Help! Hostage Host! [D4]

[DrWilgy]

HOSTAGE HOST [HEIST][RACKET]! HELP!

(aka help! the host of this heist racket has been taken hostage!)

9 Civs - Find the threats to town and remove them. You win once all non civilians are removed from the game.
2 Mafia - Deceive and survive the town's hunt. You win once you've hit vote parity.
1 Independent - Play to your own. You win once you've achieved your win condition.

HELP! I DrWilgy, most definitely a Doctor, keep getting taken hostage at night! All the players of this game keep making me say things that I wouldn't normally say! I'm sure it'd stop if town could just catch those pesky scum and that silly serial killer!

At night, each player may submit a message and the host will anonymously relay the message in the following start of day post. Any host messaging regarding end of night results WILL ALSO come through these messages. FOR example a single player submitting the message "DrWilgy is most definitely a doctor!" may result a night result post like so:

END OF N1

DrWilgy is most definitely a doctor!

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 2 shot Doctor

the host message will follow the above format as seen in 'DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 2 shot Doctor' and messages will be organized at random. Further example of hosts posts will be provided later.

Messaging from the host to players individually WILL be from the host only.
This is the host color, host color posts are to be taken as truth as well.
the Poll and Player lists will accurately be reflective of who is alive.

This game will be played on the following matrix of roles. Roles in the game will be determined by selecting either one of the columns OR rows based on the number rolled on a 6 sided dice before roles and alignments are distributed randomly. Players that do not receive a role from below will be either Vanilla Town or Vanilla Mafia Goon.

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-	1	2	3	-
4	Mason	Mason/Neighborizer	2 shot Jailer	1 shot Janitor
5	Mason/Neighborizer	2 shot Motion Detector	1 shot Cop	Role Cop
6	3 shot JOAT	2 shot Doctor	1 shot Vig	1 shot Strongman
-	Role Cop	1 shot Strongman	Role Blocker

One player will be selected as the Silly Serial Killer.
Silly Serial Killer - You are Independent. You win once you've either hit vote parity, OR you've managed to silly serial kill 2 other players.
- You will prevent the first night kill preformed on you (unless strongmaned).
- Silly Serial Kill - At night, you may select a player and choose either a role OR one of the messages provided in the previous end of night post. IF that player is correctly chosen as that non-vanilla role OR the submitter of said message they will be night killed. This night kill will be strongmaned and may not be prevented.
- Players that fail to submit a message to be voiced through the host while you are alive will receive +1 to their vote total the following day phase.

Role descriptions:

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Vanilla Mafia Goon - You are aligned with the mafia team. You win once you've hit vote parity.

1 shot Janitor - You are aligned with the mafia team. Once per game at night, you may clean up the mafia team's night kill. This night kill will not have an alignment flip. The host message resulting from this will look like so:

DrWilgy has been killed.

Role Cop - You are aligned with the mafia team. At night, you may select a player, you will be informed of their role if any. The silly serial killer will return as Vanilla Town.

1 shot Strongman - You are aligned with the mafia team. Once per game at night, you may empower the mafia team's night kill. This night kill may not be prevented.

Role Blocker - You are aligned with the mafia team. At night, you may select a player, and that player's submitted action (if any) will fail. They will be informed of this block only if they have submitted an action that would return information.


Mason - You are aligned with the Civ team. You and the other Mason may speak privately within your own behind the scenes chat.

Neighborizer - You are aligned with the Civ team. During night 1, you may select another player. You will be able to speak privately within your own behind the scenes chat with this player as long as you both remain in the game.

2 shot Jailer - You are aligned with the Civ team. Twice per game at night during any separate night phases, you may jail another player. Jailed players submitted action (if any) will fail and any night kills (if any) preformed on the jailed player will fail (unless strongmaned).

2 shot Motion Detector - You are aligned with the Civ team. Twice per game at night during any separate night phases, you may motion detect another player. You will be informed if that player either preformed an action OR if an action was preformed on them. You will not be informed of what those actions were or who preformed them.

