Mafia #3.2 - Pasch's Carnival of Horrors

[Paschendale]

Come one! Come all! Step right up. Ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages! Try your luck and your skill in this, the premiere sideshow in the western hemisphere. You won't believe your eyes, your ears, or even your nose!

And there you stand, in the middle of a big top tent, with smoke, flashing lights, and creepy singles assaulting your senses. Distorted mirrors make it difficult to know where you can proceed, or to know who is who. But there is one thing you do know. You are not safe.

The rules are standard. There will be no surprises. All nuances are spelled out in your role PMs, which will be going out shortly. Please do not post in the thread until I say that everyone has confirmed.

For those who are not necessarily familiar with the rules, here are some things you need to know. Do not discuss the game outside of this thread, either in other threads, PMs, or any other form of communication. You may not quote any PMs, including your role PM, anywhere. When you're dead, you're dead. You may not post in the thread anymore. A quicktopic will be provided for dead players to discuss the game.

In order to make it super duper easy for me to find votes, I'd like for us to start using this format to vote or unvote: ##Vote: Paschendale, ##Unvote. The bold makes them stick out, but the double ## makes votes searchable. Bolding is recommended, but not necessary. Obviously, don't use the ## for anything other than a vote, and if you quote a vote, remove the ##'s from the quote.

Living players

X Factor
Helix
Roughdraft
Chaddelamancha
Capslock
The Mark
Fisher
Ecofarm
DDD
Blue_State
Madlib

 

[Paschendale]

Argh... I forgot one important thing in the PMs. It should be obvious, but it needs to be established. Townies win when all mafia are dead. Mafia wins when they equal or outnumber the townies and no night actions can prevent them from obliterating the town. No ties will occur. Those are the standard conditions, but they need to be written down so there is absolutely no confusion.

1 AM, Sunday morning. All role PMs are sent out. The game will begin when all players have confirmed, hopefully by Monday afternoon.

 

[Chaddelamancha]

I didn't get a link to this thread, so you might want to send one out.

Argh... I forgot one important thing in the PMs. It should be obvious, but it needs to be established. Townies win when all mafia are dead. Mafia wins when they equal or outnumber the townies and no night actions can prevent them from obliterating the town. No ties will occur. Those are the standard conditions, but they need to be written down so there is absolutely no confusion.

1 AM, Sunday morning. All role PMs are sent out. The game will begin when all players have confirmed, hopefully by Monday afternoon.

 

[Paschendale]

Day 1 has begun! It continues two weeks to Feb 11th at midnight eastern time.

Living players

X Factor
Helix
Roughdraft
Chaddelamancha
Capslock
The Mark
Fisher
Ecofarm
DDD
Blue_State
Madlib

 

[ecofarm]

Do we know what roles exist and how many mafia/SK?

 

[DDD]

Yaaaawwwwnnnn. The first great day at the carnivals...

 

[cAPSLOCK]

Thanks to the ringmaster.

I am going to hold off my kneejerk vote for Eco for at least a few hours.

 

[Fisher]

Well it is clear that this Big Top suffers from no shortage of clowns.

 

[Blue_State]

Hahaha...this mirror makes me look fat...or it's my face.

 

[The Mark]

And eco once again with the first words!


Don't read too much into it though, he's usually one of the first to post.

 

[Helix]

the coin dozer is a ripoff.

 

[Fisher]

the coin dozer is a ripoff.

....and I am pretty sure the bearded lady ain't the latter. Don't ask me how I know though. There is something really f'ed up about this circus.

 

[roughdraft274]

That funnel cake gave me diarrhea. lol.

So, anyone know of anything productive we can do on the first day or are going to wait two weeks and then vote randomly? I wish there was like a word puzzle or evidence that the game mod could give us on day 1 that we could at least work to decipher or something, lol. I always hate mafia till day two and beyond.

 

[Chaddelamancha]

I will cast the first stone. This response seems to me like someone who works at the carnival and isn't at all disturbed by it. Suspicious if you ask me.

Yaaaawwwwnnnn. The first great day at the carnivals...

 

[The Mark]

That funnel cake gave me diarrhea. lol.

