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Newbie Mafia - 2of4 [Town Win!]

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Newbie Mafia - 2of4

Alive
1. Backfire Ivalset - Townie
2. Rantai Mashley Wojjan 2.0 - Townie

Dead
1. Ekaru - Mafia Rolecop - Lynched D1
2. LadySuburu - Townie - Nightkilled N1
3. Wojjan - Townie - Lynched D2
4. Sync - Townie - Nightkilled N2
5. bmin11 JInxyjem - Townie - Lynched D3
6. Drakari - Doctor - Nightkilled D3
7. NoHItter - Mafia Goon - Lynched D4

Replacements
a. JInxyjem
b. Ivalset
c. Mashley

Links
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Endgame

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This setup is newbie friendly, so if you have never played before, feel free to come give it a shot!

Setup
The 2of4 setup involves 7 of the 9 roles being predetermined, with the remaning slots being filled by 2 of 4 possible town roles roles: Cop, Doctor, Jailkeeper, and Vanilla Townie.

One of the following six setup variations will be randomly chosen:

1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 5 Vanilla Townies, Cop, Doctor
1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 5 Vanilla Townies, Cop, Jailkeeper
1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 5 Vanilla Townies, Doctor, Jailkeeper
1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 6 Vanilla Townies, Cop
1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 6 Vanilla Townies, Jailkeeper
1 Mafia Goon, 1 Mafia Rolecop, 6 Vanilla Townies, Doctor

Rules
This game uses the standard ruleset.

Role Descriptions/PMs
Role PMs

Townie PM wrote:

You are a Townie.

You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Confirm in thread:

Cop PM wrote:

You are the Cop.

Each night you may investigate a player, which will reveal to you their alignment.

You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Confirm in thread: viewtopic.php?f=84&t=75631

Doctor PM wrote:

You are the Doctor.

Each night you may protect a player, preventing them from being killed that night.
You may not protect the same player on consecutive nights, nor can you protect yourself.

You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Confirm in thread: viewtopic.php?f=84&t=75631

Jailkeeper PM wrote:

You are the Jailkeeper.

Each night you may jail a player, preventing them both from being killed, and from using any action that night.
You may not jail the same player on consecutive nights, nor can you jail yourself.

You win when the mafia have been eliminated.

Confirm in thread: viewtopic.php?f=84&t=75631

Mafia Goon PM wrote:

You are a Mafia Goon. Your partner, a Mafia Rolecop, is [xxxxxx]

You win when the mafia controls at least half of the votes.

Mafia Quicktopic: http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/wCYk8jRsJCAx4

Confirm in thread: viewtopic.php?f=84&t=75631

Mafia Rolecop PM wrote:

You are a Mafia Rolecop. Your partner, a Mafia Goon, is [xxxxxx].

Each night you may investigate a player, which will reveal to you their role name.

You win when the mafia controls at least half of the votes.

Mafia Quicktopic: http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/wCYk8jRsJCAx4

Confirm in thread: viewtopic.php?f=84&t=75631
LadySuburu
Yup.
Sync
in
Backfire
Yay!
bmin11
/in since Jester mafia is only for a joke
NoHitter
/in
Jinxy
replace
Rantai
I'm a newbie!
Wojjan
Ahhhhh good ol'
Jinxy
ITT 7/9 players are not newbies
Topic Starter
0_o
Totally not a bump.
Wojjan
hey if a newbie wants in I'll gladly step aside
speaking of, Darkari, this is my world I can feel you in here
Topic Starter
0_o
Well the game isn't intended exclusively for newbies, but if there are any newbies who wanted a taste of mafia with a more simple, standard setup, then this would be a good setup to get in on.

Though if all the players end up being veterans, that's fine too.
Drakari_old

Wojjan wrote:

hey if a newbie wants in I'll gladly step aside
speaking of, Darkari, this is my world I can feel you in here
I'm not a newbie, I just only recently started playing here. Been playing on other forums for a while.

But I'll join anyways because I can.
Wojjan
yer new around these parts son
the air's different in kansas
Lilac
Comparing here to Kansas...

...Wow.
Wojjan
But I don't know how to get home Lilac
Ekaru
I'm actually pretty new to this so... /in
Topic Starter
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Alrighty, let me get the good ol' randomizer going and we'll start this thing.
Lilac
Good luck guys.