1 shot Cop - You are aligned with the Civ team - Once per game at night, you may cop another player. You will be informed of that player's alignment. the silly serial killer will return as Vanilla Town.

3 shot JOAT - You are aligned with the Civ team - Three times per game at night during any separate night phases, you may select to use one of the following abilities: Motion Detector, Jailer, Doctor, Tracker, Voyeur. You may only select each of the abilities once.
Motion Detector - you may motion detect another player. You will be informed if that player either preformed an action OR if an action was preformed on them. You will not be informed of what those actions were or who preformed them.
Jailer - you may jail another player. Jailed players submitted action (if any) will fail and any night kills (if any) preformed on the jailed player will fail (unless strongmaned).
Doctor - you may doctor another player. Night kills (if any) preformed on the doctored player will fail (unless strongmaned).
Tracker - you may track another player. You will be informed if that player preformed an action targeting another player. You will be informed of who that player targeted, but not what those actions were.
Voyeur - you may observe another player. You will be informed what actions that player was targeted with (if any), but not who preformed them.

2 shot Doctor - You are aligned with the Civ team. Twice per game at night during any separate night phases, you may doctor another player. Night kills (if any) preformed on the doctored player will fail (unless strongmaned).

1 shot Vig - You are aligned with the Civ team. Once per game at night, you may Vig another player. That player will be night killed unless prevented.

Example Vanilla Civ message:

Congrats! You are a vanilla civilian! Eliminate the threats to the town!

If the Silly Serial Killer and the Mafia achieve parity at the same time. They will both win.

[DrWilgy]

RULES:
Players will be allowed 80 posts per Day Phase. Exceeding this will result in penalty.
Ties will be decided at random.
Night Kills/Yeets will result in a flip (unless janitored).
Day/Night cycles are standard 48/24.
Thread will be locked at night.
Votes should be made both in poll and in thread
There WILL be a hammer enacted for this game at LYLO
*Players shall not discuss further following hammer or poll locking. Discussion following hammer or poll locking if I'm not around to lock the thread may result in penalty*
Votes WILL be changeable UNTIL LYLO.
No BTSC unless indicated otherwise via dm.
No angleshooting/excessive ATE.
- This includes the use of discussion regarding communication with host and other non players.
Self-Voting will not count.
Questions to the host should be made via DM.
No editing/deleting posts.
Off topic discussion should use OT
Non players should use np
Dead players should not post
Please refrain from using host color. I've called dibs.

[DrWilgy]

Playerlist

Alive:
Dragon D. Luffy
Lily
Jackofhearts2005
Porscha
Lime Coke
Princess Abigail
TonyStarkPrime

Dead:
falcon45ca D1
Michelle D2
Long Con N2
S~V~S D3
Scotty N3

[DrWilgy]

Examples of host messaging that may appear:

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DrWilgy has been killed, they were Vanilla Town.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were Vanilla Mafia Goon.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town Mason.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town Neighborizer.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 3 shot JOAT.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 2 shot Motion Detector.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 2 shot Doctor.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 2 shot Jailer.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 1 shot Cop.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were town 1 shot Vig.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were mafia 1 shot Janitor.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were mafia Role Cop.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were mafia 1 shot Strongman.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were mafia Role Blocker.

DrWilgy has been killed, they were the Silly Serial Killer.

DrWilgy has achieved their win condition and has been removed from the game, they were the Silly Serial Killer.

No one has died.

I will format all submitted messages like so, no color and within quotes. Any further formatting will need to be submitted with the expectation of me copying and pasting.

Invites to the game hub have been sent out and roles will be present in discord when you land.

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@Dragon D. Luffy
@falcon45ca
@fingersplints
@Jackofhearts2005
@Long Con
@Michelle
@Porscha
@Roxy
@Scotty
@sig
@S~V~S
@TonyStarkPrime

We're now in N0, you are restricted to 10 posts. D1 to begin Tuesday 5/21 ~ 3:30 CDT.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

After almost 3 years, I have returned.

[S~V~S]

Welcome back DDL! I think you stopped playing around the same time I did, it's been a looong time since I played a game with you.

