YesNOnoNOYes
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fireblenddddddddd i love, love this
ok. now yeenzy back to quietly :>
have fun you all! <3 im jealous~
remember stay away from hooded figures as you murder each other <3
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Welcome to Night Vale [Mafia] |OT| The Dog Park will not harm you
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fireblenddddddddd i love, love this
ok. now yeenzy back to quietly :>
have fun you all! <3 im jealous~
remember stay away from hooded figures as you murder each other <3
Nonsense! I know it is your fault and I blame you for all the porn I just bought!
Alright, I will now leave this thread alone, I saw a delicious spider walking away and I am hungry.
what are your other favorite parts of a vacation?
I tried hailing someone a couple hours ago and it didn't work. I'm going to try again.
I'm just waiting, Ty4on.
I tried hailing someone a couple hours ago and it didn't work. I'm going to try again.
I'm just waiting, Ty4on.
Interesting... but yes, it would be in his best interest to start talking. Just as it would for everyone.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Not having to work! I love chilling out, maxing and like, relaxing all cool. Work is laaaaaaame!
But oh my gawd, I can't believe that the person I voted for hasn't even like, said hi yet! How like, rude! I should switch my vote to someone more likely to win like, whatever it is we're voting for.
hey, do you maybe wanna shoot some b-ball outside of school later?
Unmasked Ferret
Member
You should just retract your hello, as a hello should never be left unreceived.
As you've figured out yourself:
Voting randomly doesn't lead to anything. I'm all for voting for inactive players, but it's a bit too early to blame them for that.
My plan is to read people.
Sorian - Visible, but meta.
ScraftyDevil - Visible at the very least and doesn't seem afraid of being a target.
Coppanuva - Visible and joking about RNG votes.
Fireblend - Vis... you know the drill. Also threw some shade at Coppa.
It's the closest we have to some friction.
squidyj - Looks like a town wanting stuff to get started.
Razmos - Looks like someone doing their vote duty and then just waiting for stuff to get started from the sidelines.
gryvan - Fulfilled their vote duty and disappeared.
Setre - Went against the wheel and created a bit friction.
Karu - Didn't know how highlights works. Obviously town as the scum chat would have told him otherwise.
Pop-O-Matic - Attacked Scrafty and then left her alone.
More people have been posting, but I have even less on them.
Do I really need to explain how ridiculous the bolded sounds?
Also, what does visible, but meta mean for me?
Did I really need to explain that it was sarcasm?
By sarcasm I mean the bloodstone which made that prediction.
You're visible in this thread, but your posts are mostly about the game instead of the players.
To be fair most posts are like that so far. I've been a replacement in all of my games so I'm not used to this dull D1.
At the very least, these reads are exactly as useless as the "random votes" you say lead nowhere. Not that I don't want people to post regardless of how much it contributes to discussion (unlikely we're going to get anything super significant on day 1), but yeah, these are not the pinnacle of value you seem to imply they are
Also I'm with Sorian's take on your Karu read. I'm going to hope that was thrown in there to provoke some responses or discussion, because lol wat.
At the very least, these reads are exactly as useless as the "random votes" you say lead nowhere. Not that I don't want people to post regardless of how much it contributes to discussion (unlikely we're going to get anything super significant on day 1), but yeah, these are not the pinnacle of value you seem to imply they are
Also I'm with Sorian's take on your Karu read. I'm going to hope that was thrown in there to provoke some responses or discussion, because lol wat.
all of a sudden I don't like you anymore. Random votes lead nowhere, this at least has the potential of further discussion, what do you even say about a random vote? In that way I think your coming down on this post is kind of scummy, like you'd be happier if we wasted more time on random voting.
Likewise with karu, it's a potentially faulty deduction and we shouldn't allow ourselves to be bound by it but it's a deduction that is based on facts and logic amidst a sea of nothingness and so it makes me like Ty4on more.
Where did I imply that?At the very least, these reads are exactly as useless as the "random votes" you say lead nowhere. Not that I don't want people to post regardless of how much it contributes to discussion (unlikely we're going to get anything super significant on day 1), but yeah, these are not the pinnacle of value you seem to imply they are
A scientist is never wrong.
I would love to talk about players but you can see as much as me that not much is happening. You've satiated me for now though.
At the very least, these reads are exactly as useless as the "random votes" you say lead nowhere. Not that I don't want people to post regardless of how much it contributes to discussion (unlikely we're going to get anything super significant on day 1), but yeah, these are not the pinnacle of value you seem to imply they are
Also I'm with Sorian's take on your Karu read. I'm going to hope that was thrown in there to provoke some responses or discussion, because lol wat.
