[Game] thread Thirty-Five: Haiku Mafia the 3rd. It is the fourth Day.

[osieorb18]

Haiku Mafia
The third game in the series.
Designed by Osie.

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Game for twelve players.
Reviewed by Michelle, DV.
Hosted by Osie.

Letting @Poison know:
This won't contain volleyball,
Or high school boys.​

Mafia amped up…
Haiku adds difficulty.
You ready for this?

Posts have restriction…
Five-Seven-Five Syllabic.
Do not violate.

Or you can
use three-five-three verse.
If your speed.

I am lenient.
A syllable here and there
Is not critical.

Extreme form breaking
Is not okay in my book.
Shall be case-by-case.

Traditional Haiku
Occasionally is off
By a syllable.

Even sometimes two.
I am not going to be
A thorough stickler.

Votes need not haiku.
Nor your PMs to the mod.
Nor scumchat either.

Three play for the scum,
Nine play for the side of town.
Many roles throughout.

Something to ponder…
Night parity does matter.
Important to all.

Day phases will last…
Seventy-two hours long.
The Nights forty-eight.

Follow the rules.
Have fun playing Mafia.
Refrigerator.

Rules​

Rather than write out a long list of rules I'm just going to put this simply. This is a social multiplayer game. The setup itself has artistic intention, and the game is intended for players to enjoy. You can contribute to that enjoyment in the spirit of the social contract or not. I've seen more than enough angleshooting, cheating, flaming, gamethrowing, inactivity, overly-aggressive hostility, out-of-game violations, and other toxicity for a lifetime.

If you can't refrain from toxic behaviour, don't play. There are 15-year-old mafia players who have played in dozens of games in their year or two of experience playing and have never been toxic. If you are less mature than a 15-year-old, you should rethink your life choices. In that vein, my patience for forced replacements is close to an all-time low. If I am forced to replace people because they aren't playing, there may be blood. You have been warned.

If you don't know whether or not something is okay, then talk to me. If you aren't 100% confident that you understand your role PM, then talk to me. If you have to take a break for a bit or replace out for any reason, then talk to me. If you just want someone to talk to, then talk to me. I'm a friendly person (most of the time) and I enjoy answering questions and general chatting.

Shortlist of Rules, if you must...​

1. Be respectful. This is a game, which should be fun. Keep it that way, or let me know if you can't, and I'll find someone who can.
2. Save discussion (or at least complaints) about how I choose to make or enforce game rules for after the game.
3. Read everything. By confirming that you have received your Role PM, you also confirm that you have read it.
4. Don't cheat. (Cheating usually will be discovered and will lead to blacklisting and probably more.)
5. Maintain minimum posting requirements or communicate to the host that you cannot.
6. Bigotry and/or slurs are beyond unacceptable and will lead to extreme consequences.
7. The thread, PMs, and the rest of the world are three separate areas. Keep them that way.
8. No funny business. If you no longer wish to participate in a game for any reason, contact the host. Don't attempt to force the moderator to modkill you. Don't use invisible text, cryptography, tiny writing, hidden messages, acronym/alphabet claims, trust tells, eliminating for reasons outside of perceived alignment, or similar. Don't post after you are dead. Don't post if you are not a player. Don't post during the night phase, unless your role states otherwise. Don't self-vote.
9. Small edits to posts don't bother me. Deleting posts is not allowed. Abusing edit privileges is cheating.
10. Communicate with the host via PM on-site or DM on Discord, not in the thread.

Haiku Mafia Setup Information​

• Posts are restricted to 5-7-5 or 3-5-3 syllabic verse only, with the exceptions of votes, images, and scumchat. Violating this post restriction beyond 1-2 syllables here and there (enforced at mod discretion) will lead to warnings and eventual replacement.
  
  For reference:
  
  Hai-kus are ea-sy.
  But some-times non-sen-si-cal.
  Re-fri-ge-ra-tor.
  
  OR
  
  Hai-ku games
  pre-sent a cha-llenge.
  But don't fear.
  