10 post check in thread, works for me.

When days end I'll be in the car, so I'll never be here for EOD, unless it;s on a weekend.

[Long Con]

I'm used to only seeing DDL kicking ass in Dominion these days.

[Roxy]

Yay new game!!

After almost 3 years, I have returned.

When I seen this gif but I am picturing this:




<3

[Dragon D. Luffy]

I'm used to only seeing DDL kicking ass in Dominion these days.

Which is another thing I recently returned to after a long break.

2024 seems to be the year of reigniting old addictions.

[Michelle]

Hello people, let's have a good game!
I like this playerslist

DDL welcome back! If my memory serves me right my first game here was one you hosted ^^

One post it's enough!

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Hello people, let's have a good game!
I like this playerslist

DDL welcome back! If my memory serves me right my first game here was one you hosted ^^

One post it's enough!

Yeah I posted an invite on one of those anime sites and you came. People from those join some games but they rarely stick around. But you certainly did!

[Epignosis]

Hello. I am Epignosis and I am definitely a moderator on duty.

If you find yourself frustrated or angry for any reason, please do not take this thread hostage!

Instead, shoot me a private message with your demands of a helicopter and a million dollars to help you work through your situation.

You can hole up with me via private message here or in discord.

Please put the tape down. I won't talk anymore. I just forgot to shave.

[Scotty]

N[o]

Hi yall,
Are we allowed to claim in this game?

[Porscha]

good ole DDL. been a minute since we played together.

anyway. hi.

[Porscha]

but also,

bye

[Scotty]

Being able to express opinions with finite posts is certainly a skill that I’m rusty with but knee-jerk judgments I will make. And that will suffice.

I’m willing to say I feel pretty ok with everyone that has posted so far. I’m going to avoid metas as much as possible this game since I feel like I’ve been in the state penitentiary for a couple years regarding *playing* mafia.

But boy I can’t wait to hogtie the host up. Sounds like a fun time!

[Porscha]

scotty pls lol

[Scotty]

scotty pls lol

well ok since you asked so nicely

Here’s a story.

The Genesee River Killer, aka Arthur Shawcross, was an American serial killer active primarily in Rochester, New York. Despite being convicted early in his murderous career, he still racked up a number of victims, some of who were children. Arthur was initially sentenced to 25 years behind bars for the killing of a 10-year-old, which should have curbed his killing spree. However, a huge blunder made in the justice department saw that he was deemed no longer a threat to anyone and he was released early—he served only 14 years of his sentence. This mistake proved fatal for the 12 women he would go on to slay. Police were dumbfounded by the killings—they had no leads, no modus operandi, and no tangible evidence.
Robert Keppel, a retired detective, told the police that they were giving the killer too much credit, and this does seem to be the case, judging by how he was caught. Police proceeded to wait at a scene where the killer had dumped a body, suspecting that he would return at some point. Sure enough, they were right, and they found their killer: Arthur was urinating at the scene of the crime. They then put on helicopter surveillance, photographing Shawcross eating his lunch over the body of one of his victims. He was subsequently convicted and spent the rest of his life in prison.
Downright sloppy at best, perhaps Arthur thought he’d never get caught—if only he could have saved his lunch for later.

[Porscha]

what the fuck

[Porscha]

nvm keep your new yorkah stories to yourself!

[S~V~S]

nvm keep your new yorkah stories to yourself!

So you don’t wanna hear about how the Gilgo Beach Killers house is like a mile from where I grew up. There’s a swath of woods between our neighborhoods. Since we’re only a few years apart odds are good I ran into him at least once when I was a kid.

C R E E P Y!

New York is a pretty creepy place.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

I have a RL friend I wanna introduce to mafia and I was going to link her this thread so she could watch the game.

I'm not sure if I change my mind because she will think you people are insane, or if I link this anyway... because she will think you people are insane.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

I’m willing to say I feel pretty ok with everyone that has posted so far.

Alright then. Allow me to cut the red tape.

I'm a little weirded out by the fact everyone and their dog felt the need to chime in about when the last time they played mafia with me was. I feel like a local celebrity.

