Professor Flitwick Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 Yeah, just like it. I read it about a year ago as well, and I've got to say it's probably the best detective fiction novel I've ever read. Sorry for going slightly off topic, but you should really read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and Murder is Easy. Fantastic novels, both my Dame Aggie Cristie! When can we expect a sequel? I just hope there is one! Seems likely, as Hermione and Jodie are both alive.
Sirius Black Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 (edited) I just hope there is one! Seems likely, as Hermione and Jodie are both alive. Or possibly one from a different part of the HP fanfiction universe. Btw, how could you kill THE Harry Potter, Sandy? He already dealt with a far greater wizard, He who must not be named, and then he gets killed by a wizard weaker than Dumbledore Lets do some Algebra here. Dumbledore > Grindelwand Voldemort = Dumbledore (neither could kill the other) Harry > Voldemort (5 to 6 times over) therefore Harry > Grindelwald You have a bit of explaing to do . Edited August 27, 2010 by Sirius Black
Professor Flitwick Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 Or possibly one from a different part of the HP fanfiction universe. Btw, how could you kill THE Harry Potter, Sandy? You have a bit of explaing to do . Yes, I'm sure Ginny, Luna and Hermione could try and save the world. A resistance group akin to the Order of the Phoenix. And I'm sure Hannah Abbott would want revenge.
Sirius Black Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 (edited) Yes, I'm sure Ginny, Luna and Hermione could try and save the world. A resistance group akin to the Order of the Phoenix. And I'm sure Hannah Abbott would want revenge. Ginny more so than Hannah. :devil: . Edited August 27, 2010 by Sirius Black
Matn Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 I think it's pretty cool Harry Potter got killed off. It took some guts to do that. I don't think there should be a sequel very soon, as Hogwarts has been destroyed forever. But I wouldn't mind. And indeed, the blocking spell has been quite useful. I guess I was just upset my werewolf action never worked out. But it's been a great experience and all these spells and great night actions made things very exciting!
Sirius Black Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 I think it's pretty cool Harry Potter got killed off. It took some guts to do that. I don't think there should be a sequel very soon, as Hogwarts has been destroyed forever. But I wouldn't mind. And indeed, the blocking spell has been quite useful. I guess I was just upset my werewolf action never worked out. But it's been a great experience and all these spells and great night actions made things very exciting! I guess that a sequel is not the proper term, but an alternate universe would be. The HP universe has a lot of potential for fun mafia games with the various spells, charms, potions, etc. I could easily see a Death Eater based game among the student faculty, or the DA. (think of Draco Malfoy in bk 6). Btw, didnt you see my equation? Harry shouldn't have been killed by Grindelwald . Sirius
Sandy Posted August 27, 2010 Author Posted August 27, 2010 When can we expect a sequel? I really don't think I personally will ever make another Hogwarts Mafia, since the story I wanted to tell has pretty much been told. If I get a chance to host another Mafia-game sometime, I want to try something new again. But who knows, someone else might return to the Harry Potter -theme one day. Btw, how could you kill THE Harry Potter, Sandy? He already dealt with a far greater wizard, He who must not be named, and then he gets killed by a wizard weaker than Dumbledore You have a bit of explaing to do . First of all, like Matn said, this was a kind of a fanfic, so I could do whatever I wanted with the NPCs. Secondly, his death wasn't about one of those "who is stronger, Superman or Batman" contests. This was the bad ending where the bad guys won, and Harry Potter - no matter how legendary he had become - was unable to stop them. To me it was only appropriate that he died so effortlessly, just like anyone of us could. Plus, he was getting old and pudgy. I even killed off Minerva McGonagall, my "alter-ego" for this game, the same way, and I've always liked her way more than Harry Potter as a character, and on the contrary I saved Hermione, who I've always felt sort of indifferent about (especially the movie portrayal of her), so this wasn't about playing favorites either. But just think what the ending would've been if I'd saved them? Or made the NPCs save Hogwarts even though the players couldn't? Would the ending have been nearly as strong or emotional then?
