How much stress does mafia give you?

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Post Post #25 (ISO) » Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:06 pm

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In post 21, Papa Zito wrote:Lylo situations are the worst.
Lylo is only stressful if you're the one that has to make the decision.
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Post Post #26 (ISO) » Wed Dec 27, 2017 8:08 am

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In post 22, mastina wrote:
In post 18, skirt skirt wrote:mafia actually destresses me. i vent and yell on here and it keeps me calm and in a better mood in real life. *usually*
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Post Post #27 (ISO) » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:04 pm

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depends on the game but mafia can really eat at my sleep schedule. The game itself doesn't stress me out.
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Post Post #28 (ISO) » Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:13 am

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In post 5, Creature wrote:Mafia is never stressing, it's the best hour of the day.
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Post Post #29 (ISO) » Fri Nov 18, 2022 11:02 am

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In post 15, Ectomancer wrote:
In post 11, Sleepless Assassin wrote:
In post 6, Ectomancer wrote:It gave me enough stress 10 years ago that it affected my life outside of Mafia. How's that for stress??
Wait, that isn't normal?
No, no you see the game of mafia is always about me! How could anyone else let that stress them out? :mrgreen:
In post 16, mastina wrote:
In post 11, Sleepless Assassin wrote:
In post 6, Ectomancer wrote:It gave me enough stress 10 years ago that it affected my life outside of Mafia. How's that for stress??
Wait, that isn't normal?
Well mafia caused my grades to tank on no less than two occasions. First in 2010 when I was an idiot in every way possible (a period many still remember for good reason and some insist hasn't changed, though it has; now I'm only an idiot in MOST ways! :P), and then during whatever year Tales of You was because fuck that game. Seriously fuck it so hard. I gave it 200% and all I had to show for it was my slot mislynched while calling most of the scumteam correctly. :igmeou:
In post 15, Ectomancer wrote:
In post 11, Sleepless Assassin wrote:
In post 6, Ectomancer wrote:It gave me enough stress 10 years ago that it affected my life outside of Mafia. How's that for stress??
Wait, that isn't normal?
No, no you see the game of mafia is always about me! How could anyone else let that stress them out? :mrgreen:
Lol. I think the biggest things are just stressing the accuracy of your reads and having people misreading you when you feel it's clear how wrong they are. I hate when people are reading me based on activity levels when it's real life stopping me from posting too. Scum games are usually less stressful except the fake activity tell.
In post 15, Ectomancer wrote:
In post 11, Sleepless Assassin wrote:
In post 6, Ectomancer wrote:It gave me enough stress 10 years ago that it affected my life outside of Mafia. How's that for stress??
Wait, that isn't normal?
No, no you see the game of mafia is always about me! How could anyone else let that stress them out? :mrgreen:
In post 16, mastina wrote:
In post 11, Sleepless Assassin wrote:
In post 6, Ectomancer wrote:It gave me enough stress 10 years ago that it affected my life outside of Mafia. How's that for stress??
Wait, that isn't normal?
Well mafia caused my grades to tank on no less than two occasions. First in 2010 when I was an idiot in every way possible (a period many still remember for good reason and some insist hasn't changed, though it has; now I'm only an idiot in MOST ways! :P), and then during whatever year Tales of You was because fuck that game. Seriously fuck it so hard. I gave it 200% and all I had to show for it was my slot mislynched while calling most of the scumteam correctly. :igmeou:
Ugh that's the worst. Dedicate so much to the game and being completely right but no one will listen.
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Post Post #30 (ISO) » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:17 pm

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In post 1, Cheetory6 wrote:hahaha
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Post Post #31 (ISO) » Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:52 am

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It has been, ngl, and I am considering dropping out completely or limiting how much games I play.
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Post Post #32 (ISO) » Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:02 pm

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In post 25, Zachrulez wrote:
In post 21, Papa Zito wrote:Lylo situations are the worst.
Lylo is only stressful if you're the one that has to make the decision.
In honor of it having been nearly 5 years since my reply in this thread I thought I would give a better answer to this question.

How stressful the game is to you really depends on if you are more into the journey or the destination/outcome. It can be really easy to get too invested in results and that part can be really stressful. (I'm not trying to say the results don't matter but they also aren't everything. You don't even always have direct control over the outcome.) If you can reflect back on how fun the journey was, you can take away a lot of positive even from a loss. I still go back and read some of my losses because I can just remember the thoughts and feelings I had in those games fondly.
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Post Post #33 (ISO) » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:47 pm

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In recent times I've literally became feverish when getting into (quite LITERAL) heated debates in my games.

