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Rules: Make sure you read and understand all the rules.
Cheating:
Cheating includes (but is not limited to):
Posting after death. You may have one polite goodbye post, which must not contain any game-relevant information.
Ruining the game, such as by revealing your mafia teammates or giving out the link to QTs you may have.
Obtaining someone else's role by logging on to their account or looking over their shoulder.
Comparing role PM times to attempt to determine roles.
Posting or quoting any PM you received in connection to this game.
Posting screenshots of anything, especially: your inbox, PMs, QTs, or other out of thread communications.
Getting yourself modkilled to help your team. Your non-majority-decided death may not be used as a bargaining chip.
Signing up more than once using smurf accounts.
Betting items outside of the game in exchange for in-game benefits.
Sharing accounts with other players, unless cleared with hosts in advance. If not, only you may post on your account.
Breadcrumbing using the specific phrasing of your role PM. You may claim your role and abilities, but you may not use role PM phrasing in order to prove your role or alignment.
Posting a false role PM phrased as if you received it from the host. You may fake claim a role other than the one you received, but you may not make it seem like you are posting a real role PM received from the host.
If you feel that any action you are considering may be against the spirit of the game, it is best to contact a host and ensure it is allowed before proceeding.
General:
Host Color: Bolded blue text is reserved for the hosts of the game to make our posts easy to notice. Please do not use it.
Questions: Please do us a favor and read the rules before you ask anything. Before the game starts, if you have questions about the rules, you may ask in the thread.
Once role PMs have gone out and the game is ready to start, all questions are to be sent by PM only. You will be modkilled without warning if you ask a question in thread, or mention that you intend to ask a question, or reveal that you have asked a question by PM. If I think your question warrants the attention of the entire thread, I will make an announcement without revealing who asked the question.
Smurfs: Smurfs must PM the host because TL doesn't allow multiple accounts otherwise. If the host is unaware of smurfs, you (and/or your smurf) can be banned for having multiple accounts
Editing: Editing is not allowed for any reason. Editing will result in a warning. After that, you will be modkilled. This is the one part of the site where it is okay to be double posting, even triple-posting.
"Editing" includes indirect editing like linking an image, then modifying the image. Editing your profile or signature are allowed, but if you edit them for any game-related reasons (i.e. breadcrumbing, sending messages, etc) this will be considered out of thread posting and will be punished.
This rule also applies if your role provides a QuickTopic for out of thread communication. Do not edit or delete posts that you have made in any QuickTopic.
Spam: Spam is not tolerated, nor is any off-topic material. Do not discuss Proleague(RIP) here. Do not talk about Starcraft II here. Play Mafia here.
Complaints about other players: Do not discuss in the thread asking for someone to be warned, replaced or modkilled. If you have a problem with someone or something, PM the hosts and let us handle it. Do not under any circumstance take matters into your own hands.
Inappropriate posts and use of the report post link: If you want to post something insulting or inappropriate and know the TL mods would have a problem with it elsewhere, don't post it here. If you do, a host will warn you or modkill you and request that you be banned from future games. The hosts have the final say on what is inappropriate. If you do not like how someone is talking to you, please PM a host, Flamewheel, or Mig before involving the TL moderation staff or using the report post link. If you are unsatisfied with how the situation is resolved, then you can appeal to the TL staff normally.
Modkill and ban discussions: Please wait until this game is over to talk about modkills and bans resulting from this game.
Play to win.
This means you play your best to help your team win while you are alive and in the game. However, this does not mean that you should try to win by being a jerk to the other players so they all want to quit playing.
This also means that you cannot leave the game without a good reason without a ban. These situations will be dealt with on a case by case basis. PM your host if you need to leave the game.
Out of thread communication:
It is common for players whose roles permit out of thread communication to use a medium outside of TL e.g. QuickTopic, IRC or skype to communicate during the game. Other players may not attempt to infiltrate such communication channels. Players who have not explicitly been given permission to communicate outside the thread are not allowed to do so.
If your role permits out of thread communication, you may not directly quote any of those communications in the game thread. You may not post screenshots of out of thread communication channels, or compare timestamps. You may still discuss with the game thread what was said elsewhere, but no quoting — you must describe using your own words.
Reminder: the rule against editing also applies to any QuickTopics that you are provided for out of thread communication. Do not edit or delete QuickTopic posts.
Game-specific rules:
Modkills: This game follows the TL Mafia Ban List. If you are modkilled, your punishment will go beyond being eliminated from this game. Please refer to it for questions about your punishment. If you want to use this game to sit out your ban, please inform the host or post in the Ban List.
If you break any rules, you will receive ONE (1) warning PM on your first offense. There will be no second warning. Please don't make me wield the hammer.
Hydras: Ask for permission if you wish to play as a hydra. Requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Replacements: This game uses replacements.
