In the past, I was a bit intimidated by Mafia threads mainly due to the fact that it has been going for some time and I felt I might not be able to fit in. A recent thread by drealmer7 encouraged me to join this one. Thank you for the welcome!

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The way it's done on Mafiascum is "/in."

So sorry for being confusing.

If you'd rather not include me I understand, but I would be interested in playing.

We need a town arsonist, if we don't have one the game just would not be that same......
Welcome to mafia and have fun!

Observer thread please :D

While not an expert, I suspect the origin is from MUDs and MMOs where the '/' was used to designate some commands.

So /in I would read as 'command=in' as opposed to =/=in as 'not equal to in'

As always, I'm in (every game needs a power lurker).

Yeah, so called "slash commands". Yes, /in is shorthand for "Oh glorious Moderator, your awesomeness bestills my heart. Please, would you deign to allow me to partake in your planned gaming extravaganza?" More or less. ;)

The correct response from the Moderator, in this case, is probably: "/gameinvite flubbucket game34" "/setrank flubbucket player" (or somesuch)

This assumes the Moderator has already "/gamecreate Game34", obviously.

I apologize in advance to the player that draws the "Giant Squid" role.

Present and accounted for and ready to find those scummies and KILL KILL KILL them.

Poll question #1: 7 days.

Poll question #2: standard play. dead-ites can not influence our realm. what can I say? sometimes I'm okay with a no-lynch.

Dammit, that was my joke!

Err, I mean, "slip."


Unless your RP says "KILL KILL KILL," obvs.

Not sure if I'm ready yet. Put me down as "probably".

Obvious fence-sitting is obvious.

You will be.


Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZvsFCxxCU

Giant Squid? What is the theme of the game? Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? Am I the only one that reads this as "forum mafia game with achievements"?

I'm not sure I understand how this unusual works. What exactly is the point of the leader board? Will there be no Win/Lose condition? If there will be, how will the "objectives/scoring points" side impact the main quest of he game?


Regarding the poll:

1) Deadline length - I'm with JMich on this (post #11), though I don't know why he prefers longer Days, especially at the beginning - number of players + location of players (time-zones) should be taken into account. As the game progresses and players die, the deadlines could adjust.

2) Lack of consensus at Deadline - I have to say no interferences from the dead/observer thread, as it could mess with the outcome/balance of the game.

And I'd like to hear a little more about the theme/setup of the game.

I would also like to hear about this. If you don't want to reveal too much about the set-up in advance, could you at least give some sort of indication about how different this game might be to a run of the mill type game.

For instance:

Call a normal game (25% Mafia ,all goons in a single team, and 75% Town, all vanilla or only a single Cop) a 1 and a Role-Madness game with multiple scum factions and/or other more complex mechanics a 10. Where on that 10 point scale would this game fit in, ballpark?

edit: Even that might be giving away too much if you answer. Bleh. Mainly, I just would rather a simple game with as few outside/unknown factors thrown in as possible for my next game (as least currently). I feel like I have been blindsided a lot in recent games (not necessarily a bad thing, but a thing, nonetheless), and I want a game to regain my bearings in terms of my meta. Hence, my slowness to sign up for this game.