Bombs exploding. Guns firing. The smells of dust, sweat, blood, and tears. This is wartime.

 

For some reason or another war has sprung up and all you & your squads have gotten called in to fight. The initial invasions and such went extremely well. However, recently you've been losing ground and men...and a lot of them. It seems that almost every time a squad can get into a good position, they get blown to bits or forced back. Attacks, counterattacks, feints, and flanking...none of it seems to work anymore.

 

And no one seems to be able to figure it out.

 

Worried that you have traitors in your midst, and separated from a lot of the higher ups, you decide it's time to take action into your own hands and find the traitors.

 

Still Fighting

1. molestargazer

3. CanucksDynasty

4. Nerau

5. ccabal86

 

10. Kaziocore

 

"Retired"

7. Kasabian, Town Doctor

8. Alasdair, Mafia Roleblocker

6. KevinH, Vanilla Townie

2. Chaoshawk, Mafia Godfather

9. Martino, Vanilla Townie

 

Rules

(Stolen from mole and edited to my liking)

 

1. This is game. Play to win; expect to lose. And have fun.

 

2. No editing or deleting posts.

 

3. No talking to other players outside the game thread unless your Role PM states specifically that you can.

 

4. No quoting any PMs from me, including Role PMs. Doing so will get you modkilled. Paraphrasing is OK. If you are worried about something not being ok, then either PM me or just dont say it.

 

5. Vote for a player to be lynched by using the Vote: Narsis format. You dont need to unvote before voting again, but it is appreciated(especially if you dont vote again right away).

 

6. Days will last 10 days. Nights will last up to 72 hours, but may be cut short if I get all actions in before then, with a minimum 24 hour night.

6-1. If discussion is lagging, I may impose a shorter deadline at my own discretion. Deadline extensions will happen on request - but will only happen once per day at most, and if I feel there's enough activity to warrant one.

 

7. A lynch requires a majority (50% rounded down + 1) vote. You can also No Lynch, by using Vote: No Lynch.

7-1. If there is no majority by deadline, only a half-majority is needed. (Majority / 2, rounded up if necessary)

7-2. If there are 2 players with the same amount of at least half-majority votes at deadline, then I will lynch the one who reached that number of votes first.

 

8. After someone has been lynched, discussion may continue until I can get to the thread and end the day. If you are dead you may continue to post until your death scene is posted. After that point I will only allow a Bah post, and only if you were night killed.

 

9. Don't use small / invisible font, don't use coloured text(except for mole who is allowed to use orange if he is acting as the super moderator of the forum), and don't use any form of clever encryption or code in your messages.

 

10. If you haven't posted in 2 days, I'll prod you. If you don't pick up that prod AND post within 48 hours, I'll replace you.

10-1. If you need to be replaced for whatever reason, please PM me, don't flake.

10-2. If you are V/LA, don't rely on me checking the thread / your signature. Please post in the thread notifying me of your V/LA or PM me about it.

10-3. If you replace out, you automatically lose. If you are someone replacing in, whether it counts as a win or loss depends on how long you have been replaced in for.

 

11. Vote counts will be made whenever I feel like it(or it is asked) and will be done in a separate post.

 

13. I hope it isn't necessary, but any modkills will negatively effect the rule-breaker's faction in some way which I see fit. If you are modkilled, you lose, no matter how the game ends.

 

14. I can change, add, or edit rules as I see fit. I will notify players in-thread if this happens.

 

15. I am not perfect. I may have got something wrong. I may have missed a rule out. Let me know, ask me questions, but don't abuse my mistakes.

15-1. To get my attention in-thread, use the MOD: <Your message> format. Or, y'know, you could PM me.

 

Special Rules

 

1. In this game you are fighting over a battlefield. The more posts you make in thread with applicable content(determined by me), the more your side advances against the opponent.

1-1. Double posts(or triple posts etc) will only count as a single post.

