General Mafia Discussion

[DekuNut]

I know that we're on a temporary mafia hiatus right now, so I was wondering if you guys would be interested in another game. It's called The Resistance. It's similar, but far from the same game. The rules can be found here, and it can be played with a much smaller group, hence why I'm bringing it up here. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in taking it for a spin.

 

[Mido]

I know that we're on a temporary mafia hiatus right now, so I was wondering if you guys would be interested in another game. It's called The Resistance. It's similar, but far from the same game. The rules can be found here, and it can be played with a much smaller group, hence why I'm bringing it up here. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in taking it for a spin.

I'm familiar with the game, and I suppose the numbers can work since our player pool has shrunk considerably for various reasons for Mafia. I don't know if I personally can partake at this time, but especially in respect to numbers alone, this game can work out.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

I know that we're on a temporary mafia hiatus right now, so I was wondering if you guys would be interested in another game. It's called The Resistance. It's similar, but far from the same game. The rules can be found here, and it can be played with a much smaller group, hence why I'm bringing it up here. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in taking it for a spin.

Yeah, seems small enough to work. We'll have to time it right though. The whole reason we had to cancel Rep's game was because people got busy with finals, some people are moving. Maybe just make a sign-up thread and see how things go.

 

[DekuNut]

Yeah, seems small enough to work. We'll have to time it right though. The whole reason we had to cancel Rep's game was because people got busy with finals, some people are moving. Maybe just make a sign-up thread and see how things go.

Sounds like a plan. I'll start it after o get home from the dentist today, unless anyone sees fit to argue.

 

[Thingyman]

Hi guys

I tried first reaching out to one of your community members (Johnny Sooshi) to find out how best to go about this. He suggested I post about it somewhere in this sub. I hope this is an appropriate place



Invitation to The Mafia Championship Season 3

Hello fellow Mafia enthusiasts!

My name is Thingyman. I am making this post with the hopes that your community would be interested in participating in Season 3 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual online tournament series that pits representatives from various forum Mafia communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet’s greatest forum Mafia player. The representatives are officially and democratically chosen to be “Champions” by their respective communities.

Season 1 (2013-2014) featured 100+ players from 45+ different communities, and the Season 2 (2015) boasted an even more impressive count of 70 different communities represented. The creator of Mafia himself (Dmitry Davidoff) has even supported and endorsed the series by previously offering to privately chat with the ultimate winner.

This year we’re expanding once again; 136 communities will be invited to participate, making this not only the biggest Mafia event ever, but also the largest cross-forum event in the history of the Internet.

Are you interested?

I am hoping very much that this all sounds exciting! If interested, I would need you all to name one representative to play on your community's behalf. How you decide this representative is completely up to you. To guarantee your community a spot in Season 3 of the Mafia Championship, I will need to know of your community's interest within the next week (until April 4th). Following this, you will have an additional two weeks to decide your nominee (until April 18th). Additionally, it would be a very good idea to also name an alternate.

When deciding your nomination, please consider the following: You should of course be aiming to send one of your best players. But more importantly this individual needs to be able to participate adequately in terms of activity. Be prepared for at least upwards of 500 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. The representative needs to not only be able to read all this, but should also at least be able to manage 10+ posts per day phase. I repeat: These games will be active.

Season 3 Specifics

• 136 different communities are invited to participate. If some decline the invitation, I may opt to allow larger communities an additional nominee.
• 8 Qualifying Games will be played with 17 players each.
• 2 players advance to the Finale Game from each game based on post-game votes.
• 1 Wildcard Game will be played (Wildcards are decided by a jury consisting of former finalists), determining the 17th and final spot in the Finale. Runner-ups in this game will be first in line to replace any finalists who may have to drop out.

Season 3 Timeline & Important Dates

The first Qualifying Game is set to start April 25th. Additional games will take place in the 1-3 months following. I will create a Doodle and find out the best times to start the various games so that preferably everyone gets to play during a time that suits them well.

In addition to this, it is also a priority to ensure as much as possible that all the players in any given game has no prior history of playing with each other to ensure a level playing field (but I cannot 100% guarantee that this won’t happen).

Season 3 Game Design & Setup

For each season, we’ve changed it up. This time, we’re doing something new again!

The setup is called Matrix12 and is inspired by mafiascum’s popular Matrix6 setup, if any of you are familiar with that. In short, the concept is that there are 12 different possible setups and the host randomizes which one is used. The players know what setups are available, but not which one will be used!

I can link to the setup if a link is okay.

Regarding lynch mechanics: There will be a deadline each day phase, and the person with the most votes at the end of the day is lynched, unless a majority has already been reached before then, in which case the day ends prematurely.

Days will last 36 hours and nights 12 hours, meaning 48 hours (2 days) per game day. With one exception: The weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) will be one game day (so day will be 60 hours and night 12 hours on weekends).

 

[Viral Maze]

I like this. What do you guys think?

 

[DekuNut]

:notzd:

 

[Mellow Ezlo]

Ooh, this sounds cool! I like the idea very much.

 

[Thingyman]

I'm glad you like the idea!

If you could let me know within the next week or so if you think you'll be able to send a representative, that would be great. Once you're confirmed in, you have until April 18 to decide the representative.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

Do it guys! Let's sign up!

@Viral Maze do you think you can be our champion? You're like one of our best players, plus you were playing Mafia way before we started it here on Zelda Dungeon.

As for backups...

@A Link In Time

@Pendio

Both come to mind, they're both really good.

@Johnny Sooshi
He's good too. We have a lot of good players.

 

[Pen]

This sounds like a really cool thing! I know I've been inactive in our Mafia section for several months, but I'll be back here as soon as I'm able to sign up for a new game.

I would personally not like to be our representative because I don't think I'll have the time for it, and I think we have other cool players who have been more active here than I have recently.

I think anyone who is interested in being our Champion should speak up about it, after which we could all vote. I just think that people signing up for becoming the champion and then us all voting to decide it is better than having people nominating the champion candidates. I think it's important for anyone to get the chance, and also that the champion that we send actively chooses to become the champion.

 

[Spiritual Mask Salesman]

I think anyone who is interested in being our Champion should speak up about it, after which we could all vote. I just think that people signing up for becoming the champion and then us all voting to decide it is better than having people nominating the champion candidates. I think it's important for anyone to get the chance, and also that the champion that we send actively chooses to become the champion.

We can vote, yeah.

@Viral Maze
Do you have the time for this, would you want to be our champion?

 

[Viral Maze]

@Spiritual Mask Salesman Oh man, I'd love to but, I just don't have the time. If this took place in the winter, I'd available, but with the better weather coming back I'm going to be hella busy with work.

I'm going to throw @Jamie @A Link In Time @DekuNut and @Johnny Sooshi a nomination. I'd support any of them.

 

[Mellow Ezlo]

I nominate @Jamie and @LittleGumball

 

[Pen]

With all this nominating going on, I just want to encourage people who aren't being nominated by others to express their interest in representing us. I just want every interested member to get the chance to make it to the voting stage.