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redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
October 11 2011 17:37 GMT
#181
On October 12 2011 00:22 Barundar wrote:
Looks interesting, sadly I'm going to visit usa for the first time in a few days. Time to crash tl hq and pretend to be chaoser!

Awesome man you might see america's pride, stephano.
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
October 11 2011 17:45 GMT
#182
AMERICA
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
October 11 2011 17:50 GMT
#183
As long as the mad hatter uses the special death scene this game it'll turn out awesome.
Will everybody have a power?
The moment you lose confidence in yourself, is the moment the world loses it's confidence in you.
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
October 11 2011 17:53 GMT
#184
On October 12 2011 02:50 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
As long as the mad hatter uses the special death scene this game it'll turn out awesome.
Will everybody have a power?

Everyone gets to *pick* a power, assuming you don't overlap with anyone higher on the list, so everyone who picks an unique power winds up with a power. If you overlap with someone higher in the draft order you are out of luck and end up being vanilla.

Read the op *very* carefully. this is one of the most complex/fun setups around, but you need to understand the rules.
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DropBear
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia4429 Posts
October 11 2011 17:56 GMT
#185
On October 12 2011 01:22 GMarshal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2011 01:16 DropBear wrote:
On October 11 2011 23:05 GMarshal wrote:
On October 11 2011 22:53 wherebugsgo wrote:
On October 11 2011 15:17 DropBear wrote:
did I say replacement? I meant
/in

Do you have to be a mafioso to pick mafia roles like framer and roleblocker?


Lol DB why would town want a framer?

To deny it to mafia. Denying mafia strong roles is a viable way to make your picks. Kenpachi did this in PYP:3, where he picked GF to keep it out of the hands of the mafia.

Same deal here, don't want a pesky assassin killing off town roles? Pick it. Don't want the roleblocker bothering townies? Take it. Want DTs to be more reliable? Pick framer.


I don't want framer I want roleblocker :D

It's my favourite role. Noone steal it I'm so claiming it!

I can see it now, DB in the number 1 spot, "huh, I could pick Jack, or Inventor, or Assassin (which is INCREDIBLE, I will be higly dissapointed if it is not taken in the top 5 spots), or Rock Star... nah, roleblocker! "

This is actually quite likely, I would take roleblocker over those 4

And bugs if I did get framer I would immediately frame kitaman27. Actually, there's a lot of roles I'd use on him come to think of it. Maybe I should choose America...
Sucker for nostalgia
Incognito
Profile Joined November 2008
United States2071 Posts
October 11 2011 18:01 GMT
#186
Signups are full, roles will go out tonight.

Also, anyone can pick any role. If somebody higher in the draft order picked your role before you do, you get no role.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy
GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
October 11 2011 18:01 GMT
#187
On October 12 2011 02:53 GMarshal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2011 02:50 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
As long as the mad hatter uses the special death scene this game it'll turn out awesome.
Will everybody have a power?

Everyone gets to *pick* a power, assuming you don't overlap with anyone higher on the list, so everyone who picks an unique power winds up with a power. If you overlap with someone higher in the draft order you are out of luck and end up being vanilla.

Read the op *very* carefully. this is one of the most complex/fun setups around, but you need to understand the rules.


So town high on the list should pick big power roles that mafia would want, in the hopes that they lock those out?
"life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery" / Join TL Mafia! http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=31
prplhz
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Denmark8045 Posts
October 11 2011 18:05 GMT
#188
On October 12 2011 03:01 Incognito wrote:
Signups are full, roles will go out tonight.

Also, anyone can pick any role. If somebody higher in the draft order picked your role before you do, you get no role.


roles will go out?

what about the drafting phase?

man this playerlist is making me feel so inferior .. tons of awesome people and mafia forum legends and i just realize i've never ever really played well as neither town nor mafia ..

/me is off to read up on ver's town
http://i.imgur.com/M7t7egx.png
Incognito
Profile Joined November 2008
United States2071 Posts
October 11 2011 18:08 GMT
#189
On October 12 2011 03:05 prplhz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2011 03:01 Incognito wrote:
Signups are full, roles will go out tonight.

Also, anyone can pick any role. If somebody higher in the draft order picked your role before you do, you get no role.


roles will go out?

what about the drafting phase?

man this playerlist is making me feel so inferior .. tons of awesome people and mafia forum legends and i just realize i've never ever really played well as neither town nor mafia ..

/me is off to read up on ver's town

I mean alignments. Then the number picking phase starts (24 hours), then the role picking phase (24 hours), then day 1 elections start.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy
kitaman27 *
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9245 Posts
October 11 2011 18:09 GMT
#190
On October 12 2011 02:56 DropBear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2011 01:22 GMarshal wrote:
On October 12 2011 01:16 DropBear wrote:
On October 11 2011 23:05 GMarshal wrote:
On October 11 2011 22:53 wherebugsgo wrote:
On October 11 2011 15:17 DropBear wrote:
did I say replacement? I meant
/in

Do you have to be a mafioso to pick mafia roles like framer and roleblocker?


Lol DB why would town want a framer?