I'm co-hosting. Also, get a private jet Wojjan.
Salvage
gl guys
Chris_old
drakari and ekaru are going to show you guys up
Sync
confirm
Topic Starter
0_o
PMs sent.
Ekaru
/confirm
LadySuburu
Yep.
bmin11
Confirm

inb4 drakari & ekaru mafia pair
Wojjan
Vote: bmin
Backfire
confirm
Drakari_old
inb4 I die day 1 again.
Topic Starter
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7 confirmations, close enough.

It is now Day 1

You have 5 days from this post.
Sync
vote bmin11
bmin11
oh no
Ekaru
vote: Rantai

because omgus from that one game
Sync

bmin11 wrote:

oh no
ha ha hahah you are cornered now
Wojjan
vote bmin11 if it didn't register
LadySuburu
Day 1 in traditional mafia, my worst enemy.

Also hi guys.
Rantai
Morning. Back to basics huh.
NoHitter
RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment?
2) Would you lynch lurkers?
3) Would you rely on meta?
4) How often do you plan on posting?

My Answers:
1) Don't care about alignment, as long as it's a role wherein I can communicate with people (Mason, Mafia, Neighborizer), I'm happy.
2) Only if the player usually doesn't lurk.
3) Yes. Discovered how meta is very useful.
4) Once per day. At the very least, once every two days.
NoHitter
Also, Vote: Backfire
Backfire
Oh hey whats up bro.
bmin11
1) What's your favorite role and alignment?
Informative roles if I'm townie. Mafia? I'm happy with anything as long as I can kill.

2) Would you lynch lurkers?
Yes.

3) Would you rely on meta?
I would agree on circumstances and other people's arguments (if they use it correctly), but I won't but myself using it too often. I'm bad with handling metas.

4) How often do you plan on posting?
idk. I'm thinking of atleast per day.
Sync

NoHItter wrote:

RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment?
2) Would you lynch lurkers?
3) Would you rely on meta?
4) How often do you plan on posting?
1. My favorite role so far is a tie between Flavor cop and Lynch Redirector. I liked knowing what roles people had, and having a possibly game-changing role was both scary and thrilling

2. depends on the situation; the short answer is yes.

3. depends on the situation; the short answer is no.

4. Whenever I feel that I have something to contribute
LadySuburu

NoHItter wrote:

RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment?
2) Would you lynch lurkers?
3) Would you rely on meta?
4) How often do you plan on posting?
1) Anything that can confirm me as town. That doesn't apply for this setup very much.
2) Neutral.
3) Somewhat, yes.
4) As often as I end up doing so. That's how it always is.
Ekaru

NoHItter wrote:

RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment?
2) Would you lynch lurkers?
3) Would you rely on meta?
4) How often do you plan on posting?
1) I dunno.
2) If nobody who was actually active seemed like a good target, then possibly.
3) I dunno.
4) I dunno.
Sync
How many games of mafia have you played, Ekaru?

if it's more than 3 then those answers suck
Sync
Oh, and I have another question for everyone

Do you think RVS is useless and unnecessary? If so, why? If not, how can it be used to benefit town?

My answer:
I think RVS is useful on flavorless mafia games because it is the only way town can get any reads off of anybody.
LadySuburu

Sync wrote:

Do you think RVS is useless and unnecessary? If so, why? If not, how can it be used to benefit town?
Yes, but as you said it's really the only way town can get reads. I've been trying to think of an alternative but RQS is the only close alternative and it doesn't do much either. I'm not fond of D1 in most mafia games. I love being able to do things like claiming insomniac D1 in WWG, that's what's fun.
bmin11
I couldn't take any advantage from RVSs so far, so personally I don't find it too useful. It's just one of those 'tossing" tactics I found, just like RQS
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

How many games of mafia have you played, Ekaru?

if it's more than 3 then those answers suck
I haven't actually completed a single game yet, actually.
Rantai

NoHItter wrote:

RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment? Mafia or Serial Killer
2) Would you lynch lurkers? Depending on the current suspicion list
3) Would you rely on meta? Large games, not really. Small games, as far as it can carry me
4) How often do you plan on posting? Once a day min
Sync

Ekaru wrote:

Sync wrote:

How many games of mafia have you played, Ekaru?

if it's more than 3 then those answers suck
I haven't actually completed a single game yet, actually.
oh lol
Wojjan
RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment? I like getting fancy with my own roles in games so something unique I can explore the boundaries and usefulness of always gets me pumped. In this setup the next best thing I guess is jailkeeper.
2) Would you lynch lurkers? Nah. Replace them.
3) Would you rely on meta? Yes. I do a lot of meta reads on day one and I tend to be right with them a lot.
4) How often do you plan on posting? I browse the forums at rather unchristian hours, expect bouts of posts one after another and periods of total radio silence
NoHitter
So Backfire, why did you post but not answer the RQS?

