Mafia - General Discussion

[Ceres]

1 minute ago, mau5trap said:

123 pages damn y'all going in rn 

The game was slightly bloated by some classic Zfetch shenanigans. The first 50 pages were from "Round A", where everyone was a villager, thinking we were playing real mafia. After that, Zfetch killed off the inactive and the game started.  

 

[Master Radishes]

4 hours ago, Aladeen said:

MR loves to back dat ass up.

Yeah I'll back dat Kaz up.

[luckylager]

1 hour ago, Master Radishes said:

Yeah I'll back dat Kaz up.

Show me what yo workin wit

[Master Radishes]

48 minutes ago, luckylager said:

Show me what yo workin wit

Me and my radish friends did a vid when we were younger:

 

[Master Radishes]

Assertion: TP openly special-hunting is not as bad as it seems

 

-Scum are going to be special hunting anyway, and if a random VT can find the specials in thread then the scum most likely can as well

-Specials often play more to their scum meta because they don’t want to be noticed; it’s likely they will face scrutiny at some point and even a wagon on them; it’s better to find out who they are to stop an accidental mislynch

-If a special has to claim to avoid their own mislynch, the wagon stops but then they get NKed. If, instead, Player X says ‘___ is a special role’ then they can stop the wagon, but the scum then have to gamble on whether Player X is correct or not, and the real special role doesn't have to confirm anything

-If someone openly special hunts it can mess the scum up as much as help them – after all, if they’re wrong, they’ve misdirected the scum’s attention onto a wrong target

 

tl;dr

Basically scum are going to be hunting anyway and you can misdirect them and/or protect the real special roles if you openly hunt them yourself

 

Discuss.

[Ceres]

7 hours ago, Master Radishes said:

Assertion: TP openly special-hunting is not as bad as it seems

 

-Scum are going to be special hunting anyway, and if a random VT can find the specials in thread then the scum most likely can as well

 

-Specials often play more to their scum meta because they don’t want to be noticed; it’s likely they will face scrutiny at some point and even a wagon on them; it’s better to find out who they are to stop an accidental mislynch

 

-If a special has to claim to avoid their own mislynch, the wagon stops but then they get NKed. If, instead, Player X says ‘___ is a special role’ then they can stop the wagon, but the scum then have to gamble on whether Player X is correct or not, and the real special role doesn't have to confirm anything

 

-If someone openly special hunts it can mess the scum up as much as help them – after all, if they’re wrong, they’ve misdirected the scum’s attention onto a wrong target

 

 

 

tl;dr

 

Basically scum are going to be hunting anyway and you can misdirect them and/or protect the real special roles if you openly hunt them yourself

 

 

 

Discuss.

I agree that it's a complex topic that is not black and white.

 

Here's where it can become negative: Say you have special hunting from a VT results in that VT being excluded from the wolves' list of potential specials. e.g. player X is trying to out the sheriff, so he probably isn't the sheriff, and the pool of potential sheriffs has just narrowed for the wolves. Yes, I agree that this example is an opportunity for deliberate misdirection from villagers, but on CDC most players would never do that.

 

Furthermore, newer or inexperienced players may respond to being special hunted in a way that is very indicative of their role, causing them to effectively out themselves. I've seen this happen a few times here. 

 

Another point - and a minor one - is that you may not want to give any help to a wolf team that may be inexperienced or may not be paying enough attention. Example: last game I thought SS was certainly the sheriff in R2. If I'm VT and I share this, maybe he dies and the town loses. 

 

So in conclusion, whether this is good or bad is highly dependent on the roster you have. In principle, in a game with all or mostly strong and experienced players, I would say almost anything goes. But with many inexperienced players, or players not accustomed to laying special cover, this could be detrimental to encourage. 

[Kurisu]

Won't be playing in the champs, sorry.

[Kurisu]

47 minutes ago, Kurisu said:

Won't be playing in the champs, sorry.

Nah I will. Sorry, just very unstable at this current juncture and need to calm down.

[Thingyman]

Hi guys

 

KZA’s Championship game has been scheduled :)

 

GAME 7 (MAY 25, 48/24, 12 AM EDT EOD)

AXIS (TarValon.Net)

Captain Video (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe)

feitan (Hallyu Plus)

IainC (Broken Forum)

KZA (Canucks Community)

LightFoot (The Giraffe Boards)

Marshmallow Marshall (SC2 Mafia)

roundbox (Flash Flash Revolution)

Sheppard (LA Gaming Circle)

SilverKeith (MafiaLandia)

SmartBomb (Mafia Universe)

tonystarkprime (HeroClix Realms)

trentonlf (GOG)

Trustworthy Liberal (Ultimate Dangan Werewolf)

Zone Q11 (Novel Updates)

 

Do you wish to spectate and/or talk with players from other communities?

