Welcome to Castlevania Mafia, a Basic for 12 players reviewed by ZDS and ganderin_dan! First off, some ground rules...
All MTGS Mafia rules apply.
I reserve the right to change any rule that isn't an MTGS rule.
Don't post when you're dead. Not even a "bah" post. The dead can't talk.
Don't communicate to anyone about the game outside the confines of the game, whether you're alive or dead.
Don't reference the goings-on of ongoing games.
Don't threaten to replace yourself or be modkilled.
Don't edit or delete your posts (or others', if you've been blessed with that power). This includes posts in a QT chat.
Don't thank posts.
Don't discuss my formatting unless I explicitly allow it.
Don't crypto-claim or use other crypto-text.
Don't quote anything game-related from outside the game thread unless I've given explicit permission to do so. This includes role PMs and QT chats. Please,
don't quote your role PM, borderline quote your role PM, or do anything that could be construed as quoting your role PM. You may loosely paraphrase a quote, but when in doubt, ask me if a paraphrasing is acceptable.
In general, when in doubt, please ask me. I love answering questions, and I may not tolerate ignorance of a question you didn't ask.
If you ask a question in the game thread that pertains specifically to you, in whole or in part, I may not answer it in the game thread but will answer it in a PM.
Put anything that needs to be read by a mod in bold text at the beginning of a line; preferably on its own line. This includes votes and requests.
You don't need to unvote in order to revote, but it would help. Vote Y while voting X is assumed to be shorthand for Unvote X, Vote Y.
Players cannot vote for themselves. A vote for yourself will be ignored, but if revoting from another player the unvote will still count.
A player is lynched when their lynch threshold has been reached (typically a majority of living players). Twilight begins at that moment and lasts until I say that Night has begun, even if I don't say that it's Twilight. You may post during Twilight but not a moment after—please make sure Night hasn't begun when you post during Twilight.
You may vote for no lynch instead of voting for a player. When the majority of players do so, Twilight will fall as normal and the Day will end without a lynch.
If you're going to be V/LA for more than 72 hours, tell me what dates you'll be V/LA from and till in the game thread if it's Day (if it's Night, PM me instead).
You are required to make at least one post every 72 hours. If you go 72 hours without a post, any player may request a prod in-thread and I'll do so. If you go 120 hours without a post, I'll prod you automatically.
At the beginning of each Day, I'll set a deadline equal to [No. of Living Players] + [Day 1 Lynch Threshold]. I reserve to right to move that deadline up or back in time -- time will typically be added for replacements, major holidays, and major MTG-related events when applicable.
If the deadline is reached without a majority lynch, the player with the most votes will be lynched if and only if there's no tie for most. Otherwise, the Day ends with no lynch.
At the beginning of each Night, I will set a strict deadline for the end of that Night, typically 72 hours from the end of the Day, possibly rounded to the top of the next hour or the next day. All Night actions must be submitted by that deadline, even if I haven't started the next Day yet. Night chats, however, can continue until I start the next Day.
Force-replacement and modkills will be handled on a case-by-case basis. However, this is not license to break the rules. Flagrantly breaking a rule, repeatedly breaking rules, or breaking a major rule will be punished by either force-replacement or being modkilled.
Play nice and have fun
I use the following resolution order for Night actions:
Actions that occur at the beginning of Night
Gaining actions
Losing actions
Becoming untargetable
Blocking redirection
Redirection
Blocking blocks
Blocking other actions
Protection
Item & message actions
Miscellany
Killing & other deaths
Recruiting
Information gathering
Actions that occur at the end of Night
All actions within the same step resolve simultaneously if possible, and will never resolve on timestamp order.
The Town's win condition is "You win when no members of the mafia are alive."
The Mafia's win condition is "You win when the mafia equals or outnumbers the town."
Every player has a song and a portrait in their role PM. You may post the links to these in the thread. However, you still can't quote any other part of your flavor -- when in doubt, ask.
Flavor-gaming will provide no benefit in finding scum. You can try it, but you very likely won't succeed.
