Mafia [Mafia] Pokemon - Game Thread - GAME OVER - TOWN WINS (4/16)

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This template is directly copied from @Rotte from Mafia #22 (All PR Mafia).
All credits for this beautiful first post goes to Rotte.

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Mafia #29: Pokemon​

Flavor text:

Spoiler: Introduction

Fifteen people were summoned to Viridian City Police Department. They were all Trainers who had encountered the berserk Pokemon the earliest. From common Pokemon Trainers to a shop owner to Gym Leaders, all kinds of people seem to be present. Some of these suspects were even forcefully abducted against their will, but the situation was dire enough for the government to make an exception.

However, what is most intriguing is how Giovanni, former Gym Leader and current Boss of Team Rocket, had willingly cooperated with the police under the request that he could bring an escort. After hours long of debating, the police accepted the request as long as the escort had been chosen by random.

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"Can anyone remind me why our Pokemons are separated from us, and suddenly thrown into a stupidly gigantic playground?" Lt. Surge, Gym Leader of Vermillion City, angrily asked at Viridian City's Officer Jenny.

Within Vidirian City Police Department, sixteen Pokemon Trainers are sitting at comfortable couches, watching one big screen that show sixteen Pokemons locked in cages. Nobody really understood what was going on, except one person: Officer Jenny.

"You have all been summoned to this place as you are all suspected to be involved in the currently ongoing incident."

"That is not what I--" Surge broke off Officer Jenny's explanation and started walking towards her, but two security guards held him back. Under normal circumstances no security guard would put a lieutenant who had fought and won a war down. Surge got confused, looked at the faces of the guards and widened his eyes. The two security guards were comrades of his.

"Wha... What is the meaning of this...?" Looking at the confused Lieutenant, Officer Jenny sighed and started her monologue.

"Not only were all of you present at the first encounters of the drug compound currently known as Red Eye, but we also got informed by a classified source that there is a secret organization is behind the production of Red Eye."

Before anyone could even ask what her story has to do with them, Officer Jenny continued:

"Our sources also notified us that all members of this organization have drugged their own Pokemon."

It was then when the Pokemon Trainers understood what was going on. However, one smart man that happens to be a former Gym Leader noticed a contradiction.

"If that is the case, then why are none of our Pokemons going rampant as we speak?"

"Members of said organization are using a cure. However, the cure is not perfect. It will return the state of the Pokemon back to normal for a certain period of time, but when the cure is not taken periodically the Pokemon will go rampant again. In addition, their health -physical and mental- will deteriorate at a rapid rate which we have never seen before."

Everyone in the room fell into silence, and someone began to cry in the corner. What Officer Jenny had described was not a cure at all; it was the real drug. Someone had artificially made a drug that makes Pokemon go rampant. This much was already a horrible deed, but to give the people hope with yet another drug...

It was an unforgivable act.

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"Upon arrival, all of you have been equipped with a mechanical device on your neck. These will measure your heartbeats and record your conversations 24/7. On your hands are tablets that will be connected to the cameras on your Pokemon's collars. The tablet also serves as a two-way communication device between you and your Pokemon."

"Officer Jenny... what exactly are we about to do?" Sabrina, Saffron City's Gym Leader, asked.

"We will be performing an experimental project based off the game called Werewolf, also known as Mafia. Each day we will discuss whom among us is a member of the secret organization, and at the end of the day we will hold a vote to isolate one Pokemon and their Trainer into a more secure prison."

"H-Hold on, how does that help the case at all!?" asked Duplica, a young female impressionist.

"The members of the secret organization, henceforth dubbed as the Mafia, are the ones who hold the cure. In other words, once a certain time has been reached, their Pokemons will go rampant. The Trainers of the rampant Pokemon will then be confirmed as a member of the Mafia."

"Then all we have to do is wait for those Pokemons to go rampant, right? Surely there is no need for such a fancy experiment?" Giovanni asked.

"Correct. However the VCPD cannot afford to have the media write a story where the police officers are doing nothing while the Pokemons are slowly suffering. A gathering of scientists and biologists require a sample of the imperfect cure to make one without any side effects. We have performed a body check, but no substance was found other than daily items. ...if you haven't understand it by now, then I will say it upfront: We are desperate to find that cure, and we believe that you have them."

Nobody spoke a word. Officer Jenny had been putting up a straight face ever since the beginning, but her last sentence... truly tells the gravity of the situation. The officer herself took a deep breath in and out, regaining her composure in an instant.

