The Syndicate

Haha, and just like that... RIP RYM Mafia

I hope The Syndicate is accepting refugees. :P

This deserves its own thread. It's a sad day.

I had the Sister Site thread locked, so that's part of the reason I moved your post here, Jay. Also felt this deserved its own thread. I can't believe the news. Reading sharifi's post I apparently was unaware of all the issues he was encountering. I had a lot of fun at least in my limited experience playing mafia there and lurking in the OT forums.

Of course, RYM Mafia brethren are more than welcome here.

Why couldn't this have happened before I worked on that Sister Site thread though? :P Just kidding. I'll at least keep you all in there for now to preserve the memory.

There's still an outside chance it can resurface if they open up more specific topic-oriented OT boards as they've discussed for a book board. An OT games board of some kind would be fine for Mafia. But it's a long shot and even if it happens it'll be a while.

We had a good run. I'm glad we found friends here before it was too late.

The OT board definitely was the source of some drama and problems for the site administration, so I don't fault them for this. Mafia was just caught in the crossfire unfortunately.

Sorry to hear this. From the looks of it, it seems it was a necessary step. Will it stay this way even after RYM's makeover? I do hope, as well, that a smaller board solution will be found for y'all mafiosos.

If not... we still have the cells available, don't we, MP?

Anyway, as far as the mafia community goes, I think you are an upstanding ensemble and I have a great time playing with you all both here and over there. Oh right, wow, I actually managed to play on the very last mafia game before this shutdown... and almost won, too (curse you siggy ).

We'll fall a few games shy of 100. OT was a fun place for a long time but this is probably a necessary move on Sharifi and co.'s part.

Thanks to all you Syndicats who joined us for games over there.

Strawhenge is already trying to salvage some of whatever's left, including Mafia. I'm not sure how likely this is to survive, but he's trying and that's neat.

I wish I had played the last mafia game there. I'm sorry that my time was too little just at that point in time.

I'll really miss RYM mafia, and I hope many of that community find their way here. It's a great bunch.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Strawhenge is already trying to salvage some of whatever's left, including Mafia. I'm not sure how likely this is to survive, but he's trying and that's neat.

Good for him, I hope it takes off.

Lol, the last game there was Maphia.

That's a shame. I heard people talking about RYM a few weeks back so I tried to find their mafia boards but never had any luck. But what they said about trying to start again with a more defined purpose sounds like it'd work out a lot better.

S~V~S wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Strawhenge is already trying to salvage some of whatever's left, including Mafia. I'm not sure how likely this is to survive, but he's trying and that's neat.

Good for him, I hope it takes off.

I went to the link but couldnt read the posts. Do you have to be a member to read through whats been posted?

juliets wrote:

S~V~S wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Strawhenge is already trying to salvage some of whatever's left, including Mafia. I'm not sure how likely this is to survive, but he's trying and that's neat.

Good for him, I hope it takes off.

I went to the link but couldnt read the posts. Do you have to be a member to read through whats been posted?

Yes, it appears that way. There are currently about 5 posts on the entire board though.

I'm forever going to be seen as a super early adopter on that site.

I think thats the soonest I've ever been a member of anything.

Golden wrote:I wish I had played the last mafia game there. I'm sorry that my time was too little just at that point in time.

I'll really miss RYM mafia, and I hope many of that community find their way here. It's a great bunch.

+1

Golden wrote:I'm forever going to be seen as a super early adopter on that site.

I think thats the soonest I've ever been a member of anything.

When I made an account I didn't even get the feel-good of seeing myself as the newest member, since MP made his apparently at the same time.

Quin wrote:

Golden wrote:I'm forever going to be seen as a super early adopter on that site.

I think thats the soonest I've ever been a member of anything.

When I made an account I didn't even get the feel-good of seeing myself as the newest member, since MP made his apparently at the same time.

ninja MP.

Quin wrote:

Golden wrote:I'm forever going to be seen as a super early adopter on that site.

I think thats the soonest I've ever been a member of anything.

When I made an account I didn't even get the feel-good of seeing myself as the newest member, since MP made his apparently at the same time.

S~V~S wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Strawhenge is already trying to salvage some of whatever's left, including Mafia. I'm not sure how likely this is to survive, but he's trying and that's neat.

Good for him, I hope it takes off.

I just wanted to say that I echo this sentiment.

I said this just now on RYM before it could be locked, but I wanted to say it here as well (with the proper pronoun and other edits to make it correct):

I really enjoyed getting to know the RYM Mafia folks and playing mafia over there, even though I couldn't give it the attention it deserved due to RL and splitting my focus between playing/hosting/admining here and trying to play over there simultaneously. Getting to play RYM #84 (Peanuts) will always be one of my fondest mafia memories; it really rekindled my love for the game and taught me to reexamine the way I approached it.

I had really grown to consider the RYM OT forum my second home after TS, so despite not being a presence there in nearly the way that the rest of them were, I'm still beat up about this. I hope to see more of them all on The Syndicate, particularly those I didn't get to know that well yet, and I'm glad Strawhenge is trying to keep it alive so I'll be bound to pop in on PWYW as well.

You all really had a super awesome, tight knit group of folks at RYM Mafia.

