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Current Mafia:

Can't Decide on theme:
Mharman

Signups:
drafterman (Paranoida Mafia)

In the Hopper:
Speedrace
Lunatic- The Stand
SupaDudz - The Disastrous Life of Saiki, Darling in the Franxx
Bullish
BearMan- Third Parties Mafia/ Deathnote Part 1 Mafia
Danielle
That1User: Animation Chaos Mafia
ILikePie5:  U.S. House of Representatives Mafia
Crocodile: Jojo mafia
On Hold

zaradi, Virtuoso,  PressF4Respect, RM,


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Paranoia Mafia
This game is themeless in the sense that it is not based on any third-party universe or material. There are no "characters", just rules.
This game does have a theme in a sense that the roles were chosen for a specific purpose: to induce paranoia.

The game is designed for 9-10 players.
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@BearMan
I disagree with the Lunatic modkill. It's perfectly fine to have bouts with other players. Nobody really cares, this isn't a site for three year olds.
Imagine thinking that not name calling people is a sign of immaturity.

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@Barney
I don't know what you mean by controversial but I appreciate the words of support.
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@Lunatic
The only thing we have left to discuss is you leaving, which I still don't think you should.

At the very least, I think you should put the list back up because it is a very valuable tool and you put a lot of time and effort into it that shouldn't go to waste. And as I mentioned before, there's a lot of people who probably don't even know what's going on that would also be effected by the lack of the list.
It might take a bit for the sour taste to fade. As far as the list, I've put it back up, but someone (not me) unstickied the forum post to it.

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@Lunatic
@SirAnonymous
Thank you.
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@Lunatic
There was an issue that you created in the game where to players couldn't interact with each other. This isn't something that commonly occurs, and was a rule adjusted on the fly. You didn't like that rule and left. No one can force you to play if you don't want to, but I don't think his intention was to spite you or to "get one up on you" or anything like that, it was so that we can move forward with the game. Mods have made up rules on the fly in the past, it's not unreasonable they would have to do that when a new issue occurs that hasn't happened in the past.
First, the only thing stopping us from interacting was my voluntary choice to not respond to your posts. The blocking was simply a mechanism to assist me in that.

Why would it have been counter productive? I actually think you being up front with that would have avoided the whole issue. In fact if you would have just told me that you would block me if I continued to say stuff that pissed you off, I would have respected that and requested out myself. 
It was my responding to you that was serving by my undoing. So the solution is quite obviously to stop responding to you, not "respond to you more." Besides, usually when someone openly says, "Oh, this thing I'm doing is making me look scum, so I guess I'll stop doing it" is something of a scum tell.

You are acting as if the issue doesn't have two debatable sides here, and I think that's a little silly. You aren't objectively right about this, and your mad that not everyone messaged to you and catered to your belief? I can understand being frustrated about people not seeing eye to eye on you with this, but to insinuate that people don't give a sh1t about you because of this is really just wrong. You are very loved and respected in the community regardless if people agree with you on every topic or not. 
Yes, this pretty much hits the nail on the head. I don't think this issue is debatable. I do think I'm objectively right. And I am mad that the lack of people that are on that same page and see eye to eye with me on this.

Same with you. I guarantee you that if you messaged most of the mafia community and asked you what they thought of you, they would have nothing but good things to say about you. Hell, I think it's safe to say that mafia wouldn't even exist on this website without your efforts to revive it, same with your noob game initiative on DDO. You've done more for the mafia community than anyone else, so why abandon all of that because a few people dis-agree with you on one thing? Also one 9 player game isn't the "whole mafia community". There's probably a lot of poeple who don't even know what happened, but are also being punished by you with you removing your guide and list that was a commonly used resource for both new and old players.
And yet a mod creates a spite rule against me and there is pretty much crickets. I mean, actions speak louder than words. And yeah, I've seen that you've decided to give Speed the benefit of the doubt and refuse to believe that he created the rule to spite me, that's your prerogative. And it seems like Speed has this benefit of the doubt from everyone else that has bothered to weigh in. I'm pretty much the only one here defending my side of things while Speed gets overtly leading questions to give him an easy out of the situation.

