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Game Rules Darth_Katie Send a noteboard - 30/08/2009 11:45:00 PM
Posted for posterity, here are the rules from Game 8, the one Caasi modded.

Rules for Game 8

This is a minor update to the original rules, mostly in keeping with adjustments and suggestions made over the last 7 games, nothing surprising I think, but vet players should review, I have made changes, and feel free to make suggestions, this is flexible until gameplay begins. New players should read this too, however don't be concerned if you feel a bit overwhelmed, most of the material represents specific bits that don't come up much. Scan it for now, then as you start getting a flavor for the game try rereading it. Big rules remain, post regularly, don't quote the mod, don't edit messages.

1. Your objective is to win the game by fulfilling your win condition by any means possible except for the ways declared invalid by the rules. Because of the necessity of having everyone’s role message look slightly different, and generate them quickly, your role message might accidentally leave something out or be vague, or you might simply think it is, just ask me via NB or email.

2. You may talk however you like in the Game Thread. Try not to speak in the thread too much each Night, as it may ruin the game.

3. The Moderator will not interfere with lying or anything of the sort. You can have nonsense coming out of your mouths for all I care. Seriously, you are encouraged to lie through your teeth, so long as you do not directly quote me or say you are, the latter will also result in a modkill. DO NOT DIRECTLY QUOTE THE MODERATOR. Everything you receive for me needs to be thoroughly paraphrased, assume I will view any paraphrase in the least favorable light.

4. You may NOT use the NB system to communicate game related information during the DAY OR NIGHT, unless your role permits it. Inform the Moderator if a player is trying to talk to you because they are not supposed to. You may only use the NB system to communicate with the Moderator, who will answer questions and activate power roles, or your special faction, which is an exception.

5. When a player has been eliminated from the game, they are not allowed to receive any information that any player has or has received. They will have to wait out the game like a good dead person. No exceptions. The penalty if anyone does not comply to this rule is possible punishment from the next Mafia Game.

6. Day will last until a LYNCH occurs, or when a deadline has been reached. A deadline may be set by a Moderator at any time they deem necessary. A deadline is a granted/limitation of amount of time for the Town to decide upon a lynch. If no consensus is reached by the deadline, meaning no player reaches the majority of votes, a NO LYNCH will occur. Day will turn into Night.

7. Modkills - Basically there are two types. The first, for rules violations, will end the day in the place of a lynch. Where post editing is concerned “three strike you’re out” will be the rule of thumb. Other rules violation, such as direct quotation, is an auto-modkill and ends the day. Message editting for the purpose of tables, hyopcopping, etc is allowed within reason, but please put "Table" in the header of the message, and do not overuse this.

8. Inactivity - If a player goes 4 days without posting, and without posting that they will be gone, they will receive a warning from the mod, 24 hours later they receive another warning, 24 hours after that they will be mod-killed. The three strikes rule applies here too, if I send you two warnings (i.e. two different prolonged absences) you will be modkilled twenty four hours after the second one if you don’t post. Overall, while regular posting is appreciated and expected, it is understood that players often have conflicting or busy schedules. If you are RBIRL for an extended period, at the moderator’s discretion, you may be temporarily removed from the vote total until your return, the same will occur after 96 hours of inactivity, so as not to hamper gameplay. For this reason, while an inactivity modkill will not result in the day automatically ending (as opposed to other modkills) should two happen in one game day, the day will end, and a short period of time (24 hours tops) will pass before night begins while I make sure the two modkills didn’t push the game into a breaking state and reshuffle to restore balance if necessary, at which point players will be updated, and night will begin.

9. You must unvote to vote on another person if you are already voting for someone.

You MUST vote and unvote in the following format:


Vote: TheDragonReborn

Unvote:
(name optional, but it would help me if you gave it)


Votes and unvotes in any other form WILL NOT BE COUNTED, except in the header of your post. Single exceptions will be made if someone is clearly trying to unvote, if some sort of last minute rush is involved, but only for unvotes, never votes.


10. Once a player reaches the amount of votes required for a MAJORITY the player will be lynched. Unvotes will NOT BE COUNTED as soon as/after a player has reached majority. To No Lynch, the same number of votes is necessary as to lynch.

