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== Official Terminology: == | |||
* '''Anonymous''' - An anonymous social game requires that each player take on the role of a character (based on the game's theme). Players are not allowed to reveal their MafiaScum identity during the game and may be encouraged to obfuscate personal details in order to remain anonymous. | * '''Anonymous''' - An anonymous social game requires that each player take on the role of a character (based on the game's theme). Players are not allowed to reveal their MafiaScum identity during the game and may be encouraged to obfuscate personal details in order to remain anonymous. | ||
* '''Non-anonymous''' - In a non-anonymous social game, everyone's MafiaScum identities are public and players tend to have more freedom in the mediums they are allowed to communicate with each other under. | |||
* '''Jury''' - A group of eliminated players that are expected at the end of the game to vote for which finalist should win the game. | |||
* '''Tribal Council/Live Eviction''' - The period during a Large Social Game in which the players vote on a member to evict from their group. In Survivor the Tribal Council takes place after the Immunity Challenge. In Big Brother, the Live Eviction (usually not live online) takes place after the Power of Veto cerimony. Other games have their own protocols. | |||
* '''Final Tribal Council/Live Finale''' - The period during a Large Social Game after all eliminations have taken place. The surviving contestants are given time to plead their case to the Jury, after which the Jury votes for which surviving contestant is officially the winner of the game. | |||
== Game Lingo: == | |||
* '''Challenge beast''' - A player who wins many challenge games, usually in the context of individual challenges. | * '''Challenge beast''' - A player who wins many challenge games, usually in the context of individual challenges. | ||
* '''Goat''' - Denoting a player the speaker does not expect to win the game, usually in the context of an appealing opponent to choose to compete against in front of a jury. | * '''Goat''' - Denoting a player the speaker does not expect to win the game, usually in the context of an appealing opponent to choose to compete against in front of a jury. | ||
* ''' | * '''Social threat''' - A player who is socially connected to many other players, in this context a threat to win the Final Tribal Council vote. | ||
* ''' | * '''Pawn''' - A player in Big Brother nominated by the HoH for eviction who is not intended by the HoH to be eliminated over the other nominee. They are suposedly nominated because the HoH has to nominate two people. Rarely used in Survivor to denote a false target for elimination to the actual target or anyone not being told the real target. | ||
== Abbreviations: == | |||
* '''TC''' - Tribal Council. | |||
* '''FTC''' - Final Tribal Council. | |||
* '''Veto''' - The Power of Veto | |||
* '''F(#)''' - The Final (number), where # is the number of remaining players. | |||
* '''IC''' - Immunity Challenge | |||
* '''FIC''' - Final Immunity Challenge | |||
* '''HOH''' - Head of Household | |||
* '''DV''' - Double-vote | |||
[[Category:Large Social Games]] | [[Category:Large Social Games]] | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 16 March 2017
Official Terminology:
- Anonymous - An anonymous social game requires that each player take on the role of a character (based on the game's theme). Players are not allowed to reveal their MafiaScum identity during the game and may be encouraged to obfuscate personal details in order to remain anonymous.
- Non-anonymous - In a non-anonymous social game, everyone's MafiaScum identities are public and players tend to have more freedom in the mediums they are allowed to communicate with each other under.
- Jury - A group of eliminated players that are expected at the end of the game to vote for which finalist should win the game.
- Tribal Council/Live Eviction - The period during a Large Social Game in which the players vote on a member to evict from their group. In Survivor the Tribal Council takes place after the Immunity Challenge. In Big Brother, the Live Eviction (usually not live online) takes place after the Power of Veto cerimony. Other games have their own protocols.
- Final Tribal Council/Live Finale - The period during a Large Social Game after all eliminations have taken place. The surviving contestants are given time to plead their case to the Jury, after which the Jury votes for which surviving contestant is officially the winner of the game.
Game Lingo:
- Challenge beast - A player who wins many challenge games, usually in the context of individual challenges.
- Goat - Denoting a player the speaker does not expect to win the game, usually in the context of an appealing opponent to choose to compete against in front of a jury.
- Social threat - A player who is socially connected to many other players, in this context a threat to win the Final Tribal Council vote.
- Pawn - A player in Big Brother nominated by the HoH for eviction who is not intended by the HoH to be eliminated over the other nominee. They are suposedly nominated because the HoH has to nominate two people. Rarely used in Survivor to denote a false target for elimination to the actual target or anyone not being told the real target.
Abbreviations:
- TC - Tribal Council.
- FTC - Final Tribal Council.
- Veto - The Power of Veto
- F(#) - The Final (number), where # is the number of remaining players.
- IC - Immunity Challenge
- FIC - Final Immunity Challenge
- HOH - Head of Household
- DV - Double-vote