NY175: Sycamore Scuffle

[Toomai]

Headquartered on Brussles Street, the Sycamore Chess Club was founded in 1926 and had a rich history of turning beginning players of little knowledge into strategical powerhouses of regional notability. Of course, such an reputable establishment couldn't go forever without some controversy. In March 1985, one of its top and most well-beloved players, Lorenzo McReynolds, was found out to be a high-ranking member of a crime syndicate, and he was expelled with extreme prejudice. This event created a bit of a rift in the club - some felt this was unnecessary and overzealous, while most felt it was the least they could do.

Now, in mid-2014, the disagreement is about to come to a head. It had always been known that some unknown subset of the club's 22 masters were McReynolds supporters, but it was always seen as a polite disagreement that existed only as rumblings. So when a note was found attached to the door of the Masters' Word, the exclusive room where the masters convened, it was a great surprise to all of them:

Surely you know that McReynolds will be released from prison less than a year from now? You may want to consider allowing him back into the club, or there will be some...dire consequences.

A secret ballot conclusively determined that this was not going to happen, and the matter was considered closed. This didn't hold up for long, however - Craig Grady, one of the most anti-McReynolds masters, was found dead in his house by police the next day. Immediately a meeting was convened in the Masters' Word - at the end of the next two weeks, not one more McReynolds supporter would remain with the club.

Playerlist

1.

Sharpest-knife-on-tree

¹
2.

Cabd

←

Salamence20

←

DukeC

3.

TheAdrienC

←

lifessavers

4.

reinoe

5.

Wake88

6.

Burning_TowN {Burning_Earth, tn5421}

7.

shaddowez

←

ChriVi

8.

notscience

←

Damon_Gant

9.

Mirhawk

10.

Not_Mafia

←

I Love Fairies

11.

Aegor

12.

TheWayItEnds

←

Scarab

¹

13.

farside22

14.

Boonskiies

15.

BroodKingEXE

¹
16.

Juls

←

Soren

¹

17.

Aeronaut

¹
18.

HunterSeeker

¹
19.

Clusk92

20.

BP

21.

Alina

Bold: confirmed; Italic: replacing; Superscript: prods

Spoiler: Continuing to make their moves

5. Wake88,

Town Odd-Night Vigilante

6. Burning_TowN,

Vanilla Townie

7. shaddowez,

Vanilla Townie

14. Boonskiies,

Vanilla Townie

Spoiler: Expelled and/or dead

19. Clusk92,

Vanilla Townie

(lynched Day 1)
2. Cabd,

Town Even-Night Vigilante

(killed Night 1)
13. farside22,

Town Odd-Night Doctor

(killed Night 1)
18. HunterSeeker,

Vanilla Townie

(lynched Day 2)
8. notscience,

Vanilla Townie

(killed Night 2)
4. reinoe,

Mafia Godfather (investigates as "not guilty")

(killed Night 2)
1. Sharpest-knife-on-tree,

Town Even-Night Tracker

(lynched Day 3)
21. Alina,

Vanilla Townie

(killed Night 3)
10. Not_Mafia,

Vanilla Townie

(killed Night 3)
20. BP,

Mafia Goon

(lynched Day 4)
11. Aegor,

Town Fibonacci-Night Cop

(killed Night 4)
12. TheWayItEnds,

Mafia Goon

(killed Night 4)
17. Aeronaut,

Serial Killer

(lynched Day 5)
9. Mirhawk,

Vanilla Townie

(killed Night 5)
16. Juls,

Vanilla Townie

(lynched Day 6)
15. BroodKingEXE,

Vanilla Townie

(killed Night 6)
3. TheAdrienC,

Mafia 1-Shot Bulletproof

(lynched Day 7)

