Newbie 1826 Basketball Game Over

[mhsmith0]

BASKETBALL

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Welcome to Newbie 1826: Basketball!

Your moderator is mhsmith0.

Playerlist:

1. lucca261 (replaces Peaches)
   
2. Spartan117
   
3. CheekyTeeky (replaces Seanod123)
   
4. UC Voyager (replaces RadiantCowbells replaces zemaj)
   
5. Luca Blight (replaces Deimos27)
   
6. northsidegal (replaces Clemency)
   
7. Toto (replaces BlackVoid replaces XnadrojX) (SE)
   
8. Assemblerotws (SE)
   
9. Thor665 (replaces Plotinus) (IC)

Spoiler: Living Players

1. UC Voyager (replaces RadiantCowbells replaces zemaj),
   Mafia Goon
   , survived
   
2. Thor665 (replaces Plotinus) (IC),
   Mafia Roleblocker
   , survived

Spoiler: Deceased Players

1. Assemblerotws (SE),
   Town Jailkeeper
   , lynched day one
   
2. CheekyTeeky (replaces Seanod123),
   Vanilla Townie
   , lynched day two
   
3. Spartan117,
   Town One-Shot Bulletproof
   , killed night two
   
4. lucca261 (replaces Peaches),
   Vanilla Townie
   , killed night three
   
5. northsidegal (replaces Clemency),
   Vanilla Townie
   , lynched day four
   
6. Luca Blight (replaces Deimos27),
   Vanilla Townie
   , endgamed
   
7. Toto (replaces BlackVoid replaces XnadrojX) (SE),
   Vanilla Townie
   , endgamed

Spoiler: Replacement Queue

1. Virtuoso (SE)
   
   
2. gorny (SE)
   
   
3. RadiantCowbells (SE)
   
   
4. Luca Blight (SE)
   
   
5. northsidegal

Spoiler: Prod Counts

1. Day One: One Prod - Assemblerotws, Spartan117, Peaches, zemaj, XnadrojX
   
2. Day One: Two Prods -
   
3. Day Two: One Prod - Peaches, Spartan117, , lucca261
   
4. Day Two: Two Prods - XnadrojX, Deimos27
   
5. Day Two: Three Prods - Clemency
   
6. Day Three: One Prod -
   
7. Day Three: Two Prods -

Spoiler: Event History

1. Day one lynch: Assemblerotws
   
2. Night one results: no death
   
3. Day two lynch: CheekyTeeky
   
4. Night two results: Spartan117 killed
   
5. Day three lynch: no lynch
   
6. Night three results: lucca261 killed

Spoiler: PT Links - to be released post-game

1. Mafia PT
   
2. Dead PT
   
3. IC Confessional #1
   
4. IC Confessional #2
   
5. Mod PT

[mhsmith0]

General Site Rules:

• Follow all site rules. Play to your wincon but above all play to have fun. Do not ruin the game for others.
  
• If you have something that you need to communicate with me
  bold
  your text or I cannot guarantee I will see it.
  
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General game rules:

• I will use the colour
  #FFAA00
  . This is my color and only my color. Don't use it.
  
• A lynch is reached when a majority of all players (half rounded down plus one) are voting for the same target.
  
• If a majority is not reached by the deadline, a No Lynch will occur.
  
• You may vote No Lynch in the same way that you vote for a lynch. Once a majority has voted for a no lynch the day immediately ends.
  
• Abuse of an infinite no-lynch/no-kill loop will not be tolerated. Do not even contemplate it.
  
• Votes must be written in
  bold
  as
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  or use the VOTE: Player tag. Votes that are not tagged will not be counted.
  
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• Votes that misspell or have other minor errors will be counted as normal as long as I understand what you are getting at.
  
• Unvotes are helpful, but not necessary. Let me know if I make an error in vote counts and I will correct them.
  
• I will try and do vote counts often but if you want one just let me know. In general, I will be mainly available evenings (5 PM - 12 PM Pacific) and weekends, so you may not get a quick VC if it's in the middle of the day.
  
• As the MOD I will keep communication down to the absolute minimum possible (aside from vote counts and the like). I do not want to influence the game itself – that is for the players to do.
  
• Flips will have full role revealed (I will essentially post the PM you received on your flip with the obvious required reductions)

Game Flow:

• The Game will begin and the thread will be unlocked after 7 players confirm via PM, or 48 hours after role PMs are sent, whichever is faster. I will not, however, unlock the game thread before 24 hours have passed.
  
• I will auto-replace any player who has not picked up their role PMs within 72 hours after I send out role PMs.
  
