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Poll
Question: Choose 1 or 2 that you'd like to see as representative!
Option 1: E. Gadd Industries votes: 7
Option 2: BlackDragonSlayer votes: 8
Option 3: BrainyLucario votes: 1
Option 4: Fascism (don't vote for this unless you're only voting for 1 other) votes: 6
Title: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 01:39:01 PM
INVITATION TO THE MAFIA CHAMPIONSHIP (SEASON 5)

Hello there! :)

It is with great pleasure that I hereby invite your community to take part in Season 5 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual forum tournament series that pits representatives from various online Mafia (aka Werewolf) communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet's greatest forum Mafia player. Each participating community democratically elects one person to represent them and be their "Champion".

The whole thing started back in 2013, and since then more than 225 different communities and 50+ different nationalities have been represented.

I hope it sounds like a fun and exciting event :)

1. DO YOU ACCEPT THE INVITE?

If your community wishes to participate, please confirm your participation to me as soon as you can to ensure yourselves a spot.

If you agree to participate, the deadline for selecting your representative is May 1. If this is too soon for you to decide on anyone, let me know and we can work something out.

The games will take place on Mafia Universe. If it's okay, I can link directly to the general discussion thread regarding this topic on Mafia Universe.

Important notes
  • You may decide yourselves how you want to elect your representative, but we highly recommend some sort of democratic process (public nominations followed by a poll usually works out well).
  • In addition to electing a representative, you should also name an alternate who will be asked to step in if the first choice needs to back out.
  • Your representative should be prepared for having to read upwards of 500 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. Additionally, there's a requirement that each player must make at least 10 posts per Game Day. Only active players should apply/participate. I repeat: Your chosen player needs to be able to promise a good amount of activity on a daily basis.
2. SEASON 5 FORMAT

The tournament structure
  • 170 communities will participate, each sending one representative.
  • 10 Qualifying Games will be played, consisting of 17 players each. I.e. every representative plays in one Qualifying Game. The players themselves vote post-game to determine who is deserving of advancement. 1st place will advance directly to the Finale Game (i.e. 10 of the 17 finalists are found this way), while the 2nd places will advance directly to one of the two Wildcard Games.
  • A Jury consisting of finalists from Season 4 will discuss and vote to determine 25 players in total deserving of a second chance: 1 will advance directly to the finale, and the 24 other players will play in 2 Wildcard Games along with the 2nd places that advanced directly to these. From each game, three players will directly advance to the Finale Game based on a post-game player vote.
  • The Finale Game is played. Once it has completed, the players vote to determine who shall receive the title of Season 5 Champion and a winner's certificate signed by Dmitry Davidoff, the creator of mafia.
The setup explained very briefly (more details on host site)
This (view picture below) is a semi-open grid setup meant for 17 players: 4 mafia versus 13 townies. First you randomly select a number to decide the mafia team's composition of Power Roles (1-2), then you randomly select a letter to decide the town's composition of Power Roles (A-E). Fill in the number of Vanilla Townies needed to make the town team have 13 members total, and you have your setup.

(https://i.imgur.com/3mIrAVM.jpg)

*Town Jack of All Trades: 1x Vigilante, 1x Roleblocker, 1x Tracker.

Relevant mechanics info
  • Day start.
  • Deadline Lynch w/ Option for Majority starting Day 2. I.e. when day timer runs out, person with most votes will be lynched. However, day can also be ended early (starting Day 2) if there is ever a majority of votes on one person.
  • If there is a tied lynch, one of the tied players will be randomly lynched.
  • No outside communication. I.e. you may not contact the other players outside of the thread (unless you are Mafia and wish to speak with your teammates).
  • Phase Lengths and Deadlines will be up to the players themselves (I'll organize them into games with deadlines that suit their preferences).
  • Thread is locked during Night Phases.
3. SEASON 5 TIMELINE

There will be 10 Qualifying Games, and your representative plays in just one of these. They will have start dates during the months of May and June. So in other words, as long as your representative can play sometime during that period, they should be good and I'll make sure they get scheduled into a game that suits their schedule well. I.e. if your rep is busy until June, that isn't a problem.

Wildcard games will be played in July, and the Finale Game sometime in August/September (whenever we can work out something that suits everyone).

Kind regards,
Thingyman

If you want to get in contact with me ASAP, you can find me on Discord (Thingyman#6075).

Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 01:39:09 PM
For this year's Mafia Championships, we will select the attendee by voting for members who sign up.  To sign up as NSM representative simply say in, just like signing up for a game.  Once a sufficient number of players has entered or at 11:59 PM Central next Tuesday, we will begin a poll, which will be open for roughly a week.  The winner of the poll will be this year's attendee.  In the case of a tie, the poll will be redone with only the tied members as options.

