Author Topic: RPG Mafia Thread IV (Current Game: NSP Mafia) (Read 144430 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #150 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:30:33 AM »

Quote from: Sky_Paladin on March 13, 2014, 03:55:31 AM

but the moderator would leave clues based on the attacker's name/sig/avatar etc as to who it was

Quote from: Edible on August 02, 2012, 09:28:04 PM

FIND THE LEFT HALF OF THE RABBIT AMULET UNDERNEATH THE GIANT ROOK

Sky_Paladin · « **Reply #151 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:35:49 AM »

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Sounds like I might need to go over there and see for myself.

Please do. You are more than welcome; but you have to remember this is the group that no lynched two days in a row :3 A lot of scumhunting meta is different. I have had a lot of fun coming here to the new environment, I'm sure you guys will have fun over there too.

We stopped giving out clues for hits around game 20, I think, because after awhile you run out of unique ideas and people knew what to look for.

Mr. Sacchi · « **Reply #152 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:38:23 AM »

That sound an awful lot like a simplified mafia game I used to follow years ago called "Playing Detective" (Adapted Translation), in fact, it sounds exactly like it, players could not change their names, avatars or sigs for the duration of the game, every turn the killer would leave "clues" to his identity, based on the player's sig, name and avatar, the "Detective"(cop) would gain an extra hint, the "Angel"(doctor) could protect people from being killed at night, and these were the only power roles.

I rather enjoyed it myself, it was a lot less sadistic than mafia is, at least, but I can see where people would fail to see the appeal after being exposed to actual mafia.

Sky_Paladin · « **Reply #153 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:39:23 AM »

Yeah I think you got it. We started out pretty much with that exact thing, except the mod placed the ~~kills~~ clues instead of the killer. Over time it evolved into very similar to what we have in this forum.

NekoNekoRex · « **Reply #154 on:** March 13, 2014, 05:55:58 AM »

Quote from: Sky_Paladin on March 13, 2014, 05:35:49 AM

Please do. You are more than welcome; but you have to remember this is the group that no lynched two days in a row :3 A lot of scumhunting meta is different. I have had a lot of fun coming here to the new environment, I'm sure you guys will have fun over there too.

We stopped giving out clues for hits around game 20, I think, because after awhile you run out of unique ideas and people knew what to look for.

The current game doesn't really look like Mafia, though. More like Everyone Is Mafia Mafia with a twist that people can randomly kill themselves by accident via votes.

Sky_Paladin · « **Reply #155 on:** March 13, 2014, 06:15:40 AM »

W-well, yes. This is the second Battle Royale mafia. Except Squid is running it, so I have no idea what will happen.

Here is the previous one, if you're interested.

CF7 · « **Reply #156 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:15:27 AM »

Quote from: Sky_Paladin on March 12, 2014, 11:06:41 PM

A microbiology white blood cell find-the-infection type game

Ironically, we just finished this exact setup on my native forum. Can you say endgamed by a townie?
Well. There was a cancer cell, that had ability to infect and control other cells. Basically a cult with a killing cult leader. I was in it. And in the endgame there was cancer player, me (controlled), some other townie (controlled), and two clean cells. Turns out one of the clean cells had triple vote. TRIPLE VOTE. And he actually managed to pick cancer cell and then simply dominated day votals with his triple vote.
I called bullshit to the GM, but he said that town should have some sort of save ass to pull through, which is Bad Game Design, but oh, well. Still Cancer & Co got consolation prize in the form of Audience Award, since we actually did play really good. Even me. =)

CF7 · « **Reply #157 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:28:54 AM »

Quote from: Sky_Paladin on March 13, 2014, 05:35:49 AM

We stopped giving out clues for hits around game 20, I think, because after awhile you run out of unique ideas and people knew what to look for.

We still do that. Usually at the start of the game people either write some sort of short of biography, or you pick something thematic. For example in my latest game i picked musical bands. And clues were pointing at some fact or something related to that band. There was a player who choose Eluveitie. And the clue was "Dumas 2002". It was associative chain in the form of Dumas -> Three Musketeers -> One for all, all for one -> Latin translation Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno -> country motto of Switzerland -> Zurich -> Eluveitie was founded in Zurich in 2002. It was the hardest clue. But people usually know that all my clues are some sort of associative chains.

Raikaria · « **Reply #158 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:30:49 AM »

O4rfish I don't think Hydraing is a good idea. Then I can't step in if someone actually needs to vanish.

Also I explicitly banned Hydras in my game, so you can probobly tell I'm not fond of them.

