This is Manipulator Mafia, a specialty game for 20 players.
In a game hosted by me you can be sure of one thing and one thing only: no stupid jesters.
Please note that this is a mafia game, not a fanfic. There are no guarantees that any flavor is hugely consistent with canon (or with reality).
Don't hesitate to ask questions. I'd prefer an obvious question to a misunderstanding that messes up the game. That's not to say I agree to answer very much, but you never know!
Have fun!
GENERAL RULES:
1. Bold your votes and unvotes please, this makes it easier for me. They should look like this: Vote: RafaelK
2. Any votes or unvotes not in bold will NOT be counted.
2A. If you vote for a 2nd person without unvoting the 1st person, I will move your vote anyway.
3. Absolutely no crypto-claiming or anything similar. It's too irritating, especially when replacements come in, and bogs down games. I won't modkill immediately for suggesting this, but I will warn you off it as soon as I notice. This is now a site rule anyway.
4. Do not communicate by PM with each other or with people outside the game at any time unless your role PM says you can.
5. Do not post in the game thread during Night.
6. Do not quote PMs from me. I may well modkill you for first offence if warranted. Do not ask anyone to quote their PM (I will warn you for this, and if they quote their PM in response to your request I will modkill both of you). You have been warned.
7. You may vote No Lynch, and a majority of these votes will end the day without a death. Well, without a death via lynch.
8. Please do not edit or delete your posts no matter how stupid a mistake you made. This will get you modkilled without mercy and also recommended for blacklisting of some kind. This is your only warning.
9. Once you’re dead, stop posting unless your PM says you can post while you're dead.
10. Even after you are dead, please refrain from discussing the game or your role with anyone, even other players who have also been eliminated, unless I tell you it's OK.
11. If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 72-hour period, please either PM me or post a notice to that effect in the thread. Else, you may be prodded or replaced.
12. If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you – if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made. I will accept choices in advance from people who are going to be away.
13. Lynches will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will go unheeded. Exception: If a deadline is set (and I hope that's unnecessary), the player with the most votes at deadline will be lynched. If there's a tie, the person who reached that number of votes first. No Lynch can be the "player" with most votes if it comes to it.
14. If you are requesting a mod prod or vote count, please bold your request so that I can see it more clearly. Don't overdo this plzkthx.
15. The rats' Win Condition is this: THE MANIPULATORS MUST DIE. For the assistance of the manipulators, no, it didn't appear in bold or in caps in the actual rat PMs :-). For the assistance of the rats, the manipulators' win condition is this: THE RATS MUST DIE. For the assistance of the rats no, it didn't appear in bold or in caps in the actual manipulator PMs :-).
15. Most importantly, HAVE FUN and respect thy mod and the rest of the players; I hope I do not have to modkill anyone.
16. READ THE SPECIAL RULES.
Some PMs have gone, rest within 24 hours, if you haven't got your PM by then, PM me. Don't post in this thread until day starts, don't go posting elsewhere that you haven't got a PM yet.
Please confirm receipt of your PM by PM.
If you believe your PM is in error, please let me know.
The pre-game is a no-kill no-ability time. The scum, and anyone else whose PM specifically allows it, may talk amongst themselves during this time, which will last about 48 hours, after which day 1 will commence.
Player list:
1. Cyan 2. Guardman - Otto von Bismarck (Manipulator) - killed, night 2 3. Azrael - Lord Havelock Vetinary (Manipulator) - killed night 4 4. desCoures - RAT 5 (Rat) - lynched day 5 5. mmod - David Xanatos (Manipulator) - killed, night 2 6. Niv - GlaDOS (Manipulator) - killed night 3 7. DV - Si Ma Yi (Manipulator) - killed, night 1 8. Nom Anor - ? - disappeared, day 4, returned to the game day 5 9. Cyouni - Iago -(Manipulator) - killed night 4 10. Johm000 - RAT 4 (Rat) - lynched, day 2 11. WoD - Vayne Solidor (Manipulator) - modkilled, day 1 12. Kraj 13. Buranri - RAT 1 (Rat) - lynched, day 1 14. Calvin 15. ced395 16. Ged - RAT 2 (Rat) - lynched, day 3 17. ImTehFairy 18. Axelrod 19. lrd -Richard III of England (Manipulator) - killed night 4 20. Zebi - KHAN(Manipulator) - killed. night 3
Ulterior Motives: Every player in this game has an "ulterior motive", something he or she can secretly accomplish in this game. If he/she completes the ulterior motive, he/she will be rewarded with power or information. It is NOT an alternate win condition. If you complete your ulterior motive, it is wise to PM the mod to point this out ASAP. If you forget and the mod misses it, it is your problem not his.
