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25/02/20 | gobbledygook | Sujimichi | - | Sujimichi has shown great skill as both alignments in just a short amount of time. Sujimichi plays the game in a refreshingly methodical fashion, navigating around pitfalls placed by both town and scum. Additionally, Sujimichi never imposes on other players or makes other players feel unwelcome. As I am reigning in how much I personally play, I will be looking to join games with Sujimichi because those games are always going to be fun. Sujimichi may not be as integrated into the sitewide community, but Sujimichi's play sets the bar high for any subsequent Rising Star nominations. |
26/02/20 | mastina | Sujimichi | - | When I first encountered Sujimichi, I immediately thought Suji had potential--and then was blown away by Sujimichi's clutch vig. In that game, there were enough mislynches where the last scum could have easily pulled off a win and while not widely townread, wasn't widely scumread. Suji managed to kill them anyway, and in doing so, directly cause the town to win. While that game finished in 2019 (and is thus ineligible for the 2020 Scummies), Sujimichi in this calendar year has continued to impress as a rising star. In Skyrim uPick, Sujimichi managed to vig both groupscum, one-upping Suji's prior vig performance. The Pine vig was particularly game-changing, as Pine was a slot who not many players were suspicious of and Pine being, well...PINE, taking him out of the game significantly helped out the town. In Sujimichi's first scumgame ever, nobody at any stage of the game even remotely suspected Sujimichi. Suji was able to flawlessly pull of a victory and make the right kill to seal the game as a scum win. Sujimichi is a player who is a breath of fresh air, someone who is logical, rational, but not overbearing, who asks questions, prods, pokes, and forms reasonable conclusions that push the game forward in the direction furthering Sujimichi's wincon. Who has a good understanding of how to use roles well and who is really good even without them. |
13/03/20 | Alisae | Farkran | - | |
18/08/20 | northsidegal | Hectic | I plan to come back and fill this out more later, but I'd like to get it out there sooner rather than later.
This is really a no-brainer of a nomination to me. I think that Hectic loves mafia in a way that few people really do, and it really comes across to me. I think he's proven himself competent across almost all aspects of the game: his moderation shows an impressive level of polish and creativity, his towngame and scumgame are both (from what I know) very good, and his usage of alts shows an experimentation with playstyle that I personally relate to as indicative of a desire to really understand the game of mafia on a deeper level. And in this quest for betterment at mafia, he has never lost sight of the fact that mafia is , when it comes down to it, a game, meant to be enjoyed—whether on an alt or on his main, he game after game shows himself to be quite funny and a positive force in improving the experience for everyone else in the game.
Hectic unambiguously embodies the traits that I feel make up a rising star.
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10/12/20 | shellyc | Noraa | '- | In slightly over 3 months, Noraa has already established herself on site firmly and has performed exceptionally as both alignments. Noraa not only has a refreshing and high-tempo playstyle, she also brings a huge amount of positivity to each game she joins. One of Noraa's unique traits is her high WIM and persistence, best illustrated in Death Curse. Despite the scumteam self-imploding within a few scroll passes, Noraa managed to make it to Xylo, holding firm against 9 townies. Noraa became universally townread since mid-of-day-1, with an astute awareness of threats and a very good emotional range. With over a thousand posts in the game thread, Noraa absolutely carried the scumteam in Death Curse and nearly clinched victory single-handedly. Noraa shows decent townplay as well, popping off in this game, managing to soulread me as scum very early on (page 7) and successfully drove my slot's launch D1. Noraa then managed to earn the scum nightkill N1, highlighting her obvtowness and energy that scum found hard to deal with. Another scumgame Noraa shone through in was Mini Normal 2174. This game was a perfect scum win made possible by Noraa's good positioning throughout. Noraa emulated solving well and supported her teammates when they were in danger of being launched by successfully pushing counterwagons. The final nail was a mislaunch on Hectic's alt on the final day, showcasing Noraa's skill at powerdriving launches. |
