Umlaut's Mini Normal Review, June 2020

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Ego

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Ircher, do you think adding a Town 1-Shot Commuter per NSG's recommendation would make it more balanced or less? I'm indifferent to adding it.

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If you're both willing to pass it as is then I'll run it as is. (And if you disagree on whether it's slightly townsided or slightly scumsided then it's probably perfect.)

Spoiler: Updated role PM

Town Gunsmith

Welcome to Mini ####! You are a

Town Gunsmith

.

Each night you may choose one living player to investigate. You will learn whether that player has a gun.

(All Mafia roles have guns except Doctor and Traitor. Additionally, the following roles have guns: Cop, Vigilante, Gunsmith, Role Cop, Vanilla Cop, Vengeful, Detective, Neapolitan, Backup of any role with a gun, and Jack-of-All-Trades where any component role has a gun.)

You win when the Town is the sole surviving faction.

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So is this good to go or are we waiting for Ircher?

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Updated rules post for compliance with the new site rule. Changes are highlighted in blue. Elimination is referred to as “launching” (and the game will be lightly themed around images of trebuchets and cannons and the like to reinforce this).

Spoiler: Rules post

Rules

None of these rules supercede or contradict the Forum Rules and Guidelines, all of which are in full force.

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Tl;dr

• This game is Normal.
  
• Days are
  240 hours (10 days)
  ; nights are
  48 hours (2 days)
  .
  
• Standard 48/24 prod timers; naked prod dodges are not counted.
  
• Standard majority-only
  elimination
  mechanics.
  
• Private threads have daytalk.

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Conduct

1. Don't use
   orange
   , it's my color.
   
2. Play to win.
   
3. Don't discuss the game outside of the game until it's over.
   
4. Don't flame. Don't harass. Don't use insults that target minority, disadvantaged, or legally protected classes.
   
5. Keep interpersonal disputes out of the game thread.
   
6. Don't quote or misquote private communications from the moderator.
   
7. Don't use encryption, tiny/hidden/unreadable text, or anything that could be easily confused for such.
   
8. All replacement requests will be taken as serious, irrevocable, and immediate. Once you request replacement you are no longer a player and may not post.
   
9. Don't game the rules, pretend to break the rules, or intentionally test the limits. All pretended violations will be dealt with identically to actual violations.
   
10. Don't break the rules of any other ongoing game in this thread.
    
11. Don't argue moderator actions in the game thread. If you want to dispute a ruling, do so via PM.

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Game mechanics

Day

• Days begin with a deadline of
  240 hours
  (10 days).
  
• Days will end when one of the following events occurs:
  • The deadline is reached.
    
  • A
    launch

    (elimination)
    or
    no-launch

    (no-elimination)
    is achieved.
    
  • A town-aligned player is modkilled.
• Votes should be made via the vote tag: “[vote]<playername>[/vote]” or “[v]<playername>[/v]”. Full player names or initial segments thereof are preferred.
  
• When more than half of living players are voting for the same player, that player will be
  launched

  (eliminated)
  and the day will end. Votes are irrevocable once a majority is achieved.
  
• You may vote not to
  launch
  by voting for
  “No launch”
  . When half or more of living players do so, the day will end without a
  launch
  .
  
• If the day reaches deadline without a majority, there will be no
  launch
  .
  
• I will interpret malformed votes according to my own discretion. In general, if it looks like a vote, I will probably count it as a vote. I reserve the right to edit malformed votes for easier counting.
  
• When a majority vote has been achieved but not yet recognized by the moderator, the game is in
  twilight
  . Players, including the
  launchee
  , may continue to post during this period.
  
• Under certain circumstances I may elect to extend the deadline. I will announce this in thread if it occurs.

Night

• Nights will last
  48 hours
  , or until all living players give me their approval to end the night early.
  
• During the night, you should be unable to post in the public game thread. If for some reason you are able, doing so is still against the rules.
  
• Mafia night abilities should be submitted in the Mafia's private thread. Factional kills must specify which mafioso carries out the kill.
  
• Town night abilities should be submitted via PM.
  
• Use of active night abilities is optional unless otherwise specified in the role PM; if no action is submitted, no action will occur.

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Activity requirements

• Players who do not confirm within
  48 hours
  of receiving their role PM will be replaced.
  
• Players who do not post any game-related content for
  48 hours
  in a single game-day will incur a prod.
  
• Players who do not post any game-related content for
  24 hours
  following a prod will be replaced.
  
• Players who incur three prods will be replaced.
  
• “Prod dodges” (posts with no game-related content) will be disregarded for purposes of the prod timer.
  
• If for any reason you are temporarily unable to meet these requirements, you may declare V/LA status
  in thread
  and be excused. V/LA declarations must include a definite end date.
  
• Notwithstanding V/LA status, any player who does not post at all for
  7 days
  of consecutive day time will be replaced.
  
• These are minimal requirements, not recommendations; please keep the game active.

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Sample role PM

At least one player will receive the role of

Townie

and the following role PM:

Welcome to Mini ####! You are a

Townie

.

You win when the Town is the sole surviving faction.

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If one of you is still reading this: I was asked by a player whether the role of

Backup Bulletproof Townie

is normal. It sounds "normal enough" to me but the wiki says that Backup roles are normal if the role it backs up is normal

and active

, whereas Bulletproof is a passive ability, so as far as I can see there is nothing explicitly saying it is normal and therefore it isn't? Can I get official word on that? I can't ask publicly because it would compromise my game.

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Hunh, the plot thickens: implosion says it actually is a normal role and "That word [active] probably just shouldn't be there." I'm not sure how to proceed if the players ask me more questions about this but that's outside the scope of this thread so thanks for the answer anyway. I'll just hope it doesn't come up as a question again and bring it up after the game is over.

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This game is over and this thread can be made public now!