Sirius Black Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 (edited) I really don't think I personally will ever make another Hogwarts Mafia, since the story I wanted to tell has pretty much been told. If I get a chance to host another Mafia-game sometime, I want to try something new again. But who knows, someone else might return to the Harry Potter -theme one day. First of all, like Matn said, this was a kind of a fanfic, so I could do whatever I wanted with the NPCs. Secondly, his death wasn't about one of those "who is stronger, Superman or Batman" contests. This was the bad ending where the bad guys won, and Harry Potter - no matter how legendary he had become - was unable to stop them. To me it was only appropriate that he died so effortlessly, just like anyone of us could. Plus, he was getting old and pudgy. I even killed off Minerva McGonagall, my "alter-ego" for this game, the same way, and I've always liked her way more than Harry Potter as a character, and on the contrary I saved Hermione, who I've always felt sort of indifferent about (especially the movie portrayal of her), so this wasn't about playing favorites either. But just think what the ending would've been if I'd saved them? Or made the NPCs save Hogwarts even though the players couldn't? Would the ending have been nearly as strong or emotional then? I know, I know, It was a VERY dramatic ending, and as someone else said, reminded me of official books and movies. Old and Pudgy??? Are we talking about the same Harry here ? I still like my equation though . Have you considered any future mafia game hosting? This is one of the best that i have seen. Sirius Edited August 27, 2010 by Sirius Black
Sandy Posted August 27, 2010 Author Posted August 27, 2010 Old and Pudgy??? Are we talking about the same Harry here ? Remember that the events in the game took place twenty years after the seventh book, so Harry was 37 in Hogwarts Mafia.
Escape The Fate Posted August 27, 2010 Posted August 27, 2010 Sandy you did a great job! I really enjoyed the scenes you posted as well as expanding the Mafia game experience. Here is my bio: Welcome to play Hogwarts Mafia! Here's your role: Rhubarb Uxley – The Jokester (Innocent) You teach the Care of Magical Creatures and lead the Hufflepuff House in Hogwarts. Your roaring laughter brings much joy to the halls of the school, but it has also made the faculty not take you very seriously. You are a regular customer of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. You win if you live after all the Death’s Hallowed have been vanquished. Night actions (please choose two every night, or one if you’ve lost the Time-Turner): • Item: Time-Turner – allows you to use two actions per night and vote twice during a day (send the second vote via PM to keep it a secret; automatic effect) • Item: Polyjuice (Transformation Potion) – use it on a target to make him or her look like another specified character for one night; all actions aimed at the person who looks like the target will have a 50% chance of being aimed at the target instead; any actions aimed at the target will not connect (specify the target and who you want him/her to look like; used once) • Spell: Rictusempra – tickle the target for an unknown effect • Spell: Stupefy – knock the target unconscious, preventing him or her from taking action (can also be used on monsters) I have to say that I played horribly this game. I had no idea who to target for the first several days so i was guessing wildly. It wasn't till day 5 that I started figuring out what was going on. My only partial success this game was to use my mystery vote to help vote Matn off. I attempted to stun Dragonator and Big Cam over the next couple days but I kept getting blocked so efforts were useless. Sandy, what was your intended idea/use for Rictusempra?
Sandy Posted August 28, 2010 Author Posted August 28, 2010 Sandy, what was your intended idea/use for Rictusempra? I'm honestly not sure myself. I should've just left it out, but I guess I kept it because it suited your character.
ThatGuyWithTheBricks Posted August 28, 2010 Posted August 28, 2010 (edited) Sandy, I'm not criticizing you at all, but the original Death's Hallowed were: WhiteFang Inky Shadows Dragonator BigCam All of them are recognizable, welll known members here. Did you do this on purpose? Edited August 28, 2010 by ThatGuyWithTheBricks
hewkii9 Posted August 28, 2010 Posted August 28, 2010 Well, it's always a good idea to have the scum be experienced members, so you can be sure that they know what they're doing.
Sandy Posted August 28, 2010 Author Posted August 28, 2010 Sandy, I'm not criticizing you at all, but the original Death's Hallowed were: WhiteFang Inky Shadows Dragonator BigCam All of them are recognizable, welll known members here. Did you do this on purpose? I know, I was shocked too, but that's what I got as a result from the drawing of lots. I assure you the process was completely random. I didn't feel it would be fair to redraw the lots just because four out of the five had been scum before. But I did plan that the majority of the Death's Hallowed would be from the faculty, to make the game more challenging. As another weird coincidence, all the faculty scums were alphabetically on the top of the characters list (Brigelda, Crudo, Eloquence, Jingle), even though I came up with their names in a random order.