10/12/20 | Hectic | Noraa | '- | In just 4 months, Noraa has left a monumental mark on the site. Her WIM is monstrous and matched by no other; a "tsunami of persistence" is very fitting when it comes to describing Noraa's general attitude about mafia. She simply never throws in the towel as either alignment, and keeps fighting to the very last breath. The passion and desire that exudes out of her every post is unparalleled on the site, and I think that's really what makes up a key part of what a Rising Star should be. She's also insanely good at playing scum! My first encounter with Noraa was when she was newbscum in a newbie game. The game was being PoE and meched down and Noraa was looking like the best launch - but I constantly had doubts about how much FIGHT this newbie had in them... it was really unusual and nothing like I'd seen before. They just would not give up, and it made me extremely paranoid; surely a new scum player wouldn't have this kind of drive or passion, right? Nope, that's just Noraa. The next firsthand experience I'd like to use is Death Curse. A game where Noraa was universally townread with her 4 scum partners imploding early, and she proceeding to hard carry them solo for 8 mislaunches in a row. They finally caught her right at the end, but she should consider this a massive personal win. She also wins... a lot: In MafiaSunny, she carried her scumteam to a solo last-Noraa-standing win. In Korean Pop Music, she fearlessly drove the mislaunches and acheived a flawless scum victory. In Never Trust Trees, she achieved another flawless scum victory, being widely townread throughout. At this rate, Noraa will only continue to improve and grow as a player, and her enthusiasm and passion for mafia doesn't seem to be going anywhere. She's a fun and delightfully fluffy player to have around - also bringing wholesomeness and joy to the social side of mafia. A real Rising Star in many aspects. |
18/12/20 | Noraa | Ame | '- | This incredible watermelon murderer(as depicted by the prfpc) has been on site since December of 2019 with ~3000 posts. They have multiple impressive games with their ability to turn the tables in a game being the most impressive ability of theirs(imo). Both scum games of theirs that I am about to mention, they managed to play really well considering they weren't all that TRed to begin with. The first is Open 774 where they repped into a somewhat widely SRed slot and managed to completely flip the game inside out soon after replacing in. Lol maybe they need to get nommed for white knight(is that the replacement one?) It wasn't a scum win but impressive play regardless. We can go ahead and call it a personal win. The next scum game of theirs was a very tense one, Open 793 where the scum team looked extremely doomed due to the town leader being incredibly towny and accurate in their reads. Ame was able to convince town with their charisma and sow seeds of doubt in each townie's heart leading to a flawless scum win which is absolutely incredible given the existence of a town leader like that. Their town games are equally impressive! For example, Mini 2133 where they managed to shoot down a fairly TRed scum with their 1 shot tree stump ability and were directly involved with the downfall of another. Overall, amazing play! On a more serious note, what did those poor watermelons ever do to you?!! |
18/12/20 | Noraa | Hectic | '- | I think maybe I need to call him the king of alts and you'll see why in this short write up LMFAO. Buckle your seatbelts! We're going for a ride in alt land! In this first townie episode of gloriousness, our main character Hectic ventured out into the kingdom of evil( Open 790), undercover, as Cthylla! Our hero rushes into the game, nails all 3 scum dead to the ground on page five of the game in this post, pushes all 3 scum to their deaths, and leads town to a glorious victory. His courage and brilliance is depicted perfectly in this game! *Gets out my pom poms* Oh wait wait shoot. More about him not me and my pompoms  . AHEM. In this second town game, our hero once again ventures out into the kingdom of evil. This time it is Mini Normal 2125 and our hero has gone undercover in the form of *drumroll* Paragon! Our hero fell asleep during the first part which lead to town's many mislims but then the poor town begged Paragon to save them in a 5 player lylo. And so the courageous Paragon woke up from his nap and picked out those two sneaky sneaky scumbutts, leading town once again, to a glorious victory! *yawn* Enough talk about his town play! His scum play is just as I N C R E D I B L E! In this series, our hero decided he would just sneak in as Hectic and hope no one noticed! This time, our hero was a villain :O He held that nasty red colored pm and looked around suspiciously. His partner accidentally fell into a hole and died day 1. This didn't stop our main character! Our courageous hero solo carried his team from day 2 and on to a glorious scum win! His night kills were incredibly accurate with both masons dying night 1 and 2. Overall, incredible player. Amazing friend and mod. ILY HECTIC <3. |
