The Syndicate

[mention]Long Con[/mention] yeah sorry that’s oversight, you win

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:47 pm From a host's perspective, what was the need for people to PM you about it? What would you do in that case?

If anyone had seen it, I'd have to decide what the damage actually is. If it's just one person and they indicate to me that they have no idea what the significance of the post was, I probably trust that claim and take no further action. If multiple people saw it and/or someone tells me their perspective of the game has been influenced, I have to contend with the possibility of replacement or more drastic measures -- or at the least re-posting the deleted content so that everyone is playing on level ground.

In this particular case I wasn't likely to do anything drastic. The game was looking pretty over as soon as sig caught Nanook. I'll obviously allow things to play out however they play out, but it seemed unlikely that anything was going to be ruined. Still, I felt it'd be nice to know if anyone had seen it to give myself the opportunity to consider courses of action instead of just hoping the game was unaffected.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:33 pm What was that deleted post?

I forgot to post Rej's announcement, and right before I corrected myself he posted that he thought he'd been roleblocked. I didn't want my late reveal to inadvertently clear him by connection.

If it wasn't clear, I gave the robot calculator half of the black moves to prevent "so and so was online when the black side made X move, thus they're mafia" type crap. sig did observe a connection there at the last minute, though those close matches were actually the robot. When Nanook made a move I generally waited a short period before posting it.

I could only laugh as I wrote up the Colin lynch. Obviously that was a very lucky break. He could have just voted to save himself and added a .5 if he'd been online. Then the whole game is different.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:35 pm Oh shit, I stopped Jack from protecting LC. Semi-flawless victory.

You stopped Jack from protecting LC, thereby allowing sig to catch NANOOK killing LC.

Chess Actions

DAY 0
sig elected General

DAY 1
ColinIsCool lynched

NIGHT 1
Long Con tracks Epignosis (1 of 3)
Jack protects Long Con (1 of 3) FAIL JAIL
Epignosis jails Jack (1 of 2)
Creature checks Epignosis (1 of 2)
NANOOK kills Long Con
NANOOK role checks Tony (1 of 3)
sig watches Long Con (1 of 2)
Rej makes an announcement

Day 2
Epignosis adds .5 vote
sig adds .5 vote
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME lynched

sig wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:16 pm Jay what was with the whole chess thing?

As it happens, nothing was with the whole Chess thing. It ended up entirely irrelevant because the game ended so quickly. How it would have worked under more typical circumstances:

Whenever a White pawn is captured, that player loses his bonus .5 vote (if not already used). If a White power piece is captured, that player's power role is eliminated entirely and rendered vanilla.

Whenever two Black pawns are captured, one of the mafia members loses their bonus .5 vote (if not already used). If a Black power piece is captured, the black faction loses one shot of their power role abilities of a strength that depends upon the strength of the captured piece (Queen > Rook > Knight = Bishop).

With even one more phase, I think we get into that. Y'all started very defensively, but the board was set up for a slaughter soon. A lot of Night 2 abilities would have been cancelled.

But, yanno.

Day 2 has ended. NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME was lynched. He was:

I should have posted this when the day began, but I goofed. Too much going on in Jay land these days. You’ve received an announcement:

"Hellolololololol players, it is time to make calculated moves. Treat me like a confirmed vanilla, else I can't tell you anything about me. You! You want to become a grand chessmaster? Then here is what to do!
Suspect a player, elaborate on it, plan your next moves! Oh Holy Voters! Where is the next scum? Did Colin got bussed? I guess not. Mafia is playing from the shadows, shallow, that's why their colour is black. Irony, Colin was the black sheep of day one.
Who will be the black sheep of day two? Place your votes on them!"

White has moved. D2 --> D3. Will update board shortly.

Night 1 has ended. Long Con has been killed. He was:


Day 2 is underway. You'll have 24 hours to lynch somebody once I get the poll up. I'm lazy today, and that means 10 minutes late.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:27 pm Black has moved. F8 —> E7

Will update soon.

Scratch that I’m dumb. Impossible move. D7 —> D6

ColinIsCool has been lynched. He was:


Night 1 is underway and will last 24 hours. The thread remains open, and the Chess game remains active.

[mention]112[/mention]
[mention]ColinIsCool[/mention]
[mention]Creature[/mention]
[mention]Dom[/mention]
[mention]Epignosis[/mention]
[mention]Long Con[/mention]
[mention]Michelle[/mention]
[mention]NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME[/mention]
[mention]sig[/mention]
[mention]TonyStarkPrime[/mention]

I will reveal as much about this as I see fit.

