Dies to Removal

Players /in (9/9)
imopen2
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DroppinSuga*
Iso*
Stardust*
TubeHunter
Clownfish
rcwraspy
RedNihilist

"*" denotes an experienced player
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This game shall be centered around new players who wish to get into Mafia and get some experience under their belt. As such, a composition of 3-5 experienced players and 4-6 new players is preferred.

To in as a newbie, reply: /in as newbie

To in as an experienced player, reply: /in as experienced

To in as a mentor, reply: /in as mentor

Simple, right?

Experienced players are expected to teach newbie players Mafia theory and answer any questions that may arise if they can. Experienced players are not allowed to misinform about
theory and mechanics regardless of their alignment. e.g."yeah you should totally self hammer as town lolol"

This game will be Semi-Open Format based around the Matrix6 setup shown here: http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Matrix_6

Condensed intro to Mafia(In flash form!): http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/610087

Not allowed to misinform:

"Are you scum?"

Fixed.

/in as noob

/in as n00b

/in as douche

/in as experienced.

Don't expect me to play like I normally do - this will be a teaching game.

/in as sort-of experienced. (Happy to /out if there are more rookies that want in though)

I guess I'll give it a go. looks interesting enough.

Whooooo three more slots.

I'd really like to start this up tomorrow since it's my only day off till next week.

/in as newbie

Get some newbie FoS guys. Tell them that this game is more fun than they could ever imagine. It would be sweet to have 5 people in the game who have never played before.

Also, you should open this up to mentors. If an experienced member doesn't want to play (quite a few come to mind who haven't yet signed up), they could mentor a beginner. They can't share reads or whatever, but it's really helpful to have an impartial third party to offer advice on tactics and gameplay or to just advise them not to make stupid choices. Pretty sure I would have won my first game (as scum) if I'd had a mentor.

I'm not familiar with mentors.

Sounds like a hydra thing.

How does it work?

Not hydra. The mentor and the... mentee (?) have a quicktopic or otherwise that they can talk in (the mod should have access too to make sure the mentor's not going too far). The mentee is doing all of the posting and all of the work in-game. The mentor answers questions and offers advice on how to approach the game or how to hunt scum effectively. They can't share their reads or build cases for the mentee. They just share general mafia knowledge like common scum tells, basic game design, how analyze a wagon, what WIFOM or anything else means, or offering advice on how to effectively use a PR (or nightkill)... that sort of thing. Stuff that anyone who's played a few games will know, just to get them up to speed that much faster and level the playing field somewhat.

Sounds okay.

Actually I don't know. That's kinda what the experienced players are for albeit on a less-personal level. I don't want the game to get cluttered with noobs+experienced v. experienced. Sounds difficult to manage.

What happens when Iso is the Night 1 kill and I'm the Night 2? Who will tend the flock?

Seriously though, games full of newbies tend to stagnate in the later Days when no one really has any direction or is sure what to look for. Mentors can help with that. But it's up to you, I'm happy either way.

I guess I'll just ramrod everyone at that point.

I suppose there isn't much harm in allowing it.

I guess I'll just ramrod everyone at that point.

That'll be tough after I vig you Night 1.

Sad Suga is sad.

I guess I'll just ramrod everyone at that point.

That'll be tough after I vig you Night 1.

That'll be tough when Matrix 6 has no vigs.

Goddamnit, I'm gonna vanilla town that Suga guy to death so hard!

/in as noobtastic

though I should mention, I'll be on a plane all day Friday, not near a computer Saturday, and will be doing law school homework all day Sunday.

though I should mention, I'll be on a plane all day Friday, not near a computer Saturday, and will be doing law school homework all day Sunday.

These games take months sometimes so if you aren't available for a few days its ok

Is it a problem if I'm on an entirely different timezone than you guys?

Pfftft Stardust implying he would have beaten me in his first game.

Is it a problem if I'm on an entirely different timezone than you guys?

Nah.

/in as n00b

Ring a ding ding! That's a full set.

I'll leave things in stasis for a day or so to make sure anyone who wants to mentor can /in as such.

This is also a really good excuse for me to not have the game thread up until tomorrow evening.

Throwing up the game thread now.