18/12/20 | Noraa | NorwegianboyEE | '- | Norwee is a rising star *wink wink nudge nudge* Don't mind me and my cringy human being vibes. One occurrence of brilliant play from Norwee is in Large Normal 227 where Norwee was a town tracker! In a very uncertain lylo, norwee cleverly added a few modifiers in his claim causing scum to not think he was a threat, leading to their demise when clever Norwee tracked them to their kills. Brilliant play! Another occurrence was Micro 958 where Norwee held a red role pm with his buddy George. They were nearing lylo with a set of decent cards. Norwee bravely sacced himself on day 3 giving George large amounts of towncred, pushed George into lylo which resulted in a scum win! Norwee played well and wiggled out of a scarily close day 2 elimination showing his expert scum skills. One final occurrence is Large Normal 228 where Norwee once again held a red role pm. With one buddy dying to a day 1 lim and another getting shot down night 3, Norwee solo carried thru lylo and to a glorious scum win! He played very impressively in all three games! |
18/12/20 | Noraa | Kanna | '- | My favorite IC on site, ofc Kanna, has some incredible looking games as well! See exhibit a: Micro 922. When all hell was breaking loose after her scum buddy, the dragon, flopped over and died day 1 to the curse of the lolhammer, Kanna was scared. But her charisma and IC energy won a near impossible game for her buddy, the dead dragon and herself. An impressive feat if you ask me! Exhibit b: Micro 958. Here Kanna was very short lived considering her votes were all on the two scum(not a single vote on a townie. v impressivo!). This lead to her demise during night 2 when the two sneaky scumbutts crept up and yeeted her into the dead thread showing how good of a player she is! Finally, exhibit c, Booney and Sky-ey game, where kanna and hectic morphed together to form a hydra called Conspire. They were a town third party(kinda) who betrayed town at the end and won with the mafia and a survivor. Very confusing and messy game but an impressive victory nonetheless! Me ish a big fan of Kanna. U see I came here for the signature :O *gets out the pen* *looks at kanna* |
18/12/20 | Noraa | JacksonVirgo | '- | My favorite mod and my first friend onsite :O JACKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Had to start with that cuz DUH. They ish an amazing player as well as friend and mod  See Large normal 229, one of their probably best games on site where their team got hella carried by them and Jacko DEEPWOLF'D THE FUCK outta that game. Gotta be more cautious of them from now on *shudders* In this game, a huge blow to the scum game came day 2 and night 2 where two members were lost just like ~poof~. Then shelly welly was picked out of a crowd day 4 and Jacko just deep wolfed the fuck outta everyone else with the help of momma bear Titus . Then there's also scary town games like Newbie 1990 where the amazing Jacko caught both scum day 1 in this post and died night 1 accordingly. It had ta happen cuz Jacko's reads wuz too bomb for the game :/ Another scary town game of Jacko's is Mini 2173 where Jacko deathtunneled scum DK leading to DK's death and the nk of scum hunting god Jacko cuz DUH. Basically, Scum!Jacko kick ass. Town!Jacko also kick ass. Everyone just gets their asses kicked making Jacko nom worthy for rising star. |
25/12/20 | Kanna | Noraa | '- | Noraabear only joined the site in the middle of this year, but has already become a name most people are familiar with. Whether it be through mafia games, discussion boards, or the speakeasy, no place is truly safe from the sunshine that is Nornor. When discussing Tsunami-Noraa, it seems unfitting not to mention Death Curse, where she showed brilliant tenacity in going from a widely scumread player into a widely townread one, secured 8 miselims, and became the last bear standing for her faction. Her postcount? A ridiculous 1500, which just goes to show how hard she worked to get there. She does not play games! As mentioned by other nominators, she also has several perfect scumgames, which shows her strength in playing the scum alignment. She also shows good townplay in Micro 983 where she was the first person to call out previously townread scum and managed to get herself locktowned for it. Unfortunately, I have not had many chances to play with Noraa, but tales of her WIM and good scumplay always reach me, and that just shows she is the most deserving of this title. |
02/01/2020 | Hectic | clidd | The first time I played with clidd, I was quite intrigued by what I saw. Doggos Among Us was the game, and his entrance was formal and extremely analytical - very unusual for a new player.
