Well, I'm T-Bone. A little about myself. I'm 28, a Virgo, live in PA, the Open Queue Listmod, and your Inexperienced-Challenged player.
I am governed by the guidelines to
Being a Good IC.
What that means. I'm here to introduce mafia to you as both I understand it, and as how things are done on Mafiascum. There are things we generally do on Mafiascum that isn't always done on other mafia playing sites. You may encounter things in this game that aren't what you are used to. That's okay. I'm not here to shame you for it, I'm here to guide you. I'm going to tell you what things mean. What does LyLo mean? It means Lynch or Lose. It means the members of the town must lynch correctly or immediately lose the game. That happens sometime in the future where members of the mafia make up one less player than the rest of the town. If we get to that point we can talk about that more, I was just using the acronym as an example.
You may be deciding for yourself at this point that as the IC, I can use my position to lie to you. Well...no I can't. That's against the rules (for me). I can't lie to you when I am explaining things, when I am guiding you, or when I am performing my functions as the IC.
At this point you may be wondering, okay, when can T-Bone be lying to me? Well, if I'm town, the short answer is that I won't be lying to you this game. Lying as town is really not a good strategy, and it is something most players are unhappy with. Maybe you are concocting a niche scenario where you think lying is acceptable...but honestly that's not worth it. The flip side is if I am mafia, then I would have to lie to you. Still, I am the IC. Sometimes the IC draws a mafia role PM. In those situations, it goes back to the above. An IC who is also scum cannot lie to you when performing the functions of an IC. If you think I'm lying scum, great. But understand that I can't and won't use my position as an IC to gain any sort of advantage in this game, be it as town or as mafia.
You may have also noticed that my name is Green at this point. And you may have noticed looking around that no other player in this game has a green name. That is because I am a Listmod. It is my job to oversee one of the many queues we have on Mafiascum, and in this case I'm assigned to the Open Queue. You already saw PenguinPower, and he's in-charge of the Newbie Queue. Micc, who is our Game Moderator, also happens to be the Listmod for the Micro Queue. We handle things like launching games, answering questions about mafia, and handling reports.
In case you may be wondering, I do not have any special abilities that can give me an advantage during this game (nor can I cheat). I can't read your PMs, I can't access your Private Topics (if you're in one), and I'm not colluding with Micc to win this game of mafia. Additionally, I will not be a part of any disciplinary actions should they arise from this game. If you report a post in this game, I won't see it, and I won't handle it. Also, please do not PM me with any questions like you could normally do with a Listmod. I'm a player in this game and can't help you. If you have any questions pertaining to site-rules or other issues, you are best to send a PM to Micc or PenguinPower. Hopefully we will have a great game and no one will break any site rules.
Which reminds me, if you're not familiar with the site rules, you should take a moment to look over them. There is a button at the top right of the web browser that takes you to the rules page.
I think that's it for now. I'll be here obviously.
