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"Revival of DGames" Mafia

BarDulL

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Welcome to...




Revival of DGames MAFIA
(We're on a budget, so no really cool banner and stuff.)

Specific rules and stuff will be posted later, but you can expect the general stuff. Game won't start until August 1st. Anyone is welcome to play provided that they abide by general rules. Role PMs will be sent on August 1st provided that the game has filled or has reached a specific amount of players.

Player cap is 13, I will extend it or decrease it based on interest. It would be pretty awesome to pull in some old school players of lore. Tag anyone you know who might be interested in playing a good ol' game of forum mafia.

I'm giving this it's own paragraph for emphasis. Respect other players and try to avoid using profanity or name-calling, even if it's being used for a bravado-esque effect or as a means of selling your argument. On that note, players that go out of their way and beyond necessity to offend someone are permanently banned from any games I host, but I don't actually see this being a problem except maybe for Gorf, whom this rule is specifically being tailored towards. While I find Gorf to be a humorous **** lord, I also think he is cancerous to new members of this forum and has definitely been responsible for making some people leave.

Elitism, arrogance, and any semblance of egotism is distasteful. I encourage players to lynch players that exhibit these behaviors on sight, but I won't ban people from acting this way. All I ask is that you, the player, keep this in mind while being careful as to how you are presenting yourself to others.

I reserve the right to bar certain players from entering the game or from playing the game further, but there isn't anyone that fits the bill right now in that accord.

Flavor will, of course, be DGames flavored. All roles and flavors will be based on members of the DGames community that have existed in either past or present.

I will not be playing favorites or be biased with respect to who will be in the flavor of the game; I am merely acting as a story teller in this accord as well as a medium for game progression, not to mention that there is a finite number of people I can have for roles. I will do what I can to be all-inclusive.

Again, any and all players are welcome to join.

Also, I will be providing prizes, cash or otherwise, for the winning faction. I will specify exactly what these prizes are prior to the game starting.

The following links may help new players become acquainted with the game:

Newbie Guide: Introduction for new players.
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Newbie_Guide

Basic Rules: Reading these rules, along with the game's specific rules, will help you understand the game.
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Rules

Common Roles: Includes a description of the roles both commonly and uncommonly found in Mafia.
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Roles

Smashboards Mafia Archives: This archive includes examples of past Mafia games in Decisive Games.
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=180310
RULES

Fundamentals
1. Disputes with and private questions for me should be handled through PM or instant messaging. If you notice that I have made a simple mistake or if you have a simple question, please address them in the thread in bold.
2. Dead men tell no tales. Once you have died in the game, you are dead (unless, later, I tell you you're not). Dead players are not allowed to make any more posts in the thread for any reason whatsoever unless otherwise stated in your role PM. No communication about this game is allowed with non-players or players who are dead, even if you yourself are dead. (If you are dead, you may not discuss the game with anyone who is currently playing, even if you could while you were alive.) If someone is breaking the rules and posting in a Night Phase, please don't be a dink and post saying "don't post in the Night Phase", as I will punish you for that post. Just PM me if you think there is an issue.
If you are dead, you can visit the green room by clicking here.
3. Unless your role PM specifically allows you the power, you are not to communicate with anyone about this game outside of this game thread. This includes posting content outside of the game thread and linking to it in the game thread. If your role PM does allow you this power, you are to post all conversations in a quick topic. Copy paste instant messages. They're amusing. This includes hydra logs; any private information remains private and must be paraphrased. I repeat, DO NOT COPY PASTE ANYTHING, including your own private hydra logs.
4. Editing your posts is not allowed.
5. I reserve the right to deny anyone from signing up/replacing.
6. Personally attacking another player is not allowed.
7. You are not allowed to quote any mod communication of any kind, real or fake, to anyone. You must paraphrase all information you wish to claim. You are not allowed to post or refer to any images or text (including color) in your role PM, nor may you post metadata about mod PMs in an attempt to break the game (e.g., message ID in the URL, time of day the message was sent, etc.). The same rules apply to hydra logs, masonries, and any other form of non-forum communication.
8a. Do not attempt to post generally unreadable or hidden text, as by changing the text color to match or resemble the page background. (Spoiler tags are allowed because they are easily noticeable. If a player in the game has issues with your text color, you must change it upon request regardless of the reason of said request. This rule is not meant to disallow breadcrumbing within the visible text of a message.)
9. You may not use ciphers, encryption, or similar techniques.
10. You must post in English when typing a post. Siento, Rajam.
11. Assuming your role PM does not say otherwise, breaking any sort of posting restriction will result in a punishment of having a MOD vote on you, meaning you take one less to lynch for that period. These punishments can never kill you alone, but one vote and many punishments can. These votes may or may not disappear at the end of a phase, depending on the mod's thoughts of you being a repeat offender. Do not break posting restrictions.
12a. Hydras, if in the game, must post in their Hydra accounts. This is so other players can easily review their posting history. All mistakes will be dealt with via a punishment from the mod. There will be NO warnings for this. All hydras must have the name of both players located in the bio information (location or custom title).
12b. If a Hydra makes a mistake, they must immediately post in the Hydra account using the exact same wording as the previous post. If someone posts inbetween them, they are SOL.
13. All the rules in this post are constant, but powers and statements by the mod in a role PM can trump them. If you feel the mod has told you something that conflicts with the rules above, please check with the mod. He will always side with a private communication rather than these rules.