Every player in this game has the right to PM the mod with up to three guesses per day to guess what ANOTHER player's ulterior motive is. A correct guess will penalize the other player (they will not be told who guessed it) and/or reward the guesser. Obviously it is not necessarily a smart move to guess the motive of someone you think is on your side, except when it is. If you guess one of these right, it's entirely up to you whether you want to tell the whole world about it...
Communications Network: Each player in the game has been mysteriously connected to another player; players connected in this way may speak to each other at any time. Please note that this communication link is truly a communications link, and nothing else. The other person's allegiance is not guaranteed.
Special Tactics: This special rule is classified.
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GAME PROLOGUE
For years, decades, eons, these has been a special breed of being. While others scurry around, it is these being who direct the scurrying. They study. They rule. They are the manipulators, and everyone else has knowingly or not been their subjects.
Some few, for cosmic reasons, as they have found themselves manipulated over and over, passing from life to life, reality to reality, always under the control of one of these beings, have awoken to what has gone on. They took notes. They planned. They rebelled. And now a group of manipulators is somehow trapped in some place (look, you do the flavor for this) with those they now call "the rats". And their only advantage is that no-one is sure who is who.
Each day, the beings trapped in this place will put each other to death by majority vote (and probably by other means as well), knowing they can only leave either if the rats are all dead, or the rats have triumphed.
Who will win? Who's manipulating who? Who's writing this dreck? All will be revealed in the fullness of time.... in Manipulator Mafia!
All PMs should now have been received. Please confirm via PM if you have not done so already.
It has come to my attention that at least a couple of people have received PMs with a whole bunch of extra formatting tags or something in them, God only knows why, they don't appear in my versions and from the confirmations I've got so far it didn't happen to everyone. If your PM is hard to read due to weird formatting tag stuff, let me know and I'll provide you with a fresh copy.
People who are allowed to talk to each other at night, you have a further 48 hours to speak before the pre-game ends and day 1 commences.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Mod note: In these first 24 hours or so of the game, I'm expecting a fair rush of questions and guesses on the ulterior motive stuff in particular. Please do not necessarily expect an answer until I get home (you might get one earlier, just don't get worried if you don't).
Wow. As soon as this is posted, everyone sees it as him trying to achieve his UM. It seems that to be direct and honest is not safe. Yet it may be that he is attempting to mislead us with what appears to be a direct charge towards accomplishing his UM. This leads me to consider the fact that he may not truly be attempting to accomplish his UM, but is misleading us in order to try to get us to waste our guesses. Then again, it may be that he is indeed attempting to accomplish his UM, and that he is anticipating that we would think that. Then again...
*sigh* Everything's going to be a ridiculous amount of WIFOM, isn't it.
Wow. As soon as this is posted, everyone sees it as him trying to achieve his UM. It seems that to be direct and honest is not safe. Yet it may be that he is attempting to mislead us with what appears to be a direct charge towards accomplishing his UM. This leads me to consider the fact that he may not truly be attempting to accomplish his UM, but is misleading us in order to try to get us to waste our guesses. Then again, it may be that he is indeed attempting to accomplish his UM, and that he is anticipating that we would think that. Then again...
*sigh* Everything's going to be a ridiculous amount of WIFOM, isn't it.
Unless, of course, this is exactly what I want you to think.
muwahahahahah.
Scared yet?
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
@ RafK - Can more than one player guess the UM of another player?
Yes.
Multiple correct guesses on the same player's UM may or may not have multiple effects (correct guessers will be told they're right regardless of whether they get anything).
There was no pattern I could tell (wasn't restricted to one alignment either), but it's the principle. No claiming whether or not you got one of the role PMs with the excess font tags.
Wow. As soon as this is posted, everyone sees it as him trying to achieve his UM. It seems that to be direct and honest is not safe. Yet it may be that he is attempting to mislead us with what appears to be a direct charge towards accomplishing his UM. This leads me to consider the fact that he may not truly be attempting to accomplish his UM, but is misleading us in order to try to get us to waste our guesses. Then again, it may be that he is indeed attempting to accomplish his UM, and that he is anticipating that we would think that. Then again...
*sigh* Everything's going to be a ridiculous amount of WIFOM, isn't it.
You would play upon me like I were a violin - you would exploit my fears that you're faking it and my fears that you're not. Only a child would fear the odd ghost that you have shown us, and I have almost forgotten the taste of fear from when I had been that young. No, a child's fear cannot scare me. I have left it behind, and that child has been long gone. It has been many years since the sound of a ghost could frighten me. Neither can the suspicion that you are faking your UM. I know that one way or the other, the truth regarding your UM will become evident as you strive to achieve it.
