Nomita
July 3, 2010, 5:18pm
21
<p>I’d like to play as well. </p>
<p>and I like your username :)</p>
<p>I’ll play. I love this game~</p>
<p>How do you play this on the internet though?</p>
<p>everary
Mafia, the cop, and the doctor will PM me their actions before each deadline. I’ll announce the mafia’s victim, let the cop know if the investigated player is guilty or innocent, and prevent the doctor’s protected player from dying. Everyone will use this thread to vote for the players they want to lynch.</p>
<p>The nice thing about playing on the internet is that players can communicate privately, enabling a host of strategic nuances. For example, I encourage the cop to PM each player who turns out innocent, helping the villagers to overcome their disadvantage of being uninformed.</p>
<p>i can’t play
Baelor
July 3, 2010, 7:01pm
25
<p>Hold on. I don’t think that PMs should be allowed, except between mafia at night. The idea of overcoming the state of being uninformed is totally offset if the communication on the thread isn’t even trustworthy, which it by definition isn’t if it is subject to the “nuances” brought on by PM.</p>
<p>I have played Mafia online on a Mafia forum (for awhile, maybe I should get back into it) and the number two rule was no PMs, with number one being no editing posts or posting your role PM.</p>
<p>On the forum where I play mafia, PMs are pretty essential to the game. I initially thought that PMs would give the villagers too great of an advantage over the mafia, but then I experienced how easy it is for people to lie. Since Mafia is already a game built upon strategic deceit, it makes sense that players should have many opportunities to lie to each other. The game is actually quite balanced when mafia and innocents are all allowed to send and receive PMs.</p>
<p>So when do we start the game?</p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing. It looks like as many people have signed up as there will be, so we’ll start night #1 tomorrow at 12:00 pm EST. In the meantime, I’ll send role PMs. Since there are 14 players, there will be 4 mafiosi, 1 cop, 1 doctor, and 8 villagers.</p>
<p>Can I still sign up?</p>
<p>I’ll add you, since I’ve not yet assigned roles. (They will be randomized.)</p>
<p>Make that 15 players: 4 mafiosi; 1 cop; 1 doctor; 9 villagers.</p>
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Yes.</p>
<p>That makes 16 players: 4 mafiosi; 1 cop; 1 doctor; 10 villagers.</p>
<p>everary
<p>I will randomize the role assignments and send PMs in a few minutes. Night #1 will begin at 12:00 pm EST tomorrow. For reference (in case anyone posts his/her role PM), here are what the PMs look like:
Me:
You are a member of the Mafia . Every night, you and your fellow villains choose an innocent victim to kill. Every day, you pretend to be innocent as you participate in the daily execution just like any villager.</p>
<p>The Mafia are:</p>
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<p>To assassinate a player at night, please PM me the name of your victim before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). Each of you must individually PM me a victim’s name – you may choose the same victim or a victim whom the rest of the Mafia do not choose to assassinate. You may revise your vote indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the name of your new victim. You are encouraged to arrive at consensus, however; if there is no majority vote, then I will assassinate a random victim, which may be one of you.</p>
<p>To vote to execute a player during the day, please post the name of your target in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread, indicating that you would like that player executed, before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your vote indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the name of the player whom you want to execute. At the end of the day, the player who has received the most execution votes is executed. If two or more players tie for the majority of execution votes, then one is randomly chosen from them for execution.</p>
<p>Day and night each last 24 hours.</p>
<p>When a player dies, his/her role is revealed.</p>
<p>At any time, you may PM anything to any player or post anything in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread. Use your own discernment to decide whether players lie or tell the truth, because I will not verify anything for you, except for the nightly assassinations and daily executions.</p>
<p>Please PM me any questions you might have.
Me:
You are the Cop . Every night, you investigate a player to discover if that player is innocent or guilty. Every day, you participate in the daily execution.</p>
<p>To investigate a player at night, please PM me the name of the player before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your choice indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the new name. When I announce the Mafia’s victim at dawn (generally some time between 12:00 pm EST and 1:00 pm EST), I will PM you to let you know whether the player you investigated is innocent or guilty.</p>
<p>To vote to execute a player during the day, please post the name of your target in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread, indicating that you would like that player executed, before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your vote indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the name of the player whom you want to execute. At the end of the day, the player who has received the most execution votes is executed. If two or more players tie for the majority of execution votes, then one is randomly chosen from them for execution.</p>
<p>Day and night each last 24 hours.</p>
<p>When a player dies, his/her role is revealed.</p>
<p>At any time, you may PM anything to any player or post anything in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread. Use your own discernment to decide whether players lie or tell the truth, because I will not verify anything for you, except for the nightly assassinations and daily executions.</p>
<p>Please PM me any questions you might have.
Me:
You are the Doctor . Every night, you protect a player from the Mafia. Every day, you participate in the daily execution.</p>
<p>To protect a player at night, please PM me the name of the player before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your choice indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the new name. If you protect the same player whom the Mafia choose as their victim, then, at dawn (generally some time between 12:00 pm EST and 1:00 pm EST), instead of announcing the Mafia’s victim, I will simply announce that the Mafia were unsuccessful.</p>
<p>To vote to execute a player during the day, please post the name of your target in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread, indicating that you would like that player executed, before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your vote indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the name of the player whom you want to execute. At the end of the day, the player who has received the most execution votes is executed. If two or more players tie for the majority of execution votes, then one is randomly chosen from them for execution.</p>
<p>Day and night each last 24 hours.</p>
<p>When a player dies, his/her role is revealed.</p>
<p>At any time, you may PM anything to any player or post anything in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread. Use your own discernment to decide whether players lie or tell the truth, because I will not verify anything for you, except for the nightly assassinations and daily executions.</p>
<p>Please PM me any questions you might have.
Me:
You are a Villager . You are inactive at night. Every day, you participate in the daily execution.</p>
<p>To vote to execute a player during the day, please post the name of your target in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread, indicating that you would like that player executed, before the deadline (12:00 pm EST). You may revise your vote indefinitely (until the deadline) by sending me a new PM with the name of the player whom you want to execute. At the end of the day, the player who has received the most execution votes is executed. If two or more players tie for the majority of execution votes, then one is randomly chosen from them for execution.</p>
<p>Day and night each last 24 hours.</p>
<p>When a player dies, his/her role is revealed.</p>
<p>At any time, you may PM anything to any player or post anything in the “Mafia (GAME)” thread. Use your own discernment to decide whether players lie or tell the truth, because I will not verify anything for you, except for the nightly assassinations and daily executions.</p>
<p>Please PM me any questions you might have.
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<p>Role PMs have been sent. If you did not receive a PM, then you are a villager.</p>
arox94
July 5, 2010, 5:37pm
35
<p>soo whoo shall we kill</p>
<p>…well, somebody has to start it, I guess. Voting for charlieharper by random selection. Nothing personal!</p>
<p>(Is there a specific format we need for our vote? Or is just bolding their name fine?)</p>
<p>I will go for Nomita.</p>
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<p>However, day #1 hasn’t yet begun, so voting is not yet in effect. Day #1 will begin at 12:00 pm EST this Wednesday (Or tomorrow, if all mafiosi, the doctor, and the cop PM me the names of the people they want to assassinate/investigate/protect by then.)</p>
<p>Whoops. Sorry for failing to read carefully… I’m not used to having the non-villagers take action before the voting begins.</p>
<p>Oops. I didn’t quite read that carefully.</p>
im leaving tomorrow :)</p>