Voting and Lynching
1a. Each Day, you may vote for a player to be lynched using a bold vote command. For example, vote: Inui.
1b. Do not hide your vote in the middle of a post; make an effort to put it outside of text to help me find them when I'm scanning through the thread. This will prevent MOD errors.
2. To unvote, use the command unvote. For example, unvote vote: Xyro would have you voting for Xyro rather than Inui. You do not have to unvote to switch who you are voting for.
3. No lynch is a viable lynch choice and a majority will end the Day without a lynch. For example, vote: No Lynch.
4. The Day will end when a majority lynch is decided or a pre-set deadline has been reached. If deadline is reached without a majority lynch decided, there will be no lynch.
5. After the majority lynch has been decided but before the lynch scene is posted, there will be a Twilight phase. Twilight does not have a predetermined length. Everyone can post in this phase, including the lynch majority target. After the lynch scene is posted, the game will move to Night.
6. There is no posting in this thread during the Night phase. Doing so will result in a punishment by the moderator for the following Day. There is a brief window that can be considered an acceptable accident, but forgetting to check the thread before posting is not acceptable. Do not abuse this.

Activity and Deadline
1. You are required to post every 48 hours. If you fail to do so, you will be prodded. An accumulation of too many prods over the course of the game (however many I think that is) will result in your punishment, replacement or a modkill depending on the circumstances. When feasible, I will tell you if I'm considering replacing/modkilling you. If you will be inactive for an extended period of time, you must notify me in advance. Unexcused or particularly long absences may result in your replacement or modkill. There will be no replacements after D4 has started except in extreme circumstances; if the person can post on smashboards, they won't be replaced. Please remember you can PM me privately to let me know if someone needs to be prodded.
2. We will normally have strict day cycles set to 7 days in real life. The town must stay active and be willing to punish inactive players if they hope to succeed.
3. I do not expect to grant deadline extensions, barring extenuating circumstances. In the event I need to replace a player, I may extend the deadline to accommodate the new player. Certain game events may also result in a change of deadline.
4. Nights will generally last approximately 48 hours. If you have a Night action and do not wish to use it, please send me a PM to that effect, lest I have to wait until the deadline for naught. Should a Night last longer than 48 hours, this does not necessarily mean you have extra time to send in a Night action; this will be left up to the moderator's discretion, but do not expect your action to go through.

Special Notes
1a. Many of my games have had specific aspects to them that may or may not be present in this game (time travel, crystals, certain restrictions, etc.); in the case that your role allows you to do an action under a certain condition (post #, restriction-based, post based, etc.) you MUST PM the Mod when you believe this should go into effect. The Mod is not going to read every post in the game looking for something that benefits you specifically, so do your part to make sure it goes into effect. This rule allows for the moderator to create more complex games and not worry so much about MOD errors because the responsibility is delegated.
1b. Given that this responsibility is delegated to the players, it is important to note that the moderator may still enact punishments/abilities/whatever if he sees it taking place before the PM is sent. This does not give a player the ability to give a "free pass" to a player, nor does it give the player the ability to note a restriction being broken, waiting 48 hours, and then PMing the mod that the restriction was broken in an attempt to game the system. While there isn't a specific timeframe for this, it is up to the MOD's discretion.

2. Ties may be possible in certain circumstances. If this is the case, both factions will win unless otherwise stated in their role PM.
3. I would like to actively encourage everyone to pressure players that are inactive and punish them by lynching them if necessary. I will replace players that need to be replaced, but the town shouldn't let that be an excuse to let players get away with staying quiet.
4. Knowledge of DGames isn't necessary to play, but it might be useful. Try reading up on previous games and roles by looking through DGames Archives and MVPs. Please do not discuss this game with anyone outside of the game thread!
5. If you rely on flavor, you might get burned. Try to focus on information and player actions if you want to succeed. Not every role will make sense for their actions or alignment. I don't play nice when it comes to flavor, so you may find one character to make perfect sense, then another, and then follow that logic to your doom. Don't look for hints outside of the game, as you'll find I'm mean about tricking people who do.

I confirm that there is a Town faction, a Mafia faction, and an Indy faction.

Each day, there will be a new event. This event may change specified game mechanics in the general rules (namely voting, when a lynch occurs, day phase shenanigans, night phase shenanigans, blah blah blah. Brace yourselves.)

Every role has an inventory in this game that may or may not include items at the start. If a player that has items dies, whoever is responsible for the kill will receive those items. In the event that two players end up killing each other, items will be randomly distributed or used for an event.

Spectators of the game can PM me ideas for new events to employ, items to distribute, and things of that nature. I may employ these ideas based on how well I feel they will balance the game while keeping intact the general focus of the game. I will not go into detail as to how these items could make the game better or worse as I want to secure as many replacements as possible (going into too much detail about the set up would make someone ineligible to replace).

