TinCow
10-27-2010, 20:29
MAFIA GLOSSARY!
Abstain: A vote during a day phase which registers that a player is present and playing the game, but cannot decide on who to Lynch that day. Abstain is not the same as No Lynch. Some games do not permit Abstain votes.
Active Contributor: Someone who posts not only who they want executed, but why they think that person is guilty/innocent. Their efforts are heroic, but they usually end up being killed.
Alive: This is what you want to be. If you’re alive you can still vote, and help your side (Town, Mafia, Third Party, Fourth Column, Fifth Element, etc.) win.
Bandwagon: Generally refers to a poor Case that suddenly steamrolls in momentum by gaining multiple votes. The term is also frequently, but inaccurately, used to refer to any situation in which a single player has a large number of votes. See Third on the Bandwagon.
Bunvote: When attempting to bold your vote from a cell phone, you mistakenly mess up the formatting and the bold tag becomes a "b" before "unvote".
Bussing: Scum voting for their partner to make themselves look like a Townie.
Case: One or more posts by a single player which present Evidence that another player is Scummy. Cases are usually wrong, and are commonly followed by a Bandwagon.
Detective: One of the major roles in the game; the other being Mafia Member. Detectives use night actions to investigate other players. Results vary depending on the game, but generally provide information on whether a person is Scum.
Evidence: Anything which demonstrates that a player is Scummy. Can include Detective results, but is usually composed of thread and Write-up analysis.
Finger of Suspicion: Used to draw attention to players who are acting Scummy but who, for whatever reason, are not worth voting for at that precise moment. Also useful for keeping pro-town roles alive, as Mafia tend not to kill people who are regularly considered Scummy.
FoS: See Finger of Suspicion.
Game: One game of Mafia. Comparable to a TV season. For example, in Game I Kagemusha and Shadows killed off the entire Town, earning a Mafia Victory.
High Profile: A player who is likely to be targeted by investigations/abilities in the first few rounds due to their name. (e.g. Sasaki, Ichigo and ATPG)
Host: The person running the game. They control all aspects of the game, and their rulings are final.
Invisible player: No matter what game it is, they are never the target of a bandwagon or a murder early on in a game, and often times survive to the end even when they don't lurk. (e.g. Joooray, A Very Super Market, Caius, Csargo, Splitpersonality, Double A)
Kill: When a player is removed from play by a night action. Kills are usually done by scum, but can also be done by some Town roles.
Lack of Information Syndrome: When a townie reveals that they aren't mafia simply by the fact that they have huge opportunities to cause devastating blows to the mafia's enemies, and yet they aren't making such moves. Example: In a game with two mafia families over on TWC, The Legend of Zelda: War of Hyrule, it had seemingly been decided by known cult members that Autolycus was to be the alternative lynch instead of another candidate, because it would have benefited the the cult. They had already tried to murder him outright and failed, so the smart move was to get rid of him. A basic townie ended up not voting for Autolycus, even though he was posting something else which made him seem like he was cult. To my mafia family, it looked like he was cult, but because his behavior did not match the expected coordinated attack strategy for that round by the cult, I made the call that he was not cult. The lack of information, lack of coordination in this case, is what convinced me that player was actually townie. If he was cult, it would have been a game-winning move to vote for Autolycus. This only works in crucial, game-winning situations, where the expected and almost forced move by the mafia is to do a certain thing, so it's not that common.
Lurker: Someone who does not vote/doesn’t watch the thread. Lurkers will be dealt with by the Wrath of God.
Lynch: When a person is killed by way of having a majority of votes. A person who is lynched may or may not be a townie.
Mafia: Name of the game, as well as the main game faction which is trying to eliminate the Town. This term is commonly used for that faction even if the Host's storyline gives the group some other name (i.e Sith, Vampires, Justin Bieber Fans).
Mafia member: A player in the Mafia faction. Mafia members typically Kill at night.
Mafia Victory: Earned when a mafioso kills all Town faction members, as well as any non-aligned scum.
Mafiosi: Plural of mafioso.
Mafioso: Shortened term of Mafia Member. Usually used in my postings of kills/execution.
Meatballing: Voting for someone for no reason. Coined by Silver Rusher when Lemur (a mafioso) voted for him in Game II on the basis that he saw SR “eating a spicy meat-a-ball.”
No Lynch: A vote during a day phase to refrain from Lynching any players at all during that phase. Most games do not allow No Lynch votes.
