Quick question

[PantherPunt]

I think this is a pretty awesome deal and think an MS rep would be great. Some players on here better than most others I've seen on other sites

Thor was actually the first person to come to mind among those I've played with but I know there are a bunch of heavy hitters

[PantherPunt]

I'd approve just based on your avi

[PantherPunt]

But I'm pretty sure site mods would have to agree to participate and hold a poll/vote for rep.

Thingy is very official about this tourney from what I gather

[PantherPunt]

I'd approve just based on your avi

Fuck the steelers

Sorry you're a fan of baltimore Cleveland or Cincinnati. Or are otherwise just a jealous hater

[PantherPunt]

I'm pretty sure there are sites that picked a representative purely for the fact that they are insane and will drive the remainder of players in the game up a wall. Like multiple sites chose their representative on that basis

[PantherPunt]

There is. But mods apparently ban people for linking to other mafia sites. It's called mafia universe.

[PantherPunt]

Just one person to rep MS. You play a 17er. Players vote 2 people from that game to advance. Doesn't have to be someone on the winning faction or someone who lives to endgame. Just most impressive performers. There are 8 "play-in" games where 2 are advanced from each. A wild card makes up the 17th slot. Finale is played and again a vote determines the champ

[PantherPunt]

Correct me if I'm wrong thingyman

[PantherPunt]

Send him! The one thing that may trouble folks here is 36 hour days

[PantherPunt]

Buncha wet blankets around here. You'd think MS would want the publicity to drive traffic to here.

Do none of the admins/list mods have any business education?

[PantherPunt]

Inb4 all-too-light criteria to ban

[PantherPunt]

Some people have seen this thread and asked about cross-site games. This is the administration's response.

As of right now, we don't think mafiascum is generally interested in cross-site games. There were not enough applications on our side for the M:tGS invitational, and it only really got off the ground because a couple of the players who applied went forward with it on their own. Added to this, there was a significant pre-existing rapport with the M:tGS community prior to the current cross-site invitational.

As a result, the administration is not officially endorsing any representation of mafiascum on other sites.

In addition, soliciting players for offsite games (without administrative approval) is against site rules.

This was the mod team's 2013 stance. Doing the cross-site tournament with MTGS was a big deal to organize at the time, even though we've historically shared playerbases to some degree and play at a similar speed/with a similar meta/etc. There was relatively little interest from our userbase at the time. (And I say that as someone who did spectate and had friends playing in it.) In terms of those things, Thingyman/TheMainMan's cross-site games are much more removed.

Granted, site culture/policy (and its policymakers) has changed a bit since then. If it was clear that our community was actually interested beyond people who primarily play mafia elsewhere, it might make a difference. I think the mod team is busy trying to adjust to 3 new list mods and figuring out how to go about the Blitz queue, and all the red tape that goes along with that. So it's pretty bad timing to be trying to get this to change too, unless there's evidence that a lot of people care, because the admin stance seems to be that being represented in an official capacity is/should be a big deal for us.

FrogSC2 and PantherPunt have done well at giving a really poor impression of MafiaUniverse, and I hope not to see more people come and continue that trend. Making another MD thread that is toeing the line of breaking the site rules (unless you've received explicit permission) also seems counterproductive.

I think it'd be cool to see Nacho, or whoever is crazy enough to play 36/12 phases play. It's also funny to me that the tournament setup is based loosely on our Matrix6 setup but that we're one of the few active mafia communities not represented. And if nothing else, it's a good eye-opener to see that technology is not as much of a selling point for us anymore (the site the cross site games in question are being hosted at is way ahead in terms of automatic moderation, although it's great that we finally got auto-threadlocks.)

I started out playing here. I don't "represent" anywhere. Mafia Universe is a melting pot of communities and the culture/meta is vast and wide ranging.

I've never seen your name but if you have a problem with me in some way, I invite you to address it directly with me.

The way you made that comment is unprofessional and a vague, rude, public bashing of a community member.

[PantherPunt]

You said I have done well at giving a poor impression of MafiaUniverse. This implicitly states that I represent the site and that you have a negative opinion of me.

I'm sorry if my wet blanket comment was too harsh for you.

[PantherPunt]

if you think thats rude and bashing i question how exactly you survived playing a game here

This isn't a mafia game.

I assume purple names are mods of some kind, and expect that if they represent mafiascum, they would be professional in their handling of this discussion.

[PantherPunt]

you have a negative opinion of me.

correct

Well now it's mutual!

Are you a kittymo alt? Or just jumping in to tell me you have a problem with me?

[PantherPunt]

My point is that you're not supposed to advertise for games off site without admin approval; it necessitates special permission here. As such I think that the way in which you posted reflects badly on the place you're advertising for and reduces the likelihood of someone from here being approved to participate.

I didn't make the thread.

And in my humble opinion it's extra publicity for this site to people from smaller communities who may have never heard of MS.

I've got no skin in the game and won't be bothered by the ultimate decision regardless of what it is. I just think a cross community game without MS is missing out on some top talent and was voicing my opinion.

[PantherPunt]

Posting just so it doesn't appear as if I obeyed equinox's command to stop :p

[PantherPunt]

Btw kitty and I are cool.

Other guy seems like someone I wanna play a game w tho

[PantherPunt]

Untrod tripod you sound so mad itt.

[PantherPunt]

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