I know this is probably just a sympton of the fact you are all friendly and lovable people. But my scumhunter brain is looking for parterns, and this feels like one. Bandwagoning, anyone?

[Dragon D. Luffy]

As in "hello fellow townies! I see what we are doing today is greet DDL so I'll go and also greet DDL like a fellow innocent individual!"in

[Porscha]

wow ddl ! long time, big fan! so nice to see you again

[S~V~S]

Or it could be that you spammed Discord for a while about your glorious return lol

[S~V~S]

Or it could be that you spammed Discord for a while about your glorious return lol

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Or it could be that you spammed Discord for a while about your glorious return lol

Fair enough.

To be fair that was less me bragging and more trying to get more players faster.

[Scotty]

I’m willing to say I feel pretty ok with everyone that has posted so far.

Alright then. Allow me to cut the red tape.

I'm a little weirded out by the fact everyone and their dog felt the need to chime in about when the last time they played mafia with me was. I feel like a local celebrity.

I know this is probably just a sympton of the fact you are all friendly and lovable people. But my scumhunter brain is looking for parterns, and this feels like one. Bandwagoning, anyone?

who are you

are you new here

[Roxy]

I have a RL friend I wanna introduce to mafia and I was going to link her this thread so she could watch the game.

I'm not sure if I change my mind because she will think you people are insane, or if I link this anyway... because she will think you people are insane.

[DrWilgy]

Hmmm... Why is my local hardware store out of rope? This doesn't bode well...

It is now D1, you have 48 hours to find the delinquents who want to kidnap me for nefarious purposes (as opposed to good purposes). Poll and further Host Messaging examples going up shortly.

[DrWilgy]

Further examples have been provided. Please see the spoiler now added to the n0 post. If you have any questions, please direct them to me 1 on 1.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Oh come on guys. I give you delicious day 1 bait and no one is gonna take it?

Why is everyone so shy. Smh.

[Long Con]

But day one just started.

[S~V~S]

Oh come on guys. I give you delicious day 1 bait and no one is gonna take it?

Why is everyone so shy. Smh.

I'm sure someone will come in and try to make a thing out of a nothing. Be patient. It'll happen.

I've never been one for picking apart OT/banter stuff.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Oh come on guys. I give you delicious day 1 bait and no one is gonna take it?

Why is everyone so shy. Smh.

I'm sure someone will come in and try to make a thing out of a nothing. Be patient. It'll happen.

But that's exactly what I just did!

[Porscha]

What bait are you even talking about lol

[S~V~S]

He laid some shade on everyone who was nice to him.

[Long Con]

I believe this is Bait Post Alpha, heretoforth known as Exhibit A.

I’m willing to say I feel pretty ok with everyone that has posted so far.

Alright then. Allow me to cut the red tape.

I'm a little weirded out by the fact everyone and their dog felt the need to chime in about when the last time they played mafia with me was. I feel like a local celebrity.

I know this is probably just a sympton of the fact you are all friendly and lovable people. But my scumhunter brain is looking for parterns, and this feels like one. Bandwagoning, anyone?

You will notice, that his brain is on a higher level, looking for patterns AND partners simultaneously.

[Long Con]

I'm fine with those folks being scummy. I'm clean. I didn't greet him or talk about missing him or how long it has been.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

He laid some shade on everyone who was nice to him.

You made it sound incredibly mean lmao.

(Sorry for being mean. In case anyone was offended by my posts)

So here is the thing. For those who don't know me, DDL Scumhunting 101: I post whatever shit comes in my mind, even if it's shit. Especially if it's shit. So while I WAS weirded out by everyone saying the same thing at once, I also decided to ignore the part of my head saying this has near zero usefulness as evidence of alignment and post it anyway. Because I enjoy it. And because maybe it would get the thread going.

Alas, the thread did not get going. I guess I'll let someone else try next.

[S~V~S]

He laid some shade on everyone who was nice to him.

You made it sound incredibly mean lmao.