OMGUS: "Oh My God U Suck"; refers to voting for someone for the sole reason that they voted you. Generally seen as scummy and discouraged.
Perfect Information Syndrome: When a mafioso accidentally reveals he knows more than the average uninformed townie really should, either through directly declaring such information while talking about something else, or through their voting patterns. Example: (And foundation of another concept, Mafia ESP) Star Wars: Return of the Sith hosted by Sigurd, Subotan's voting pattern indicated that he knew who would be alive and who would be murdered by the end of the game, because his votes nicely complemented his murders, and he rarely ended up voting for people who ended up surviving to near the endgame. [There are better and less complicated examples of this... such as accidentally blurting out knowledge of some hidden or in-depth quirk about the game that a common townie shouldn't know]
PIS: See Perfect Information Syndrome.
Replacement: A player who takes over for another player who is about to be removed by the Host due to Suicide or WoG. Replacement is far more preferable than Suicide or WoG, as it does not upset game balance as much. Replacements are almost always Townies, as players with more interesting roles tend to participate more frequently.
Reveal: A move whereby a player publicly claims to have a specific role and/or powers. Detectives can reveal to post their Investigation results, however most reveals are done to prevent a player from being Lynched. Reveals can be faked by scum, who pretend to be Town-aligned.
Role PM: A private message sent by the Host at the start of the game, informing the player of what role he will take in the game.
Rule #1: An Org inside joke, which holds that Sasaki Kojiro is always guilty (i.e. Scum) in every game he plays. Generally considered the Mafia equivalent of an urban legend, though still commonly mentioned. The Org 'Mafia Rules' thread can be found here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?100312-Mafia-rules).
Rules: A number of rules which used to be true, but are now a sidegame for entertainment. See: Rule #1.
Scum: Mafia/Serial Killers etc. All Anti-Town roles.
Scummy: Players who are exhibiting behavior which is typical of Scum.
Scumtell: Something that points to a player being mafia, due to actions they have performed. Could comprise of words, post length, and attitude amongst other things. Typically a variation in the known behavior of a specific player, that indicates they have a role other than Townie.
Status list: Posted with every Write-up. It consists of who’s alive, who’s been killed, who’s been executed, and, when applicable, who’s dead for some other reason (usually a suicide or the Wrath of God).
Suicide: A death that occurs when, for whatever reason, someone cannot or does not want to play anymore. Suicides are done by the Host, in a manner similar to a WoG.
Survivor: What living Townies become when all scum have been eliminated.
Third on the Bandwagon: A situation in which a player is the third person to vote on a Bandwagon. Commonly used as Evidence that the player is Scum and is trying to blend into a vote without needing to initiate a Case themselves. Generally considered the Mafia equivalent of an urban legend, though still commonly used.
Toe of Suspicion: A weak FoS, commonly ignored by most players as a joke without serious accusation behind it.
ToS: See Toe of Suspicion.
Total Mafia Victory: This occurs when the Mafia succeed in wiping out the entire Town, with all mafia members remaining alive. It is a total embarrassment for the Townies.
Town: The game faction which is trying to eliminate the scum. Includes all players working towards this victory objective, regardless of their specific role. This term is commonly used for that faction even if the Host's storyline gives the group some other name (i.e Jedi, Shaolin Monks, Frontroom Residents).
Townie: This term has two different definitions. In its literal term, it means a player without any kind of special role. However, it is also commonly used to refer to anyone who is working towards a Town victory, such as Detective.
Town Victory: This occurs when the Townies are successful in eliminating all scum.
Vote Indexing: Method invented by Kommodus in Mafia II to find the mafia. Involved a spreadsheet keeping track of how often a certain person had voted for an innocent. Rendered largely null and void in following games since the Mafia are not so foolish as to be caught by it (Kommodus himself was a mafioso in Mafia III and deliberatly fooled it).
WIFOM: Stands for "wine in front of me" a reference to the scene from "The Princess Bride". Describes a situation where you go in an endless loop without reaching a conclusion, e.g. "He voted for himself and mafia care about living so he can't be mafia but he knew we would think that so it's a clever ploy so he is mafia but he knew we knew he knew..."
WoG: See Wrath of God
Wrath of God: What Lurkers suffer. Players who do not participate in the game for an extended period of time are removed from play by the Host using the WoG. Results in death in the same manner as a Kill or Lynch, but does not result from any actions by any other players. WoGs typically occur after a player has not participated for three complete day/night cycles.
Write-up: A summary posted by the Host at the end of a phase that details the events and progresses the game.
