GL Newbie mafia 2004 - OOPS

[DP]

Update: Townie mgm has been lynched. Townie Porro was shot by the mafia.

ALIVE AND KICKING (5)
Andrew Sullivan
Egon Crackerjack
enb
Huey
Stile

DEAD AND RESTING (3)
Tenshi (doctor, shot)
mgm (townie, lynched)
Porro (townie, shot)

Roles:

One mafia family (2 players, no godfather)
One cop
One doctor
Four townies

THE RULES:
[01] Have fun and don't be a jerk. Please have consideration for the other players and the mod, and actually PLAY the game by posting and voting.
[02] No communication outside the thread unless your role allows you to do so and then only in the game's nights.
[03] Get your choices in before the deadlines. If not, a random choice will be made for the first night, and no choice for subsequent nights.
[04] No quoting my or others emails. No paraphrasing of winning conditions either.
[05] If you're dead YOU'RE DEAD. No more posting relevant information after that.
[06] Lynching will be carried out once a regular majority is reached - and cannot be undone by unvoting. If I impose a day deadline, lynching will require at least half of the regular majority. In case of a tie, first come first served. In the endgame (6 or less) only a real majority will result in a lynch.
[07] Only votes in BOLD will be counted. Please clearly unvote if you want to change your vote.
[08] Do NOT edit or delete your posts! If you made a coding error, just post again.
[09] Do NOT post in invisible text.
[10] The mod is always right. Accept the decisions, and if you want to discuss them, take it to email, or do so after the game has finished.

Advices:
[11] If you know you will not be checking the thread for a period of 72 hours or more, it would be nice if you would post that beforehand.
[12] If your email does not contain your GL name, please identify yourself in the text of the email.
[13]If you're out of the game, you may come back as substitute - only if you do not talk to other players about the game after your death of course.



[This message has been edited by Dragon Phoenix (edited 05-18-2004 03:42 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

And we're off! All except Egon (who will probably be replaced by Crackerjack, see post 1) and Tenshi. No need to replace him. A bullet in his head was a convincing argument. A very bad start for the town: you have lost your doctor.

With seven alive, four votes required to lynch someone. Good luck!

[Porro]

Random Vote: Mgm

He's very quiet, maybe he's lurking

[Mgm]

*yawns*
Good morning!
*looks at body of Tenshi, and gulps*
Scratch that: Bad morning, everyone. How could we lose a doc this early?

I'll be random and vote:Andrew Sullivan for having the longest name of all the players

[Porro]

Now you're just posting to pretend you're not lurking!

[Huey]

Porro, you're joking about MgM being quiet right? The day's barely started. Not good to have the doctor already dead. We're gonna have to make up for it with our wit and sheer luck.

DP, is there a voting deadline?



[This message has been edited by Huey (edited 05-06-2004 06:41 PM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

There is no voting deadline yet. If discussion slows down during this "day" I may install one though.

[Mgm]

No editing, Huey!
Read the rules

[Dragon Phoenix]

*smacks Huey on the head with a dead fish*

Yeah, what he just said.

Seriously, editing a post is NOT done in mafia. If it does not get you modkilled, there is a good chance the other players will lynch you for it.

[Andrew Sullivan]

I will vote randomly:
vote: Porro

mgm: my name's the longest, and you vote for me? Sounds kinda weird, but whatever.

[Huey]

Sorry, I did read that. Just forgot to. =). I didn't want to double post. I edited to add the question for deadline.

[Mgm]

Hi Andrew,

Glad to see you. The longest name thing was just an odd way of justifying a random vote.

It's a good thing I didn't apply for comedy mafia.

[Huey]

random vote: Stile to get him to speak up.

[enb]

Good Morning

Sorry for not posting sooner. It looks like everyone apart from Crackerjack, Huey and myself has picked up a vote so far. I don't have much experience in this; unless we get information from our cop what should we be basing our first round voting on? I don't really want to start a bandwagon, or vote for myself, so I will vote for Crackerjack for just now.

Vote: Crackerjack

[Mgm]

Can we get a vote count? Oh mighty mod DP

[Porro]

[Mgm]

That's fun Porro I actually smiled.

As soon as you found the other mafioso, let me know.
Tell me, how did you get this power to see mafia?

quote:

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Random Vote: Mgm
He's very quiet, maybe he's lurking

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Are you sure it isn't an OMGUS vote from South Park Mafia?

[Porro]

It is a sacred an ancient power. It also involves licking toads, so requires real dedication and commitment.

(Please feel shame that you even thought that it might be a vote related to another mafia game)

[Mgm]

Hope you stay away from the poisonous toads...

[Mgm]

*feels shame because I thought it was an OMGUS from another game*

[Porro]

Mmmm toads.

[Mgm]

This isn't going anywhere.
If discussion isn't going to pickup before Tuesday (I'll take the weekend into account), I'll go and start a random bandwagon.
Please people, talk!

[Dragon Phoenix]

Vote count will come when appropriate.