Sync wrote:

Do you think RVS is useless and unnecessary? If so, why? If not, how can it be used to benefit town?
It's not useless. I think I've gone over this with Salvage a lot of times already.
Basically RVS (like RQS) a way of starting the game during Day 1 - get reads and reactions.
NoHitter
Also Ekaru, your answers to 3 and 4 are cop outs.
For 1, I can understand given that you haven't even finished a game, but not 3 or 4.
Ekaru

NoHItter wrote:

Also Ekaru, your answers to 3 and 4 are cop outs.
For 1, I can understand given that you haven't even finished a game, but not 3 or 4.
Oh fine, I'll stop being lazy and answer those:

3) It depends. Meta reads are good, but sometimes they're worthless because some people are just crazy.
4) I expect to post a lot. I have no life.
Backfire
Oh, I didn't notice till after I posted that there was.

Favorite role is Vigilante
Wouldn't lynch lurkers
Sometimes meta can be useful
Whenever I can.
Drakari_old
Oh noes, I don't understand the jargon here. Guess I'll do whatever RQS means and hope I understand everything.

Favorite role is mafia anti-investigator. It's happened to me before.
I lynch lurkers if the way they're lurking won't get them modkilled.
Meta should be used to direct investigations, but isn't enough for kills unless there's nothing else.
I post when I'm on this forum.
Wojjan
RQS and RVS are rando question and vote stage, respectively
why we use stage and not phase I don't know.
Ekaru
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Drakari_old
THIS THREAD IS TOO QUIET. I WILL SHOUT TO FIX THAT.
NoHitter
Really. If you wanted the thread to not be quiet, instead of prodding other people to talk, you try to generate activity first.

Backfire wrote:

Oh, I didn't notice till after I posted that there was.
Then why didn't you post again after you saw it? You had to wait for someone to call you out before answering.
Wojjan
easy there tiger he answered didn't he
Rantai
Honestly it doesn't seem much good is going to come out of that rqs.

Though I do see a very aggressive Hitter.
NoHitter
Well, IMO in a somewhat basic game like this, you should take notice of everything.
We only have a 50% of getting one investigative role.
Backfire

NoHItter wrote:

Really. If you wanted the thread to not be quiet, instead of prodding other people to talk, you try to generate activity first.

Backfire wrote:

Oh, I didn't notice till after I posted that there was.
Then why didn't you post again after you saw it? You had to wait for someone to call you out before answering.
Because I didn't notice till I came back ;_;
bmin11
I'm terribly sorry to ask this, but can I be replaced? I'm going to finish Themeless and take a break afterward. Sorry.
Topic Starter
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JInxyjem replaces bmin11.
Jinxy
yo

will read when I've reaches home and got all the laughs required from jesterfest
LadySuburu
Vote: NoHItter.

Let's go back to me voting on gut until things happen.
Drakari_old
I'm just here for the sake of being here. Never been particularly good at day 1.
Ekaru

Drakari wrote:

I'm just here for the sake of being here. Never been particularly good at day 1.
'K.

unvote
vote: Drakari
Drakari_old
Post something because posting is required -> get votes.

kthx, next time I'll post nothing.
Sync
Ekaru's vote actually isn't justified at all
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

Ekaru's vote actually isn't justified at all
Actually, it is. He basically said that he's bad at voting randomly until something comes up.

There's not much else to go on since it's Day 1.
Sync
D1 isn't all about RVS, you know...

Also, not voting randomly is not a scum tell at all

You're right, there's almost never much to go on D1 until scum slips up

in this case, it's you voting for Drakari giving not a single valid reason whatsoever
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

D1 isn't all about RVS, you know...
Of course it isn't. We already went over that last time.

in this case, it's you voting for Drakari giving not a single valid reason whatsoever
Then half the people in this thread are scum for voting without giving a valid reason. That's what RVS is.
Sync
they aren't scum

also, are you claiming your vote for Drakari was a random vote?
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

they aren't scum
Exactly my point.

also, are you claiming your vote for Drakari was a random vote?
I'm claiming it's semi-random, yes. The moment a better vote comes up I'll switch to it. Again, I only voted for Drakari for now because he said he wasn't posting just because he isn't confident in his day 1 abilities. It's not anywhere near a reliable read, of course, but neither is somebody voting without an explanation early on in the game.
Sync

Ekaru wrote:

I'm claiming it's semi-random, yes. The moment a better vote comes up I'll switch to it. Again, I only voted for Drakari for now because he said he wasn't posting just because he isn't confident in his day 1 abilities. It's not anywhere near a reliable read, of course, but neither is somebody voting without an explanation early on in the game.
it's past RVS now. "semi-random" is worse than "random". Also, your "semi-random" reasoning doesn't make sense -- how exactly did you interpret "I am not confident in my D1 abilities" as a scum-tell?
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

it's past RVS now.
And I'm supposed to know this... how?