Abstain: A vote during a day phase which registers that a player is present and playing the game, but cannot decide on who to Lynch that day. Abstain is not the same as No Lynch. Some games do not permit Abstain votes.
Active Contributor: Someone who posts not only who they want executed, but why they think that person is guilty/innocent. Their efforts are heroic, but they usually end up being killed.
Alive: This is what you want to be. If you’re alive you can still vote, and help your side (Town, Mafia, Third Party, Fourth Column, Fifth Element, etc.) win.
Bandwagon: Generally refers to a poor Case that suddenly steamrolls in momentum by gaining multiple votes. The term is also frequently, but inaccurately, used to refer to any situation in which a single player has a large number of votes. See Third on the Bandwagon.
Bunvote: When attempting to bold your vote from a cell phone, you mistakenly mess up the formatting and the bold tag becomes a "b" before "unvote".
Bussing: Scum voting for their partner to make themselves look like a Townie.
Case: One or more posts by a single player which present Evidence that another player is Scummy. Cases are usually wrong, and are commonly followed by a Bandwagon.
Detective: One of the major roles in the game; the other being Mafia Member. Detectives use night actions to investigate other players. Results vary depending on the game, but generally provide information on whether a person is Scum.
Evidence: Anything which demonstrates that a player is Scummy. Can include Detective results, but is usually composed of thread and Write-up analysis.
Finger of Suspicion: Used to draw attention to players who are acting Scummy but who, for whatever reason, are not worth voting for at that precise moment. Also useful for keeping pro-town roles alive, as Mafia tend not to kill people who are regularly considered Scummy.
FoS: See Finger of Suspicion.
Game: One game of Mafia. Comparable to a TV season. For example, in Game I Kagemusha and Shadows killed off the entire Town, earning a Mafia Victory.
High Profile: A player who is likely to be targeted by investigations/abilities in the first few rounds due to their name. (e.g. Sasaki, Ichigo and ATPG)
Host: The person running the game. They control all aspects of the game, and their rulings are final.
Invisible player: No matter what game it is, they are never the target of a bandwagon or a murder early on in a game, and often times survive to the end even when they don't lurk. (e.g. Joooray, A Very Super Market, Caius, Csargo, Splitpersonality, Double A)
Kill: When a player is removed from play by a night action. Kills are usually done by scum, but can also be done by some Town roles.
Lack of Information Syndrome: When a townie reveals that they aren't mafia simply by the fact that they have huge opportunities to cause devastating blows to the mafia's enemies, and yet they aren't making such moves. Example: In a game with two mafia families over on TWC, The Legend of Zelda: War of Hyrule, it had seemingly been decided by known cult members that Autolycus was to be the alternative lynch instead of another candidate, because it would have benefited the the cult. They had already tried to murder him outright and failed, so the smart move was to get rid of him. A basic townie ended up not voting for Autolycus, even though he was posting something else which made him seem like he was cult. To my mafia family, it looked like he was cult, but because his behavior did not match the expected coordinated attack strategy for that round by the cult, I made the call that he was not cult. The lack of information, lack of coordination in this case, is what convinced me that player was actually townie. If he was cult, it would have been a game-winning move to vote for Autolycus. This only works in crucial, game-winning situations, where the expected and almost forced move by the mafia is to do a certain thing, so it's not that common.
Lurker: Someone who does not vote/doesn’t watch the thread. Lurkers will be dealt with by the Wrath of God.
Lynch: When a person is killed by way of having a majority of votes. A person who is lynched may or may not be a townie.
Mafia: Name of the game, as well as the main game faction which is trying to eliminate the Town. This term is commonly used for that faction even if the Host's storyline gives the group some other name (i.e Sith, Vampires, Justin Bieber Fans).
Mafia member: A player in the Mafia faction. Mafia members typically Kill at night.
Mafia Victory: Earned when a mafioso kills all Town faction members, as well as any non-aligned scum.
Mafiosi: Plural of mafioso.
Mafioso: Shortened term of Mafia Member. Usually used in my postings of kills/execution.
Meatballing: Voting for someone for no reason. Coined by Silver Rusher when Lemur (a mafioso) voted for him in Game II on the basis that he saw SR “eating a spicy meat-a-ball.”
No Lynch: A vote during a day phase to refrain from Lynching any players at all during that phase. Most games do not allow No Lynch votes.
OMGUS: "Oh My God U Suck"; refers to voting for someone for the sole reason that they voted you. Generally seen as scummy and discouraged.