We have a big server on Discord (1,000+ members) for those that want to spectate and talk about these games. The representatives will be added to this channel too after they die. Or if you just want to chat with people from other communities, we have a general chat too that is unrelated to the Mafia Championship.

 

1) CLICK HERE TO JOIN: https://discord.gg/CwDKmjQ 

 

2) Upon joining the server, please inform us of who you are and which community you are from. We will then give you the necessary permissions to see the spectator channel. This is necessary to avoid the wrong people (the representatives and their backups) joining the channel.

 

You don't need to have Discord installed in order to join the channel, as there is a web version.

 

Do you want to have your own private community spectator chat?

This is definitely both allowed and encouraged. However, I ask that you please do everything possible to make this chat private and inaccessible to your representative, backup and your representative's opponents. It's important that your thoughts and comments don't influence the game. In other words, please don't post about the game in public threads -- this is very important.

 

Mafia Championship Podcast

For the first time ever, there will be a Mafia Championship podcast.

 

The first episode goes live on Twitch at Sunday 4 PM Eastern - i.e. tomorrow. It will feature 4 former winners. There will also be podcasts on the following Sundays.

 

It will go live here, if you are interested: https://www.twitch.tv/mrthingyman/ 

 

Where do I get more info?

Refer to this thread: https://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/25499-Season-7-General-Information

 

This thread will tell you all the details about this season. It also includes a list of the 165 participating communities and their representatives.

 

__________

 

If you need to get in contact with me, my Discord is Thingyman#6075

[GoCanucks16]

rooting for u kaz

 

give em hell

[Ceres]

Here's the thread for Kurisu's game (starts tomorrow): https://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/26082-Season-7-Game-7-Dr-Town-and-Mr-Mafia-The-Mafia-Championship

 

If you plan on following along and want to discuss it with me and others, DM me here or on Discord and we'll set it up. (But remember, no discussions in public threads). I'd recommend following along, because you will learn a lot.

 

 

@Kurisu, good luck my man. It's gonna be the hardest game you've played by far, but you'll improve tremendously because of it. 

[luckylager]

Good luck @Kurisu

Deadly bio! They'll never see you comin man. Smoke em!

[Sharpshooter]

Good luck @Kurisu 

 

Be “Classic”. 

[luckylager]

@Kurisu , good effort bud. $&!# happens

[SixFootFiveAndJackedAF]

Team killing for mafia needs to be allowed.

 

It is necessary in a situation where you need to smear multiple Townies and the best way to do it is by killing your fellow wolf.

 

If a player abuses the function, punish them dont punish the game.

 

who is with me??

[Kurisu]

19 hours ago, SixFootFiveAndJackedAF said:

Team killing for mafia needs to be allowed.

 

It is necessary in a situation where you need to smear multiple Townies and the best way to do it is by killing your fellow wolf.

 

If a player abuses the function, punish them dont punish the game.

 

who is with me??

Agreed.

[naslund.is.king]

1 hour ago, Kurisu said:

Agreed.

Mafia Need to start making somewhat of a plan/strategy to hopefully win a game

[Master Radishes]

In the Krazz days, Mafia kills never revealed info. It would just say something like Master Radishes - [unknown]. It meant we didn't always know when the sheriff or doc was dead or anything.

 

I once used the Mafia kill to kill a teammate to try to fake out the townies who were beginning to piece the game together. It didn't work - they guessed what was happening and we still lost.

 

 

Anyway, no, team killing is stupid.

[Master Radishes]

8 hours ago, naslund.is.king said:

Mafia Need to start making somewhat of a plan/strategy to hopefully win a game

I don't think scum teams need a plan per se. They need confidence. They need to not just sit back and hope not to be noticed - they need to not be afraid to misdirect the town, create a narrative, etc. If the setup is closed, they need to cause chaos. If the setup is open, they need to push their agenda and stop focusing on bussing their partners for towncred.

[Master Radishes]

FYI last 17 games (1 calendar year):

 

11 town victories (including 6 in a row currently)

5 mafia victories

1 SK victory

 

 

For a forum that used to be pretty scumsided, the town have come to dominate over the last year.