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I'll nominate Burn.
~Unit#phntk#1
I second this.
My support also goes to Burn for this.
My support goes to Burnmad as the BZP's champion.
We're voting Burnmad for the lynchi-er, nominee? Then, I'll do the same.
I'll also nominate Burnmad.
BIO:
[insert whatever information or fun facts that you wish here. Talk about your mafia-related accolades, impressive stats, fun anecdotes, favorite role to play, strengths and weaknesses, your approach to the game, other players' quotes about you, or take out the ###### on the whole thing and make some jokes. The ball is entirely in your court, this will be how you present yourself to your fellow competitors and to the 135 spectating communities.]
Fun game idea: You all write my bio for me, one word or sentence fragment at a time
This is definitely not just because finals are coming up and I can't take the time to do it, not at all, haha...
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I'll start.
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Hello, my name is Dampsad. I am very damp, and very sad. Luckily, that is entirely irrelevant to my skills in Mafia, which, in the most humble opinions of my Mafia community members, could be considered as songs of legend.
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(Off to you, whoever follows)
Alternatively, we could compose a poem.
"There once was a man named Dampsad.
At mafia games he was quite bad.
He died as he lived.
He lived as he died.
And at the end of it all he was quite tired."
(I don't actually have anything else, because I suck at poetry).
Alternatively, we could compose a poem.
"There once was a man named Dampsad.
At mafia games he was quite bad.
He died as he lived.
He lived as he died.
And at the end of it all he was quite tired."
(I don't actually have anything else, because I suck at poetry).
Close, Nato, but a Limerick is AABBA Rhyme
Good luck Dampsad!
Bring home the win!
Okay Mafia game Game and trivia is over who's next on the hosting list?
I have an idea I've been thinking of giving a try, unless someone else wants a go.
What's your idea Lab Member 0579?
For the most part it’s a pretty standard game, the main idea I wanted to test was the Chorus System. The game is centered around a particular song (well, a Bionicle take on it), and the generic Villagers are each assigned a different portion of the lyrics. When they die, they join the Chorus, and can continue to vote via PM—however, their vote will only count if a chain is formed from the player with the earliest active lyric to them.
For example, let’s say Lyrics A, B, and C are active, and the players with B and C send in their votes. Neither will be counted because Lyric A is the earliest active lyric. Alternatively, if the players with A and C send in their votes, only the vote from the player with A will be counted, since there’s a break in the chain.
This also comes with a neutral killing role called “the Silencer” (because I have nothing better)—if they kill a Villager, then that Villager does not join the Chorus. At first I thought the break this would leave in the chain could rob many players of their votes, but now I think that’s unfair, especially if they keep killing, so the only affected players will be the ones killed by the Silencer.
My game starts tomorrow/later today (time zones). I think Thingyman said he was going to post the links to the games on the participants' home forums when they start, but if he doesn't, I'll do so for you guys (pending approval, anyway).
Just wanna remind you in advance: no discussing it in this thread, or in any other place where I can see it!
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Good luck Dampsad!
That chorus voting sounds a bit confusing I get it but it took me three time to read it to understand.
I like the chorus mafia idea. I'll through my support behind it.
Looks interesting, I'll have to try it
I'll support it also.
I support the chorus idea as well.
And I wish you good luck in the game, Burnmad.
Best of luck, Burnmad.
I'll try to make a simpler explanation of the Chorus System. I should be able to get Mafia XXXIX up tomorrow, then!
Remember: No talky-talky! If you wanna discuss it, start a PM group with just you guys in it, or you can use the Discord Thingyman linked up above. Whatever you do, don't talk about it anywhere I can see, or you'll probably get me DQ'd!
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Lips shut.
Good luck and bring home the win.
Mafia XXXIX: Hotel of Okoto is live!
Hotel of Okoto is over, so if anyone wants to start up XL they can go ahead.
Conclusion: the Chorus System needs work. A lot of work. There doesn't seem to be much incentive, though that could just be the larger issue of voter turnout, and the chain requirement hindered what votes did come in far more than it was intended to. Back to the drawing board, I suppose.
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Do it
You know, looking the song over that actually gives me an idea on how to rework the Chorus System so I might just do that. Thanks!
(Though, because of reasons it might not be very soon, unfortunately. Sorry.)
Who's hosting next?
Updated first post (perhaps for the final time).
Updated first post (perhaps for the final time).
It's sad to see you go.
Take care friend.
Since Voltex is leaving us the Bionicle Mafia Community has some things it needs to have a discussion on.
Such as should we create a new topic so the opening post can be edited, should we just start a new Master Mafia list in this topic, who should be the one to create and maintain the post in either case.
Is Mafia something we still need to regulate?
This needs to be discussed.
Just leave this topic here. No point in getting a new one, and I'm sure I'll be able to spare three minutes every few months to link a new game.
Well that clears that up.Just leave this topic here. No point in getting a new one, and I'm sure I'll be able to spare three minutes every few months to link a new game.
Now we just need someone with a game ready.
After much thought, I think I’ve reworked the Chorus System into something more polished.
Like before, each standard villager is assigned a specific section of a song with an alphabetical designation (Chorus Fragment A, Chorus Fragment B, etc). Now, when a villager is lynched, the remaining villagers can PM me guessing which Fragment the lynched villager had, and whoever’s guess is closest inherits that villager’s vote. So if Lynched Villager had Fragment A and someone guesses B, Living Villager With Good Guessing Skill’s vote now counts for 2 votes. The effect is cumulative, so if Lynched Villager had a voting power of 2, then Living Villager With Good Guessing Skill’s voting power becomes 3. If no villagers try to guess by the start of the next Day round, then the voting power of Lynched Villager goes to a random Mafian.
(For multihangs, I’m thinking each Living Villager can guess for each Lynched Villager. In the rare event someone guesses correctly/closest for multiple Lynched Villagers, they’ll only inherit the voting power of the first one they guessed correctly/closest.)
On the flip side, when the Mafia kills someone, they get to vote on which of them gets that person’s voting power. Likewise, if none of them vote by the next Night round, that voting power goes to a random villager. And of course the Silencer will be back, nullifying all voting power of whoever they kill. They’re the one player who can’t inherit any voting power under any circumstances.
Hopefully now that the system is centered around living players, it’ll see more use than when it was centered on dead players, who have no further reason to care about the game, and that should help me see if any further adjustments need to be made. I don’t think I’m ready to start up a game using this just yet, but I’m considering doing one soon(ish) so I wanted to see what everyone else thinks of this new system. Any suggestions?
I'm not sure about the revamped chorus system, but if shifting power away from dead players toward living players is what you want to do with this, than the new system certainly accomplishes that.
Well, it just seemed like the best way to increase incentive to use the system. Hardly anyone sang last game.
Which part of it are you unsure about?
I like the new system.