For the record, with 25 players, protracted phase durations will be as follows:

Day Phases: 6 days long.
Night Phases: 4 days long.

As always, these will get shorter as more players die (and thus not as much time will be needed for discussion).

I have not made up my mind on the exact setup (and of course, in the end, I can't tell you what I'm ACTUALLY going to use), but here's what I'm thinking:

7 or 8 Vampires, definitely with a Head Vampire.

All Aux Roles are protracted to be used, possibly with one or more multiples (although I may change my mind on anything).

Again, NONE OF THIS is set in stone, and is a general "I think this is maybe what I'm using" thing. And I'll say it again: I am NOT TELLING what I actually do end up using in the end.

pls shorten day/night durations

people will lose interest fast

yes please, we usually don't really need that much time anyway

At maximum, to keep interest (since in WWG there's no automatic lynch...)

Day: 4 days

Night: 2 days (Maybe 3, if there's a lot of Auxes. Maybe end it if all aux commands are in.)


....but, it's still up to the host.

I am flexible, and also don't want this game to take forever either, so hearing this from several people who play WWGs often makes me more comfortable with the idea.

So days will be 4 days, and nights should be 2 days?

Anyone disagree with that?

If I find no dissenters, that shall be the timeline.

5/2? =[

4/2 works I guess...

^ 2 posts above me is a protractor.

I get the reference, real funny. ;p

Also, signups close in an hour and a half. Any last-minute /ins?

Nope. Role PMs go.

Right you are, it would seem.

Signups are over now, I shall now do role determination.

CROSS YOUR FINGERS PEOPLE :3

I shall do no crossing of any kind.

Except maybe double-crossing.

FFFFFUUUUU-
Should have come earlier! D:<

Send the PMs.

Ace is still choosing which roles will be played. Give it a while.

I will send them when your roles are determined. I still do this crap the old-fashioned way.

Now: Names in hats, will be drawing momentarily.
Next: PM Preparation.
Then: Send PMs.

fffff again

Ugh. This crap takes forever.

Role PMs are typed, and will be going out over the next 20-30 minutes or so.

It's been 45. ;_;

An hour. =[[[

At first I was pumped about this but now I'm like...

GOT IT CONFIRMING IN THREAD I'M SO EVIL HAHAHAHA.

Alright bitches. All Role IDs are sent.

If for whatever strange reason you didn't get yours, let me know immediately so I can re-send it.

Role Confirmation Phase

During This Phase: I receive Role ID confirmations (Iknorite?!)

Deadline: Whenever they're all in. That's when we start the game.

Broken tags ftw?
Anyway, role confirmed.

I'm completely thrilled...Really I am

Confirmed

You're supposed to confirm by sending me a PM reply (which strager did, despite the fact that he also said something in-thread).

Accepting it regardless (as I don't think I specifically said the reply also had to be a PM :/).

Posting now so bitches don't try to use inactivity as grounds for suspicion again. :v

Okay people, as has been tradition for a while now, I will now prevent breakage of rule 3-1 by posting

Role ID Templates

As always, I must provide all the role ID templates, even for roles I am not actually using, and the only ID sent to multiple recipients was the Vampire ID; all others were sent individually, including Civvie IDs. Anyway, here we go! :3

Vampire ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Usernames]

You are the Vampires.

[The list was reiterated here in a more organized manner.]

This means there are [number] of you in total, with the Vampire Count having a magical ability to determine one Human's role each night.

Your spokes-vamp does not have to be your Count, if you don't want, but it might be more convenient, as the Count will have to PM me each Night to tell me if he's using his ability anyway.

Your Obligations
You're the Vampires, so obviously, it's your duty to avoid lynch votes by any means necessary.

During the Day, act as normal as possible, making sure you cast your lynch vote (trust me, I've had people who have forgotten to cast their vote because they've been Wolves).

Restrictions and Limitations
You get one kill per Night. Please discuss it first.

Remember that the first PM I get from a Vamp with a Human name on it, that is the kill for the Night. No second-guessing each other. I'm serious.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Seer ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Seer.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me whether or not you're exercising your ability (to know how many Vampires are left).

If so, I will tell you how many Vampires there are.

If not, or if you fail to PM me by the Nightly deadline, I will assume you are not using your ability that Night.

Restrictions and Limitations
After a few uses, the Vampires will start catching on that someone is sensing their presence.

Overuse of your ability will see to it that they discover who you are.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Psychic ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Psychic.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me whether or not you're exercising your ability, which is to discern the role identity of any one other player of your choice.

If so, give me a name, and I will provide you with their ID.

If not, or if you fail to PM me by the Nightly deadline, I will assume you are not using your ability that Night.

Restrictions and Limitations
I've decided not to restrict the Psychic this game. (Nobody was informed of this yet, but they'll know when the template for this ID goes up.)