Alive (4)
Wildfire393 (mentored by Prophylaxis) (Leon Belmont, Town Vanilla)
Hunger (Shanoa, Town Vanilla)
Antny223 (replacing Kazekirimaru) (Simon Belmont, Town 2-Shot Vigilante)
Megiddo (replacing Crossfiyah) (Alucard, Town Tracker)
Dead (8)
SelesnyaNewLife (Stella Lecarde, Town Vanilla) - Lynched Day 1
Dels (Charlotte Aulin, Town Vanilla) - Killed Night 1
RobotWizard (Maria Renard, Town Doctor) - Killed Night 1
masterplum (Elizabeth Bathory, Mafia Goon) - Lynched Day 2
MenuWars (Eric Lecarde, Town Vanilla) - Killed Night 2
Burning_Earth (Dracula, Mafia 1-Shot Bulletproof Leader) - Lynched Day 3
Sir Chris (Soma Cruz, Town Vanilla) - Killed Night 3
KamikazeArchon (replacing MeowBlade) (Death, Mafia Roleblocker) - Lynched Day 4
You approach Dracula's Castle expectantly -- what dark power lies in wait within its gothic walls? The castle gate opens as you draw near, inviting you inward to an entrance hall dimly illuminated by candlelight. That's when you notice it: the flapping of two large, leathery wings and a window-shattering screech. It's a bat.
However, the bat is no enemy, and indeed a great friend of all those who oppose Dracula. The enemy is the beast you didn't notice kneeling behind it, poised to strike.
Quickly escaping the clutch of the demon Balore, you mourn the loss of the bat, wiping the rest of his blood and guts off your armor -- you'll never forget the bravery of that poor bat.
ZeDorkSlipeur has been killed. He was Giant Bat, Town Vanilla.
♫ You Goddamned Bathead ♫ Castlevania Chronicles
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Life's not so bad, being a giant bat. Giant bat wings. Giant bat bloodsucking. Giant bat echolocation. You can even deal with being the boss that everybody forgets and nobody cares about -- it's a small price to pay for being a giant bat, after all. But Dracula, he doesn't get it; he thinks he can transform into a giant bat willy-nilly whenever he grows tired of his human form. That's not part of the giant bat lifestyle. You'll show him -- you'll show him who the one true giant bat is.
You are Giant Bat, Town Vanilla.
You win when no members of the mafia are alive.
You have no special abilities.
And so you continue on through the castle -- hurry to defeat Dracula, vampire hunter, for the Dark Lord's power increases by the day!
Day 1 has begun! With 12 alive, it's 7 to lynch. Your deadline is May 10th, 11:59 PM EDT -- good hunting.
Anyways, we are going to have a goal this game. I think you guys have a pretty solid grasp of mafia and how to play, but your days drag out way way too long.
So let's shoot for no more then a week long day at any point. That means no going ark for days at a time without posting.
I felt confident enough that you guys were decent that I invited 6 of the guys I usually played win on a different board over. Where we played we had plurality lynch 48 hour days which were crazy and fun. This is... Not that.
Which isn't a problem, but I think we are going to need a nice happy medium here as far as activity and day length go. Once we hit a week I am practically going to policy lynch anybody who has been extremely inactive (like going two days without posting for no reason) it will take more effort but I really think it will be more fun too.
Well, compared to month long day standards. No guarantees on it being gunner then a two day day.
Right, people who have Eire never played with me before or played with scum me once and don't realize that I enjoy rambling about random stuff. Should probably avoid that.
Anyways, we are going to have a goal this game. I think you guys have a pretty solid grasp of mafia and how to play, but your days drag out way way too long.
So let's shoot for no more then a week long day at any point. That means no going ark for days at a time without posting.
I felt confident enough that you guys were decent that I invited 6 of the guys I usually played win on a different board over. Where we played we had plurality lynch 48 hour days which were crazy and fun. This is... Not that.
Which isn't a problem, but I think we are going to need a nice happy medium here as far as activity and day length go. Once we hit a week I am practically going to policy lynch anybody who has been extremely inactive (like going two days without posting for no reason) it will take more effort but I really think it will be more fun too.
Well, compared to month long day standards. No guarantees on it being gunner then a two day day.
So let's do this
Week long days actually work, as proven by basic 84.
The thing is, game speed meshes with deadlines. That's why I believe that all games here should have two week long deadlines, a pace that certainly works on MS.
I fully support plum's effort to have faster days with more activity! I will be doing my best to be as active as possible, and I hope the other players will too.
Anyway... I find it weird that BE took plum's post there so seriously. Not just that you took it seriously, but that you made such a big deal about it. Like saying that plum is setting himself up with selfmeta that he can play based on. That's reading into it a bit too much I think!
