Killing_You

DAY 1 Welcome, heroes, villains, and unaffiliated characters in the Marvel Universe! You have been called to face a danger unlike any you've seen before; a race of shapeshifting aliens known as "Skrulls," which have disguised themselves as some of Earth's mightiest people in an attempt to take control from the inside! Earth (Town) players will win when all Skrulls have been eliminated. Skrull (Mafia) players will win when Skrull numbers equal or outnumber Town. Shamelessly Stolen Explanation: Day phases last 48 hours and always begin and end at 10:00PM GMT (6:00PM EDT for Americans). Night phases are similar, but only last 24 hours. During the Day, players talk amongst themselves and decide on who to lynch. It is, of course, possible to spare someone from the noose by voting NoLynch (##vote Nolynch or NoLynch). Players who vote for this twice in a row will be subject to a penalty and will be forced to vote for themselves the following day. There is no early hammer in this game. At the end of the day, the player with the majority vote will be lynched. In the event of a tie, a coin toss will decide the player to be lynched. Shamelessly stolen additional rules No quoting GM communication or other out of thread communication. No out of thread communication unless specifically allowed by the GM. No content-posts after death unless allowed by the GM. Whitenoise that doesn't affect the game is fine. Use your best judgement, but remember that anything you say can be taken by the players to mean something it doesn't. If in doubt, say nothing. The same goes if you aren't playing, and double if you aren't playing and have been spoilered. Don't try to break the game. No sillyness like telling everyone to make a roleclaim post and encrypt it, then reveal their encryption keys/methods all at once for example. No saying "my role PM has X characters in it" And if you come up with it, and you're a little too proud of coming up with it as a way to get around the spirit of the game, don't post it. Mods, do your best to prevent this crap in the first place if you can. Don't give everyone with the same role and/or win condition the exact same wording for example. "Outside influences" such as bribing, threats, promises, whatever falls under the above. Don't do it. Don't be an ass. This includes "bussing" fellow scum/cultist teammates. By bussing we mean revealing fellow scumteam members as scum to spite them or gain townie points. No backseat modding. Unless the game's GM/Mod asks for forum moderator assistance, let them handle it. Especially if they have forum moderator privileges themselves. This is more of a respect/courtesy thing than a rule. Pointing out that the hammer has fallen and noone should be talking until the moderator handles it is fine; deleting posts put up after the hammer isn't. If you signed up for a Mafia Game, you're expected to participate actively. It's up to a GM to setup a minimal post quota for each player so that the game won't get hampered by inactive players. If you know you won't be able to play for more than one day, it is your responsibility to let the GM know in advance. Please don't try to be an Internet detective to find out who was online where and when. Not only is it not a good way of hunting down players, it's also a bit creepy and unfair for the person. Don't base most of your case on someone around "his last online time was X thus he was online at hammer but didn't post/vote" for example. Don't edit your posts in game thread. Make a second post and preface it with "Mafia Edit:" to show it's a continuation or correction of a previous post. CVC: Jeod voted nobody OrangeP47 voted nobody iLikeToSnipe voted nobody TheIrishMan voted nobody Mojoman voted nobody Category 5 voted nobody FRAYDO voted nobody Shade939 voted nobody Sunflower voted nobody ChopBam voted nobody

Role PMs being finalized and will be sent shortly. Game starts in ~1 hour.

It would be delayed by about five hours, but if that's what people are fine with, that could work. Also, gotta say, thoroughly impressed by the diversity of character requests I received. Had me do a little bit of research for some of them.

Due to some appointments being made and circumstances cropping up, this game is going to start two hours early. Usual hammer time will be the same. I am also still looking for a co-GM to handle hammer on Mondays and Tuesdays, as I will be at work during those times.

All character requests received. Sign-ups are still open, so if you want to make any changes as to who you're playing, or you want to play but haven't signed up yet, let me know. Start date is still April 7th.

Still missing character requests from @Mojoman @Sunflower and @ChopBam. I'm going to start work on the balancing soonish and I'd like to have everything ready.

I mean, if you don't feel like playing, sure. GM ANNOUNCEMENT: It just hit me that I'll also need your gmail addresses so that I can give you access to whatever docs you will need.

Ah, that sucks, man. But school is more important than mafia Would you like me to gib dead doc access on game start?

I've honestly never liked that look for Volkov. It's not really a "cyborg" look so much as "robot with a little bit of skin pulled over its 'face.'" It also seems to me like a half hearted attempt to justify a jagged, low-poly head. Personally, I think the eyepiece would be enough to communicate to the player that he's a cyborg, as well as the slightly slower speed and higher damage resistance. He doesn't need to be completely metal and wires, especially since the coat, gloves, and hat would cover most of the enhancements. Here's a few pictures that better demonstrate what I mean, one of which being Volkov concept art for a different mod, incidentally enough:

Techincally true, though he spends most of his time with the Guardians in deep space away from Earth, which is why he's not available.