Inactive players may be replaced by other players up to (and including) End of Day 2.
At any time, if you are unable to continue playing for a legitimate reason and require a replacement, inform the host(s) via PM. Do not post about it in the thread and do not contact the standby players on your own accord.
Clues: The role PMs and day/night posts are purely flavor text. There are no clues.
PMs: PMs and out of thread communication are not allowed in this game, unless your role explicitly allows them.
Activity: You are expected to keep up with the thread and participate in discussion daily. If for some reason you anticipate that you will not be available for a period longer than 24 hours, please notify a host ahead of time. If a player fails to post by midday of a day phase, they will be sent a reminder/warning. If they remain inactive for the entire day phase, they will be replaced or removed from the game.
Time Cycle: This game will follow a 48 hour day/24 hour night cycle. Any votes or PM actions timestamped up to and including XX:59 will count; those at or after XX:00 will not.
Upon reaching the deadline at the end of a day or night phase, the game will be put on hold until the next day or night post is posted. Once the deadline has been reached, you must not post in the thread until the game is resumed by the next daypost or nightpost. Do not wait until the very last moment to try to post!
The deadline for this game is: 6:00 pm UTC, or 18:00 GMT (+00:00) in your timezone.
If you have not read all the rules, go back and do so. I will not compensate for ignorance.
♡ No communication in the game thread. ♡ Instead, each pair of players will have a private QT.
♡ Voting: in this game thread. ##vote and ##unvote only -- no additional text allowed! ♡ Night Actions: by PM to both cakepie & Rels
♡ 48+24h cycles
Rules reminder / clarification Rules still apply. In particular: ♡ No editing: do not edit/delete posts in QTs. ♡ Please maintain silence in QTs upon reaching the deadline until next day or nightpost is up.
In conjunction with Valentine’s Day, this will be a game with particular focus on the Lover role.
For the purposes of this game, Lovers are a pair of players who are linked to each other. Generally speaking, if one Lover dies, their partner dies simultaneously. Lovers are given a QT to communicate with one another in private. Lovers may be of any alignment, and are not confirmed to their partners.
That part should be more or less familiar to most players. The twist in this game is that no one starts off as Lovers. Instead, the game revolves around an “Infatuation” mechanic. Each cycle, a new pair of Lovers will be created from among the players who are “single”. Players will have agency in this process: each player will maintain a preference ranking of the others according to “desirability”, with the top choice being their “crush”, whereas those at the bottom can be considered either “disliked” or "friendzoned" and would have their advances rejected.
The above forms the basic premise behind the design of this setup. Upon this foundation are added various supporting roles and mechanics that are specifically designed to interact with the Lover role and Infatuation mechanic.
Setup will be balanced based on number of signups. Currently aiming for approx. 17~19 players which we think is close to ideal, but we will try our best to adjust accordingly.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am The_Bachelor. I invite you all to participate in this two week competition where you will all fight for my affection as I seek to find my one true love. I will start by introducing myself. I am a charming and wealthy individual with good looks that none of you can possibly resist. I'm the third cousin, four times removed, of a famous athlete, but unfortunately we're not on speaking terms at the moment. I enjoy long walks on the beach and gems. Gems are truly outrageous. But the most important gem of all is the diamond that I'll give out after the inevitable proposal, just days after we meet. What could possibly go wrong?!
Each day I will have a limited number of roses that I will hand out to those that catch my eye. I'm looking for a mate that is intelligent, trustworthy, and not named Koshi. Redheads need not apply. As heartbreaking as it would be, if you don't receive a rose, we'll have no choice but to send you packing. Good luck contestants!
On February 02 2017 08:22 SpiritoftheTunA wrote: how long do these things take to fill
can somebody ballpark a start date?
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F.or .bigger games like this one maybe a week/week and a half.
Ill..think about joining but I might break the game since I will be at the top of everyones list since they cant help themselves. With great power comes great responsibility!
Last time I came across irresistible object I didn't get cakepie. For Rels, I got pie cake instead even though I said I didn't want it. It was going to go stale after a few days, so I finally made a sandwich out of it. I consumed it. But guess what? I didn't make it to the end on a technicality. A failure to vote although the scorching hot winter was coming and this was when the winter was ending, although there was another winter that was in its early days which were like weeks in another realm where I spoke from a book before the coming of a full moon - which I can speakth here although still occurring as the law of this realm is not of Liquidia. If their was such rules.. I have not be expose. If the host of that realm reads this and disapproves, then please have mercy for without such you wouldn't have such lovely arrangement of texts to read.
