The Syndicate

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Don't sell yourself short Quin. You took this place by storm like few could!

Thanks.

Can nominees vote as well?

Quin wrote:Can nominees vote as well?

Absolutely. Nominees can rank themselves however they wish too.

It baffles me that this is called a 'mountainous' setup when it is the most flat a setup could be. It should be called the pancake setup.

I'm pretty sure it's my favorite setup and I have never actually played in one.

Well, there was one RYM game where everyone was vanilla, but it also had no vote changes. That's an enormous mafia advantage and my mafia team cruised.

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.

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.

Yeah, 12:3 will be tough for the town; I'd guesstimate like 40/60 or worse odds. Thankfully, towns have shown that they can be pretty damn good at this tournament, so it's hard to say.

I think 12:3 is fine. That means a fifth of the player pool is mafia. That's not that bad. That gives the civilians four lynches to spare.

It will be interesting to see how they go for sure; who knows, maybe town will win more again this year.

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.

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

Rereading my game. The heart attack I had when the Auto Mod didn't end the game immediately after Augustus and I hammered on JOH is still with me.

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.

Yeah, and unless I'm crazy and remembering incorrectly, the year before that (our first year, Season 2, with Turnip Head) the ratios were more even and town may have won more than mafia. Not sure if the change in setup from year to year had anything to do with it.

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

Is it possible town only won when you were a member of it?

Holy shit Vomps is a nominee?

Let's make it happen, guys. It may be the last time they ever invite us for this, but it will be so worth it.

Who is this mysterious Vomp fellow?

Epignosis is the most deserving of these candidates. A man who commands respect and can flex his stuff without posting a billion times like some others

No finer teammate as mafia for sure

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Holy shit Vomps is a nominee?

Let's make it happen, guys. It may be the last time they ever invite us for this, but it will be so worth it.

w e r d

Jackofhearts2005 wrote:Who is this mysterious Vomp fellow?

Vomps isn't a fellow, he's a legend.

How do I describe... imagine the most chaotic, incomprehensive, and unreadable mafia player you have ever seen, in any sites you have ever played in.

They are easier to read than Vompatti.

He has been described as a dadaist mafia player before. Not making sense is his playstyle.

I'll find you somewhere,
show you how much I care.
Know that there is no,
Escape from my Snow Brigade.

FYI, CBob will be playing for the Realms with Fred running backup.

Congratulations to our nominee, Epignosis!

Quin will be our backup.

Thanks for volunteering, all nominees.

Excellent, both the nominee and the backup. This should be fun to watch.

I will be the Master of the Mafia Universe.



Although I hope MU is not bright like it is here. Skeletors do not belong amidst such whiteness. I'm all like this right now.

Good work epi. Go kill them with, well, something.

My best advice is don't die early. There's 30 wildcard spots this year so the goal in the heats is to play a very creditable game. I believe in you!

Yay!! Good luck Epi.

Good luck Epig!!

Quick Mafia Championship Update

For those who didn't follow the Mafia Championship to the end, Dels from GameFAQs ended up winning the fourth season. He will be receiving a winner's certificate signed by Dmitry Davidoff, the creator of Mafia.

Hydra Event 2017 - Interested?

As some of you may recall, last year 220 players from dozens of different communities participated in the first ever cross-community Hydra Event. It was a big success and people have been wanting another one, so... It's finally here!

If you don't know what "hydra" means, it's when two people share the same account (two heads). So the concept is that each participating community can send multiple hydras if they want, each consisting of two players, which tends to make the game more fun in addition to making it easier to be active since two players are playing on the same account.

Sign-ups will be open for next couple of weeks.

If you'd like to play, just find a partner and lemme know either here or in the thread below.

More info here: http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/thr ... Event-2017

ika will be ecstatic.

[mention]Sloonei[/mention] and I are wanting to give it a go. It'd be neat to send over more teams though.

aye!

look at me, just yelling at the top of the page.

I'll be playing this with Soneji.

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:25 pm @Sloonei and I are wanting to give it a go. It'd be neat to send over more teams though.

Nice, is this pair confirmed?

Already 150 players signed up in just a few days btw. Sign-ups close Nov 19

Good grief, Thingyman. How do y'all compile such huge numbers of players so efficiently?

I won't have time unfortunately, but it'll be neat to follow the locals!

I am extremely intrigued.

Thingyman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2017 2:51 pm

Quin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:25 pm @Sloonei and I are wanting to give it a go. It'd be neat to send over more teams though.

Nice, is this pair confirmed?

Already 150 players signed up in just a few days btw. Sign-ups close Nov 19

Yes!

does someone wanna play it with me?

Me and JJJ are tentatively IN!

Yep, nevermind my prior claim of being busy.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2017 2:54 pm I won't have time unfortunately.

*womanly intervention*

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: INNNN

Awesome! Could I have you guys post in the MU thread? I'll then send you some forms to fill out.

Thingyman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:48 am Awesome! Could I have you guys post in the MU thread? I'll then send you some forms to fill out.

Done.

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2017 1:48 pm Me and JJJ are tentatively IN!

Here's a direct link for dunya

I registered as dunya and posted there.

[mention]Sloonei[/mention] i and i will be officially submitted when we figured out our damn team name

maybe it should be 'literally whatever'

me and Jay are called the....wait for it....shmoopies.

Hope we somehow get in on the same game Sloon/Quin!

Quoonei

Side-Eye Paprika

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:48 pm Side-Eye Paprika

i like it.

It's just now occurring to me that both our avatars probably give off a feminine vibe.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:59 pm It's just now occurring to me that both our avatars probably give off a feminine vibe.

are you a good flirt? we can use that to our advantage.