Welcome one, welcome all, to the newest edition of W3D Hub Mafia! This time... Marvel Secret Invasion Mafia! How It Works (shamelessly stolen from Jeod ↓) For the new faces, 'Choose Your Own Role' mafia is literally that. When you sign up, you send me a PM with a character name (any universe, any character within reason). If you like, you can even give some background on the character and suggest/request a role mechanic for the character. When I get the PM, I take your character and your ideas, and create a custom role based on it. For this game, however, not only will you be restricted to certain Marvel characters, but you will also be unable to request alignments. You see, since this game is based on the comic storyline of the same name, it will revolve around Earth being invaded by a shapeshifting alien race known as Skrulls. Therefore, the Mafia team will be selected at random rather than based on character/role requests. This means there will be no neutral or third party team in this game. In addition, due to the nature of the storyline, your character must either be from Earth or spend a large chunk of time there due to association with Earth or Earth based factions. Other than that, anyone is fair game. Examples of acceptable character requests Iron Man Magneto Thor Daredevil Dr Doom Examples of unacceptable character requests Star-Lord Galactus Korg Also, I should mention: The only changes your characters will receive should they be picked as Skrulls is access to the nightkill and Mafia doc. Finally, I would like each player to submit at least 2 role requests. This should allow some wiggle room for balance purposes, as well as to ensure everyone gets to play a character that they're happy with (since trying to sift through 5 people requesting Iron Man would be a pain ) Sign-Ups and Start DateThe game is set to start on April 7th, at 6:00 PM EST. I may also require a co-moderator on Mondays and Tuesdays, as I will be at work during normal hammer time. Sign-Ups- 10/8 Minimum Jeod OrangeP47 iLikeToSnipe TheIrishMan Mojoman Category 5 Hurricane FRAYDO Shade939 Sunflower ChopBam BookmarksDAY 1 NIGHT 1 DAY 2 NIGHT 2 DAY 3

Oh boy, I hope you like Marvel.

I see, though I was likely going to kill Nodlied anyway.

How would I have been dead?

After Irish's game has ended, the poll hasn't moved. I think I'm going to close this poll and start the sign-up thread soonish, so that I have an ideal length of time to balance the game.

"Nodlied was likely to die soon after anyway." Lol it's incredible how soon after he was about to die

Well how about that? I didn't expect Cat5 of all people to be scum. Good game, everyone! And maybe now you'll see that Hades isn't such a bad guy after all... even if he really doesn't care about you.

Ah, what the heck. ##vote Cat5 I'm still checking out for a while, though. Nothing's going to get Verti off my back, so whatever. Oh, and as far as the NK goes, I'm not sure if I'm going to use it at all. I don't want to risk hitting a townie on a hunch.

To me, this is the biggest problem with Volkov. Even though he's a "jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none" type unit, his versatility and price tag make him an attractive choice, even if something else would be better. Having him fill a niche that's not "a little of everything" would go a long way. I just replayed Let's Make a Steal and Test Drive to see how Volkov played in a mission that wasn't "Soviet Soldier Volkov and Chitzkoi" (where the current balance philosophy seems to draw from), and interestingly enough, he plays a bit more like Tanya. Great against infantry, not so much vs vehicles. Unfortunately, going this route would overshadow flamers and snipers a bit... hmm... I like the artillery idea more, now that I think about it. -It fills a niche that no other Soviet infantry currently fills (long range anti-building, potentially anti-defense) -It doesn't overshadow the RPG or the Shockie, since those are better for AT -It doesn't overshadow the Sniper because his scope will mean he's better at hitting infantry -It doesn't overshadow the Flamethrower because his niche is close range I think this sounds good. Repurpose the Handcannon to be a long range artillery shell that does good vs buildings and infantry, not so much vs vehicles. I have one that I made a while back, but fair warning, it's super old and super terrible

Because nobody could confirm your action. It doesn't necessarily mean it didn't happen, it just can't be backed up by another player. I'll admit, I don't exactly have a good feeling about him, but I'm looking at actions here. I don't think Nodlied was responsible for the NK. Oh this is the fun part. You want to know why I picked Hades as a neutral role? Because out of all the modern cliches about the portrayal of Greek mythology, "Hades is the ultimate evil" is the one that bugs me the most. Hades may have been an asshole and pretty reclusive, but the only time in classic myth that he was the bad guy was when he kidnapped Persephone, and if you want to argue that makes him evil I can pull out Zeus' track record with women. So, to fight this cliche, I decided to play as a Hades who was sick and tired of being labeled as the "Greek Satan" and had no qualms about letting everything fall through, but would also be okay with helping town if they agreed to drop this "nonsense." As for the soul gathering, that was Irish's doing. My original design was as follows: Stay alive for the whole game, ability to reveal alignment at the cost of my vote for that day, bus driver, and passive night BP. Irish felt the day action would've been too OP, so he changed my bus driver to jailer and had my other two actions fueled by souls, in addition to adding that I needed one soul in order to win. Since I could logically win even if town played a perfect game (i.e., eliminate all scum/TP without any town deaths), I felt this was fine. Speaking of which, has that activated yet? Did you get Jeod's role on top of your tracking? ##vote Killing You Screw it. I'm out. I'm convinced that even if I activate my ability tomorrow and have my alignment publicly announced, you are not going to stop hounding me until I'm dead. I pull that gambit once as TP, it didn't work, do you really think I'm going to try it again? Apparently so. It's just not worth trying to play against at this point.

Let's see... >Orange copped Cat5 and I as not town >Verti and Cat5's actions are the only ones from last night unconfirmed I don't think there was a delayed kill. It's been too long since Forbidden Sun to be a repeat of Frostmourne from CYOR II (the only other place I've personally seen a delayed kill), and I can't see any other action that would've done the job. And a hidden delayed kill would've been a real bastard move. So, I think since Cat5 fits into both of those categories, he should be #1, and since we can't confirm Verti's action from last night either, let's put him in #2. As for me, assuming I'm not attacked tonight, and assuming we lynch someone today, my ability will be ready tomorrow, which will confirm my alignment. As in, GM confirm. So I don't think I should be on the spot today, but if you insist in putting me at #1, I won't object.

Yeah, and iLTS's response was "no u"

Yeah, it doesn't. This means that Cat5 and Verti's actions are the only ones unaccounted for. I think they should be the ones tested today, in that case.

Huh. I didn't consider that. Which would mean Cat5's action either doesn't counter the bus or is unaccounted for. Likely both.

He wasn't. Jeod and I were, so going by the logic of the bus, Orange should've copped Jeod instead.