Team Mafia 2023 | Information Thread

[PenguinPower]

This is the general information thread for Team Mafia 2023.

Here is what is in this thread:

1. Team list and playerlists for games
2. Rules
3. Information regarding scoring for this event
4. Replacements will be announced in this thread
5. The list of designated replacements.

[PenguinPower]

Team List

1. Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Morning Tweet)
2. The Polymewl (Lady Lambdadelta, Ydrasse, Petapan, Dunnstral)
3. Perfectly Balanced Team with no exploits (Alisae, Firebringer, NorwegianboyEE, Shirou)
4. Hyper Aggressive Jingle Ballers: Menalkoba Edition (DkKoba, Jingle, Pink Ball, Menalque)
5. Klickin’ Chickens (Klick, Bellaphant, Radical Rat, DeasVail)
6. Shadow Syndicate (Gimli, Furtiveglance, Frozen Angel, Mastina)
7. Average team mafia Enjoyers (GuyInFreezer, Arko, Marashu, Adorable)
8. Studies Show (Save The Dragons, Cephrir, Korina, kowabunga)
9. Crispy Cream Puffs (Titus, wguerts, Ythan, Xofelf)
10. We Look Good in Plaid (Aureal, Black, Cat Scratch Fever, Rad)
11. The Pork Eaters (DragonEater70, Biancospino, Porkens, Imaginality)
12. Ancient Guard (Fate, Staeg, Feysal, DrippingGoofball)
13. Whimsical Activities (HighPrincessErinys, Ircher, Doctor Drew, Aisa)
14. We Don't Mafia (McMenno, Cerberus v666, Drixx, ItalianoVD)
15. Ghosts of NKs Past (Mith, Kuribo, Malakittens, Dessew)

Spoiler: Game playerlists

Team Mafia 2023 Game Assignments

Mini Normal

PenguinPower’s Neighborhood

By: PenguinPower

Arko (Average TM Enjoyers)
Ausuka (Frog Friends)
DeasVail (Klickin’ Chickens)
DkKoba (Jingle Ballers)
DrippingGoofball (Ancient Guard)
ItalianoVD (We Don’t Mafia)
Kowahbunga (Studies Show)
Aisa (Whimsical Activities)
Malakittens (Ghosts of NKs)
Mastina (Shadow Syndicate)
Shirou (Perfectly Balanced)
Xofelf (Crispy Cream Puffs)
Ydrasse (Polymewl)

Open Game

Pick Your Poison X/Y: Hint of Something_Team Mafia

By: implosion

Alisae (Perfectly Balanced)
Bellaphant (Klickin’ Chickens)
Cephrir (Studies Show)
Datisi (Frog Friends)
Gimli (Shadow Syndicate)
Imaginality (Pork Eaters)
Lady Lambdadelta (Polymewl)
Marashu (Average ™ Enjoyers)
Menalque (Jingle Ballers)
Mith (Ghosts of NKs)
Rad (Good in Plaid)
Staeg (Ancient Guard)
Ythan (Crispy Cream Puffs)

Micro Theme

Masterchef MafiaScum

By: Lilith2013

Aristeia (Frog Friends)
Aureal (Good in Plaid)
Biancospino (Pork Eaters)
Dessew (Ghosts of NKs)
Furtiveglance (Shadow Syndicate)
KawaiiKame (Whimsical Activities)
Korina (Studies Show)
McMenno (We Don’t Mafia)
NorwegianBoyEE (Perfectly Balanced)

Mini Theme

Super Marios Bros Mafia

By: SirCakez

Adorable (Average ™ Enjoyers)
Cat Scratch Fever (Good in Plaid)
Cerberus v666 (We Don’t Mafia)
Fate (Ancient Guard)
HighPrincessErinys Whimsical Activities)
Jingle (Jingle Ballers)
Petapan (Polymewl)
Porkens (Pork Eaters)
Radical Rat (Klickin’ Chickens)
Wgeurts (Crispy Cream Puffs)

Large Theme

Amnesiac Mafia: The Movie!

