Battle of the Bands U-Pick
Apr 26, 2020 11:58:01 GMT -5
Mongo the Destroyer, Dave D-Flipz, and 2 more like this
Post by Steele on Apr 26, 2020 11:58:01 GMT -5
Firstly, I know Kuroi’s game is technically still going but what with the Mafia championships coming up I wanted to get the ball rolling.
Secondly -
Roll up, roll up for the...
This game will be a U-Pick style of game. We've done a couple of those before so most of you should be familiar with the concept but for those who aren't, here's how it works:
Once you sign up, PM me with the names of THREE bands (or solo acts). I will then choose ONE of those artists for you to be during the game. Your role will be based off of one song by your designated artist.
Secondly -
Roll up, roll up for the...
This game will be a U-Pick style of game. We've done a couple of those before so most of you should be familiar with the concept but for those who aren't, here's how it works:
Once you sign up, PM me with the names of THREE bands (or solo acts). I will then choose ONE of those artists for you to be during the game. Your role will be based off of one song by your designated artist.
Here are the rules as regards choosing artists and allocating roles. You might find these useful when people start pushing a particular person as scum based off of this, that or the other...
1. When you're choosing your artists, at least TRY to make them somebody that a reasonable person might have heard of. I'm looking at you, Kira. If you go for some obscure band that only ever plays the Japanese club scene, I'm gonna have a REALLY hard time finding an appropriate song. I will try my best to accommodate everybody's choices but if it proves too difficult, I may ask you to re-choose.
2. Eligible songs are anything that the band has released as a single or recorded on a studio album. I don't care if Metallica did a rendition of an ABBA song during a live show, I don't care if it even made it onto the live album, I ain't using it. Singles or studio albums only. Wikipedia and Google will be my friend here, so again please bear Rule 1 in mind.
3. Artist names WILL NOT indicate alignment or role. They might happen to correlate, but it's not intentional. The Police might not be the cop. Three 6 Mafia might be town. The only thing that will influence your alignment or role is the song title, so feel free to roleplay as your chosen artist. Bear in mind though that others may be able to close in on your role if they trawl through your artist's discography, depending on who you choose and what options there are to build a role from there.
4. Bear in mind that I might not pick a song that will be a clear indicator of a role. If you get UFO, then I'll more than likely shy away from choosing "Doctor Doctor" as your song. I might not of course, but it depends on what your chosen artist's catalogue looks like.
5. Alignments MIGHT be chosen by me. This is because your chosen artist will determine your role and it’s easier this way round. However, I will make this guarantee regarding the distribution of alignments - No I will not make the same person Mafia for the third time in a row just to try and throw you off, no I won’t make Player X scum or a bomb because I know people like to vote for them, no I won’t ship two players as scum/masons just because they hate each other or they’re both from Ireland or whatever... of course those things I outlined above MAY happen, but it is based ENTIRELY off of who you pick and what songs I can work with.
1. When you're choosing your artists, at least TRY to make them somebody that a reasonable person might have heard of. I'm looking at you, Kira. If you go for some obscure band that only ever plays the Japanese club scene, I'm gonna have a REALLY hard time finding an appropriate song. I will try my best to accommodate everybody's choices but if it proves too difficult, I may ask you to re-choose.
2. Eligible songs are anything that the band has released as a single or recorded on a studio album. I don't care if Metallica did a rendition of an ABBA song during a live show, I don't care if it even made it onto the live album, I ain't using it. Singles or studio albums only. Wikipedia and Google will be my friend here, so again please bear Rule 1 in mind.
3. Artist names WILL NOT indicate alignment or role. They might happen to correlate, but it's not intentional. The Police might not be the cop. Three 6 Mafia might be town. The only thing that will influence your alignment or role is the song title, so feel free to roleplay as your chosen artist. Bear in mind though that others may be able to close in on your role if they trawl through your artist's discography, depending on who you choose and what options there are to build a role from there.
4. Bear in mind that I might not pick a song that will be a clear indicator of a role. If you get UFO, then I'll more than likely shy away from choosing "Doctor Doctor" as your song. I might not of course, but it depends on what your chosen artist's catalogue looks like.
