Use this thread to submit nominations throughout the year 2022 for the eventual Socky Awards. This will make it easier for us all to remember everything that happened, it will be more personal, and we can celebrate each other all year.
Go ahead and stick quote nominations here too instead of sending them to the Sockys account. The Sockys team (and Syn if he remembers) will try to keep the second post relatively updated with everyone's nominations for stuff to make it all easier to find.
Best Job
Best Heist/Hustle
Best Racket
Best Theme
Best Civilian Team Performance
Best Mafia Team Performance
Best Host or Host Team Overall
Best Host or Host Team, Job
Best Host or Host Team, Heist/Hustle
Best Host or Host Team, Racket
Best Game Design
Best Civilian Overall
Best Civilian, single game
Best Mafioso Overall
Best Mafioso, single game
Best Independent
Best Newcomer
Best Video Mafia Player
Best Role Use
Best Gambit
Most Valuable Player
Turnip Head Award (formerly Spirit Award)
Funniest User
Best Quote
Best Role Play
Best Walrus Submitter
Lifetime Achievement Award
Remember that you cannot nominate games if they are currently ongoing. Try to remember your nomination for when the game's over!
@ilario and @hollowkatt definitely deserve a nomination for Best Independent when the time comes for their excellent work in Game of Champions 2021. Incredible performance.
Everyone please keep their eye on Town performances by @Seanzie this year. In GOC 2021 where he was town he had an awesome Day 1, identifying 2 of the wolves and highly suspicious of a 3rd.
And then, in the most tragic fire drill I think I've ever seen he was yeeted day 1 by 6 Town and 1 wolf. (Do we have an award for Most Tragic Yeets?)
Keep an eye on him I think he's going places.
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:24 pmAlways good to remember that there is no such thing as a Mafia circumstance that is worth real human emotion. Sometimes it will naturally come out, but it can be contained if we just remember that this is a game on a message board forum that 99.99% of the population of the Earth has never heard of before. No matter how successful anyone is, it means just about nothing.
Best Host - Jobsor Overall based on future: Best Game - Jobs or Overall based on future: @NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME for GOC 2021. Remarkable game, so many moving parts, so organized - e.g., consistent EOD/SOD times, comprehensive rules, ISO links up early in chronological order!, all those servers, Hub was amazing, etc. - great roles based on the year 2021 at TS. Best opening paragraph of an OP that many ignored to their detriment lol! viewtopic.php?t=2282
(Can I nominate @MacDougall for most incredible tragi-comedy in spoiled spec chat? How many times did we all say "Mac, go to the ER now"? So glad you're ok Mac!)
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:24 pmAlways good to remember that there is no such thing as a Mafia circumstance that is worth real human emotion. Sometimes it will naturally come out, but it can be contained if we just remember that this is a game on a message board forum that 99.99% of the population of the Earth has never heard of before. No matter how successful anyone is, it means just about nothing.
juliets wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:23 amBest Host - Jobs or Overall based on future: Best Game - Jobs or Overall based on future:
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME for GOC 2021. Remarkable game, so many moving parts, so organized - e.g., consistent EOD/SOD times, comprehensive rules, ISO links up early in chronological order!, all those servers, Hub was amazing, etc. - great roles based on the year 2021 at TS. Best opening paragraph of an OP that many ignored to their detriment lol! viewtopic.php?t=2282
(Can I nominate @MacDougall for most incredible tragi-comedy in spoiled spec chat? How many times did we all say "Mac, go to the ER now"? So glad you're ok Mac!)
Are Sit Downs considered the same category as Jobs?
juliets wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:23 amBest Host - Jobs or Overall based on future: Best Game - Jobs or Overall based on future:
@NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME for GOC 2021. Remarkable game, so many moving parts, so organized - e.g., consistent EOD/SOD times, comprehensive rules, ISO links up early in chronological order!, all those servers, Hub was amazing, etc. - great roles based on the year 2021 at TS. Best opening paragraph of an OP that many ignored to their detriment lol! viewtopic.php?t=2282
(Can I nominate @MacDougall for most incredible tragi-comedy in spoiled spec chat? How many times did we all say "Mac, go to the ER now"? So glad you're ok Mac!)
Are Sit Downs considered the same category as Jobs?
Oh! Good question! I'd say probably. Lemme look at the awards we just did. Edit: and the answer is Yes! I'll change the above to Best Job Host/Best Job.
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:24 pmAlways good to remember that there is no such thing as a Mafia circumstance that is worth real human emotion. Sometimes it will naturally come out, but it can be contained if we just remember that this is a game on a message board forum that 99.99% of the population of the Earth has never heard of before. No matter how successful anyone is, it means just about nothing.
