Invitation to Mafia Championship Season 2

#51

Canucklehead wrote:I'm on Board Game Geek all the time browsing/reading ratings/trying to get good enough at board games to beat my damn gloaty BF. Had no idea they played mafia there! Will definitely have to look into it. I bet they're good!

Looking at the championship game from the first season, there were quite a few reps from BoardGameGeek.

I've not been to any of these sites except for MafiaScum, and really don't have any interest in going back there, lol.

#52

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Canucklehead wrote:I'm on Board Game Geek all the time browsing/reading ratings/trying to get good enough at board games to beat my damn gloaty BF. Had no idea they played mafia there! Will definitely have to look into it. I bet they're good!
Looking at the championship game from the first season, there were quite a few reps from BoardGameGeek.

I've not been to any of these sites except for MafiaScum, and really don't have any interest in going back there, lol.

Yeah, Mafiascum is intense. :P

#53

Black Rock wrote:I play games at Kongregate but never went to the forums.

Kongregate and Penny Arcade are the only two communities from season 1 that I will not be inviting back. Their participation levels are a joke :P

Canucklehead wrote:I'm on Board Game Geek all the time browsing/reading ratings/trying to get good enough at board games to beat my damn gloaty BF. Had no idea they played mafia there! Will definitely have to look into it. I bet they're good!

BoardGameGeek actually has one of the biggest communities out there. It's one of the Big Five: mafiascum, EpicMafia, Two Plus Two, BoardGameGeek and Something Awful. These sites have all had more than a thousand players and all still have a large active community to this day. BGG indeed have very good players - they and Two Plus Two each managed to get 5+ representatives into the finale the first season (because first season had 2-3 reps from most of the Big Ones in most of the qualifying games). Of course, they're both used to the activity and pace that this series presents.

#54

I can't get over how cool this is though. I've always wondered how many mafia communities there were out there, whether on their own mafia-based sites or hidden within other sites' OT subforums, but never knew about almost all of these.

Thingyman, that's really interesting! It doesn't surprise me that BGG is up there.

#55

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Canucklehead wrote:I'm on Board Game Geek all the time browsing/reading ratings/trying to get good enough at board games to beat my damn gloaty BF. Had no idea they played mafia there! Will definitely have to look into it. I bet they're good!
Looking at the championship game from the first season, there were quite a few reps from BoardGameGeek.

I've not been to any of these sites except for MafiaScum, and really don't have any interest in going back there, lol.

Yeah, Mafiascum is intense. :P

No kidding! I only played a few games there, and that last one I played was a 9-player vanilla game that accrued over 2000 posts and lasted longer than a month. Yeesh!

#56

We're such quaint lil' country bumpkins over here!

#57

I've seen some of the Paradox games. Not played any though since they have a rule system and play style that is just bonkers to me lol.

#58

Presumably there won't be a lot of overlap, so it's really interesting that so many unfamiliar players would be playing together.

I think sending Vomps would be a good move, k?

#59

zeek wrote:Presumably there won't be a lot of overlap, so it's really interesting that so many unfamiliar players would be playing together.

I think sending Vomps would be a good move, k?

+1, every community needs more Finalnd.

#60

Sending Vomps.

#61

But seriously, I agree, zeek, I think it is insanely awesome that the overlap should be minimal. That just makes it even that much cooler.

#62

I can't get over the idea of sending Vomps. Oh my god.

On D1 I can just see him saying something like "I haven't read the thread, but I'm voting for ____, because I think they're a baddie.

"

And when asked why, he'd cite "personal reasons".

#63

Shame with that volume of posts few of us could follow along! It's good timing as well, we only actually have one active game.

linki

I really want him to put his name forward.

#64

Agreed, I'd love to play, but I just can't handle it right now due to my PhD workload. If only this opportunity had presented itself a few years ago... old MP would have been all over this.

I can't even follow along right now, but I will definitely be checking in with whoever we send as well as occasionally visit the thread to see how it's going, especially since I'm not playing any mafia right now.

If Vompatti actually did get sent over there, I am absolutely certain Thingyman would never think of inviting us back again. :P

#65

I'm ok with sending Vomps. They won't know what hit them!

#66

I like the idea of crossover games though! Should have some sort of March Madness next year

#67

Omg, we could have a thread watch thread!!!!
This is so exciting. It'll be like the goblet of fire of mafia. I'm sure that whoever we send will kick ass. (also, secret ballet for real when we vote)

Also, smashboards does mafia? The more you know!

Linki zeek:OMG YESSSS

#68

Fairly sure Canuck would win by secret ballet.

