Lord of the Rings Mafia Game Thread

[b]VICTORY IS APPROACHING... CONGRATULATIONS MIDDLE EARTH[/b]

Legolas approached, bow in hand. Upon sighting a shadowy creature, he opened fire. [b]egirarde[/b] was found dead. He was [b]Gothmog.[/b] [spoiler=Role PM]Dear egirarde, you are Gothmog, Chieftan of the Orcs. You are responsible for carrying out the night-kill of the Forces of Sauron. Should you die, Sauron himself will take on this role. Each night, you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a PM entitled NX - Kill <USER>. <USER> will be killed. However, be warned, there is one member of Middle Earth who can recover from a kill attempt and emerge more powerful than before... You are allied with the Forces of Mordor. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] It is still Day Four.

HAHAAAAAA so where is Gimli? He must be very near to Sauron now....

Gimli, knowing that victory was near, took leave to return to the mountains. Along the way, he ran into the Dark Lord and fought him in single combat. Amazingly, he emerged victorious. [b]Blackshirts[/b] has been killed. He was [b]Sauron.[/b] [spoiler=Role PM]Dear Blackshirts, you are the Dark Lord Sauron. Many ages ago, you crafted the One Ring in Mount Doom. However, without the ring, your power has declined. If you were to retake the ring, you would immediately regain much power. However, now you lurk in Barad-dur for your servants to return... Each night, you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a PM entitled NX - Have the Mouth of Sauron declare <MESSAGE>. <MESSAGE> will be posted in the daily update in quotes. You are allied with the Forces of Mordor. You win if all threats are eliminated. ______________________________ Upon retrieving the ring, you have regained incarnate form. However, the immense heat from doing so killed the Mouth of Sauron, so you can no longer declare. However, you can now use the power of the One to produce enchanted Morgul Blades once every two nights. To do this, send UltrasPlot and BETA a PM entitled NX - Kill <USER> with enchanted Morgul Blade. <USER> will be hunted down by Nazgul wielding the blade and die. In addition, you have also regained your pleasant form. As such, you will now show up as Middle Earth to a regular cop, but not to Gandalf the White's inspection. You are also immune to the first nightkill to hit you.[/spoiler] [b]The game is over. Middle Earth wins![/b]

WOW Awsome... We eliminated 5 threats, losing just 2... such a flawless VICTORY... Good Game everyone :) also Forces of Mordor and Smeagle ;)

[b][size=18]POSTGAME!!![/size][/b] Legolas meets up with Gimli and the two of them cast the One back into the fires of Mount Doom, creating a wall of lava which burns out text written in Quenya. [b]OVERALL MVP:[/b] OXEN - Soldier of Gondor The sheer scale of his PM campaign Night Zero ended the game right then and there. He was remarkably able to gain the trust of all Gondor and Rohan by Day One, and thus create a win out of even worst-case-scenario mafia kills. [b]Best Middle Earth Power Role:[/b] Stratosphere - Théoden On Night One, he checked all of his Rohirrim, completing the goal of OXEN's N0 campaign, the united front of Gondor and Rohan. He also took the lead after OXEN's death and his ideas were spot on. Essentially, he carried out what OXEN had started. [b]Best Gollum:[/b] iTrend - Gollum What can I say, he was the only Gollum!!! OX-sense ruined him however. [b]Best Forces of Mordor:[/b] Hoodlum - Sauron / died as Witch-King of Angmar due to the Witch-King of Angmar's role. Although he gave himself away Day Three by being overly aggressive against votazapjr, he did not know of the massive village organization collaborating with the lynches. Altogether put together some decent plans in an utterly lost situation. JamesKer1 gets an honorable mention for mentoring the Forces of Mordor throughout the game, even after his Day One death. Thanks to all for an enjoyable game to moderate! Also thanks to BETA for comodding! ------------------------------------------------------ Now for the thing no moderator wants to talk about: BALANCE ISSUES. I had nerfed the Ring since the first version of this game had Samwise Gamgee in it to auto-protect Frodo every phase, but I do believe I went far too extreme. BETA was very opposed to this, and I apologize to the mafia, but it would have been no different, the established framework of the OXEN - Stratosphere village leadership would have ended it regardless. Arguably, Faramir and Théoden were too strong, their NX - Retreat to Helm's Deep and NX - Retreat to Minas Tirith full Rohirrim and full Soldier of Gondor guards respectively were powerful, albeit wasted this game. Also, they got 3 checks to use anytime to see if a certain user was Soldier of Gondor or Rohirrim respectively. I should have only allowed one check per night instead of having all 3 usable on the same night. Anyways those are my thoughts. BETA, feel free to post yours.