Sit Downs have historically been attached to whichever game type is most similar to the game in question. The GOC would definitely be a Job. We have had some sit downs closer to Heists or Rackets and would associate them accordingly.
Best Townie, Maffies 4, 8 and 9 Best Scum, Maffies 3 Best Moderator, Maffies 8 and 9 Most Valuable Player, Maffies 7 and 9 Best Roleplay, Maffies 4 and 6 Spirit Award, Maffies 9 Hall of Fame inductee, Maffies 4
Mafia Universe
Mafia Championship Finalist, 2015 and 2020 Best Town Player, 2020
Syn wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:10 pm
@ilario and @hollowkatt definitely deserve a nomination for Best Independent when the time comes for their excellent work in Game of Champions 2021. Incredible performance.
I'd go so far as to say that if they had done that in a game last year, I wouldn't have won Best Independent that year.
There's nothing that says a fake can't surpass the real thing.
We don't have to second the nominations here but I'm going to do it anyway. @Hally and @c4e5g3d5 were incredible as mafia in Highway Heist, Best Mafia Team Performance. Don't take it from me. I'll just quote one of the other GOAT players in the game:
[11:08 PM] A/I/R/(IR): Probably one of the best mafia team performances I've seen in my life
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:24 pmAlways good to remember that there is no such thing as a Mafia circumstance that is worth real human emotion. Sometimes it will naturally come out, but it can be contained if we just remember that this is a game on a message board forum that 99.99% of the population of the Earth has never heard of before. No matter how successful anyone is, it means just about nothing.
Series of posts from Mac in Anni G3 as the "Dalai Dougall" persona (couldn't pick just one post to represent it but mayyybe the second if I had to pick):
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:10 pm
The best way we can honour the memories of our fallen loved ones is to maintain a pleasant environment of caring for ourselves and each other.
Deep breaths.
Trolling and insulting, even jokingly, and chaos posting will provoke irrational responses from townies. Calm lines of questioning, an open mind and kindness in all things.
This is the way.
Namaste.
Please don't approach me with anything but warmth and love or I will deny you access to my being.
dyachei wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:05 pm
mac: thought aro was a wolf and loudly proclaimed it
mac today: it was all dya and alison
when i voted aro, nobody wanted to join me. It wasn't until other players saw how aro was playing and voted that the wagon took off. but it's somehow all my fault
mac's still probably town though. in fact I think this makes him more likely town
I sense your attempt to influence a negative perception towards me and I am sorry I made you feel so much hate towards me that you would do this. I have nil but love for you in my heart and your hurt makes me feel sorrow. I wish you all the very best.
Chamomile wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:59 pm
Thank you Aro!!! Your legacy will live on! So long as I live, I will fill the game with One Piece and wonder!
Chamomile wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:38 pm
Hm I'm not feeling an Aro elim. His coming into the game discussing hypotheticals not related to the game seem chillax and the sort of content I think wolf Aro would avoid. In other words, he'd be more in try hard mode and thus be sticking to game content. I also really like his insta town read on Wisp when Wisp is someone scum!Aro could have just waited to see how reads on him shaped out to be. And I think this post has signs of a town perspective:
You are leaning town on the person who made what you described as a wolfy dichotomy?
Let me clarify, I mean the dichotomy is "wolf-siding" because I know I am town and I have a light tr on Wisp.
I have Illario lightly town for some of his earlier interjections with u and how he came into the game to start trying to understand your town reads. Demonstrates to me he is already focused on forming that "town core."
Making a "wolfy" dichotamy != player is scummy if that makes sense lol
Mainly because it remains objective about Illario. I think scum who initially made the post about Illario making a wolfy dichotomy would probably continue to push that Illario-wolf narrative.
*violently and spontaneously vomits on your shirt*
Bow before me mortal. I am the mafia god now.
I welcome new deities into my pantheon. I just hope you are more God of Truth, Love and Justice than God of Mischief and Confusion.
dyachei wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:05 pm
mac: thought aro was a wolf and loudly proclaimed it
mac today: it was all dya and alison
when i voted aro, nobody wanted to join me. It wasn't until other players saw how aro was playing and voted that the wagon took off. but it's somehow all my fault
mac's still probably town though. in fact I think this makes him more likely town
I sense your attempt to influence a negative perception towards me and I am sorry I made you feel so much hate towards me that you would do this. I have nil but love for you in my heart and your hurt makes me feel sorrow. I wish you all the very best.
you must have missed the part where I called you town
Alison wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:18 pm
I appreciate Mac's new persona
How very kind. It is a lovely feeling to be appreciated.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:23 pm
Friends this is a game of social deduction and deception. It is difficult to play it when people don't communicate. Go ahead and ask my perspective. My response will be as warm as a morning ray of sunshine and brighten your day.