"To ensure equality, I will be also participating the game as well," Officer Jenny said as she equips a mechanical collar. "Despite the accuracy of our source, there is undeniably a high possibility that we have abducted innocent citizens of Kanto. They shall be dubbed members of the Town in honor of the "game" that we shall play."

"Uh... I still don't get it. How are we going to extract information out of the ones we are going to isolate?" asked Alex Davis from Cherrygrove City.

"Oh? Don't you know that the human mind cannot last more than 30 days in total darkness?"

"...what?"

"This police department is conveniently connected to one of the many old tunnels where the sunlight will never reach the surface. Even if you are able to find emergency rations and water within those tunnels, you will start losing your sense of time and start hallucinating sooner or later. Which is why..."

Spoiler

"You should surrender yourself already, scum."

"...don't make this more complicated than it already is."

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General Rules:
1. Be respectful.
2. Do not discuss the game outside the game thread.
3. Do not edit your posts after writing them.
4. Do not gamethrow. This includes jesting (acting chaotic or suspicious on purpose) and all sorts of revenge actions.
5. Do not use any sort of code or encryption during the game. Signals are allowed (When I say "x" I mean "y happened") but any sort of hidden message that requires a cipher/rule to read, or otherwise hidden message is not allowed.
6. Do not quote, screenshot, or otherwise post any messages received from the game master or anything related to the game outside of the thread.
7. This is my hosting color, it’ll make the VCs and other GM posts more noticeable. Do not use that color unless you absolutely need to.
8. Pretending to break any rule will be treated as if you broke that rule.
9. Most importantly, remember that this is just a game, so just try and have fun!

Golden Rules:
Do your best to not be inactive.
Remember what your goals are at all times.
Don't panic if you commit a mistake, but try to work your way around it.
Have fun. It's a game, after all.

Basic Stuff: Read this if you are new to the game

Spoiler

Terminology:

Spoiler

General terms:
Hard Claim: Directly stating one's own role on the game thread.
Soft Claim: Hinting one's role without explicitly stating it. For instance, saying "there are a lot of people that are more important than me" may imply that you are soft-claiming citizen. Make sure you have a plan in mind before attempting this.
Scum/Scummy: Scum is the name given to any role which doesn't win with town, and needs to be eliminated for town's win condition (like, mafia or any sort of neutral). Being scummy means adopting a behavior which doesn't line up with the behavior expected from a town member.
Reads/Reading: The read you have on a player is the conclusion about their alignment and/or role through their posts or other factors. If player X posts things that look like they’re a mafia member, you have a scum-read on them!
Mis-lynch: An incorrect lynch on a town member.
Tunneling: Solely focusing on a player and their posts, ignoring others. Often considered scummy.
Game Throwing: Playing against your win condition with the intent of making your own faction lose.
Slightly more uncommon terms:
LyLo - Lynch or Lose. A stage in the game where town must lynch scum or they lose.
PoE - Process of Elimination.
OMGUS - "oh my god you suck". (Usually used when voting back someone who is voting you.)
ISO - Isolation. Looking at a player's total posts in a game, in succession.

Playing as town:

Spoiler

While Mafia can talk strategy during the night, the town needs to use the day phase to discuss and figure out who is and isn't town as well. What can you do, then?
Try to look for posts that feel scummy, ask and answer questions other players have made, try to see which intentions a player has behind their posts, be active and post what you think of other players regularly. Avoid plays which could benefit scum instead (e.g Hard-claiming for no reason, fake-claiming), and try your best to think for yourself - it's a common mistake to follow blindly whatever other players have to say.
Townies have no reason to lie and should never do it. Spotting a lie can be almost as sure as spotting a mafia itself.
Link to a citizen guide made by ObiWan on the ToS forums.

Playing as mafia:

Spoiler

As scum, you should play exactly like you would as town - be active, post reads, try to look productive, etc. The difference here are your goals: Hiding information, misleading the town and stalling out long enough until they no longer outnumber you. This means appearing as scum-hunting, but in actuality pushing for a mislynch by questioning, false reading and trying to depict a player as scum. However, keep in mind that if a teammate is acting undeniably scummy and their lynch looks like the right call, try not to oppose it too obviously - or it could be tracked back to you.
And remember: you are a team, and thus communication is essential. Try to talk over every situation so you can plan in advance.