~Submitted nominees~
E. Gadd Industries
BlackDragonSlayer
BrainyLucario
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 01:39:22 PM
reserved 2: reservation boogaloo
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Dudeman on April 17, 2018, 01:49:37 PM
kinda wanna nominate mikey to see how quickly he gets eliminated, but I'm not quite that sadistic
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Toby on April 17, 2018, 02:35:05 PM
you could look at last years game

also i thought thingyman did the invite, where he at :<
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 02:36:14 PM
On one hand: I'm going to be taking summer classes...


On the other hand: *"I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE"ing INTENSIFIES*
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 03:12:29 PM
Quote from: Toby on April 17, 2018, 02:35:05 PMyou could look at last years game

also i thought thingyman did the invite, where he at :<
he PM'd the Nocturne Of Shadow account

pretty hilarious all things considered

so how are we going to do voting this year?  Given we've got quite a few new players who deserve a slot in whatever nomination process it should probably be more democratic than "should we send davy or noc"
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Dudeman on April 17, 2018, 03:35:50 PM
Quote from: mikey on April 17, 2018, 03:12:29 PM"should we send davy or BDS"
ftfy

I'll just say right now that I'd rather not participate (not like I'd even be the best pick anyway), but my choices would be BDS, davy, Toby, or (reluctantly) mikey. Now would be a good time to pull out those statistics you've been stockpiling, mikey, since that would give us a better idea of who are the best players on the forum.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 04:50:30 PM
Quote from: Dudeman on April 17, 2018, 03:35:50 PMftfy
that's literally what happened last year
don't you "ftfy" me
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: FireArrow on April 17, 2018, 06:38:23 PM
Olimar, Toby, davy, BDS, dudeman, TZP, E gadd, Brawler are all players off the top of my head that would be perfectly fine choices. There isn't a large skill disparity here so it should mostly be about who is willing and who has the time and confidence to be active in the game.

Let's just not do bubbles or noc since they already went.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 06:52:21 PM
Quote from: FireArrow on April 17, 2018, 06:38:23 PMOlimar, Toby, davy, BDS, dudeman, TZP, E gadd, Brawler are all players off the top of my head that would be perfectly fine choices. There isn't a large skill disparity here so it should mostly be about who is willing and who has the time and confidence to be active in the game.

Let's just not do bubbles or noc since they already went.
I think toby said he wasn't interested

personally I'd like to see E Gadd, BDS, or Brawler

E Gadd specifically is a really underrated player- stats from the past few games have shown he's actually a lot better than I thought he was
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 06:59:47 PM
GIVE STATS

pls
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 09:03:55 PM
so I tried redoing the stats on a google doc since my mom won't let me use the desktop

I gave up pretty quick

the gist of what I did look at is E Gadd has an abnormally high amount of days survived and everyone else is close to even in basically every stat, but me e gadd and olimar have slightly above average win ratios

sample size too small bleh
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 09:06:28 PM
so here's what we're gonna do:  PM me a list of 3 people you would like to see attend the mafia championships, then we'll vote on everyone nominated until there's a clear winner

sound good?
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 09:11:41 PM
final thought:  I think we should consider running an off-the-grid setup or two just as a warm up since they're pretty interesting
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 10:05:40 PM
really

just have people sign up themselves then we'll have a vote

keep it simple mate
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 10:10:33 PM
that's not fun though
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 10:12:15 PM
yes it is
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: FireArrow on April 17, 2018, 10:27:08 PM
Quote from: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 10:05:40 PMreally

just have people sign up themselves then we'll have a vote

keep it simple mate

this
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 11:03:44 PM
Quote from: mikey on April 17, 2018, 10:10:33 PMthat's not fun though
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 17, 2018, 11:08:20 PM
honestly who cares