11. Dead players may not post. You are dead, stay dead. If a dead player tries to get information out of you by any means (including by NB) report them to the Moderator. Any player doing this may NOT be allowed to participate in the next Darkfriend Game. “Bah!” comments, which are posts by dead players containing no pertinent commentary, are allowed, within reason, for examples see other games, there are usually a wad of them at the beginning and end of each day. I’ve never seen any that were out of line or endangered the game.

12. You may not directly quote any email or NB you receive by the Moderator. Doing so will result in a mod kill. Paraphrase instead. These should be jumbled and different enough for it to be irrelevant, however I do have a somewhat specific style (see game 5) so a paste job might make it very obvious it’s a genuine comment from me. Rephrase everything, even flavor text, and if your not sure feel free to ask me first via NB or email.

13. Once a role activation has been sent in, you may not change it. Asking the moderator to do so will not make you special. If you make a change real quick, with something in the header like ‘Oops, wrong name’ and the timestamps are real close together, an exception may be made, but assume this will not be the case.

14. If you have a Night Action and do not use it BEFORE the Deadline is over, too bad! The Moderator will give enough time for the players with Night Actions to send them in, and enough time for the players without Night Actions to get enough sleep. All Nights will last 48 hours with limited exceptions but the Moderator shall not inform the Town of the exceptions, which would give away too much information.

15. The Moderator will only answer questions as deemed necessary. Do not ask about anything Role-Specific in the Game Thread. Any question like this, or that the Moderator thinks will ruin the game WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. New players are advised to use the NB to ask any sensitive questions, as “How does investigation work?” asked on the game thread, amounts to suicide by DF knife.

16. If you are going to be away for a lengthy amount of time, please be courteous to inform us. It is not the responsibility of the Moderator. The preferred method is to post a thread with RBIRL (Real busy in real life) in the header, reasons aren’t necessary, but a rough timeline would be appreciated, i.e. “Busy this weekend, can’t post much”

17. All of the rules are subject to change as the Moderator see fit. The Moderator will try report any changes to the Rules as fast as they can.

18. This is a game! The accusations may get intense, they usually do, but HAVE FUN!

If any of these rules make no sense to you, please feel free to ask, but the moderator has final say.

