Newbie 588 - Game Over!

[Vel-Rahn Koon]

You awaken to the hustle and bustle of your home town’s daily activity. Little did you know that the peaceful quiet of your normal, everyday life would come crashing down today. It seems that one of your fellow citizens has angered the Mob, and has paid for it with his life! What are you going to do? Why, you’re going to get your peaceful, little town back, that’s what…

Your job, fair citizens of the town’s Ruling Council, is to discover who among you belong to the Mafia and summarily lynch them. Two of your fellow Council members are working for the Mafia - find them before they take over the Council and the town!

Living Players (1)

-

Confirmed players are in bold.

strappado

(replaces Dave)

*

indicates IC player

Dead Players (8)

Artem

(replaces Grum),

Mafia Goon

, Lynched Day 2

Mafiamurkrow

,

Townie

, Lynched Day 1

Mokina

(replaces Cat_Killer),

Cop

, Killed Night 2

Abstract Actuary*

,

Townie

, Lynched Day 3

The World No.1 Noob

,

Townie

, Killed Night 3

Muerrto*

(replaces spring lullaby, camisade),

Townie

, Killed Night 5

goborage

,

Townie

, Lynched Day 6

Claus*

(replaces shaka!!, rolandofthewhite),

Townie

, Killed in Endgame

strappado

wins the game for the

Scum

team!!

[Vel-Rahn Koon]

Game Rules:

Gameplay:

1. You may not post Moderator-supplied information (either real or fabricated) of any kind.
   
2. There is to be NO personal communication outside of the forum postings unless your role PM specifically allows it. Players with roles allowing communication may only communicate outside the thread during the Night phase.
   
3. If you have a role with a Night action, your choices are due to me by the posted deadline. If I do not receive your choice via PM by the posted deadline, no choice will be made.
   
4. Mafia games typically start with the Night phase. However, in order for all players to play at least one game day, this game will start with a Day phase. Communication outside the thread (if your role specifically allows it) is allowed until the game begins.
   
5. The games at mafiascum.net typically do not have a posting requirement. As a general rule, however, you should aim for one post every 48 hours, minimum, to keep the game moving.

Voting, Deadlines, and Player Death:

1. A simple majority of all living members must agree on one person for a Lynch to occur (simple majority = ½ # of living players +1, rounded down).
   
2. Once you have reached a simple majority, no further unvoting will change someone’s fate.
   
3. Please submit votes as:
   Vote: PlayerName
   . Votes will NOT be counted otherwise!
   
4. Please submit vote revocations as either
   UnVote: PlayerName
   or
   Unvote
   . If you do not unvote, your new vote will NOT be counted!
   
5. You may
   Vote: No Lynch
   - a simple majority of these vote types are required to send the game to Night phase without a Lynch.
   
6. Deadlines may be implemented if I feel that discussion is lagging. At deadline, ½ the original number of votes will be required for a lynch to occur. In case of a tie, the person who first received the required number of votes will be lynched. If this number is not met, a No Lynch will occur.
   
7. Once a player is lynched, the game enters twilight until I post a death scene; the lynched player may not post during twilight but all other living players may continue to post.
   
8. Once you are killed (either via lynch or night kill) you may no longer post, except for a brief “Bah!”-type post.

Miscellaneous:

1. Red
   or
   Dark Red
   text is reserved for me. No invisible/small text is allowed.
   
2. If you have an issue/problem with the game, please PM me privately. Do not post issues/complaints in the game thread.
   
3. Questions/requests for the Mod may be posted in-thread.
   Please bold all requests so that I don’t miss them.
   
   
4. Terminology and answers to common questions can usually be found by a perusal of the
   Mafiascum.net Wiki
   . If you can't find the answer to a question, feel free to ask!
   
5. Prods of missing players will be issued upon request or as I see fit. A player who has been prodded 3 times is subject to possible replacement without further notice.
   
6. 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.

The Golden Rule:

Please remember that this is a game, and your main objective is to have fun! Be considerate of each other, don’t get personal, and enjoy the game.

[Vel-Rahn Koon]

The F11 setup is a relatively new format used in Newbie games. To prevent the development of game-breaking strategies, these Newbie Games are Semi-Open, wherein the actual game setup is randomly chosen from one of four possible setups as detailed below:

• 1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 1 Sane Cop, 1 Sane Doctor, 5 Townies
  
• 1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 7 Townies
  
• 2 Mafia Goons, 1 Sane Cop, 6 Townies
  
• 2 Mafia Goons, 1 Sane Doctor, 6 Townies

If either of the first two setups are in play, and the situation occurs where the Goon is lynched first, the Roleblocker will still be able to submit both night kills and roleblocks (roleblocking is a function of the Roleblocker; night kills are a function of the scum team as a whole).

These are the Role PMs that have potentially been sent to the players:

Mafia-Aligned players:

Mafia Goon:

You are a member of the Mafia along with your partner,

name

. Since your plot to quietly overtake the town has failed, you will attempt take it by force by eliminating the others until you outnumber the populace.

• During the day, try to blend in with the normal Townies, and attempt to get someone lynched.
  
• During the NIGHT cycle ONLY, you may talk with your fellow Mafia (via PM) and choose another player in the town to kill that night.
  
• You may communicate privately with your fellow Mafia up until the game thread is opened. Once the game begins, all outside communication must cease until the night cycle.
  
• You win when the number of Mafia equals or exceeds the number of remaining Town players, whether you survive to the end or not.

