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Post by Retro on Nov 11, 2015 7:22:49 GMT -8
Get to work, Mafia. (Note: Posts in this thread will not increase you post count, and cannot be searched or found be anyone who does not already have access to this thread.)
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Post by Mazre on Nov 13, 2015 14:08:34 GMT -8
Are we good to start scheming retro?
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Post by razmos on Nov 13, 2015 16:16:20 GMT -8
This is gonna be so good, Hi guys! A nice bright and shining Desert Bluffs hello to you!
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Post by Retro on Nov 13, 2015 16:52:21 GMT -8
Are we good to start scheming retro? Go nuts. I've given you three days to be extra productive, in true Desert Bluffs fashion.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 13, 2015 18:14:25 GMT -8
Good stuff, so I'm "The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Everyone's Homes," the mafia gossip. I can recruit up to 3 people (1 per day) to a nightly chat, if they're killed they cannot be replaced (except if they die the first night they are in the chat.) My chat thread is called "Big Rico's Pizza" so I'm just planning to use 'Big Rico' the gossip as my role claim if I need one. If my hidden partner is invited to my gossip chat they'll become a full member as well.
There are a lot of ways to play the gossip situation, if things go well I could set myself up some fairly decent cover. Thinking I may invite squidyj on day 1 but I'm not set on it.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 13, 2015 18:31:17 GMT -8
Another gossip option: Recruiting one of you limits the amount of info we can gather but provides some robustness in the event of my demise, the chat doesn't revert to a town resource / helps to boost the surviving mafia's town cred.
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Post by razmos on Nov 14, 2015 6:04:02 GMT -8
Hi guys, my name is Kevin! It's super fantastic to meet you all! What a glorious day it is in Desert Bluffs. I look forward to treating the good residents of Night Vale with the respect they deserve. It's always nice to get a gift, so I'm sure they'll be super stoked to be gifted the sweet mercy of death.
Though I must say, these walls are looking a little bare. We could do with sprucing it up with some blood and viscera, I don't have any on hand but I'm sure it will be of plentiful supply once we get going!
...YesNOnoNOYes would love this roleplay, haha
Anyway, I am Kevin, host of the Desert Bluffs community radio!
I don't have an active night skill, but if I am investigated I will appear as Town, and if I get lynched by the Town, then the next night, we get 2 Mafia Kills.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 14, 2015 6:46:08 GMT -8
Default avatar is extra unsettling in Mafia chat. Regular town works well as a role claim for you (only worry is if someone sees you performing a kill, though I guess I have a similar problem with my gossip claim). Sleepwalker might not be a bad choice, we'd just need to come up with a plausible character for the roleplay portion of the claim (problem here being if theres a sleepwalker in play or the character we chose being in play.)
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Post by razmos on Nov 14, 2015 6:58:40 GMT -8
I already kinda made some flavourful posts in the thread about being from Luftnarp, I could say that I am a Luftnarp Tourist.
Not sure what power I would claim though, maybe as a tourist I cannot be targeted by mafia, and can only be lynched by the town. It would fit with the idea of Night Vale being untrustworthy towards outsiders and so it would seem plausible to anyone who knows the source. And since ScraftyDevil is also claiming to be a tourist, and being way more vocal about it, it gives me some cover.
Then at the very least if things go sour and they lynch me, it benefits mafia since it would give us 2 free kills.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 14, 2015 8:36:41 GMT -8
Retro, is the neutral player informed if we target him for night kill?
Tourist sounds like a decent defense option. The nk immune gives us some interplay with the neutral as well.
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Post by Retro on Nov 14, 2015 8:43:43 GMT -8
Retro, is the neutral player informed if we target him for night kill? No.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 14, 2015 11:05:56 GMT -8
Did a little research since I haven't had much exposure to nightvale, looks like TFOWWSLIEH isn't closely tied to desert bluffs, though apparently she has met Kevin and is running or ran against the current mayor, she's also very clearly a resident of nightvale. Probably not necessary for me to rely on a fake cosplay name, will play it by ear as we learn some of the other roles.
After some further discussion with retro, it seems that my guests are not informed of anything about me, including the fact that I was the one who invited them. This presents the opportunity for me to invite players and remain silent myself (or 'invite' myself at a later time). Being invited to a secret rendezvous with no one else there certainly seems like something out of nightvale. Possible issues for me as a result means I can't play the gossip card as readily or at all, if not at all I'd need a convincing backup role which is always risky. TFOWWSLIEH could be a 'watcher' but that's hard to fabricate. Mostly just brainstorming, simple is usually best.
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Post by razmos on Nov 14, 2015 11:12:48 GMT -8
Yeah I like that idea, just add them to the chat and see what happens when they get left on their own.
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Post by Retro on Nov 14, 2015 13:19:10 GMT -8
I will admit that I had to play a little fast and loose with the scum team, as Night Vale doesn't have a lot of outright "villains."