(Sorry for being mean. In case anyone was offended by my posts)

So here is the thing. For those who don't know me, DDL Scumhunting 101: I post whatever shit comes in my mind, even if it's shit. Especially if it's shit. So while I WAS weirded out by everyone saying the same thing at once, I also decided to ignore the part of my head saying this has near zero usefulness as evidence of alignment and post it anyway. Because I enjoy it. And because maybe it would get the thread going.

Alas, the thread did not get going. I guess I'll let someone else try next.

Nah, I didn't think it was mean. Pocketing people is a thing. But so is nostalgia.

And the thread did get going.

[Scotty]

He laid some shade on everyone who was nice to him.

You made it sound incredibly mean lmao.

(Sorry for being mean. In case anyone was offended by my posts)

So here is the thing. For those who don't know me, DDL Scumhunting 101: I post whatever shit comes in my mind, even if it's shit. Especially if it's shit. So while I WAS weirded out by everyone saying the same thing at once, I also decided to ignore the part of my head saying this has near zero usefulness as evidence of alignment and post it anyway. Because I enjoy it. And because maybe it would get the thread going.

Alas, the thread did not get going. I guess I'll let someone else try next.

Nah, I didn't think it was mean. Pocketing people is a thing. But so is nostalgia.

And the thread did get going.

What exactly in the thread got going?

DDL looks good for his paranoia of everyone else.
I’m far more suspicious of, I guess, Porscha. For making baseline comments of things followed by a light chuckle.

Like, in real life, I’m imagining the cashier at the gas station ringing me up, commenting ‘weird car out there’ and chuckling softly to themself.

it’s a security blanket. WHAT DO YA NEED THE BLANKET FOR, PORSCHA?

lol

[Scotty]

LC seems unassuming. Maybe a bit too blendy.

I don’t have any weird marks for Roxy with her YouTube farts

SVS at face value is civ-like. Part of the thread, seems engaged for sake of engagement and not because she has to. If that makes sense.

Sig speaks for himself

[Scotty]

Oh, and Michelle posted too. Very nice. Nothing conclusively civ about it at all.

[VOTE: Porscha] aubergine because they’re too expensive for my taste

[Scotty]

Oh, and Michelle posted too. Very nice. Nothing conclusively civ about it at all.

[VOTE: Porscha] aubergine because they’re too expensive for my taste

(Specifically the car, not the person. I’m sure Porscha is worth exactly what she needs to be and doesn’t need a label)

[Long Con]

LC seems unassuming. Maybe a bit too blendy.

Nah, just blendy enough! Trust me bro.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

He laid some shade on everyone who was nice to him.

You made it sound incredibly mean lmao.

(Sorry for being mean. In case anyone was offended by my posts)

So here is the thing. For those who don't know me, DDL Scumhunting 101: I post whatever shit comes in my mind, even if it's shit. Especially if it's shit. So while I WAS weirded out by everyone saying the same thing at once, I also decided to ignore the part of my head saying this has near zero usefulness as evidence of alignment and post it anyway. Because I enjoy it. And because maybe it would get the thread going.

Alas, the thread did not get going. I guess I'll let someone else try next.

Nah, I didn't think it was mean. Pocketing people is a thing. But so is nostalgia.

And the thread did get going.

What exactly in the thread got going?

DDL looks good for his paranoia of everyone else.
I’m far more suspicious of, I guess, Porscha. For making baseline comments of things followed by a light chuckle.

Like, in real life, I’m imagining the cashier at the gas station ringing me up, commenting ‘weird car out there’ and chuckling softly to themself.

it’s a security blanket. WHAT DO YA NEED THE BLANKET FOR, PORSCHA?

lol

This post is great, except I'm thinking this of half a dozen people and they are all blending together in my head.

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Does it count as angle-shooting to suspect the people who joined the landingzone discord but did not bother to post in this thread?

[Dragon D. Luffy]

Actually just thought of something.

[VOTE: Jack] aubergine

Will remove the vote if he makes sufficient progress in his Trails playthrough at discord.

I was gonna say finish Chapter 3, but that's a bit too much for 48h, so let's say the requirement is to arrive at Elmo Village. Should be easy enough.