By: T-Bone

Black (Good in Plaid)
BlueSnakelet (Whimsical Activities)
DragonEater70 (Pork Eaters)
Drixx (We Don’t Mafia)
Dunnstral (Polymewl)
Feysal (Ancient Guard)
Firebringer (Perfectly Balanced)
Frozen Angel (Shadow Syndicate)
GuyInFreezer (Average ™ Enjoyers)
Klick (Klickin’ Chickens)
Kuribo (Ghosts of NKs)
Pink Ball (Jingle Ballers)
Save The Dragons (Studies Show)
Thestatusquo (Frog Friends)
Titus (Crispy Cream Puffs)

[PenguinPower]

TEAM MAFIA 2023 GAMEPLAY RULESET

ALL SITE RULES, INCLUDING THOSE PROHIBITING TALKING ABOUT NON TEAM MAFIA GAMES, STILL APPLY.

I reserve the right to append these rules should it become necessary. If this happens, all players will be notified

If you have any doubt about whether something is against the rules or not, pm your mod and me, and ask.

Team Communication

1. Each team will be provided a Private Topic (PT).
2. Each team will be provided a Discord Channel (DC).
3. Players may copy and paste whatever they want into their PT/DC.

They may not copy and paste text OUT of their PT/DC into game threads.

4. Players may continue to communicate with their team after in-game death in their provided PT/DC.

5. There are no restrictions for what players can post in their PT/DC's outside of not breaking site rules.

6. Team PT/DC's will only be made public after the game if all players on the team consent to their release.
7. All Game PT's including all scum PT's will automatically be released after Team Mafia.

8. There will not be Spectator/Dead PT's.
9. You will convey your role and alignment to your teammates.
9a. You will be aware of the roles and alignments of your teammates.
10. You will convey all moderator-given information to your teammates (ex. cop results)

Talking About Other Games

1. There are no restrictions for what players can post in their PT/DC's outside of not breaking site rules. The rules for this section refer to what players can talk about in their ongoing games and ongoing game PT's.

2. Players are only allowed to talk about mod-confirmed things from other ongoing Team Mafia games.

Examples of things that ARE allowed

• Stating who is on what team.
  
• Stating what Day or Night another game is in.
  
• Stating how many players are left alive on a team.
  
• Stating how many town or scum are alive in another game.
  
• Stating whether a dead player in another game has flipped town or scum.

3. Any public speculation about other ongoing games is prohibited.
4. Any attempt to publically signal players from other ongoing games, pass messages to players from other games, or otherwise communicate through the use of cryptography is prohibited.
5. Do not try to loophole these rules. If anyone has questions at any point about what is allowed or not allowed please message a Team Mafia Mod.

6. To repeat: If you have any doubt about whether something is against the rules or not, PM your mod and me, and ask.

Your Teammates are Always Innocent Until Proven Guilty

1. You may at no time say, indicate, insinuate, etc. in a game or game-related PT that your Team Mafia teammates are or might be anything other than town.
2. Exception: You may talk about your teammates being scum if they have flipped scum in another game (i.e. are dead).
3. If a player is NOT on your team and is still alive in another game, you must follow the rules in the Talking About Other Games thread.

Replacements

1. It is your job to replace team members who are not active. You are allowed to ask anyone who has not previously been involved in this event. We have a list of people in this thread who have already signaled a willingness to replace in, if you cannot find someone. If you (the team) do not find a replacement in either of these two ways and I have to do it for you, there will be a tiebreak penalty.
2. To replace a team member, you must PM Untrod Tripod AND the moderator of your game. We have a list of replacements that you will be able to choose from.
3. You may replace with anyone who is not currently on a Team Mafia team, has not previously been on a different Team Mafia team, is and has not been part of the Team Mafia Organizing team (Moderators, Balance-checkers, players in tiebreak game), and is eligible to play in mafia games. However, only 4 people may be involved in the PT at any time. A replaced team member may not participate in any way unless they are replaced back in.
4. The mod will force replace any player who has not posted within 3 days (Prodded after 48 hours, no response for 24 more) of their last post (not including Night). This will come at a penalty to the team.
5. If a player must be replaced due to mod errors or another outside influence (such as gaining information that they should not be able to have), the mods may assist in finding a replacement without assessing a penalty.

[PenguinPower]

Scoring

Team Mafia 2023 is, chiefly, a competition between teams. Therefore, there is a scoring system.

1. Each team will be rewarded 1 point for being on the winning side of a finished game, even if they died before the game ended.
2. The team with the most points wins.

At the end of each game and at the end of the whole event, there will be a survey distributed to the teams. For the games the survey will require each player to vote, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the least important 10 being the most important, how important a player was in their side winning the game. For the Team Survey, each player will be required to vote how deserving each team is of winning the event on a scale from 1 to 10.