 

2. As such, this game does not have traditional win conditions. Each side wins when they move a predetermined amount of space across the battlefield. (and yes it is balanced and fair)

 

3. Mafia post counts will be multiplied by (# of townies) / (# of mafia).

 

4. Any third-party roles will not affect the # of posts for either town or mafia. However, it may play a part in their own powers(if they have any) or win condition.

4-1. Power roles(if there are any) may or may not be affected in a similar way by their post #.

 

5. The amount of ground controlled by each side will be updated at the start of every day. Note: post numbers will not be revealed, only the percentage of ground each side controls.

 

6. When a player dies, the amount of posts they were contributing to their side is removed.

 

7. Due to the inclusion of this mechanic, a side may win before, or after, where they normally would. (ie. mafia may still lose even if they have more then 50% of the remaining players)

 

8. If you have any questions regarding this mechanic, just ask. I may, or may not, answer it.

Edited October 7, 201016 yr by Narsis

2. No editing or deleting posts.

 

ccabal86, you're see the acronym EBWOP which means Edit By Way Of Post. If you make a mistake, just make another post. We'll all understand.

 

Regarding the math, I think it will be an interesting problem. There could be some very active and some not-so-active scum that would give the same result as a balanced set of semi-active scum.

 

The best option would be for townies to post alot and lynch the not-very-active scum. Townies: Get posting!

It makes the most sense, in terms of:

- Balance. 2 NKs a night wouldn't work 10 players. A non-killing third party sucks to play as, I sincerely regret using survivors in my old games.

- This mechanic. If there was a third party, it would make sense that the battlefield should swing 3 ways. But it doesn't.

 

@ccabal - That's a good start to any mafia game. Just make sure you vote in the correct format or it won't count.

There's always the possibility of a third party that could simply ruin both sides. The Moderator could of made up some roles for this game in particular.

 

However, chances are its 3 mafia 7 townies like molestargazer suggested.

Oh and I'm going to vote an inactive player soon if they don't post.

There's not going to be any third parties.

 

As CD said, how can you be sure? at least you know something we don't maybe?

Special Rules

4. Any third-party roles will not affect the # of posts for either town or mafia. However, it may play a part in their own powers(if they have any) or win condition.

4-1. Power roles(if there are any) may or may not be affected in a similar way by their post #.

 

It sure seems to me that there could be a third-party role. That will just make the math harder.

It sure seems to me that there could be a third-party role. That will just make the math harder.

 

That doesn't confirms that there's actually is a third-party in this case , am i right?, that rule is in case there is a third-party, so how can be mole sure there actually is one? i'll repeat the same thing i said in the last post. Does he knows something we don't maybe?

As CD said, how can you be sure? at least you know something we don't maybe?

 

That's right, I'm secretly a third party who wants you to believe th- oh, you. :wink2:

 

I can't be certain. But I don't think it's:

- Likely to happen

- Worth worrying about right now if there is one.

 

Our job in the game is to hunt scum - if there's a third party in here who's out for our demise, it's our job to hunt for them as well. Which we'd do in pretty much the same way. We'll get more evidence tonight - but until then, let's find some scum.

EBWOP: To add something other than ridiculous sarcasm to my reply to you, Kasabian, no, I don't know anything more than you do - unless you happen to be a scum or third party. Are you?

 

(As someone's already noted, EBWOP is Edit By Way of Post - use this to edit your posts, because you're not allowed to actually edit them in this game.)

It sure seems to me that there could be a third-party role. That will just make the math harder.

 

Well remember I thought that there was a third party last games because of this...

 

You win when all of the Werewolves are dead and there is at least one Pro-town player left alive.[/quote]

 

...which for me hints that there could be third party members in the game.

It might be the same here and the goal is to confuse everyone.

 

Anyway it's nice that people will be forced to post now.

So... the obligatory random vote which isn't actually random

 

Vote: Nerau

 

So you'll be forced to be more active than the past two games!