A cute style for sure, but nothing CRAZY. He continued like this for a while and everything was normal, until... he dropped THIS bombshell of a post. He just casually posts a megawall and calls out all 3 scum on page 7 . That was the moment I realised clidd was no ordinary player.
We went on to flawlessly win that aforementioned game, largely due to clidd's reads and him consistently pushing them for the remainder of the game.
The first I saw him as scum was in a game that I was modding; Ultimate Conspiracy. They were short games and we played a couple of rounds - clidd rolled scum for both rounds, and oh did he perform in both. It turns out clidd isn't the type of player to sit back and coast as scum, he POWERWOLFs and attempts to control the town, and that's what he did in back to back games to win both times. The Sherlock v. Moriarty GIF-off he had with Datisi is adorable btw.
clidd has incredible passion for the game, and is capable of breaking any game wide open with hard analysis and theory. Also, fun fact: You couldn't tell, but English is his second/third language, and he writes up all of his posts in Spanish first and then translates them to English; the dedication and effort he exhibits to SOLVE is simply off the charts. Examples of the insane walls he posts can be seen here:
One / Two / Three / Four
His first post on the site
Fantastic solving prowess, impressive scumplay, and being a haemorrhagic pleasure to play with makes clidd a great Rising Star! |
11/22/20 | MURDERCAT | Noraa |
I have participated in 13 games since returning to the site in September and Noraa has been in 7(!) of those games, so I feel well suited to make this nomination. Noraa is sometimes down on her ability to play town and famously hates being scum, but looking at the games that I played in this year Noraa was in all of my favorites either as herself or in one of her many hydras.
In particular, her scum game has come a long way and, in only a few months, has gained a reputation for being very strong. For reference please see:
MafiaSunny
Death Curse
FLvsPooky
I didn't participate in MafiaSunny, but I have briefly scrolled through it and Noraa was able to win in the endgame and, from what I've seen in the postgame comments, played a very strong game.
Death curse has been commented on multiple times in nominations, but the TLDR is that Noraa was able to avoid being elimmed D1 through pure force of will and made it to the final day.
In the latest game, I was a mason spending the entire game trying to convince my partners and the rest of town Noraa (and her hydra partner gloria) was scum, and despite her reputation it wasn't until much later in the game that anyone else really began to scum read her.
The effort that Noraa puts in as scum despite her dislike of the alignment is really noteworthy and the skill she has shown after just 4 months onsite is really impressive.
Also, I'm not sure if this is considered, but Noraa's impact on the site generally should at least be noted as well. I don't think that I even need to explain this really, you can look at the fact she has a title and a 25 page GTKAS thread after 4 months as evidence that she has become a visible, well-regarded user very quickly.
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1/6/21 | Flavor Leaf | Ydrasse | I didn't know of Ydrasse until I returned after a half year break, and when I came back, I found out.
Boardgames I was doing my thing, came in, Vig shot scum, went deep analysis mode, and Ydrasse coasted nicely with a doctor claim, and avoided the general solve plan. As this solve plan started to weaken, and after PookyPartner went down, Ydrasse was able to be perfectly positioned to kill the night and secure victory, almost from the backseat.
Pooky vs FL Ydrasse played very well here. As a vig, she shot the LHF slot who quickhammered, taking away a misfade option. Even without claiming vig, Ydrasse was able to come across as incredibly townie, and had strong reads, and forced themselves to be nightkilled over Masons after she claimed. She shot another misfade possibility in Toogelo, which lead to a concession of the scum team.
BTXIV: A Little Boonie Told Me After a rough beginning, and a scum partner going down Day 1, and another partner getting guiltied thereafter, Ydrasse and her partners managed to position themselves, and even in a losing effort, Ydrasse was able to get to Day 7 in the final 3. There was a time in this game that it looked like town was going to run scum over, but after the bus on their guiltied partner, they were able to get into an 8player complete reset, allowing the game to almost start over as a Micro Game.
Ydrasse is also modding games, and she's only going to continue becoming stronger. |
06/01/2021 | Hectic | shiki | She goes by many names, but one thing is consistent across shiki's games... she has a habit of winning them.