• If you have not posted for 48 hours you will receive a prod. If you do not post within 24 hours of a prod you will be replaced. A naked "prod dodge" does not reset the prod timer. To avoid being prodded/replaced for inactivity, include some game advancing content in your prodges, such as "got prodded; xxxx is still scum."
  
• Please announce if you are going on V/LA. I prefer this announced in thread unless there is a specific reason not to. If you are on V/LA, you are still expected to post in thread at least every 96 hours. If this is an issue for you, please discuss it with me PRIVATELY via PM.
  
• Three prods may result in being replaced.
  
• Day phases will last a maximum of 14 days.
  
• Each Night Phase will last 48 hours.
  
• Mafia may only chat during pregame and during night phases; during day phases, when the main game thread is unlocked, mafia may not talk to each other.
  
• You may communicate as normal during the twilight phase until I close the thread but votes/un-votes will not count.
  
• Extensions may be granted for replacements or extenuating circumstances.
  
• A missed Night Action will result in a No Action.
  
• The game will end when all threats to town have been eliminated or that is not possible.
  
• If you must replace out, PM me privately and stop posting in thread.
  
• If a player replaces out while having a vote active, that vote will remain active until such time as the replacement chooses to unvote or vote elsewhere. The sole exception is when a player replaces out while self-voting. In that case, the act of replacing in is considered an automatic unvote.

[mhsmith0]

important setup information

Newbie Setup

Matrix6 (as designed by Cogito Ergo Sum):

	A	B	C
1	Town Jailkeeper	Vanilla Townie	Mafia Goon
2	Mafia Roleblocker	Town Cop	Town Doctor
3	Town 1-shot Bulletproof	Mafia Goon	Town Tracker

Each Newbie Game will be given a setup that incorporates either one row or one column. The remaining six roles will be filled in by

mafia goons

and

vanilla townies

appropriately, to create a

2-mafia

and

7-town

setup.

All Newbie games use the Natural Action Resolution system for determining Night action effects.

Roleblocker

actions will take precedence over

Jailkeeper

actions should that apply. The

1-shot Bulletproof

is a passive ability that cannot be

roleblocked

.

basic game and site functionality

1. Using the "code" tag will let you show something in code to demonstrate, see below
   
2. Voting is done by using the vote tags:

   Code: Select all

   [vote]mhsmith0[/vote]

   gets you VOTE: mhsmith0
   
3. Unvoting is done by using the unvote tags:

   Code: Select all

   [unvote]mhsmith0[/unvote]

   gets you UNVOTE: mhsmith0, or you can simply vote someone else
   
4. As a reminder, Discussion of Ongoing Mafia Games is Not Allowed. This includes discussion ongoing games here or this game elsewhere.
   
5. It is not an official rule, but as a courtesy, please do not use the spoiler tags, but instead the spoiler=tag. This is because phones cannot read spoiler tag.

   Code: Select all

   [spoiler=]blah blah blah[/spoiler]

   .
   Spoiler:

   blah blah blah
   can be read on any device.
   blah blah blah
   can only be read on a computer.
   
6. It is generally recommended to choose an avatar. This is a courtesy to fellow players, so that they can more easily differentiate you from other players when reading the thread. You can do this by going to User Control Panel, then Profile, then "Edit Avatar", and you can upload a picture or gif that will go along with your user name when you post.
   
7. If you have any questions about basic rules, or the newbie setup, feel free to ask them in thread or PM me directly.
   
8. Good Luck Everyone!

Sample Role PM's (click on the spoiler button to reveal)

Spoiler:

Vanilla Townie

Welcome!

You are a

Vanilla Townie

.

You have no special abilities.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town Jailkeeper

Welcome!

You are a

Town Jailkeeper

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills and be prevented from using their own action, if they have one, during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town Cop

Welcome!

You are a

Town Cop

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed if they are

Town

or

Mafia

. If you are roleblocked, you will receive no result.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town Doctor

Welcome!

You are a

Town Doctor

.

You may target one player per night phase. This player will be protected from kills during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

1-shot Bulletproof Townie

Welcome!

You are a

1-shot Bulletproof Townie.

You will survive 1 kill attempt during the game. This does not include lynches.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Town Tracker

Welcome!

You are a

Town Tracker

.

You may target one player per night phase. At the end of the night phase, you will be informed what player they targeted with their action, if any.

You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment.

Mafia Goon

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Goon

.

You and your partner share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk during night phases only.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

Mafia Roleblocker

Welcome!

You are a

Mafia Roleblocker

.

You may target one player per night. This player will be prevented from performing their own action, if any.