Since I haven't made a random vote yet, I begin to have bloody thoughts. Let's resolve that. Hydra-vote x1000: Cyan, Guardman, Azrael, desCoures, mmod, Niv, DV, Nom Anor, Cyouni, Johm000, WoD, Kraj, Buranri, Calvin, ced395, Ged, ImTehFairy, Axelrod, lrd, Zebi
There. That's everyone in the game.
There was no pattern I could tell (wasn't restricted to one alignment either), but it's the principle. No claiming whether or not you got one of the role PMs with the excess font tags.
Wow. As soon as this is posted, everyone sees it as him trying to achieve his UM. It seems that to be direct and honest is not safe. Yet it may be that he is attempting to mislead us with what appears to be a direct charge towards accomplishing his UM. This leads me to consider the fact that he may not truly be attempting to accomplish his UM, but is misleading us in order to try to get us to waste our guesses. Then again, it may be that he is indeed attempting to accomplish his UM, and that he is anticipating that we would think that. Then again...
*sigh* Everything's going to be a ridiculous amount of WIFOM, isn't it.
Vote Cyouni. nothing is right with this, or my mind is blown.
There was no pattern I could tell (wasn't restricted to one alignment either), but it's the principle. No claiming whether or not you got one of the role PMs with the excess font tags.
You would play upon me like I were a violin - you would exploit my fears that you're faking it and my fears that you're not. Only a child would fear the odd ghost that you have shown us, and I have almost forgotten the taste of fear from when I had been that young. No, a child's fear cannot scare me. I have left it behind, and that child has been long gone. It has been many years since the sound of a ghost could frighten me. Neither can the suspicion that you are faking your UM. I know that one way or the other, the truth regarding your UM will become evident as you strive to achieve it.
Since I haven't made a random vote yet, I begin to have bloody thoughts. Let's resolve that. Hydra-vote x1000: Cyan, Guardman, Azrael, desCoures, mmod, Niv, DV, Nom Anor, Cyouni, Johm000, WoD, Kraj, Buranri, Calvin, ced395, Ged, ImTehFairy, Axelrod, lrd, Zebi
There. That's everyone in the game.
Enough mind-☺☺☺☺ing good happy fun love times.....
the more i read this post the more I want to kill you.
Unless, of course, this is exactly what I want you to think.
muwahahahahah.
Scared yet?
You're a funny man, aren't you?
Vote: Cyan, as always.
@Cyouni: Post a one-liner, hmmm? Do it for me.
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Esper Simperer; Even the court homonculi need someone to look down on.
Jund Fangirl; Few things can describe the bliss of the fangirl's cries fading to silence (broken by occasional munching sounds).
Grixis Emo; 'Why should I go out there? They're all uncaring zombies! *sniff* No one understands me...' Bant Wageslave; Behind every successful knight is a corporate drudge doing his taxwork.
Naya Overenthusiast; Because there is such a thing as too much enthusiasm.
Because he is reading this thread and has not posted yet.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
8. Please do not edit or delete your posts no matter how stupid a mistake you made. This will get you modkilled without mercy and also recommended for blacklisting of some kind. This is your only warning.
10. Even after you are dead, please refrain from discussing the game or your role with anyone, even other players who have also been eliminated, unless I tell you it's OK.
Quote from Rafaelk »
even other players who have also been eliminated, unless I tell you it's OK.
In a game hosted by me you can be sure of one thing and one thing only: no stupid jesters.
Please note that this is a mafia game, not a fanfic. There are no guarantees that any flavor is hugely consistent with canon (or with reality).
Don't hesitate to ask questions. I'd prefer an obvious question to a misunderstanding that messes up the game. That's not to say I agree to answer very much, but you never know!
Have fun!
GENERAL RULES:
1. Bold your votes and unvotes please, this makes it easier for me. They should look like this: Vote: RafaelK
2. Any votes or unvotes not in bold will NOT be counted.
2A. If you vote for a 2nd person without unvoting the 1st person, I will move your vote anyway.
3. Absolutely no crypto-claiming or anything similar. It's too irritating, especially when replacements come in, and bogs down games. I won't modkill immediately for suggesting this, but I will warn you off it as soon as I notice. This is now a site rule anyway.
4. Do not communicate by PM with each other or with people outside the game at any time unless your role PM says you can.
5. Do not post in the game thread during Night.
6. Do not quote PMs from me. I may well modkill you for first offence if warranted. Do not ask anyone to quote their PM (I will warn you for this, and if they quote their PM in response to your request I will modkill both of you). You have been warned.
