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[Game Over Cult Victory]Christmas Down Under: A Do-It-Yourself [Miniphalla]
romanqwerty
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The traditional white Christmas is getting boring. I think it's time to bring this train of holiday cheer 'down under.'
What is This?
This is a MiniPhalla for up to 25 people. See here for information on what a Phalla is.
This an annual mini I run, the predecessors being this game, this game and this game so you're encouraged to read some of those if you want a good idea as to what goes on. They get intensely crazy but usually remain pretty fun. If you're expecting a tactical game, this is not the one for you, or maybe it is and you should live a little.
The Catch
Rather than me assigning roles, each person will make his own role and send it to me in a PM.
I will then collect all the roles and 'balance' them. This 'balancing' might take a variety of forms. I might impose some bizarre restriction on what you sent me, modify it slightly or just flat out ignore your sugestion and give you nothing.
The only direct rule on role choice that exists is that, as this is a Aussie Christmas themed game, Your role must be at least loosely related to the 'Christmas Down Under' theme.
Note: I am Australian however I don't expect any accurate portrayals (in fact I suspect the ones based on obvious falsities will be far funnier).
You're welcome to suggest win condition/faction along with your role but don't be surprised if that changes.The roles of each faction really depend on what gets sent in by everyone.
Ok, so how do i play?
If you want to play, you need to send me a PM with your proposed role. Signing up is entirely optional. If you do so I'll add you to the player list in italics and reserve your spot for 6hours or longer (in the event I'm sleeping or abducted by a koala). This should give everyone time to come up with a good role and not feel rushed.
The bare minimum you need to send me is a character name and a brief description.
Obviously the more you send (i.e powers, win conditions/alignment etc) the more your character is in your control rather than mine.
At the end I'll share all the roles and my favourite one will win best role PM. Here, here and here are the past three winning roles.
Helpful tips on making a submission
What is This?
This is a MiniPhalla for up to 25 people. See here for information on what a Phalla is.
This an annual mini I run, the predecessors being this game, this game and this game so you're encouraged to read some of those if you want a good idea as to what goes on. They get intensely crazy but usually remain pretty fun. If you're expecting a tactical game, this is not the one for you, or maybe it is and you should live a little.
The Catch
Rather than me assigning roles, each person will make his own role and send it to me in a PM.
I will then collect all the roles and 'balance' them. This 'balancing' might take a variety of forms. I might impose some bizarre restriction on what you sent me, modify it slightly or just flat out ignore your sugestion and give you nothing.
The only direct rule on role choice that exists is that, as this is a Aussie Christmas themed game, Your role must be at least loosely related to the 'Christmas Down Under' theme.
Note: I am Australian however I don't expect any accurate portrayals (in fact I suspect the ones based on obvious falsities will be far funnier).
You're welcome to suggest win condition/faction along with your role but don't be surprised if that changes.The roles of each faction really depend on what gets sent in by everyone.
Ok, so how do i play?
If you want to play, you need to send me a PM with your proposed role. Signing up is entirely optional. If you do so I'll add you to the player list in italics and reserve your spot for 6hours or longer (in the event I'm sleeping or abducted by a koala). This should give everyone time to come up with a good role and not feel rushed.
The bare minimum you need to send me is a character name and a brief description.
Obviously the more you send (i.e powers, win conditions/alignment etc) the more your character is in your control rather than mine.
At the end I'll share all the roles and my favourite one will win best role PM. Here, here and here are the past three winning roles.
Helpful tips on making a submission
- BE CREATIVE! The more creative you are, the more likely I am to give you what you submit or atleast more of it. Also don't worry too much about the strength of the connection with Christmas, last year the best role was someone from a different holiday who just mixed it up. I allowed it because it was really creative. See where I'm going with this?
- BE UNIQUE! Powers like vigs and seers are really strong. But they're also likely to be requested a lot, and that means people gettting hit with the 'balancing' stick. Here is a pretty good list of mafia(the game not faction) roles that you can use for inspiration.
