Scummies 2014 - Nomination Thread!

[quadz08]

I assume they got lost in the weekend crashy postlossy thingy we had a few weeks back

[AGar]

Why are they "re-nominations"?

Guessing it probably has something to do with this, if they were posted during that time and before the OP was updated?

[xRECKONERx]

oooooh

[pieguyn]

Why are they "re-nominations"?

Guessing it probably has something to do with this, if they were posted during that time and before the OP was updated?

^this

[mastin2]

Nominate AGar for Community Contributor

, for his continued work in this thread. Things that he is spending the time doing and gathering could have a significantly positive influence on the site, and he basically re-kicked that thread into high gear.

[Burning_Earth]

nominate displaced for Best Replacement

this guy replaced into a mislynch slot at 6p MYLO in Attack on Titan and proceeded to peg the fuck out of the scumteam. the game was up in the air at that point but he replaced in and quickly made a bunch of decisive arguments for BRO scum in 4p MYLO that were pretty much quick and painless. he didn't even have to do anything ridiculous to get the lynch, he just walked in and started owning it. there's a very good chance town would have lost this otherwise, but him replacing in here pretty much sealed the fate of a town win.

Oh, yes.

Second.

And speaking of re-nomming Attack on Titan:

Re-Nominante the town of Attack on Titan for best performance: Town

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I said it the first time and I'll say it again the second time. Don't let the fact that the game came to 4p mylo fool you. The town in this game was always. ALWAYS. Ahead of the scum the entire game. We were playing catch-up to them. We managed to get to 4p mylo mainly through a combination of skilled scumplay and pure sheer luck, not because of town incompetence. Throughout the entire game? The town was filled with players who knew each other to be town

and

didn't

get paranoid about it

, a large key in their ultimate success.

If you look at the D1 wagons? All three lead wagons were on scum. We were being steamrolled. And that pressure never was let up on. The town did manage to mislynch a few times, but each of those mislynches ended up cornering the scum even further, costing them something. The town was basically in control for the entirety of the game, with few weak links and many, MANY strong ones. This was a town that I was glad to have lost to, since it was a town that really put their best feet forward.

Re-nominate Attack on Titan for Game of the Year

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In spite of the town ultimately winning and being the team that ultimately deserved it the most...this was not a case of an incompetent scumteam. This was not a case of a rock-solid town against a scumteam that was only mediocre. This was a case of a QUITE strong scumteam butting heads against a town that just so happened to be slightly stronger at the end. It was a close game, because the scum managed to play solidly. They went from being all three of the lead wagons D1 to getting a mislynch, and then another mislynch D2.

All-in-all, it was a game where either side could have won. The town pulled through and earned that victory, but the scumteam put up a DANG-good fight. It was not a win given to them. It was a win that they had to battle their way into. So both teams played immensely well. In addition to that, the game was insanely fun to play in, too. I said it back then, and it's still true right now. So far, there hasn't been a single game thusfar in the year that I've enjoyed more than Attack on Titan, and I was proud to have played that game even though I didn't win.

It was a great game all-around. Excellent roles, interacting well, with an interesting mechanic. Nice flavor, too. Decently-solid modding. Plus a ton of simple, good play. There may have been some tension, and neither side played an absolutely perfect game...but both sides played an amazingly-strong, beautiful game and it really, really must be read to be believed.

2nd best town

[mastin2]

Nominate Venmar for Best Mutation for the two-game combination of Left 4 Dead and Walking Dead

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Both games were zombie-themed, featuring a similar mechanic. Each night, a zombie horde would attack and eat a player, acting as a vig. How the horde was handled each game differed by the theme (with it being more random when both town and scum were zombies, appropriately enough, and being controlled by the town more when the town was zombies against scum humans who had none over it), but the mechanic basically remained the same both games. In addition to the actual mechanic, the idea of 'herders' was a brilliant role that added to it, with herders in each game acting to give direction to the horde beyond the otherwise-random kills. Additionally, the role of baiter (a zombie-bodyguard drawing the horde onto yourself the first game and a zombie-doctor removing a player from the list of nom candidates the second game) was another brilliant addition to the mechanic.