I doubt you care what I have to say, but I hope you take this advice with a grain of salt, if not now, maybe after calming down and reflecting: I really think you should re-consider leaving over this incident. You are well liked and respected here and have done great things for the community. If one person is making the game un fun for you, I am willing to take a break for a few games to let you play without worry of my "bickering ways" as oro calls them. I don't want to ruin your good time because of this. At the end of the day this doesn't have to be that serious unless we make it a serious thing. 
If I didn't care what you had to say I wouldn't be responding to you, nor would I have unblocked you. Whatever happened in the game happened in the game.

A boycott is pretty extreme level of reaction, that even the worse mods don't get. Mharman literally rage threw a game because he was pissed, and even he still doesn't get boycotted.
Ok, fair, yes that is an extreme level of reaction. But for all this stuff about how I'm respected here, I feel like I'm standing here alone. The conversations are between everyone and me. I'm the one having to justify my position, my stance. I have to prove it and quibble over word choice. This is the perception I have with me on one side of the line and mostly everyone else on the other with Speed, with a few people straddling. So I feel like I have to compensate by going to the extreme because I feel that this is a lopsided conversation.

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@Lunatic
That's sure a nice soft ball to lob him there. But even if Speed comes in response to that and takes the bait and explicitly says it wasn't done in spite, there just is no other reasonable interpretation of the rule given the conversation we were having.
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@SirAnonymous
The grammar thing was a joke. The reason I didn't react until you made the rule a sticking point was because I didn't expect you to make a sticking point out of it.
Yes, I am acutely aware of the disconnect between how I perceive this situation and how others perceive it.

Based off what I know, Speed probably shouldn't have done that. However, you're making a mountain out of a molehill here. You could have protested the rule immediately and talked through it with Speed. I think you know that he's not a bad or unreasonable person. He would have listened to you. You could have worked it out. Instead, you chose to delete your role list, threaten to leave the site, and throw around overgeneralized accusations about how people aren't supporting you.
Usually, when someone is the target of a wrongful act the focus on the person who committed the wrongful act in telling them what they should have done differently.

Sure, Speed probably messed up. He's human. It happens. One mistake isn't enough cause for everyone to boycott his games; it's cause for him to improve how he mods games and be more careful rather than reacting in the heat of the moment.
And yet he hasn't given any indication that he thinks he's done anything wrong that needs improvement.

Your accusations that people aren't supporting you because they aren't making a big stink about it are honestly ludicrous. I'm not trying to be mean or belittle your concerns. I get that you think you were treated unfairly and are mad. That's ok. But you are seriously overreacting here. Again, I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm not going to sugarcoat it either.
I understand that, and I am disappointed that my views on the situation are apparently the outlier. I wish it were otherwise, but it is what it is. I wish I didn't have to convince people that this was a wrongful act or argue with people that this is something that should be reacted to and resisted. But if this treatment is what is considered acceptable in Mafia games around here (and no one is saying it isn't) then I don't want to play those Mafia games.

To be clarify my previous post, I think you're right that Speed was wrong to do that. I just disagree with your reaction to it.
It'd be really nice if someone told that to him.
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@Lunatic
Assuming you were objectively right here, and the mod did do something that was unnacceptable, I think you are over reacting to the way it should be handled. I don't boycott mods for doing something wrong, though I think in the heat of the moment I may have threatened to do so in the past.
At least that's something. That's a reaction.

Supas south park game for example I reacted that way, yet I've played in two supa games since then. Mharman also messed up bad in a game on DDO. I actually still don't sign up for his games, but I don't think he should be boycotted. Mafia isn't that serious. Well multi-accounting for mafia I do  take offense to, but that is so rare it doesn't matter.

