la-cosa-nostra

{ "NS": {"term": "Not Suspicious", "description": "Used to describe a player which is investigated as likely not being anti-Town.", "example": "A is NS. The sheriff saw them last night."}, "Sus": {"term": "Suspicious", "description": "Used to describe someone as potentially being anti-Town."}, "Maf": {"term": "Mafia", "description": "Contraction for Mafia."}, "MYLO": {"term": "Mislynch And You Lose", "description": "Situation in which lynching a member of the Town (mislynching) would result in a Town loss."}, "Mislynch": {"description": "Used to describe the lynching of a member of the Town."}, "Wagon": {"term": "Bandwagon", "description": "Regarding the movement for the lynch of an individual, especially when it becomes popular.", "example": "A is getting wagoned because he failed to provide a will and the investigator wants him dead."}, "Mafia Wagon": {"description": "When members of the Mafia bandwagon a member of the Town."}, "Townie": {"description": "Refers to a member of the Town."}, "Bus": {"term": "Short for \"Throw under the bus\" (American idiom)", "description": "When a team member \"betrays\" a member of their own faction to keep their own faction safe.", "example": "A and B are both Mafia. B votes A during the day to make himself less suspicious the next day. This is an act of bussing. Bussing is NOT necessarily gamethrowing."}, "Gamethrow": {"description": "When a player deliberately sabotages their own factions' chances of winning. This is against the rules."}, "Safe": {"description": "Someone who is confirmed pro-Town."}, "Unsafe": {"description": "Someone who is not confirmed to be pro-Town."}, "Anti-Town": {"description": "A player whose win condition is fulfilled partially or completely if Town loses."}, "Backread": {"description": "The act of reading older chat from the same game."}, "Claim": {"description": "A claim is when someone reveals their role publicly."}, "Fakeclaim": {"description": "A fakeclaim is when someone claims a role other than the role they have."}, "Lead": {"description": "Information allowing for the potential action on one person.", "example": "A: I have a lead, I watched B last night and saw C visiting B. B died last night, so C has to have attacked him."}, "CC": {"term": "Counterclaim", "description": "Refers to a person claiming a role, then another person claiming the same role."}, "Counterclaim": {"description": "Refers to a person claiming a role, then another person claiming the same role, and one of them is fakeclaiming."}, "Scum": {"description": "Used to refer to a player being anti-Town."}, "Hammer": {"description": "The act of putting one last vote on a person to reach a majority, causing said person to be lynched."}, "LYLO": {"term": "Lynch or Lose", "description": "Usually refers to a situation when Town has a majority of 1 over anti-Town. Abstaining for that day will lead to a Town loss. These situations are usually also MYLO (Mislynch and You Lose)."}, "Modkill": {"description": "Refers to when a user is killed by a host and removed from the game, usually due to a violation of game rules."}, "Abstain": {"description": "Refers to not lynching a player for that day, usually due to a lack of information."}, "NL": {"term": "No-lynch", "description": "Refers to not lynching a player for that day, usually due to a lack of information."}, "Pro-town": {"description": "Used to describe one who's actions are beneficial to that of Town."}, "Rolecall": {"description": "The act of everyone revealing their roles. Usually to narrow down a list of suspects who are anti-Town. (Same as \"massclaim\")"}, "Softclaim": {"description": "Refers to a player indirectly claiming their role subtly, usually done so as not to attract the attention of roles which could harm the claimer."}, "Prot": {"term": "Protect"}, "Hardclaim": {"description": "Refers to a player directly claiming their role."}, "Inno": {"term": "Innocent", "description": "Refers to a player which is not anti-Town."}, "Scumhunting": {"description": "The act of reviewing previous posts' from a player in order to identify which players are most likely anti-Town."}, "Proven": {"description": "Used to describe someone with a role which is confirmed."}, "Flip": {"term": "Cardflip", "description": "Used to refer to the results of a role reveal after the player is dead."}, "Nx": {"term": "Night x"}, "Dx": {"term": "Day x"}, "Nokill": {"description": "Refers to when a faction decides not to use their kill for a night."}, "PL": {"term": "Policy Lynch", "description": "Refers to the lynching of a pro-Town because of bad play. Highly controversial matter of debate."}, "AtE": {"term": "Appeal to Emotion"}, "PR": {"term": "Power Role", "description": "Refers to a role that can skew the outcome of the game significantly through their ability. Can be on any alignment."}, "Rando": {"term": "Random"}, "BoP": {"term": "Burden of Proficiency", "description": "Refers to the logical fallacy based on the assumption that renowed players are likely to find anti-Town."}, "Alignment": {"description": "Refers to a players' faction. An alignment is usually Town, Mafia, neutral, or Cult."}, "Read": {"description": "Refers to the constructed profile of a said person, often to identify if they are anti-Town."}, "VfR": {"term": "Vote for Role", "description": "Refers to when living players vote to lynch a player in an attempt to get role information from them."}, "FtC": {"term": "Follow the Cop", "description": "A strategy in games where players follow the direction given by a cop, and a doctor protects the cop at night, and lynch the cop if the previous lynch was bad. This forces the Mafia to find out who the Doctor is and attack them."}, "Massclaim": {"description": "The act of everyone revealing their roles. Usually to narrow down a list of suspects who are anti-Town. (Same as \"rolecall\")"}, "Alibi": {"description": "A claim in which to prove that a player could not possibly be anti-Town or performed an action."}, "NP": {"term": "Night phase"}, "DP": {"term": "Day phase"}, "Backpedaling": {"description": "When a player goes back on something said previously; also refers to when a player suddenly stops scumhunting."}, "Blitz": {"description": "A rapid vote, usually a hammer, typically employed by anti-Town in MYLO/LYLO situations to end the game in their favour."}, "Lurk": {"description": "To actively view the game, however to rarely contribute or post in it."}, "WIFOM": {"term": "Wine in front of me", "description": "Refers to circular reasoning in which it is impossible to determine the truth using the already available information."}, "Metagaming": {"description": "Using external factors which transcend the game usually to one's advantage. May or may not be allowed to certain extents depending on the game rules."}, "RVS": {"term": "Random Voting State", "description": "Refers to when players attempt to lynch to gain information at the beginning of the game, usually basing off reactions and reads only."}, "Sheep": {"description": "Refers to individuals following other players without contributing much and without rational basis."}, "Tunnel": {"description": "The act of focusing all of one's attention on a player even if logic dictates otherwise."}, "FoS": {"term": "Finger of Suspicion", "description": "Used when a player notices suspicious behaviour from another player."}, "Perjury": {"description": "Refers to when a member of the Town lies to advance discussion, usually with the thought of helping the Town."}, "MPD": {"term": "Mass Panic Debate", "description": "Used to refer to continous debate between players on multiple perspectives at the same time, usually going on for hours."}, "OMGUS": {"term": "Oh My God, You Suck (for voting for me)", "description": "Shorthand for a player voting another player because the latter voted them."}, "RID": {"term": "Role IDentifier", "description": "An attribute of an action that involves guessing the target's role name for it to succeed.", "example": "A RID kill that involves guessing 60% of the target's role name correctly before execution."}, "Ascetic": {"description": "A role modifier in which the holder cannot be targeted by a specific range of actions, or any action at all."} }