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List of the general roles:

Spoiler

Spoiler: TOWN

Spoiler: Citizen

You are a Citizen.

You don't have any special ability and just try to live your life in peace. Each day you get to vote in an attempt to remove the Mafia from the community.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Alignment Cop

You are an Alignment Cop.

Every night you have the ability to investigate one town member to see if they're up to anything suspicious. If your target is a member of the Mafia, you will know. However, the Godfather hides their tracks too well and will appear as not suspicious to you.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Doctor

You are a Doctor.

You have the ability to visit one person each night. If they are attacked that night, you arrive just in time to save their life. You do not receive feedback regardless if your target was attacked or not. Whether you can heal yourself is up to the GM, but commonly you either have very limited self-heals or you simply cannot heal yourself.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Paranoid Gun Owner

You are a Paranoid Gun Owner.

Going on alert makes you kill anybody who comes to your house that night, both evil and good, so use this power carefully or you will do more harm than good. This can also kill people who are normally night immune, like the Godfather.
You are immune to attacks, and any other harmful night actions while on alert. Watch out for the strongman though, as he can bypass your night abilities.
You can go on alert limited times throughout the game (dependent on GM) and you are immune to being roleblocked.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Roleblocker

You are a Roleblocker.

Each night you can choose one player to visit. You will spend the night with your target, who will be too busy to use their role that night, effectively roleblocking them. Your target will be informed that they were roleblocked.
However, if the person you visit turns out to be a Paranoid Gun owner and he’s on alert, you’ll die.
You are immune to being roleblocked.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Tracker

You are a Tracker.

Every night you may target a player and see who they visited, if anyone at all.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Trauma Patient

You are a Trauma Patient.

At night you may choose to remember any non-killing Town role of the townies that died.
You will assume this role the next night.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: 2-Shot Vigilante

You are a 2-Shot Vigilante.

Each night you may decide to shoot and kill one player whom you believe to be evil.
You only have 2 bullets, allowing you to perform your night action up to 2 times.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: Watcher

You are a Watcher.

Every night you may target a player and see by whom they were visited, if anyone at all.

You win with the Town
You must kill the Mafia

Spoiler: MAFIA

Spoiler: Godfather

You are the Godfather.

You are immune from being killed at night.
If you are investigated by a Cop, you will appear to be "Not Suspicious".
You can communicate with your allies for as long as they are alive.
Your teammate is [X], the [role]. You do not know who the traitor is.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Spoiler: Roleblocker

You are a Roleblocker.

Each night you can choose one player to visit. You will spend the night with your target, who will be too busy to use their role that night, effectively roleblocking them.

Your target will be informed that they were roleblocked.
However, if the person you visit turns out to be a Paranoid Gun owner and he’s on alert, you’ll die.
You are immune to being roleblocked.
You can communicate with your allies for as long as they are alive.
Your teammate is [X], the [role]. You do not know who the traitor is.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Spoiler: Role Cop

You are a Role Cop.

Every night you can choose to target one player.
You'll investigate them that night, finding out their exact role.
You can communicate with your allies for as long as they are alive.
Your teammate is [X], the [role]. You do not know who the traitor is.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Spoiler: Strongman

You are a Strongman.

Once per game, when performing the factional kill you may ignore all protection and roleblocks.
You can communicate with your allies for as long as they are alive.
Your teammate is [X], the [role]. You do not know who the traitor is.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Spoiler: Goon

You are a Goon.

You have no special abilities, you may do the factional kill each night and vote during the day.
You can communicate with your allies for as long as they are alive.
Your teammate is [X], the [role]. You do not know who the traitor is.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Spoiler: Traitor

You are a Traitor.

At the start of the game the mafia are informed of your existence, but they do not know your identity.
The first time you’re attacked at night, the kill will fail and you will join the Mafia PM.
You may perform the factional kill if there are no other mafia left.
Your allies are [x], and [x]. You do not know who is what role.

You win with the Mafia
You must kill the Town

Example Role Card:

Spoiler

You’re a member of the town.

Abilities:
Active: [insert a description here]
Passive: [insert a description here]

Win condition:
You win with when all threats to the town have been eliminated with at least 1 town member remaining.