Sloonei wrote:Let's never forget that time I played an entire game as Shakespeare.

That game was the class of RYM roleplay. I think this was my best Mafia post, from the same game:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:supertown jimmy could not possibly find the time to compile petty little tallies, it is beneath him. have you not heard of his amazing mafia exploits? need they be read to you from the placque under his hall of fame bust?? surely one of the little people will be able run such a small errand for you. can you feel the weight of my scoff pressing down upon you after you show such gall? were you not even speaking to the great supertown jimmy? well you need to specify so, because he cannot be bothered to assume he is not the topic of every ambiguous post! everyone is always talking about him, he is just that interesting!

Sloonei wrote:Let's never forget that time I played an entire game as Shakespeare.

Why does this not surprise me?

forsooth i cannot say

Sloonei wrote:RYM Mafia might not stay dead for long.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:There's still an outside chance it can resurface if they open up more specific topic-oriented OT boards as they've discussed for a book board. An OT games board of some kind would be fine for Mafia. But it's a long shot and even if it happens it'll be a while.

We had a good run. I'm glad we found friends here before it was too late.

The OT board definitely was the source of some drama and problems for the site administration, so I don't fault them for this. Mafia was just caught in the crossfire unfortunately.

Just curious. Why don't they set up the new locations and sub-forums and such before getting rid of the OT section instead of after?

Like, when the Reds built a new stadium to play in, they built the new one before tearing down the old one, rather than after the fact. That way they could still sell tickets and have somewhere to play while the new one's under construction. :P

Quin wrote:

Golden wrote:I'm forever going to be seen as a super early adopter on that site.

I think thats the soonest I've ever been a member of anything.

When I made an account I didn't even get the feel-good of seeing myself as the newest member, since MP made his apparently at the same time.

I just registered for PWYW.

I was similarly victimized by sodr.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:There's still an outside chance it can resurface if they open up more specific topic-oriented OT boards as they've discussed for a book board. An OT games board of some kind would be fine for Mafia. But it's a long shot and even if it happens it'll be a while.

We had a good run. I'm glad we found friends here before it was too late.

The OT board definitely was the source of some drama and problems for the site administration, so I don't fault them for this. Mafia was just caught in the crossfire unfortunately.

Just curious. Why don't they set up the new locations and sub-forums and such before getting rid of the OT section instead of after?

Like, when the Reds built a new stadium to play in, they built the new one before tearing down the old one, rather than after the fact. That way they could still sell tickets and have somewhere to play while the new one's under construction. :P

They've sort of done this now. They added three new OT boards for sports, tv, and literature. In the thread I linked to above one of the Admins said they're considering ways to accomodate Mafia games, but there is no solution just yet. They're usually a pretty responsive and respectful staff over there, so the fact that they're thinking of us and our silly games at all is encouraging.

Sloonei wrote:RYM Mafia might not stay dead for long.

Whew, I was afraid I was going to end up as the final host in RYMafia history.

Wow, I'm having major flashbacks to Lostpedia and Otherville.

Long Con wrote:Wow, I'm having major flashbacks to Lostpedia and Otherville.

Reminds me of STV. Almost exactly the same, in that mafia there got shut down due to mods not wanting to deal with it.

Maphia!

Long Con wrote:Wow, I'm having major flashbacks to Lostpedia and Otherville.

LOL


Never forget when someone deleted the All Things Mafia thread. A hard delete. Upwards of 5 times.

I hope you guys get your maphia back soon <3

Dom wrote:

Long Con wrote:Wow, I'm having major flashbacks to Lostpedia and Otherville.

LOL


Never forget when someone deleted the All Things Mafia thread. A hard delete. Upwards of 5 times.

Ugh, that was much later. It was when plkrtn and his cronies went on a ban- and censorship-rampage that no one wanted or needed that Cerberus had to die and Long Con was born.

Would you guys like me more if I were named Cerberus?

I am used to you as LC, but if you want to change it, go for it

S~V~S wrote:I am used to you as LC, but if you want to change it, go for it

No way, Long Con is much batter for Mafia!

Question:

If a Back to the Future II Mafia game is hosted on PWYW, will it take us all back in time to RYM 88, a time when RYM OT was still an existence?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Question:

If a Back to the Future II Mafia game is hosted on PWYW, will it take us all back in time to RYM 88, a time when RYM OT was still an existence?

Id definitely do another back to the future Mafia over there! That was fun!

The new RYM OT, if anyone hasn't found it yet.

Long Con wrote:Wow, I'm having major flashbacks to Lostpedia and Otherville.

Otherville?

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I was digging around for a clean notebook to use for work stuff I am doing. I stumbled into something you may find amusing:

hahaha this is awesome i never took mafia notes, but now i wish i did.

I’ll find random notes from games I hosted ages ago in odd places from time to time. I eventually just opened a google docs folder for all things mafia.

10 - sodr2
1 - other

Really makes you wonder how bad he must have been, I don't think I played too many of those ones.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 5:05 pm Really makes you wonder how bad he must have been, I don't think I played too many of those ones.

He wasn't that bad. It had become a [very mean] meme at that point. He received votes for "worst anti-townie" when he never even received such a role.

I was glad to finally get rid of those "awards".