Lynch Wars!

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  1. TheUnknownOne

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    Link: https://raw.github.com/TheUnknownOne/PO-Server-Tools/master/goodies/mafiathemes/Lynch Wars Theme.txt

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    1. {
    2.     "name": "Lynch Wars",
    3.     "author": [
    4.         "TheUnknownOne"
    5.     ],
    6.     "summary": "Ever wanted to vote someone out, just for fun? Well, in Lynch Wars, you can! Lynch the opposing team to win! You don't know your teammates, though.. [Votesniping is on].",
    7.     "votesniping": true,
    8.     "ticks": {
    9.         "night": 1,
    10.         "standby": 10
    11.     },
    12.     "minplayers": 4,
    13.     "sides": [
    14.         {
    15.             "side": "Village",
    16.             "translation": "Village"
    17.         },
    18.         {
    19.             "side": "Mafia",
    20.             "translation": "Mafia"
    21.         },
    22.         {
    23.             "side": "Conspirator",
    24.             "translation": "Conspirator"
    25.         }
    26.     ],
    27.     "roles": [
    28.         {
    29.             "role": "Villager",
    30.             "translation": "Villager",
    31.             "side": "Village",
    32.             "help": "You are just a simple villager, so you don't have much rights here. Lynch the mafia to win!"
    33.         },
    34.         {
    35.             "role": "Mayor",
    36.             "translation": "Mayor",
    37.             "side": "Village",
    38.             "help": "You are the mayor of the village! Your vote counts as 3 because people actually care about you! Lynch the mafia to win!",
    39.             "actions": {
    40.                 "vote": 3
    41.             }
    42.         },
    43.         {
    44.             "role": "Idiot",
    45.             "translation": "Village Idiot",
    46.             "side": "Village",
    47.             "help": "You are the idiot of the village! Your vote counts as -1 because you are retarded. Help the village by voting on it's citizens to nullify someones importance!",
    48.             "actions": {
    49.                 "vote": -1
    50.             }
    51.         },
    52.         {
    53.             "role": "Samurai",
    54.             "translation": "Samurai",
    55.             "side": "Village",
    56.             "help": "You are a Samurai! Slice in half by using /kill [name] (Which should be right about.. now!)",
    57.             "actions": {
    58.                 "standby": {
    59.                     "kill": {
    60.                         "target": "AnyButSelf",
    61.                         "msg": "You can now kill using /kill [name]:",
    62.                         "killmsg": "A Samurai appeared and picks his target.. Poor ~Target~!"
    63.                     }
    64.                 }
    65.             }
    66.         },
    67.         {
    68.             "role": "Mafia",
    69.             "translation": "Mafia",
    70.             "side": "Mafia",
    71.             "help": "You are just a simple criminal, so you don't have much rights at all. Lynch the village to win!"
    72.         },
    73.         {
    74.             "role": "Don",
    75.             "translation": "Don",
    76.             "side": "Mafia",
    77.             "help": "You are the don of the mafia! Your vote counts as 3 because.. well.. you have guns 'n' stuff! Lynch the village to win!",
    78.             "actions": {
    79.                 "vote": 3
    80.             }
    81.         },
    82.         {
    83.             "role": "Psycho",
    84.             "translation": "Psychopath",
    85.             "side": "Mafia",
    86.             "help": "You are the mafia's very own psychopath! Your vote counts as -1 because self explanatory. Help the mafia by voting on it's members to nullify someones importance!",
    87.             "actions": {
    88.                 "vote": -1
    89.             }
    90.         },
    91.         {
    92.             "role": "Squid",
    93.             "translation": "THE TERRORSQUID!",
    94.             "side": "Mafia",
    95.             "help": "You are a THE TERRORSQUID! (Yes, that's right, a THE TERRORSQUID!)! Slice in half by using /kill [name] (Which should be right about.. now!)",
    96.             "actions": {
    97.                 "standby": {
    98.                     "kill": {
    99.                         "target": "AnyButSelf",
    100.                         "msg": "You can now kill using /kill [name]:",
    101.                         "killmsg": "A THE TERRORSQUID! appeared and picks his target.. Poor ~Target~!"
    102.                     }
    103.                 }
    104.             }
    105.         },
    106.         {
    107.             "role": "Conspirator",
    108.             "translation": "Conspirator",
    109.             "side": "Conspirator",
    110.             "help": "You are the Conspirator! You know everyone, and you win everyone. Try to lie as much as possible to let one side win!",
    111.             "actions": {
    112.                 "startup": {
    113.                     "revealRole": [
    114.                         "Villager",
    115.                         "Mafia",
    116.                         "Mayor",
    117.                         "Don",
    118.                         "Idiot",
    119.                         "Psycho",
    120.                         "Samurai",
    121.                         "Squid"
    122.                     ]
    123.                 }
    124.             },
    125.             "winningSides": "*"
    126.         }
    127.     ],
    128.     "roles1": [
    129.         "Villager",
    130.         "Mafia",
    131.         "Villager",
    132.         "Mafia",
    133.         "Villager",
    134.         "Mafia",
    135.         "Villager",
    136.         "Mafia",
    137.         "Psycho",
    138.         "Idiot",
    139.         "Villager",
    140.         "Conspirator",
    141.         "Mafia",
    142.         "Mafia",
    143.         "Mayor",
    144.         "Don",
    145.         "Villager",
    146.         "Mafia",
    147.         "Villager",
    148.         "Mafia",
    149.         "Villager",
    150.         "Squid",
    151.         "Samurai",
    152.         "Mafia",
    153.         "Villager",
    154.         "Mafia",
    155.         "Villager",
    156.         "Mafia",
    157.         "Villager",
    158.         "Mafia",
    159.         "Villager",
    160.         "Mafia",
    161.         "Villager"
    162.     ]
    163. }
    [/HIDE]