General setup info

• Most of the roles will be either modified or completely new, but some of them might be based on the general ones. (For example: A role which can track and watch a target, or a non-night immune godfather with 1-shot strongman.)
• The abilities may or may not be X-shot, have restrictions, or be modified in any way I can think of.
• There should be no overpowered roles in the game.
• Lynching or killing a player will result in them being removed from the game with their role card being revealed to the public.

Important setup info

• This is not a bastard game.
• This is a closed setup. The role-list is completely hidden.
• There are at least two factions within the game: Town and Mafia.
• There will be no alignment changes mid-game.

Mechanics and Game Details:
Day: 24 hours
Night: 24 hours

The game starts at Wednesday July 17th, 3 PM EST

Lynch:
-> Plurality: the person with the highest number of votes at the end of the day gets lynched.
-> Majority: If at any point of the game the majority of the players vote on one person, the day will end immediately and that person will be lynched.
-> In case of a tie, the person whose wagon started first will be lynched.

How to vote:
Either write /vote [player name], or post the whole Vote Count by yourself. Bolding the vote isn’t necessary, but it would make it easier for me if you did it.
Votes inside quotes or spoilers do not count.

It is optional for players to post their own Vote Count, but Official Public Vote Counts are present and will be updated every possible 6 hours.

Note #1: Even though 1 Day should have 4 VCs, the first VC will not be present because the GM would be dead asleep by then. (In other words, there should be 4 VCs: One at 9 PM EST, one at 3 AM EST, one at 9 AM EST and one at 3 PM EST. However, Zone is asleep at 9 PM EST, so there will be none then.)

Note #2: I messed up and forgot that I won't be much available at Saturdays due to RL work, so there will be only one or perhaps two VCs at Saturdays.

Posting requirements:
-> At least 5 posts every Day Phase.
-> If a person doesn’t meet the required amount, they will be prodded (i.e. PMed by me that if they want to play).
-> If a player doesn’t respond within 18 hours after the first prod or gets prodded thrice, they’ll be replaced.

Additional notes:
-> The mafia can perform the night kill and use their abilities at the same time.
-> There is a Mafia PM. Mafia are not allowed to talk in the Mafia PM during Day Phase.
-> Important: Claim roles at your own risk.
-> Whether as Town or Mafia, asking for Fake Claims is allowed. Therefore, be warned about anything anyone claims to be. Please consult more about Fake Claims in your Role PM.
-> Flavor texts are most likely going to arrive late.
-> There is a hidden event if the game has not ended after Night 6 ends.
-> Once again, all credits go to @Rotte.

 

Players:

1. @Blitz (melancholy) - Lynched D3, Vanilla Town
2. @Das
3. @Ddraig
4. @Enigma - Lynched D4, Mafia "Godfather" Roleblocker
5. @Evil_Ginger - Lynched D2, Mafia 2-Shot Universal Backup
6. @FourSeasons - Killed N2, Vanilla Town
7. @Fossil - Killed D4, Mafia VT Vigilante
8. @Lemonfairy
9. @Naraku - Killed N1, Vanilla Town
   
10. @Nyann - Killed N1, 3-Shot Watcher
11. @Rotte (TiggerBane) - Killed N3, Vanilla Town
12. @Siostar
13. @SpearOfLies - Killed N2, Vanilla Town
14. @Svalinn (GonZ555) - Killed N3, Vanilla Town
15. @Vyren
16. @zhainan2157 - Lynched D1, Old Alignment Cop

Substitutes:

1. @GonZ555 (Subbed Svalinn N1)
2. @OceanMagix
3. @melancholy (Subbed Blitz N1)
4. @TiggerBane (Subbed Rotte D2)

Spectators / Observers:

1. @Tilgarial
2. @Everlasting Spring
3. @Chize
4. @Yul B Allwright

Thread Summary

 

I am about to go to sleep, so for now just post "/confirm" if you are in the list.

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

I am~

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

/confirm

 

/affirm

 

/conform

 

A little bit over 11 hours have passed since the beginning of this thread.
9 Players have confirmed. 9 Players have been given their role.
The game has not started yet. It will start in a little bit less than 10 hours.
Here is a Timer.

@Ddraig, @zhainan2157, @Das, @Rotte, @Svalinn, @Naraku, @SpearOfLies
Please write "/confirm" or anything of the sort in this thread to receive your role.

 

Can I join as an observer ? ♫

 

Sure! ...I just remembered: I have to make the graveyard as well.

 

Sweet

/confirm

 

Waaaa can I join the observers as well

 

Of course you can!