In the event of a tie, there is a tiebreaker. In order of importance:

1. Being on the winning side of the Large Theme.
1a. Being on the winning side of the Mini Normal
2. Having the best average score in the Game Survey.
3. Having the best score in the Team Survey.
4. The TM2023 Mods vote on a winner.

[PenguinPower]

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: I decided that it would be fun to break site rules during this event. Will this have consequences for me outside of the event?
A: Yes! Moderator actions taken during this event have the potential to affect your ability to play in games outside of this event.
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Q: I decided that it would be fun to break site rules outside of this event. Will this have consequences for me inside this event?
A: Very possibly! Best to be on the safe side and not break site rules if you want to play this event start to finish.

Q: I thought it would be a fun thing to not know any of my teammate's roles or alignments. Is this okay?
A: It is not okay! The nature of this event is the ability to collaborate as a team in reading and reacting to games. Trying to have less information than your teammates to gain some kind of an edge is not allowed.

Q: Okay, so I have to know that my teammate drew scum in a game. But is it okay if my teammate doesn't tell any of us who their scum buddies are so we can read the game as if we're town and thus gain some kind of edge?
A: No. You will have all of the information that your teammates do.

Q: I have to replace out of this event for personal reasons. Will this affect my team's ability to win in a tiebreaker?
A: If your team finds a replacement either on their own or grabs one from the pool, it will not affect their ability to win in a tiebreaker.

Q: Am I allowed to post my role PM into my Discord Channel and/or PT?
A: Yes. You are encouraged to do so.

Q: Oh no, I talked a lot of shit about other teams in my teams Discord and/or PT. Are people going to hate me now when you release those at the end of the event???
A: Team Discord channels and Private Topics may not be released at the end of this event. Mafia PTs, however, will be.

[PenguinPower]

List of folks who are willing to replace into a game:

1.

Ircher

2.

Aisa

3. Keychain
4.

Morning Tweet

5.

Freedom

6. sheepsaysmeep
7.

Doctor Drew

8.

Andante

This list is not in any kind of order that will affect how one might be grabbed to replace onto a team. If I've missed you having in'd for this, please PM me. If you are interested in being added to this list, please PM me.

[PenguinPower]

Aisa replaces Little Green Wheels for Whimsical Activities.

[T-Bone]

Doctor Drew replaces KawaiiKame for Whimsical Activities.

[T-Bone]

Ircher replaced BlueSnakelet for Whimiscal Activities.

[lilith2013]

Morning Tweet replaces Aristeia on Frog Friends.

[PenguinPower]

Freedom replaces Arko for Average team mafia Enjoyers

[implosion]

Andante replaces Gimli for Shadow Syndicate.

[T-Bone]

Hi Team Mafia players!

Please remember that at the conclusion of each game we will send out a player survey. Please pay enough attention to your games even if you are eliminated, so that you can fill out the survey as honestly as possible! The survey will be used in part to determine the winners of Team Mafia!

[implosion]

I neglected to mention when it happened, but jjh927 replaced Andante for Shadow Syndicate.

[T-Bone]

Hi everyone! All Team Mafia games have been completed!

Please complete the player surveys ASAP. Once we have those results we will announce a winner of Team Mafia 2023. I'm anticipating doing that Thursday or Friday evening, possibly live in Discord.

[T-Bone]

And please Team Mafia is still ongoing do not talk about it outside your Team Discord/PTs.

[T-Bone]

Tonight I will announce the winners of Team Mafia 2023 in VC on the MafiaScum Discord! Come join us for the closing ceremony starting at 7pm ET!

[T-Bone]

Announcing the winners of Team Mafia 2023!

Spoiler: Winner Reveal

Frog Friends!!

Ausuka
Datisi
Morning Tweet
Thestatusquo

[T-Bone]

Top 5 and Honorable Mentions

Town MVP - NorweiganboyEE
Scum MVP - Pink Ball

5th Place - We Don't Mafia Anymore (McMenno, Cerberus v666, Drixx, ItalianoVD)

4th Place - Whimsical Activities (HighPrincessErnys, Ircher, Doctor Drew, Asia)

3rd Place - Ghosts of Nightkills Past (Mith, Kuribo, Dessew, Malakittens)

2nd Place - The Polymewl (Lady Lambdadelta, Ydrasse, Petapan, Dunstral)

1st Place - Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Morning Tweet)

[T-Bone]

Unlocking if people want to discuss the event!

[Thestatusquo]

Shea's Player He Liked Watching Most In Their Game Award:

Spoiler: Large Theme

PINK BALL!

