Newbie Game

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A special administrative category, a Newbie Game is currently run as a 9-player game using the F11 setup.

Previous Newbie Games have been run using the C9, Pie E7, and California setups, which were 7-player games.

Newbie Games are played in The Road to Rome forum. Records of old games can be found at Newbie Game/History, or by reading the games themselves in the forum.

Players

There is a centralized waiting list for both moderators and players. To join a Newbie Game, players should post in Newbie Game List ("/in" or "/in to play", for example). When the game is full, the players will be contacted by the game's moderator.

Newbie Game Player Rankings

There are three basic "types" of players in a Newbie Game:

• New - this player has never played a game of Mafia on mafiascum.net. Although they may have played elsewhere, they are still considered to be a New player here.
• Semi-experienced - this player has played in at least one game on MafiaScum).
  • To be considered a semi-experienced player, the player's game experience can end with either their "death" (by lynching or night kill) or the game is completed (finished with a win/loss/tie).
• "Inexperience-challenged" - For a player to qualify as IC, the player must have been a member of mafiascum.net for at least three months and must have played in at least five completed games.
  • A Completed game is a game that has come to an end. If the player has "died" and the game is still being played by others, it does not count towards IC status. Remember: If you can't add the game to your win/loss record, then it doesn't count yet!
  • FIrst-time ICs: in addition to posting an "/in to IC" post in the Queue, please PM the Newbie ListMod with links to your 5 completed games so that the ListMod can verify their status. All Potential ICs MUST also read Being a good IC.

Player Game Limits

• New players may be signed up for/playing in only one Newbie Game at a time.
  • New players may sign up for another game as soon as they are killed or the game is completed (ie: upon reaching semi-experienced status).

• Semi-experienced players may also replace into another Newbie Game after their first on-site experience is finished (they die or win), if needed.
  • Playing in more than one Newbie game as a semi-experienced replacement is possible if additional experienced players are needed to fill out games (at the discretion of the ListMod).

• IC players may play in an unlimited number of Newbie games up to their "comfort level". Poor playstyle, disruptive behavior/rudeness, and being unhelpful can be grounds for dismissal from the Newbie Queue as an IC, at the discretion of the ListMod.

Moderators

As we aim to provide a good first experience for new players, moderators of Newbie Games are required to have successfully moderated at least two prior non-Newbie games before joining the list, and have a good overall record of moderation.

• See the Modding Requirements wiki article to find out all the requirements for modding on the various lists.

To join the waiting list, moderators should post in the Newbie Game List thread ("/in to mod", for example). When a new game fills up, the List Mod will inform the new moderator, and the moderator can then start the game.

Moderators of Newbie Games must adhere to the following rules:

1. Newbie games MUST be run with fixed 3-week deadlines. Extensions are allowed only for extreme circumstances, and should never be for more than 1 week, at the most.
2. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that if you take a player as a replacement that the player is not a Newbie already playing in a game. Newbies are only allowed to play in ONE GAME AT A TIME. Use the Search function on the boards and check to make sure the replacee is not playing in his first game.
3. Role PMs should be as generic as possible. Feel free to use the roles as described in this thread. Especially remember not to name or distinguish the Vanilla Townie role PMs in any way, and you'll probably want to post all the PMs anyway in your first or second post. Outguessing the Mod/name claims shouldn't have a place in Newbie Games.
4. A Vote Count should be done on every page. Try to provide a Vote Count near the top of every page, so people know where things stand. If a lot of votes have changed in the course of a page, you may wish to do them even more often. Always provide a regular vote count during deadlines!
5. Give your IC players a chance to answer questions before you jump in, if possible. Mods run a risk of accidentally giving something away when they talk about the game (but some questions only you can answer, such as deadlines).
6. If a player doesn't pick up their role during confirmations, don't worry too much about it; go back to the first post of the Newbie Game Queue and pick the next unassigned player. Remember to post in thread when you replace/steal somebody, though!
   • Anytime you replace someone, leave the original player's name in the Player List! Otherwise this can be very confusing for the other players when they are trying to reread the thread. Example formats include Replaceé Replacer or Replacer, replacing Replaceé
7. Prod players by PM if they haven't posted for 3-4 days (unless they warn you ahead of time), and consider a deadline if they go a long time without lynching. Sometimes it can become necessary to set a deadline sooner, if they're really stalling out/not posting for days in a row, but try to give several three weeks, especially on Days One and Two.
   • Remember that deadlines in Lynch-or-Lose situations should not have a reduced number of votes to lynch, or Scum can win automatically.
8. Don't worry about not having a 'theme' or flavor; that's actually better for Newbie Games, so they stay as uncomplicated as possible.
9. Moderators should read and be familiar with the guidelines for ICs in the wiki article Being a good IC.