#69

On fire today, aren't I?

I think Vomps will give Canuck a run for her money now it's out there haha. Can't wait to see the shortlist!

#70

DH you so funny! That was very nice of you to think of me but I am not a case builder and I think we need someone who is. I think we should send Epi or LC or SVS if they want to do it. I think Vomps would get lynched pretty quickly once they began to notice him.

#71

Made wrote:Omg, we could have a thread watch thread!!!!
This is so exciting. It'll be like the goblet of fire of mafia. I'm sure that whoever we send will kick ass. (also, secret ballet for real when we vote)

Also, smashboards does mafia? The more you know!

Linki zeek:OMG YESSSS

Pretty much this.

Also, I have definitely some folks in mind that I'd be REALLY excited to send over, so I'm stoked to see who it'll be in the end!

#72

And, assuming Vomps commits to this, anyone that actually votes Vomps in the secret ballot, your secret will not be safe with me.

Just kidding. :P

#73

juliets, you are too modest. Case building doesn't always win games, dragons do.

I also have a few people I really want to see on the shortlist.

MovingPictures07 wrote:And, assuming Vomps commits to this, anyone that actually votes Vomps in the secret ballot, your secret will not be safe with me.

I'll declare my vote publicly then :P

#74

Made wrote:Omg, we could have a thread watch thread!!!!

Regarding this, I ask that the participating sites refrain from openly speculating on roles and such in places where your representative's competitors could see it if they wanted to. You could openly discuss and laugh at and comment on general matters that don't revolve around giving and expressing reads on the game without any issue though, of course.

We will have a Skype spectator chat that everyone is invited to join (and where you should feel more than free to discuss reads). It was a lot of fun in season 1. We had more than a hundred people at one point.

#75

Thingyman wrote:
Made wrote:Omg, we could have a thread watch thread!!!!
Regarding this, I ask that the participating sites refrain from openly speculating on roles and such in places where your representative's competitors could see it if they wanted to. You could openly discuss and laugh at and comment on general matters that don't revolve around giving and expressing reads on the game without any issue though, of course.

We will have a Skype spectator chat that everyone is invited to join (and where you should feel more than free to discuss reads). It was a lot of fun in season 1. We had more than a hundred people at one point.

That sounds awesome :O

#76

Oh man, next year, the game of champions could be a qualifier for this game!

#77

Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.

#78

Made wrote:Oh man, next year, the game of champions could be a qualifier for this game!

This is an idea!

#79

G-Man wrote:Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.

Out of curiosity, what do all these stand for? :P

#80

Lostpedia, The Piano, and SpoilerTV. Most if not all of us are from any combination of those 3 sites.

#81

DharmaHelper wrote:Lostpedia, The Piano, and SpoilerTV. Most if not all of us are from any combination of those 3 sites.

Well actually I guess I was from Spoiler TV, but I think I hail more from Revolution Mafia.

#82

Golden wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:Lostpedia, The Piano, and SpoilerTV. Most if not all of us are from any combination of those 3 sites.
Well actually I guess I was from Spoiler TV, but I think I hail more from Revolution Mafia.

#83

G-Man wrote:Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.

Mafiascum does that. Their community is so big, the won't allow new players to hop into complex games. They must play "qualifiers" first.

That goes for the hosts too. Hosts cannot host any big, complex games until they've "paid their dues" hosting small, vanilla games with new players.

#84

Black Rock wrote:LC is a member at MTG Salvation but didn't realize they played Mafia.

What a nerd.

#85

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
G-Man wrote:Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.
Mafiascum does that. Their community is so big, the won't allow new players to hop into complex games. They must play "qualifiers" first.

That goes for the hosts too. Hosts cannot host any big, complex games until they've "paid their dues" hosting small, vanilla games with new players.

On our site we don't have such a rule - we believe that the players themselves should know what they're getting into if they're playing a game hosted by an inexperienced mod. Plus, in reality, it's never a big deal, because mods usually ask other mods to look their setups over anyway to make sure it's okay.

#86

That Skype chat sounds AMAZING. Oh man.

And regarding big sites v. little sites, I echo your sentiments, G-Man. I did hop around and check out mafiascum, but I didn't end up venturing into it because the atmosphere seemed too intimidating and I didn't have adequate free time.

DharmaHelper wrote:Lostpedia, The Piano, and SpoilerTV. Most if not all of us are from any combination of those 3 sites.

Don't forget ProgArchives.

But other than that, and obviously RM, I think you're right.