Alison wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:22 pm
So is this a new meta Mac?
I suppose it is a response to a recent game devolving into dystopia and a concern of this one doing the same.
Our departed friend Arogame only left us a request to not lose our minds and to stay the course. It is a beautiful last will to leave. Stoicism while looking upon one's own demise is honourable indeed.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:10 pm
The best way we can honour the memories of our fallen loved ones is to maintain a pleasant environment of caring for ourselves and each other.
Deep breaths.
Trolling and insulting, even jokingly, and chaos posting will provoke irrational responses from townies. Calm lines of questioning, an open mind and kindness in all things.
This is the way.
Namaste.
Please don't approach me with anything but warmth and love or I will deny you access to my being.
Mac ur a salty bitch that thrives on strife and angst like an Australian chaos goblin
I appreciate your attempt at humour.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:09 pm
Self care and care for others. Let's make this our mandate. Consider how you are making others feel when you speak to them.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:37 pm
The game was progressing lovely, patiently and productively under the benevelont gaze of Dalai Dougall. Let Ilario return to poring over books about teeth and return to our extremely townie state of bliss.
Followed by a series of posts ranting about poor town play, after which he resolves to return to zen:
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:47 pm
Actually I'm gonna spend the next half hour ranting about all the things bad town do in games that piss me off. Enjoy.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:53 pm
First most frustrating thing bad town do in games. Argue with strong players who have strong reads on other strong players.
Unless you are some sort of Einstein level fuck, you need to let this shit run it's course. Strong players do not need you to be defending them from other strong players. Make them do it themselves. If you think that Strong player A is trying to run roughshod on the thread by hard tunneling strong player B you're almost always mistaken because strong players tend to try to pocket other strong players. The likelihood of two s-tier players going at each other goes:
t v w
t v t
w v w
w v t
In that order.
It is strictly on the surface less likely that the person with the aggressive read is mafia. And the chances of the person on the other end being mafia are around rand. Let it occur. You are not going to do anything but annoy the fuck out of a good player who may have a mafia player cornered. You are doing nothing of value even if you are right because it is important to the process of the player to actually make the push and figure shit out for themselves. When other people jump in and defend the person for shit house reasons it often exaggerates their tunnel because they feel like the person has minions defending them. Or even worse you can get accused of having TMI and have the hosebeast turn their gaze on you instead.
Just let the bulls hit each other. It is stupid to do otherwise unless you have mech.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:57 pm
Second, related thing bad town do that pisses me off, rep "godreads" on slots that could fool them in a heartbeat.
So you read Ilario right two times in the last cpl months. You do not have a godread. Not even if you caught Ilario a mafia.
See, the thing is that Ilario (or insert any competent player) does not play games to fool you, Mr or Mrs. Shit Town, they play games to win for their wincon. But eventually comes a time in a game where pocketing you, actually helps their wincon, and you are shit at the game, and they are exceedingly self aware (the trait that makes the biggest difference between good and bad mafia players) so they know exactly why you read them the way they do. You think they're town because they use fullstops, or some dumb shit. So they use fullstops. Now you, Dumb Fuck, are out here townreading the deepwolf and yelling at people who are suspicious of them for hard wolfsiding correctly. You are THE moron.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:00 am
Third thing bad town do. Have no fucking idea what is alignment indicative in a game.
In order to actually truly understand what is and is not alignment indicative in a mafia game you have to have played so many mafia games that you have a stored internal database of varied games that allows you to understand probability in an innate way because what is alignment indicative is never perfectly one way or the other, it is only less or more probably alignment indicative GENERALLY.
Unless I can ask you "name three things that are more of alignment indication as wolf than town" your reads are rand except for true actual meta reads. Which brings me to...
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:01 am
Fourth thing bad town do... rep meta based on FUCK ALL GAMES
You do not have a meta read on me if you have played mafia with me 2 times. You do not understand the range of a player until you have seen them as both alignments multiple MULTIPLE times. Your meta read is bogus. DOn't argue with me.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:04 am
Fifth thing bad town do...
Single player mafia.
Look around you. You've played 5 games of mafia in your life. Oh yay you played champs and know the English language and passed high school literature enough to be able to articulate your thoughts to perform better than the mouthbreather that got sent from "Dicktopia Mafia" and made the finals. Look at you, finals level player, you made it.
You do not have the best reads in this lobby. You are a passenger. Other people in this lobby have better reads on you, more experience with the playerlist and in general. Sit down, shut up, listen and learn, and get better at the game.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:07 am
Next... OMGUS
Ho-lee fuck
Okay so OMGUS is like ... back in the day it was a WOLF TELL. Can you believe that? I'm so old that was the meta when I started. These days OMGUS is actually a "oh yay it's a bad town" tell. So don't fucken do it.