And guys I don't know if you people know this but I'll just remind you that

not all posts are counted as stated in this rule...

 

1. In this game you are fighting over a battlefield. The more posts you make in thread with applicable content(determined by me), the more your side advances against the opponent.

1-1. Double posts(or triple posts etc) will only count as a single post.

It could possibly matter if there's a third party.

If we look at post counts and assume that they are one side or the other, we will get bad results.

And that is why I find it hard to post here, as I know so very little about the game, I have no idea what that could mean

"Sir? What's that?"

"A lurker!"

 

Unvote

Vote: Alasdair

"nobody knows nothin'" --- yet

 

I like this mechanic. It encourages activity and keeps the flavor of the game.

"Sir? What's that?"

"A lurker!"

 

Unvote

Vote: Alasdair

 

Just curious why Alasdair who already has a vote

and not Martino?

Vote: Martino

 

That is for encouragement to post.

Remember guys that double posts do not count.

So some of you that had posted a couple times in a row...it will only count as one post.

 

@Mole - why do you think Alasair is a lurker?

There's never much to say on day 1.

 

This game, however, we can plan how we react to the shift in the battlefield.

If the townies have 80%, what will we do?

Ok I just got online to three pages of posts, I'm not sure I like the way this is going.

You guys have already talked about the possible mafia and strategies to root out the traitors in our midst but there may be a third party that attempts to screw everyone up. With 10 I think it's 2 mafia plus third party or 3 mafia plus additional townie roles.

While you are right about the possible existence of a third party, I don't think our strategy should involve them all that much. We have no information about them, so what can we do really? We can guess at their ability/win condition, but since we know nothing about them, we may as well be helping them by changing our strategy. No, I'd say we should focus on the mafia and then reconsider if we've killed them all and we're still not in control of all land. Anyway, I sure hope it's not a cult. I hate playing with cults. Still I find it interesting that mole stated this firmly that there would be no third party. The description seemed to implicate that there would be one.

FOS mole

 

And guys I don't know if you people know this but I'll just remind you that

not all posts are counted as stated in this rule...

Exactly, so I suggest nobody starts spamming. I'd hate to have to reread every post and determine whether it is meaningful when I want to do a postcount. As CD noticed, the same goes for double posts. Please don't do it unless you desperately need to get information out right at that moment/

Including this post....

 

Unofficial Post Count (by page)

 

1. molestargazer - 2+4+

2. Chaoshawk - 2+1+

3. CanucksDynasty - 7+1+2

4. Nerau - 0+2+

5. ccabal86 - 0+2+

6. KevinH - 2+4+2

7. Kasabian - 0+2+

8. Alasdair - 0+0+

9. Martino - 0+0+1

10. Kaziocore - 0+1+1

 

 

Unofficial Vote Count

 

KevinH (1) - CanucksDynasty

molestargazer (1) - Nerau

Nerau (1) - Kaziocore

Alasdair (1) - molestargazer

Martino (1) - KevinH

 

Note Voting (5) - Choashawk, ccabal86 (vote not bolded), Kasabian, Alasdair, Martino

Lurker? Is that so...

 

Vote: KevinH

 

 

Trying to throw people off the scent and onto me, huh?

Lurker? Is that so...

 

Vote: KevinH

 

 

Trying to throw people off the scent and onto me, huh?

 

 

It was Mole that voted for you not KevinH.

Are you confusing the 2?

Just curious why Alasdair who already has a vote

and not Martino?

 

Why not?

At the time I posted, he hadn't made a post yet. Counts as lurking to me. His was just the first name I saw.

 

The description seemed to implicate that there would be one.

How so? I didn't read it.

We need Martino and Alasdair to post one more before we can request an update.

I don't know, he picked a random name so I did too. It's day 1, I haven't seen anyone doing anything particularly suspicious yet.

 

I guess I could vote for Mole, but maybe I'll just see if he behaves himself like a respectable Townie until then. We'll see...

 

Also, here's my post #2.