ADDENDUM: Each night, each player may give one item to another player. Use the following command to do so:

Item Give: (Player Name)

Be wary, some of these items may impact ability use, future events, or things of that nature! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
 
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BarDulL

Town Vampire
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Player list:

ALIVE:

1. Wots All This Then? (Orboknown/Jdietz Hydra)
3. Maven89
4. Kantrip
5. Spak
7. FandangoX
8. Red Ryu
9. #HBC | Dancer
10. #HBC | Ryker
12. Laundry Nicholas1024
13. #HBC | J

Replacements:
1. Kary
2. Frozen Flame

Dead?:

6. RosalinaSGS, Lynched D1, was Red Ryu, Town Drunkard Tracker (Amnesiac Tracker)
2. Gheb_01, Killed N1 by a blade, was Joker, Town Risky Berserker
11. Rake ~Desu, Lynched D2, was Gheb, The Austrian Dreadlord, Town TrueShot Vigilante
 
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Spak

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I'm pretty new (just had my first game of Mafia in Mini Salt), but I'll /in for a fun time.
 

#HBC | Dancer

The nicest of the damned.
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/in

I was planning on just checking back up on Dgames to see if this board is still dead, and then I saw this. Good stuff Bardie, thanks for caring.
 

#HBC | Ryker

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Also, Bardull. I get what you're getting at with those rules and I approve, but I am going to swear. I swear like a sailor. I won't be censor dodging but there will be groups of four letter asterisks. I'm not going to try to be offensive (except to @ #HBC | Laundry #HBC | Laundry because **** him), but this is a casual atmosphere and, even if it were outright against the rules, gonna end up breaking that without thinking about it.
 

BarDulL

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Also, Bardull. I get what you're getting at with those rules and I approve, but I am going to swear. I swear like a sailor. I won't be censor dodging but there will be groups of four letter asterisks. I'm not going to try to be offensive (except to @ #HBC | Laundry #HBC | Laundry because **** him), but this is a casual atmosphere and, even if it were outright against the rules, gonna end up breaking that without thinking about it.
The rule is predominantly set for community growth so that new members don't get eaten alive in the midst of feeling slightly more ambitious than usual. Just as long as things aren't getting out of hand and that we all know what is too much, swearing in and of itself isn't outright banned (i.e. me referring to Gorf as a 'humorous **** lord' is more of a funny way of alluding to Gorf and what he is universally known for specifically and not something I would harp on. On the other hand, treating a player like they are badwolf would constitute some intervening on my end.)

The other main concern is that tonality gets lost in transition to the internet sometimes and profanity can lend to volatile reactions (as we've seen in the past). I'll make a point of it before the game starts as well so that it shouldn't become an issue later on.
 
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#HBC | Dancer

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Elitism, arrogance, and any semblance of egotism is distasteful. I encourage players to lynch players that exhibit these behaviors on sight . . .
I'll just like to say that there's no way I'm going to follow this policy if it ends up playing against my win condition and I suggest no one else does either.
 

BarDulL

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You can choose not to follow it regardless of the win condition, just be aware that the individual projecting those character traits will more than likely hurt whoever it is that is employing them in terms of their own win condition. No one likes an egotistical clown (except for our would-be resident Kefka, Kappa).

Of course, if your team mate is employing and expressing those behavioral traits, it is probably against your win condition to lynch them, but it can also make you look good on their flip. The goal here is to encourage more cordial behavior.
 
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Raziek

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Sure. Because I love you guys.

@ Raziek Raziek hydra?
While I am interested, our schedules have been quite out of sync lately and I think it would probably be a poor decision. As much as I'd like to support this game concept, IDK if it's a good idea given how thin my time has been spread, and our lack of overlap currently.
 

#HBC | Ryker

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Between EVO last weekend, a crisis at work (which will be solved by Monday), my mother visiting this weekend, and me not really looking for you, I don't think this is an accurate depiction of how much routine conversation we can have, but we'll see over the course of this week. If you still don't want to, then cool. I'd rather not do it than halfway do it.
 

#HBC | J

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I'll grab slot #13 if you need someone to start sooner rather than later. I just got done all my prior committments so I would love to help get the community back up and running with a game of sorts.
 

#HBC | Laundry

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"no swearing"

ye okay bardull i've already ****ed up in post 1 don't kill me i'm just a sailor dawg it's how we live

:186:
 

Maven89

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Aight I've wondered, any of you with feminine names with female avatars actually women? Because I just assume they are, but people aren't consistent with gender pronous and will refer to Kary as he/she sometimes in the same paragraph.
 
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#HBC | Dancer

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We've had a few female Dgamers come and go throughout the ages. July was easily the most consistent (and best) one though.

I am 98% certain Kary is not a girl.
 

#HBC | Laundry

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July and the one that Ryker made ragequit cause he called her "babe" are the only ones I remember. That and the females in the Mayling family.
 

#HBC | J

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There have been quite a few actually, but this site in general has a vast male population. It's odd because elsewhere, the female population is beginning to rise to quite significant numbers.
 
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