We dis-agree about what constitutes as game talk, but even then you yourself are only saying I should be "reminded" so I think you agree that rules in mafia shouldn't be enforced with an iron fist. Why is speed an exception?
Because offenses of different levels of severity should be responded to with proportionate levels of reaction?
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@Lunatic

The issue isn't whether or not "not blocking people" should be a rule in mafia. The issue is whether mods, in the middle of the game (in the middle of a day phase, no less) should create rules directed at the behavior of a single person out of spite. If it was like that from the beginning of the game, I wouldn't have blocked you in the first place. If he decided to make it a rule in between phases for whatever reasons, well I can't say how I would have reacted. But it is still wholly different to having a disagreement with a mod, and the mod going, "fine, if you don't like it I'm making a new rule" that just happens to target something you've done in the game.
I don't think it was done just to spite you.
He's all but admitted it:

And I agree it would have been better to state this at the beginning of the game, but I don't think you can fault speed for not specifying this as a rule, because I don't think this has ever happened in a mafia game before. I usually don't highlight rules that I don't forsee becoming an issue either, it's more likely he didn't assume this would even happen, because it's a little crazy that it did happen...
I can and I do fault him. If only because there is no reason for it to be a rule and also because he explicitly did it in response to me arguing with him.


As far as you and me...

Yes, you've said a thousand times you have no ill will. It's not about your will, it about how, for whatever reason, how you argue ticks me off. Whether it just happens to be that way or whether you do it intentionally, I realize is immaterial. Point is, engaging with you was hurting my game play. So rather than continue to be tempted to engage with you, I decided to block you as a deliberate strategy to try and rebuild credibility in the game.

Fair enough, but I think if you were up front about this from the get go people would be understanding of it. I mean blocking someone seems pretty serious, so it stands to reason that I said something that had personally offended you pretty badly.
In the middle of the game that would have been counter productive and it got superceded by Speed's actions. Again, I just want to emphasize that Speed's is the greater offense here.


So, yeah. Like I said. I am not going to play in a mafia community where this is even remotely acceptable and doesn't seem to bother anyone in the slightest.
It's a pity you feel that way, but it's your decision. If you don't want to be apart of the community that's one thing, but removing the role list seems kind of like you are trying to punish us for a dis-agreement. Why do that?
Because I'm not going to support a community that doesn't support me. First, the only person that actually seemed to give a shit was MisterChris who contacted me to see how I was doing. Second, the only person to actually see that the Speed created spite rules and speak out against it (without having to be argued to do so) is oro. I am truly shocked and disheartened that nobody sees this for the objectionable behavior that I see it as.
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@Speedrace
I don't see why not. I certainly don't want to play with a mod that creates spite rules against players. And I didn't think it was unreasonable to expect that no one else would want to play with such a mod either.

But the response (or lack thereof) just shows me that my expectations are clearly out of whack. But it doesn't change the fact that I don't want to be a part of a community that accepts this behavior for a mod, or otherwise needs to be argued into rejecting it.

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Ah, the George Costanza defense. "Was that wrong?"

I feel it is a given that creating rules to spite players is not acceptable behavior for a mod. I don't think it's something a mod should be told not to do.
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So, yeah. Like I said. I am not going to play in a mafia community where this is even remotely acceptable and doesn't seem to bother anyone in the slightest.
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People quibbling over irrelevant word choice as if that's the crux of the issue. IT WAS A RULE CREATED TO SPITE A PLAYER IN THE GAME.

This is 1000% unacceptable behavior for a mod and the reaction I would expect from the player base would be, at the very least, boycotting a mod that did such a thing, unapologetically and doesn't really seem to care that they engaged in such behavior.

Why the fuck are people completely ignoring this point and instead quibbling about fucking grammar?!
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@Bullish
Except the only thing I'm involved in is the game. The only behavior of mine you could logically be talking about is my behavior in the game.

But, and again, the main issue I have, is a mod creating a rule to spite a player in the middle of a game.
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I don't think the rule is "arbitrary" based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
I do.

