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THE RULES(Read before posting please)Spoiler
Win conditions:
Pro town - Aligned with the town. Wins once all Anti town are dead.
Anti town - Aligned against the town. Wins once all Pro town are dead.
Neutral - No alignment. Special win condition.
If you are not a player, but wish to learn more about mafia, please refrain from posting in this thread and read this one for more information.
Players alive:
1. FredOfErik
2. Pyrotechnician
3. Solar Ice
4. Goryani
5. Sathoris
6. Gwaihir
7. MartinLong
8. flubbucket
9. Autti
Dead players:Spoiler
Vote tally day 6 (5/6):
Jakes - 6 (Sathoris, Goryani, flubbucket, Solar Ice, Gwaihir, Sathoris)
flubbucket - 1 (FredOfErik)
Vote tally day 5 (6/7):Spoiler
Vote tally day 4 (7/8):Spoiler
Vote tally day 3 (8/9):Spoiler
Vote tally day 2 (9/10):Spoiler
Vote tally day 1 (10/11):Spoiler
Last edited by ThunderCat; 03-07-2012 at 21:00. Reason: End of day 6.
Player / Name / Ability / StatusSpoiler
Roles mechanics / Host`s thoughts:Spoiler
Role PMs (what everyone received):
Spoiler
Actions:
Night 1 actions:Spoiler
Night 2 actions:Spoiler
Night 3actions:Spoiler
Night 4 actions:Spoiler
Night 5actions:Spoiler
Night 6 actions:Spoiler
Night 7 actions:Spoiler
Final thoughts:
I've noticed that lately, people focus more on lore, theory crafting and such, rather than just playing a mafia game. Which is all well an fine, but when it leads to where there is no scum hunting, it gets easier and easier for mafia teams to win. Future games, I'll try to host more vanilla games where players actually focus on playing the game.
And one last thing about the stories. Obviously I should mention that the last story was submitted by the mafia themselves. As for all the others, we all know I lack writing capabilities, so I apologize to anyone who signed up to this game hoping some great stories.
Thus, I encourage anyone who is better at stories to host their own South Park themed game and entertain us.
PS: If you require the sheet where all the information is located (color coded and such) send me a PM with your email and I'll mail it.
Last edited by ThunderCat; 05-07-2012 at 17:09. Reason: Mafia have won.
I think highly themed games play out differently and I think lore is a large part of it.
However, I think this themed game wasn't strictly lore driven. I would not have guessed Chef as SK nor Wendy as Bus Driver. Barbrady was the only role that seemed obvious to me. I would have no trouble breadcrumbing/roleplaying/claiming Mr. Mackey on D1 if mafia didn't have three teachers in it. South Park is a very forgiving theme in that way.
There is a way for dealing with players focusing more on lore than play. Multiple ways. One is to mix up who is town and who is scum. Give scum a townie sounding name and give town some scummy sounding names. Another is to give mafia some fake claim names. The "reverse mafia" where Kyle, Stan, Cartman, Kenny, whomever is mafia while everyone else is town also works.
Players can also take actions to help themselves. The way I breadcrumbed Craig (yes, that was intentional) will be done sometime in the future when I'm town, just so I can possibly use it again as scum.
Game Balance:
It's hard to talk about game balance in a game where more than one player went off the reservation. I think it was possible for mafia to win without those actions, but it would have been much, much more difficult. The town benefited from an early SK lynch, but mafia still won. Two townie lovers, when both are power roles, is incredibly swingy.
Roles:
Big thumbs up on the Lawyer role. Thank you sir may I have another.
Clyde - FANTASTIC top down design. It's one of those roles that probably won't ever be repeated. It works because it's Clyde. I like how it could be (and was) used as an informational role but players, including Clyde, first had to realize it was an informational role. However, I thought all the silences should have been accompanied by an in game message. Silence is not a game aspect I'm a fan of - far too restrictive. I think players need substantial info to go along with being silenced or seeing others silenced.
Wendy/busdriver - So much about that role had mafia COMPLETELY fooled. Town too. This is more to do with the player than the role, but it bears repeating. I like it when common roles have multiple implementations. The "can't target self" restriction is nice to see sometimes.
NK VI - I guess we saw how one player plays it... It's an interesting idea. Off the top of my head, I would think it benefits town because, if successful, soaks up a mafia or SK night kill rather than a townie lynch. On paper, I like this role better than the traditional VI - but not if it's played the same.