Right, people who have Eire never played with me before or played with scum me once and don't realize that I enjoy rambling about random stuff. Should probably avoid that.
Hello. My name is Chris. My favorite color is orange, my favorite animal is the lion, and I enjoy reading, writing, and having fun with my friends.
I think the pace of the game should be determined by the players as it goes naturally, forced deadlines of "one week" ahead of time don't always go to plan. I'd say play it by ear.
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I agree that trying to enforce a one week deadline on players who didn't even sign up for that is wrong. All I ask is that everyone is as active as possible, and does not stall on bringing things to a conclusion.
Anyway, BE, I don't do random votes. And I don't think plum's "self-meta" is that offensive. Is this something that is frowned upon around here?
Hello. My name is Chris. My favorite color is orange, my favorite animal is the lion, and I enjoy reading, writing, and having fun with my friends.
I think the pace of the game should be determined by the players as it goes naturally, forced deadlines of "one week" ahead of time don't always go to plan. I'd say play it by ear.
Hi chris would you like to weigh in on the current situation or just sit there and be useless?
Man, for someone who is apparently okay with the random voting stage (aka useless), you sure are quick to jump on Chris there!
And yeah, by frowned upon, I just meant, is it considered scummy in general...or just be you? The way you first mentioned it, you seemed to be implying that plum was using selfmeta as a tactic to defend himself in the future or something.
And I come from Plum Land! ...The place that Plum brought us all over here from.
You are a very aggressive person. Do you think I, as scum, will use whatever tactic required to not weigh in on the current situation? I have seen all sorts of situations where people say things about themselves. It can break both ways. Scum can do it to hide mistakes and set the tone for how they are viewed, or town can just be giving honest information about themselves without really thinking how this would be viewed by the more suspicious minded out there.
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And I don't jump to conclusions so quickly. I'm not gonna think you're scum just because you made a few posts that I didn't agree with. I'm questioning you about it in an attempt to figure out if I think you're scum or not.
So your vote is on plum because you think he's scum? When you said "Lynch this guy", is that what you genuinely want? You'd be happy if everyone just agreed with you and voted plum right now?
I would like your definition of scum. Do all scum really selfmeta while all town do not? Is it that easy to catch scum?
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I don't know what RVS stands for, but I am going to guess it amounts to "joke phase" that most games suffer from.
I am all for effort, but you have to be clear with your intent I feel. I took it upon myself to answer your question to Dels myself about why not vote Plum. Your effort is not in question, but I have an obligation to see if you are scum yourself, and not challenging your supposed earnest effort wouldn't be very smart of me.
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Hm. My first reaction is no. From my own experiences scum don't decide to turn joke votes into real votes too often. It is more something I'd suspect a town member to do when they get an honest read on a player and decide to pursue it.
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If I am wrong, then I am lying and am scum, and you should probably vote for me. For you see the situation I spoke of is my reasoning. You claim it is untrue. Generally speaking the only people who manufacture reasoning are scum, so if you think that then you should be very suspicious of me, which would be a bad assessment of the situation like I said. I can't really be wrong unless I am scum.
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Interesting. You seem to be an attacking type of a guy. I can respect that. I believe that defending people I think seem townish is just as important as going after people I think are scummy. I am not unwilling to vote, I just haven't yet. As for buddying dels... I don't think that happened.
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You call Chris out for being unwilling to vote, but he hasn't yet stated anyone that he believes seems scummy. Who, then, would you expect him to vote for?
I called you town. And I am questioning. I am not being hostile in the least!
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Welcome to Castlevania Mafia, a Basic for 12 players reviewed by ZDS and ganderin_dan! First off, some ground rules...
All actions within the same step resolve simultaneously if possible, and will never resolve on timestamp order.
Alive (4)
Dead (8)
However, the bat is no enemy, and indeed a great friend of all those who oppose Dracula. The enemy is the beast you didn't notice kneeling behind it, poised to strike.
Quickly escaping the clutch of the demon Balore, you mourn the loss of the bat, wiping the rest of his blood and guts off your armor -- you'll never forget the bravery of that poor bat.
ZeDorkSlipeur has been killed. He was Giant Bat, Town Vanilla.