You, on the other had, are being to agreeable with me and I rather dislike that since I know no one's allegiance yet. It's far too early to vote based on inactivity yet so I'll just leave this here.
VOTE: Fireblend
What do you think is the best day 1 strategy, voting out inactivity or letting someone run a gambit that dominates the day but ultimately ends up being a hot topic issue that people have to think about?
Evening all, work ran really late today.
So many adherents of RNGsus, it warms my heart, but I've got to agree that in and of itself isn't all that useful (I landed on Sorian for the record). It's one thing when there's a contingent pushing for no lynch but we seem to all be on board for getting rid of someone which is nice but leaves us without much to go on. New territory for me, as in both my previous games there was the no lynch question along with other early points of contention (roommates/missions/etc).
So many adherents of RNGsus, it warms my heart, but I've got to agree that in and of itself isn't all that useful (I landed on Sorian for the record). It's one thing when there's a contingent pushing for no lynch but we seem to all be on board for getting rid of someone which is nice but leaves us without much to go on. New territory for me, as in both my previous games there was the no lynch question along with other early points of contention (roommates/missions/etc).
I don't think that's really been the case so far? More that what's been talked about has been lackluster.
I am RNGsus' largest supporter and I made my monthly donation. I'm trying the best I can for discussion but there just isn't much to pick at yet.
A topic for discussion: Cecil's first transmission -
So Retro has said that some of these posts will matter and some won't. Looking through it seems that if something is relevant in the first post it's likely among what I've bolded above.
Among us is likely a dangerous fugitive and possibly a vigilante (though this may simply refer to our daily votes). Thoughts?
So Retro has said that some of these posts will matter and some won't. Looking through it seems that if something is relevant in the first post it's likely among what I've bolded above.
Among us is likely a dangerous fugitive and possibly a vigilante (though this may simply refer to our daily votes). Thoughts?
You have a point. I kind of glossed over it though because it is a word for word (ish? He may have paraphrased) transcript of one of the very early episodes of Night Vale so it could be flavor, it could not be.
Continuing from my last post because I'm a dope and shouldn't have hit submit yet. I believe the fugitive was Hyrim (sp?) McDaniels who was a 5-headed dragon who did murder a guy once so maybe SK or vigilante (depending on what the bad side here is, I'm guessing Desert Bluffs so Hyrim would still be Night Vale-aligned)
having listened to exactly one episode I can tell you definitively that the dog park and old woman josie's encounter with the aliens are word for word from the first episode.
The sheriff's secret police bit just seems like flavor for indicating the start of our witch hunt. I can't see anything relevant in that text so I think it's likely that we would start getting clues maybe in the second day phase or perhaps later on in this day phase, but that this isn't really a clue.
Ahh. I recognized the first two bits (dog park/angels) from some of my poking around but was not familiar with the fugitive story. Much less suspicious with that explanation.
That makes it sound as if we could choose between those two. Either the day goes by without much fanfare, in which case I think voting out inactivity is a perfectly valid strategy, or someone happens to run a gambit in which case it isn't really up for discussion whether the day will center around it or not, because it will. If it was up to me to press a button that would make a random person run a gambit, I think I'd press it. The faster we get people talking, the more info we'll have in the upcoming days.
As for agreeing with you, I don't fear saying I do, specially at this point in the game. It's more useful than a random vote or an empty read as far as stuff that people can do during day 1 goes, IMO. I feel like being open and forward with my impressions on events as they happen is a good strategy - I have said more than once that no matter whether we agree or disagree with people on day 1, if they generate discussion they're worth keeping around, and that's what I'm trying to be and do.
This sums up my thoughts about Retro's start-of-the-day post, btw. I recognized the first few paragraphs as direct quotes from the show, and those others read kind of a "beginning scenario" about the game itself to me. Plus it seems un-mod-like to me to hint towards anything big like a PR that's in the game. It would put them at a considerable disadvantage if town figured out Retro was just giving away hints like that.
Hmm, I haven't thought of that. It sounds like a scum player with Veteran powers, but that's a rare role.
Oh, he will definitely be doing that it looks like:
Fair point, obviously we can't just turn on a gambit (I would love it if we could though, I think gambit day 1s tend to be more useful than fun and frolicking to an inactive vote). Otherwise, I accept your answer. This really is how you are usually so nothing really odd for me to see here. Leaving my vote for now but when I look through the thread again, I'll probably swap.
