Newbie Student Mafia XVIII

kitaman27

United States9244 Posts

December 14 2015 15:28 GMT

Newbie Student Mafia XVIII

LoneMeow and disformation will be co-hosting. All night actions should be submitted to all three of us!

Important Links:
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Day One
Night One
Day Two
Night Two
Day Three
Endgame
Postgame

Introduction:

Mafia is an educated guessing game of epic proportions. The objective of the game is to lynch or kill all mafia members before they outnumber the rest of the town. It's much like a game of poker because mafia members are also part of the town during the day and may manipulate the vote to their liking. If the mafia at any time outnumber or equal the townspeople, they win. The town's goal is to lynch all the members of the mafia.

The game is typically very active, so the thread may grow large quickly. However, it is essential to read the thread to play the game. If you do not have the time or patience to read the whole thread, do not play.

This game will include flavor that is added for fun and effect, but has no impact on game mechanics. The standard rule set for newbie games will be used and follows below.

Please note that all voting will be done in a separate voting thread.

Rules:

Cheating:
Cheating includes (but is not limited to):
1. Posting after death. You may have one polite goodbye post, but it may not contain any potentially game-changing information.
2. Ruining the game by doing something like hand out your mafia's member list to the town.
3. Logging on to someone else's account to get their role or looking over someone's shoulder to get their role.
4. Comparing role PM times to determine roles.
5. Posting screenshots of your inbox.
6. Posting any PM you receive from a host.
7. Getting yourself modkilled to help your team. Your non-majority-decided death may not be used as a bargaining chip.
8. Signing up more than once using smurf accounts.
9. Betting items outside of the game in exchange for in-game benefits.
10. Sharing accounts with other players. Only you may post on your account.
11. You may not reveal or hint about the identity of your coach. You may not refer to any idea, course of action, etc. as something that was suggested by your coach.
If you feel that any action you are considering may be against the spirit of the game, it is best to contact a host and ensure it is allowed before proceeding.

Posting:

Host Color:
The color blue is reserved for the hosts of the game to make our posts easy to notice. Please do not use it.

Question Color:
The color green is reserved for questions by players for the hosts. Use it to ask the game hosts questions about the rules. Please do us a favor and read the rules before you ask anything.

Smurfs:
Smurfs must PM the host because TL doesn't allow multiple accounts otherwise. If the host is unaware of smurfs, you (and/or your smurf) can be banned for having multiple accounts

Spam:
Spam is not tolerated, nor is any off-topic material. Do not discuss Proleague here. Do not talk about Starcraft II here. Play Mafia here.

Editing:
Editing is not allowed for any reason. Editing will result in a warning. After that, you will be modkilled. This is the one part of the site where it is okay to be double posting, even triple-posting. "Editing" includes indirect editing like linking an image, then editing the image. Editing your profile or signature are allowed, but if you edit them for any game-related reasons (ie, breadcrumbing, sending messages, etc) this will be considered out-of-thread posting and will be punished.

Inappropriate posts and use of the report post link:
If you want to post something insulting or inappropriate and know the TL mods would have a problem with it elsewhere, don't post it here. If you do, a host will warn you or modkill you and request that you be banned from future games. The hosts have the final say on what is inappropriate. If you do not like how someone is talking to you, please PM a host, Flamewheel, or Mig before involving the TL moderation staff or using the report post link. If you are unsatisfied with how the situation is resolved, then you can appeal to the TL staff normally.

Ban discussions:
Please wait until this game is over to talk about modkills and bans resulting from this game.

Play to win.
This means you play your best to help your team win while you are alive and in the game. However, this does not mean that you should try to win by being a jerk to the other players so they all want to quit playing.

This also means that you cannot leave the game without a good reason without a ban. These situations will be dealt with on a case by case basis. PM your host if you need to leave the game.

Out of thread communication:

It is common for mafia to use a medium outside of TL such as QuickTopics or IRC to communicate during the game. Players who have not explicitly been given permission to communicate outside the thread are not allowed to attempt to infiltrate such communication channels. Players who are not mafia are not allowed to communicate about this game outside of the thread.

Voting rules:

1. Voting is done by posting in this thread.
2. Please vote in the following format: ##Vote: Zona or ##Vote Zona. Votes must be in bold, and votes not written in the correct fashion will not be counted.
3. No conditional voting.
4. You may vote only for other living players in the thread. You may not vote for yourself.
5. This game uses plurality voting, so whoever has the most votes at the end of the day is lynched. There is no minimum number of votes required to lynch someone. If there is a tie for most votes, whoever most recently had more votes than the other is the person who is up for the lynch.
6. The person who is up for the lynch is whoever has the most votes. Bringing another player up to that number of votes doesn't put him up for the lynch; he has to have the most votes.
7. Voting is mandatory. You may NOT abstain.

