The Mafia Game Discussion Thread

[zazthespaz]

Honestly I kinda miss being paranoid already.

Try hanging out in a crowded place!

[Andy92]

I’m game anytime. Would be good to wait until Lotha is back. Maybe we could start recruiting some members through Facebook or whatever ahead of time to make some higher numbers for the next one.

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

[zazisaspaz]

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

U tryna pimp us out, hustla?!?

[Andy92]

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

U tryna pimp us out, hustla?!?

Pimp is a strong word. You can catfish people for extra protection. They’ll have so much fun once they start playing mafia that they won’t care anymore!

[zazthespaz]

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

Not a fan of social interaction. Quarantine is my jam.

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

Not a fan of social interaction. Quarantine is my jam.

I wish I was in quarantine

[zazisaspaz]

And by recruit I mean have Incon and Summer ask. Cameron can’t do it apparently.

U tryna pimp us out, hustla?!?

Pimp is a strong word. You can catfish people for extra protection. They’ll have so much fun once they start playing mafia that they won’t care anymore!

ohhh I get it!

[UninvitedZero]

How does one play? I don't think I've heard of Mafia before

[Andy92]

How does one play? I don't think I've heard of Mafia before

Basically in a group of players where 2-3 are classified as Mafia and the rest of the players are “townies” and some have special roles. Aim of the game for the townies is to determine who the members of the Mafia are and vote them out. The goal for the Mafia is to eliminate all of the townies.

You just play by posting comments in a message board. There are “day phases” where everyone can post comments and vote to eliminate other players. Once someone has been eliminated, the game switches to a “night phase” where you can’t post comments publicly, but players with special roles send messages to the game’s moderator telling them what they want to do. For example, each night phase the Mafia pick one player to eliminate. There’s a cop role that can search for one player’s identity each night phase, things like that.

It’s pretty fun when you get a decent amount of people playing. You’re welcome to join the next one!

[Inconquerable]

How does one play? I don't think I've heard of Mafia before

Further to Andy's post, here's the last game that we just finished playing. I found that reading the games helped me figure out the rules/strategies.

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We'd love to have you jump on board!

[Lissa]

Hi!

I hope this is alright to post here - I do not have PM permissions.

I'm the lead organizer of a very big Mafia Championship tournament, featuring 150 different communities, and would like to extend an invitation to your community. I'm hoping this is the best way to go about this.

The Mafia Championship is a super fun event that's been running since 2013. Over the years, 320+ communities, 50+ nationalities and 770+ representatives have participated. More importantly, it has created strong bonds between communities, resulted in countless friendships, and it has even led to people getting married, believe it or not

The concept, to explain it very briefly, is that each community elects one person to go represent them in the Championship. I'd be stoked to see you guys represented.

If you have any questions, just let me know.

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INVITATION TO THE MAFIA CHAMPIONSHIP (SEASON 7)

Ahoy there!

I’m very excited to invite your community to participate in Season 7 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual forum-based tournament series that pits representatives from various online Mafia (aka Werewolf) communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet’s greatest forum Mafia player. Each participating community democratically elects one person to represent them and be their “Champion”.

The tournament first started back in 2013. Since then, 320+ different communities and 50+ different nationalities have been represented.

It’s a super fun event that has created many new friendships and close bonds between communities. I hope that you would be interested in taking part

1. DO YOU ACCEPT THE INVITATION?

If your community wishes to participate, please confirm your participation to Lissa as soon as you can to ensure yourselves a spot. Currently, the plan is to accommodate 150 communities this season. If there is further interest, additional communities may sign up as substitutes; generally there are some replacements needed both before and during games.

If your community agrees to participate, the deadline for selecting your representative is April 27, but the sooner the better.

The games will take place on Mafia Universe. If it’s okay, I can link directly to the general discussion thread regarding this topic on Mafia Universe.

Important notes

• You may decide yourselves how you want to elect your representative, but we highly recommend some sort of democratic process (public nominations followed by a poll usually works out well).
• In addition to electing a representative, you should also name an alternate who will be asked to step in if the first choice needs to back out.
• Your representative should be prepared for having to read upwards of 500-600 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. Additionally, there’s a requirement that each player must make at least 10 posts per Game Day. Only active players should apply/participate. I repeat: Your chosen player needs to be able to promise a good amount of activity on a daily basis.