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Insomniac ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Insomniac.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me whether or not you were able to sleep.

If you tell me you were unable to sleep, I'll provide you with the name of one of the Vampires.

If you tell me you were able to sleep, or if you fail to PM me by the Nightly deadline, I will assume you are not using your ability that Night.

Restrictions and Limitations
Being awake at Night has its advantages and disadvantages. You'll definitely discover the identity of a Vampire, and may even spot others acting the same Night(s) you're up.

However, it won't take long before the Vampires start spotting YOU, too. Be careful!!

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Coroner ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Coroner.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

You have no Nightly obligations to me; rather, in your case, it is I who am obligated to you. Each Night, I will tell you the role of the person who was lynched at Sundown.

As soon as I learn the name of the person the Vampires have chosen to nightkill, I will send you a second PM with the role of the person they chose.

Restrictions and Limitations
Your role doesn't come with any.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Vigilante ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Vigilante.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Also, during any Day phase, you are able to declare your role publicly, and shoot and kill any one person of your choice using your gun, which comes with a single silver bullet (this must be done in the thread for all to see; I cannot accept shot declarations through the IRC channel or by any other means). That person is dead immediately upon my in-thread confirmation of your declaration.

You have no Nightly obligations.

Restrictions and Limitations
You've only got one bullet, so think hard; be sure you've made the right choice before shooting.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Guardian Angel ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Guardian Angel.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me whether you're protecting anyone tonight.

If so, give me the name, and I will see to it that that person does not see harm.

If not, or if you fail to PM me by the Nightly deadline, I will assume you are not using your ability that Night.

Restrictions and Limitations
You can protect yourself, if you like.

You cannot protect yourself if you happen to be the last Human remaining at the end of the game. The remaining Vampires will team up on you and kill you.

You cannot protect the same person more than one Night in a row unless the Vampires chose the same target you did (a successful protect). Then you may protect them again the next Night.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Priest ID wrote:

Werewolf Game Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Priest.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

You have no Nightly obligations to me.

Anytime during any Day or Night phase, you may choose to resurrect one person of your choice.

If you choose to do it during the daytime, it is your choice whether to do it publicly or privately; publicly declaring your role in-thread for a public resurrection will prove your humanity.

If you choose to resurrect someone at night, your only option is privately. PM me the name and I'll let them know they've been resurrected and are back in.

Restrictions and Limitations
You can only resurrect ONE person ONE time. Think hard and be sure before doing it!

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Ninja ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Ninja.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me if you're doing any stealthy assassinating tonight.

If so, give me the name. They will be killed (unless the Vamps already got to them that same Night - in which case, you screwed up :p)

If not, or if you fail to PM me before the Nightly deadline, I will assume you are not killing anyone tonight.

Restrictions and Limitations
You can exercise your ability on as many Nights as you like, but if you start wiping out the Humans FOR the Vamps, you'll earn the Humans' contempt (and the Vamps' thanks and admiration).

Because you may unknowingly kill a Human, you will want to be absolutely sure before deciding to assassinate anyone.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Mad Scientist ID wrote:

Werewolf Game Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Mad Scientist.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

Each Night, you must PM me telling me if you're injecting anyone with your DNA enhancement compound.

If so, give me their name, and they will receive a new Role ID that Night.

Restrictions and Limitations
You have [number] vials of your compound.

Major things to note are as follows:

* The compound may give them another role on top of any aux they may have already had, or it may change their role.
* There is a low, but still very real, possibility that the compound may transform a Human into a Vampire. (Be careful!!)
* If used unknowingly on a Vampire, it will cause them to develop an Auxiliary Role.
* Possibilities for Humans include: Seer, Psychic, Insomniac, Coroner, Guardian Angel, Priest, Ninja.
* Possibilities for Vampires include: Psychic, Coroner, Priest. (Note to MS and anyone viewing the template: for reasons why Vamps are exempt from other rolegains, just ask, although I think it's pretty obvious in each case).

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Unknown Celebrity ID wrote:

Werewolf Game Role Identification for [Username]

You are the Unknown Celebrity.
(This means you are Human.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

You have no Nightly obligations to me.

However, if you are killed, the village will find out the next day in the newspaper, and that day's lynching will be cancelled.

Restrictions and Limitations
Your role comes with nothing that can be restricted.

Notes
Nothing to note, really.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Civilian ID wrote:

Werewolf Game 5 Role Identification for [Username]

You are a Civilian.
(This means you are human, but it also means you do not possess an Aux Role. Sorry; maybe next time. Even being a Civilian is important though - your lynch vote is as important as anyone else's.)

Your Obligations
During the Day, you must cast your lynch vote.

You have no obligations during Night phases; just wait them out.

