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pants
Member
tbqh as a forum personality you'll have a tough time in this game. it works out best if you're an under the radar nobody lol
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
The perception of the EpicMafia community in wider mafia community is... not good. They're seen as attracting the largest number of lowest common denominator/bad players, and it drags the site meta down. It's sort of like, uh, like playing on For Glory compared to playing at APEX, to use Smash lingo. Or, EpicMafia is the GameFAQs of the mafia world, whereas we'll be aiming to be the NeoGAF.
it's cool, I'll have fun either way haha
Crab said:The perception of the EpicMafia community in wider mafia community is... not good. They're seen as attracting the largest number of lowest common denominator/bad players, and it drags the site meta down. It's sort of like, uh, like playing on For Glory compared to playing at APEX, to use Smash lingo. Or, EpicMafia is the GameFAQs of the mafia world, whereas we'll be aiming to be the NeoGAF.
I got called a noob too in my first lobby lol
Either way, this will be fun.
QuantumBro
Banned
I'm in for some Mafia.
pants
Member
Yeah its quite fun, my first time playing I got lynched because i too openly threatened (bluffed) another played. I was the doctor, all the villagers were pissed as hell at me haha
Haha, that's not too dissimilar to what happened to this kingsomething guy that was in the room I won.
I went in and I was totally laying on the mud. I was all "Hello fair citizens of this village, how are you on this lovely Autumn day?"
The second I said that the king guy was like "Ami is mafia. Vote Ami."
I was like "I am OFFENDED, sir. Offended! I am going to issue a retaliatory vote to register my disdain with such baseless accusations!"
Then everybody said "yeah it's King, vote King."
And King was like "wait no I am the cop, I checked Ami and he was Mafia."
King totally got owned, then next round we voted out Jamaica and won the round.
Then Jamaica was so pretty annoyed. "I...trusted you! What the hell!"
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
I wouldn't mind trying this out. Count me in but don't hate me if I suck, it will be my first time
Don't worry! I'm aware this will be a lot of people's first game, so when sign-ups are done, I'll try and email everyone very clear instructions and allow for 2-3 days for clarifications to be asked before beginning.
tomakasatnav
Member
Ahem. Get me on that list.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
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Deleted member 231381
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Also, within reason, given this is the first one and all, if you know anyone else on GAF who you think might be interested, it might be quite nice to drop them a little PM telling them about this.
Barrylocke
Member
I used to play a lot of mafia back in the day both on irc and in a couple forums. Mother 3 mafia on starmen.net was AMAZING.
Its been a long time. Im in for some Mafia-GAF.
Its been a long time. Im in for some Mafia-GAF.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
I wouldn't mind trying this out. Count me in but don't hate me if I suck, it will be my first time
EDIT: Actually nevermind, I would prefer seeing how the first one plays out before joining. Don't want to mess anything up.
Aww, you should still go for it! The fun thing about mafia is that it's quite a kind game to new players - people tend not to suspect you when you're new. You should definitely just leap on in still.
pants
Member
Classic mafia.
Never give people an excuse to vote you at the start when no one knows whom to vote for lol
johnnyquicknives
Member
I've never played before but would be totally up for getting involved. Might even encourage me to post more often rather than lurking around.
pants
Member
How can johnnyquicknives NOT be a villain. I see you boi.
BronsonLee
Member
Love love love Mafia.
Just remember, why me=fry me
Just remember, why me=fry me
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Xpike
Unconfirmed Member
I'm in, sounds like fun.
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Deleted member 231381
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johnnyquicknives
Member
Throwing suspicions around already. Total cylon move.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
you're just throwing back suspicion in a vague attempt at deflection!
VOTE: johnnyquicknives
johnnyquicknives
Member
Mafia-aligned players may be allowed to communicate completely freely via irc/pms/skype or something like http://www.quicktopic.com/ can be used to provide them a temporary forum for out of thread communication. Town-aligned players are generally only allowed to communicate by posting in the actual thread.
Barrylocke
Member
Yup, I've been in games where the main mode of communication is by PM, but I personally like the idea of the Mafia getting an offsite Message Board or perhaps IRC to communicate. This is how the two seperate mafia's did things in Mother 3 mafia, and it made it very easy for everyone in the group to stay on the same page and communicate.
Another thing I learned from Mother 3 mafia, whoever is organizing this game, definitely make sure that you get the roles more or less figured out BEFORE the interested parties are all together. I remember the main bad thing that happened in that game was that the organizer didn't have everything in place by the time all the roles filled up, and it took about a month for the game to actually start. Since this was on a non mafia board with many new players, and just many players in general (it was like 40-50 people across two towns that merged together in the tail end of the game), a decent chunk of people had to be replaced before things even really began. Throw in an inactive town and the mafia was able to clean up before the merge without a single death on their side...it was pathetic. Now granted, I was on that mafia myself so I still enjoyed myself, but overall, as fun as that game was it was really sloppy.