Schezo · « **Reply #159 on:** March 13, 2014, 09:19:13 AM »

it was a jest

Bardiche · « **Reply #160 on:** March 13, 2014, 10:03:45 AM »

Quote from: Schezo on March 13, 2014, 09:19:13 AM

it was a jest

A jest? A jest! Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.

DNAbc · « **Reply #161 on:** March 13, 2014, 12:00:08 PM »

if there is going to be another empty slot gods let me sub in.

mafia withdrawal and the pure 'awesomeness' of the current game are unbearable

DNAbc · « **Reply #162 on:** March 13, 2014, 12:23:13 PM »

And I am also interested in a detail concerning the 'clues' system used by other mafia games.

How often does the players receiving the clues in question figure them out?

CF7 · « **Reply #163 on:** March 13, 2014, 12:28:16 PM »

From my experience rarely. I'd say 1 in 5. At most.

Raitaki · « **Reply #164 on:** March 18, 2014, 05:31:11 AM »

What? ~~MoTK used to use clues too?~~ And a host is considering using them again?

*eyeballs the /, i and n keys on his keyboard*

Edit: Okay, I posted too soon ;_;
But seriously though, I have a lot more free time and hopefully am less dumb these days, so I'll return to playing mafia around here.

Shadoweh · « **Reply #165 on:** March 18, 2014, 05:50:07 AM »

Having extensively read every old mafia game in the archive here, none of them used clues. >_>
If Darkninja wanted to try them I'm sure people would play just to see how bad it could get...

Conqueror · « **Reply #166 on:** March 18, 2014, 07:17:03 AM »

~~Yukkuri Mafia had clues~~

BT · « **Reply #167 on:** March 18, 2014, 07:29:53 AM »

Change my theme to Blue's Clues.

...

Change it back.

DNAbc · « **Reply #168 on:** March 18, 2014, 07:53:44 AM »

I was about to come up and say ''Well clues are so stupid lolllll''.

But then I thought about it for a moment and decided on a more rational response.

CF7 · « **Reply #169 on:** March 18, 2014, 10:10:34 AM »

Personally i'm against the clues and view them more as "necessary evil in open setups" rather than "they are useful in open setups".

Shadoweh · « **Reply #170 on:** March 18, 2014, 03:00:35 PM »

Quote from: Conqueror on March 18, 2014, 07:17:03 AM

~~Yukkuri Mafia had clues~~

NO ACTUAL MAFIA GAMES HAD CLUES.
Open setups definitely don't need clues. <_< You already know all the roles, that makes it easier.

CF7 · « **Reply #171 on:** March 18, 2014, 03:20:21 PM »

Open setups with no definitive flips sometimes do need them. But it's not the argument i want to participate in on this forum. Or on any forum for that matter.

Raikaria · « **Reply #172 on:** March 18, 2014, 04:04:17 PM »

Why are there so many people alive Day 5?

*Reads thread and sees Day 3 never really even existed*

K.

Schezo · « **Reply #173 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:20:54 PM »

Quote from: CF7 on March 18, 2014, 03:20:21 PM

Open setups with no definitive flips sometimes do need them. But it's not the argument i want to participate in on this forum. Or on any forum for that matter.

Thats a cool mechanic but I don't think you need hints if the setup was balanced with no flips in mind and had a role that could find out what dead people were

PX · « **Reply #174 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:44:19 PM »

Hey, remember that game where if you googled it, you can find the set up on pastebin? :V

WHMZakeri · « **Reply #175 on:** March 18, 2014, 10:19:05 PM »

How would an open setup that only flipped alignment but not roles sound?

Schezo · « **Reply #176 on:** March 18, 2014, 10:53:56 PM »

Isn't that what darker than night did? I remember the vanilla towns had troll flips like cop or doctor.

Serela · « **Reply #177 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:56:46 AM »

I just remember Helepolis flipping Kyuubey. Darker than Black*

CF7 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 19, 2014, 09:18:48 AM »

Quote from: Reaver Zakeri on March 18, 2014, 10:19:05 PM

How would an open setup that only flipped alignment but not roles sound?

That's pretty much what we do. It works for most part. Also claiming your role is prohibited for obvious reasons. Doesn't stop the role speculations, though. At all.

Serela · « **Reply #179 on:** March 19, 2014, 01:58:29 PM »

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<Oarfish> MotK should sell serela plush toys
<Oarfish> and then whenever you get mad at him you could knock him off your monitor
<Shadoweh> You can't get mad at Serela
<Conq> serela is too cute to get mad at
<Oarfish> and it would have one of those pullstrings that would say things like "no, my pirogies"
<Oarfish> or "I'm not sure, everyone seems like town."
<Conq> brb ants screaming