it's simpler and less painful for everyone to just do it the easy way
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 17, 2018, 11:42:55 PM
~fiiine~
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: davy on April 18, 2018, 12:21:27 AM
Posting here to say that I'm not interested in going to the championship. Due to timezones and schoolwork, it will be impossible for me to keep up with these games (knowing how active they will be).
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Toby on April 18, 2018, 06:27:49 AM
I'm also not interested, I did it last year for LLF, plus the activity required was too much when it got to semi finals
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BrainyLucario on April 18, 2018, 06:54:48 AM
Yeah, I'm with Toby. I have way too much to do plus i'm sure everyone already hates my playstyle .
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: E. Gadd Industries on April 18, 2018, 09:46:58 AM
So! I read through everything & it looks like I'll have time for when the games start! So I am in, but I'd like practise with
Quote from: mikey on April 17, 2018, 09:11:41 PMfinal thought:  I think we should consider running an off-the-grid setup or two just as a warm up since they're pretty interesting
Some of these, yes^
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 18, 2018, 10:53:22 AM
Quote from: BrainyLucario on April 18, 2018, 06:54:48 AMYeah, I'm with Toby. I have way too much to do plus i'm sure everyone already hates my playstyle .
it'll be in the summer
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BrainyLucario on April 18, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: mikey on April 18, 2018, 10:53:22 AMit'll be in the summer
Then sure, I'd be down for it if i get nominated
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Brawler4Ever on April 18, 2018, 12:32:43 PM
out

A) I make a great wolf (imo), but I have almost no experience finding wolves. Hence why I like to spectate games. :)

B) I don't want to play any games until after the semester ends in May. So I won't be getting much practice in before the tournament.

C) I'm going to be travelling for two weeks at the end of May, and playing TWG will be impossible during that time.

Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on April 18, 2018, 01:41:43 PM
In
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BrainyLucario on April 19, 2018, 06:44:28 AM
In
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 20, 2018, 08:19:51 PM
Remember, if you want to sign up, do so before next Tuesday
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 24, 2018, 02:45:19 PM
Final reminder to sign up as a representative by the end of today!
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Thingyman on April 24, 2018, 03:58:43 PM
Hi guys

I'm going on a short vacation tomorrow. Will be back Sunday, April 29.

As for the deadline for choosing a representative (or someone volunteering themselves), I am extending this by a couple of days to May 3.

When/if your representative is decided, that person should please either PM me on Mafia Universe or reach me on Discord: Thingyman#6075. During evenings I will quickly check messages and get them the information they need to prepare for the game.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 24, 2018, 04:11:26 PM
Deadline has been extended to Thursday
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 27, 2018, 12:54:35 AM
The poll is up (sorry it's late) and the winner of the poll will officially be our representative in the Mafia Championships!
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Brawler4Ever on April 27, 2018, 09:43:01 AM
Is fascism a player or...?
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 27, 2018, 10:04:08 AM
no don't vote for that one unless you want fascism to win

also, is everyone unable to see poll results?
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Toby on April 27, 2018, 10:48:06 AM
I was unable to but now I can see them

Also you can vote for only one option, you don't need to vote for 2, so adding 'fascism' would only actually have been for joke purposes I guess
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 27, 2018, 11:25:31 AM
hm, that's dumb, I edited the poll and it looks like it won't allow me to select the option that hides the results

oh well
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Dudeman on April 27, 2018, 11:30:01 AM
I think I fixed it for you. I can't really tell because I'm a mod and I think I always see poll results no matter what.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Toby on April 27, 2018, 11:37:13 AM
i cant see it anymore
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Dudeman on April 27, 2018, 02:46:46 PM
suite
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: antherid on April 30, 2018, 12:06:20 PM
thingyman's back from his vacation, and i think it's basically decided at this point that NSM's sending /someone/ so i told him that

i'm assuming fascism isn't winning i guess
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on April 30, 2018, 12:22:01 PM
if we let fascism win, freedom dies.
We can't let that happen.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: antherid on May 02, 2018, 02:43:29 PM
peeks in

last chance to get votes in! also boy does this poll run right up on the deadline
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on May 02, 2018, 03:29:35 PM
aye it does
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: Brawler4Ever on May 02, 2018, 04:42:53 PM
Quote from: mikey on April 30, 2018, 12:22:01 PMif we let fascism win, freedom dies.
We can't let that happen.

I, for one, welcome our new authoritarian overlords.
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on May 03, 2018, 02:29:50 AM
Is E. Gadd going to be the backup?
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: antherid on May 03, 2018, 09:58:56 AM
it would make sense imo
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on May 03, 2018, 02:28:03 PM
Yeah, provided he wants to
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: mikey on May 18, 2018, 08:48:57 PM
For those of you who want to know, BlackDragonSlayer will be playing in game 5 starting May 28th.
(https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/c38a842a-aab1-4a9d-aa9d-fe62d49ae2c0.png)

Be ready to follow along at home!
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: BlackDragonSlayer on May 18, 2018, 09:49:22 PM
\o/

GET HYPE EVERYBODY
Title: Re: Mafia Championships: Season 5
Post by: E. Gadd Industries on May 19, 2018, 05:06:51 PM
WOOP WOOP GO GET EM