The General makes all moves for the white side until he/she/they is/are captured. If/when this occurs, a new General will be elected. The King may decide to overrule any elected General and replace them with whoever received the second-most votes, but this will be done entirely in private with the host and never overtly shared in the thread. Any smarmy hinting attempts will be penalized. If the King is eliminated during the game, the Queen takes on this capacity. Neither may name themselves General, but they can be elected by popular vote. If both are eliminated, the vote is purely democratic.

All pieces on the Chess board will remain regardless of who is alive or dead in the Mafia game. Removal of pieces from the board is only plausible by capturing them per the standard procedures of Chess. This may or may not have some tangible impact upon the Mafia game. Except the "may not" is a lie.

The white side on the Chess board is representative of the civilian faction. The black side is representative of the mafia faction. Were it only that the colors of proper Chess did not lend themselves to such awkward divisions.



Member(s) of the mafia faction will make up to 50% of all moves for the black side until he/she/they is/are captured. All remaining moves for the black side will be calculated per the recommendations of https://nextchessmove.com/, run entirely by the host. This process will be approximately and situationally randomized, meaning any move by the black side could have been made by a mafioso or could have been made by the calculator.

The Chess board will be active during both Day and Night phases. The white side will make no more than five moves during any single phase. The average Chess game lasts around 40 moves, so this projects to approximately 4 day/night cycles depending upon various pacing factors.

If the General fails to make a move within twelve hours of the start of the Day/Night phase, I will randomize the next white side move. I will repeat this multiple times until the Day/Night phase ends if needed to reach the requisite five moves. This will not be done with the calculator. I will choose a piece at random and then move it to a space at random. The strategy of the move will be irrelevant. If you're the General, ensure you play. I will act similarly if the Black side fails to make moves.

If the Chess game ends before the Mafia game ends, the Mafia game will simply continue onward anyway.

If the Mafia game ends before the Chess game ends, the Chess game will be terminated (or it may be continued, but to no effect for Mafia win conditions).


There exists in this game at least some capacity for forgery. That is to say, cop checks may not always be absolute.

Night phases are open. I won't lock the thread.

IMPORTANT: No more than two players may claim a role in any single day/night cycle, whether truthfully or not. Violations of this rule will be penalized.

GENERAL RULES/NOTES

~ Role claiming and infodumping are legal. You may NOT, however, reveal which Chess piece(s) you represent on the board.

~ All members of the winning faction will be declared winners, dead or alive.

1. The most important rule is to always remember that we are playing a game together on an Internet forum. Be kind and considerate as you are also being competitive, and be mindful of how your words might be received by others beyond the scope of a Mafia game.

2. Do not engage in behind the scenes chat (BTSC) with other player(s) unless your role gives you the explicit right to do so.

3. You may not edit or delete any posts in the game thread.

4. You may target yourself with night actions unless otherwise stated.

5. You may target the same player on consecutive nights unless otherwise stated.

6. [mention]juliets[/mention] is your Facilitator for this game. She's the best. If you're getting irritated, frustrated, or pissed off, then I encourage you to send her a private message. She'll talk through it with you. She'll keep an eye on the game as play proceeds as well.

7. If you're dead, then please do not post anything remotely on-topic in the game thread. If you want to make an off-hand and off-topic comment, use this dead-read color. Please do not abuse this privilege by posting frequently. You're dead.

8. The same goes for non-players, who should use this non-player-blue color. Keep it off-topic.

9. Votes can be changed at will.

10. Day phases will last approximately 24 hours and night phases will last approximately 24 hours. I will adhere to this as strictly as possible, but if life forces me to make adjustments then I will do so.

11. All roles will be revealed to the degree I deem appropriate when players are either lynched or killed.

12. I will use this font. You can use it too if you want. Just don't impersonate the host.

PLAYERS

112 / Rej - posts
Creature - posts
Dom / Jackofhearts2005 - posts
Epignosis - posts
Michelle - posts
NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME - posts
sig - posts
TonyStarkPrime - posts

Dead

ColinIsCool - posts - Black faction Jack of all Trades - Lynched on Day 1
Long Con - posts - White King and 3-shot Tracker - Killed on Night 1

POTENTIAL REPLACEMENTS

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