Misc WALL-E MAFIA: Rogue Robots - Game Over -- Winner Crowned!

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The RECON SHIP lifts off from EARTH, dust swirling at its wake.
WALL-E clings on for dear, dear life.
The ship breaks free of the Earth's gravity.
The ship's boosters are shut down.
WALL-E takes in the sudden QUIETNESS OF SPACE.
WALL-E gazes back towards EARTH.

WALL-E Oooh...​

------PHASES------
Day 1 Begins!
Night 1
Day 2
Night 2
Day 3
Night 3
Day 4​

Welcome to Rogue Robots - a mafia game flavoured with the Pixar movie WALL-E! The game takes place in the good ol' Axiom, roughly from the point where WALL-E boards the craft. This isn't a RPG, so you don't need to (and shouldn't) roleplay, but your roles will be based on these characters.

General Rules

1. GM word is law.
2. There will be two factions, a traditional Innocent faction (the ROGUE ROBOTS) and a traditional Mafia faction (the ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE). The mafians will have safe-claims.
3. The game begins on Day 1. Days last for 48 hours, and Nights last for 24 hours.
4. Vote by using the /vote: PLAYER method. Unvoting is not necessary, and resolution of ties is secret.
5. If vote majority is reached, the Day will end immediately.
   
6. Do not discuss the game outside the game thread.
7. Do not edit your posts after writing them.
8. Do not gamethrow (act against your win condition).
9. No screencapping and no directly quoting PMs from the GM. Within reason, paraphrase if you must.
10. If you're dead or not playing, don't post or like posts in thread.
11. No jerks. Jerks are sent away in the specially designed self-destruct shuttle.
12. If you've read these rules, then mention your favourite Pixar movie when you sign-up.

Golden Rules

• Don't be inactive -- I like people who vote and use their roles!
• Remember what your goals are at all times.
• Don't panic if you make any mistakes. Try to work your way around it instead.
• Have fun. It's a game, after all.

 

Sign Ups:

1. GNZ-555
   
2. SC4TTRD MND
3. LNLY C-T
   
4. MIKU
   
5. ZNE-Q11
   
6. EVL GNG-R
   
7. R4V-N
   
8. OT4KU
9. F0SSL
10. LLYBL00M
11. R0TTE
12. BLTZ

Backups:

1. NP
2. This could be you!

 

Wait up, I'm new. What in the world is MAFIA?

Spoiler: click me!

You're new? Well, welcome to NU mafia! Mafia is a game about deception between the two main factions: The uninformed majority (town) and the informed minority (mafia). Logic, mind games, etc. are all part and usual of mafia.

Town and Mafia both have pretty straight-forward win conditions: eliminate the opposite team.

While the mafia has the opportunity to kill periodically, the town cannot rely on their own killing roles to win the game - for that, they must vote to kill a player by "lynch".

The game is divided in two phases: the Day, and the Night.
· Day is when the players post on the game thread, discussing about what happened during the night, other players and who should be voted for the lynch.
· And Night, where the mafia might chose their target to kill and any player who has a night action may use it.

The game will only end once one of the major factions fulfills their win conditions.

Terminology:

Spoiler

General terms:
Hard Claim: Directly stating one's own role on the game thread.
Soft Claim: Hinting one's role without explicity 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".
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.

If you ever feel anxious playing forum mafia, don't worry too much. It's absolutely worth learning the ropes, and it'll be a ton of fun. Don't be scared to post and ask questions -- I'm told they're all nice and friendly here.

 

are there any prod/replacement mechanics?
how many players do you plan to take?
is there a maf day-chat?
Plurality lynch is also in play, right?

I think I'll
/join the backups
fn. I might change to the normal playerlist later though

fav pixar movie would prob be the incredibles btw. Either 1 or 2, both were cool.

 

It'll be up to my discretion mostly. If I don't see someone post for 24 hours, I'll check in with them.

I'll take everyone! No limits.

Yes, and night chat.

Correct.

 

@raven @Evil_Ginger @LNOnlineOtaku @GonZ555

here

 

ok, thx

 

/join
/create Player1
/loading player texture

 

Error!
Unable to load player texture....

 

I’m in.

 

Also not related but why do I have a grave icon next to my username?

 

btw, this is kinda fun to watch
@GonZ555 @Scattered mind , you haven't read the game rules, have you?
If you read them you'll know why I'm laughing rn

honestly, no idea. It wasn't done by me if you're asking about that

 

Resolution of ties is a secret....
I am both intrigued and hesitant to see the effects

Sign me up~~

 

@Lonelycity

 

Are you joining Raven?

 

Hey, will there be any penalties for those who joined the game without reading the rules?
Like, will they have to rephrase the game rules and send them to you after getting their role card or sth?

 

/join

 

/favorite file: null.
/skips file.

 

Lol I honestly read all the rules except the last one.

And.. I don’t know.. Toy story? I think it is but these days I can’t be sure which movie belongs to which company.

 

There won't be penalties, no. It just tells me about who I need to chase up -- i.e. @Lonelycity, @Zone Q11 and @Miku