The Syndicate

Civilians (10)
Vanilla Civilians (9)
Cop / Role Checker (1) -- (begins game with free ID on another civilian)

Mafia (3)
Vanilla Mafia (3)

Gameplay
1. Days are 48 hours. At the end of each Day, the player with the most votes will be lynched, and that player will have his or her role revealed. Before the end of each Day, you must cast your vote. A missing vote will negatively impact your Participation Score (see: Participation). Mafia do NOT have BTSC during Days.
2. Nights are 24 hours. During this time the thread will be locked. The mafia will gain BTSC and submit a kill. The civilian cop will send in the name of a player to check. At the end of each Night, one player will be nightkilled, and that player will have his or her role revealed.
3. All game conversation must take place in the thread unless you are a member of the mafia. Mafia may only engage in BTSC during Nights.
4. All votes must be cast in the poll to count. It is considered standard and good form to simultaneously post and bold your vote, but it is not necessary for your vote to count.
5. All votes are changeable. You may change your vote as many times as you wish up until the vote's deadline.
6. Civilians win if they have eliminated the Mafia. Mafia win if they have outnumbered the Civilians.
7. If your faction wins, you win, regardless of whether you are dead or alive at endgame. Do your best! Fight for your faction's win condition. Players who fail to meet participation criteria will be denied a win.
8. At the end of this game, all players will vote on an MVP. The player with the most votes will be crowned MVP of Pet Sounds Mafia and will be eligible to play The Syndicate's very first All-Star Heist Game.
9. Your Participation Score (P-Score) will be adversely affected if you fail certain participation criteria. Refer to the guidelines on Participation for more detail. In addition, upon failure of participation criteria, you may be forcibly replaced or modkilled if you have not corresponded with both hosts.
10. The Mod on Duty for this game is Epignosis. He is there for any of your questions or concerns not strictly related to game or role mechanics. Please PM him with any grievances or concerns you may have at any time, notably including conflicts with other players. Keep the thread fun and clean of emotionally-charged drama or conflicts; PM Epignosis instead. I want to keep this game as fun as possible for everyone.

Rules
1. Be respectful and remember that this is a game. Although mafia is a game of deception and can be rather heated, recognize that the game is not personal and that your friends may be lying to you in the spirit of the game. Please treat your fellow players with respect, even if you suspect or strongly disagree with them.
2. No BTSC (Behind the Scenes Contact/Conversation) with anyone. Do not talk about the game with anyone outside the thread, in any capacity, except for the hosts or the Mod on Duty or any BTSC. If you are unsure whether you have BTSC, that means you do not have it.
3. No editing or deleting of posts.
4. Role outing and info-dumping is acceptable.
5. Songs and roles are all assigned randomly. Songs are irrelevant to alignment. Everything is fully randomized. Mafia have not been given fake song claims because it isn't necessary. You may claim your song if you like.
6. Self-voting is permitted.
7. There should be no posting from dead players or non-players for any reason. If you want access to Pet Sounds Mafia's Spectator Chat, PM your host.
8. Off-topic posts should be in off-topic green. There is an "OT" code for this function.
9. This is your host's color. All of your host's posts will be in this color. Don't use it!



The following behavior constitutes non-participation:

- If you do not post at all during 1 entire Day cycle.
- If you do not cast a vote in 2 or more lynches.

If any of these are committed, it will qualify as non-participation for the purposes of this game. Consequently, any player who commits any of these will have their Participation Score (P-Score) penalized.

If at any time you are afraid you cannot fulfill any of these requirements due to any reason, please PM both hosts immediately explaining your situation or requesting a replacement. In the case of the latter, we will then seek out someone to take your place and your P-Score will not be penalized.

Exceptions will be made for unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances.

PLAYERS
1. a2thezebra
2. TheFloyd73
3. Enrique
4. Matt F
5. bea
6. Luke11646
7. bcornett24
8. DrWilgy
9. Choutas
10. Boomslang
11. FZ.
12. Metalmarsh89
13. Tranq

umm, absolutely in???

Yup. If Floyd's playing, I'm playing.

This is going to fill up fast as shit. I mean it's Pet Sounds, come on.

I might have to sit this one out, but I really everyone to give it a shot. This setup is the most fundamentally balanced I've seen in Mafia -- on the 2+2 forums it has been run hundreds of times and the win rate is about 48-52 I believe (town-mafia). It's hard to get any better than that. Everyone has a fair shot to win if they play hard.

It's also a welcome way to simply get some practice. This kind of setup forces players to work with pure scumhunting tactics for the most part and that skill can be applied in pretty much any game no matter the complexity. I'm very excited to see The Syndicate giving this a chance.

in before I read a single word.

ricosuave!!!!!

sockalicoius - so this set up is sorta like K-site as far as bts goes right? Does the thread close at night like it does there as well?'


jjj - sorry to see you sit this one out, but happy to get some practice in while you are gone.

Not gonna lie, this might be just what I need.

I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

a2thezebra wrote:This is going to fill up fast as shit. I mean it's Pet Sounds, come on.

Indeed, it's only one of the greatest albums of all time.

bea wrote:in before I read a single word.

ricosuave!!!!!

sockalicoius - so this set up is sorta like K-site as far as bts goes right? Does the thread close at night like it does there as well?'


jjj - sorry to see you sit this one out, but happy to get some practice in while you are gone.

Not gonna lie, this might be just what I need.

Mafia will have BTSC only at Night, correct. And the thread will be locked during that time. Each Night will last 24 hours.

Glad to have you, bea, as well as zebra, Matt, Floyd, and Enrique!

I can start this game as soon as tomorrow evening if we have 13 players by then.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

There will be a spectator chat this game!

