My Little Pony: Friendship is Mafia - Page 6

Oron · 09-23-2011, 10:18 PM

It would fit pretty perfectly.

Gregness · 09-24-2011, 12:49 AM

For now:

FTHOO: Ramary

Due to suspicion of being the Dark Lord.

Also, Snake, replace "anti-town" with "anti-American" in all your posts.

I just blew your mind

rpgdemon · 09-24-2011, 01:53 AM

Fenris, do scum have a role to hide behind, like they did in Snake's game?

Else, could we just do a "role call" (Hehe, I am clever), and figure out who's duplicating someone else's role? Granted, this would involve disclosing a lot of information to the scum (Mainly through guesswork as to which characters might have powers), but if everyone was on board, we might be able to swing it. We'd need full activity though, as idlers would light up as a false positive.

***Fenris*** · 09-24-2011, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

Fenris, do scum have a role to hide behind, like they did in Snake's game?

I'm not answering that.

Despite totally answering that and then deleting the post.

Professor Smarmiarty · 09-24-2011, 02:24 AM

The role call idea is an interesting idea, could work could backfire. Beofre we attempt it we woud need two things- firstly we'd need eevryone on board and active and secondly a god idea of the kind of roles that are floating around- like a rough item of scum roles would be useful so we can run some quick maths on how a role cal should work out

Aldurin · 09-24-2011, 02:55 AM

I feel ashamed for not finding this thread sooner (I've been using the "Today's posts" button intermittently for about a week now). More so for having to let my eyes be raped by pink walls of text.

Friendshipping the Hell Out Of: Solid Snake

Reasoning is that you're trying your hardest to be the helper (which some of the scum took a crack at in the last game) and I am not getting fucked over by the tutorial guy again.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 09-24-2011, 05:05 AM

I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a 30 Xanatos Pileup here, and I have no idea who's running what gambits or even what level they're playing them at!

So for now I'm just gona stick with my original vote, as it does no harm to anyone and it's safer than taking a blind stab in the dark, especially since Snake made a convincing post to change votes double-backwards-sideways on myself! (Yes, I am actually confused at this point). On the one hoof, I can see Snakes point, on the other, it could be a trap (which may have backfired now). So I'm taking a third option and ignoring it for now.

Couple of questions I forgot to ask though; Do we have any idea of the ratio of town to scum, and do the scum get told who else is on their side straight away? Or are we all completely blind right now? I presume they know their teammates, in which case that might make mean Snake was trying to save his ally from being lynched by encouraging people to play "sensibly", which then backfired and made him look more suspicious instead. Of course it could just be Snake being Snake and taking thigs way too seriously. But then he could be using that as a ruse to convince us he's something he's not. But then, knowing that somebody might suspect that ruse, he could be instead being playing it totally straight! Nobody ever suspects the triple bluff! Or maybe they do in this game, I dunno.

Sifright · 09-24-2011, 05:09 AM

I think scum know who they are straight away and can vote as a cohesive block to begin with, however scum often don't do so on the first day to try delay the point at which you can see a voting pattern appear unless ofcourse they have to break a tie on a potential vote between a mafiate and townie member.

Edit: we don't know town to scum ratio, and you are correct in that snake could very well be trying to save smarty as they are both scum. However we don't have the information available to conclusively say one way or the other it's certainly suspicious but that isn't really enough to warrant a lynch unless some one starts putting forth a more convincing argument.

Mr.Bookworm · 09-24-2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

Couple of questions I forgot to ask though; Do we have any idea of the ratio of town to scum, and do the scum get told who else is on their side straight away?

The "scum" are actually several different factions, most of them working against each other. Those within the factions know who the others are, yeah.

We can guesstimate the number of scum, though.

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Originally Posted by Fenny

There is a mafia. The mafia wins when the mafia comprises half of the remaining members.

There is a cult. The cult wins when that cult comprises all of the remaining members.

Any self-aligned players win when they are the last pony standing.

The Mafia is usually 5 members, though I've seen 4 or 6 before. The cult is almost always just the one cult leader on day 1. "Self-aligned players" usually means that there's a serial killer somewhere.

So assuming no other scum (which is a dangerous assumption to make), we're looking at a base ratio of 31.8% scum. Course, that grows pretty damn fast as the nights go on, townies die, and the cult recruits people.

Professor Smarmiarty · 09-24-2011, 05:58 AM

Most games I've played have scum around 25% of the town starting out. I'm going to guess we have 4 mafia and 1 cult. Could be 1 mafia.
Re the me bandwagon: Obviousy I don'tagree with it. And I'm a pretty active poster and will make lots of posts/ie give lots of information so if I were to be scum you would get information to use against me. I'm not capable of cruising under the radar and thus for a day 1 low information boot I am a terrible terrible choice.

09-23-2011, 10:18 PM	#51
Oron Curious Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 208	It would fit pretty perfectly. __________________ Sneaking around the forums to read your posts.

09-24-2011, 12:49 AM	#52
Gregness Never give up. Never give in. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,034	For now: FTHOO: Ramary Due to suspicion of being the Dark Lord. Also, Snake, replace "anti-town" with "anti-American" in all your posts. I just blew your mind __________________ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein

09-24-2011, 01:53 AM	#53
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	Fenris, do scum have a role to hide behind, like they did in Snake's game? Else, could we just do a "role call" (Hehe, I am clever), and figure out who's duplicating someone else's role? Granted, this would involve disclosing a lot of information to the scum (Mainly through guesswork as to which characters might have powers), but if everyone was on board, we might be able to swing it. We'd need full activity though, as idlers would light up as a false positive. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

09-24-2011, 02:24 AM	#55
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	The role call idea is an interesting idea, could work could backfire. Beofre we attempt it we woud need two things- firstly we'd need eevryone on board and active and secondly a god idea of the kind of roles that are floating around- like a rough item of scum roles would be useful so we can run some quick maths on how a role cal should work out

09-24-2011, 02:55 AM	#56
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I feel ashamed for not finding this thread sooner (I've been using the "Today's posts" button intermittently for about a week now). More so for having to let my eyes be raped by pink walls of text. Friendshipping the Hell Out Of: Solid Snake Reasoning is that you're trying your hardest to be the helper (which some of the scum took a crack at in the last game) and I am not getting fucked over by the tutorial guy again.

09-24-2011, 05:09 AM	#58
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	I think scum know who they are straight away and can vote as a cohesive block to begin with, however scum often don't do so on the first day to try delay the point at which you can see a voting pattern appear unless ofcourse they have to break a tie on a potential vote between a mafiate and townie member. Edit: we don't know town to scum ratio, and you are correct in that snake could very well be trying to save smarty as they are both scum. However we don't have the information available to conclusively say one way or the other it's certainly suspicious but that isn't really enough to warrant a lynch unless some one starts putting forth a more convincing argument.

09-24-2011, 05:58 AM	#60
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Most games I've played have scum around 25% of the town starting out. I'm going to guess we have 4 mafia and 1 cult. Could be 1 mafia. Re the me bandwagon: Obviousy I don'tagree with it. And I'm a pretty active poster and will make lots of posts/ie give lots of information so if I were to be scum you would get information to use against me. I'm not capable of cruising under the radar and thus for a day 1 low information boot I am a terrible terrible choice.