Considering the entire good team is Night Vale as a whole, I would be SHOCKED if Desert Bluffs wasn't the bad team. There is kind of a "big baddie" in the Smiling God but I don't think that's really a role since it's not a character so much as a force of nature? I guess the bad team could be StrexCorp as well but that may as well be Desert Bluffs.
Oh wow. I hadn't noticed that at all. Very well then, there probably is merit in theorizing about that blurb
I just have found it curious how Retro hasn't given the mafia team an in-flavor name yet. It could narrow down potential role names for scum.
I'm not going to lie. I'm having a hard time thinking of a large amount of role names for the bad team. I assume between 4-6 scum with this game size? I can only think of like 2-3 Desert Bluff/StrexCorp people.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Maybe, like, some of the tiny people I saw down at the bowling alley could be the bad guys. They seemed like they'd be totes sinister.
This is a fair point, I guess the bad guys could be anything that's ever caused an issue. Maybe the scum are the street cleaners. Maybe the scum is a mixture of scary things in general.
Hey guys, finally caught up after waking up. About these random votes... can't someone slip in a real vote and claim it is from the wheel to cast off suspicion? Someone saying their vote is random shouldn't be taken at face value. Not that votes matter so early on anyways. Because of this I'm waiting for some impressions before I vote.
I admit I almost glossed over the flavor text since it was word for word the first episode of the podcast... until the end. That was different. (Unless it is word for word from a later episode. I haven't gotten that far.) The flavor text was going to help people unfamiliar with Nightvale as well as dropping some hints.
I admit I almost glossed over the flavor text since it was word for word the first episode of the podcast... until the end. That was different. (Unless it is word for word from a later episode. I haven't gotten that far.) The flavor text was going to help people unfamiliar with Nightvale as well as dropping some hints.
Those every Mafia member need a name? If so, they some could be aligned with the Mafia/Desert Bluff but be something else that wasn't tied to them in the actual lore. Just because technically they are "against the town".
Does this mean there could be a character as "the old lady that secretly lives in your house"? Would they have surveillance powers? I guess that they could also be town-aligned.
I would assume the old lady is in but I would also assume she is night vale aligned (and yes, I'm sure she is a motion detector of some sort). This is a cosplay game so yeah, anyone with a power role will have an actual character name.
Mike_Hawk689
Member
EST Time zone!
Totally forgot about the start of this game! Currently on round 37 going on 38 on Zombies lol
Quick break to give my thoughts on this crazy city we live in and the number of different freak situations we see. Jet disappearing? Electric fence dog parks? An a Serial Killer on the loose?
Although most of you used the RNG Wheel to vote I won't, I'll wait till someone shows suspicious activity or at least shows a glimpse of anti-town. But I am FOR day 1 lynch, be cause it gives us clues to who we can vote.
So, IMO the mafia roles who're probably in this for sure are Kevin, Lauren and The Smiling God. I wouldn't be so sure about TOLWSLIYH being a Night Vale-aligned role, she and Hiram McDaniels do something bad too, after all (I don't want to spoil people T_T). I wonder in the event that Hiram McDaniels is in, how his having multiple heads plays into the role if at all
Thinking about other potential role names, The Man in the Tan Jacket is also one that I think wouldn't be NV-aligned, but it sounds more suitable for a neutral, not scum.
Thinking about other potential role names, The Man in the Tan Jacket is also one that I think wouldn't be NV-aligned, but it sounds more suitable for a neutral, not scum.
So, the other night, I ran a game of mafia for my in-laws. However, because my sweet six-year old niece was playing, my sister-in-law asked me to forgo the death and destruction. So instead of "Grandpa got hit by a bus," it was "Grandpa got locked in the tool shed and missed dinner."
But as we played, people began to argue less about, "Who has a good reason to get Grandpa out of the game?" and more about "who knows where the keys to the tool shed are?" And thus, Grandma got lynched.
When my brother-in-law pointed this out much later, I said, "That's what we call, 'Reading too much into the Flavor."
Why did I tell you that?
No idea.
But since I'm here, let me clear something up:
The purpose of the Cecil posts is to narrow the gap between the people who have heard every episode of Welcome to Night Vale, read the book, and earned their Eternal Scout merit badges, and the people who have never heard of Night Vale before and are only here at the mighty whims of the Spider of Fate.