Spoiler: Micro

DESSEW!

Spoiler: PYP

MENALQUE!

Spoiler: Mini Normal

SHIROU!

Spoiler: Mario

JINGLE!

Shea's Best Oldie performance award:

Spoiler: Large Theme

FEYSAL!

Spoiler: Micro

AUREAL!

Spoiler: PYP

MITH!

Spoiler: Mini Normal

XOFELF!

Spoiler: Mario

FATE!

Shea's Best Newbie Performance Award:

Spoiler: Large Theme

BLACK!

Spoiler: Micro

FURTIVEGLANCE

Spoiler: PYP

RAD!

Spoiler: Mini Normal

KOWAHBUNGA!

Spoiler: Mario

HIGHPRINCESSERINYS!

Shea's best post award:

Spoiler: Large Theme

like his opening oh woah is me lim me just do it quickly. Is that what you do if you're a lover and you know someone else gets taken down with you?

Claiming mason under zero pressure on you or your lover when that makes scum more likely to shoot you and take out both you and your love pair?

Kuribo, what the fuck is this play if you're town?

To paraphrase a manchild, "I'm old, I'm tired, I'm sick, and I play mafia with fucking children."

Not to mention I was high outta my Fuckin mind on cough syrup

Okay guys, THIS is my assistant in these matters, Detective Darryl



And THIS is a crude map of Drixx's iso



I have thoughts that I will be typing up in a moment

Spoiler: Micro

Dessew you're taking what you think lilith might have meant

then going like ??????????????????????

adding in a little !

and then going boom the numbers mason look at hte role names WHAT DO THEY MEEEAANNNNNN

WHat i'm saying is, you're being a tad, speculative here

Do you concede that a contestant can be a thief or an eavesdropper? Do you concede, that the same for stagehands would only be incidental at best, and it wouldn't even be mentioned in the show? Do you concede, that an inspector or a redistrubtor couldn't be a contestant? Do you concede that stagehands could be inspectors and redistributors to monitor and steer the show?

Redistrubtor isn't a town role.

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU"VE GONE MAD DESSEW

For Aureal's long post, the part that really set the alarm bells off for me was when she said that she can now trust Tweet being town because he reads her correctly or something along those lines. Firstly, in the moment this development would be fine, but in a retrospective it's just forced and unnatural to bring it up because it's extremely weak. Secondly, why call a player both alignments in the same post if you've been playing along since the beginning? For a replacement it can make sense because they might want to give us their authentic first impressions, but Aureal already had the benefit of hindsight. Town intentions wouldn't yield this chronological approach.

Kuribo's read is foolproof: one night he was high on NyQuil, and he's ancestors reveiled Aureal's alignment to him. There are pros and contras to this read. On the one hand, it's popularly said that spirits from the otherworld never lie, especially if it's family. On the other hand, unfortunately there are a lot of fake, uncertified psychics out there, and you might think Kuribo's being untruthful. To this I say: Kuribo's the most honest player on this entire site. It's common knowledge that he doesn't have a non-scumhunting bone in his body, and sheeping him is always the best possible strategy (because he busses really hard as mafia).

I'll later put together a proper case on Aureal, but I'm currently on a train.

I missed the names of the judges, it's a good find. Then there must be two mafia, and they must be the judges (why else come up with the name Calvin Song?)

Spoiler: PYP

it really just might be JJH/Dats/Ali lmfao

Spoiler: Mini Normal

Neisieneioroenejoo

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What is what’s post

I can’t xoxo her

Feel like I should hitch a bite on a norticyeoe to get back to my Ron faster

I SA it k really Good hunk

BUT

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SCUM

Why
Flashing

Lights

Heyb

Piura

Kioojiet

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Light
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Thug

LEGS
TAKW shot
Wvyetine
Juliana Moore
Is in sander of Judas I ask


JURIassspaek

Spoiler: Mario

I SAID STOP VOMMENTING ON THE GODDAMN CLAIM

[kuribo]

That Dessew post about my Aureal read was all Dessew, I literally said "Hey Dessew, I've decided Aureal is scum. I'm not basing this on anything so if anyone asks, just tell them my ancestors came to me in a dream."

And then Dessew filled in the blanks and it was glorious

[T-Bone]

Don't forget to make Scummies nominations!

[Ythan]

Finally ego

[Radical Rat]

Sad I missed the announcement, but well met everyone! Super happy to have been a part of it