Mafia Roleblocker:

You are a member of the Mafia along with your partner,

name

. Since your plot to quietly overtake the town has failed, you will attempt take it by force by eliminating the others until you outnumber the populace.

• During the day, try to blend in with the normal Townies, and attempt to get someone lynched.
  
• As a Roleblocker, you have the ability to distract any player throughout the night, effectively negating their night ability, if they have one.
  
• Send the moderator a PM with your choice of player that you want to block. If they have a Night action, it will have no effect. You will not be informed as to whether your roleblock worked or not.
  
• During the NIGHT cycle ONLY, you may talk with your fellow Mafia (via PM) and choose another player in the town to kill that night.
  
• You may communicate privately with your fellow Mafia up until the game thread is opened. Once the game begins, all outside communication must cease until the night cycle.
  
• You win when the number of Mafia equals or exceeds the number of remaining Town players, whether you survive to the end or not.

Town-Aligned players:

Townie:

You are a normal townsperson, trying to make a living and survive this insanity.

• You have no abilities at Night other than getting a good night's rest.
  
• Although you do not have any special abilities, your voice and vote are powerful weapons in their own right. Use them to your best advantage!
  
• At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.
  
• You win when all the Mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Cop:

You are the local law enforcement, and can tell the good guys from the bad.

• Each NIGHT, you may send the moderator a PM with your choice of player that you want to investigate.
  
• The Moderator will inform you as to that person’s guilt or innocence.
  
• At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.
  
• In a Newbie game, you will always get a correct result (no sanity issues).
  
• You win when all the Mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

Doctor:

You are the local physician, and can protect people from harm.

• Each NIGHT, you may send the moderator a PM with your choice of player that you want to protect.
  
• If someone attempts to kill that player during the Night, they will be spared.
  
• You may not protect yourself.
  
• At no time may you privately communicate with any other player.
  
• In a Newbie game, your protection target will always live through the night (no quacks).
  
• You win when all the Mafia players are gone, whether you survive to the end or not.

[Vel-Rahn Koon]

All players have confirmed by PM and I am now opening the thread. Game on!

[Cat_Killer]

Woohoo, first post!

[Abstract Actuary]

This one was easy.

Vote: Cat_Killer

First post of the gane and I like cats!

[Cat_Killer]

This one was easy.

Vote: Cat_Killer

First post of the gane and I like cats!

OMGU Like Cats!

Vote: Abstract Actuary

[goborage]

Hey folks. <b>vote: no lynch</b> Can't we all get along?

[goborage]

no lynch

[rolandofthewhite]

Hello, everyone.

Vote: goborage

. WE DEMAND BLOOD.

[Cat_Killer]

Hey folks. <b>vote: no lynch</b> Can't we all get along?

It's [ and ] you need around tags.

Unvote
Vote: Goborage

Just for the fail

[camisade]

Vote: Dave

Username too boring.

[goborage]

vote: no lynch

There we go. Anyways can someone explain the reason why random voting first day is better than no lynch?

[Grum]

I'm not sure how many mafia are there? and

Fos- rolandofthewhite thats just jumpy
btw way why the random votes isn't it safer to fos people and narrow down possibilities?

[goborage]

There are 2 mafia. Anyways FOS on Cat for bandwagoning (correct use of term?).

[Mafiamurkrow]

Hey. I'm here. And, I

vote: no lynch!

[Cat_Killer]

Unvote

I'm tired and going to sleep. I will make further random accusations or actually play seriously tomorrow, when I'm awake.

[camisade]

vote: no lynch

There we go. Anyways can someone explain the reason why random voting first day is better than no lynch?

btw way why the random votes isn't it safer to fos people and narrow down possibilities?

We're just random/joke voting at the beginning. It's not really unsafe to do (especially when it's only 1 or 2 votes.) Random voting is basically needed to start discussion. It's not like these are our final votes of the day.

And about the no lynch thing: I'm not sure about the statistics or whatever for a 9 player game, and it changes depending on whether or not we have a cop. If everyone just votes no lynch now we have basically nothing to go off of tomorrow. I don't really think it's a good idea for right now though.

Anyways FOS on Cat for bandwagoning (correct use of term?).

I don't really consider 2 votes bandwagoning, but I don't really like the way she unvoted right after you said that without any acknowledgment of your post.

[rolandofthewhite]

Yeah, voting no lynch is definitely not the way to go at this point. If the right situation presents itself then sure, no lynch is a great idea, but since lynching is the only way to catch scum in this setup, we pretty much have to lynch to win.

Unvote

, now that the whole random voting business is out of the way.

[Grum]

that is a good point...i'm so bad at this lol. cat is odd for being so quick, i'm unsure but still...

Fos cat

[Cat_Killer]

but I don't really like the way she unvoted right after you said that without any acknowledgment of your post.

cat is odd for being so quick, i'm unsure but still.

I was tired, I didn't want to leave a joke vote in on the chance that we started serious discussion while I was unconcious. I know it's unlikely, but y'never know what it may have influenced.

[Dave]

Vote: camisade

Lol, i quite like Dave

[Grum]

so how long do these take generally?
also ^ has an awesome avvy lol

[camisade]

so how long do these take generally?

What do you mean? Like random votes? Usually just like the first page, until someone does something suspicious.

[Grum]

Okay... suspicious poke lol alright I'm not sure i want to get random voted for this but i had to lol what is it i'm looking for? <total newb