Restrictions and Limitations
Your role does not come with any restrictions or penalties.

To confirm your place in this game, you must reply to this PM. You do not need to refer to your role by name in your reply.

Yeah!!! i am confirmed!!!!!!

Yup, that's what a green name means.

And if you die, you get to be red with strikeout. :3

I'm guessing soon the list will look like a christmas tree.

Confirmed.

So I forgot to mention this.

I will have low activity 27 Jun ~ 5 Jul. That's like ... one and a half WWG days. =S

strager wrote:

So I forgot to mention this.

I will have low activity 27 Jun ~ 5 Jul. That's like ... one and a half WWG days. =S

This is obviously an excuse for lurking

Hi you guys Civvie 4 lyfe

Hey Rolled

you're human too right?

LadySuburu is a wolf.

Two wrote:

LadySuburu is a wolf.

Agreed. That means you don't have to lynch me, cause the bad guys are all vampires, y'know.

Your reply just reinforces it, thanks.

shoot him Two

SHOOT HIM

Ain't no Viggies gonna be shootin' nobody yet, we ain't be started yet, y'hear?

What's that sound I hear?

That shitz the wind that's pulling you down~

That's everyone except Tatsuo.

As soon as I get a confirm from him, we start.

He's never gonna come back.

Never gonna give you up.

Never gonna let you down.

Never gonna run around and desert me (hopefully). :3

Sorry!
I suppose I should get on osu! during the weekends now due to this =P
Anyways, confirmed~

That's everyone.

Day 1 post will be up simultaneously along with updating the Status post.

Please wait momentarily.

The Werewolf Game, Season 5: The Vampire Experiment

Dawn

The 25 woke up and made their way out to the town square, anxious to see what was going to happen this time.

There was a plasma TV mounted to the clock tower; it looked extremely out-of-place in the otherwise drabby-looking town.

As usual, the screen lit up by itself, and who should appear but Dracula himself; he'd apparently decided to be a co-proctor. "Good evening, citizens, and welcome to the fine town of Transylvania. Let's not mince words, and cut to the chase."

He explained, "Some number of you, whose number and names I shall not disclose, were injected with arctic vampire DNA while you were sleeping last night. These are not your usual kind which feast on blood alone and turn others into vampires as well; instead, those of you infected will have a craving for both flesh and blood."

Continuing, he said, "Of course, the entertainment I shall derive from observing your village will come from those of you who are still Human, but possess abilities which you either brought with you or were bestowed upon you by your proximity to my own CastleVania. I will watch as surely several of you will claim, either truthfully or in falsehood, to possess such abilities, and begin placing an eye of suspicion on those around you as you discuss the possibilities."

Moreover, he said, "Each day, you shall all place a vote against another villager whom you believe to be one of the Vampires. At sundown, whomever has the most votes against them shall be hanged in the gallows. This will continue taking place until I give confirmation that all the vampires have died, which will occur the morning after you kill the last one. It will be a long and arduous process, and several of the humans will die in the process, but with determination, perhaps you will win. 'Weeping will remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.' Psalm 30:5, I believe. I suppose that's all it is necessary to say. May the more intelligent team win."

With that, Dracula's image disappeared from the screen, and it went blank.

Day 1

During This Phase: Public discussion and lynch voting.

Deadline For This Phase: 8:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 1st. This allows a bit less than 4 days for discussion.

*Tatsuo looks up at the plasma screen*
... Well then...
Anyone up for some nachos?

I could go for some nachos dipped in cheese.

Let's go get some nachos then blackthorne

Just some reminders:

1) Don't forget we have an IRC chat channel; I suggest everyone who can to use it, as sometimes pertinent/suspicious information is shared there that may not necessarily be repeated in the thread. Here's the link again: irc://irc.3-wave.com/#wwg

2) Remember, it may be Day 1, and it may be difficult to place suspicion this early in the game, but it is still necessary to lynch someone, so you must still place a lynch vote.

And so we have our first (extremely random) vote.

Vote:DeathxShingami for randomly voting without an apparent cause.
*This is gonna go on for a while .-.*

Damn I wanted to make that first random vote but oh well, fuck time zones.

Won't RV for now.

/unvoting

Although I have an idea now...

This's gonna be a really interesting game.

I'm glad I've made the changes to the way the Status post is organized that I did.

Vote: stra-
Holy fuck Oyster, your sig's still massive and eye hurting.
Vote: Oyahshio Beantracks

Vote DJ KRZY

For hating time zones.

you people realize that you can only unvote once without being penalized right

Two: Read the Notifications in the Status post. I killed the Suspicion Counter. Therefore, there is no Suspicion Point penalty for multiple votechanges (because Suspicion Points don't exist this game). :p

why are you preventing me from making them stop

Vote: Two for trying to ruin others' fun.

