The Syndicate

Golden wrote:Surely town win more than 2 games? I won as town twice...

Sloonei wrote:Scum won all but 2 games last year, but one of those two was the finale. I think the setups were 13 vs 4 with 2 town power roles. I think lack of familiarity was largely responsible for that, and that will always be a factor in favor of the bad guys in this tournament. But the competitiveness of the games probably helps town.

Just went back to check the ratios from last season. I was right, 13 vs 4. But I also realized that my game was Mad Men flavored, and I just finished the Mad Men series finale about 10 minutes ago. A thing like that.

now i'm reading that game and getting all my mafia juices flowing again.
I hadn't been scum in about a year before that tournament, then I drew two scum cards in a row. I haven't been scum in a year since that tournament.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I don't think their 4:1 ratio is ideal for all-vanilla though. I have looked into it a lot with the intent of hosting one eventually, and that ratio, friendly as it may look in most setups, is still mafia-slanted in a mountainous setup. I saw a statistic from mafiascum indicating that 11 vs. 2 mountainous was still won by town less than 40% of the time.

The effort and competitive spirit of the games might equalize them a bit.

Quin wrote:Can nominees vote as well?

Jackofhearts2005 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I can understand why folks would be hesitant though. The time commitment is huge, it's a heavy-pressure situation due to representing the site and playing with other highly regarded players, perhaps some don't like the mountainous setup, etc.

That said, I think anyone who is contemplating it should absolutely just go for it and toss their hat into the ring.

The upside is that you can get new awesome players to join your site.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Jackofhearts2005 wrote:How many names we got so far?

So far...

Spoiler: show

2

Yep.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote:How many names we got so far?

Thingyman wrote:Thanks, MP!

I'll follow along here and answer any questions you guys have.

I'll take this thread as confirmation of your participation though, so if sticking with the current deadline you have until April 23 to name your representative (and a backup would be good too). But just let me know if you guys need more time than that and we can work something out, no worries.