- You can contact me for advice on your role before submitting it. I generally have a good idea on how strong I want to make each role and I can lead you to that.
RULES:- No anonymous contact. PMs, proboards, IRC or IMs etc are all allowed as long as both players talking know who the other is in game. Additionally, i ask that you send me links to any proboards you create.
- Don't use the 'add to conversation feature in a conversation that's already been started. It allows you to prove what someone said in a way that shouldn't be possible.
- No screenshotting or direct quoting of your role PM or any other information I send you. You are allowed to paraphrase it however, unless i state otherwise but no madlibs or trying to use my wording to prove anything.
- Dead players may not converse with living players and vice versa. When you die, whatever you know dies with you. Ghost posts are tolerated but they must not contain anything game related.
- Voting is done in bold red. Retracting can be done in bold lime but is not required, just revote.
- Posts containing a vote cannot be edited. You are not allowed to delete posts.
- Clarifications should be asked in bold orange.
- You must make ONE vote each day. There is no minimum post number, but if I feel you are not contributing to the game enough I will send you a warning (not the same as an inactivity notice). If you fail to meet these requirements you will have 12 hours to respond to my inactivity notice PM or I will contact a reserve to replace you.
VOTE CLOSE will be at 6PM AEST(Australian eastern standard time), 2am NY,USA
I'm happy to relay messages you wish to post after vote close but before narration for people as I realise that it's a late vote close for many people.
For convenience sake, if you want to PM me individually, please reply to your role PM. It makes it easier if i have one PM strand from each player.
Village Win condition: Ensure Christmas remains safe and fun for everyone.
[Gift Giving]
One or more players have the ability to give gifts to others. This is a nightly action and occurs at day end. If you receive a gift, it will be instantaneous and you use it, keep it or pass it on as you see fine. Passing it on is theoretically instantaneous and happens as fast as I can respond to the PMs. That means a gift can change hands many times in one day and you can get one and use it on the same day.
Player List:
1.Obifett
2.Auralynx
3.Egos
4.Premium
5.Vertroue
6.jdarksun
7.Enlightenedbum
8.matev
9.Slym
10.Locus
11.discrider
12lonelyahava
13.Gizzy
14.Zombie Hero
15.Mill
16.Kilnaga
17.Hippie
18.Preda
19.Spoit
20.Bedlam
21.38thdoe
22.Farangu
23.Kime
24.Mikeycts
25.Langly - No anonymous contact. PMs, proboards, IRC or IMs etc are all allowed as long as both players talking know who the other is in game. Additionally, i ask that you send me links to any proboards you create.
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3DS: 1289-8447-4695
From the Desk of Darth Vertroue Diplomat to the USA.
From the Desk of Darth Vertroue Diplomat to the USA.
ohhello, I didn't see you guys there.
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
From the Desk of Darth Vertroue Diplomat to the USA.
That means there's a chance I can play while at work!
Cause everybody is gonna be out at the beach!
CHOICE!
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
Island Name: Felinefine
Nintendo ID: Pastalonius
Smite\LoL:Gremlidin \ WoW & Overwatch & Hots: Gremlidin#1734
3ds: 3282-2248-0453
are you gonna create another invincible bubble shield lady
Nintendo ID: Pastalonius
Smite\LoL:Gremlidin \ WoW & Overwatch & Hots: Gremlidin#1734
3ds: 3282-2248-0453
Will have a role done up shortly, have a work xmas thing to go to, will send one in when i'm back. That ok?
- Terence McKenna
But no time to work on it at work today, I'll do it tonight at home (15ish hours)
Democrats Abroad! || Vote From Abroad
You could hand out the "Curse of Christmas Miley Cyrus" and make different people have a posting restriction to RP as the pop star for the day.
Island Name: Felinefine
Cant submit anything till after work, so 8ish hours from now if that's ok.
There were clearly not enough post restrictions last time around. Let's out do it proud!
Chicago Megagame group
Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
The player list is not updated? Not sure if I've actually made it or not. I hope so though, these are my favorite yearly games
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23. Mikeycts
24. Farangu
25. Kime