It was highly-innovative, highly-original, and has a HUGE amount of potential, which once understood properly, made it insanely fun to see. It never quite got full usage, but that was partly design, in that the mechanic was there, but was always intentionally not meant to be THE driving force behind the game, and it never was. So it was there, contributing, but never overwhelming. It added a lot of interesting dynamics to how both town and scum thought in both games, and overall, was an absolute blast to play.

I don't think I've really seen any other game so far this year that has quite integrated together a new mechanic and roles associated as well as Venmar did with these two games. He deserves every bit of recognition he can get for this highly-innovative, original idea.

[mastin2]

Oh, and speaking of Left 4 Dead...

Nominate Left 4 Dead for Game of the Year

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This game ultimately ended up surpassing even Attack on Titan for me in terms of enjoyment by the end. It was an absolute, entire, utter blast to play in. Extremely skilled, lethal scum players, executing an audacious plan (that actually worked!) made it really, really fun to engage in at the time, as the town tried to figure out what was going on. But the town was no slouch, either (thus one reason the scum's plan was cooked up in the first place!), and they were all highly-skilled players who were playing a fairly effective game. Both sides played strongly, and the fun continued even into the dead thread, featuring plenty of trolling and when a spoilered dead QT went up, plenty of, "They did WHAT now?!?" reactions.

...Plus, it's not every day that you get to see Mastin claim scum, in-thread, and troll for the entire rest of the day phase. Fun to play, fun to watch, just overall fun to have been in. Great mechanic, great players, not really a lot of drama, a healthy dose of confusion, and an overall fairly healthy game environment. It was a very good game to play in, and one of the best possible rematches for the Walking Dead crowd.

[xRECKONERx]

Wasn't Walking Dead already nominated for last year's Best Mutation category?

p.edit: Yeah, Walking Dead isn't eligible for consideration

[Cabd]

I don't think a game where town was apathetic because a VT hard counterclaimed the town cop that had already given two guilties is really "best game of the year" material either, so I can't in good conscience give it a second.

[BBmolla]

Can do a kodak moment for when PV claims to have recieved a report from a non existant Amn cop with a guilty on the real cop who made up the amn cop.

And then

flips town

[SleepyKrew]

Nominate AGar for Community Contributor

, for his continued work in this thread. Things that he is spending the time doing and gathering could have a significantly positive influence on the site, and he basically re-kicked that thread into high gear.

Second

[quadz08]

Nth AGar

[Venmar]

Wasn't Walking Dead already nominated for last year's Best Mutation category?

p.edit: Yeah, Walking Dead isn't eligible for consideration

It was, though L4D is still viable, don't know why Mastin decided to mention both?

[mastin2]

Wasn't Walking Dead already nominated for last year's Best Mutation category?

p.edit: Yeah, Walking Dead isn't eligible for consideration

It was, though L4D is still viable, don't know why Mastin decided to mention both?

I mentioned Walking Dead mainly as a reference FOR Left 4 Dead, to compare the mechanics. The nom's for L4D.

[Burning_Earth]

The thread and first post have been updated and brought up to date. (up to post #63.)

As of now this thread will be regularly kept up to date on a day by day basis.

lol

[Burning_Earth]

Nominate everyone in this game http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44815 for kodak moment because page two scum lynch

[reinoe]

Nominate everyone in this game http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44815 for kodak moment because page two scum lynch

Seconding this for RVS scum hammer.

[theelkspeaks]

Nominate everyone in this game http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44815 for kodak moment because page two scum lynch

Seconding this for RVS scum hammer.

Thirding because wow, that was incredible!

[Not_Mafia]

Such Pressure

Hammered after a single post

[Guyett]

don't know if it deserves a kodak moment as it happens often enough.

[Burning_Earth]

It wasn't a vengeful.

It was a 9p game, it happened page two, and IT WAS ON SCUM.

[Guyett]

I've been lol hammered as scum as early as post 30 in a game :shrug:

[kanyeknowsbest]

wow, amazing.

[Scummies]

Up to date.

Nominate everyone in this game http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44815 for kodak moment because page two scum lynch

Please be more specific as to who the nominees are and why, "everyone" is a bit too broad of a nomination for Kodak moment.