I just hope OP is experienced with wrangling larger mafia games together. We're at 16 which isn't bad, but those experiences showed me how tough it can be to manage and balance 35+.
Another thing I learned from Mother 3 mafia, whoever is organizing this game, definitely make sure that you get the roles more or less figured out BEFORE the interested parties are all together. I remember the main bad thing that happened in that game was that the organizer didn't have everything in place by the time all the roles filled up, and it took about a month for the game to actually start. Since this was on a non mafia board with many new players, and just many players in general (it was like 40-50 people across two towns that merged together in the tail end of the game), a decent chunk of people had to be replaced before things even really began. Throw in an inactive town and the mafia was able to clean up before the merge without a single death on their side...it was pathetic. Now granted, I was on that mafia myself so I still enjoyed myself, but overall, as fun as that game was it was really sloppy.
I just hope OP is experienced with wrangling larger mafia games together. We're at 16 which isn't bad, but those experiences showed me how tough it can be to manage and balance 35+.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
I'll finish sign-ups next Tuesday, then let everyone know their role and so on and given 3 days for people to confirm and so on. Ideally, we'll start not next Monday, but the one after.
Barrylocke
Member
Well I certainly appreciate this game moving forward so swiftly. I look forward to whatever scenarios and roles you have for us. The I won't have to eat you, Crab.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
I've run my largest game at around ~50 people, so hopefully this will go well, it'd be a little embarrassing if it didn't.
I'm conscious of the fact this will be the first GAF game, so my intent is to move with pace and keep people sticking around. Sign-ups will shut Tuesday, and I will PM everyone who signed up their roles and further information, and ask for a confirmation email. If some people fail to confirm, I will have to try and look for replacement players - which means it is important that if you sign up you actually do participate, or it makes life more difficult for everyone.I'm not expecting more than 30 players for this at a stretch, sign-ups have already slowed noticeably since the first day and if we go a full day without anyone extra signing up, I may end it ahead of time to keep the pace going. Obviously, I can't plan a specific set-up in advance with no knowledge of how many players I'll end up having, but I have pre-written the role PMs I intend to use, so it's just a matter of fitting something together that works then sending out the information.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Sounds like fun. Sign me up.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Ok yeah sure I'll get involved
AbsolutBro
Member
I am totally in if there's still space.
Zippedpinhead
Member
I want to sign up, But I want to make sure I can participate.
How long will rounds last (for example: live in 5 minute increments or over the course of an hour or so)? will actions be done via PM to you and discussions occurring in thread?
So sign me up. I think this will be a lot of fun.
How long will rounds last (for example: live in 5 minute increments or over the course of an hour or so)? will actions be done via PM to you and discussions occurring in thread?
So sign me up. I think this will be a lot of fun.
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Deleted member 231381
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How long phases take is dependent on how many players we end up having. The more players there are, the more discussion time is needed before people feel comfortable making a decision. If we get to 26 players, I may stop accepting new sign-ups and just accept people to a waiting list to act as replacements. At 27 players, one "day phase" is going to be about 8 real life days, and one "night phase" about 2 real life days; if we don't get that far, it may be shorter.
In terms of your commitment, if you are a town player you will probably want to make an average of at least around 1-2 posts a day. Posting every day is not necessary or even always useful, so don't worry if you are away for a brief period of time, say, 2-3 days, although letting everyone know before hand. However, a general theme of inactivity is not helpful for other town players. Unless you do not post at all in a given phase, I won't do anything, but if you only post a bit and seem to be lurking, then other players will probably deal with you themselves.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
All town players will chat in this thread; outside communication about the game is forbidden unless instructed otherwise. Obviously, I can't enforce this rule so it's largely good faith, but in all honesty it's unlikely to advantage you in any way and may even disadvantage you, so there's reason for you not to do it outside sportsmanship.
Players who are allowed covert communication (mafia, and potentially some town power roles) will be given a secret third-party site to communicate on. This is so a) I can observe their communications in my role as moderator, and b) so that we can share it at the end for some fun.
Actions need to be PM'd to me.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
Count me in! Was almost the only game I played in starcraft 2
You're all in. Note that this takes our player count to 23. There are 4 slots still free, after that I will still take sign-ups, but you go on the waiting list. With 27 players, the chance that at least 1 or 2 people fail to show up is quite high, so being early on the waiting list means you have a very good chance to still participate.
I would like to play.
I used to play Mafia back in my nerdy high school tennis squad days.