Rules and Noob Guide.

Entropy · Postby **Entropy** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:20 pm UTC

crucialityfactor wrote:Ho-how do you practice exactly?

Easy, you kill people and then lie about it.

Sungura · Postby **Sungura** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:14 pm UTC

Remind me not to invite you to my house.

*bakes some cookies and puts iocane in them...*

oneofthedragon · Postby **oneofthedragon** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:14 am UTC

caramel1982 wrote:I want to play mafia. As of the moment I am not so good yet. Give me a week to practice then I can assure you that I will be very good.

Someone want to explain the (removed, check the original post) link here? It seems odd for a person with 1 post to post a hidden link somewhere. Spam?

Entropy · Postby **Entropy** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:19 am UTC

Iocane cookies are my favorite!

Postby **apricity** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:23 am UTC

oneofthedragon wrote:
caramel1982 wrote:I want to play mafia. As of the moment I am not so good yet. Give me a week to practice then I can assure you that I will be very good.

Someone want to explain the (removed, check the original post) link here? It seems odd for a person with 1 post to post a hidden link somewhere. Spam?

Most likely. I deleted it, thanks.

moody7277 · Postby **moody7277** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:28 pm UTC

I would like this post enshrined as the "Kipper Doctrine" for future Defcon style games (of which I am sure there will be not a few).

rrwoods · Postby **rrwoods** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:54 pm UTC

Is there an easy way to search a topic for posts by a particular person? I've been trying for the last twenty minutes or so and can't seem to come up with anything that won't also bring up topics that contain content I shouldn't be reading.

Knightshire · Postby **Knightshire** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:11 pm UTC

If you want to look at all posts from a single person in a single topic select "sort by author" at the bottom of the page, just above the buttons with page numbers. The find the page number that contains his or her name.

michaelandjimi · Postby **michaelandjimi** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:59 pm UTC

Alternatively, you can search an author's posts for the title of the thread. But Knightshire's method is far better, especially because sometimes when searching through people's posts you can read spoilers.

korora · Postby **korora** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:09 am UTC

This is the best way if, e.g., I wanted to analyze Amy in Stargate:

: How To Search.png (107.55 KiB) Viewed 23734 times

Adjust the time range as necessary as the game goes on. This way you don't have to figure out which page to look at, the posts are in order, and you don't have to worry about spoilers (because of both the -canNEVER and getting all available characters).

Adacore · Postby **Adacore** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:10 pm UTC

I have yet another method that I use:

1. Take the thread identifier from the URL of the game thread and copy it to clipboard (for this thread, it's "&t=29022").
2. Go to the user page of the user you want and click the "Search user's posts" button.
3. Paste the thread identifier from the clipboard onto the end of the url and hit enter.
4. Read the results!

Here's maj's results for this thread: search.php?author_id=26741&sr=posts&t=29022

However, I'm fairly sure that I've accidentally got to a state where spoiler tags didn't work doing something similar to this in the past, which is potentially dangerous before you paste the thread identifier bit in. I think it might be if you do a search within the "user's posts" page using the box at the top left.

Sungura · Postby **Sungura** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:54 pm UTC

korora - I giggled that you chose me for your example.

captainwalrus · Postby **captainwalrus** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:36 am UTC

Is there anywhere where there are generally accepted rules for this particular mafia forum, since I have noticed a few things that are different than where I usually play.

Postby **apricity** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:19 am UTC

captainwalrus wrote:Is there anywhere where there are generally accepted rules for this particular mafia forum, since I have noticed a few things that are different than where I usually play.

Read the first post in either the pre-sign-ups or the sign-ups thread.

captainwalrus · Postby **captainwalrus** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:51 pm UTC

lanicita wrote:
captainwalrus wrote:Is there anywhere where there are generally accepted rules for this particular mafia forum, since I have noticed a few things that are different than where I usually play.
Read the first post in either the pre-sign-ups or the sign-ups thread.

I mean for the games themselves. For example, I saw someone edit a post, which results in a modkill usually where I play, is that ok here?

Azrael001 · Postby **Azrael001** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:09 pm UTC

No, it is not. Accidents happen, and we tend to trust people to not cheat. It has never been a problem so we tend to be a bit more lenient, (mod dependent).

hendusoone · Postby **hendusoone** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:15 pm UTC

captainwalrus wrote:
lanicita wrote:
captainwalrus wrote:Is there anywhere where there are generally accepted rules for this particular mafia forum, since I have noticed a few things that are different than where I usually play.
Read the first post in either the pre-sign-ups or the sign-ups thread.

I mean for the games themselves. For example, I saw someone edit a post, which results in a modkill usually where I play, is that ok here?

Rules for the games themselves are in the first post of this thread. Each mod also modifies them to their liking in the first post of their own game threads.

KrazyerKate · Postby **KrazyerKate** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:03 pm UTC

What does "role-claim" mean?

