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Pretty Parrot Mafia!
Portius
Likes big books, cannot lie
The Rules:
These are largely pillaged from old mafia games, with some additions. I gleefully stole them from players past (Sylandra, mostly, but I dunno if she originated the list) and take minimal credit. Note that our night phases are longer than in some past games.
Remember
the basic rules: The town wants to eliminate all scum players. The scum
players want to eliminate other players until they have half of the votes.
Phases alternate between day and night. Players can vote one player out
of the game each day, or vote not to eliminate anyone. Players use
powers are night, and those powers include the scum being able to eliminate
somebody!
1. Votes MUST be in bold to count. (ex. VOTE Portius)
2. Once a majority has been reached, the day ends. Anything that happens after a final vote will not happen, including unvotes to bring the target below the minimum threshold, unless a power explicitly allows this.
3. You are not allowed to post in the thread during the night phases.
4. You are not allowed to communicate with each other outside the thread unless your role specifically allows you to do this.
5. Once you are eliminated, you are not allowed to post in the thread during the day phase unless your role explicitly allows this.
6. You are not allowed to quote your role PM.
7. Do not discuss game details outside of the game.
8. If you go inactive, please let me know so I can find a replacement player. (Those interested in being a replacement player, please message me for a waitlist!)
9. You're not allowed to edit your posts. Doublepost instead if you want to clarify something.
10. You must be sportsmanlike. If you are rude or inflammatory to the point that the game ceases to be enjoyable for the rest of the players, I reserve the right to modvig you out of the game. Mafia may be a game about emotional manipulation and deceit, but it's still a game! Have fun with it. But most importantly, be respectful.11. The game will
end when either the town or the mafia have reached their victory
condition.
12. Dayphases will last no longer than 72 hours. If
three days go by without a lynch, the Nightphase will immediately
begin.
13. Nightphases will last no longer than 48 hours. If
night actions are not delivered at the end of the night phase, it
will be read as no action.
Comments
It's definitely me!
With 10 players, we have 2 or 3 scum. If I am doing my math right and we have 3 scum, we can afford to mislynch twice ( 7 townies, 2 losses to night kills, 2 mislynches) and have our choice of lynching either D1 and D2 or D2 and D3 before we potentially lose. If we have 2 scum, we can afford to mislynch 3 times (8 townies, 3 losses to night kills, 3 mislynches). In both cases we get an extra day of deliberation if we don't day one lynch, so there's no statistical advantage to lynching on day one. That said, I am extremely loath to just waste a day without some discussion and vote trains to analyze, so I'm still a fan of at least exploring a day one lynch.
I'm going to start with the Many-Hands, or the Urchin in Ivory, or whatever you're called now, to provoke a little day one discussion.
VOTE @MYSRAI
Vote: @Zitto
This getting good.
So a day start and a bunch of random votes. Nothing new there. Wait, actual discussion of the game, on day 1?
I would like to discuss Zitto's analysis a little. While theoretically true while taking no other setup elements into account, I feel as if relying on having the number of lynches to spare that is provided may be somewhat risky. Perhaps this is because I come from another meta, and I will read back over some old games here later to check this, but I would be considering the existence of a SK in a ten player game with only two scum. Beyond that, there is also always the possibility of vigilantes, or other such 'friendly' folk who like to take pictures of unsuspecting parrots while they sleep.
I will vote later, once I have had a chance to catch up on some old games. If anyone has any input on the question of what is meta for these forums, I would greatly appreciate it. I would throw a warning vote at Zitto, but it would appear that Mysrai already has that covered and, honestly, discussion is good.
This is obviously just more speculation, but I am tentatively agreeing with Nelras that it could be worth factoring in. A one-shot town vigilante or SK would be just the right amount of chaos for a game this size.
I'm generally not a fan of day 1 voting, but I also know that claiming you're against day 1 voting is a great way to get yourself voted out on day 1. So for this one post I'll start with the forum RP and Vote: Shaddus since he's behind on his supplication of Me.
Just a heads up, I have a bizarre schedule and may not respond during normal hours.
Now see here, you clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk. I didn't sign up to serve you or be in this Mafia because you need lipservice. I'm smarter than you, I'm prettier than you, and darn it, I deserve respect. And maybe a cuttlebone.
VOTE:THAX
Also, All hail Portius' wife!
As it turns out, a Google search says yes...parakeets ARE real parrots. I retract my statement and apologize to any parakeets I may have offended with my thoughtless implications.
....those are lovebirds, you undereducated bird! We are a gorgeous genus of parrots, and you are nothing but a featherless, skeletal raptorthing!
Parakeets are parrots.
That would be bandwagoning at this point though, not to mention leaving people out of the fun which we must never do. So here we go.
OMGUS Thax, but Vote Carakhan for the time being.
Why Carakhan? It is a random vote, and she seems a bit fishy to me. So did the parrot she posted in the signup thread, for that matter.
@Portius Please could you confirm whether this is a mistake as I just voted for Carakhan.
If this is not a mistake, I do not know what role would cause it - particularly not on day 1.
With that said, if it is not a mistake then we need to keep an eye on the vote tallies.
According to my super intelligent plan, we should all VOTE None!!
See? I am so smart!
I dislike squeamishness and voting none wastes an opportunity for discussion reduces the material to analyze later. I am revoking my "get the ball rolling" vote
UNVOTE @Mysrai
And casting a serious vote based on attempting to limit discussion
VOTE @Coraline