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Post by Retro on Nov 14, 2015 13:31:20 GMT -8
Here are some fake roleclaims. All of these are actual characters from Night Vale who are not currently in the game. Big Rico - Owner of Big Rico's Pizza Josh Crayton - A Shapeshifter* Diane Crayton - Josh's mother, who is not a shapeshifter* Jackie Fierro - Pawn Shop Owner* The Man in the Tan Jacket - A Mysterious Figure who sells trained flies** Telly the Barber - Who cut Carlos' beautiful, beautiful hair Earl Harlan - Scout Master of the Night Vale chapter of the Boy Scouts of America The Apache Tracker - a man of Slavic origin who wears a racist Native American headdress and claims to be able to use "Indian Magicks" Info on all of them can be found here: nightvale.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Characters*These characters are from the recent Night Vale book, so they are less well-known, but I just quoted the book at length in thread, so I think it will be believable. **This was originally going to be your hidden partner, but while he is mysterious, he doesn't seem to be evil. Claiming that the Faceless Old Woman has gone nuts was more believable.
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Post by karu on Nov 15, 2015 9:08:01 GMT -8
Hey, nice to meet you fellow Desert Bluffs,
new to Gafia, so I hope you bear with me for a bit. Any tips and tricks are welcome! =)
I'm The Glow Cloud. All Hail the Glow Cloud.
So... per night I can let one player become insane. If they want to post something the next day, they got to ahear to a specific rule provided by the game master. This could be only being allowed to post with images or not being able to use vowels etc. I seem to have no control over what effect will apply. The effect lasts one day and a player can't be targeted twice in a row.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 15, 2015 14:32:32 GMT -8
Hail and welcome.
Most important thing for us is to coordinate as much as possible, it's our main advantage as mafia. That said collusion is generally a mafia tell, so while we're coordinating behind the scenes we have to seem like we're not working together in the main thread, but not like we're going out of our way to not work together (it's a fun game.) Beyond that, don't freak out if someone votes for you. Deflection and redirection are generally preferred to direct confrontation. Try to participate where possible. Town will often turn on themselves in the early game so a gentle hand can go along way. Also as the main thread rules say, it is just a game so remember to enjoy and have fun.
PM retro and see if you can confirm if your night action is observable.
Looks like we'll be fairly limited in our direct interactions with the town based on our night actions. We may want to have you target myself or Razmos for crazy talk at some point, though probably not night 1. We also probably want Razmos to carryout our early night kills.
Also, just so you both know, my general availability is 6-11 PM EST on weekdays and generally daylight hours on the weekends. I'll try to check in before work and at lunch but there isn't always time to catch up and post a proper response.
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Post by razmos on Nov 16, 2015 4:38:02 GMT -8
Yeah I'm up for doing the night kills. Even if someone grew suspicious of me due to an ability, an investigation would come up town anyway. Welcome Karu! Your ability sounds like a lot of fun, so I'm sure you'll enjoy your first GAFia game. I can't wait to see someone spouting crazy shit in the thread EDIT: All hail the Glow Cloud
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Post by palmer on Nov 16, 2015 15:08:27 GMT -8
I'm watching you all from the shadows.
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Post by razmos on Nov 16, 2015 17:12:51 GMT -8
The shadows are watching you back
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Post by Retro on Nov 17, 2015 7:07:16 GMT -8
Attention Mafia:
It has come to our attention that some players may be trying to determine your identity by seeing who is online, but not posting.
Please take the following steps:
- Go to the "Profile" link at the top of this page. - Select the "Edit Profile" button on the next page. - Select the "Privacy" tab. - Under "Invisible" check "yes." - Click the "Save Privacy Settings" button at the bottom of the page.
We have a few mafia members who haven't posted anything on the board, but are observed as being online quite often. This will prevent anyone (other than the staff) from seeing your online status.
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Post by razmos on Nov 17, 2015 10:03:42 GMT -8
Eurgh that's really cheap and lame that they would do that.
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Post by razmos on Nov 17, 2015 13:03:42 GMT -8
Squidyj posted that he read me as Mafia because he did the same thing last game and I went too far trying to defend myself. He's probably trying to get me to react so that he can point at me and go "Look, look how suspicious!" and then everyone will pile on me for an easy first day kill.
I'm not going to rise to it this time though, especially since the entire reason I did before was because I was stressed in real life and he pissed me off.
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Post by yn on Nov 17, 2015 13:36:49 GMT -8
im also watching you all. shadows and all that. my hood is on. my eyes are unblinking. forever.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 17, 2015 15:33:38 GMT -8
Yep definitely need to keep your cool. Most important think is to defuse rather than escalate.
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Post by Mazre on Nov 17, 2015 15:36:48 GMT -8
Some reads:
Our hidden partner: Sorian mentioned a hidden partner, probably not significant but could be a signal Ty4on- his karu read in post #210 was all sorts of oddball, trying to call attention to himself?
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Post by Mazre on Nov 17, 2015 17:36:59 GMT -8
Hrmmm...add to Ty4on mention of a night kill immune neutral player, something our hidden partner may know if retro included that tidbit in their role pm as well.
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Post by razmos on Nov 18, 2015 5:36:38 GMT -8
Squidyj with his psychological warfare, sigh. I hope my post shuts him up because he genuinely ruined the last game for me
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Post by Mazre on Nov 18, 2015 15:21:19 GMT -8
Knowing who is and isn't mafia really messes with your ability to make impartial reads.
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Post by palmer on Nov 18, 2015 16:04:03 GMT -8
Virgin scum so cute
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