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Mafia Day one - 30/08/2009 10:53:04 AM 2575 Views
Alright!! - 30/08/2009 10:58:50 AM 1296 Views
Vote tally - 30/08/2009 11:10:18 AM 1231 Views
Tee hee hee. - 30/08/2009 11:18:09 AM 1287 Views
OMGUS - Vote: Fox and Ravens *NM* - 30/08/2009 03:03:21 PM 779 Views
Congrats on the acronym by the way *NM* - 31/08/2009 07:08:15 PM 760 Views
Yeah, now that I think about it no one has used it yet - 01/09/2009 12:29:15 AM 1116 Views
All right - new usernames (table) - 30/08/2009 03:35:59 PM 1261 Views
Well, I'm not playing, but I'll be in next game. - 31/08/2009 02:37:22 AM 1174 Views
I'll follow Isaac's lead and claim my first name! *NM* - 31/08/2009 10:39:59 PM 849 Views
And by that I mean this. *NM* - 31/08/2009 10:40:43 PM 790 Views
Got really confused for a second when I saw this post..... - 30/08/2009 04:34:49 PM 1198 Views
Alrighty!! - 30/08/2009 05:42:17 PM 1259 Views
Hypocopping always sounds like a solid plan to me. - 30/08/2009 06:28:51 PM 1281 Views
awh, thanks. your SN is cool too *NM* - 30/08/2009 06:30:54 PM 724 Views
You should have changed you name to.... - 30/08/2009 06:52:46 PM 1274 Views
Haha - 30/08/2009 07:18:10 PM 1200 Views
Well, I confirm that, I'm an Aes Sedai - 30/08/2009 08:37:32 PM 1138 Views
What I really think we should do.... - 30/08/2009 08:49:04 PM 1244 Views
Okay, that's a bad idea - 30/08/2009 08:52:42 PM 1194 Views
Yeah. I agree completely. - 30/08/2009 09:51:09 PM 1321 Views
Wait... - 30/08/2009 10:04:34 PM 1224 Views
Haha. - 30/08/2009 10:09:53 PM 1165 Views
So this means you owe me money, right? - 30/08/2009 09:16:17 PM 1212 Views
Re: So this means you owe me money, right? - 30/08/2009 09:24:22 PM 1273 Views
Technically - 30/08/2009 09:27:29 PM 1227 Views
Re: Technically - 30/08/2009 09:42:16 PM 1243 Views
I'm guessing you meant to quote that. *NM* - 30/08/2009 09:52:21 PM 731 Views
yes, the new format is, well, new *NM* - 30/08/2009 09:54:36 PM 699 Views
See, now that we have others.... - 30/08/2009 10:09:00 PM 1158 Views
Why are you so dead set on Ajahs anyway? - 30/08/2009 10:15:22 PM 1179 Views
Well.... - 30/08/2009 10:17:08 PM 1113 Views
No way, me too. - 30/08/2009 11:15:01 PM 1192 Views
Well, I might as well say it - 31/08/2009 12:20:58 AM 1204 Views
So that's three - 31/08/2009 12:50:31 AM 1244 Views
Yeah, I think we ought to wait to reveal Ajahs - 31/08/2009 12:54:41 AM 1248 Views
Maybe we should just lynch Isaac. - 30/08/2009 07:32:50 PM 1249 Views
Just to address that - 30/08/2009 08:29:01 PM 1191 Views
Re: Just to address that - 30/08/2009 08:57:17 PM 1139 Views
Re: Just to address that - 30/08/2009 09:01:20 PM 1157 Views
I'm going to facepalm . - 30/08/2009 09:22:57 PM 1135 Views
LOL, you miss the point - 30/08/2009 09:27:31 PM 1197 Views
How does it do that? - 30/08/2009 09:30:14 PM 1164 Views
Re: How does it do that? - 30/08/2009 10:02:33 PM 1272 Views
Re: How does it do that? - 30/08/2009 10:42:39 PM 1082 Views
Probably better to just end this line of speculation now - 31/08/2009 03:02:12 AM 1236 Views
Or so you say. - 30/08/2009 09:53:09 PM 1297 Views
BTW - 30/08/2009 08:43:16 PM 1220 Views
I would suggest you do it anyway so they're at least saved on this site. *NM* - 30/08/2009 10:07:26 PM 796 Views
I just sent myself the saved copy I had. - 30/08/2009 10:17:46 PM 1188 Views
The saved copy of the rules we had every game, correct? *NM* - 30/08/2009 10:50:10 PM 728 Views
Nope, my personal role message. - 30/08/2009 10:54:33 PM 1014 Views
hello - 30/08/2009 09:17:20 PM 1191 Views
Re: hello - 30/08/2009 09:29:51 PM 1081 Views
Hahahaha! - 30/08/2009 10:12:09 PM 1074 Views
Game Rules - 30/08/2009 11:45:00 PM 1231 Views
Thank you. That's good to have for this site. *NM* - 31/08/2009 12:19:53 AM 709 Views
Voting Record (Table) - 31/08/2009 12:43:54 AM 1208 Views
Hey all. - 31/08/2009 01:38:12 AM 1031 Views
watch the horizontal scroll guys! *NM* - 31/08/2009 10:25:11 AM 688 Views
