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Gif Mafia: Red Version

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    Pedro

    The Fallen
    Oct 25, 2017
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    They say a GIF is worth more than a thousand words.



    Player list:
    • [f] Swamped (EST) Mafia Goon, eliminated on D1
    • [m] StanleyPalmtree
    • [m] Brazil (GMT-2)
    • [f] Dr. Monkey (Eastern) Town Doctor, eliminated on N2
    • [m] Fantomas (CST)
    • [m] B-Dubs Mafia Roleblocker, eliminated on D3
    • [m] LuxCommander (CST) Vanilla Townie, eliminated on N1
    • [m] Bronx-Man (EST) Vanilla Townie, eliminated on D2
    • [m] Rynam (UTC+1/CEST)
    Replacements (shared by both Red and Blue versions):
    • [f] melonrabbit
    • [f] Swamped (EST) (only for Blue)
    • [m] Comrade Sparkster (CMT)
    • [m] Zippedpinhead

    "Gif" Mafia?

    This will be a Mafia game like many others run in our community, with a single but important difference: except for voting and quoting previous posts, the players will only be able to post GIFs. That means no text, links, embedded videos, still images, emoji, spoiler tags; that means nothing but GIFs.
    That will obviously make communicating difficult, but hopefully it will be entertaining for players and spectators alike.

    An explanation on how GIFs will be used in this game can be found in the next post under "Game-specific rules" and must be read by every player.


    The design

    The setup called 2d3 will be used. It is a 9-player setup that can produce 9 different role distributions, and you can find more about them all in this link.

    In the spoiler tag below you will find sample PMs for each possible role in this setup:

    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Vanilla Townie.

    You have no special abilities.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Town Jailkeeper.

    You may target one player per night phase by sending me a PM with the command Imprison: Player.
    This player will be protected from kills and be prevented from using their own action, if they have one, during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Town Cop.

    You may target one player per night phase by sending me a PM with the command Invesitigate: Player.
    At the end of the night phase, you will be informed if they are Town or Mafia.
    If your action is blocked, you will be informed that you have received No Result.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Town Neapolitan.

    You may target one player per night phase by sending me a PM with the command Invesitigate: Player.
    At the end of the night phase, you will be informed if they are Vanilla Townie or Not Vanilla Townie.
    If your action is blocked, you will be informed that you have received No Result.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Town Tracker.

    You may target one player per night phase by sending me a PM with the command Track: Player.
    At the end of the night phase, you will be informed what player or players they visited, if any. If they visited nobody, you will be told they did not visit anyone.
    If your action is blocked, you will be informed that you have received No Result.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Town Doctor.

    You may target one player per night phase by sending me a PM with the command Heal: Player.
    This player will be protected from kills during that night phase. You cannot target yourself.

    You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Mafia Goon.

    You and your partner share a private thread, located here: <Link>

    You also can commit a factional kill each night by posting in such thread the command Kill: Player.

    The most recent command will be accepted at the end of each night.

    With the exception of that command, you can only talk in your private thread through GIFs.

    You win when your faction controls the majority of votes at day start.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Mafia Rolecop.

    You and your partner share a private thread, located here: <Link>

    You may target one player per night by posting in such thread the command Investigate: Player.
    At the end of the night phase, you will be informed of their role but not their alignment. Vanilla Townies and Mafia Goons will both return "Vanilla".
    If your action is blocked, you will be informed that you have received No Result.

    You also can commit a factional kill each night by posting in your thread the command Kill: Player.

    The most recent command of each type will be accepted at the end of each night.

    With the exception of those commands, you can only talk in your private thread through GIFs.

    You win when your faction controls the majority of votes at day start.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

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    Welcome to Gif Mafia: Red Version!

    You are a Mafia Roleblocker.

    You and your partner share a private thread, located here: <Link>

    You may target one player per night by posting in such thread the command Block: Player.
    This player will be prevented from performing their own action, if any.

    You also can commit a factional kill each night by posting in your thread the command Kill: Player.

    The most recent command of each type will be accepted at the end of each night.

    With the exception of those commands, you can only talk in your private thread through GIFs.

    You win when your faction controls the majority of votes at day start.

    The game thread is here: <Link>

    Please reply to this message to confirm you received it.

    Mentorship program
    For new and returning players who would like some assistance, we offer a mentorship program where a volunteer veteran player can assist you. If you are interested in having a mentor for this game, please contact your gamerunner. For more info, please check the main MafiERA OT.
     
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    Pedro

    The Fallen
    Oct 25, 2017
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    What Is Mafia?
    Mafia, also known as Werewolf, is a famous social deduction game that puts two teams against each other: Town and Mafia. Mafia players know who everyone in their team is, while Town players only know their own alignment. Cut into two 'Phases', Day and Night, the game entails Town trying to eliminate the Mafia via discussion and voting while the Mafia are trying to not get caught in order to match or outnumber the Town in order to win.

    Interested in joining or learning more? Check out our MafiERA OT!