Signups:

6 spots in this game are reserved for new players*. The other 7 spots in this game are open to anyone, but new players still take priority and can possibly bump other players from these spots. These numbers are flexible, but the goal is to bring new members in and give them a chance to play. If you're a forum regular, please bear in mind there will be newbies in this game and act appropriately to introduce them to TL Mafia.
*new player - played in 3 or fewer TL mafia games. If this would be your 4th game, you would still be considered a new player

Signup for the game by posting /in in the thread if you are new, or /in: Open if you are not. It may take several weeks for the game to fill up so you are responsible for being aware when the game begins. I'll usually send out a confirmation PM a day ahead of time.

Game-specific rules:

Modkills:
This game follows the TL Mafia Ban List. If you are modkilled, your punishment will go beyond being eliminated from this game. Please refer to it for questions about your punishment. If you want to use this game to sit out your ban, please post in the Ban List.

Replacements
This game uses replacements. Players who are inactive may be replaced by other players.

Clues:
The role PMs and night posts are purely flavor text. There are no clues.

PMs
PMs and out of thread communication are not allowed in this game, unless your role explicitly allows them.

Activity:
You are expected to keep up with the thread and participate in discussion daily. If for some reason you anticipate that you will not be available for a period longer than 24 hours, please notify a host ahead of time. If the host deems a player is inactive, they may be warned or removed from the game.

Please try to limit yourself to a maximum of 5 pages/filter per cycle to ensure the game thread stays manageable. Since this game may start during the holidays, we will make special accommodations to ensure that a deadline does not occur on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Years' Eve.

Time Cycle:
This game will follow a 48 hour day/24 hour night cycle. Any votes after the deadline will not count and the game will be put on hold until the night post is up. The deadline for each cycle will be 22:00 GMT (+00:00). Votes cast up to :59 will be counted, but :00 will not.

On February 20 2013 21:59 Acrofales wrote:

Newbie-specific stuff

1.It's already in the rules, but remember, no editing. If you feel you must correct your post, please make a second post to clarify your statements. You may put EBWOP ("Edit by way of post," a handy acronym invented by semioldguy) at the beginning of your post to indicate that you are clearing up a point you made. If your EBWOP post is several posts after your original, please quote your original post in your EBWOP post for the sake of clarity.

2. Only sign up if you know you will have the time available to properly play the game. It is essential that players remain active in a newbie game, so only /in if you are able to play to your fullest.

3. If there is any sort of issue, you are unsure about some mechanic, or you are just wondering if your devilish scheme is even allowed, feel free to PM me, or ask in-thread with green text. Don't feel shy; these games are meant to be a place to learn and be open.

4. Behave as gentlemen (or ladies). Things get heated here, but personal attacks will not be acceptable, and will be dealt with accordingly. Remember, this is a game; have fun and happy scumhunting!

5. Please do not talk about any ongoing games either in-game or pre-game. This can affect other games and is unacceptable. Please do not refer to outside-of- thread activity of players in this thread.

6. If you receive coaching, don't tell town about it.

7. glhf!

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kitaman27

United States9244 Posts

December 14 2015 15:28 GMT

Game setup information:

This is a mafia game for 12 players. 3 players will be randomly selected as mafia. All role assignments will be random as well.

The town's win condition:
The town wins when all mafia are eliminated.

The mafia's win condition:
The mafia wins if the number of mafia players alive is equal or greater to the number of town players alive or nothing can prevent this from happening.

Each night, the mafia can choose to kill 1 player.

When a player dies in the game, the player's alignment (that is, which team the player wins with), and role will be revealed. This reveal is guaranteed to be accurate.

This game uses a semi-open setup. The list of possible roles will be revealed, but the number of each role will not. All roles aren't necessarily present. Multiple players may share the same role. The mafia will not be informed of the setup ahead of time.

Example setup (May or may not be the actual setup):
1 Town Doctor, 1 Town Vigilante, 8 Vanilla Townies, 1 Mafia Roleblocker, 1 Mafia Godfather, 1 Mafia Goon

If there is any confusion about your role PM or the setup, PM me or your coach if you have one.

