Hello everyone. I'm Drixx, and I'm the IC for this game. IC is a bit of a tongue in cheek designation. It stands for "Inexperience Challenged" which is basically an obtuse way of saying "experienced". If you look at the player list you will see a few players with the SE designation. The are Semi-Inexperience Challenged. Basically they are meant to convey the same thing: anyone who is an SE or IC has played a minimum amount of games, including at least one outside of the Road to Rome, where the newbie games are played. The only real difference is that the IC is a volunteer position to help teach the basics and answer questions that arise, and I am therefore obligated to answer questions and do so honestly, while the SE players are not obligated to answer, and if they do, they have no obligation to do so honestly.
Please note: Being the IC has absolutely nothing to do with my alignment or my role. Like every player in the game, those were assigned to me randomly. Since I will answer questions and generally try to be helpful, you may be tempted to view me more positively than if I were not fulfilling this role. Please don't. Any questions I answer or anything I explain about how the game is played, or anything I explain that is particular to this site's culture and "meta" are all just part of that job. They should not be taken into account when you are reading me.
There are a few things I like to cover at the start of each game for which I am an IC:
1.) The death of fun in forum mafia is a lack of activity. The more you can post and interact, the more fun you will have and, by extension, the more fun the rest of us will have. It's okay to just jump in and make mistakes: that's what this is for. Don't be intimidated and just have fun with the experience. Win or lose, you'll learn a lot and that's the first step.
2.) Most games on this site, and almost all of the newbie games, start with a phase called "RVS" (Random Voting Stage). This is basically this site's way of breaking the ice. Everyone votes for someone for silly reasons and within a page or two there will be an obvious shift away from that and the game will begin in earnest.
In that spirit, I'm going to:
VOTE: hayatoBL because it's RVS.
3.) One of the biggest points of etiquette you will want to keep in mind is voting for people and the process by which a lynch happens. Since we begin with 9 players, it takes only 5 votes to lynch someone and with each day that number will go down. Generally speaking, if you put someone at one vote less than the number required to lynch (referred to as L-1), it is a good idea to put a
BOLDED
statement in your post alerting the rest of the game that you have put the player at one vote shy of being lynched. This helps to prevent people from accidentally finishing the lynch before the player can defend themselves, make a role claim if they happened to be assigned a role, or even just a chance to make sure they share their thoughts with the game.
3a.) If someone is at L-1 and you believe they are scum, instead of voting for them, you can instead give a bold
intent to hammer
warning. Giving intent to hammer means that you intend to finish the lynch, unless the player about to be lynched can somehow sway you or others voting to lynch them. It is generally considered proper form to allow that person time to say what they would like before following through with a vote to seal the lynch.
So those are the things that seem to come up most frequently. Don't be afraid to ask questions if you have them, and just set aside any anxiety you might have. We're all here to have fun and play the game, and in that spirit: let's have a great one!
One final note: When it comes to questions about the game, I will always give you the best answer I can. There are a lot of bits of theory about different parts of the game, so there may be times where I will explain something as I understand it. While I will never deliberately lie to you when I am answering questions, please be aware that I had the same chance to be assigned to the scum team as everyone else.
In other words; don't just give me your blind trust because I'm being helpful. You shouldn't do that for any player, but you should most definitely not do it for an IC since we volunteer to help make the newbie games open and accessible, and in that spirit, nearly all ICs will generally be very pleasant and helpful.
Newbie 1720: Arctic Mafia - Game over!