"semi-random" is worse than "random".
Please explain. As I said, it's just a light vote until something better comes up.

Also, your "semi-random" reasoning doesn't make sense -- how exactly did you interpret "I am not confident in my D1 abilities" as a scum-tell?
As an excuse for lurking, of course.
Ekaru
...Though yeah, since I'm going to change it anyways I might as well

unvote
Sync

Ekaru wrote:

Sync wrote:

it's past RVS now.
And I'm supposed to know this... how?

"semi-random" is worse than "random".
Please explain. As I said, it's just a light vote until something better comes up.

Also, your "semi-random" reasoning doesn't make sense -- how exactly did you interpret "I am not confident in my D1 abilities" as a scum-tell?
As an excuse for lurking, of course.
You don't see people randomly voting people, do you? When there is actual conversation about the game, that generally means RVS is over.

Semi-random means that there is reasoning behind it, yet you claim it to be random which makes you look stupid.

While I agree that there is never an excuse to not contribute anything, it's certainly not a scum-tell.
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

Semi-random means that there is reasoning behind it, yet you claim it to be random which makes you look stupid.
I never claimed it to be random. Now you're just putting words into my mouth. Go read what I said again:

Then half the people in this thread are scum for voting without giving a valid reason. That's what RVS is.
RVS is when you vote without giving out a valid reason because there is nothing to go on. At the point in which I voted, all I had to go on was that little snippet of Drakari's. I was rebutting your point that voting without a reason this early on is a scum tell; again, there was nothing to go on at that point. Furthermore,

You don't see people randomly voting people, do you? When there is actual conversation about the game, that generally means RVS is over.
Go look at the posts right before mine. There was no actual discussion about the game at all at that point, and two posts before mine LS voted on so-called "gut instinct" and is arguably "random."
Sync

Ekaru wrote:

I'm claiming it's semi-random, yes.
case and point

Don't talk to me like I don't know what RVS is.

If you knew pieguy's meta, he ALWAYS does this. Anyways, "gut-feeling" is not RVS. Either you're scum trying to make up for your mistakes or you do not know what RVS is.

RVS is when you vote randomly without any reason.


edit: I mistook LS with pieguy; ignore that part about the meta
NoHitter
First we have Ekaru voting Drakari for his "I'm just here for the sake of being here. Never been particularly good at day 1." post.
IMO the post itself is suspicious and warrants a vote. I agree that it seems like a disclaimer that he wouldn't contribute during D1.
Then after Ekaru voted for him, you have him seemingly raging about how posting merits a vote and that he won't post anymore.

But then we have Ekaru who after being questioned by Sync, claims that his vote was "semi-random".
Ekaru claims that he voted Drakari for his statement which you could correlate to lurking, but IMO that reason doesn't even have an inkling of "random" anymore.
So between Ekaru and Drakari, I would vote Ekaru.

Vote: Ekaru
Finally some activity.
Sync
and then he denied that he said the vote was random

vote: Ekaru
Rantai
I can see myself bandwagoning on this one.

I NEED CONSISTENCY
Rantai
Vote: Ekaru
Jinxy

NoHItter wrote:

RQS:
1) What's your favorite role and alignment? Any role, but investigative/with people. Basically whatever with more information then the common townie.
2) Would you lynch lurkers? Prod -> Find Replacements -> Lynch if none are found
3) Would you rely on meta? Sometimes, but I don't go out to collect meta and shit
4) How often do you plan on posting? Once a day
Ekaru's sudden vote excuse when questioned is indeed scummy, but we still have 3 or so days left, and he's on L-2. So FoS: Ekaru for now.
Drakari's rant was plain bad. That is not how one plays mafia.
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

and then he denied that he said the vote was random

vote: Ekaru
Ekaru

Sync wrote:

and then he denied that he said the vote was random

vote: Ekaru
I never said the vote was random. I already said this.

I said it was semi-random; as in, it was only partially random. As in, there was reasoning behind it but it's not that serious of a vote. Again, stop putting words into my mouth. That is how people use "semi-random" where I live; to mean that it was kinda random, but not really.