Spoiler: Events

• 
  1
  • Day 1 begins
    
  • Votecount D1-1
    
  • Votecount D1-2
    
  • Votecount D1-3
    
  • Votecount D1-4
    
  • Votecount D1-5
    
  • Votecount D1-6
    
  • Votecount D1-7
    
  • Votecount D1-8
    
  • Votecount D1-9
    
  • Votecount D1-10
    
  • Votecount D1-11
    
  • Votecount D1-12
    
  • Replacement 16-A
    
  • Replacement 2-A
    
  • Votecount D1-13
    
  • Votecount D1-14
    
  • Votecount D1-15
    
  • Votecount D1-16
    
  • Votecount D1-17
    
  • Votecount D1-18
    
  • Votecount D1-19
• 
  1
  • Night 1 begins

• 
  2
  • Day 2 begins
    
  • Votecount D2-1
    
  • Votecount D2-2
    
  • Votecount D2-3
    
  • Votecount D2-4
    
  • Votecount D2-5
    
  • Votecount D2-6
    
  • Votecount D2-7
    
  • Votecount D2-8
    
  • Votecount D2-9
    
  • Replacement 8-A
    
  • Votecount D2-10
    
  • Votecount D2-11
    
  • Votecount D2-12
    
  • Votecount D2-13
    
  • Votecount D2-14
    
  • Votecount D2-15
• 
  2
  • Night 2 begins
    
  • Replacement 12-A

• 
  3
  • Day 3 begins
    
  • Votecount D3-1
    
  • Votecount D3-2
    
  • Votecount D3-3
    
  • Votecount D3-4
    
  • Votecount D3-5
    
  • Votecount D3-6
• 
  3
  • Night 3 begins

• 
  4
  • Day 4 begins
    
  • Votecount D4-1
    
  • Votecount D4-2
    
  • Votecount D4-3
    
  • Votecount D4-4
    
  • Votecount D4-5
• 
  4
  • Night 4 begins

• 
  5
  • Day 5 begins
    
  • Votecount D5-1
    
  • Votecount D5-2
• 
  5
  • Night 5 begins

• 
  6
  • Day 6 begins
    
  • Votecount D6-1
    
  • Votecount D6-2
    
  • Votecount D6-3
    
  • Votecount D6-4
• 
  6
  • Night 6 begins

• 
  7
  • Day 7 begins
    
  • Votecount D7-1
    
  • Votecount D7-2
    
  • Votecount D7-3
    
  • Game ends

[Toomai]

Ruleset

General

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Moderation

• These are the moderators:
  • Toomai
    : Main mod. Expected operating hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 mn ET every day.
    
  • goodmorning
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• This setup was reviewed for normalcy and balance by
  Empking
  ,
  JacobSavage
  , and
  zoraster
  .

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Activity

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Replacements

• Players who choose to replace out may PM the mod a message they wish to send to their replacement, which will be relayed at about the same time they receive their role PM (as a result, must be sent in before the replacement is found). This message should be treated as a role PM and therefore may not be quoted, only paraphrased. Force-replaced players may not necessarily be allowed to do this, depending on the nature of the force-replace.
  
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Hydras

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Endgame

• Note that these win conditions are generic and should not be used to assume any particular role or faction is in the game.
  
• The Town wins once all anti-town players are dead and at least one pro-town player remains alive.
  
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• Should two anti-town factions (or an anti-town faction and a Serial Killer) both comprise 50% of all living players, whichever faction began the game with fewer members wins. If both began with the same amount of members, they draw.

Mod Requests

• If you notice a mistake with a votecount or similar, post so in the thread and the mod will fix it.
  
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Roles

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    (Active)
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    [Passive]
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  • 
    <Reflexive>
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• Abilities can have the following basic modifiers attached:
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    {Factional}
    abilities belong to a group and are executed by a chosen member. In general, a player may use a factional ability and a personal ability in the same night, but not two factional ones or two personal ones.
    
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    (X-Shot)
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    <Compulsive>
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• At least one player's role PM looks like this:

  Hello, [Player]. You are a

  Vanilla Townie

  .
  
  

  Alignment

  
  
  You are part of the

  Town

  . You win once everyone with an anti-town role is dead and at least one pro-town player remains alive, whether you yourself are alive or not.
  
  

  Abilities

  
  
  

  Post

  You may post in-thread.
  
  

  Vote

  You may vote in-thread.

Flavour

• Flavour has no bearing or impact on game mechanics.

[Toomai]

I'm going to start the process of sending role PMs now. Once I've sent them all, I'll unlock the topic for confirms.

Role PMs Are out. Once we hit

18/21

confirms, you can begin.

[Scarab]

/hello

[Sharpest-knife-on-tree]

confirm

[Burning_TowN]

tn5421 confirming for Burning_Town

[Boonskiies]

/confirm

[Aegor]

/confirm

[HunterSeeker]

/confirm for 1st game outside newbie town. Is there a setup/role list and/or do we know the town/scum ratio?

[Aegor]

/confirm for 1st game outside newbie town. Is there a setup/role list and/or do we know the town/scum ratio?

Nope. Muahaha! That is what makes the large normals so fun. Occasionally mountainous (only vanilla townies and scum) are run in the Large Normal Queue. You can find Open setups in the Open Queue.

[BP]

/confirm

Hello people! Let's get this party started!

[Burning_TowN]

The stupid one in this hydra is also confirming.

[Clusk92]

/confirm

[farside22]

/confirm

/confirm for 1st game outside newbie town. Is there a setup/role list and/or do we know the town/scum ratio?

21 players in the game it maybe 5 mafia and 16 town
Usually it is add one mafia for every 4 additional players.

[Alina]

/confirm!

[Wake1]

Confirming.

[Toomai]

I have been informed that some of the players signed up for this game haven't logged on in over a month. I'm going to start on replacing them immediately.

EDIT: Salamence20 replaces DukeC, and TheAdrienC replaces lifessavers.

[TheAdrienC]

Confirmed

[Salamence20]

/confirm

[Aegor]

I have been informed that some of the players signed up for this game haven't logged on in over a month. I'm going to start on replacing them immediately.

EDIT: Salamence20 replaces DukeC, and TheAdrienC replaces lifessavers.

LOL. Your game will start for real eventually!

[Toomai]

I Love Fairies has requested replacement.

[Burning_TowN]

Wow

[farside22]

Will be voting fairies
Desire to PL wake has faded.

[Toomai]

Not_Mafia replaces I Love Fairies.

[Not_Mafia]

Hi I'm mafia