To deny it to mafia. Denying mafia strong roles is a viable way to make your picks. Kenpachi did this in PYP:3, where he picked GF to keep it out of the hands of the mafia.

Same deal here, don't want a pesky assassin killing off town roles? Pick it. Don't want the roleblocker bothering townies? Take it. Want DTs to be more reliable? Pick framer.


I don't want framer I want roleblocker :D

It's my favourite role. Noone steal it I'm so claiming it!

I can see it now, DB in the number 1 spot, "huh, I could pick Jack, or Inventor, or Assassin (which is INCREDIBLE, I will be higly dissapointed if it is not taken in the top 5 spots), or Rock Star... nah, roleblocker! "

This is actually quite likely, I would take roleblocker over those 4

And bugs if I did get framer I would immediately frame kitaman27. Actually, there's a lot of roles I'd use on him come to think of it. Maybe I should choose America...


Good luck getting past my bodyguards, meth lab, and NRA membership!
I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff.
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-11 18:18:55
October 11 2011 18:11 GMT
#191
On October 12 2011 03:01 GreYMisT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2011 02:53 GMarshal wrote:
On October 12 2011 02:50 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
As long as the mad hatter uses the special death scene this game it'll turn out awesome.
Will everybody have a power?

Everyone gets to *pick* a power, assuming you don't overlap with anyone higher on the list, so everyone who picks an unique power winds up with a power. If you overlap with someone higher in the draft order you are out of luck and end up being vanilla.

Read the op *very* carefully. this is one of the most complex/fun setups around, but you need to understand the rules.


So town high on the list should pick big power roles that mafia would want, in the hopes that they lock those out?

or pick really powerful town roles that town would want, so you can rape mafia with them, up to you. Then there are roles that are good for scum *and* town, mostly kp and utility roles, like jack and inventor. With multiple mafia factions and KP detterence/protection roles are also valuable.

Read the PYP:I postgame if you haven't yet, Ver goes into some detail on proper role picking.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=235829

Basically town wants to avoid overlap because the more blues town has the more boned the mafia is, higher slots are more valuable to the mafia as well, since they have fewer players they want stronger roles, the town doesn't care as much because they can have a metric craptone of blues if they handle things properly.

In my opinion the three strongest roles in this game are the jack of all trades (up to 6 kp), the assassin (raper roleclaimers), the extractor + assassin + rolecop is a beastly combo in the hands of scum ( equivalent to *at least* +2 kp, more when idiotic townies claim), and the inventor (they sky is the limit as far as using its powers go). Rockstar is also extremely strong.

I could talk about the setup for hours but I don't want to ruin the fun for the people actually playing, so hit me up on IRC later if you really want to discuss it.

also, people not playing, but watching, I'm making a non-player/dead-player QT, PM for it
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Meapak_Ziphh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States6788 Posts
October 11 2011 18:14 GMT
#192
Just realized I've never played a PYP game during the picking phase, isnt it now time to come up with some convoluted picking plan?
Forti et Fideli ~ TL Mafia Forum: Come play with us! ~ Go Samsung KHAN, Stork, JangBi , Shine, Grape, and TurN Fighting!~ wat
Incognito
Profile Joined November 2008
United States2071 Posts
October 11 2011 18:19 GMT
#193
Sevryn is on the ban list, so I'll count his /in as a /sitout. Game will still start tonight as planned.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy
Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
October 11 2011 18:29 GMT
#194
On October 12 2011 03:14 Meapak_Ziphh wrote:
Just realized I've never played a PYP game during the picking phase, isnt it now time to come up with some convoluted picking plan?

Mafia get their teammates before the drafting phase//Everybody gets their alignment. Then after the drafting, the list gets put up with the order people ranked in at before the picking phase.
If I'm not mistaken.
The moment you lose confidence in yourself, is the moment the world loses it's confidence in you.
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
October 11 2011 18:35 GMT
#195
How does methman interact with day killing powers? Does he take them with him?
Moderator
prplhz
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Denmark8045 Posts
October 11 2011 19:07 GMT
#196
@GMarshal

you up for some light coaching too? i just noticed that there are no coaches attached to this game at all
http://i.imgur.com/M7t7egx.png
Radfield
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada2720 Posts
October 11 2011 19:12 GMT
#197
On October 12 2011 03:14 Meapak_Ziphh wrote:
Just realized I've never played a PYP game during the picking phase, isnt it now time to come up with some convoluted picking plan?



Once alignments go out, we will have plenty to discuss. Plenty....
Curu
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2817 Posts
October 11 2011 19:15 GMT
#198
##Nuke GMarshal
wat
Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
October 11 2011 19:25 GMT
#199
Rock Star bodyguards are taken from vanilla players-
So here's a question that likely won't need an answer but...
What happens if there aren't two vanilla roles?
The moment you lose confidence in yourself, is the moment the world loses it's confidence in you.
Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
October 11 2011 19:30 GMT
#200
On October 12 2011 04:15 Curu wrote:
##Nuke GMarshal

AH-HA! Now I know your role and you've used your daily power already, so I can blackmail you!
+ Show Spoiler +
I don't even have to actually be the assassin :D
The moment you lose confidence in yourself, is the moment the world loses it's confidence in you.
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