During 2020, shiki has gone 9-4 as town, and 3-2 as mafia.
My first encounter was shiki was in mysterybox hate death spiral. The first sign of her brilliance was when she came into the game with extensive meta prepared on the entire playerlist, which was already going several leaps beyond. But the really unique thing about shiki is that she has these incredibly fun and creative theories that spew her town; no breadcrumb goes unnoticed past her eyes. I realised this when she made this incredible post.
She's had standout performances in every game I've modded that she's joined:
In Lunacy, she took the leap of faith, being the spark that made the werewolves realise that they were actually the town.
In Menagerie, all she needed were animal sounds to confidently nail scum, during a phase where players were post restricted to only post sounds resembling their animal.
Oh, and she has a great scumgame too.
In Normal Blitz II, she played a clean and towny game while she and her scumpartner shamelessly buddied each other. A flawless victory.
In Gacha Mafia, she cleverly finds a loophole to deny town an Innocent Child, and goes on to win a convincing solo scumwin, with the other two in the final 3 crossvoting.
Another really interesting aspect of her play is that she openly hunts PRs as both alignments, but does so in a way where only she picks up on their PRness, since others don't see what she sees. In Chain of Command, as Euphony, she boldly hunts for PRs as scum and SNIPES them, day and night (she also won this game flawlessly).
She's such a unique and interesting player that I could probably keep going on for a while, but I should probably not wallpost too hard. Hopefully this gives a good sense of shiki's Ascending Comet status! |
8/1/21 | Flavor Leaf | Dkkoba | Names on the List
Bending
BooneyToonz XIV: A Little Boonie Told Me
Betrayal Mafia I
Quite frankly, Dkkoba has a presence and an ability to push through momentum at a high level. They say they have an extensive Chat Mafia background, and while I can tell it's an extremely Chat Mafia playstyle, it's clear Dkkoba knows how to play Mafia. In Names on the List, they were the only player correctly scum reading scum at the end of the game, and even stopped and realized that the tunnel they were in was in fact just that, a tunnel. They were able to see the game, and call out 2 of the 3 scum when nobody else was really considering us (yes, they correctly had me pegged as scum at the end).
In Bending, I was scum partners with Dkkoba, and Almost50 and I felt as if we had to try and defend Dkkoba, but Dkkoba was able to prove invaluable to victory, as both them and I ended up as the top 2 posters in the game, and our Day 2, we were able to completely control the game. They even got themselves out of a guilty on Day 3, and faded the counterclaim all while simultaneously setting up a deep pocket on another player, which ultimately lead to Dkkoba's eventual death causing that player to be misfaded from the associations.
Dkkoba had a Hero Replace in to a game over 200 pages in A Little Boonie Told Me, and their slot was one of the possible misfades. They came into the game and was the first person to call out the correct solve of the remaining 2 scum. While Day 6 they were pushing the wrong slot, the no fade followed by a kill, they were able to correctly come to the right conclusion and vote YdrasseScum in final 3 alongside Klick.
They understand balance far greater than most players who've been here about the same time, and understand what the optimal choices are to make as town. I'm sure there are many more games I'm missing, but even in my small sample size with Dkkoba, I can tell they deserve the nom. When I looked at the other Rising Star candidates, Dkkoba definitely deserves to be up there alongside them. |
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You ever been in a game of mafia, playing scum and just doing your own thing, when someone flies in, hard VIBECHECKS you, and catches you? That was Ydrasse.
I first encountered her in a frosty newbie game. She had this almost wallposty style, where'd she just do a stream of consciousness spew into the thread. Her tone and thoughts were incredibly obvtown, and she was a universal-townread for the game's duration. Her posts were fun, analytical, and made her thought processes very clear. We won on day 2.
Next up, I got to witness her first game outside of the newbie queue - allow me tell you the tale of the cruise upon the Anuket Topaz:
During day 1 on the deck, she was once again a UTR, voting and helping push scum to walk the plank. This game had a white flag mechanic, meaning town just had to launch 2 of the 3 scum members to win. On day 2, Ydrasse enters with a confident scumcase on scum, having already solved the voyage. Unfortunately, town underestimate her powers and fail to sheep her, mislaunching on days 2 and 3 against Ydrasse's wishes.