    Fundamentals:
    1. All site-wide rules apply here.
    2. Unless explicitly told otherwise, players may not discuss this game outside of this thread.
    3. Unless explicitly told otherwise, players may not directly quote or post screenshots of any PMs, posts, conversations, or any other type of document that was not made in this thread.
    4. Players are allowed to lie, within reason, about any game-related material such as the content of a role PM.
    5. Please respect all of your fellow players. We ask that you respect a player's personal pronouns and be aware of accessibility when using non-default text formatting. Please do not refer to, or discuss, player activity outside of this thread, for the sake of the game's integrity.
    6. Mafia can be an intense and stressful game at times with situations becoming heated. Despite this, being overly hostile towards your fellow players is not allowed. If a player is caught name calling, using slurs, and/or other aggressive behaviors determined by the Gamerunner they will be warned. If these behaviors continue despite the warning that player will be modkilled. No exceptions.

    Activity:
    7. Players are required to post a minimum of 5 posts per day phase. Failure to adhere to this will first result in a warning. On the second offense that player will be removed from the game.
    8. If a player posts fewer than 5 posts in a day phase without alerting the Gamerunner to their absence, they will be removed from the game without a warning. Not used in this game
    9. If you are unable to continue playing for whatever reason, please contact your Gamerunner.
    10. If a replacement is added to the game, they may request the current/upcoming night phase to be extended up-to 48 hours to allow time to catch up.

    Voting and Lynching:
    11. In order to vote for another player to be lynched, you must present it on its own line and in the following format with no spaces: [ HIGHLIGHT ]VOTE: playername[ /HIGHLIGHT ]. Misspelt votes are only accepted within reason. Any other format will not be accepted.
    12. To remove a vote from a player, you may simply vote for another player, or you may present it on its own line and in the following format with no spaces: [ HIGHLIGHT ]UNVOTE[ /HIGHLIGHT ].
    13. Players may vote for a "No Lynch" to end the day phase without a lynch. This is done by using the formatting above and typing: [ HIGHLIGHT ]VOTE: No Lynch[ /HIGHLIGHT ].
    14. When a player has received a strict majority of available votes (>50%), the day phase ends with the lynch of that player. Once a day phase has ended any in-game discussion stops and votes cast after that will not be counted.

    Death and the Spectator Thread:
    15. Once you are dead, you may no longer discuss the game in any manner with any of the remaining players.
    16. Once dead, players may have a choice between the spectator thread and the replacement list. PM your Gamerunner for more information.

    Other:
    17. Outside of explicit allowances the use of the highlight tag is strictly for Gamerunners. Do not use it.
    18. Do not edit your posts or hide content in the formatting. Repeat offenders will be removed from the game.
    19. If a player is Banned or they are replaced due to inactivity they will have the lowest possible priority when signing up for a spot in their next game.
    20. Gamerunners reserve the right to add, remove, or modify existing any rules at any point, and enforcement may be applied retrospectively. However, all players will be informed of changes beforehand.

    Game-specific rules:
    21. In this game, you will only be allowed to vote (as shown in the rules 11 through 13), quote other players' posts, and use GIFs. No other type of content will be allowed in your post.
    22. No NSFW GIFs are allowed.
    23. You are allowed to use up to 3 GIFs per post.
    24. You are allowed to create and use your own GIFs, as long as they do not feature any text created by yourself. That would be equal to writing a normal text post, which is prohibited in this game. This also implies that you are allowed to use GIFs with text, if they weren't created by you.
    25. Use only either Tumblr, Imgur, Gfycat or Giphy as your image hosting services. I trust these to be reliable, and if you're using an alternate service there may be a chance of your GIF failing to load. That would be equal to someone erasing their post in a normal Mafia game, and it should not happen.
    26. An animation composed of a single frame will not be considered a GIF, and you will be warned if you try to use them in this manner.
    27. Don't spam GIFs or use GIFs that may annoy other players or make them uncomfortable. We are all here to have fun, and your enjoyment should not come at the expense of someone else's.
    28. In general, do not try and exploit loopholes in the rules.
     
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    Pedro

    Pedro

    The Fallen
    Oct 25, 2017
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    And all role PMs have been sent! Now I'm off to do the same for the other game.

    (don't worry, i'll post in gifs as well once i'm done with housekeeping)
     
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    Pedro

    Pedro

    The Fallen
    Oct 25, 2017
    1,967
    From the OT:

    Dr. Monkey said:
    Since we haven't started yet, let me just go ahead and say DO NOT FUCKING POST ANY LYNCHING/HANGING GIFS FOR FUCKS SAKE.

    BE A CONSIDERATE HUMAN.

    post pitchforks and torches, obviously
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    I said y'all can't use 18+ GIFs but rule 27:
    Don't spam GIFs or use GIFs that may annoy other players or make them uncomfortable. We are all here to have fun, and your enjoyment should not come at the expense of someone else's.
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    was created thinking about GIFs that aren't 18+ but are still violent, bloody, and in general awkward to use in a game that aims to be fun for everyone.

    So, if you really, really want to use a GIF of someone in a TV show/movie getting killed to say that someone in the game was killed, go for GIFs that are closer to a baby dog falling on its head from a 10cm height, instead of GIFs that are closer to a Tarantino movie. Do you get the meaning? Awesome. Hopefully I won't see this type of thing happening in these games.

    (And before someone thinks of using a gif from a peaceful scene in a Tarantino movie just to be contrarian, let me quote rule 27 again)
    Don't spam GIFs or use GIFs that may annoy other players or make them uncomfortable. We are all here to have fun, and your enjoyment should not come at the expense of someone else's.
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