.hack//MAFIA

[Major Blood]

Rules
1) There will be 25 players in this game. The Game Organizer will assign each player’s role at random, and will PM the roles to the players.

2) Of the 25, there will be 5 Mafia members. One of the Mafia is the Mafia Leader, and will report to the GO. The Mafia can communicate with each other through outside methods (PM, Instant Messenger, Email, etc.).

3) Of the 25 there will be one Bodyguard. The Bodyguard cannot use outside methods of communication, except when talking to the GO.

4) Of the 25, there will be one Police Officer. The Police cannot use outside methods of communication, except when talking to the GO.

The Cult: The cult starts off as one person (the Cult Leader). Each Night the Cult Leader PMs the GO with the name of one person, and that person is 'initiated' into the Cult. Cult members can talk with each other outside the game. The Cult wins when all members of the Town are Cult.

The Serial Killer: The Serial Killer (SK) is one player, and will always stay one player. Each Night the SK PMs the GO the name of one player, and that player is killed. The SK is self-aligned (not associated with the mafia or town) and wins when he is the only Player remaining.

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The vigilante and the Private investigator have been eliminated for terms of fairness towards the mafia.

The System Administrator: The system administrator is a character who chooses his own alignment. Every 3 days the SA can and MUST bring a character back from the dead.

The rounds will proceed as follows:

1. The 5 Mafia decide on one person to kill. If the members of the Mafia do not agree, then the Leader gets the final say. The Leader will PM the GO to report the target ASAP.

1a. The SK will PM the GO with who (s)he wants to target.

1b. The Cult leader will PM the GO with who (s)he wants to initiate. That player is then considered a member of the Cult.

2. The GO will announce who was murdered. Those players roles will be revealed at that time.

The GO will be come up with a brief narration on what happened overnight. Sometimes there will be a clue or a red herring from the story.

4. The Bodyguard (a.k.a. Doctor) may choose to defend one player. The Bodyguard will PM the GO with the screen name of that player ASAP. If the protected person is hit by the Mafia, the hit fails and the person continues in the game.

The bodyguard may not protect him/herself.

The GO will write a story to explain the failed hit. The story may (at his discretion) contain implications to some number of players using the same rules as the death post.

5. All of the players spend the remaining days discussing whom they think is in the Mafia. They can judge this based on who was killed last, how suspicious their opponents sound, or anything else they want to use as evidence.

6. Each player will vote on who is to be lynched.

Votes for lynching are to be posted on the thread. To simplify collating the votes, each player will identify their vote with the words vote: username followed by the screen name of the person they vote for. Be sure to bold your vote (EXample; Vote: Major_blood), or it will not count. Votes may be posted at any time after the deathpost goes up and will end 76 hours after the hit deadline.

Revisions. Players will be allowed any number of revisions. The last post with a revision in before the voting deadline will be the one that counts. If you wish to revise your vote it should be identified first with an Unvote (EXample; Unvote: CallmePrismatic), and then a new Vote: SomebodyElse.

If you post your vote prior to the opening of voting for the round, it will not be counted. Revisions to those votes posted within the voting period will be counted.

The GO will tally the votes, and announce the lynched person. The lynched person is then out of the game. The lynched person may respond to the lynching by saying something to everyone before death, but only has one post. The lynched person may afterwards haunt the thread but they may say nothing substantial to the game and should not spam.

In the event of a tied lynch vote, the voting period shall be extended for twenty-four hours. Players who wish to amend their votes may do so during this period.

Should a player PM their vote to the GO resulting in the tie being broken, then votes will stand as at the close of the voting window.

At the close of the extended deadline, if the lynch vote is still a tie then there will be no lynching that week.

7. There will be a 24 hour "deliberation" period for the mafia, PO, and BG to choose their next target, after which, the next round begins. Repeat until:

-The Mafia are all dead, and all the Citizens are winners (yes, even the dead ones.).
-The number of Mafia make up at least half of the remaining players, then the Mafia are the winners.

BONUS ERRATA: New to this edition are a few more game action you can perform duing the day;

Roleclaim: Roleclaims are what they sound like, telling everyone else what your role is. This is not to be confused with Copy and Pasting your PM, which will get you modkilled. Rolelclaiming is your word only, no GO verification.