Day 4 rolls around and it's the deciding launch of the game. There's only a few slots that are no longer conftown, and Ydrasse is coming under some heat. Scum chose to throw Titus overboard on night 3 - who had Ydrasse as her top scumread the previous day. Scum's plan here is to frame Ydrasse and have her be the final mislaunch.
But she doesn't let this deter her. Using her obvtowny vibes, she fights, and fights, and FIGHTS.
Finally , she's smacked town into shape and obvtowned despite scum's best efforts to set her up. She hammers the scum she originally scumcased back on day 2, sealing a brilliant win where she had to fight not only the scum, but the town too.
You might be wondering why anyone was even considering scumreading a newbie straight out of the newbie queue with towny posts like that. Well...
Shortly before this, she played her first scumgame. She powerwolfed, being universally townread for the entire duration, winning a solo victory while not even receiving a single serious vote past RVS. Those vibes can be scary too...
PookyVFlava, BoardGames, and Boonie also had excellent performances from Ydrasse. They've been expanded on elsewhere though, so I'll skip over the details.
Mini Normal 2175 is an example of how much of a strong threat Ydrasse already is. As a VT, she places scum as her top scumread on day 1, and is brutally murdered night 1 as a result. Epilogue is also a testament to this, where scum decided to use their only kill to snipe Ydrasse's pair during the intermission phase.
Ydrasse isn't all about obvtownspew and transparent walls though; her vibecheck is also one of the deadliest tools in her arsenal. E.g: Menalque didn't pass the vibecheck... he was scum. Bell failed the vibecheck... he was scum, etc.
At this rate, I only expect Ydrasse's VIBES to rise in strength, so, if you ever feel vibes waft through your vicinity, be very wary of whether they're hers, and just pray she's on the same team as you. |
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03/08/20 | Boonskiies | Weiss Schnee | | THERE HE WAS, WEISS SCHNEE ATTEMPTING TO JOIN A NEWBIE GAME AS AN SE, BUT WAIT! OH NO! THE ACCOUNT HADN’T COMPLETED ENOUGH GAMES YET. ADORABLE, WHO IS ESSENTIALLY AT L-1 WITH NO WAY OF GETTING OUT OF A 250+ PAGE GAME LATE INTO THE GAME REPLACES OUT. “HERE’S MY CHANCE!” WEISS SCHNEE THOUGHT BEFORE TAKING THE SLOT JUST TO DIE IN. LITTLE DID HE KNOW, NO LONGER DID PEOPLE WANT TO LYNCH THE SLOT AFTER HE CAME IN. WEISS SCHNEE ENDED UP LASTING 5+ DAYS AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME LOCKTOWN IN THE EYES OF THE GAME DESPITE THERE BEING NO MECHANICAL REASONING FOR HIM TO BE TOWN. SCUM WERE IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED, AS THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW REPLACEMENTS CAN REALLY JUST RUIN GAMES. WEISS SCHNEE TOOK THE ENTIRETY OF THE MECHANICAL PUZZLE, AND SOLVED, AND WAS THE TOWN LEADER FROM THE MOMENT THEY JOINED. THE NEXT DAYS AFTER, MULTIPLE SCUM LYNCHES STARTED HAPPENING. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A WEISS SCHNEE JOINING, I’M NOT SURE I COULD SAY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A TOWN VICTORY. DAY 9, 5 PLAYERS LEFT, 1 SCUM, THE TOWN FINALLY HIT THE FINAL SCUM, AND THE TOWN ARE VICTORIOUS. HIGH LEVEL TOWN PLAY, LATE ENTRY INTO THE GAME, FLIPPED THE ENTIRE GAMESTATE, THIS IS A WHITE KNIGHT NOM IF I’VE EVER SEEN ONE. |
27/03/20 | Alisae | Churros | | he replaced in he identifies scum gets it lynched does it again and wins the game What more could you ask for. |
30/06/20 | Dannflor | Wooper | | This game had the mafia team sitting comfortable very early in Day 1, fairly certain that they would be coasting to not-too-difficult victory. The mafia was lead by a high-presence hydra that seemed poised to clinch the game as a deep wolf. Wooper's replace-in sent the mafia team scrambling to do damage control. Within half a page of posting, Wooper correctly identified two out the three person team, as well as throwing an FoS on the until now universal town read of Team STRQ. Wooper's sudden control of the game forced the hydra, Team STRQ, into a 1v1, as allowing Wooper to live past D1 with a correct solve would be unrecoverable. In a down to the wire elimination, Wooper was sent to Hell during the first phase. However, despite leaving the thread early on, his presence was felt for the rest of the game as the mafia team was unable to recover from the damage his solve and subsequent fight with Team STRQ did. The game was warped around this slot and there's no doubt that the outcome would have been much different had Wooper not replaced in when he did. |