So, before anyone spends more time analyzing it the posts to figure out what is Retro and what is Cecil, let me tell you: It's all Cecil. Every Cecil post will be a direct quote from Welcome to Night Vale in some form or another.
Sorry kids, you don't get to read my Night Vale fanfiction about the love triangle between The Woman From Italy, the Man who is Not Short, and the Shape in Grove Park.*
*I assure you, the Shape in Grove Park and the Woman from Italy are not roles in this game.
But as we played, people began to argue less about, "Who has a good reason to get Grandpa out of the game?" and more about "who knows where the keys to the tool shed are?" And thus, Grandma got lynched.
When my brother-in-law pointed this out much later, I said, "That's what we call, 'Reading too much into the Flavor."
Why did I tell you that?
No idea.
But since I'm here, let me clear something up:
The purpose of the Cecil posts is to narrow the gap between the people who have heard every episode of Welcome to Night Vale, read the book, and earned their Eternal Scout merit badges, and the people who have never heard of Night Vale before and are only here at the mighty whims of the Spider of Fate.
So, before anyone spends more time analyzing it the posts to figure out what is Retro and what is Cecil, let me tell you: It's all Cecil. Every Cecil post will be a direct quote from Welcome to Night Vale in some form or another.
Sorry kids, you don't get to read my Night Vale fanfiction about the love triangle between The Woman From Italy, the Man who is Not Short, and the Shape in Grove Park.*
*I assure you, the Shape in Grove Park and the Woman from Italy are not roles in this game.
So, IMO the mafia roles who're probably in this for sure are Kevin, Lauren and The Smiling God. I wouldn't be so sure about TOLWSLIYH being a Night Vale-aligned role, she and Hiram McDaniels do something bad too, after all (I don't want to spoil people T_T). I wonder in the event that Hiram McDaniels is in, how his having multiple heads plays into the role if at all
Thinking about other potential role names, The Man in the Tan Jacket is also one that I think wouldn't be NV-aligned, but it sounds more suitable for a neutral, not scum.
I don't like doing this because it really only helps scum to make up roles as opposed to us who already have our roles but I'm going to stay under the impression that faceless woman and hiram are night vale aligned and tan jacket is neutral or night vale aligned. I think Retro was doing the early portion of the pod cast as opposed to later so I would assume the universe is like it is before the first big arc ends.
Heading to bed soonish-
Just want to add a couple things to Sorian and Fireblend's early advice. 4 days may seem like a lot of discussion time but it can go by pretty quickly. As a rule of thumb I'd say it's important to try and contribute something on a daily basis even if it's just a few reads or such. Don't wait till the last minute to vote and try not to scramble in the last few hours. Remember, due to timezones/obligations your fellow players may not be able to rapidly respond to you. Chaos at days end ultimately favors the mafia.
Just want to add a couple things to Sorian and Fireblend's early advice. 4 days may seem like a lot of discussion time but it can go by pretty quickly. As a rule of thumb I'd say it's important to try and contribute something on a daily basis even if it's just a few reads or such. Don't wait till the last minute to vote and try not to scramble in the last few hours. Remember, due to timezones/obligations your fellow players may not be able to rapidly respond to you. Chaos at days end ultimately favors the mafia.
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I'm not sure I take your meaning on the random voting, to what purpose do you pretend that the wheel chose your vote?
Unmasked Ferret
Member
So, IMO the mafia roles who're probably in this for sure are Kevin, Lauren and The Smiling God. I wouldn't be so sure about TOLWSLIYH being a Night Vale-aligned role, she and Hiram McDaniels do something bad too, after all (I don't want to spoil people T_T). I wonder in the event that Hiram McDaniels is in, how his having multiple heads plays into the role if at all
Thinking about other potential role names, The Man in the Tan Jacket is also one that I think wouldn't be NV-aligned, but it sounds more suitable for a neutral, not scum.
Kevin is kind of a weird role to have though because Cecil is the mod and it would be odd for Kevin to not directly oppose Cecil imo. If Kevin isn't actually a role (even though he should be regardless of how odd it is to me) I hope Retro does Kevin updates in the dead thread.
Can you pm me that fanfiction, thanks.
I was going to make a comment abut the Woman from Italy when I saw this
+1 on this question. I think I know what you meant but would rather hear it from the horse's mouth.
I'm thinking too much into it. These early votes don't matter so much as the ones near the end of the day so sneaking in troll votes wouldn't make much sense unless you hope people latch on to whoever you want to secretly maliciously lynch.
