Topic: NewMafia V : House of Cards (Game Over : Mafia Wins !) (Read 101430 times)

Teproc · « **Reply #50 on:** March 23, 2014, 01:09:19 pm »

Great ! We're full, and I will send PMs tonight.

Teproc · « **Reply #51 on:** March 23, 2014, 04:41:36 pm »

Frank Underwood, in an orange jumpsuit sitting in a jail cell, is looking straight into the camera.

"Why do people get in politics ? Power. Not all of them have the disposition and the perseverance to truly acquire it though. Choosing money over power is a mistake nearly everyone makes in Washington. Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries.

But some politicians are even worse than these sell-outs : they choose to wield power, not for themselves, but for what they like to call the common good. How one can even fathom the idea of climbing your way up the ladder, only to idly waste it in the end is beyond me, but there are such people, even in Washington.

These people are the reason I am here. They unveiled my schemes and machinations and for what ? Only to stay lurking in the shadows, living their pathetic lives, trying to make themselves into heroes for a country that thinks of them as the scum of the earth.

With them in Washington, it will be impossible for people like you and me to get anything done. I want them obliterated."

Teproc · « **Reply #52 on:** March 23, 2014, 04:41:59 pm »

PMs incoming, thread locked

Teproc · « **Reply #53 on:** March 23, 2014, 05:59:55 pm »

All PMs are out. Please confirm by PM / ask any questions that come up

Also, to avoid any confusion about the flavor, since it's somewhat counterintuitive:
Town = Corrupt Politicians
Mafia = Idealists

Teproc · « **Reply #54 on:** March 24, 2014, 10:28:41 am »

All players haven't confirmed yet. While I would prefer to start this today, I won't start until everyone confirms.

Teproc · « **Reply #55 on:** March 25, 2014, 06:20:19 am »

"Did you think that I'd forgotten you ? Perhaps you hoped I had. For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted."

Day 1 starts now !

Teproc · « **Reply #56 on:** March 25, 2014, 06:27:58 am »

Vote Count 1.0:

Not Voting (9): Nik, Witherweaver, Delirious Deleuze, Ichimaru Gin, A Drowned Kernel, mcmcsalot, shraeye, faust, Voltaire

With 9 alive, it takes 5 to lynch.

Day 1 ends at 12:00 p.m. on April 1, 2014.

faust · « **Reply #57 on:** March 25, 2014, 06:40:00 am »

Sorry to keep you waiting, all games seem to have started while I was away...

Hi to all newbies! I hope you enjoy playing this, and stick around.

Generally, the game starts with RVS (random voting stage). You just vote for people jokingly, and we hope that the reactions give us something to catch scum with.

It goes like this: Vote: Nik because he has a shorter name than me!

There's also theory discussion sometimes, depending on the setup. Here we could ask: Do we want the PRs to claim? This is dangerous territory however, because you need to take care that the mafia can't take clues from your answers (i.e. if you would post "I think the Cop should claim", and you do not claim, that probably means you're not the Cop).

faust · « **Reply #58 on:** March 25, 2014, 06:54:52 am »

Also, can everyone maybe state their previous mafia experience, and their timezone?

I'm at Central European Time (GMT+1). I played a bunch of games here, as you can see in my signature.

shraeye · « **Reply #59 on:** March 25, 2014, 07:14:40 am »

why does everybody always need to know the timezones of other people? that is not necessary information to teach/play/enjoy a mafia game.

This link is a helpful quick-jump into the idea of mafia: link

I suggest thinking through what certain players might be trying to do, depending on their win-condition. For example, as that Quick Guide says, scum have motivation to contribute little to the thread. However, there is a level of Vizzini-like thinking that can be employed. Sometimes, this is referred to as 'wine in front of me' or WIFOM. Sometimes it happens without being explicitly referred to.