[Mgm]

OK DP, thanks

[Huey]

This is no good. Our votes are all scattered and it won't get us anywhere. What say we agree on one person eh? Preferrably one that hasn't posted yet. I'm suspicious of silent players, they are either mafia laying low or forgot about the game, which wouldn't help us in the long run either.

The two people who haven't posted yet are Stile and CrackerJack.

[crackerjack]

I don't have much to contribute but I will vote Huey

[Mgm]

Suddenly voting when Huey suggests lynching you? That's got OMGUS written all over it. Perhaps you're mafia scared to die for the benefit of the town?

FOS: Crackerjack

Come one people, talk!

[Mgm]

Unvote: Andrew Sullivan
It was random anyway....

I'll give all the lurkers some time to post. Again, if nothing happens I'll start a bandwagon on someone next Tuesday (May 11).

If you guys don't want that to happen just speak up and give me more to go on, apart from my randomness. (if you wanna claim scum that's fine too )

Porro, how do your toads taste?

[Vinny]

like sh*t.

[/not part of game]

[Stile]

*apologizes for being quiet.

It's not usually my plan, but sometimes, things don't go as planned.
(spent this weekend in a surprise Stag/Baseball Tournament 6 hours from home for a buddy who's getting married)

However, I have noticed one thing. No one here has the guts to place a second vote on another player for fear of being blamed as mafia. So:

Vote: MGM
For making up a reason to suspect Crackerjack and not double-voting someone after so many people have one against them already.

..and takes a long hard stare at Huey. His first post seems to do nothing but blatantly state the obvious. It seems... forced.. to me.

[Huey]

Yea, I was posting just for the hell of it. Didn't have much to say, and didn't want to double post. I didn't want to be silent though.

[Mgm]

The reason I FOSsed crackerjack, was because he seemed to post only because he was voted for. I didn't bandwagon yet, because I have no leads to follow. But now you've voted me for such a crap reason, I do. I know it looks like an OMGUS vote, but at least I've got a reason.

Your reason for putting a second vote on me is crap.

Unvote, vote: Stile

[Porro]

I thought Stile's reason looked, erm reasonable actually.

When I read your post I was suprised you only gave a FOS rather than a vote too.

Blimey, maybe those yucky tasting toads work after all.

[Mgm]

Is it scummy to give people the chance to speak up before bandwagonning someone?

(Just so you know, Porro, toads are bad for your health... maybe even cause hallucinations. )

[Dragon Phoenix]

Oh, look, a vote count (4 to lynch)!

Mgm 2 (Porro, Stile)
Stile 2 (Huey, Mgm)
Porro 1 (Andrew Sullivan)
Crackerjack 1 (enb)
Huey 1 (Crackerjack)

[Egon]

I apologize for any inconvenience, but I was ripped away from my internet access and have only now been able to steal some bandwith from a friend. Of course, such things happen.

[Stile]

Originally posted by Mgm:

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The reason I FOSsed crackerjack, was because he seemed to post only because he was voted for.

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Yes, I know. I read your original post about it, your reasons were there. I don't agree with your rational. The way I see it, you were only looking for a reason to vote for someone, and created a feeble-looking one on the spot.

[Stile]

Originally posted by Stile replying to Mgm:

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Again, I read this as: "I want a bandwagon started soon, but don't get mad at me if I have to start it". This is a hunt for suspicion. I find your actions highly suspicious.

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Whoops, realized you could take this paragraph two ways. My context for this statement is to say that "this game is a hunt for suspicion", not that I think Mgm's statement implies he was hunting for suspicion.

[Stile]

Originally posted by enb:

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I don't have much experience in this; unless we get information from our cop what should we be basing our first round voting on?

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Didn't register your question 'till I read through the thread a second time. This is by no means a "how the game's played", but more of a "my own opinion answer", so read it and use it or ignore it :]

There's generally not much to base your voting on for the first few days. And it doesn't really get any easier as the game goes on, although it DOES get more entertaining. Thus you see the mute-vote (voting against someone for not posting anything in the game). However, since this is a game of lying, it is up to you to decide what you should exactly be basing your votes on. When it comes down to it, you just have to go with your gut feelings. No one's going to say "I'm mafia, vote against me". And even when someone does say "I'm a cop, vote against xxxxx, they're mafia", it's still tough to decide if they're telling the truth. So my big long explanation here comes to a simple answer: what should we be basing our first round voting on? I have no clue. But have fun figuring it out on your own :]

Like this post here. Am I being a nice guy? Or am I a blood-thirsty assassin who wants to get on your good side so you won't vote against me?

And hopefully (although it's not looking so hot for me) we'll see you tomorrow!

[Huey]

Damn. What this an essay contest? =p

I'm unvoting: Stile because he is no longer silent, and because no mafia in his right mind would go through all that trouble. Of course it may be a trick, so we'll see.

I'm going to hold out voting for a tad bit longer until DP cracks his whip and tell us to get on with it. FOS at Porro for his random voting MGM. He (jokingly?) accused of MGM of being quiet and lurking, even though the game barely started. And when MGM did speak up, Porro didn't unvote him.