05/11/20 | MURDERCAT | TheGoldenParadox | | This game had a unique setup. There was no voting mechanic. Instead of 12 vanilla townies like you might have in a more traditional setup, we had 12 dayvigs. If you are worried about balance, don't be, as scum was a team of 4 with 3 goons and 1 godfather, who also had the ability to shoot during the day (and night). The most critical responsibility for town was placed on the 2 cops who needed to try to find scum despite days lasting a couple of pages at most. Unfortunately, in a huge blow to town, one of the cops was inactive and failed to submit a target on N2. By page 9, 5 townies were dead and all 4 scum were still alive. To even have a chance at a win, town needed a miracle. This miracle came in the form of TheGoldenParadox, who replaced in during N3. In the morning, the other cop was dead. The game was in TheGoldenParadox's hands. It took them only 7 posts to call out the entire 4 person scum team. Scum, panicking, then shot TGP 2 posts later. Sadly, town didn't have a happy ending worthy of TGP's performance, but I'm not sure what more you could hope to get out a replacement slot. |
1/2/2021 | mastina | MathBlade | | In this game, PlusJOYED was a slot that, while not widely scumread, had a fairly real chance of being an elimination at some point. The game, at the end of D1, was largely stalled, with less than 24 hours until deadline.
Enter MathBlade. MathBlade immediately fingered both of the scum, made correct deductions, and even made the correct scumteam callout. Over the course of less than 72 hours, he turned a slot from elimination-bait into the best shot at the N1 nightkill, universally townread by everyone, and driving a commanding presence in the game. Had he not been immediately removed N1 by the scum (and removing him did become their top priority), he'd have singlehandedly led the town to victory on D2. And he did that in what amounts to less than 48 hours of posting. In two days, he managed to singlehandedly change the course of the game. |
1/2/2021 | mastina | Churros | | Prior to Churros's replacement, the game was, largely, a disaster. After Churros replaced in, Churros managed to turn all the players who were convinced the slot was scum into correctly townreading Churros, and helped to, more or less, singlehandedly turn the game around to secure the second scum lynch of the game--which, thanks to that game's mechanics, resulted in an instant town win. |
1/8/21 | Flavor Leaf | Insanoflex | | I'm going to use the same as my Master Strategist Nom here.
Insanoflex was a 1-shot Loyal Bodyguard and held their shot until Night 3. They replaced in on Day 2, and chose not to use their shot. This saving of the bodyguard shot, had scum believe they didn't have any shots left, so when scum tried to shoot the Vigilante, Insano got a successful bodyguard the same night PlusVig hit the 2nd scum. This also took them out of the game, losing scum another misfade, aiding to the lead of a concession. |
1/8/21 | Flavor Leaf | Klick | | There were a few great replacements in this game, but I think Klick will take it here. Klick came into this game as a hero replace in, coming in after the game had already been going for many day phases. Their slot was on the verge of being miseliminated, but Klick eventually was able to turn their slot around. They ended up being in a 1v1 at the end of the game with Ydrasse, and they were able to clutch out the victory. Dkkoba had been thinking Klick was scum on Day 6, but come Day 7, with Gypyx's death, Dkkoba was able to see Klick was not the scum in the situation. The sheer fact that Klick was able to go from the obvious fade of a day, and then play the game long enough to see 2 correct scum fades, and be 1 of 2 townies left alive at the end of the game is why they deserve this nom. |
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4/01/21 | Kanna | Auro | | When I think about Best Third Party Performance, the only one that comes to mind is Auro in BooneyToonz UPick.