How much of this layered thinking one chooses to employ or should employ depends highly on who is doing the thinking and who is being thought about. Because many players have distinctive styles, we call these 'metas'. However, some players seek to alter their metas from time to time, either to make themselves less easy to read (boooo), or because they are trying to improve their overall abilities (yaaay), or because they are simply bored of one way or another (hey, it happens).

Anytime you have questions, or somebody (stupid vets) posts something in shorthand that you aren't familiar with, feel free to ask. In general, everybody should be 100% accurate about pure-information-questions. (What is L-1? It means that a person is one vote away from being made the day's official lynch). However, take the answers to other questions with grains of salt (Does faust's first post match his meta?). Those answers can often be skewed to fit with the player's in-game objectives.

Nik · « **Reply #60 on:** March 25, 2014, 07:19:46 am »

Vote: shraeye because I can't spell his name. Plus, how do you pronounce that?

shraeye · « **Reply #61 on:** March 25, 2014, 07:36:46 am »

rhymes with day.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #62 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:16:40 am »

Hi all. I may not be able to be extremely active until the evening for the next couple of days. After that I should be fine.

There are two scum in this setup? I'm guessing one will be a veteran player. It probably wasn't set up randomly given the structure of a newbie game. But I have no reason to guess any particular one, so I'll randomly Vote: Voltaire.

faust · « **Reply #63 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:20:00 am »

Quote from: Witherweaver on March 25, 2014, 08:16:40 am

Hi all. I may not be able to be extremely active until the evening for the next couple of days. After that I should be fine.

There are two scum in this setup? I'm guessing one will be a veteran player. It probably wasn't set up randomly given the structure of a newbie game. But I have no reason to guess any particular one, so I'll randomly Vote: Voltaire.

It was set up randomly. Everything else would not be fair, because it would allow arguments like this.

Teproc · « **Reply #64 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:30:25 am »

Alignments and roles were determined randomly.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #65 on:** March 25, 2014, 08:34:37 am »

Damn, there goes my reading comprehension.

mcmcsalot · « **Reply #66 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:09:04 am »

Jeez shraeye way to be informative and helpful, vote:shraeye for making a helpfull post

shraeye · « **Reply #67 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:12:43 am »

Quote from: mcmcsalot on March 25, 2014, 09:09:04 am

Jeez shraeye way to be informative and helpful, vote:shraeye for making a helpfull post

I know, right?

I started by just saying, get don't tell us your time zones, and then decided I could actually get some constructive words in before I had to correct more lies about "How We Play"(tm)

A Drowned Kernel · « **Reply #68 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:15:23 am »

Vote: Ichimaru Gin for not being a real newbie.

A Drowned Kernel · « **Reply #69 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:18:19 am »

Also I'm on US central time.

Ichimaru Gin · « **Reply #70 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:39:57 am »

vote: ADK for actually paying attention.

Ichimaru Gin · « **Reply #71 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:41:58 am »

And I'm on Pacific Time which is GMT -7

Just woke up here it's 7:41 A.M.

Delirious Deleuze · « **Reply #72 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:48:08 am »

Newbie here!

Vote: Voltaire. Candide was only okay.

Voltaire · « **Reply #73 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:58:02 am »

Quote from: Witherweaver on March 25, 2014, 08:16:40 am

Hi all. I may not be able to be extremely active until the evening for the next couple of days. After that I should be fine.

There are two scum in this setup? I'm guessing one will be a veteran player. It probably wasn't set up randomly given the structure of a newbie game. But I have no reason to guess any particular one, so I'll randomly Vote: Voltaire.

OMGUS vote: Witherweaver! (Oh My God U Suck, ie I am voting for WW simply because he voted for me)

faust and shraeye open the game with posts explaining things to newbies. I do too (sorta). I get no read from that.

Also, it's good to be back playing mafia! For those of you who know my meta, I will be posting very little this week and likely therefor not one of the top D1 posters like I normally am.

Voltaire · « **Reply #74 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:59:32 am »

Quote from: Delirious Deleuze on March 25, 2014, 10:48:08 am

Vote: Voltaire. Candide was only okay.

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