No Lynch Vote: If you feel that nobody is acting scummy enough or you simply do not want to lynch anyone, you may Vote: No Lynch. If the majority of people vote to not lynch, no one dies and the game is shifted towards Night.

NOTE

You may have noticed that there are no masons. This is due mostly to the fact that i can't wrap my brain around the concept of masons. So yeah, masons are out.

Also, if you're allready playing another game, let people who aren't playing in first.

Town
Mafia
Cult or Self Alligned

Players
1- Mesden
2- Loto
3- Mr.McSpiff
4- misterchainsaw
5- newb - Soulstealed Night 3
6- Kikuichimonji - Lynched Day 2 - Revived Night 3
7- h4x.m4g3
8- CallMePrismatic - Crapstabbed Midday 1
9- phil_
10- Eltargrim
11- judaspriestfan - Booted for Nonactivity
12- SteelShadow
13- Fenriswolf - Dropped Out
14- MasterOfMagic
15- King_black_mage - Lynched Day 1
16- Thundergod Cid
17- Ecurt - Gangstabbed Night 1
18- B_real_shadows - Crucified Night 2
19- Ferix Stader - Serial Killer - Disembowled Night 2
20- DarthMauler64

[Long-Haired Narcissist]

I'm in

[h4x.m4g3]

I'm up for it, if Shiney chooses to allow it.

[judaspriestfan]

im in

[Major Blood]

Okay, since night lasts 24 hours i'm just going to start it now.
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All seems calm in Mac Anu tonight. Playing at night is better because there aren't as many people around. You can enjoy The World much better. As you walk down to the river you see a high level wavemaster showing off his spells. "Show off" you think to yourself as you go to the weapon shop. Yep things are calm for now, though they rarely are.

IT IS NOW NIGHT 1. SEND IN YOUR NIGHT ROLES. DO NOT POST HERE. NIGHT ENDS IN 24 HOURS.
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A lone shadowy figure wakled in the dead of night toward the gate for some late night monster slaying. As he approached the portal he was come upon by 5 other shadowy figures who proceeded to stab him each once. The innocent player slumped to the ground in a heap, dead. The 5 others dissapeared as fast as they had come.

Another lone shadowy figure came across the dead corpse of Ecurt, Level 17 player, Town Alligned. "Dammit!" he thought as he saw the dead corpse. "Oh Well," he thought as he put another slash wound across his neck.

DAY ONE STARTS NOW!

[P-Sleazy]

Just to get things moving...there are 5 mafiates and 19 total players. There's a slightly above 25% chance of randomly picking a mafiate right there. however, I know I'm not a mafiate so that increases the chance a little better at choosing out a mafiate. Thusly, I'll randomly vote for a numbered player to get things moving.

And since there are 18 possible choices (excluding me) for me to vote for, lets go with the 18th player to join...Which is me...So lets just go to the closest player shall we? Player 19

Vote: Ferix Strider

[Kikuichimonji]

How can we really trust that your number is random? It might just be a calculated mafia trick hiding under the guise of a fair lynch. However, any random vote has the same problem, so we might as well go with that one. Unless someone gives themself away.

Also, note that both the serial killer and the mafia went after Ecurt. No real relevance, yet, but it could be important later on.

[misterchainsaw]

I vote for: Kikuichimonji He/she? seems to be trying to defend one self too much

[Mr.McSpiff]

No real evidence on who to gut and hang by their entrails yet... VOTE: NO LYNCH.

[Kikuichimonji]

Originally Posted by misterchainsaw

I vote for: Kikuichimonji He/she? seems to be trying to defend one self too much

Okay, first off, ignore the paradox I encounter by defending myself here. Secondly, how have I defended myself? I FoS'd b_real, if anything. And tried to influence thinking and doublethinking, so that people see things from multiple angles and aren't misled so easily.

phil_, I can understand agreeing with the random vote. But there was no intuition whatsoever being used with b_real's vote. It was a random vote, (hopefully) which is better than no vote, but he didn't make a calculated decision. He pulled a name out of a hat and you said "It's genius!"

Also, people, please post soon. We don't want the mafiates to be able to hide in the woodwork while we debate.