Ok.... - 31/08/2009 02:01:39 PM 1177 Views
Howdy - 31/08/2009 04:42:47 PM 1118 Views
I still can't see the fuss over Isaac's post - 31/08/2009 05:25:14 PM 1178 Views
It was a misunderstanding, I think - 31/08/2009 06:07:54 PM 1146 Views
Yep, that's pretty much it *NM* - 31/08/2009 09:40:26 PM 639 Views
See, that looks pretty bad for you. - 31/08/2009 07:37:28 PM 1141 Views
I think I have to agree with that - 31/08/2009 08:49:45 PM 1109 Views
Re: I think I have to agree with that - 31/08/2009 08:50:00 PM 1220 Views
? Never double-posted that way before *NM* - 31/08/2009 09:15:21 PM 724 Views
Well, - 31/08/2009 09:00:47 PM 1081 Views
I agree here.... - 31/08/2009 09:11:52 PM 1083 Views
He said it was suspicious saying "For the Tower" as opposed to "For the Light". - 31/08/2009 09:13:25 PM 1133 Views
It does look suspicous at this point.... - 31/08/2009 09:54:56 PM 1154 Views
What do you mean? - 31/08/2009 10:24:53 PM 1093 Views
Just.... - 01/09/2009 01:37:26 AM 1109 Views
Okay, thanks. *NM* - 01/09/2009 01:42:25 AM 707 Views
I see what you mean but hardly agree with it - 01/09/2009 02:05:07 AM 1155 Views
It's the best we've got right now. - 01/09/2009 02:44:20 AM 1104 Views
I've done so much today. Hours of engineering and chem...again. *NM* - 01/09/2009 02:57:08 AM 751 Views
im here again - 31/08/2009 04:48:28 PM 1204 Views
I'm here - 31/08/2009 06:16:40 PM 1064 Views
What's with everyone switching their usernames to their real names? lol *NM* - 31/08/2009 08:51:23 PM 726 Views
i didn't *NM* - 31/08/2009 09:10:23 PM 751 Views
Well, neither did I. But a lot of people here did. *NM* - 01/09/2009 02:01:06 AM 748 Views
Might as well move along - 01/09/2009 12:36:28 AM 1156 Views
Tower Alignment (Table) - 01/09/2009 12:45:59 AM 1131 Views
I am Aes Sedai. *NM* - 01/09/2009 02:04:10 PM 712 Views
I'm not an Aes Sedai *NM* - 01/09/2009 07:47:43 PM 745 Views
I'm an AS *NM* - 01/09/2009 08:19:50 PM 708 Views
Okay. - 01/09/2009 02:50:21 PM 1158 Views
Well, WF has had two days to reply, but hasn't even tried to defend himself. - 01/09/2009 03:24:11 PM 1197 Views
I don't intend to let him get out of it either. - 01/09/2009 03:45:31 PM 1106 Views
hey there - 01/09/2009 06:54:20 PM 1089 Views
Re: I don't intend to let him get out of it either. - 01/09/2009 07:23:00 PM 1067 Views
Well, it's easy to mount a defense after you've been told your error.... - 01/09/2009 07:26:29 PM 1137 Views
Re: Well, it's easy to mount a defense after you've been told your error.... - 01/09/2009 07:36:31 PM 1054 Views
jk - 01/09/2009 07:37:30 PM 1169 Views
Wait, now you're trying to throw the blame on ME? - 01/09/2009 07:45:26 PM 1149 Views
See my response to Gher aka I'm lazy. *NM* - 01/09/2009 08:07:35 PM 709 Views
Re: Wait, now you're trying to throw the blame on ME? - 01/09/2009 09:29:46 PM 1118 Views
I don't want a repeat of Game 2. - 01/09/2009 07:50:57 PM 1152 Views
This is a good point. - 01/09/2009 08:06:24 PM 1176 Views
I'd like to add a few point to this. - 01/09/2009 09:21:27 PM 1163 Views
As soon as he starts getting accused... - 01/09/2009 09:49:14 PM 1098 Views
What you did was suspicious - 01/09/2009 09:50:56 PM 1087 Views
I wish wotmania were still alive.... - 01/09/2009 10:06:03 PM 1121 Views
Yeah, and we cut you slack because you were a newbie. - 01/09/2009 10:10:34 PM 1127 Views
Oh, well... - 01/09/2009 10:53:57 PM 1098 Views
Well...it doesn't change what your doing - 01/09/2009 11:02:48 PM 1079 Views
Yes, but I'm not doing anything wrong... - 01/09/2009 11:24:33 PM 1120 Views
Not really watching your words does put suspicion on you - 01/09/2009 11:29:52 PM 1077 Views
Yes, but - 02/09/2009 02:55:03 AM 1072 Views
Re: As soon as he starts getting accused... - 01/09/2009 10:52:03 PM 1149 Views
to avoid loads of editing - 01/09/2009 09:22:36 PM 1207 Views
And Isaac is at L-5? I still have my vote up! *NM* - 01/09/2009 09:24:29 PM 654 Views
thanks for reminding me - 01/09/2009 09:29:56 PM 1110 Views
