Sarah
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Re: Mafia 34 - Margana
"If the day exceeds 24 hours, you receive an extra kill opportunity. For each additional 12 hours of day, you receive another kill opportunity. Kills may not be saved up. The first kill must be used in the first 24 hours, the second in the next 12 hours, and so on."
You didn't make him wait 12 hours for additional kills, did you? |
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AmeritecTech
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1 edit | Eh okay, that was a draft that I gmailed to myself. Final text is in a text file at work. 6 hours. |
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And now, the decoding of Setec Astronomy
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=360vFPX-T_g
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SK
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Rook008
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Good game AmeritecTech, but too many secrets 
I was wondering why the player list was numbered and in a different order from when we signed up, but in my notes on the game I listed them in a different order, dropped the numbers, and didn't realise that each name was only a part of the message. I was using the scrabble tiles to decode each name individually  .
We really needed to think outside the box on this one.
Sneakers was a really cool movie.
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muzscman
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Still gunna whore out game 33 until I get more signups...
»[Signup Closed] Mafia Game 33..Invite Only Discussion/Signup
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AmeritecTech
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Something else: Robert advised me that he would be going out of town Friday at the start of the game. I told him that when the time came, he would be modkilled (replacement not really needed, because the cop was kind of an extraneous role). His bandwagonning of me came within 2 hours of the agreed-upon modkill time, so I decided to go through with it at that time (Moll Kid = Modkill). So see, I'm not a total bastard. Yes I am.
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| said by AmeritecTech  :Something else: Robert advised me that he would be going out of town Friday at the start of the game. I told him that when the time came, he would be modkilled (replacement not really needed, because the cop was kind of an extraneous role). His bandwagonning of me came within 2 hours of the agreed-upon modkill time, so I decided to go through with it at that time (Moll Kid = Modkill). So see, I'm not a total bastard. Yes I am. So, how much time did you put into the production of that game?
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AmeritecTech
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| I had taken a break from mafia for a while. I consulted with Yock and asked him what he thought of a game where the killer was not listed as an official player, but with some sort of mechanism to root him out. He liked the idea, but didn't know how I could give the name without giving it.
I had the spark of an idea for using anagrams on September 19th. On that day I started researching how easy it would be to do on the mentioned anagram link. Initial testing indicated that it was probably workable. I hadn't planned on a full message of anagram names, but it started to seem possible. I then posted in the metathread that I was planning.
I needed a serial killer who was a prominent player in the community. Yock was my natural choice, especially since I had already run the idea by him (so him playing as a normal player was out). He accepted, but I never told him about the anagrams. He couldn't figure out how Sarah had ferreted out "The Innkeeper" even though he had access to essentially the same information.
One thing about this game is that the work was mostly front-loaded. Crunching out the anagrams was the toughest part. After that it was pretty breezy. There wasn't a lot to manage. I didn't even use a spreadsheet this time. Administration was a cinch. No mafia team also made things flow more quickly. No true night phase meant no down-time. I'm confident you guys could have figured it out if you had just slowed down for a while, but you guys went on a killing spree there for a while, and with Yock's kills added in, it didn't take long to wipe everyone but Lurlyn out.
To answer your question, feasability research on the 19th, hard planning started during down-time at work on the 20th and continued during the signup thread until the game started 6 days later.
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| Wow, I thought it would take longer than that.
The anagram stuff is fun. Puzzles in the game, pointing to a killer "outside" of the game. Great job.
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AmeritecTech
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1 edit | Hard as it was, I think its a lot harder to decode anagrams than it is to encode them.
What's the best anagram for AmeritecTech, heh?
Cache Emitter
Cache Termite
Mice Catheter
Cremate Ethic
I'm thinking Mice Catheter... |
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Rook008
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Far Rockaway, NY | Good point.
Cremate Ethic might fit you better though, Mr. Bastard Mod, sir  |
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Sarah
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I kind of liked Architect Les Milke, myself |
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yock
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said by Gomez :said by muzscman :And my protection, as far as I know, was 100% for the whole day.... Curious as to how she got the 50/50. If Yock only had a 50/50 he was dead on from there. Most of it was just careful timing on my part. I did my best to watch the game, but I made sure to time my days around the 24 and 6-hour marks so that I could capitalize on my opportunities.
I'll beg your pardon if I don't participate so heavily in post-game. I'm a tad hungover at the moment. |
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Wow, you put a lot of work into this. It's amazing how you were able to make a lot of the names so role appropriate.
Pontius Sabre - swordsman
Fender Fithontow - Minstrel
I found Ares Jetsjut funny.
I figured out Greetings after I was dead, but tried to hint at it in »Re: Mafia 34 - Margana but I guess I'm a bad hint-dropper.
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