7. You may vote No Lynch, and a majority of these votes will end the day without a death. Well, without a death via lynch.
8. Please do not edit or delete your posts no matter how stupid a mistake you made. This will get you modkilled without mercy and also recommended for blacklisting of some kind. This is your only warning.
9. Once you’re dead, stop posting unless your PM says you can post while you're dead.
10. Even after you are dead, please refrain from discussing the game or your role with anyone, even other players who have also been eliminated, unless I tell you it's OK.
11. If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 72-hour period, please either PM me or post a notice to that effect in the thread. Else, you may be prodded or replaced.
12. If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you – if you do not submit a choice to me, tough! No choice will be made. I will accept choices in advance from people who are going to be away.
13. Lynches will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, his pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will go unheeded. Exception: If a deadline is set (and I hope that's unnecessary), the player with the most votes at deadline will be lynched. If there's a tie, the person who reached that number of votes first. No Lynch can be the "player" with most votes if it comes to it.
14. If you are requesting a mod prod or vote count, please bold your request so that I can see it more clearly. Don't overdo this plzkthx.
15. The rats' Win Condition is this: THE MANIPULATORS MUST DIE. For the assistance of the manipulators, no, it didn't appear in bold or in caps in the actual rat PMs :-). For the assistance of the rats, the manipulators' win condition is this: THE RATS MUST DIE. For the assistance of the rats no, it didn't appear in bold or in caps in the actual manipulator PMs :-).
15. Most importantly, HAVE FUN and respect thy mod and the rest of the players; I hope I do not have to modkill anyone.
16. READ THE SPECIAL RULES.
Some PMs have gone, rest within 24 hours, if you haven't got your PM by then, PM me. Don't post in this thread until day starts, don't go posting elsewhere that you haven't got a PM yet.
Please confirm receipt of your PM by PM.
If you believe your PM is in error, please let me know.
The pre-game is a no-kill no-ability time. The scum, and anyone else whose PM specifically allows it, may talk amongst themselves during this time, which will last about 48 hours, after which day 1 will commence.
Player list:
1. Cyan
2. Guardman - Otto von Bismarck (Manipulator) - killed, night 2
3. Azrael - Lord Havelock Vetinary (Manipulator) - killed night 4
4. desCoures - RAT 5 (Rat) - lynched day 5
5. mmod - David Xanatos (Manipulator) - killed, night 2
6. Niv - GlaDOS (Manipulator) - killed night 3
7. DV - Si Ma Yi (Manipulator) - killed, night 1
8. Nom Anor - ? - disappeared, day 4, returned to the game day 5
9. Cyouni - Iago -(Manipulator) - killed night 4
10. Johm000 - RAT 4 (Rat) - lynched, day 2
11. WoD - Vayne Solidor (Manipulator) - modkilled, day 1
12. Kraj
13. Buranri - RAT 1 (Rat) - lynched, day 1
14. Calvin
15. ced395
16. Ged - RAT 2 (Rat) - lynched, day 3
17. ImTehFairy
18. Axelrod
19. lrd -Richard III of England (Manipulator) - killed night 4
20. Zebi - KHAN (Manipulator) - killed. night 3
Ulterior Motives: Every player in this game has an "ulterior motive", something he or she can secretly accomplish in this game. If he/she completes the ulterior motive, he/she will be rewarded with power or information. It is NOT an alternate win condition. If you complete your ulterior motive, it is wise to PM the mod to point this out ASAP. If you forget and the mod misses it, it is your problem not his.
Every player in this game has the right to PM the mod with up to three guesses per day to guess what ANOTHER player's ulterior motive is. A correct guess will penalize the other player (they will not be told who guessed it) and/or reward the guesser. Obviously it is not necessarily a smart move to guess the motive of someone you think is on your side, except when it is. If you guess one of these right, it's entirely up to you whether you want to tell the whole world about it...
Communications Network: Each player in the game has been mysteriously connected to another player; players connected in this way may speak to each other at any time. Please note that this communication link is truly a communications link, and nothing else. The other person's allegiance is not guaranteed.
Special Tactics: This special rule is classified.
-----------
GAME PROLOGUE
For years, decades, eons, these has been a special breed of being. While others scurry around, it is these being who direct the scurrying. They study. They rule. They are the manipulators, and everyone else has knowingly or not been their subjects.
Some few, for cosmic reasons, as they have found themselves manipulated over and over, passing from life to life, reality to reality, always under the control of one of these beings, have awoken to what has gone on. They took notes. They planned. They rebelled. And now a group of manipulators is somehow trapped in some place (look, you do the flavor for this) with those they now call "the rats". And their only advantage is that no-one is sure who is who.
