Just a small note and reminder, this award is no longer called or known as "Smooth Operator", and rather as "The Modfather", for all future references.
Scummies 2014 - Nomination Thread!
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That's a stupid-ass idea, it's still totally smooth operator, moddammit.In post 200, Scummies wrote:Just a small note and reminder, this award is no longer called or known as "Smooth Operator", and rather as "The Modfather", for all future references.
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"The Modfather"?
So the banner for the winner is going to say "Not a Mod?""SAULRES you are THE man! Fav mod eva, no contest!" - Bert; "Saulres is a fantastic mod, if he is running a game everyone needs to join it." - FuDuzn
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So, I may or may not like to spectate games in my free time (DON'T JUDGE ME <3), and I thought these were some deserving noms:
Nom: Mastin2 for Most Cunning Manipulator from Left 4 Dead Mafia
Nom: ActionDan, Majiffy, Svenskt Stål, Mastin2, Rubicon for Best Scum Team from Left 4 Dead Mafia
I mean, I suppose I'm a bit new and perhaps haven't seen it all, but I've seen some crazy shenanigans, and I amreallyimpressed with how Mastin2 had such a knowledge and command of her own meta that she was able to manipulate it in such a way that things would fall into place for scum like that. Dayum. I think one of the toughest things is to break the mold once people have a handle on what makes you tick, and rather than attempting tobreakthe mold, Mastin2usedpeople's expectations to further her teameven after death.And you have to give credit to the rest of the scum team for executing the plan with almost artful brilliance.
Mastin2 sums everything up pretty well in the last couple pages of the mafia thread."You. I am going to bury you. I am going to bury you and erect an icecream stand on your grave. And all the kids will love that you're dead because they get ice cream. Also your tombstone will say 'here lies a cheeky scumbag.'" - Papa Zito
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<3In post 203, Prof Fridays wrote:Nom: Mastin2 for Most Cunning Manipulator from Left 4 Dead Mafia
Nom: ActionDan, Majiffy, Svenskt Stål, Mastin2, Rubicon for Best Scum Team from Left 4 Dead Mafia
I mean, I suppose I'm a bit new and perhaps haven't seen it all, but I've seen some crazy shenanigans, and I amreallyimpressed with how Mastin2 had such a knowledge and command of her own meta that she was able to manipulate it in such a way that things would fall into place for scum like that. Dayum. I think one of the toughest things is to break the mold once people have a handle on what makes you tick, and rather than attempting tobreakthe mold, Mastin2usedpeople's expectations to further her teameven after death.And you have to give credit to the rest of the scum team for executing the plan with almost artful brilliance.
Mastin2 sums everything up pretty well in the last couple pages of the mafia thread.
Really, really means something to me that someone outside the game thought it was impressive.
Butyeah, I had an awesome scumteam. (Obviously, I can't nom them myself. But were I to not be a member of their scumteam, I would be nomming them all the same.) In particular...Rubicon picked up on my plan and did the same thing I did, rolling over and dieing. Majiffy played that game pretty much explicitly with a mindset of "What would Mastin do?", tailoring his dayplay to survival and directing the flow as I would during the night. Sven did a really, REALLY good job of making himself be obvtown (as scum) as well, and ActionDan served as the support for our scumteam: helping to contribute and refine things when the need to smooth out gaps was there, while posting just enough to not have attention drawn onto him--resulting in town players bickering with one another. The scum let the divide in the town happen. In lylo, I forget the exact combinations of scumteams, but my memory tells me that every single one had a town name in the mix, in that there was no player who had all three as the scumteam, and a fair number of the town barely had one. That's how strong they played that game.
(Though, as an aside, saying my posting was 'summarizing' is...a little bit of an overstatement, given the length of it. A bit long; the central part that's not me can be found above; the central part that IS me is something I'm planning to write an MD article about, essentially showing "how I did it".)My academy.