All I did was do what I have seen other people do in mafia games; vote without much explanation because the reasoning behind their vote is implied. Ex. What Rantai did just now, what I've seen other people do in other games, etc. Am I supposed to not do what I've seen others do? Because that really makes no sense.

Also, RVS votes are not truly random. The reasoning behind it is typically ridiculous, but there is still reasoning. If the votes were truly random then RVS would be pretty much useless.

P.S. The post above this one was accidental. Ignore that.
Ekaru
All I did was do what I have seen other people do in mafia games; vote without much explanation because the reasoning behind their vote is implied.
What I mean here is that the reasoning is implied in my quote.
Topic Starter
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Vote Count
Ekaru (3) - NoHItter, Sync, Rantai
JInxyjem (1) - Wojjan
NoHItter (1) - LadySuburu

Not voting - Backfire, JInxyjem, Drakari, Ekaru

2 days, 7.5 hours remaining. Check the Links in the OP for a countdown to the day end.
Wojjan
This is signifcantly in Ekaru's metalane but I almost wanna vote him just to see if he's scum so I can make a case when this happens again

almost. still on bmin
Drakari_old
Sarcasm failed here, that was very unexpected.

Not that two more pages have really helped me form an opinion, after seeing Ekaru's reasoning I'm slightly more inclined to vote him but I'll leave it for now.
LadySuburu
Yeah, I'm kinda leaning Ekaru right now but not enough to really counter my gut on NoHItter.
Sync

Ekaru wrote:

Sync wrote:

and then he denied that he said the vote was random

vote: Ekaru
I never said the vote was random. I already said this.

I said it was semi-random; as in, it was only partially random. As in, there was reasoning behind it but it's not that serious of a vote. Again, stop putting words into my mouth. That is how people use "semi-random" where I live; to mean that it was kinda random, but not really.

All I did was do what I have seen other people do in mafia games; vote without much explanation because the reasoning behind their vote is implied. Ex. What Rantai did just now, what I've seen other people do in other games, etc. Am I supposed to not do what I've seen others do? Because that really makes no sense.

Also, RVS votes are not truly random. The reasoning behind it is typically ridiculous, but there is still reasoning. If the votes were truly random then RVS would be pretty much useless.

P.S. The post above this one was accidental. Ignore that.
The meaning of semi-random is universal.

I'm not putting any words into your mouth -- in fact, I'm taking words directly from your posts. It's way past RVS and you should have known this. I believe you were very well aware of this and that you are scum trying to make up for your mistakes.

Rantai's vote was not random.

RVS votes are random. That is the whole point. The reason behind it is tacked on for fun, not because it is a serious reason like yours.
Ekaru
The meaning of semi-random is universal.
Semi-random simply means that it's not 100% random, but it also is not 0% random. That is the universal definition. I included a quote in my post so it was far more on the "not random" side of semi-random. When somebody says "random" and not "semi-random", they typically mean "100% random", AKA truly random, AKA not what my post said. Therefore you are indeed putting words into my mouth. Semi-random really isn't random by pure definition.

It's way past RVS and you should have known this.
It currently is, but not when I posted. There was no discussion when I posted.

I'm not putting any words into your mouth -- in fact, I'm taking words directly from your posts
RVS votes are random. That is the whole point. The reason behind it is tacked on for fun, not because it is a serious reason like yours.
As I've said for the billionth time, it was not really a serious vote. Just look at it. I quoted a post and then said "'K". I've also said a billion times that I planned on switching my vote the moment something better came up. Again, you're putting words into my mouth. I've been arguing this whole time that it was not a serious vote, and here you go again claiming that the reasoning was serious.

Furthermore, they are not 100% random. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. If you can post a reasoning behind your post other than "I used a RNG/rolled a die/etc." then your vote is only semi-random by the very definition and therefore is not truly random. If it's not 100% random then it's not truly random. The entire point of RVS is to try to get a vague read of people via the "reasoning" given by their "random" votes.

Rantai's vote was not random.
Exactly my point! If you believe my vote was not really random like you claim it to be and are attacking it solely because there was no reasoning tacked onto it, then why the hell aren't you attacking Rantai's post? He's even worse, because he didn't even include a quote or any explanation in his post. His post is more scummy than mine was from a purely objective viewpoint. He gave less reasoning and I did and while I wasn't even so much as trying to start a bandwagon - again, you can tell this just by looking at my post - Rantai was bandwagoning on another person's post.

But is he scum? No way to tell, because voting with no explanation is not a reliable read at all. Coincidentally, you are ignoring this point.
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