Each day, the beings trapped in this place will put each other to death by majority vote (and probably by other means as well), knowing they can only leave either if the rats are all dead, or the rats have triumphed.
Who will win? Who's manipulating who? Who's writing this dreck? All will be revealed in the fullness of time.... in Manipulator Mafia!
It has come to my attention that at least a couple of people have received PMs with a whole bunch of extra formatting tags or something in them, God only knows why, they don't appear in my versions and from the confirmations I've got so far it didn't happen to everyone. If your PM is hard to read due to weird formatting tag stuff, let me know and I'll provide you with a fresh copy.
People who are allowed to talk to each other at night, you have a further 48 hours to speak before the pre-game ends and day 1 commences.
With 20 alive, 11 votes are required to lynch.
Cyan, because he's Cyan. DV because he's DV, and Zebi - because lets face it - he did it.
Boo!
Are you scared yet?
Psst. Don't help him achieve his UM unless we decide it's a good idea to.
Signature from Nakamura and Heroes of the Planes Studios.
MAFIA STATS
Scum
Basic 17 (Afterlife) - lose
Basic 15 (Coffeehouse) - win
Duel Monsters - lose
Manipulator - lose
Town
Anita Blake - lose
Basic 17 (Demonata) - lose
Canada - ongoing
Ongoing
Basic 24
Millionaires, I hear it's good Music (Disclaimer: lyrics not PG-13) Thanks, CC
So I just realized wrath of dog is a play on wrath of god.
Vote: WoD
Because I hate wrath of god and I hate the mongrel
*sigh* Everything's going to be a ridiculous amount of WIFOM, isn't it.
Go.
Sign up for League of Legends!
Unless, of course, this is exactly what I want you to think.
muwahahahahah.
Scared yet?
Fail.
Unvote, Vote MMoD. You know what you did.
Unvote
Vote Cyan because he is Cyan and is above me on the list.
Yes.
Multiple correct guesses on the same player's UM may or may not have multiple effects (correct guessers will be told they're right regardless of whether they get anything).
No. Same category as role PM claiming.
There was no pattern I could tell (wasn't restricted to one alignment either), but it's the principle. No claiming whether or not you got one of the role PMs with the excess font tags.
Plus you're assuming I was being serious.
You act tough, but you know you're really a fan.
Since I haven't made a random vote yet, I begin to have bloody thoughts. Let's resolve that.
Hydra-vote x1000: Cyan, Guardman, Azrael, desCoures, mmod, Niv, DV, Nom Anor, Cyouni, Johm000, WoD, Kraj, Buranri, Calvin, ced395, Ged, ImTehFairy, Axelrod, lrd, Zebi
There. That's everyone in the game.
It was just a joke
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Apparently it wasn't funny.
but we just call you wod
Vote Cyouni. nothing is right with this, or my mind is blown.
How So?
Good to know.
Enough mind-☺☺☺☺ing good happy fun love times.....
the more i read this post the more I want to kill you.
are you dead yet?
Millionaires, I hear it's good Music (Disclaimer: lyrics not PG-13) Thanks, CC
Vote MMoD for not liking the mongrel. UG madness was a great deck back in the day.
Screw that; I'm a tog player.
unvote vote ImTehFairy
You're a funny man, aren't you?
Vote: Cyan, as always.
@Cyouni: Post a one-liner, hmmm? Do it for me.
Jund Fangirl; Few things can describe the bliss of the fangirl's cries fading to silence (broken by occasional munching sounds).
Grixis Emo; 'Why should I go out there? They're all uncaring zombies! *sniff* No one understands me...'
Bant Wageslave; Behind every successful knight is a corporate drudge doing his taxwork.
Naya Overenthusiast; Because there is such a thing as too much enthusiasm.
So was my first post in LOTR and look what that did
Better to leave no doubt with these things, I say.
Unvote
Vote: Cyan
For alliterative effect. Sort of.
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
Because he is reading this thread and has not posted yet.
Unvote, Vote: Axelrod for blatant lie
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
Eh, psychatog was a good deck too. Unvote since you appear to have some taste in magic decks after all.
Vote Azrael for his massive ninja skillz. And for making Tim cry.
:monty:
[b]Vote Axelrod]
[b]Vote ImtehFairy[/b].
Vote: Rafaelk
Shades of World Domination 2! I'm still going to have to give you a spam warning, though.
Millionaires, I hear it's good Music (Disclaimer: lyrics not PG-13) Thanks, CC
I can do that, right?
Sign up for League of Legends!
All of the anti-Cyouni sentiment in this post seems ridiculously forced. Vote Niv