VGMR Round III: Hotel Dusk: Room 215 SIGN-UPS!

[Nego]

SIGN-UPS

• GMs: Nego and Azure Flame
• Game: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
• Minimum: 20
• Maximum: 30
• Round starts: Whichever comes first: maximum number of players is reached or Monday March 15th, 2010

This round you won't die: you'll get evicted. Your goal is to stay in the Hotel and get rid of the other faction before they get rid of you. The normal rules apply though: Town must get all Mafiosi evicted and the Mafia must outnumber the Town.

This is the sign-up thread for the third round of VG Mafia Redux: Hotel Dusk: Room 215. If you wish to play, post a reply in this thread stating that you wish to sign-up. You should also remember to agree to both the MAMA and the Inactivity Rules, both found in the Front Desk section of the Forums.

Special Rules:

The Moonlight Grill
Each day the guests visit the Moonlight Grill. There are six tables in the restaurant and each guest is randomly picked a table to sit in each Day. However, one unlucky guest will forget their money on the table. Louis can therefore pick a table at Night and check if that table has any money on it. If he picks the table with the money, he steals the money and the owner of the money will be notified.

Information
I will pre-write some information on each role before the round starts. This information will be found by Martin during the Day when he visits one of the guest rooms.

Roles:

Town

Kyle Hyde
SP: Seeking for Bradley - NIGHT - As an ex-cop, Kyle is able to use his investigation skills and find out the faction of a player each night. There is a 5% possibility of the person being investigating finding out who Kyle Hyde is though.

Mila
SP: ... - NIGHT - Since Mila does not speak much, people tend to not notice her. Because of this, Rosa has asked her to roam around the hotel and watch the place for her to make sure no foul play occurs. Therefore, Mila is able to watch one room a night: if someone visits that room, she will find out the identity of the person who visited the room.

Melissa Woodward
HP: HIDDEN!

Helen Parker
SP: Make a Wish - NIGHT - Can make a wish each Night and therefore protect on player. She cannot protect the same player twice in a row though.

Mafia

Dunning Smith
SP: Osterzone - NIGHT - If Dunning Smith finds a player irritating, he may make said person look scummy. The person Dunning targets will appear as Mafia to any investigations. However, there is a 5% chance of said person appearing as Osterzone.
SP2: That's it! Get out! - NIGHT - Since Dunning Smith owns Hotel Dusk, he has the deciding mafia vote on who to evict each Night.

Kevin Woodward
HP: HIDDEN

Jeff Angel
SP: Wet Votes - DAY - Jeff will steal the votes on odd-numbered days and hide them into Room 215's toilet bowl. However, he will foolishly flush the toilet which results into the votes of 2 persons getting randomly dealt to other players! Oh noes.

Martin Summer
SP: The Secret Word - DAY - As a novellist, Martin Summer will visit a room each Day and search for things he would be able to use in his next novel. He will be able to find out information about the person who's room he visited. However, he will also leave a cryptic message in the room.

Third-Faction

Rosa Fox
Since Rosa is a huge fan of Martin Summer, she does not want him to get evicted from the hotel. After finding Summer by the use of her SP, she must keep him alive
for the next day to win the game.
SP: Celebrity Spotting - NIGHT - Rosa can try to get the autograph of three guests each Night. If one of the guests is Martin Summer, she will find out the role of said person. Otherwise she will not find out the role of the person she asks the autograph of.

Louis DeNonno
Louis actually doesn't want to be the Bellhop of the Hotel and he foolishly wants to get fired. Louis will win only if evicted during the Night. However, before being able to win, he must first steal enough money from other players by picking up the right table in the Moonlight Grill during the Night.
HP: HIDDEN

Players ready to play:

• Gyakuten Phoenix
• General I.
• Powerdrone311
• The Grand Moron
• Game Over
• Phoenix_Apollo
• Wonkothesane
• Karfka
• Spaceship
• Barry Allen
• Slezak
• Azhrei
• Powerdaan
• Gerkuman
• NaturallyLazy
• Zilla
• NinjAngel
• Marshmello
• videocrazy
• Balrog
• J-Dizzle

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

FIRST. SIGN UP. ALL THAT COOL STUFF.

[General I.]

Right behind you.
I sign up and agree to the MAMA.

[Powerdrone311]

I SIGN UP AND AGREE TO THE MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~

[Dr. Grand Moron]

I could use something to distract me from my otherwise depressing days...