Role descriptions:

You are an Average Joe, a Vanilla Townie. You have no special abilities, but your voice and your vote are just as important as anyone else's. You win with town.

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

You are Steve the Pirate, a Town Detective. Every night, you may choose a player to investigate for buried treasure. Instead, you will receive their alignment! You will visit the player and receive "Town-aligned" or "Mafia-aligned" as a result. If you are roleblocked, you will receive "No Result". You win with town.

"The dread pirate Steve be in no man's debt. I'll make a barter with ya; true as the north star. In exchange for your kindness, I'll be sharing me buried treasure with ya... once I find it, that be."

You are Kate Veatch, a Town Doctor. Your obsession with unicorns has granted you magical powers. Every night, you may choose a player other than yourself to protect. You will visit the player, and if the mafia attempt to kill a player you are protecting on the same night, the kill will fail. Neither you nor your target are notified of a successful save. You may not protect the same player on consecutive nights. You win with town.

"I'm not a banker, I'm a lawyer.
Really? What kind of law are you involved in, pretty eyes?
Sexual harassment, mostly."

You are Peter La Fleur, a Town Vigilante. Once per game at night, you may select a player to kill. Just make sure to do it blindfolded! If your target was also shot by mafia, or was protected by a doctor or veteran status, your bullet is lost. If you were roleblocked, you don't use your bullet and can try again he next night. You win with the town.

"In 23 years of broadcasting I thought I'd seen it all, folks. But it looks like Peter La Fleur has actually blindfolded himself.

He will not be able to see very well, Cotton."

You are Patches O'Houlihan, a Town Veteran. As a dodgeball expert, you are so evasive that no bullet could possible hit you! Too bad the same doesn't apply to multiple bullets. The first time in the game you are shot at night you will survive. If you are roleblocked, you will die to a night shot. You will not be informed if you survived a hit. You win with the town.

"If you're going to become true dodgeballers, then you've got to learn the five d's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!"

You are White Goodman, a Mafia Godfather. Thanks to Glbo Gym's competitively-priced on-site cosmetic surgery, you return "town" to detective checks, as though you were a vanilla townie. You may communicate with other members of your mafia team outside of the game thread at any time. You win with the mafia.
The mafia team is: X, Y, Z
A quicktopic has been provided for your team:

"At Globo Gym we understand that "ugliness" and "fatness" are genetic disorders, much like baldness or necrophilia, and it's only your fault if you don't hate yourself enough to do something about it. "

You are Fran Stalinofskivitchdavitovichsky, a Mafia Roleblocker. Your throw is so powerful that you can incapacitate players with a dodgeball. Each night you may choose a player to roleblock, which will prevent them from performing actions that night. The roleblocked player will not be notified. You may communicate with other members of your mafia team outside of the game thread at any time. You win with the mafia.
The mafia team is: X, Y, Z
A quicktopic has been provided for your team:

"Meet Fran Stalinofskivitchdavitovichsky. In her home country of Romanovia, dodgeball is the national sport and her nuclear power plant's team won the championship five years running, which makes her the deadliest woman on earth with a dodgeball."

You are a Troop 417 member, a Mafia Goon. You would have won the regional qualifier if it were for Bernice! You have no special powers, aside from selling cookies. You may communicate with other members of your mafia team outside of the game thread at any time. You win with the mafia.
The mafia team is: X, Y, Z
A quicktopic has been provided for your team:

"During the ADAA-approved random drug screening, one of your players tested positive for three different anabolic steroids, and a low-grade beaver tranquilizer. Therefore, Troop 417 is disqualified."

FAQs:

Q: Can good guys communicate outside of the thread? What about just the Detective?
A: The good guys can't communicate outside of the thread. This includes the Detective.

Q: I'm confused about some role names that are used interchangeably.
A: VT = Vanilla Townie = Town Vanilla. Cop = DT = Detective. Medic = Doc = Doctor = Angel. Scum = Mafia. RB = Roleblocker

Q: Does something extra bad happen to the Doctor if s/he visits a mafia player?
A: The Doctor has no penalty for saving a mafia player

Q: I want to talk about coaching, or have a question about coaching. Where should I ask this?
A: PM me. Do not post in the thread about coaching.

Q: Should I talk about this game anywhere other than this thread?
A: No. You can talk in your special Scum Quicktopic if you are Mafia. You can also talk with your coach. Otherwise, do not mention this game. Don't mention it in passing. Don't mention that you're alive. Don't mention that you think your case is good. People in this game read all parts of the forums here on TL, so if you go over the Sc2 Strategy and say "I'm a bad mafia dude in this game" you will get found out.