Bitch, what the hell do you think you're doing?

Unvote. Vote Derekku for being a supportergot.

Suspicion Counter or no (and pain in my ass or no), they're still allowed to change their votes all they like.

Although if I start seeing 4, 5, 6 votechanges by the same person within 24-48 hours, I may have to start booting some head.

I_Tatsuo_I wrote:

Vote: thepianist
For hating people who hate timezones.

Timezones are easy. : o

Google "New York time" and it shoes Ace of Hearts was up at ~ 2 AM (which by the way, thanks for hosting~ ^^).

I am a Civilian. believe it or not cause that's the truth...

err...is it dangerous for me to just role claim like that?

vote DeathxShinigami
for being the first one of voting a random vote, hence, making him the most suspicious for me.

matthewtck wrote:

I am a Civilian. believe it or not cause that's the truth...

People think they can go round, blurting that everything they say is the truth.

We need decisive evidence.

EDIT: Also, please refrain from triple posting. Try editing your post like this.

okay, i didn't know that we couldn't triple post.

It's a general (and on occasion, unspoken) rule on every forum that you shouldn't post more than once, you might want to remember that rule for future use. Plus, it's just plain useless to post three times when there is an edit button on hand.

Vote: Derek

self voting is gay~

Note:

EDITING POSTS IS DISCOURAGED IN WWG/MAFIA.

Double/triple posting is acceptable in the Off-Topic/Forum Game threads.

Anyway.

Vote: Rolled for hating the RVS.

vote strager
seriously that avatar aaaaaaa

Vote: Wojjan for being kawaii desu~

You all are faggots

I suggest a phantom vote for unvoting twice

I wonder who else is planning to ride the whoatefred wave. @_@

Vote: matthewtck

Mhmm.

Status is updated. Geez, lots of votes against lots of different people. o.o

Also, matt: You can claim whatever you want. The degree of "danger" derived from a roleclaim is based on who paid any attention to it in the first place, and of those who did pay it any mind, who believed it and who didn't.

Also, double- or triple-posting is well-known as a suspicion avoider in WW/Mafia games, as it eliminates any questions about what you may have edited from what you posted before. I do allow post-editing in my WWGs though, so if you just need to add something you forgot to mention, it probably won't be held against you (unless you remove something you'd once said).

Okay made my decision.

Vote: matthewtck
Least experienced, poor time zone location and lack of maturity.

I mean hey it's only day 1~

Vote Rolled
3rd on the bandwagon on RVS? Kinda strange. Although this might just be you trying to be funny and mocking the RVS.
ARMCANNON OF SUSPICION: 2
bandwagon reasoning again, also trying to get a penalty on vote-changing, which is usually a sign/part of discussion during the day phase. Why penalise people if they take into account different, and possibly - especially with a 4-day Day phase - new arguments?
Yes, very meta, I know, but what do you expect on day 1?

aaaand by the way, the reason I didn't vote Two is because I'd like to see his arguments/reasoning/whatevs first. If that sucks, then well, consider me voting.

vote Wojjan

I think it's pretty obvious that everyone (including Rolled) is just fooling around; it seems to me like you're looking for an excuse to take out a power player.

Vote: matthewtck

I just don't like your vibe >:C

Wojjan wrote:

Although this might just be you trying to be funny and mocking the RVS.

Covering your back in case people find you suspicious much?

Vote : Wojjan

for the same reason that 0_o pointed out.

Also I don't like your avatar AT ALL.

Shit, being dragged against my will to the Keys with no internet sucks. And now I come back with the majority of the votes. Well, I'll just vote later, seeing as I have to catch up.

OK, just finished reading up the thread, and I only have this to say:

Wojjan wrote:

also trying to get a penalty on vote-changing, which is usually a sign/part of discussion during the day phase. Why penalize people if they take into account different, and possibly - especially with a 4-day Day phase - new arguments?

Wait, where did Rolled say this? Only one I saw trying to penalize vote-changing is Two. With this and reasons mentioned above,
Vote Wojjan

hi wwg :[. i am regretful to inform that my computer exploded, and it could be a number of things that went wrong that will most likely take a bit of time to troubleshoot. im not going to drop out of the game on the chance that my pc starts magically working, but my activity will be seriously hindered until it gets up and running.

if anybody is curious and tech savvy, a fuse blew in my house which hard reset my pc. upon powering on, there is no response from my monitor other than just an orange light. video card is on-board, and windows doesnt even boot afaik. its probably something wrong with the mobo in which i am in no financial situation to repair :[, so until then, ill be connecting to osu from my ps3 to catch up on wwg, but it is a pain in the ass to browse. sry Ace, sry players

Can't you use a mouse and keyboard with your PS3? Well, I know I certainly wouldn't have typed that with a controller

I will have money to spare. =X?