I'm not sure if I can commit.. Has you seen the heart of Chez? For Rels! There is a Chez outside the Liquidia and beyond the two realms which the first he explored as dragon amongst champions and the second he explored and continues to do so as the priest among the dead. This dimension which is beyond the realms.. is the one that dictates what happens here. If this Chez.. The RL Chez.. ever finds a lover.. What would come of the exposure of the Chez of these realms to this RL lover? Are his words to many to be read? Will the Chez go the way of Artanis? or will he vanish subtly making less frequent appearances to embrace the realm of the RL lover?
Dear Diary,
Chez is here for you. It's gonna be okay. I know it can be tough to be a diary being pressed on.. covered by dark goo.. and the occasional folding... I know at times you've been shelved away by the one who writes closest to you.. others have opened you when you didn't want to be read. Some say you are just carbon sheets bounded by skin. But I'm here to tell you that you are more than that Diary! You draw out and help release the deep pressed thoughts of those who deform and pollute your inner layers. Your suffering is not in vain. Through your suffering, you will gain endurance from which you can develop perservance. So, take hope in the character from which this produces! It's gonna be okay Diary.. No... it's gonna be Great!
In case chezinu /in's, I will /out. Nothing personal but I think I will not enjoy playing a game where I potentially roll town with Chezinu. I was mafia with him in my last game and I can only imagine how bad the game experience would've been if I had rolled town.
On February 02 2017 23:56 beentheredonethat wrote: In case chezinu /in's, I will /out. Nothing personal but I think I will not enjoy playing a game where I potentially roll town with Chezinu. I was mafia with him in my last game and I can only imagine how bad the game experience would've been if I had rolled town.
Folks, I don't mind a bit of chit chat in the pregame, but please let's not turn this thread into an extension of the postgame discussion of the earlier one. Even though we have some of the same hosts as before and are using the same smurf account, this is a new and different game.
In particular, @Chez -- I read your large post and I think I get some of it, but I can't be certain if you only speak in riddles. Also, please use the appropriate channels for any outstanding matters of substance. So: If you want to contest your modkill on technical / procedural grounds or appeal it for valid RL reasons, please take it to the banlist thread. Otherwise if you would like to sitout this game, please make it clear and explicit.
On February 03 2017 14:10 cakepie wrote: Folks, I don't mind a bit of chit chat in the pregame, but please let's not turn this thread into an extension of the postgame discussion of the earlier one. Even though we have some of the same hosts as before and are using the same smurf account, this is a new and different game.
In particular, @Chez -- I read your large post and I think I get some of it, but I can't be certain if you only speak in riddles. Also, please use the appropriate channels for any outstanding matters of substance. So: If you want to contest your modkill on technical / procedural grounds or appeal it for valid RL reasons, please take it to the banlist thread. Otherwise if you would like to sitout this game, please make it clear and explicit.
Thread derailment averted! Thank you for your cooperation.
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On February 03 2017 04:38 Skynx wrote: There should be a friendzone mechanic in this game.
Setup ...considered either “disliked” or "friendzoned" and would have their advances rejected.
Done! The mechanic was already there, just needed to tweak the flavour text. XD
In case anyone's wondering, the setup will be semi-open so you'll get to see the possible roles. We're just holding off on posting them for a bit so we can adjust the roles according to game size. Also maybe because I haven't finished making it all bbcode beautiful yet. XÞ welp
Yes, we are still open for signups. Valentine's may be over, but White Day is coming up!
I've been told that the deadline [ currently: 6:00 pm UTC / 18:00 GMT (+00:00) ] is kind of awkward... In case that's what's preventing anyone from signing up, give a shout -- it's possible we could change the deadline to 2:00 am UTC / 02:00 GMT (+00:00) instead, if that works better for more folks.
On March 01 2017 03:48 cakepie wrote: Yes, we are still open for signups. Valentine's may be over, but White Day is coming up!
I've been told that the deadline [ currently: 6:00 pm UTC / 18:00 GMT (+00:00) ] is kind of awkward... In case that's what's preventing anyone from signing up, give a shout -- it's possible we could change the deadline to 2:00 am UTC / 02:00 GMT (+00:00) instead, if that works better for more folks.
If it doesn't fill in the next few days, maybe head for Dia de Sant Jordi (23rd of April), which is Cataluña's version, or if you're really desperate, Dia dos Namorados (June 12) for the equivalent in Brazil. Thatshould give you plenty of time for the game to fill up!
At this point I'm just looking to at least run something for you folks that have been signed up so that you don't end up queuing in vain. Its up to ya'll what you want. We've been hovering around 7~8 for a while, so the options are:
- keep waiting for godot to fill 9p (7v2) - reduce to 5p (4v1) by means of: - a couple of people fail to respond (within, say, 48hrs) - a couple of players volunteer to /out - RNG a couple of people to kick - abandon game
I'll be pinging all the players who're in the list; will wait couple days max for responses before a final go / no-go
Assuming that anyone I haven't heard back from is MIA. That leaves me with the following players: - LightningStrike - Onegu - Eversince - Tumblewood - Vivax
Confirmation PMs going out for 5-player Speed Dating Mafia. Start planned for Wednesday, Apr 19 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) pending confirmations. Roles will go out an hour or so before start.