If a good player who sounds town is suspecting you, take a fucking look in the mirror and make sure you aren't playing the role of extra wolf first. Ask yourself "am I playing the way this person is used to perceiving me play, is it fair for them to think I am mafia?" Am I shielding all their scumreads? Am I pushing hard into their town? Do they have basic logical reasons to think I might be a fucking mafia.
If the answer is yes, then DONT READ THEM SCUM JUST CUZ THEY READ YOU SCUM YOURE A DUMB FUCK.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:08 am
If you are someone who consistently omgusses you are actually contributing some really bad shit to the general meta because wolves that like to openwolf can just hard omgus town correct on them and people will townread them because of morons like you.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:10 am
The archetypal bad town.
Step 1 - Find all the better players than me and townread them immediately because they did not alignment indicative things that you think are town for them.
Step 2 - Scream at everyone who suspects them. Omgus on their behalf.
Step 3 - Go into a blind rage tunnel when someone suspects you for playing the game like a pre-schooler.
Step 4 - Blame them when they decide you have to die for playing like an idiot.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:24 am
Apologies for my loss of composure. I have resumed Dalai Dougall.
santygrass wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:14 pm
Most specifically your take on Porscha my queen, and where would you go if not there because you also said that Rondo was obvtown D1
my porscha read isn't absolute or infallible it's ultimately just a vibe from her posting today
idk she had one response to mac that just felt very angy v!porscha
like in king of the hill for those who played that game
you reeeally gonna just sit here and be called "my queen" and like... just baste in it?
MacDougall wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:25 am
God damn it. Dalai Dougall only hours shut up.
Millium wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:41 am
@RondoDimBuckle
im pretty sure u didnt answer one of my questions or I never asked it. Does the fact that from your PoV Dia isn't lying in that post, make u feel better about them? There really isn't any attempt to evaluate it outside, "God dmn, they weren't lying"
* Rumbles in on his 4 wheeled horse pulling hard on the steering wheel* WOAH Bessy. Woah. Thats a girl. *Patting the side of her panneling he vaults out the door and points a finger at Millium* Look here you slack jawed yokel. I calls 'em as I sees 'em. When the GOD ALLMIGHTY! Reigns down on you a vision of affirmation of the ordained way of things you dont shirk in your duty to shout to the heavens! So shout I did and then jumped on my there yonder steed and went about my business. If you dont lick it. You can suck eggs. *He nods matter of factly and puts finger to nose and blows a loogie at the ground in front of Millium*
Who did you lie detect and what did it say?
*Kicks in the door of his homestead and cocks his ye-oldy shotgun and fires into the sky* WOMAN! Where is my milk?! I dont want to here no yammerin or simperin about no lies or detectin. Not when I gosh darn done talked about it all to death already. Dag nabbit. *He fires at the roof and as debris rains down from the ceiling he eats a whole jar of pickled pickles. Thats right, the jar and all.* Sides. Its time for me belly rub lass and you best have got the gristle nice and lumpy like I like it *He winks at EnderWiggin his aforementioned wife*
lucy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:53 am
chet what’s ur read on me/dizzzy/boq
oh, I realized chet is me, not general chat, lol, you used it before
don't have flip reads started
on you, as a player committed to reads, I want to see reads. I'll sus you on principle, till then.
on dizzy, they fretted an awful lot EOD and almost pushed low-hanging fruit, can't tell yet if genuine lost-at-sea townie or wolf that wasn't on a clean vote/read
boq good vibes, though less active rn.
lucy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:53 am
chet what’s ur read on me/dizzzy/boq
oh, I realized chet is me, not general chat, lol, you used it before
don't have flip reads started
on you, as a player committed to reads, I want to see reads. I'll sus you on principle, till then.
on dizzy, they fretted an awful lot EOD and almost pushed low-hanging fruit, can't tell yet if genuine lost-at-sea townie or wolf that wasn't on a clean vote/read
boq good vibes, though less active rn.
Just to make sure it's known there is a socky sock puppet account where people can send their best quotes throughout the year as well, I know I sent some there so make sure to check that too.
Best Townie, Maffies 4, 8 and 9 Best Scum, Maffies 3 Best Moderator, Maffies 8 and 9 Most Valuable Player, Maffies 7 and 9 Best Roleplay, Maffies 4 and 6 Spirit Award, Maffies 9 Hall of Fame inductee, Maffies 4
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Mafia Championship Finalist, 2015 and 2020 Best Town Player, 2020
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