Mafia is a game that very much requires interaction, blocking and not responding people suspends that interaction and harms the integrity of the game. Even oro, the person you qouted, seems to agree with that, interesting you chose not to mention that part, and only the part that toots your own horn.
The issue isn't whether or not "not blocking people" should be a rule in mafia. The issue is whether mods, in the middle of the game (in the middle of a day phase, no less) should create rules directed at the behavior of a single person out of spite. If it was like that from the beginning of the game, I wouldn't have blocked you in the first place. If he decided to make it a rule in between phases for whatever reasons, well I can't say how I would have reacted. But it is still wholly different to having a disagreement with a mod, and the mod going, "fine, if you don't like it I'm making a new rule" that just happens to target something you've done in the game.

Also speed doesn't make up the whole mafia community anyway, so it is really just being petty, especially that you are removing your role list as well. That said, I don't harbor any ill will towards you and if me being in a game will stop you from playing, I will abstain from games you sign up for if you still decide you ever want to play.
If it's petty and you don't give a shit, then follow through with that. Don't give a shit and move on. But I'm watching how people react to this and the only person to actually disagree with creating a rule in the middle of a phase to spite a player (regardless of what that rule is and whether it would have been an appropriate rule to have in general) is oro. Sir objects now that I've explicitly made this a sticking point, but given a chance to respond initially, he was more concerned about grammar.

Point, is the general take away is that this is just a joke to be laughed off. And I am not Okay with that.

it would also be another thing if this was a "heat of the moment" thing, but Speed seems to be doubling down that this is an acceptable thing for a mod to do.

As far as you and me...

Yes, you've said a thousand times you have no ill will. It's not about your will, it about how, for whatever reason, how you argue ticks me off. Whether it just happens to be that way or whether you do it intentionally, I realize is immaterial. Point is, engaging with you was hurting my game play. So rather than continue to be tempted to engage with you, I decided to block you as a deliberate strategy to try and rebuild credibility in the game.

That I was almost lynched showed me that getting wound up by you (regardless of your intentions) was counter productive. Since you weren't actually raising any relevant points (just rehashing a meta argument, apparently to build your own credibility) then I saw no need to address them. By blocking you, that was less temptation to do so since I would have no notifications I needed to respond to. It was an in-game tactic, nothing more. But distancing myself from you was necessary in order to try and reconstruct my stance as a townie to be listened to so I could actually get something done in the game.

As far as your comment in the mod discord, I can't see that as anything else but an intentional zing at me. After all, why go there? You already had existing lines of communication with the mod via your role PM and the mafia discord PM to ask questions. Yet you deliberately chose to use the discord you knew I was in, despite being quite on the record that you didn't like using the mod discord. You basically went out of your way to ask it there, rather than in your existing line of communications. Nor did you simple take it and leave it once you actually got the answer to your question, you had to make a directed comment about me. However petty or mild anyone judges this, it was still unnecessary and about a game in progress. It's not acceptable no matter which way you cut it.
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If Speed kicked me from the game for giving an ultimatum. Sure. I would accept that. But that's not what he did.

He created an arbitrary rule just to spite a player in the game and I feel that is wholly unacceptable.

But more distressing is that no one - except oro - apparently even seems to care about that fact. So if this is what is acceptable to the mafia community here then no, I will not be continuing to play here.
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I'm going to make a post to set the record straight.

Lunatic asked a question in the mod chat about how blocking works. He got his answer. He then followed it up with a snide remark about how I'm giving him the silent treatment.

This is unequivocally a statement about the game (since it could not possibly be referring to anything else) made outside the game, and I wanted Speed to respond to it. I did not demand Lunatic be punished or even warned, I explicitly said a reminder would be fine.

In response, Speed created an arbitrary game rule targeting me. And that is ultimately why I left the game. Regardless of any issue I may or may not have with Lunatic, I was handling it. But when the mod is going to invent spite rules, it's time to bow out, so I did.



