Interficio quod Scrupulosa [Concluded]

**Sir Moody** · 12-16-2006, 02:50

Roles have been assigned the first night phase will begin at noon tomorrow and each phase will last 24 hours

Good luck to the respective sides - may the best Senator win

(oh and can a mod change the thread to read closed - thanks)

**Sir Moody** · 12-16-2006, 13:16

Consul Csar Steped down and watched the Senators, the news that one of their own was not only were plotting their downfal but was activly reducing their numbers had been met with mixed reactions. Several were rightfully scared and were huddling in groups speaking quietly, or were they feigning this fear and were plotting their next attacks? Others were angry and were loudly shouting at people they suspected, or were they trying trying to set up scape goats? and finally there were those who just didnt care and were openly laughing and joking - convinced that their own power was enough to save them maybe, or maybe they knew better? it was going to be a long night...

Day 1 Night is open PM's please

and guys i know theres nothing to discuss but someone say something

**Kommodus** · 12-16-2006, 17:22

Alright then, let's make this interesting.

In a trend begun with the conclusion of Mafia II, I've frequently found myself on the receiving end of mafia assassination plots early in the game. In the last two games that I played, this happened in such quick succession that I, cheesed off, decided to hunt down the mafia (in one of the games at least) with ruthless efficiency.

Therefore I am throwing down the gauntlet to the mafia/rebels. I appreciate the fact that I've earned your respect as a townsperson, but I'm also just a bit sick of being slaughtered early in every game because of it. So here's the deal:

Don't kill me off early in the game.

If you do, you can be sure that my full powers of deduction will be leveled against you. I'll take out all the stops, and you will certainly not escape. If, on the other hand, you allow me to live for a reasonable amount of time (say, four or five rounds), I may have mercy on you.

Now, I know how this post will be interpreted by my fellow townspeople/regular senators. "Oh," you'll think, "he's just trying to provide himself a good cover/alibi. He knows we'll suspect him when he stays alive for an unusually long period of time."

I'd understand you thinking that, but you'd be wrong. I'm not a rebel, or the Praetor - I'm just a regular senator. If I was a rebel, I would not be calling attention to myself like this. Granted, it might be some sort of clever/risky ploy - but it isn't. I wouldn't play that sort of game. It's exactly what it looks like - an attempt to stay alive for more than the usual first couple of rounds.

So to the rest of you non-rebels I say this:

Don't lynch me early in the game.

If you do, you'll get no help from me. None. I'll figure out who the rebels are anyway, but I won't say a word, except to laugh at your bumbling attempts when you lynch innocent people. I'll understand if you find me suspicious later in the game and choose to lynch me (after say, four or five rounds). But show a little respect for my intelligence and don't off me with your usual knee-jerk reaction to everyone that tries to be helpful.

There. Let's see how that flies.

**Kagemusha** · 12-16-2006, 17:29

You know Kommodus,if i were a mafioso in this game.I would let you live after your speech.I hope that in this game the experienced players wont be butchered right from the start.

**Don Corleone** · 12-16-2006, 18:13

No offense, but as somebody who's not an 'experienced player' I kinda resent the idea that we should be lined up as ritual sacrafices first for assasinations/lynchings. Is that our new rule? Lynch all the newbies first, cause if it is, I suspect we're going to have a hard time getting new people to start playing.

What's more, does Kommodus start every game with threats, that if he gets assasinated or lynched, he's going to pull out all the stops? It almost sounds like he's suggesting that he'll bend the rules.

How about if we wait for some kills and descriptions before we start making any declarations on who should get lined up for lynching?

**Kommodus** · 12-16-2006, 18:24

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

No offense, but as somebody who's not an 'experienced player' I kinda resent the idea that we should be lined up as ritual sacrafices first for assasinations/lynchings. Is that our new rule? Lynch all the newbies first, cause if it is, I suspect we're going to have a hard time getting new people to start playing.

DC... I'm not trying to establish a new "principle" concerning who lives and who dies. It's just that, sheesh, I've made an early exit to every game for like, three games in a row. Two early assassinations, one early lynching. Can you blame me for not wanting it to happen again?

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

What's more, does Kommodus start every game with threats, that if he gets assasinated or lynched, he's going to pull out all the stops? It almost sounds like he's suggesting that he'll bend the rules.

No, I don't start games this way. This is the only time I've done it. I wouldn't have done it had I not established a clear pattern of pinpointing the mafia with my analytical methods - that's what enables me to make the claim.

And how exactly would I "bend the rules?" I'm not the game moderator, and I can't hack into the .org, so don't have access to any information that the rest of you lack. "Pulling out all the stops" refers to the energy and creativity with which I'll go after the mafia.

**Don Corleone** · 12-16-2006, 18:30

Alright, alright. I see your point. You have been a high profile target for both sides in every game I've been in (that'd be back to GF2). It wasn't just your post. Kagemusha's follow-on (and he has been staying late into games) seemed to indicate that newbies should all get killed early and older players should be left alive for a while. I'm just saying that if we want to expand the normal circle of mafia to new players, that's not a good policy to employ.