If 4 more people show up before then, I will expand to 9 players (may incur brief delay to set up additional QTs) otherwise game will proceed as 5p.
On April 18 2017 16:45 Koshi wrote: I will be in France from the 22th to the 26th.
I'm so sorry.
Story behind this?
/confirm
Elections. A real shitshow. 4-way tie statistically between a Communist, a Centrist Banker, a far-right Thatcherite, and a Revanchist Petainist. Then, a runoff between the top two. Get ready for a circus of supreme proportions.
On April 18 2017 16:45 Koshi wrote: I will be in France from the 22th to the 26th.
I'm so sorry.
Story behind this?
/confirm
Elections. A real shitshow. 4-way tie statistically between a Communist, a Centrist Banker, a far-right Thatcherite, and a Revanchist Petainist. Then, a runoff between the top two. Get ready for a circus of supreme proportions.
Lol nah I didn't mean that. Macron is the obvious choice there and he'll prob do fine.
On April 18 2017 16:45 Koshi wrote: I will be in France from the 22th to the 26th.
I'm so sorry.
Story behind this?
/confirm
Elections. A real shitshow. 4-way tie statistically between a Communist, a Centrist Banker, a far-right Thatcherite, and a Revanchist Petainist. Then, a runoff between the top two. Get ready for a circus of supreme proportions.
Lol nah I didn't mean that. Macron is the obvious choice there and he'll prob do fine.
On April 18 2017 16:45 Koshi wrote: I will be in France from the 22th to the 26th.
I'm so sorry.
Story behind this?
/confirm
Elections. A real shitshow. 4-way tie statistically between a Communist, a Centrist Banker, a far-right Thatcherite, and a Revanchist Petainist. Then, a runoff between the top two. Get ready for a circus of supreme proportions.
Lol nah I didn't mean that. Macron is the obvious choice there and he'll prob do fine.
Edit: role PMs have gone out, including your QT links. QTs will be unlocked upon game start so don't be alarmed that you can't post at the moment. Holler if there's any other issues.
Foolishness was just finishing with his welcome and introduction speech. "...and that's how our speed dating event today will work. Questions? ... No? Should be pretty straightforward. Well then, I wish you all an excellent speed dating. We shall take a brief break right now, see you back here in 5 minutes for the start of the first session.
He never made it back from the restrooms.
Day 1 has begun. The day phase will end at Saturday, Apr 22 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). remain.
Remember, no communication in this thread. Vote here using ##vote and ##unvote only -- no other text permitted.
The other participants thought that Vivax was uninteresting and decided to eliminate him from consideration. He was unceremoniously kicked out from the ballroom, conveniently right into the arms of the police.
No worries we won Onegu please jsut take care of your son. I really thought I could only talk to 1 table per day so when I found that Tumblewood voted me and Ever voting Vivax I check the qts realized I could of talked to everyone. I so dumb at times T_T
The thing that screw Vivax the most was he wanted to vote me but didn't and he didn't try to push his prefer lynch on me and decided to not do anything.
On April 16 2017 14:50 cakepie wrote: I can understand if that's not your cup of tea, but that doesn't make it unbalanced.
I didn't say it is unbalanced, i said it was impossible to play properly in case you don't use a shitton of time, which most of the people don't have. And the 5 player setup, while playable, is dumb, because you can't really scumhunt since there is only 1 mafia. Unless the mafia fucks up really hard and is straight out stupid they are never lynched for reasons that make people mafia -- they just get "randomly lynched" on D1 or D2, or win.
I think this setup favors town. Being all private QT should level the field. In the sense you have to make all 3 other town believe in you. Which helps mafia since you can't build on a open conversation.
Everything in this setting seems lost if no report building is done. Mafia could have just as easily won by doing... anything.
On April 24 2017 01:35 Eversince wrote: So how to fix that?
I think this setup favors town. [....]
There is no way to fix that. An exaggerated example for what you're asking is "how to fix a game with 4 players being a sane cop against a single mafia goon, without changing the roles?".
It doesn't really favor town because with only 1 mafia it is impossible to scumhunt. But well, with random lynching the town wins 47,2% of the time, so that should tell something about the game. As i said, it's not "imbalanced", you just can't scumhunt. We could also play rock-paper-scissors and call it mafia.
Meh. I worked with what we had and that was 5 players. Could have simply cancelled with less effort.
Too bad there just wasn't the population/interest for the original setup. Rels and I were pretty stoked for it, and a small handful of players seemed pretty enthused as well. Oh well.