You and your partner share a factional kill each night. You must choose which of you will commit the kill. You may commit the kill and perform a roleblock in the same night phase. You also share a factional PT, located here, where you may talk during night phases only.

You win when the Town has been eliminated, or nothing can stop this from occurring.

The game thread is here.

Confirm by replying with your role name and alignment or by posting in your PT.

[mhsmith0]

Role PM's have been sent out.

It is now Pregame.

Good luck everyone!

[mhsmith0]

At least seven players have confirmed their role PM's.

It is now Day One.

Time to get busy lynching!

Good luck everyone!

[mhsmith0]

Votecount 1.00

Peaches
Spartan117
Seanod123
zemaj
Deimos27
Clemency
XnadrojX
Assemblerotws
Plotinus

Not Voting (9)

Everyone

Day one deadline is Tuesday October 10, 6 PM PST. (expired on 2017-10-10 18:00:00)

Mod note: Since I track votes in excel, I usually provide vote counts with links in them (didn't this time since it's just an empty vote post before anyone has posted in the game thread). It's a bit unusual compared to most mods, but I consider it a nice service for players.

With 9 alive it takes 5 to lynch!

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[Assemblerotws]

Afternoon, everybody!

This time I'm sticking this game through to the end.

[Deimos27]

Hello, everyone!
I'm Deimos, but most people shorten it to Deim. Call me what you wish.

Luckily, I have managed to already find obvscum.
VOTE: XnadrojX

[Clemency]

Same.
VOTE: Deimos

[Deimos27]

I was reading through some of Assemble's previous games and came across Newbie 1820, in which Fenrir suggested this BP claim strategy. I've seen it in other newbie games on this site also.

Wondering if the IC/SEs can share some insight on if this is a good idea? Seems very promising to me.

Spoiler: Clarification quoted from Loopdan

Source: viewtopic.php?p=9558214#p9558214

There is a relatively new strategy first proposed in a Newbie game by Radiant Cowbells. It is quickly becoming the standard way to begin Newbie games (at least until they change the setup to something other than Matrix6).

We are going to mass-claim "1-Shot Bulletproof"(BP) or "Not BP". To do this properly we need everyone to claim immediately.

Your next post needs to contain either a claim of 1-Shot Bulletproof or "Not BP"

.

Do not claim (or no-claim) any other role at this time

.

Reasons

:
1) Scum often attempt to fakeclaim bulletproof. By claiming early, your claim has maximum credibility and take that avenue away from Scum in the later game.
2) Although it does not technically confirm the player as town due to the possibility of a Jailkeeper only setup, the lack of a counterclaim gives the bulletproof townie considerable leverage because scum fakeclaiming bulletproof have terrible odds at doing so successfully.
3) If there is no Bulletproof Townie, that information will help us in the next phase of breaking the game.

Then what?

If there is a BP claim, there are three roles that can counterclaim it - BP, cop, and doctor.

If you are the real bulletproof or a cop, the correct way to counter a fake bulletproof claim is simply to say, "I counterclaim.", regardless of which of those two you are.

If you are a doctor, wait until everyone else has refused to counterclaim before you speak up! Ideally, the cop will counterclaim and you can stay in the shadows protecting them.

If there is no bulletproof claim, the next step is Tracker claim, which we can deal with if/when we get there.

[Plotinus]

Intro

Welcome to Newbie 1819. I’m your IC and that means that I will never lie to you about mafia theory and I will do my best to give you a good example of how to play the game. I will do this independently of my actual alignment.

Winning because you guys don’t know how to play isn’t actually fun for me, and it goes against what being an IC is about. I have the same chance of being town or scum as anybody else here, and I will be an asset to the town either way. If I’m scum, you should lynch me eventually but I can’t give you advice once I’m dead so try to get everything you can out of me before then! The rules for how I have to behave towards you guys are all written up here: Being_a_good_IC. If I break these rules, I won’t be allowed to IC again in the future.

Please don't PM me or any other player with any questions or comments during the game. Either ask it here in the public thread or PM the mod if it's private. If someone PMs you during the game, forward it to the mod.

Here's some more info if you're brand new:

Spoiler: The Wiki

There are lots of good articles on the wiki, you should check them out. A good place to start are Quick_Guide_to_Mafia | Quick_Guide_to_Mafiascum

If someone uses a word you don’t know, check here: Glossary | Commonly_used_abbreviations

There are lots of other articles that can help you: Category:Articles | Category:How_to_Play

Spoiler: Gameplay

Read the rules in Post 1! Every mod has slightly different rules and it’s important to always know what the rules are in this game.