I'll sign up and agree to the MAMA.

[Game Over]

Finally!! Been waiting for another one!

I sign up and agree to the MAMA, you know. The usual stuff.

Yadda Yadda Yadda

[Nego]

All the sign-upped players should have been added to the list.

Also, the Woodwards' role powers have been updated!

EDIT: ANOTHER UPDATE: Mila now has a better role!

[Phoenix_Apollo]

A terribly tragic day indeed...
 
 
In mourning of Hotel Dusk's develper filing for bankruptcy, I hereby signup for this round and agree to the MAMA.

[Nego]

A terribly tragic day indeed...
 
 
In mourning of Hotel Dusk's develper filing for bankruptcy, I hereby signup for this round and agree to the MAMA.

Let this round be evidence to CING that people still care about their games.

ALSO: The Special rules have been updated and so have the following roles: Martin Summer, Jeff Angel and Louis DeNonno. The minimum number of players is now 20 instead of 14.

[Wonkothesane]

I sign up for this round and agree to the mama.

This round is made of win.

[Karfka]

I'll sign up and agree to the MAMA.

Cut: ...Really?

[Spaceship]

I'll give forum mafia another shot and agree to the MAMA and all that.

Hotel Dusk huh? There's a game everyone will hate me for not playing.

[Barry Allen]

I sign up and agree to listen to your MAMA.

[Nego]

Aaand.... We are halfway there! Took us, what, 7 hours? Wow.

Keep signing up, people! There will be great things if you do.

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

Fastest signup thread of all time.[/kanye]

[Phoenix_Apollo]

Truth be told, I still have to get Hotel Dusk and Little King's Story, but they've jumped a bit higher on my list now, all things considered.

[Slezak]

I'm signing up for this round and agreeing to the MAMA. Let's get this thing started!

Would it be wrong to call it irony that this round will start after the announcement of Cing's bankruptcy filing? It's a shame really, and it seems to happen to the best of them. LET'S MAKE THIS ROUND EXTRA SPECIAL!

[Azhrei]

SIGN ME UP! Free stay in a hotel, YOINK!

[Nego]

Would it be wrong to call it irony that this round will start after the announcement of Cing's bankruptcy filing?

No, I don't think it would. Especially since it was a coincidence even though I posted the thread after hearing about it. I was just too tired to understand the irony back then.

On an unrelated note, I'm positively suprised about how fast the sign-ups seem to be going. This might very well indicate that we won't be having to wait 3 weeks to get this round started.

[Powerdaan]

I sign up and agree to the MAMA.

[Dr. Grand Moron]

Damn, that's real sad that they're going into bankruptcy... Times have been rough lately, unfortunately...

Though I've never played the game either... *Gets insta-lynched...* Well, let's make this a grand game indeed!

[Powerdrone311]

Wait, so the announced Hotel Dusk 2... is it still happening?

[General I.]

Wait, so the announced Hotel Dusk 2... is it still happening?

As far as I know, it's been announced for pretty much everywhere but the States.

[Balrog]

Can I reserve a space. Because I dont know if I'll be around over march break or not yet. :C

[Nego]

Wait, so the announced Hotel Dusk 2... is it still happening?

As far as I know, it's been announced for pretty much everywhere but the States.

I'd say it's still pretty unsure. Again has also been announced, only in the States though, and there hasn't been any news about that one either. But thank goodness you can import the EUR version of the Last Window if only it is going to be published here.

Oh right, I think Clover Studios went bankcruptcy just before Okami for the PS2 was released, but still the game was published in outside Japan too. So it's always possible The Last Window will be published here.

Can I reserve a space. Because I dont know if I'll be around over march break or not yet. :C

Of course. I added you to the end of the list and if, by a miracle, we'll get 30 players before you're ready, I'll erase your name from the list. However, if there's less than 30 players by the time you're ready, you will have a spot in the roster.

[Azhrei]

Question about Dunning Smith's first power. How does someone appear as Osterzone if Osterzone is the power?... this might just be something I don't get because... Ihaven'tplayedthegameeitherBUT it is rather important for others to know too... isn't it?

[Nego]

Question about Dunning Smith's first power. How does someone appear as Osterzone if Osterzone is the power?... this might just be something I don't get because... Ihaven'tplayedthegameeitherBUT it is rather important for others to know too... isn't it?

