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Boardwalk Empire Mafia: Pick Your Power

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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
March 31 2013 07:53 GMT
#71
/in
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 03:44 GMT
#144
Pick what you want when you want. By making a list and saying "no townie pick these", all you do is allow mafia to pick up extremely strong roles at the end of the draft. Trying to deny roles by directly assigning specific numbered spots is even worse due to the sheer number of roles that can steal, copy, or redirect. This isn't even considering the fact that there are too many strong mafia roles to deny all of them.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 03:53 GMT
#146
Yes.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 04:19 GMT
#162
On April 04 2013 13:05 yamato77 wrote:
I kind of like the idea of town "assigning" certain roles to people. I think most of town should be able to agree on 1-2 decent townreads to deny mafia roles with. It's also very hard for mafia to BE a top townread of an entire thread, so there's that.

It does depend somewhat on picking order, and people's compliance with this plan, however. We don't know ho effective it could be, our townreads might be at the bottom of the list where it is too late to make a REAL difference, and the top of the list is all lurkers/null reads.


Lettuce ask a very simple question here. How does one assign a role to a player who could conceivably pick at any spot?
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 04:23 GMT
#166
On April 04 2013 13:05 Sharrant wrote:
There are 3 roles that can copy or misdirect powers, one is thief and it's already in my list of powers we need to deny. Another is role swapper, and that's not nearly as powerful, and it is entirely possible that it would just act as an extended role block if we can determine who the role swapper is right away. Framer is concerning because it can direct actions, but at worst it means that they get one of the denied roles for as long as the framer can stay alive and untouched by town actions.

The "sheer number" of roles that can steal copy or redirect is exactly 3. 1 of which I say we should deny, another very weak, only one is a credible threat to town in my plan supposing they pick it.



There are several other roles that can cause problems for people who roleclaim, and you would do very well to think about that. You also have not noticed one of the most dangerous combinations in this game that prevents plans like the one you have.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 04:42 GMT
#170
On April 04 2013 13:33 Sharrant wrote:
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On April 04 2013 13:23 Shelvocke wrote:
On April 04 2013 13:05 Sharrant wrote:
There are 3 roles that can copy or misdirect powers, one is thief and it's already in my list of powers we need to deny. Another is role swapper, and that's not nearly as powerful, and it is entirely possible that it would just act as an extended role block if we can determine who the role swapper is right away. Framer is concerning because it can direct actions, but at worst it means that they get one of the denied roles for as long as the framer can stay alive and untouched by town actions.

The "sheer number" of roles that can steal copy or redirect is exactly 3. 1 of which I say we should deny, another very weak, only one is a credible threat to town in my plan supposing they pick it.



There are several other roles that can cause problems for people who roleclaim, and you would do very well to think about that. You also have not noticed one of the most dangerous combinations in this game that prevents plans like the one you have.


I'm interested to hear this combination. I can see many ways that scum would be able to kill a player knowing their role.

Yes, having an extractor AND BloodyCobbler would net them 1 kill per cycle extra. But that's for 2 roles, as opposed to having an assassin and saying "green" every single time and getting 1 kill per cycle extra for only a single role.

Now, there are combinations I haven't mentioned because I didn't want to give anyone ideas, if you're thinking of anything involving the politician, there's a good chance I've thought of that as well, there are ways to stop that. But if you think there's something that is specifically of horrendous consequence for this plan, please do elaborate. If this plan is bad I would like you to change my mind, otherwise I would like to change yours.

I'm going to bed now, if I get bored I might wander back and read more, but that's doubtful.

Good night, everyone. I hope you're all as excited for the draft as I am.


As far as I know, that's not how assassin works. It requires the person to either say "Red" or their role name.

I'd rather not share what the combination is, as it's a bit unusual and I doubt if anyone on mafia will be easily able to figure it out. But the fact that I was able to think of it definitely means that someone else might also recognize it.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 04 2013 19:09 GMT
#468
The reason why this plan is awful goes beyond how well you can identify 5 town reads 16 hours in when setup is the only thing to talk about (which is simply pitifully if you arent aware). There is simply no way to force people to pick specific numbers. I wont be following it.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 02:17 GMT
#555
[8][2]

How the hell am I below mocsta.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 02:18 GMT
#557
oh wait I did [8][1].
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 02:32 GMT
#573
Gonzaw, are you still here? I want to speak with you.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 02:48 GMT
#582
On April 05 2013 11:37 gonzaw wrote:
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On April 05 2013 11:32 Shelvocke wrote:
Gonzaw, are you still here? I want to speak with you.


Depends
I have some other shit to do now, on top of figuring out what other role to get that's not boring as fuck or turns me into VT


Want to talk to me about your "hidden gut scumread"?
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 03:01 GMT
#595
On April 05 2013 11:51 gonzaw wrote:
Patience my little birds, patience.

There was little content this drafting phase, I have to wait a little bit to see how this person picks his game up when it starts to matter and how he does it.
It's also a gut feeling in some way, so I have to develop it a little bit better.