Zepher Posted August 29, 2010 Posted August 29, 2010 Just got back from vacation to find the exciting conclusion up. I knew it was Shadows. I hope he reads this, becuase I really knew it was him. From the second day. I accused him. And after I died, I saw he was helping Arjay, and I just knew it. I'm used to him by now. Hahaha, it's fun playing the games with this crowd over and over again. Excellent game Sandy. It was crazy and all over the place, and I really enjoyed reading it once I was out, and really enjoyed the speacial role I played while I was in it!
Sirius Black Posted August 29, 2010 Posted August 29, 2010 Siriusly, when Shadows is in a game, you just need to vote him out first day, end of story . That was his 7th victory? Impressive, quite impressive. Sirius
Shadows Posted August 30, 2010 Posted August 30, 2010 I knew it was Shadows. I hope he reads this, becuase I really knew it was him. From the second day. I accused him. And after I died, I saw he was helping Arjay, and I just knew it. I'm used to him by now. Hahaha, it's fun playing the games with this crowd over and over again. I poisoned you and when that was going too slow, it was my dementor that killed you. Siriusly, when Shadows is in a game, you just need to vote him out first day, end of story Now that would be a Sirius serious mistake, and I'll tell you why. If you're loyal and aren't sure if I am, killing me means you're statistically likely to be removing one of your own, and a powerful ally that you'll need later. Whoever makes that accusation, if wrong, is almost absolutely guaranteed to die next. On the other hand, if you're scum and know I'm loyal, killing me early actually reduces your options later because as long as I'm alive, I make a good diversion/misdirection that scum can use to hide. But basically, any game in which I die, my side loses. It's true!
Zepher Posted August 30, 2010 Posted August 30, 2010 Haha. Shadows does have a certain charm that seems to keep him alive no matter what. I think it may be out of respect, but people rarely kill him. Hopefully that will change in the newest game .
Walter Kovacs Posted August 30, 2010 Posted August 30, 2010 Even though I was just an observer, I would like to thank Sandy for hosting a fantastic game. The effort you put forth really showed. I find it interesting that for once, metagaming actually would have been a good strategy. Not that I would encourage, or even condone, metagaming. But in this game it actually would have worked. I assumed that allegiences were random, as did all of the players.
Professor Trelawney Posted August 31, 2010 Posted August 31, 2010 Ah Sandy, What a spectacular ending of the greatest Mafia game I've ever followed. The way you created the scene's and effects for spells, chambers and the Fiendfyre was most impressive. It was a pleasure to follow this game. Please keep up your story's!!
Sirius Black Posted August 31, 2010 Posted August 31, 2010 Haha. Shadows does have a certain charm that seems to keep him alive no matter what. I think it may be out of respect, but people rarely kill him. Hopefully that will change in the newest game . Is it respect, or is it confusion? Most people tend to follow a "leader" in these games, and Shadows easily leads them astray. He is a good player, but I also agree that this should change next game . Unless he is on my side, of course . Sirius.
Dragonator Posted September 1, 2010 Posted September 1, 2010 He is a good player, but I also agree that this should change next game . In all seriousness though, metagaming is strictly prohibited in EB games, and I would hope that EB members wouldn't stoop to that sort of thing anyway. Remember, these games are about everyone having fun, surviving is just a bonus.
Sandy Posted September 1, 2010 Author Posted September 1, 2010 In all seriousness though, metagaming is strictly prohibited in EB games Strictly? Yeah right. Every game I've ever participated here has had some level of metagaming. Metagaming (ie. making assumptions based on previous games, if I've understood it correctly) is actually quite a harmless phenomenon. It is however true that certain people tend to stick to certain recognizable playstyles and behave a certain way, and I see no harm in pointing out those. Likewise, there's much to be learned from past games that can be used in order to find out how the current game could work. What threw people off in Hogwarts Mafia was the fact that it really wasn't anything like the previous games. You couldn't say someone was just "a blocker" or "a protector", since they often had a few other night actions besides those as well. Besides, if Shadows gets killed because he's been a snake in previous games, it only serves him right. I was glad to see he was less of a snake in Hogwarts Mafia, but merely a worm, slowly eating his way into people's minds.
ThatGuyWithTheBricks Posted September 1, 2010 Posted September 1, 2010 Sandy, in one scene, Rocky throws up. How did you connect the flame to his face?
Sandy Posted September 1, 2010 Author Posted September 1, 2010 Sandy, in one scene, Rocky throws up. How did you connect the flame to his face? My secret ingredient: blu-tack. And some photo-editing to conceal the connection.
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