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I think Pidgey nailed the team at one point, but then he let paranoia carry him away.In post 204, mastin2 wrote:in that there was no player who had all three as the scumteam
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Nominate zMuffinMan for best mafia catcher
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37614
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In post 203, Prof Fridays wrote:So, I may or may not like to spectate games in my free time (DON'T JUDGE ME <3), and I thought these were some deserving noms:
Nom: Mastin2 for Most Cunning Manipulator from Left 4 Dead Mafia
Nom: ActionDan, Majiffy, Svenskt Stål, Mastin2, Rubicon for Best Scum Team from Left 4 Dead Mafia
I mean, I suppose I'm a bit new and perhaps haven't seen it all, but I've seen some crazy shenanigans, and I amreallyimpressed with how Mastin2 had such a knowledge and command of her own meta that she was able to manipulate it in such a way that things would fall into place for scum like that. Dayum. I think one of the toughest things is to break the mold once people have a handle on what makes you tick, and rather than attempting tobreakthe mold, Mastin2usedpeople's expectations to further her teameven after death.And you have to give credit to the rest of the scum team for executing the plan with almost artful brilliance.
Mastin2 sums everything up pretty well in the last couple pages of the mafia thread.Nth both
I was the moderator for L4D, and I have to say that the scumteam did perform very well, and Mastin2 was a very large part in their success. His crazy plan of having his entire team bus each other, and then when he was getting lynched, throwing a frenzy that would cause confusion ranging until the end of the game, was a mix of huge risk taking but at the same time brilliance. Mastins actions during his lynch ended up having a deep impression on the rest of the game state, effectively giving the rest of his team a cover, which lasted until the very last second of the game.I swear I'm trying my best
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In post 206, AngryPidgeon wrote:Nominate zMuffinMan for best mafia catcher
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37614
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44160Second.
Dude's a total badass.
You're scum?
He figures it out.
You're third party?
He somehow still figures it out.
You're town? He'll defend you to the death. (Literally.)
He's a VERY strong scumhunter, who is INCREDIBLY good at scumhunting. When I'm scum, he tops my nightkill charts every game, surpassing even AngryPidgeon in that regard. You could say that--regardless of his performance thusfar in a day--he is a policy night-kill as a result, because killing him (even if he's got scumreads on him) is so immensely pro-scum that it's worth whatever cost may come from it.My academy.
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I want to nominate Skullduggery for best Third Party, based on his performance in Mini 1577: Dangan Ronpa Mafia.
Seriously, look at this badass. He fooled everyone as conftown, took out the scumteam super quickly, and pretty much stayed in everyone's good graces until, like, the last day. Plus, it was his first time being a third party like ever. If I had the funds, I would personally give him a gold medal; that's how much I feel he deserves it.must i have a gender.. is it not enough for me to simply b kinda hot sometimes
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I will second this. Skull was the towniest townie all game through. It takes genuine skill to pull off play like that.In post 212, caledfwitch wrote:I want to nominate Skullduggery for best Third Party, based on his performance in Mini 1577: Dangan Ronpa Mafia."Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
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I agree.In post 213, Bookitty wrote:
I will second this. Skull was the towniest townie all game through. It takes genuine skill to pull off play like that.In post 212, caledfwitch wrote:I want to nominate Skullduggery for best Third Party, based on his performance in Mini 1577: Dangan Ronpa Mafia.Implosion: I see ZZZX wasredacted. For shame, people. For shame.
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Hi, I came here on purpose just toIn post 106, mastin2 wrote:Nominate Venmar for Best Mutation for the two-game combination of Left 4 Dead and Walking Dead.
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.second this-
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I would like toNominate Natirasha for Excellent Moderation, as nominating him for a single game doesn't do his body of work justice.
Here are two examples of games Natirasha moderated in 2014:
Rock Operafia
Arcadia
He consistently produces the most creative and fun-filled setups I have seen on this site, and he resolves complex actions with all kinds of roles he creates. When I have time, I will add to this nomination with examples of what kinds of setups Nat has constructed, as this is a body of work award.
See another game, Dark Age of the Law, for a setup he designed. Among all the games on the site I have played, his setups and mechanics are simply outstanding and keep the players easily engaged throughout.
Not only that! But there's more!
He modded a 165 page mini normal game to start 2014 off with a BANG! Mini 1543. It set Records! I was amazeballs.
That speaks to how players love playing for him and play their hearts out! Way to go, Nat!
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