We usually start out with RVS or Random Voting Stage. This means we vote people for no reason or jokey reasons just to give ourselves something to talk about. We don’t want to lynch anybody right away, though! We have 2 weeks and we don’t need to take all of them but we need to take as much time as we need.

Try to post at least once a day, more often if you can. Being active helps other people to read you and figure out that you’re town, and if you’re scum then you should know that people tend to suspect lurkers so either way activity is the way to go!

If you want to avoid getting lynched early, read this.

Spoiler: When to claim your role

If you have a power role, you shouldn’t claim unless you’re about to be lynched (L-1 with intent to hammer), which on the first day means 4 people are voting you and 1 more person has said they want to vote for you. Later on, you should only claim if you know somebody is guilty or if it is LYLO (day 3 if we don’t lynch any mafia, later if we do.)

Even if you are a vanilla townie, you shouldn’t claim for no reason because the mafia is trying to figure out who the power roles are and if you tell them you are vanilla then you just make it easier for them to find the power roles!

Sometimes scum lie and claim they have a role that they do not. If someone claims, I will say which roles can counterclaim. If you have a role PM related reason to believe someone is lying it is very important for you to claim and speak up!

Spoiler: How to use the forum

You can vote, unvote, and link to posts like this:

[

v]Name[/

v] or [vote

]Name[

/vote] will look like: VOTE: Name

[

uv]Name[

/uv] or [

unvote]Name[

/unvote] will look like: UNVOTE: Name

[

post]0[

/post] will look like: 0

At the bottom of the screen is a link that says “Bookmark this topic”. You should click that and then you can always find the game in your Bookmarks.

At the top of the screen there is a link that says View your posts. You can see all the threads you’ve commented on there.

If you don’t have an avatar yet please get one!

[Plotinus]

We can do the BP strategy if you guys want to.

The reasons to do it are as Deimos said, with the addition that if there isn't a bulletproof and there is a tracker, the tracker can claim knowing that there is a doctor to protect them and no roleblocker to block them.

The reasons against doing it are that it starts the game off with some boring mechanics talk instead of scumhunting, and being conftown can be pretty stressful for the player in that position.

So what I absolutely don't want to do is pause the game entirely for the strategy: we should still do RVS and scumhunting and discussion as normal, and just at the bottom of a post that *otherwise has game advancing content in it*, put whether you are BP or not BP

Not BP

game advancing content: VOTE: XnadrojX L-3

[Clemency]

Glad to see ya again, Plot.

Not BP

[Deimos27]

Sounds good to me.

Not BP

[Plotinus]

Heya Clemency. Lots of familiar faces this game.

Is anybody here brand new with no offsite experience? Is there anyone who has never been scum before?

[Spartan117]

BP

VOTE: XnadrojX
L-2

[Plotinus]

Ok, time for phase 2.

If there is a BP claim, there are three roles that can counterclaim it - BP, cop, and doctor.

If you are the real bulletproof or a cop, the correct way to counter a fake bulletproof claim is simply to say, "I counterclaim.", regardless of which of those two you are.

If you are a doctor, wait until everyone else has refused to counterclaim before you speak up! Ideally, the cop will counterclaim and you can stay in the shadows protecting them.

I don't counterclaim

[Deimos27]

No more votes on Xnadroj until he posts.

I don't cc

[Clemency]

This seems kind of cheesy.

I don't counterclaim.

[Plotinus]

This seems kind of cheesy.

yeah, it is. Hopefully it'll be done with soon. What do you think of assemble's entrance?

[Clemency]

They don't expect to die Night 1?

[Deimos27]

I want to know why an SE didn't RVS and just disappeared after making a single post that wasn't even game related.

[Deimos27]

I want to know why an SE didn't RVS and just disappeared after making a single post that wasn't even game related.

Referring to Assemble's entrance.

[Assemblerotws]

I want to know why an SE didn't RVS and just disappeared after making a single post that wasn't even game related.

VOTE: Deimos27
Do not question what you cannot understand.
Busy with a school assignment involving the Book of Job, so now I'm doing RVS based on it.

[zemaj]

Heya everyone! New to this site, not the game, so I know some little bit, but I am woefully deficient at the meta here. More used to 48h day/24h night, so this will be interesting to say the least... Otherwise, I'm an open book, just ask if you would like to know more. (Also, apologize for no avvy, limited to phone atm, so it hard to find one I like that's the proper size without editing...)

Moving on:
Is that an OMGUS from Assemblerotws, without an actual vote on him? Looks like it to me. Any reason you're so nervous, Assemble? VOTE: Assemblerotws

not BP

(Never seen the BP/not BP in action before, hype! Ofc, only played in a Matrix6 once before, as far as I'm aware.)