MasterOfAll · Postby **MasterOfAll** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:11 am UTC

Roleclaim [rohl-kleym] IPA: /roʊl kleɪm/ Use roleclaim in a Sentence.

verb

Okay guys, you are forcing me to roleclaim here: I am the cop, so don't lynch me!

noun

Just because my last roleclaim was a lie does not mean this one is, Adacore.

edit: added the noun definition, as Adacore is correct that we often use it both as a verb and a noun.

Adacore · Postby **Adacore** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:11 am UTC

You can nounify it as well, of course: I don't believe MoA's roleclaim, he always falseclaims cop.

I'm not surprised 1984 mafia was so popular- we're practically speaking newspeak already!

VectorZero · Postby **VectorZero** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:19 pm UTC

Verbs are the new nouns.

123 · Postby **123** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:32 pm UTC

When a double claim happens (when 2 people claim to be the same thing) we generally lynch one of them, if they are town, we then lynch the other one. This is a very sacrificial way of doing things. Using logic is a much better way to get past this. Like seeing who is being more suspicious

I'm not sure if someone asked this already asked this, but wouldn't it be safer to lynch both of them, to be 100% safe?

Weeks · Postby **Weeks** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:19 pm UTC

123 wrote:wouldn't it be safer to lynch both of them, to be 100% safe?

You can't lynch two people on the same day normally.

123 · Postby **123** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:44 am UTC

Oh I know. I meant it like this.
Day 1: I vote dude A!
Day 2: I vote dude B!
Then when they're both lynched, you don't have to worry about one of them being Mafia.
(Although it'd be ironic if they were both not mafia. And stupid)

Azrael001 · Postby **Azrael001** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:24 am UTC

Well if the first guy lynched is mafia, the second is almost guaranteed to be the cop, so I wouldn't.

chasec359 · Postby **chasec359** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:51 pm UTC

What does IGMEOY stand for?

Chandani · Postby **Chandani** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:01 pm UTC

I Got My Eye On You.

cjdrum · Postby **cjdrum** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:51 pm UTC

It means that they're suspicious of you, yet not officially.

Weeks · Postby **Weeks** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:28 pm UTC

Could we modify the OP so that it reflects on some newer happenings? Things that could be done:
-Explain how to use the signups and pre-signups threads
-A more comprehensive/clear explanation of current and common types of games (especially turbos)
-Some editing for clarity

We could use Googledocs to create a new guide, then ask for Jestingrabbit to put it in the OP.

tastelikecoke · Postby **tastelikecoke** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:44 pm UTC

Hey, this isn't about flag football... It's a bunch of strategies on how to kill people using a rope! The title is so misleading.

trineroks · Postby **trineroks** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:37 am UTC

From where I come from, "Gojoe's false claim" is known as "Softclaiming", "Double claims" are known as "cc" (counter claim), "Follow the cop" known as "Uncc'ed cop", and "Mafia helping the town" as "bussing" (getting a fellow mafia lynched to gain town's trust).

And I'm new to xkcd forums; where is the discussion thread for Mafia? I might want to try hosting a game on here.

EDIT: I found it. Why isn't it stickied?

t1mm01994 · Postby **t1mm01994** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:50 am UTC

Well, seeing how this thread is ages old, the terminology used in it is ages old, as well... The terms you used are more common here as well.

_infina_ · Postby **_infina_** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:42 pm UTC

We have a wiki that uses more updated stuff, as well as explains why some things are called what they are at mafiawiki.cbouton.com.

Adam H · Postby **Adam H** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:19 pm UTC

Woah when did that wiki happen? And, um, I can't find any sort of navigation. We should flesh it out. I'd be happy to help, I've been pretty bored lately...

_infina_ · Postby **_infina_** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:38 am UTC

Adam H wrote:Woah when did that wiki happen? And, um, I can't find any sort of navigation. We should flesh it out. I'd be happy to help, I've been pretty bored lately...

We who frequent the IRC channel worked on it, and I had some issues a month ago so I moved it around. Go ahead and make an account if you want.

ameretrifle · Postby **ameretrifle** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:43 am UTC

Well, except that the "login/create account" link you can find if you dig for fifteen minutes doesn't appear to actually allow anyone to create an account...

_infina_ · Postby **_infina_** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:25 am UTC

ameretrifle wrote:Well, except that the "login/create account" link you can find if you dig for fifteen minutes doesn't appear to actually allow anyone to create an account...

ahh, so I did block creation of accounts. Spam issue. Anyone who wants an account let me know.

tastelikecoke · Postby **tastelikecoke** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:50 am UTC

I think the wiki had a Celestia's evil twincest pony logo before. That's better than a sunflower. also I will return here soon enough.

_infina_ · Postby **_infina_** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:15 am UTC

tastelikecoke wrote:I think the wiki had a Celestia's evil twincest pony logo before. That's better than a sunflower. also I will return here soon enough.

It was kind of linked to my avatar at the time. In any case, we need a logo for it. Something that is both xkcd and mafia related.

_infina_ · Postby **_infina_** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:33 am UTC

http://xkcdmafia.wikia.com
I wanted to move the wiki off of my site, so it becomes easier to move ownership, and because my host had database issues.

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