Timmy - I like that he knew he could be cured. I think that's important for harsh restrictions. I like how the restriction was strict enough to be a challenge but loose enough communication could still occur.
Doc - I'm not done eating my hat after uttering "Docs don't stop roleblocks" in the mafia QT. Powerful doc. I was sure a second busdriver was in the game (Laarz - who got night killed as a result).
Mafia name cop - It's a nice "little extra" ability. It was a benefit, but not a huge one. It raised as many questions as answers since so many roles were impossible to guess from the name alone. We found Wendy N1 but we sure didn't act on it.
Mafia 1x roleblocker - Another nice little extra. It's "benefit" was thoroughly misinterpreted by yours truly.
Barbrady - Sane cop + name cop + role cop is POWERFUL. Name cop + role cop combo is more powerful than a sane cop. Alignment is essentially irrelevant (only came into play for the mafia godfather). Fake claiming mafia would be caught even if Barbrady was naive or didn't receive alignment at all.
Mafia godfather - Godfather and town role cop don't always mix. It's difficult for the godfather to claim a role when he doesn't know what the role cop will see. I'm glad you told us before flubb was investigated. I think it's important for godfathers to know how they appear townie. Claiming vanilla was a mistake, one we got lucky on.
Bebe, the only truly vanilla townie - Yay for mafia finding/killing/faking the one role that makes it easier for town to figure out the game setup.
They took our jobs - Hilarious! The characters involved fit well enough, even if those characters didn't utter those phrases in the episode.
ON AIR:
Good evening folks, this is Eric Cartman reporting to you live from South Park, Colorado.
We start off todays show with the weather news. Meteorologists inform us that tomorrow, we will be having a worrying dose of panic, with theory-crafitng reaching over 9000 posts per hour.
In sports news, Canadias cricket team has lost the match 2 3 to the Somalia. More coverage of the Olympics will come at a later date.
And finally, here is our local news. Twenty of our very own South Park citizens have signed a contract with a character named The Coon in which they agree to kill each other in a gruesome blood bath for The Coons own entertainment. The popcorn vending machines are expected to explode in the near future.
Thank you for watching Cartman TV. This was Eric Cartman, live from South Park, Colorado. Have a good night.
It is now NIGHTTIME. You may not post for the next 24 hours. All night actions are to be send to me via PM as soon as possible.
I guess this implies that Eric Cartman is not in the game. Interesting .....Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
I wonder if kestegs is a role
I'll let that slide, Jcakes. Consider this your first and last warning.
And while I'm at it, please keep in mind that Bad Ash is away until Monday I believe. He will not be mod killed due to inactivity. If anyone else has real life issues that will prevent them from posting for a full day phase, please send me a PM informing me.
ON AIR:
Good morning South Park people of South Park, and Kyle. This is Eric Cartman for Cartman TV.
We report today that one of our close and dear friends, Caluin Graye has been killed in his sleep by an unknown source. The local police had this to say:
“Stand back, people, there's nothing to see here!”
And now, the weather.
Today is a sunny day out in South Park Colorado. That should save us from seeing any gingers (Kyle) today.
In sports news, Canadia once again has won the farting championship, with Mexico coming in second.
Caluin Graye has been killed.
It is now DAYTIME. You may post freely for the next 48 hours.
Players alive:
1. FredOfErik
2. pharphis
3. kestegs
4. Jcakes
5. Pyrotechnician
6. Solar Ice
7. coju
8. Goryani
9. Sathoris
10. Gwaihir
11. Noodle
12. MartinLong
13. omgwtfbbqpwned
14. Bad Ash
15. flubbucket
16. Autti
17. Malevolent
18. Ankeli
19. Laarz
With 19 players alive, it takes 10 votes to lynch someone and 11 votes to lock the lynch.
PS: For the new players, please keep in mind that all my stories are for flavor. Even though they suck, they should still not be interpreted in any other way.
PPS: If anyone who is dead and would like to help out with stories, send me a PM.
Last edited by ThunderCat; 18-06-2012 at 20:04.
Dang. Thought I was first!
I'll be back in a few hours. I have a concert to attend to. Hopefully there are lots of accusations in that time :P
Also, since TC said that his stories are ONLY for flavor, then I disagree with JCakes and think that Cartman is in the game, and if he is, he would be a god father. The perfect role for him
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