Perfect Information Syndrome: When a mafioso accidentally reveals he knows more than the average uninformed townie really should, either through directly declaring such information while talking about something else, or through their voting patterns. Example: (And foundation of another concept, Mafia ESP) Star Wars: Return of the Sith hosted by Sigurd, Subotan's voting pattern indicated that he knew who would be alive and who would be murdered by the end of the game, because his votes nicely complemented his murders, and he rarely ended up voting for people who ended up surviving to near the endgame. [There are better and less complicated examples of this... such as accidentally blurting out knowledge of some hidden or in-depth quirk about the game that a common townie shouldn't know]
PIS: See Perfect Information Syndrome.
Replacement: A player who takes over for another player who is about to be removed by the Host due to Suicide or WoG. Replacement is far more preferable than Suicide or WoG, as it does not upset game balance as much. Replacements are almost always Townies, as players with more interesting roles tend to participate more frequently.
Reveal: A move whereby a player publicly claims to have a specific role and/or powers. Detectives can reveal to post their Investigation results, however most reveals are done to prevent a player from being Lynched. Reveals can be faked by scum, who pretend to be Town-aligned.
Role PM: A private message sent by the Host at the start of the game, informing the player of what role he will take in the game.
Rule #1: An Org inside joke, which holds that Sasaki Kojiro is always guilty (i.e. Scum) in every game he plays. Generally considered the Mafia equivalent of an urban legend, though still commonly mentioned. The Org 'Mafia Rules' thread can be found here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?100312-Mafia-rules).
Rules: A number of rules which used to be true, but are now a sidegame for entertainment. See: Rule #1.
Scum: Mafia/Serial Killers etc. All Anti-Town roles.
Scummy: Players who are exhibiting behavior which is typical of Scum.
Scumtell: Something that points to a player being mafia, due to actions they have performed. Could comprise of words, post length, and attitude amongst other things. Typically a variation in the known behavior of a specific player, that indicates they have a role other than Townie.
Status list: Posted with every Write-up. It consists of who’s alive, who’s been killed, who’s been executed, and, when applicable, who’s dead for some other reason (usually a suicide or the Wrath of God).
Suicide: A death that occurs when, for whatever reason, someone cannot or does not want to play anymore. Suicides are done by the Host, in a manner similar to a WoG.
Survivor: What living Townies become when all scum have been eliminated.
Third on the Bandwagon: A situation in which a player is the third person to vote on a Bandwagon. Commonly used as Evidence that the player is Scum and is trying to blend into a vote without needing to initiate a Case themselves. Generally considered the Mafia equivalent of an urban legend, though still commonly used.
Toe of Suspicion: A weak FoS, commonly ignored by most players as a joke without serious accusation behind it.
ToS: See Toe of Suspicion.
Total Mafia Victory: This occurs when the Mafia succeed in wiping out the entire Town, with all mafia members remaining alive. It is a total embarrassment for the Townies.
Town: The game faction which is trying to eliminate the scum. Includes all players working towards this victory objective, regardless of their specific role. This term is commonly used for that faction even if the Host's storyline gives the group some other name (i.e Jedi, Shaolin Monks, Frontroom Residents).
Townie: This term has two different definitions. In its literal term, it means a player without any kind of special role. However, it is also commonly used to refer to anyone who is working towards a Town victory, such as Detective.
Town Victory: This occurs when the Townies are successful in eliminating all scum.
Vote Indexing: Method invented by Kommodus in Mafia II to find the mafia. Involved a spreadsheet keeping track of how often a certain person had voted for an innocent. Rendered largely null and void in following games since the Mafia are not so foolish as to be caught by it (Kommodus himself was a mafioso in Mafia III and deliberatly fooled it).
WIFOM: Stands for "wine in front of me" a reference to the scene from "The Princess Bride". Describes a situation where you go in an endless loop without reaching a conclusion, e.g. "He voted for himself and mafia care about living so he can't be mafia but he knew we would think that so it's a clever ploy so he is mafia but he knew we knew he knew..."
WoG: See Wrath of God
Wrath of God: What Lurkers suffer. Players who do not participate in the game for an extended period of time are removed from play by the Host using the WoG. Results in death in the same manner as a Kill or Lynch, but does not result from any actions by any other players. WoGs typically occur after a player has not participated for three complete day/night cycles.
Write-up: A summary posted by the Host at the end of a phase that details the events and progresses the game.