J/K went ahead and made a very crude guide for everything you need to know about utilizing the host panel!!!!!!



(1) - Here is where you put the names of everyone participating separated by commas rather than spaces. That's something that I can go ahead and do for you since we seem to have mostly everybody signed up already. BUT in the event of a last second sign-up, all you have to do is add their name there and they'll be added to the list.

(2) - Similarly, here is where you put the roles that you'd like to use, again separated by commas instead of spaces just like it says! So far we only have host but adding more roles will allow them to be assigned.

Some general notes on roles:

Don't forget townies!
As far as the mafia-sided roles go, it's best to just make one all-encompassing "Mafia" role. I'll explain this later.

(3) - This is where those aforementioned roles will be available! It's as easy as opening the drop-down menu next to each name and clicking the appropriate role.

(4) - These two boxes need to be updated on a round-by-round basis. I don't even know what purpose they serve, I think it has to do with the voting system, but you've gotta keep 'em up to date. It's very straightforward, you just plug in the round number and ID of each thread which can be found in the URL. Whenever I host, I post separate day and night threads so all you'd have to do for Day 1+Night 1 is put "1" in the round box and update the thread box with the IDs of both threads.

(5) - Barring some very rare exceptions, I don't think you'll even have to touch this. Roles that you add will automatically be checked for both voting and posting, I believe. Whenever a certain role dies, you'll want to remove their main thread posting privileges of course.

(6) - Once votes are placed, a convenient little tally will be kept here.

(7) - You'll only need to delete votes at the end of the game I think, otherwise you don't have to worry about this either. Deleting votes erases the tally of the entire game up until that point and some people like to observe votes from previous rounds so it's best to preserve them.

(8) and (9) - Unfortunately, these are broken. When you want to send out the notification that a round has been updated or something of the sort, use this:
http://www.gtx0.com/user/mass_notify.php
I'll also be around constantly to update the site header and sticky/unsticky threads for you. ^___^

After you've picked out your roles and added them into the game, you'll see this every time you want to post a new thread:



Since "Host" is the only role we have added right now, it's the only choice but that is where the other roles will appear. If you want to post a thread that can ONLY BE SEEN by a certain role, all you have to do is select it and voila. That is how you'll be creating your power role threads!

ANOTHER EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE THAT I FORGOT TO ADD EARLIER: don't forget to add a "Dead" role as well. :]

Since all the mafia typically share the same thread, it's best to just make one "Mafia" role so that they will all have access to the Mafia thread. If you divide them up into separate things like Godfather and Mafioso and whatever else, they wouldn't be able to share a single thread together. So assign "Mafia" to all the mafia-sided roles and then clarify who is who in their thread.

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ALSO, I suggest using this to randomize the roles:
https://www.random.org/lists/
You can put in the list of roles you wish to use, randomize them, and then match the numbers to the player list in the sign-up thread. That makes it very easy. ^-^

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On THAT note, once you assign roles, I'll have to be taken off of Host which means I'll no longer be able to access this thread... but you can also hit me up on Skype at speed_bike_pro with any questions or general discussion about the game that you have. (kiss)

When you're using the randomizer that I linked, you should totally use a specific number of townies. That way everyone on the list gets matched to a number and, as such, a role. So, for example:

1) Townie
2) Townie
3) Townie
4) Cop
5) Doctor

Something along those lines!

I have no idea how the "Randomize" button on the host panel works, I've never used it and I'm not sure if it even functions properly.

As for mafia, depending on the roles you choose, I think 5 would be good!

Also I've added Cas as a host. (cool)

BUT when you're inserting roles into the "Mafia Roles" box, you only have to say "Townie" once or "Mafia" once. And you don't have to worry about the little numbers at the bottom of the role assignments (No Rank=1;Host=1 etc etc), they don't matter.

Would you care to share them? Ya know, just for the sake of approval and all that. (^?^)

Yes. :>

Ohhhhh hot MAMA I CAN DIG IT SISTER

I think that's fair enough for all sides and I'm anxious to begin, you can start putting the pieces into place whenever you'd like. {meow}

You have my full approval.

I'M SO EXCITE

YOU DID IT