    The objective: Defeat the opposing team, only using votes. Night is skipped and standby is 10 seconds for a brief period of discussion. Votesniping is enabled.

    There is a conspirator, which knows who is who. The conspirator wins with anyone!

    In bigger games, there is the Samurai and THE TERRORSQUID! (Cindi's idea!). They can both kill once in the standby phase. Tabfail will be common here.


    The thing to this theme is that the players don't know their teammates. There will be plenty of randing, lynchsniping, and fakeclaiming!

    Roles:
    • Village:
      • Villager: 1 vote
      • Mayor: 3 votes
      • Village Idiot: -1 votes
      • Samurai: Daykill
    • Mafia:
      • Mafia: 1 vote
      • Don: 3 votes
      • Psychopath: -1 votes
      • THE TERRORSQUID!: Daykill (Mindcontrol or something?)
    • Conspirator (Wins with anyone)

    I might add 2 roles which will use the new random votes.
     
    Last edited: Sep 21, 2012
  2. Professor Oak

    Professor Oak same Forum Administrator Server Owner Social Media Rep Forum Administrator Server Owner Social Media Rep

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    Comes down to pure luck and guesswork, and the "Villager" team will have a one-player advantage in odd-numbered games.

    Reject.
     
  3. Hobbes2

    Hobbes2 Aren't I dead or something

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    This theme has a good concept and all, but i just don't like it. It comes down to luck, which is bad. Also Oak's second sentence

    EDIT - oh, and larger games last horribly long
     
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  4. TheUnknownOne

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    They do get psychopath and don first. I might mix the roles differently.

    I was also thinking about adding a standby kill (in bigger games) so the game progresses faster.
     
  5. SteelEdges

    SteelEdges The Poll Dancer

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    Reject for the same reasons as Oak.
     
  6. BebbZ

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    Reject because as far as team v team games go, this is not even close to being as creative or original.
     
  7. Samphire

    Samphire Too much hard work!

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    I am afraid I shall have to concur and reject.
     
  8. Cindicare Mint

    Cindicare Mint The godsdamn CindiPhone!

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    Change Village to village and this might be better, although it could end very quickly. As it stands it'll just drag on for ages, what with tying and stuff. It's bad enough having Kuja pick through the remnants of Team Heroism in FF.
     
  9. TheUnknownOne

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    If I'd change it to village, then I'd have to drop the amount of mafias (2-5 or so)
     
  10. Zzyzx Road

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    Reject. Completely luck-based, unoriginal and possibly stally.
     
  11. Tesla Elesa

    Tesla Elesa Almost Quality

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    I may be biased here, but I think Evolution game does the whole "completely luck-based" mechanic better. I'd tell you to take out the Samurai and the Squid since they detract from the overall experience, but what's the point?
     
  12. Yttrium

    Yttrium Well-Known Member Developer Developer

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    Unless people are stupid, the votes will always tie in even numbered games, else the side with the most people would win since the two sides are mirrored. After the Conspirator comes in, he basically decides the winner. It doesn't get interesting until the Samurai and Terrorsquid come in and it goes beyond voting, but that just adds chaos...

    You could possibly use the random votes/voteshield you added, although that would make it too luck based.

    I choose to Reject [6] based on this.
     
  13. SteelEdges

    SteelEdges The Poll Dancer

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    Six rejects, locking.
     
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