5. Alignments MIGHT be chosen by me. This is because your chosen artist will determine your role and it’s easier this way round. However, I will make this guarantee regarding the distribution of alignments - No I will not make the same person Mafia for the third time in a row just to try and throw you off, no I won’t make Player X scum or a bomb because I know people like to vote for them, no I won’t ship two players as scum/masons just because they hate each other or they’re both from Ireland or whatever... of course those things I outlined above MAY happen, but it is based ENTIRELY off of who you pick and what songs I can work with.
Rules of the Game:
Some quick notes about this game:
a) This game is NOT bastardised, though it may not necessarily follow strict guidelines of what is considered "Normal" on any particular Mafia forum. However, I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU. I may stay quiet if speaking up would reveal too much, but if I say something, then it should be regarded as true.
b) Some roles may be lifted directly from MafiaWiki, some may be built from scratch. Just because you haven't heard of a role, or a certain role acting in a certain way, does not mean it is impossible.
c) As I can only begin building this game as people sign up, please bear in mind that it will probably end up horribly imbalanced.
The following rules outline general play and they’re pretty much the same as usual. They’re mainly for anyone new who might want to play before anyone goes “DuH i KnOw HoW dAy AnD nIgHt WoRk StEeLe!!!!1”
1. Players will be divided into either MAFIA, TOWN or THIRD PARTY.
a) MAFIA are the informed minority. They know who each other are and by extension, they know who isn't part of their group. They do not know the roles of anybody outside their group. Their goal is to kill off other players until they control 50% of the total voting power. At NIGHT they will have the ability to kill another player. This will be through a shared factional ability on top of any individual abilities.
b) TOWN are the uninformed majority. They do not know the roles or alignments of any other player. Their goal is to eliminate the MAFIA.
c) THIRD PARTY may or may not be present in the game. They will have their own win conditions, which will vary with the role.
d) This game is a ROLE MADNESS game, meaning that every player will have at minimum one ability.
2. During the DAY PHASE, players will vote for who they would like to remove from the game.
a) Please vote in bold and phrase it as VOTE: Player so I don't miss anything.
b) You may remove a vote by posting Unvote.
c) You may change your vote without having to unvote in the interim.
d) I will track all votes and unvotes, and give periodic vote counts along with all votes and unvotes that occur between counts.
3. Day will end when one player has gathered a majority of votes. Once a majority is reached the lynch is final, even if a player unvotes after the fact.
a) The day may end with no majority vote and thus no lynch.
b) Once a player is lynched they are removed from the game and can no longer comment or vote. They are permitted one "Bah" post in which they can lament their demise, but they MUST NOT attempt to influence the game any further.
c) Eliminated players will be added to a "dead chat" where they can continue to talk with other eliminated players.
4. Once day ends, NIGHT begins - the thread will be locked and will not reopen until a predetermined time. I will NOT end night early as this can allow players to track the activity of others.
a) During the Night phase, all players with an ACTIVE night ability should PM me to use their abilities. Passive abilities will happen automatically.
b) Unless you have a COMPULSIVE modifier, you do not have to use your night ability if you do not wish, but if you forget to do so before the time limit expires then you will waste your chance. If your night ability is Compulsive and you do not PM me, then I will use the ability for you, using a random number generator if necessary.
c) As soon as the time limit expires, night actions will resolve, the next day will begin and the thread will be unlocked.
5. The game will continue in this fashion until at least one faction achieves their win condition. There may be instances where one faction wins the game, but the game continues. This will be addressed if it occurs.
6. You MUST NOT quote directly from your Role PM.
a) You may paraphrase your role PM, but you must not quote it directly or post screenshots.
b) Claiming your role is, as always, permitted, providing you do not violate Rule 6a. Remember that claiming your role (whether you lie or tell the truth) may have consequences.
7. Do not edit your posts.
8. Do not talk about the game with players outside of the game thread, unless your ability or an ability used upon you explicitly allows you to.
9. Please refrain from posting in GREEN as it is the official mod colour.
10. Don't be a twatwaffle.
Please comment below if you would like to play this game. There is no limit to the number of players, and no hard deadline for signups, though ideally I would like to get the game started before the end of the week.
Player List:
1. DT Tunstall
2. Rats Domino
3. Cross Recobie Trice
4. h2fanescence
5. Shakira Izumi
6. 2 Dunnelimited
7. Kuroi Orbison
8. Johnny Cash, aka The Man in Dylan Black
9. Hype O Negative
10. Mongo Jerry
11. Mos Loaf
12. Maverick Astley
13.
(These names are jokes and not the actual bands, don’t get excited)