The name of the role comes from the drawback of the role power. It's just named after the target's "identity" if Dunning fails.

Here's a spoilerific answer for those of you who just doesn't want to play the DS game:

Osterzone is a supposedly dead painter whose paintings are really worth a lot. However, Osterzone is only a pseudonym of Dunning Smith. Therefore, using Osterzone as pseudonym for persons who Dunning have failed to make look scummy feels right.

[Balrog]

Dont read it. Play the game.

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

Oh, I have a question. What are the rooms, and how does a player visit one? How do Mila/Martin/anyone with a room-visiting HP decide what room to pick?

[Nego]

Oh, I have a question. What are the rooms, and how does a player visit one? How do Mila/Martin/anyone with a room-visiting HP decide what room to pick?

The rooms are the hotel rooms in the game, as seen in the map above. Dunning, Rosa and Louis will stay in the rooms the map states they will, Mila will share the room with Rosa and other roles will stay in the rooms they occupy in the game. Other players will be randomly assigned a room and some must share their rooms with the roles. This, however, does not mean that those players will know who the roles are or who they are sharing their rooms with. I will discuss this with Azure first though as I just realized something regarding this thing.

Right now, the only people who can visit other rooms are those with the room visiting powers. Others may get this ability if we choose so.

The roles who can visit other rooms choose the room they want to visit by sending both GM's a PM including the name of whose room they want to visit.

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

Good thing I asked, otherwise who would know how this mechanic worked?

[Nego]

Exactly. Asking is always a good thing.

[Balrog]

Do we have to move?

[Nego]

Do we have to move?

No. The rooms are just flavour, although all players visit the Moonlight Grill each day and some players are able to visit the hotel rooms aswell.

[Balrog]

If theres one thing I dont do, its exert effort into anything.

[Nego]

I will discuss this with Azure first though as I just realized something regarding this thing.

I have discussed about it and Azure agreed with me: ROOM CLAIMING IS AGAINST THE RULES! Players who get caught of room claiming will be modbolted without a warning.

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

Wouldn't roles be the only ones with a room anyway?

[Nego]

Like I stated earlier, vanillas will have rooms too and some of them will be sharing their rooms with the roles.

[Gyakuten Phoenix]

Oh now I understand.

[Gerkuman]

I'm hesitant about joining. I moved from CRM to here to avoid overcomplicated rules and roles.

[Phoenix_Apollo]

It's just adding spice and flavor  to the game and isn't nearly as bad as things over at CRM or SP since it's mostly optional

[Dr. Grand Moron]

I'm hesitant about joining. I moved from CRM to here to avoid overcomplicated rules and roles.

I'm pretty sure CRM has the complicated rounds.

Don't let the last round put you off. >_> All rounds will have something bad to them, some others being worse than others. There's no such thing as a perfect round. If there was one, hell would freeze over.

And 'sides, we like to experiment with stuff. It's called 'fun'.

[Nego]

I'm hesitant about joining. I moved from CRM to here to avoid overcomplicated rules and roles.

VGM is all about video games, but also about simpler rounds. Like the rules state, only one special game mechanic is to be used in a round and this round is no exception. The only special mechanic is the Moonlight Grill, and it's only and primary function is to add flavor to the round. This is what I like to do to make sure the games aren't boring.

It's mostly flavour so if I was you, I wouldn't fret about it. Trust me, I enjoy playing simple rounds more than complicated (hence I don't really play over at CRM) so I try to avoid creating rounds that are too complicated.

[Gerkuman]

Oh, alrite then. I'll give it a go. XD I sign up and agree to MAMA

[Nego]

Hooray! ^_^

Only 6 more people needed to start the game on Monday.

[Balrog]

Im getting a laptop on Saturday hopefully then I can sign up FO SHO

[Azhrei]

So, question, and it may already have been answered and I missed it. If so, yell at me and call me a 'tard, my bad. However, do we get told which players we're sitting at a table with, or is that not important?

[Nego]

So, question, and it may already have been answered and I missed it. If so, yell at me and call me a 'tard, my bad. However, do we get told which players we're sitting at a table with, or is that not important?

You will be told the number of your table. And, if you forgot your money on the table and Louis goes on and steals it, you will be notified.

[Balrog]

lolwut?


But do I have to care if that happens is the real question.

[Nego]

No. Unless you want to.