As in, genuinely: skin becoming hot to the touch. Burning up. Literally sick. From the stress, intensity, hyperfixation, obsession, and often, anger.

Not a fun time.

Is why I'm largely taking an extended break from playing under the mastina banner, because I can't do that every game and yet it's happening every game--even the games that I swore it wouldn't happen in. (Still hydra'ing tho and will play on request/invite. Just, won't be signing up for a solo-mastina run any time soon. It's not worth it. It's really, really just...not.)
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Post Post #34 (ISO) » Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:38 am

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Post Post #35 (ISO) » Sun Dec 11, 2022 9:56 am

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Mafia = stress.
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Post Post #36 (ISO) » Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:04 pm

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Used to cost me a lot just because I'd overcommit. Now I'm sticking to a one game at a time rule, and it's much better.
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Post Post #37 (ISO) » Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:15 am

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i don't get stressed when playing mafia, but i really hate being wagoned as town
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Post Post #38 (ISO) » Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:26 am

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I get so stressed when I play mafia it's insane. I try and only let myself play in the holidays/less busy uni times because otherwise I would just boom. And even then I frequently get anxiety/panic attacks (idk the difference but there's a lot of tensing up and hyperventilating) when I'm in a game playing out worst case scenarios in my head. Part of the fun of mafia is just how invested I get, and it makes the highs feel really high, but yea I've gotta find a way to mange how much stress I get playing forum mafia it's nuts.
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Post Post #39 (ISO) » Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:30 am

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In post 38, OopsieDaisy wrote: I get so stressed when I play mafia it's insane. I try and only let myself play in the holidays/less busy uni times because otherwise I would just boom. And even then I frequently get anxiety/panic attacks (idk the difference but there's a lot of tensing up and hyperventilating) when I'm in a game playing out worst case scenarios in my head. Part of the fun of mafia is just how invested I get, and it makes the highs feel really high, but yea I've gotta find a way to mange how much stress I get playing forum mafia it's nuts.
What's interesting tho is that I don't get nearly as stressed in irl mafia. I'm guessing because irl mafia you're there for tops 2 hours and then it's just water under the bridge, whereas forum games last weeks so I'm sat there going to bed/waking up with the current game I'm in always on my mind.
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Post Post #41 (ISO) » Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:29 am

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In post 39, OopsieDaisy wrote: What's interesting tho is that I don't get nearly as stressed in irl mafia.
Clocktower on the other hand....
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Post Post #42 (ISO) » Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:51 am

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In post 41, Elements wrote:
In post 39, OopsieDaisy wrote: What's interesting tho is that I don't get nearly as stressed in irl mafia.
Clocktower on the other hand....
Hehe, on the other hand. Cause clocks have two hands. I get it :3
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Post Post #43 (ISO) » Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:25 am

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The last time I played was my first game in months and it completely dominated my headspace. Not so much stress from actually playing the game, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the game even when away from it and it was causing me to make mistakes at work.
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Post Post #44 (ISO) » Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:57 am

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In post 43, Alchemist21 wrote: The last time I played was my first game in months and it completely dominated my headspace. Not so much stress from actually playing the game, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the game even when away from it and it was causing me to make mistakes at work.
When I roll scum it's always like that for me. When I roll town I spend my 30-45 minutes looking at the thread per day and then I forget about the game for 24 hours until I check the thread again but when I roll scum I constantly think about the game.
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Post Post #45 (ISO) » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:27 pm

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Mafia doesn't really stress me out unless I roll scum. I feel very bad when i lose as scum. Also Final 3 scenarios cause i choke them every time, it's like a reoccurring nightmare.
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Post Post #46 (ISO) » Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:00 pm

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I don't enjoy playing mafia nor do I enjoy who I am when I'm playing mafia
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Post Post #47 (ISO) » Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:51 pm

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Quite a bit of stress but kinda in a good way since the worst that can happen is to lose a game. Not sure how to phrase this but sometimes I like stress when I know I can deal with it lol
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Post Post #48 (ISO) » Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:52 pm

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In post 46, kuribo wrote: I don't enjoy playing mafia nor do I enjoy who I am when I'm playing mafia
If you still do it regardless that sounds an awful lot like an addiction to me
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Post Post #49 (ISO) » Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:35 am

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In post 48, Upwards wrote:
In post 46, kuribo wrote: I don't enjoy playing mafia nor do I enjoy who I am when I'm playing mafia
If you still do it regardless that sounds an awful lot like an addiction to me
I don't still play mafia though.
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