I'll add in my vote too, Vote: White Flame *NM* - 04/09/2009 12:15:50 PM 768 Views
All right, I think we need to throw in the towel - 01/09/2009 09:33:04 PM 1180 Views
I'll trust your judgement here... - 01/09/2009 09:35:46 PM 1219 Views
nuts - 01/09/2009 09:48:11 PM 1172 Views
Re: nuts - 01/09/2009 10:24:36 PM 1169 Views
*sigh* - 01/09/2009 10:27:57 PM 1108 Views
I still don't think we need to quit. - 01/09/2009 10:31:30 PM 1172 Views
If that's what's up then let's keep going. - 01/09/2009 11:04:30 PM 1104 Views
Well, I've thrown in my two cents - 01/09/2009 11:16:23 PM 1174 Views
I don't understand, but.... - 01/09/2009 09:52:33 PM 1049 Views
Wait a minute. - 01/09/2009 10:17:08 PM 1127 Views
I don't care if you stop it or not but I'm in the next one *NM* - 01/09/2009 10:57:19 PM 709 Views
Right then - 01/09/2009 10:40:41 PM 1053 Views
Guess I'll vote for White Flame as well. - 01/09/2009 11:46:00 PM 1217 Views
I'm torn. - 02/09/2009 03:09:00 AM 1017 Views
It's Day 1. - 02/09/2009 05:35:46 AM 1159 Views
I know, that's why I'm torn. - 02/09/2009 08:22:36 PM 1128 Views
Well, it seems White Flame might be screwed. - 02/09/2009 05:53:59 AM 1050 Views
Great. Everybody's going to be looking at me tomorrow if WF turns out to be a DF - 02/09/2009 07:21:56 AM 1055 Views
Re: Great. Everybody's going to be looking at me tomorrow if WF turns out to be a DF - 02/09/2009 06:58:22 PM 1137 Views
I think you should probably claim. - 02/09/2009 08:24:02 PM 1056 Views
I would add my 2 cents here but I'm telling myself to stay out of it. - 02/09/2009 09:42:48 PM 1060 Views
Re: I would add my 2 cents here but I'm telling myself to stay out of it. - 02/09/2009 11:08:44 PM 1070 Views
Day 1 no-lynch is a lose-lose tactic for the Light. - 03/09/2009 03:24:43 AM 1145 Views
Re: Day 1 no-lynch is a lose-lose tactic for the Light. - 03/09/2009 03:59:05 AM 1202 Views
Re: Day 1 no-lynch is a lose-lose tactic for the Light. - 03/09/2009 04:57:54 AM 1123 Views
Who are your warders? - 02/09/2009 11:10:28 PM 1139 Views
Do we want him naming names? - 02/09/2009 11:28:54 PM 1064 Views
Not much choice really - 03/09/2009 12:01:11 AM 1114 Views
My claim - 03/09/2009 05:04:26 PM 1190 Views
Ok.... - 03/09/2009 05:08:25 PM 1040 Views
It doesn't sound that outlandish to me. - 03/09/2009 07:11:06 PM 1085 Views
Not quite to the level of outlandish, no.... - 03/09/2009 07:31:49 PM 1137 Views
I don't know. - 03/09/2009 08:02:45 PM 1188 Views
Nor I, but we now have some definite leads to work with - 04/09/2009 05:13:18 AM 1107 Views
I'm not a warder - 04/09/2009 01:01:27 PM 1054 Views
Re: I'm not a warder - 04/09/2009 05:03:10 PM 1041 Views
Well, don't worry about me voting for WF - 04/09/2009 06:07:04 PM 1044 Views
That's an excellent point, actually. - 04/09/2009 07:57:20 PM 1032 Views
I am not Aes Sedai, nor Warder. - 05/09/2009 12:26:01 AM 1032 Views
All right, the advised day 1 strategy - 03/09/2009 01:18:09 AM 1126 Views
Sounds Good to Me - 03/09/2009 02:14:41 AM 1121 Views
Re: All right, the advised day 1 strategy - 03/09/2009 03:30:27 AM 1122 Views
the situation so far - 04/09/2009 06:02:36 PM 1075 Views
Can you keep some kind of constant form for the vote counts? - 04/09/2009 06:11:53 PM 1099 Views
sorry - 04/09/2009 06:26:17 PM 1133 Views
Speaking of votes - 04/09/2009 07:39:17 PM 1147 Views
RBIRL... - 04/09/2009 08:00:50 PM 1049 Views
my non voting reason - 04/09/2009 11:32:46 PM 1069 Views
Not really any reason. - 05/09/2009 08:49:00 AM 1040 Views
VOTE: White Flame - 05/09/2009 01:48:23 AM 1057 Views
Alright - 05/09/2009 05:09:48 AM 1193 Views
Not really any reason - 05/09/2009 08:47:03 AM 1127 Views
Crap. Ignore this. Should have been a reply to Isaac. - 05/09/2009 08:48:10 AM 1026 Views
Twilight - 05/09/2009 10:11:54 AM 1191 Views
Re: Twilight - 06/09/2009 05:13:46 AM 1108 Views
night has fallen. - 05/09/2009 10:27:26 AM 1124 Views

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