• At the start of the game, there are three members of the scum team and nine members of the town team.
• The game will utilize majority elimination during the day and plurality elimination at the end of the day.
• Elimination Deadlines will be 72 hours, with potential shortening later in the game at mod discretion.
• After the Elimination deadline, there will be a Twilight phase of 0-12 hours.
• Night phases will last 48 hours. Actions will be due within the first 36 hours of the Night phase.
• Players are expected to post at least 5 content posts per 24 hours during the Day phase, and at least 2 content posts per 24 hours in any chat they have during the Night phase.
• Everyone has a role. There are no vanillas.
• This is not a bastard game.
• Mafia may chat at any time.
• Roles may exist which may present false information to other roles. These will never affect role reveals or the original role PM. Acceptable roles include but are not limited to variations on Millers, Godfathers, Framers, Tailors, Lawyers, Ninjas, and Strongmen.
• Roles may exist which change a player's target. A player will always learn if their target has been changed, but will not learn of their new target's identity unless they would learn information about their target.
• Role Claiming is allowed but may not be a good idea.
• Setup-gaming has negative strategic value, though you'll get Osie to laugh at you.

Spoiler: Example Role PM

Welcome to the game.
Your role is a TOWN Baker.
Your abilities are:

As a night action,
You may target one out of
Your fellow players.

You will give to them
A fresh loaf of tasty bread.
It has no effect.

Only certain Nights
Will allow activating
This ability.

You will be told if
A night allows for you to
Use abilities.​

You do not have to
Haiku in this PM if
Not your preference.

You win the game if
No threats to town still exist.
I hope you enjoy!

The game thread can be
Found at the following link:

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Confirm that you have
Read this private role message
By replying here.

Writing Haikus (/in):

1. @Just_Red @Zone_Q11
2. @-Best- @Chamomile
3. @Alice in Noodleland @NANOOK @kliff_
4. @ThatAverageGuy

Left this mortal coil (Dead):

1. @Cuth, Town Estate Manager, Eliminated Day 1.
2. @Ekkologix, Town Motion Parity Cop, Died Night 1.
3. @Thestatusquo, Town Alien, Died Night 1.
4. @Poison, Town Oracle, Eliminated Day 2
5. @Rej @Wisp, Mafia Jack-of-all-Trades, Eliminated Day 3
6. @Fujishiro @Dolbster, Town Lightning Rod, Died Night 3.
7. @dunya, Mafia Strongman, Eliminated Day 4.
8. @Timsup2nothin, Town PT Cop, Died Night 4.

 

[osieorb18]

Role PMs are out.
DO NOT POST HERE AS OF YET.
Confirm in PM.

 

[osieorb18]

Day 1's Starting Now
I hope you enjoy the game.
Now haiku away!

To let you know now,
The majority of 12
Is 7 players.

The deadline will be

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On the 5th of March.

You may start posting.
Have a few mentions galore.
Here's @Ekkologix...

@Rej @Thestatusquo
@Fujishiro and @Poison
@Cuth @ThatAverageGuy

@Timsup2nothin
@-Best- @Alice in Noodleland
@dunya and @Just_Red!

 

[-Best-]

The game has started.
Time to play a game of Life
And Death. Who will win?

 

[Fujishiro]

Hey guys

 

[Thestatusquo]

this is gonna get

annoying very quickly

i did rand villa

 

[Cuth]

my posts will be fine
but, to be clear, suitably
polysyllabic

 

[Rej]

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headache oh headache
you will be summoned now
oh my head, oh my

vote Just_Red @osieorb18

 

[Thestatusquo]

gonna be okay

gotta turn up and just dance

spin that record babeeeee

 

[Fujishiro]

I was under the impression

That posting in verse

Was just an optional thing.

 

[Thestatusquo]

my toan won't be crisp

due to this lovely format

i'm gonna weep

 

[Rej]

I was under the impression

That posting in verse

Was just an optional thing.

three five three
or five seven five
that the way

the way you speak it
that is the way you write it
easy after time

 

[Fujishiro]

• The game will utilize majority elimination during the day and plurality elimination at the end of the day.

So to be certain

Do we have access to

two lynches today

 

[osieorb18]

So to be certain

Do we have access to

two lynches today

Questions for the host
Are preferred to be private
But this I'll give here.

Elimination
Only occurs once per Day.
No matter its form.

 

[Fujishiro]

Because i fail

To see why we have two of

These to vote

 

[Fujishiro]

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So let us begin

The Dice Deities spoke

@Just_Red is the guy

 

[Fujishiro]

I am going to
Vote Lynch this @Just_Red
I am watching him

 

[Fujishiro]

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headache oh headache
you will be summoned now
oh my head, oh my

vote Just_Red @osieorb18

I swear to just be

In shock right now to see you

Voted similar

 

[dunya]

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So let us begin

The Dice Deities spoke

@Just_Red is the guy

it is just day one
and you wanna randomize
no sir we cannot

 

[dunya]

i so hate haiku
but i join for my poison
so let us win pls