#87

That said, I have recruited Russtifinko, birdwithteeth11, Boomslang, etc. from RL, and I know others have been recruited by word of mouth as well (Mongoose, Elohcin, Nevinera, Hedgeowl, etc.). Some of them don't come around as much recently though.

#88

Thingyman wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
G-Man wrote:Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.
Mafiascum does that. Their community is so big, the won't allow new players to hop into complex games. They must play "qualifiers" first.

That goes for the hosts too. Hosts cannot host any big, complex games until they've "paid their dues" hosting small, vanilla games with new players.
On our site we don't have such a rule - we believe that the players themselves should know what they're getting into if they're playing a game hosted by an inexperienced mod. Plus, in reality, it's never a big deal, because mods usually ask other mods to look their setups over anyway to make sure it's okay.

I agree completely with this.

Here we also have a Mod on Duty function to help the host (what otherwise you and other sites would call the mod) deal with conflicts, usually of a personal nature, in an arbitration fashion. But the host has full authority over constructing and running the game. Hosts can have co-hosts as well, which has been a really good way to give new hosts experience without the trial by fire of hosting alone. I'm not sure how frequent that is on other sites though.

#89

MovingPictures07 wrote:That Skype chat sounds AMAZING. Oh man.

And regarding big sites v. little sites, I echo your sentiments, G-Man. I did hop around and check out mafiascum, but I didn't end up venturing into it because the atmosphere seemed too intimidating and I didn't have adequate free time.

DharmaHelper wrote:Lostpedia, The Piano, and SpoilerTV. Most if not all of us are from any combination of those 3 sites.
Don't forget ProgArchives.

But other than that, and obviously RM, I think you're right.

Most of RM come from any of those 3 also :P

But yeah Progs too.

#90

Yeah, TP and RM really are branches from the trees of LP and STV, if you think about it that way.

#91

Hedville, son!!!!

#92

rabbit8 wrote:Hedville, son!!!!

Yeah OK gramps.

#93

I miss The Piano terribly.

I started out on STV then TP and RM. Only played one game on LP.
Lets not forget about Hedville! I miss all those players

#94

rabbit8 wrote:Hedville, son!!!!

Woo hoo!!!

#95

Also when I first PM'ed Thingyman I told him we were a small community of drifters - reading the thread only proves that

#96

DharmaHelper wrote:
rabbit8 wrote:Hedville, son!!!!
Yeah OK gramps.

#97

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Thingyman wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
G-Man wrote:Wow, the sheer size of some of those Mafia communities is intimidating.

I recall checking out a few of the big ones years ago when I was on LP, TP, and STV. I got scared away by all the tiers and rating systems some use. Can't remember which one it was but at least one of them required you to play in so many games before you could move into more complex games and another one required you to win so many games as civ and as baddie before you could even host a game. I like hosting more than playing, so...

I like to think that TP, RM, and now The Syndicate are nice little niche locales where people like to create intricate and fun-themed games. A plain Jane game has its place every now an again but it would need a good story building with the simple events to keep things captivating for me.
Mafiascum does that. Their community is so big, the won't allow new players to hop into complex games. They must play "qualifiers" first.

That goes for the hosts too. Hosts cannot host any big, complex games until they've "paid their dues" hosting small, vanilla games with new players.
On our site we don't have such a rule - we believe that the players themselves should know what they're getting into if they're playing a game hosted by an inexperienced mod. Plus, in reality, it's never a big deal, because mods usually ask other mods to look their setups over anyway to make sure it's okay.
I agree completely with this.

Here we also have a Mod on Duty function to help the host (what otherwise you and other sites would call the mod) deal with conflicts, usually of a personal nature, in an arbitration fashion. But the host has full authority over constructing and running the game. Hosts can have co-hosts as well, which has been a really good way to give new hosts experience without the trial by fire of hosting alone. I'm not sure how frequent that is on other sites though.

I think it's somewhat rare. But it's super common on our site. I think it's probably been years since we had a Mish-Mash (that's what we call our big "role madness" games with a bunch of different roles) with 40+ players that wasn't hosted by several people.

#98

rabbit8 wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:
rabbit8 wrote:Hedville, son!!!!
Yeah OK gramps.

Haven't gotten to mess with you in any games yet, gotta get my shots in :P

#99

DharmaHelper wrote:
rabbit8 wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:
rabbit8 wrote:Hedville, son!!!!
Yeah OK gramps.

Haven't gotten to mess with you in any games yet, gotta get my shots in :P

NK night 1, get ready, bitch!

#100

Roxy wrote:Also when I first PM'ed Thingyman I told him we were a small community of drifters - reading the thread only proves that

Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me.

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