MovingPictures07 wrote:

bea wrote:in before I read a single word.

ricosuave!!!!!

sockalicoius - so this set up is sorta like K-site as far as bts goes right? Does the thread close at night like it does there as well?'


jjj - sorry to see you sit this one out, but happy to get some practice in while you are gone.

Not gonna lie, this might be just what I need.

Mafia will have BTSC only at Night, correct. And the thread will be locked during that time. Each Night will last 24 hours.

Glad to have you, bea, as well as zebra, Matt, Floyd, and Enrique!

I can start this game as soon as tomorrow evening if we have 13 players by then.

Cool- I kinda dig that set up tbh.
more questions - if we kill the don, does the kill pass to the 'nilla mafia memebers or at that point is their only tool mislynches?


#channelingmyinneraapje

don't ya love how I use we for civ before roles even go out.

I'm so predictable....

bea wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

bea wrote:in before I read a single word.

ricosuave!!!!!

sockalicoius - so this set up is sorta like K-site as far as bts goes right? Does the thread close at night like it does there as well?'


jjj - sorry to see you sit this one out, but happy to get some practice in while you are gone.

Not gonna lie, this might be just what I need.

Mafia will have BTSC only at Night, correct. And the thread will be locked during that time. Each Night will last 24 hours.

Glad to have you, bea, as well as zebra, Matt, Floyd, and Enrique!

I can start this game as soon as tomorrow evening if we have 13 players by then.

Cool- I kinda dig that set up tbh.
more questions - if we kill the don, does the kill pass to the 'nilla mafia memebers or at that point is their only tool mislynches?


#channelingmyinneraapje

Good question!

In this setup, there is no Don or Godfather; all 3 mafia members are vanilla. Since there is no doctor (protector) or blocker or anything like that, the mafia kill just happens at the end of every Night until the game ends. Hope that makes sense!

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

There will be a spectator chat this game!

Is this something that will be available to all hosts? That would be awesome

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

There will be a spectator chat this game!

You didn't learn your lesson?

S~V~S wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

There will be a spectator chat this game!

Is this something that will be available to all hosts? That would be awesome

Of course! Future hosts will be free to have spectator chats as they wish in their games.

They can either use chatzy (like I did in Talking Heads), OR if they want an actual hidden thread, they can arrange that with their Moderator on Duty.

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:I think I'll just watch the first one from the sidelines.

There will be a spectator chat this game!

You didn't learn your lesson?

Haha, very funny. :P

I can't possibly screw up this time, with this setup.

In fact, for any Hosts reading this, I would highly recommend utilizing a spectator chat in either form (chatzy or thread) in your future games. It went over really well for Talking Heads.

MovingPictures07 wrote:In fact, for any Hosts reading this, I would highly recommend utilizing a spectator chat in either form (chatzy or thread) in your future games. It went over really well for Talking Heads.

And I will be having no such thing.

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:In fact, for any Hosts reading this, I would highly recommend utilizing a spectator chat in either form (chatzy or thread) in your future games. It went over really well for Talking Heads.

And I will be having no such thing.

Who said you have to?

Hey, Luke and Brian! Thanks for signing up.

Just 6 more spots remain. Let's get them filled before tomorrow evening!

When shall this begin good MP?

I think that answers my question mp. Basically you are saying the kill is shared by the team and so long as one of them are alive there is a kill yes?

bea wrote:I think that answers my question mp. Basically you are saying the kill is shared by the team and so long as one of them are alive there is a kill yes?

Vote bea

DrWilgy wrote:When shall this begin good MP?

Whenever we reach 13 players!

bea wrote:I think that answers my question mp. Basically you are saying the kill is shared by the team and so long as one of them are alive there is a kill yes?

Correct.

Matt F wrote:

bea wrote:I think that answers my question mp. Basically you are saying the kill is shared by the team and so long as one of them are alive there is a kill yes?

Vote bea

Policy stands

Caw! caw caw! (yes)

MacDougall wrote:

Matt F wrote:

bea wrote:I think that answers my question mp. Basically you are saying the kill is shared by the team and so long as one of them are alive there is a kill yes?

Vote bea

Policy stands

Matt F wrote:Yup. If Floyd's playing, I'm playing.

May I ask why?

Luke, I'm gonna lend you my copy of Pet Sounds in preparation for this.

DrWilgy wrote:Caw! caw caw! (yes)

DrWilgy, your new avatar is amazing!!!

You are most definitely a doctor.

/in
"cracking fingers"

I call dibs on Caroline No

Welcome, Wilgy and Choutas!

Just 4 more spots remain. I'd love to start tonight! If not, we'll likely be starting sometime this weekend.

Oh screw it, I'll jump in and see if I can handle a smaller game. Woo, shirking responsibility!

Yay, Small game!!

I got deaded, so I'll sign up for this one for real now....

Whoops. Thought this was the Star Wars thread.....ignore me, please

Yay, Boomslang and FZ.! Just 2 more!

/in

Lucky 13

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

DrWilgy wrote:Caw! caw caw! (yes)

DrWilgy, your new avatar is amazing!!!

You are most definitely a doctor.

<3 I would add more people, but I don't know what they look like

Have fun guys. Looks like an awesome line up.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:/in

>light classic games meant for players with less time, mood for batshit designs or experience
>the guy with 8 wins this year grabs a spot

Ricochet wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:/in

>light classic games meant for players with less time, mood for batshit designs or experience
>the guy with 8 wins this year grabs a spot

These games don't count towards those wins though. Or actually, I'm not entirely certain about that. But there's still a Heist GoC to pursue.

If anyone else wants to play, I'm perfectly fine sitting out. Rico, you want my spot?

I meant my post to be less serious than that.

Ricochet wrote:I meant my post to be less serious than that.

Seriously, do you want to play Rico?

Tranq wrote:Lucky 13

nub Tranq.