety. When you grab a shotgun and start firing into the water, thats not fishing." - IH
All right guys, I decided to just start the game. I
stole
grabbed copyWright and Curateur to replace Whagger and KuroiStorm.
GAME ON!
"Rolefishing is fishing for someones role. It's called fishing because it requires subtlety. When you grab a shotgun and start firing into the water, thats not fishing." - IH
Look, I enjoy speakeasies as much as the next guy, but the cops are really puttin' on the pressure. It's high time we give them something more important to worry about--like that filthy mafia no one wants to talk about. Sure, they may be supplying the alcohol, but there won't be no more drinking if we're all in the slammer!
Vote: No lynch
It's just too bad I don't have a clue who they are.
Because people's lives are at stake! Don't get me wrong, with enough evidence against someone, I'd like to see them pay. But for now, the odds are against us. If we lynch one of our own, the blasted mafia will be nearly equal in number. And without more information to work with, that's probably what will happen if we send someone to the gallows.
Curateur wrote:Because people's lives are at stake! Don't get me wrong, with enough evidence against someone, I'd like to see them pay. But for now, the odds are against us. If we lynch one of our own, the blasted mafia will be nearly equal in number. And without more information to work with, that's probably what will happen if we send someone to the gallows.
And how do you propose we get more information without a lynch? Sit around and wait for someone to die from the NK? Lynches are a village's best weapon against the mafia. We should use 'em.
Numbers are the town's best weapon against the mafia. A town divided cannot stand, and lynching an innocent puts us in a bad position. A vote based on past reactions between the alive and the deceased as well as help from our investigative police force holds much more promise than randomly selecting a name from a hat.
Uhm...Numbers are our best weapon right now. What exactly do you plan on accomplishing from the nightm exactly? All that happens is that we lose an innocent without discussion.
I don't see what makes you say that. Whether we eventually decide to lynch or not, there will inevitably be discussion that leads up to it. All I'm saying is that we shouldn't lynch only for the sake of it, or we'll lose the one advantage we have faster than we need to.
Somewhere between "no information" and "player X is certainly scum" there is a degree of certainty where it's better for us to lynch X than to no-lynch (I'm not convinced that no lynch is better than random lynch even in the no information case, but won't go into that now). So, a better strategy than going for a no lynch is to try to get over the said degree (via putting pressure...) and only no-lynch if nobody seems scummy enough.
Curateur wrote:Whether we eventually decide to lynch or not, there will inevitably be discussion that leads up to it. All I'm saying is that we shouldn't lynch only for the sake of it, or we'll lose the one advantage we have faster than we need to.
If everyone just votes no lynch, there won't be any discussion, nor much information to use during the next day. Neither should we no-lynch only for the sake of it, or we'll lose the advantage of gathering information (and maybe being able to lynch someone for better reasons than only for the sake of it) during the day. Wouldn't it have been better to vote for no-lynch only if it happens that someone is going to be lynched 'only for the sake of it'?
I never told anyone else how to vote, so I'm not advocating a short end to the day without discussion. I merely answered a question that was asked of me, demonstrating that in the event of a decision between a no-lynch and a random lynch, I am in favor of the former. This is all that my vote means. I have no problem lynching someone on day one if we can come to a reasonable consensus after further discussion, but I just wanted to express that I would rather not lynch anyone at all if that manages to elude us.
This might be a bad time, but I just get the impression that Flameaxe is a little too eager to get to the night.
That kinda makes me think that he is a cop and is eager to investigate someone, or that he is a mafia and is eager to kill someone. Or that I'm just an idiot.
Ignatz2000 wrote:This might be a bad time, but I just get the impression that Flameaxe is a little too eager to get to the night.
That kinda makes me think that he is a cop and is eager to investigate someone, or that he is a mafia and is eager to kill someone. Or that I'm just an idiot.
Excuse me? Do you know how to read? I'm the guy fighting AGAINST the no lynch. How exactly is this be being eager? Secondly, you are just an idiot.
If anyone here is being eager, its Curateur. It may just be his way of how games went on wherever his mafia career was before this, but he seems way too deadset on a no-lynch for my liking. That and his convenient jumping on after I random voted no-lynch, the more he posts the more odd of a feeling I am getting.
Unvote, Vote: Curateur
. I love to follow my gut.
A lynch, no matter how random it is (even though it should never really be random), is always helpful.
I still don't think there's really much to go on, but I do agree it's strange that Ignatz found you more suspicious than me for the reason he posted, so I would have to say he's at the top of my list for now.
