Communication outside the thread (if your role specifically allows it) is allowed until the game begins.
You may not quote private communication of any kind. This includes moderator-supplied information (either real or fabricated) of any kind. Paraphrasing (for role claims, etc.) is acceptable.
There is to be NO personal communication outside of the forum postings unless your role PM specifically allows it.
Activity/Prods/Replacements
Prods of missing players will be issued after 5 real days of no activity.
A prodded player has 48 hours to respond to the prod, after which time a replacement search will begin. The prodded player may re-enter the game so long as no replacement has been found.
A player who has been prodded 3 times is subject to possible replacement without further notice.
If you anticipate being unavailable for more than 5 days, please PM us or include a V/LA notice as post-script to a letter.
We reserve the right to force replace players who need extensively long V/LA at our own discretion.
Deadlines
Deadlines for this game will be one month per day phase. Night Phases will last 48 hours.
Extensions are given only in extreme circumstances. Given the style of this game, these circumstances would need to be
very
extreme.
If you have a role with a Night action your choices are due to me by the posted deadline. If I do not receive your choice via PM by the posted deadline you will forfeit your actions.
Player Actions/Voting/Player Death
A simple majority of all living players must agree on one person (via voting) for a Lynch to occur (simple majority = ½ # of living players +1, rounded down). If no one has a simple majority of votes at deadline a No Lynch will occur.
Votes must be bolded or use the [.vote] tags to be counted (e.g.
Vote: Player
or VOTE: Player).
Unvotes are not necessary before changing votes.
You may
Vote: No Lynch
- a simple majority of these vote types are required to send the game to Night phase without a Lynch.
Votes made using nicknames or abbreviations will be counted at our discretion (as best we can). Fake vote gambits should be executed at your own peril. If we think its a vote, then it is a vote.
Miscellaneous
We do not have a Mod color, but will post in any style we see fit. Don't impersonate us. No invisible/small/encrypted text is allowed.
Any situation not explicitly covered above is subject to our discretion and will be handled as we see fit on a case-by-case basis.
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Game-Specific Rules
This game runs on an unusual time-table, please refer to the Deadlines heading above.
Any faction, neighborhood, masonry, or other group eligible for a Private Topic will NOT have day talk. Private Topics will be open during Night Phases ONLY.
Players will communicate by sending letters to the moderator by PM. All letters will be posted by the moderator as close to 0:00 GMT as can be reasonably managed.
All letters must conform to the personalized style and character laid out in your role PM.
Any letters which do not will be marked "RETURN TO SENDER" and rejected back to the player. This will not count against the day's letter cap.
A soft cap of 10 letters per gameday will be enforced. At the moderators' sole discretion, this cap may be increased or removed as the game requires.
All characters and styles are customized to the player, not the role. These are intended as flavor only, and were developed separately from role assignments. Any replacements will have new characters and styles handcrafted for them.
Please confirm by writing a letter to us in your character's style and voice, affirming your role and alignment. The confirmation stage will continue until all players have done so.
All mail is subject to a minimum of 24 hours' delivery delay.
Players may NOT post in this thread, except to cast their vote. Violations of this rule will be deleted and warned. Further violations may be replaced at our discretion.
Players may only vote once per 24-hour period, as measured by the delivery of mail. Effectively, you may vote anew after mail arrives, but alterations before the next mail cycle will not be honored.
Each Night cycle, each player may compose ONE letter to be delivered PRIVATELY to the player of their choice. This letter must otherwise conform to all stylistic requirements.
There is no minimum nor maximum length of letter, but please be kind to your fellow players. Keep your letters' length reasonable. Likewise, it is inadvisable to waste everyone's time (and your limited supply of letters) by mailing a brief, vague missive.
We implore and encourage you to take the time to enjoy your assigned styles! Each is a bespoke character crafted with you in mind, and we look forward to seeing what you can do!
Finally, let it be known that this setup is singleball, 7:2, with roles which conform to the Normal ruleset aside from the letter-writing mechanics.
Private messages have been issued to each of your accounts, containing the details of your roles in this game. Please read these, and the game's rules, carefully. These have been custom-written, and will need to be read in full to understand the details of this setup.
Day one will begin with no fewer than 9 confirmations.
If you have any queries regarding your role or the game's rules, please ensure they are addressed to us promptly.
Warm regards,
Mr. Bram Stoker, Esq.
Mr. Jules Verne, Esq.
Post-script: at present, we have received
9
of
9
confirmations.
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Don’t forget about how when I asked him for a link to his scumgame, he linked THIS game. - Pyrrha Nikos
He usually never puts effort into reads like that, which does sometimes get him scumread, but since he was on an alt and we didn't know his meta, I can see CL!him making reads as an exception since he knows he'll probably be scumread otherwise.
-Hectic
"Joke" votes will not be counted, but will count against your limit of one per day. Given that the day has cycled, this amounts to time served. Please refrain from joke votes, as they run counter to the spirit of the ruleset.
Only one vote per 24-hour cycle is permitted, and this includes unvotes. After consideration, this means that the initial votes stand, subsequent unvotes notwithstanding. Again, as the day has cycled, you are free to move your vote where you wish or unvote...once.
To clarify some things, your first "free" letter will be posted in the first mail call it is eligible, but subsequent letters will be subject to the delivery delay. We hope that this process will lead to more deliberate, meaningful content in the long run.
Norwe is spontaneous, has a stream-of-consciouness posting style, usually posts on catch-ups by commenting on past pages posts, gets rather fired up in certain moments in games, is relatively as playful as me in games and likes casual shitposting
Reminder: All letters except your first are subject to a delivery delay of at least 24 hours, so if you were expecting a letter to be delivered today, please check timestamps. If you believe an error has been made, please feel free to contact us directly.
Our apologies for the slight delay. Mail call is tied to 0:00 GMT, but life occasionally intervenes. For adjudicating when a letter is to be delivered, 0:00 will be used regardless of any tardiness on our part.
The very observant among you will notice that jjh927's postage stamp reserve has not been reduced. An error was made in calculating when said letter was to be posted, and it would properly have been eligible for posting yesterday. The error stems from entirely from incorrect time zone translation on the mods' part. To compensate for the added delay, jjh927's has not been "charged". The source of the error has been compensated for, and we do not anticipate it again.
We believe the error can be traced to how MafiaScum.net records Daylight Savings Time. We have adjusted our account preferences to reflect time accurately.