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Cops generally don’t out innos except to save someone.
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@MisterChris
Sure. But I must say that’s a fairly biased and high expectation to put on someone. He can’t make a mistake or he’s scum?
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@MisterChris
Can you explain why your assessment of oros brilliance only pertains to him being town?
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@MisterChris
So oro is brilliant town but is lackluster scum?
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@MisterChris
Ok. Oro is brilliant. Does this strike you as a particularly brilliant scum move such that “a relative newbie like” you can immediately see through it?
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@MisterChris
He hasn’t revealed his role.
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And how did you rule out “dumb” town?
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@MisterChris
2. He says he tried to draw out the nightkill, trying to buy town cred. Despite the fact that any smart town would NOT do such a thing.
Why not?
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@MisterChris
If you believe he’s lying, then it’s not the case that he “exposed his role to the detriment of town.”
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@MisterChris
Except that analysis only makes sense from the POV that he’s town. What’s the scum motivation for his actions?
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Unfortunately, Ragnar made himself too town at the end of last DP. He was actually a kind of scum read but when he didn't take the opportunity to hammer me, I knew he had to be town.

Since all I seem to do is put my foot in my mouth, someone else can take the lead this phase.

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@Speedrace
Vtnl
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@MisterChris
I gave my reasons for Lunatic but you didn't buy it. He says he was suddenly swayed by a majority support for a NL, but I don't see it. Do you?
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@MisterChris
As I told Sir, if you're seriously suggesting that I'm the only person you're willing to lynch, then obviously I'd prefer a NL over that.
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So, I get that lynching the person encouraging people to lynch is karmic and all that, but I wonder if the decision should be made in the best interest of town rather than which is the most humorously ironic.
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@MisterChris
What makes me your top scum candidate?
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@SirAnonymous
My stated preferences are Lynch Not Me > VTNL > Lynch Me.

So, moving from Me to NL is preferrable.
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@SirAnonymous
Don't suppose I can convince you not to waste it on me.
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@SirAnonymous
I'm not saying it's impossible. But like, you gotta give the mod and game the benefit of the doubt that it's playable.

If it turns out not to be, then c'est la vie, but I'm going to give it a good faith effort.

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@MisterChris
The death of any town is "harmful". The consistent ultimate question is whether you think the design of this game is such that the death of a town d1 is irreparably harmful.

That the lovers claimed isn't relevant to this calculus because the odds of them both surviving till the end we're slim anyway.

There are basically 3 options:

1. This game is designed that town pretty much can't afford to mislynch ever
2. The lovers are lying
3. There is some unknown role or set of roles that counter balances the negative utility of the lovers.

If you rule out 1 (which I do), then it doesn't really matter which of 2 or 3 is the case (we can work that out later). The main takeaway is that we have some breathing room.
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Also, mathematically, "saving" mislynches doesn't really work because you lose available mislynches as the game progresses.

Consider a vanilla scenario where town has two mislynches before reaching MYLO. Ex: 6 town, 2 mafia. If town no lynches, maf kills making it 5 town, 2 mafia. You now have two lynches until LYLO. Another NL and you lose that ML forever.

So if you think we have one available mislynch, now is the time to use it

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Who said anything about shooting randomly?
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@MisterChris
If you're thinking that this game is such that the outed lovers means we can't mislynch you have to understand that them outing is irrelevant; we couldn't afford a mislynch either way because the probability that one or the other got lynched or night killed is extremely high even if they stayed quiet.
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@MisterChris
No, that is not how the game operates.
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@MisterChris
It makes sense to you that the game would hinge on essentially pure luck?

Not to mention the high probably they get night killed by chance regardless.

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@MisterChris
I'm talking about mislynching. You're saying we can't mislynch.
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@skittlez09
Who said I'm not?
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@MisterChris
So you believe the game is designed that town can't make any mistakes?
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Yes, I personally would prefer any lynch other than my own over a NL, but I'm not, not have I suggested, that this is a stance anyone else should take.

You should always be pushing for a lynch on a scum read.

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@SirAnonymous
If I'm your scum lead then I'm your scum lead. Why NOT push for my lynch? Though, tbh, if my actions don't match any particular meta that should be a null read but you read how you read I suppose.

But if you're unwilling to lynch your top scum read, how do you suppose the game ends in a success for town?
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