Q: Should I talk about this game anywhere other than this thread if I'm dead?
A: When you die I will provide you with a quicktopic for dead players to hang out in and discuss the game.

Q: Can town decide to "sleep" or vote for a no-lynch?
A: You are not allowed to vote for a no-lynch.

Q: The deadline passed and the Host hasn't finished writing the Day post or Night post. During these minutes between the lynch ending, or between the night ending, and the start of the next phase, can I talk?
A: Do not talk if the day or night post is late. After the lynch or the night kills have been 100% determined, in theory the next day should start instantly. In practice, it takes me some time to compose the new post, and during this time you should quietly wait for the flip. Typically there's a delay of between 1 and 10 minutes.

kitaman27

United States9244 Posts

December 14 2015 15:28 GMT

Player List

1) Kmatt Mafia Roleblocker, survived day three
2) Shapelog replaced by FecalFeast Vanilla Townie, endgamed day three
3) TheCow replaced by The Shining Town Detective, killed night two
4) Irishbound Vanilla Townie, killed night one
5) GiygaS Vanilla Townie, endgamed day three
6) NocturneMage Mafia Goon, survived day three
7) Fidei86 Mafia Goon, survived day three
8) mderg Vanilla Townie, endgamed day three
9) GlowingBear Vanilla Townie, lynched day three
10) Onegu Vanilla Townie, lynched day two
11) nooniansoong Vanilla Townie, endgamed day three
12) scott31337 Vanilla Townie, lynched day one

Coach List
1) Blazinghand
2) Half the Sky
3) DoYouHas
4) Artanis[xp]

Replacement List
1) The Shining
2)
3)

NocturneMage

United Kingdom1965 Posts

December 14 2015 15:37 GMT

hopefully this won't start until after the holidays

/in

5th game means I'm not a newbie anymore though...boo.

Blazinghand

United States25550 Posts

December 14 2015 18:05 GMT

/coach

Fidei86

United Kingdom2116 Posts

December 15 2015 10:11 GMT

/in

Hopefully this starts before the holidays, so I can spend Xmas day getting drunk and mislynching Alex.

Half the Sky

Germany9029 Posts

December 15 2015 11:35 GMT

On December 15 2015 19:11 Fidei86 wrote:
Hopefully this starts before the holidays, so I can spend Xmas day getting drunk and mislynching Alex.

Please. He needs the noose after what he did to me in Dark Tournament

NocturneMage

United Kingdom1965 Posts

December 15 2015 13:11 GMT

On December 15 2015 20:35 Half the Sky wrote:

Show nested quote +

Please. He needs the noose after what he did to me in Dark Tournament

Dani, stop treating your scummates to whisky and I won't give you the noose <3

Fidei86

United Kingdom2116 Posts

December 15 2015 13:33 GMT

On December 15 2015 20:35 Half the Sky wrote:

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Please. He needs the noose after what he did to me in Dark Tournament

Eh, when I tell people about DT, I'll say that Alex sheeped me on to you.

Still wish I had yolo shot you n1.

Half the Sky

Germany9029 Posts

December 15 2015 14:00 GMT

#10

A part of me almost wishes you had. I wasn't happy with myself in any sense.

Almost forgot...

/coach (either alignment is fine)

Kmatt

United States1019 Posts

December 17 2015 04:58 GMT

#11

I'll take your b8 OP.

/in

raynpelikoneet

Finland43268 Posts

December 17 2015 05:17 GMT

#12

/coach

Irishbound

42 Posts

December 17 2015 07:48 GMT

#13

If I've had plenty of mafia experience (Played for several years with well over 50 completed forum games) elsewhere but never at TL should I be inning as a Newbie or in the 'Open' category?

kitaman27

United States9244 Posts

December 17 2015 14:39 GMT

#14

On December 17 2015 13:58 Kmatt wrote:
I'll take your b8 OP.

/in

On December 17 2015 16:48 Irishbound wrote:
If I've had plenty of mafia experience (Played for several years with well over 50 completed forum games) elsewhere but never at TL should I be inning as a Newbie or in the 'Open' category?

It's up to you. The only difference is whether or not you would have access to a coaching quicktopic. We may have a different playstyle or use different terminology than elsewhere where it may come in handy, but you're definitely experienced enough that you'd be fine playing without one.

As a side note, the game would likely start quicker if you filled a newbie slot