Also, chose my role
S&B you can get the inventor I guess goddamit > : (


Is it strongandbig?
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 05 2013 20:10 GMT
#841
On April 06 2013 00:56 VisceraEyes wrote:
I just woke up and I have a fucking crazy idea.

What if everyone who picks KP roles promises not to use them? I was looking at the role list and it seems that scum KP is fixed at 1? So it seems like scum will be focusing on trying to increase their KP (in a game this size).

What if we all just don't use KP roles and lynch the fucking piss out of anyone who does? I mean obviously scum aren't going to claim if/when they do, but if we can get townies into the KP roles this would be a really good way to try and limit mafia KP.


^Mafia

He's either not reading the thread at all or he's trying to fake a contribution as the idea that he brings up is one that has been repeated by a bunch of other players and is crap anyway. Additionally, VisceraEyes is known for taking ridiculous shots himself and doing whatever he feels like as town so it's very out of character for him to suggest that these types of players should be auto-lynched.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 06 2013 20:55 GMT
#1119
If VE isn't going to play, we kill him. He hasn't done anything to suggest that he is town and is avoiding discussing anything of value.

##Vote VisceraEyes

strongandbig also looks very likely to be mafia. In particular the fact that he considered the number picking strategy to be extremely important but then failed to provide any original thoughts is very suspect. He also seemed very concerned in his pregame posts about roles but didn't provide any insight about them after the game started.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 06 2013 21:16 GMT
#1122
Not number picking, role picking my mistake. All of your posts during signups are about roles and thinking about them but you don't seem interested in sharing much insight once the game actually starts.

I've already talked about VE earlier, and he has not done anything since then to change my mind. You don't consider telling people to lynch him refusing to play?
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 06 2013 21:44 GMT
#1129
On April 07 2013 06:40 Vivax wrote:
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On April 07 2013 06:36 geript wrote:
On April 07 2013 06:35 Ghor wrote:
Can everyone put the numbers he sent to the hosts into his signature so I can rebuild the list without digging for needles in the haystack? There is no need for you to keep them secret if you are town.

Stop this. The time for doing this is over. There is no reason to suspect people solely based off of the numbers they supposedly picked. Don't waste anyone's time with bull like that.


No, two scum won't pick the same numbers ever. It's valuable information. Unless you can give rational explanation you have no argument and only want to keep us in the dark.


In Pick Your Power Insane, three mafia all picked the same first number. It's not a valid argument.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 06 2013 22:03 GMT
#1134
What about the case on Restraining Order did you like?
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 06 2013 22:42 GMT
#1144
On April 07 2013 07:16 Vivax wrote:
Shelvocke what do you dislike about VE's case? Can you tell me your draft pick?


A lot of the points that he came up with, especially the "lol list scum" and the part about explaining why denying isn't a good strategy have nothing to do with Order's alignment and it appears as if he threw them in solely to inflate his post and make it look as if he is doing something.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 07 2013 05:56 GMT
#1239
On April 07 2013 11:43 austinmcc wrote:
I'm actually really digging that Shelvocke read. Yes, most of the posts are worthless, but the VE vote feels weak as well.

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2013 05:10 Shelvocke wrote:
On April 06 2013 00:56 VisceraEyes wrote:
I just woke up and I have a fucking crazy idea.

What if everyone who picks KP roles promises not to use them? I was looking at the role list and it seems that scum KP is fixed at 1? So it seems like scum will be focusing on trying to increase their KP (in a game this size).

What if we all just don't use KP roles and lynch the fucking piss out of anyone who does? I mean obviously scum aren't going to claim if/when they do, but if we can get townies into the KP roles this would be a really good way to try and limit mafia KP.


^Mafia

He's either not reading the thread at all or he's trying to fake a contribution as the idea that he brings up is one that has been repeated by a bunch of other players and is crap anyway. Additionally, VisceraEyes is known for taking ridiculous shots himself and doing whatever he feels like as town so it's very out of character for him to suggest that these types of players should be auto-lynched.
VE isn't reading/is faking a contribution. This can be scummy, but at this point in the game there are A LOT of players who fit that criteria. The second bit, VE being...hypocritical because he often is ridiculous and is suggesting people not be ridiculous is just dumb. I'm often an idiot. I don't suggest other people are. Some players are confusing/lurky, they don't suggest that other people be confusing/lurky. Heck, the VE personality in Personality 2 just poked at VE's claiming, which, if anything, should reinforce the idea that VE might not recommend to others that they play how he has in certain past games.

Half that two sentence read is just...badwrong. The other half is true of a number of players, with no reason given why VE is singled out.


It's not about VE not recommending how he plays to others. I would understand if he just said the "hold off on kp". It's about the fact that he takes an aspect of play that is much more associated with town players (being rash with KP) and something that he does himself so frequently and says that these players should be auto-lynched. He should be well aware that town players are the ones who fall into stuff like that after being lynched himself so much for things like that. I don't see any town motivations behind his attitude there.
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Shelvocke
Profile Joined March 2013
Grenada70 Posts
April 07 2013 05:59 GMT
#1243
Does anyone have a mafia game for rayn? Mocsta, I'm not whoever you think I am.
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