2. SEASON 7 FORMAT

The tournament structure

• 150 communities will participate, each sending one representative.
• QUALIFIERS: 10 Qualifier Games will be played, consisting of 15 players each. I.e. every representative plays in one Qualifier Game. The players themselves vote post-game to determine who is deserving of advancement. 1st and 2nd place will advance to the Semifinal Games.
• SEMIFINALS: A Jury consisting of finalists from Season 6 will select 25 additional players to advance to the three Semifinal Games. From each game, five players will advance to the Finale Game based on a post-game player vote, just like in the qualifying phase.
• THE FINALE: The Finale Game is played. Once it has completed, the players vote to determine who shall receive the title of Season 7 Champion and a winner’s certificate signed by Dmitry Davidoff, the creator of mafia.

This year’s setup: JOAT^2
The setup is called JOAT^2 and features 15 players.

The setup consists of the following:

3x Mafia Goon
2x Town Jack Of All Trades (9x Doctor, 9x Motion Detector, 9x Tracker)
10x Vanilla Townie

Note that the Jacks Of All Trades must use all three actions before repeating an action, i.e. they are rotating. This does not mean they must use the actions in the same order every time.

Relevant mechanics info
- Day start.
- Majority lynch is enabled Day 2+, but majority is not required at any point in order to lynch.
- Tied votes will result in a player being lynched at random from among the tied players.
- No outside communication. I.e. you may not contact the other players outside of the thread (unless you are Mafia and wish to speak with your teammates).
- Phase Lengths and Deadlines will be up to the players themselves (I’ll organize your representative into a game with deadlines that suit their preferences).
- Thread is locked during Night Phases.
- Votes are automatically locked in at LYLO.
- Mafia factional kills are assigned. They can be tracked, watched, roleblocked, etc. (In this setup, that means they display as an action to the Tracker and the Motion Detector actions.)
- Mafia share a factional Night Kill, which is a single standard shot for their faction. The mafia faction kill is mandatory.
- Mafia may communicate at any time.
- Each individual player may make a maximum of 150 posts per day phase (this restriction is lifted 2 hours before day end).
- The game will have a host to oversee everything and make sure everyone’s following the code of conduct, but otherwise the game is completely automated (automatic votecounts, thread locks and reveals roles automatically, the bot receives and processes actions, etc.).

3. SEASON 7 TIMELINE

There will be 10 Qualifier Games, and your representative plays in just one of these. They will have start dates ranging from late April to mid-June. So in other words, as long as your representative can play sometime during that period, they should be good and I’ll make sure they get scheduled into a game that suits their schedule well. I.e. if your rep is busy until June, that isn’t a problem.

The Semifinal Games will be played in July, and the Finale Game sometime in August/September (whenever we can work out something that suits everyone).

If you want to get in contact with me ASAP, you can find me on Discord (Lissa#8083).

Kind regards,
Lissa

[Andy92]

Guys let’s send Shea

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

Guys let’s send Shea

No lets send Cameron.

[Micky]

Guys let’s send Shea

No lets send Cameron.

No, let's send Shea

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

Guys let’s send Shea

No lets send Cameron.

No, let's send Shea

No, let's send Micky.

[Micky]

Guys let’s send Shea

No lets send Cameron.

No, let's send Shea

No, let's send Micky.

No, let's send Shea.

[SHEAKENBAKEN]

Guys let’s send Shea

No lets send Cameron.

No, let's send Shea

No, let's send Micky.

No, let's send Shea.

No, let's send Andy.

[zazthespaz]

Guys, you're gonna get us banned before we even sign Shea up

I think someone who is active (posts regularly and doesn't play the quiet game) in the games should go. I'd nominate the following (in alphabetical order):
Andy
Inconquerable
Lotha
Timotheus (if his time frees up)
zazisaspaz

Sounds like a fun scenario though, we should try something similar sometime!

Thank you Lissa for reaching out to us!

[Inconquerable]

This is really cool! It sounds like a big time investment but also like it would be a lot of fun. My recommendations would be Andy, Cam, and Lotha. Duane would be great because he's hard to read, but I don't know if his play style would suit the minimum of daily posts.

[zazthespaz]

Thanks! But this:

No, I'm good at making small details. Horrible at picking up on them! I'm pretty stupid; I know I brag about getting an A in physics senior year all the time, but that was pretty much the peak of my intelligence

was not hyperbolic