C9

C9 is a variable-open setup that consists of four possible setups that is randomly selected pregame. C9 was initially devised to replace the ailing Original Newbie setup, when it became obvious there was a Breaking Strategy of having the Cop claim on Day 1 and be protected by the hidden Doctor to safely perform investigations. This strategy is now commonly know as Follow-the-Cop.

Despite eliminating the reliability of the Follow-the-Cop strategy being useful, C9 itself suffered balance problems and has since been replaced as the newbie setup by F11. As such, C9 is no longer run.

Officially, the selection of the setup should be done randomly, but it strongly indicates that many mods weren't randomising the setup, with the Vanilla setup being chosen well below the others.

The name 'C9' comes from Norinel, the former List Moderator for Newbie Games, who used it as a hexidecimal shorthand for the binary sequence 11001001 - and if you have to ask more than that, look at this post.

Setup

• 1 Cop , 1 Doctor , 2 Mafia Goons , 3 Townies ;
• 1 Cop , 2 Mafia Goons , 4 Townie
• 1 Doctor , 2 Mafia Goons , 4 Townie
• 2 Mafia Goons , 5 Townie ,

Mechanics

• Daystart
• One of the four above setups is chosen randomly pregame by the moderator.

Role PM's

Mafia Goon

• Welcome, [Player Name]. You are a Mafia Goon, along with your partner, [Player Name].

Abilities:

• Factional communication: During the night phase you may talk with your partner here [QuickTopic link].
• Factional kill: Each night phase, one of you or your partner may perform the factional kill.

Win condition:

• You win when all members of the town have been eliminated or nothing can prevent this from occurring.

Vanilla Townie

• Welcome, [Player Name], you are a Vanilla Townie.

Abilities:

• Your weapon is your vote, you have no night actions.

Win condition:

• You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

Town Cop

• Welcome, [Player Name], you are a Town Cop.

Abilities:

• Each night phase, you may investigate one player in the game by PM'ing the mod. You will get results back in the form of Town/Mafia.
• You know you are guaranteed to be sane.

Win condition:

• You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

Town Doctor

• Welcome, [Player Name], you are a Town Doctor.

Abilities:

• Each night phase, you may protect one player in the game from being nightkilled.

Win condition:

• You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated.

History

• C9 was used as the official Newbie setup for quite some time until it was replaced by F11. Click here to view the statistics for C9 in Newbie Games.
• The following links are from games that have been run in the Open forum;

• Open 10 - (Town Win)
• Open 128 - (Mafia Win)
• Open 196 - (Town Win)
• Open 292 - (Mafia Win)