♫ You Goddamned Bathead ♫
Castlevania Chronicles
Konami Kukeiha Club
Life's not so bad, being a giant bat. Giant bat wings. Giant bat bloodsucking. Giant bat echolocation. You can even deal with being the boss that everybody forgets and nobody cares about -- it's a small price to pay for being a giant bat, after all. But Dracula, he doesn't get it; he thinks he can transform into a giant bat willy-nilly whenever he grows tired of his human form. That's not part of the giant bat lifestyle. You'll show him -- you'll show him who the one true giant bat is.
You are Giant Bat, Town Vanilla.
And so you continue on through the castle -- hurry to defeat Dracula, vampire hunter, for the Dark Lord's power increases by the day!
Day 1 has begun! With 12 alive, it's 7 to lynch. Your deadline is May 10th, 11:59 PM EDT -- good hunting.
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But you were scum that game!
You were an evil sucky bastard which our job was to lynch. Is that not bad enough for an RVS vote?
I didn't choose to be scum last game and now you are holding it against me.
I actually really hate being scum. I am really good at it, but it isn't nearly as fun for me.
Your selfmeta is really bad, and coming so early in the game you can now play to it.
Also, you are way too scared of one RVS vote
So let's shoot for no more then a week long day at any point. That means no going ark for days at a time without posting.
I felt confident enough that you guys were decent that I invited 6 of the guys I usually played win on a different board over. Where we played we had plurality lynch 48 hour days which were crazy and fun. This is... Not that.
Which isn't a problem, but I think we are going to need a nice happy medium here as far as activity and day length go. Once we hit a week I am practically going to policy lynch anybody who has been extremely inactive (like going two days without posting for no reason) it will take more effort but I really think it will be more fun too.
Well, compared to month long day standards. No guarantees on it being gunner then a two day day.
So let's do this
Wait you thought I was serious?
The other two: really not
BE you can continue to suspect me as long as you keep posting
Week long days actually work, as proven by basic 84.
The thing is, game speed meshes with deadlines. That's why I believe that all games here should have two week long deadlines, a pace that certainly works on MS.
Anyway... I find it weird that BE took plum's post there so seriously. Not just that you took it seriously, but that you made such a big deal about it. Like saying that plum is setting himself up with selfmeta that he can play based on. That's reading into it a bit too much I think!
More selfmeta
Lynch this guy
(Dels, you're wrong. Also, no vote?)
I think the pace of the game should be determined by the players as it goes naturally, forced deadlines of "one week" ahead of time don't always go to plan. I'd say play it by ear.
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Anyway, BE, I don't do random votes. And I don't think plum's "self-meta" is that offensive. Is this something that is frowned upon around here?
Where do you come from Dels?
Hi chris would you like to weigh in on the current situation or just sit there and be useless?
And yeah, by frowned upon, I just meant, is it considered scummy in general...or just be you? The way you first mentioned it, you seemed to be implying that plum was using selfmeta as a tactic to defend himself in the future or something.
And I come from Plum Land! ...The place that Plum brought us all over here from.
And Dels, this aint RVS anymore, and anyway, Chris didn't even RVS.
Also, Dels, it seems like I'm scummy to you. Care to... you know... vote?
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And I don't jump to conclusions so quickly. I'm not gonna think you're scum just because you made a few posts that I didn't agree with. I'm questioning you about it in an attempt to figure out if I think you're scum or not.
So your vote is on plum because you think he's scum? When you said "Lynch this guy", is that what you genuinely want? You'd be happy if everyone just agreed with you and voted plum right now?
But right now I'm in the mood
Dels: why should I not read plum as scum. He's posted like scum.
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no, it's hard to catch scum but would you rather I not try? Would you rather eternal RVS?
2/3 caught.
I am all for effort, but you have to be clear with your intent I feel. I took it upon myself to answer your question to Dels myself about why not vote Plum. Your effort is not in question, but I have an obligation to see if you are scum yourself, and not challenging your supposed earnest effort wouldn't be very smart of me.
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But your reasons are bull*****
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Well? Out with it? Where is this "shift of tone"
@Chris: I know, you are scum. So is plum tho.
Remind me what Chris did to convince you he is scum?
Also, B_E's patented reads!
From town to scum
B_E
Dels
Everyone else
Plum
Chris
Vote Chris (in accordance with these reads)
Also, RVS=Random Vote Stage
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Chris is emulating you
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