So, anyone know of anything productive we can do on the first day or are going to wait two weeks and then vote randomly? I wish there was like a word puzzle or evidence that the game mod could give us on day 1 that we could at least work to decipher or something, lol. I always hate mafia till day two and beyond.

I expect we'll talk about random ****, accuse various persons, and then lynch someone.

Since this appears to be a closed game setup, the only info I have to go on is that at least 1 out of the 10 (me) is town.

In that sense at least, the mafia players have an advantage - they know which players are on their team.

And possibly they were able to form strategy before the game. That's a question for Pasch...


Pasch - Can you tell us if you allowed the mafia team to talk in their quicktopic thread before game start?

 

[ecofarm]

Since this appears to be a closed game setup, the only info I have to go on is that at least 1 out of the 10 (me) is town.[/ quote]

I figure 2 mafia and a (not really) possible SK. An SK and a mafia team, 2+, would be weighing for scum and a solo mafia alone is too little for 11. As Pasch is not fond of power roles, iirc, I think we have 1-2, doc and/or cop; it or they should be low key.

Pasch - Can you tell us if you allowed the mafia team to talk in their quicktopic thread before game start?

Good question.

 

[The Mark]

I figure 2 mafia and a (not really) possible SK. An SK and a mafia team, 2+, would be weighing for scum and a solo mafia alone is too little for 11. As Pasch is not fond of power roles, iirc, I think we have 1-2, doc and/or cop; it or they should be low key.

Very likely.

So if we assume you are correct in your assumption...(Quite a bit of assuming going on around here).

It'd be something like 2 scum vs 9 town, with ~2 town being PRs.

Means 1/5th of players the 10 players who are not me...are scum (since, I know my own alignment).
That means that if I vote randomly I will have only a 20% chance of hitting scum - but at the same time, only a 20% chance of hitting a power role (again, assuming your educated guesses are accurate.


On a side note, whomever is the town cop (assuming one exists) should avoid revealing unless they discover a scum player or are about to be lynched. Obvious I know, but I think we have a couple new players?

 

[Paschendale]

Pasch - Can you tell us if you allowed the mafia team to talk in their quicktopic thread before game start?

No I can't. Well, I can. But I don't plan to. Keep in mind, however, that the game started 13 hours after role PMs were sent out.

 

[MadLib]

Go up the Ferris wheel, never come back down!

Helix and Fisher seem to be stalling, I will keep an eye on them.

 

[The Mark]

No I can't. Well, I can. But I don't plan to. Keep in mind, however, that the game started 13 hours after role PMs were sent out.

So you're keeping it quiet in keeping with the closed game style.

But you're saying that given the time frame, mafia team would only have had at best about 12 hours of time for conversation if you did allow such.
Which means that unless all members check on this site often, there would not have been enough time for anything meaningful - Possibly a post or two, but unlikely any conversation.


Or, you're saying that 13 hours to confirm all players is damn fast, and doesn't allow any time for mafia quicktopic.

 

[Fisher]

Go up the Ferris wheel, never come back down!

Helix and Fisher seem to be stalling, I will keep an eye on them.

Shouldn't be hard since we are in a tent full of mirrors, which is how I noticed those red spots on your shirt sleeve. Spaghetti perhaps, or perhaps something else?

 

[The Mark]

Shouldn't be hard since we are in a tent full of mirrors, which is how I noticed those red spots on your shirt sleeve. Spaghetti perhaps, or perhaps something else?

Obviously not as skilled as a real clown at applying face paint...:2razz:

 

[Fisher]

Obviously not as skilled as a real clown at applying face paint...:2razz:

I'm sorry. Did I hear the guy who put the sissy in Sicily say something?

 

[The Mark]

I'm sorry. Did I hear the guy who put the sissy in Sicily say something?

Where?

 

[cAPSLOCK]

I figure 2 mafia and a (not really) possible SK. An SK and a mafia team, 2+, would be weighing for scum and a solo mafia alone is too little for 11. As Pasch is not fond of power roles, iirc, I think we have 1-2, doc and/or cop; it or they should be low key.

Good question.

That is extremely polarizing info... DUCY?