Here is the full role slate: Frodo - Sygmassacre Gandalf - Madagascarter Legolas - Votazap Gimli - votazapjr Théoden - Stratosphere Rohirrim - 4960epic Rohirrim - SamuraiX Faramir - Virtuosity98 Gondor - Toktz-Jad Gondor - Kellyxc92 Gondor - OXEN Gollum - iTrend Sauron - Hoodlum Saruman - JamesKer1 Nazgul - Blackshirts Gothmog - egirarde and here is the postgame log conservatory: http://pastebin.com/pQfciqis Also if anyone's interested in any of the powers just PM me. I don't feel like making a hyper long post with spoilers everywhere.

yippy! congrats to village! great job ultra :)

Very thanks Ultrix... it was a very fun game with a very interesting scenario and Roles.. also thank you BETA ;) well done

[quote=Ultrix:]Also if anyone's interested in any of the powers just PM me. I don't feel like making a hyper long post with spoilers everywhere.[/quote] do it please :D better than nested spoilers you guys used to make :P

Ok then. All remaining living players will be included below. [spoiler=Madagascarter]Dear Madagascarter, you are Gandalf the Grey. As an old wizard, you have much knowledge about the peoples which inhabit Middle Earth. Every night, you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a PM entitled NX - Direct piercing gaze at <USER>. You will receive <USER>'s allegiance, but not his full role PM. However, if you are killed by the Forces of Sauron, you are not dead. You will return as Gandalf the White, and have your inspect upgraded to a full role PM uncover. You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Virtuosity98]Dear Virtuosity98, you are Faramir. As the younger son of the Steward of Gondor, you hold great respect among your troops. Three times during the game you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a message entitled NX - Ask <USER> about battle plans. If <USER> recognizes the plans, <USER> is undoubtedly a Soldier of Gondor. You count as a Soldier of Gondor for all ability purposes. Once during the game you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a message entitled NX - Retreat to Minas Tirith. This protects yourself and all Soldiers of Gondor from kills that night. You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Kellyxc92 and Toktz-Jad]Dear <USER>, you are a Soldier of Gondor. Although you are weak alone, as a group you possess the power to kill. If all living Soldiers of Gondor vote for the same person during a day phase, you will all set out and eliminate that person during the next Night phase. However, you can only do this once every two nights. You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Stratosphere]Dear Stratosphere, you are Théoden. As the King of Rohan, you are the leader of the Rohirrim. Three times during the game, you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a message entitled NX - Consult with <USER> about the security of Rohan. If <USER> answers honestly, you will know, and thus find out if <USER> is one of your Rohirrim. Once during the game, you may send UltrasPlot and BETA a PM entitled NX - Retreat to Helm's Deep. Yourself and all Rohirrim will be protected from kills that night. You also count as a Rohirrim for all ability purposes. You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=4960epic and SamuraiX]Dear <USER>, you are a Rohirrim. Although you can do little alone, the races of Middle Earth have a great respect for you. Each of you has 1.5 votes in the lynch. You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Votazap and votazapjr]Dear Votazap, you are Legolas. As such, you know your arch-rival Gimli is <USER>. As of right now you have no powers besides the lynch, but you may gain more in the future... You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated. Dear votazapjr, you are Gimli. As such, you know your arch-rival Legolas is <USER>. As of right now you have no powers besides the lynch, but you may gain more in the future... You are allied with Middle Earth. You win if all threats are eliminated. ---------------- They were both given the ability to BG upon Frodo's death. Also, they were both given a 1-time vigilante kill for day or night. They were also allowed to bring one person to Lorien to be safe from non-kill actions.[/spoiler]

Oops, an earlier post mislinked the postgame log conservatory. It is actually here: http://pastebin.com/u/dxiimaf3

Crap. Crap. Crap. Tried to kill the wrong people. Grrrrrrr.

ok time to post co-mod postgame thoughts.. well. I think ultra sucked ;D just kidding great job, on a complicated game. ALSO, I just noticed your honest assessment on game balance at the end of post #291, and I am VERY PLEASED. It takes the right kind of moderator to frankly analyze the game balance of the game he just ran. my postgame musings/thoughts are threefold 1. The players. itrend, hood, egirarde did a great job learning , showed interest in learning, and some improved and started having fun. good potential. ox was relentless. . didnt sleep in a bed for a few days. was also crafty in manipulating the people he suspected of being mafia, leading them on as if he didnt suspect them. was a bit of a bully. james was nifty. just met some good opposition. mafia didnt realize that an overwhelming coalition was already formed. vota actually tried. kelly was almost actually stalked by ox, (jk) some basic fakes were to claim ignorance about mafia and lotr. ignorance about mafia didnt work. some folks fell for ignorance about lotr. hood is an up and comer. BUY kelly has potential, didnt participate enough. HOLD OXEN. BUY. EVEN LEVERAGE TO BUY! Strat. WAIT. his stock is worth a lot, but the current market price already reflects that value. ;) 2. the modding. was good. very helpful. I thought the game ended up being skewed a little to village, with their unseen ability to swiftly confirm each other by finishing each other's PM's in the case of Gondor. and the relentless effort by oxen. the mafia was not prepared enough, too many beginners. good job oxen. he did the extra work. also, the ring I thought was not enough of a game changer. mods were very active throughout. helped misconceptions, saving a sleep-deprived ox from totally twisting things out of control. the inclusion of mods in the pm's was entertaining to us, and I think beneficial to the players. 3. hope to post funny logs soon :) http://pastebin.com/u/dxiimaf3

Iam a Killah, don't mess with the OX-GOD!!! What were the new nicknames I should add?? :)