How Werepenguin Works
(shamelessly lifted from Crouton & Lord Wilmore)
Okay, first off, anyone who doesn't understand the game or any part of it, feel free to send me a PM and I will clear it up for you. I know most of you haven't played this before, so here's a general outline:
There are 2 Penguins (chosen at random) and 10 Villagers (including one Exorcist and one psychic, also chosen at random) in the game. The penguins will be identified as follows:
Pebbles McWaddlebottom
Fishcakes von Peckington
The game is based on 'rounds': each round lasts 48 hours. This is made up of a 24 hour 'day' period (i.e. when it is daytime in the game) and a 24 hour night period (when it is nightime in the game). Why does a Werepenguin day last two days in real time? Well, we have lots of people from lots of countries and hence lots of timezones at FES, and I want to give everyone a fair chance to vote/talk/play, and a 48 hour round is the only way to do this.
Villagers
For the Villagers, the aim is to kill all the Werepenguins. At the outset of the game, the Villagers do not know who the Werepenguins are; it is up to them to figure it out.
The Villagers can vote to 'lynch' someone they suspect of being a Werepenguin during the day cycle of the game. To do so, they must secure a certain number of votes (the number is decided by yours truly). Of course, the Werepenguins can also vote as no-one knows who they are! People who have already died in the course of the game are not allowed to talk during the day, and hence cannot vote.
The village oracle, known locally as TruthTerra is on the side of the Villagers; he/she gets one chance each night to make a guess and find out whether or not someone is a Werepenguin. TruthTerra sends me a PM, and I tell him/her whether or not that player is a Werepenguin. Like everyone else in the game, TruthTerra can vote in the lynch.
There is also an Exorcist among you. The Exorcist may choose one player to keep safe each night. During the night, if the player he is protecting is attacked, he will perform a ceremony that has a 50% chance of chasing the Werepenguin-demon away - thus, saving the Villager.
Werepenguins
For the Werepenguins, they need to kill all of the Villagers.
Unlike the Villagers, each Werepenguin knows who all the other Werepenguins are. Every night, a designated Werepenguin can send me a PM telling me who they want to kill, and then that person will be killed. The Penguins take it in turns: Pebbles the first night, Fishcakes the second. On the third night, it is Pebbles' turn again. If a Werepenguin dies, the Werepenguins do not lose a turn; instead the turns alternate between the remaining Werepenguins. The following morning, I will reveal who was killed, and how.
Game Rules
1. The first rule of Werepenguin is that you do not break the game.
2. The second rule of Werepenguin is THAT YOU DO NOT BREAK THE GAME. A not uncommon event in WW games is that having been betrayed by his/her fellow Penguins, a dead Penguin reveals their identities. This is a dickish thing to do. Seriously, Penguins are bastards, and they will do anything to save their own hides. If they think you're as good as dead, they will betray you and join the other villagers in voting to have you lynched, just to avoid suspicion. This is completely normal, so please don't be a whiny bitch about it. Remember, even if you die as a Penguin, if the Penguins eventually win, you also win.
Long story short: Penguins turn on Penguins. Deal with it. If you ruin the game for everybody, I will probably ban you for a month or something. It's very annoying.
3. Don't edit your posts! Just make another one. This is no big deal, but if you edit your post, you lose your vote that round, so it's in your interest not to do so.
4. Make it clear who you are voting to lynch. I want to see the words ['vote to lynch *insert name here*'] to count a post as a vote. You can say '[I vote to lynch]' or just '[vote to lynch]', but I want to see the words '[VOTE TO LYNCH (name)]' in that order. Don't say 'vote billy' or 'lynch John', because in a certain context these could look like suggestions rather than votes. If it's unclear, I just won't count it. It isn't that hard to put three words in front of someone's name in the correct order.
4a. Brackets, that's the ticket. example, [vote to lynch so and so]
5. Don't post during the day-cycle of the game if you have been killed. Dead players can only talk at night. Just to be clear, lynches happen during the day and Werepenguins/TruthTerra/Exorcist PM at night. Check my last update; if a lynch is on, it's daytime. If I've asked the Penguins/TruthTerra/Exorcist to PM, it's night.
6. TruthTerra and the Exorcist cannot tell people they are TruthTerra or the Exorcist (at least not within this topic). Obviously, I cannot control what you do elsewhere (PM, IM, IRC etc.), but beware; especially with TruthTerra, not all may be as it seems...
7. As per the title, if you're not playing, you're not playing. You can't join late due to the mechanics of the game, and I don't want you posting if you're not involved. I'll just delete any posts you make. If anyone gets trollish though, I will hand out suspensions.
Most of all, have fun, and POST. It's way more fun if you get involved, instead of just showing up and voting every now and again. Plus, inactivity can really kill a game based on votes, so try and stay active if you can.