In this slightly bastard game, Auro rolled "The New Sorcerer’s ABoontice," a third party scum who had infiltrated the group scum's PT. To win, he had to dismantle the scumteam, find his allies and convince them to work with him, and burn the town to the ground. Auro did just that. By the end, his positioning was so good, he was regarded as conftown due to a fake innocent from a confirmed mason, which allowed him push the last elimination. It was not a feat anyone could pull off, and even up to the end, I didn't know what Auro actually was. |
05/01/2021 | | | | Okay, so this game was a ride! We we lucky to catch Ythan after he was culted, but the duo of innocentvillager and the worst were an absolute iconic duo this game. Titus culting the worst was a fantastic move and the cult had the entire thread eating out of the palms of their hands by the end of it with obvtown reads all around! It was an absolutely impressive cult game and I am happy to nominate those who brought it home in style! |
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10/02/2020 | Plotinus | geraintm | | geraintm forgot to bold his hammer vote in LYLO, so it couldn't be counted. They managed to lynch the person he flubbed the hammer on anyway on the next page, 18 hours later |
13/03/20 | Alisae | TrueSoulEnergy | | TSE's main contributions in this game that made the game enjoyable was D1 he decided to "Spin the Wheel" because he randed Vengeful and wanted to die. What ended up happening was, because of how he announced everytime he was going to Spin The Wheel, it turned into a massive meme that made the game very enjoyable to just be in. Mostly because he would say "Its time to SPIN THE WHEEL" and I would make a funny meme out of it. Most people didn't like TSE doing this behavoir at first, but as he kept on doing it more, more people started to enjoy it. It goes to show that mafia can't really be a game thats just 100% serious 100% of the time. You need something fun happening in it, because at the end of the day, Mafia is just a game. TSE made the game feel less tense because he was taking an action to make the game bright and fun in a super serious game. |
04/09/2020 | Dunnstral | Nahdia & Beeboy | | This setup had a mechanic where players could gain Corruption in various ways, androgybee (hydra of the two) had a role that sacrificed themself and reduced another players Corruption to zero. The town would die when receiving too much Corruption , but unbeknownst to the town at the time, since no mafia had flipped, was that the mafia died when reaching zero corruption. androgybee, upon receiving pressure, sacrificed themself out of the game, and set their townreads Corruption to zero. However, their townread was actually mafia who was in the middle of bussing and the player the mafia team likely wanted to win in endgame, thus changing the course of the game. |
23/10/20 | Iconeum | Alonzo & Bob3141 | | Imagine a game where town power faked a guilty that flipped green. Imagine that same game having multiple town fake claiming vanilla town. Imagine that game having a Novice 3-shot vig who, with it's first 2 shots, successfully killed 2 town power roles. Scum were guaranteed to win. 5p LyLo incoming, 2 scum still alive, their deepwolf performs the final act in what was a great fake claim (follower) and comes out with a fake guilty on Alonzo. Alonzo, who previously claimed VT (but who already got shot by the scumteam on Night 2 and survived), remains silent. Players do what they are supposed to do and race to put votes on Alonzo. Scum!Datisi hammers and somehow manages not to gloat too much in twilight. The mod comes online. The thread gets locked. Suspense running through the scumteam where the champagne glasses were already on the table. They open the spoiler containing Alonzo's flip and read: 'Town Bulletproof Vengefull'. Silence. Disbelief. Too many questions and thoughts to put in here. It took Alonzo about 0.006 seconds to send Bob's name in to be Venged. During Night, the vig uses it's last shot to put a bullet in the last scum's head. Never before in the History Of MafiaScum has a scumteam been this close to winning, only to see it slip away in a most dramatic fashion. Town victory. |
22/11/20 | PookyTheMagicalBear | Noraa | | Three hours before a deadline that would spell certain doom, Bell continued to yammer on and on about how scummy Noraa was. Noraa also unfortunately had a chemistry class that she had not really prepared for at all. Knowing she would need time to turn the game around, Noraa asked Hectic for a deadline extension - no dice.. She knew she had to do something drastic, so she took out a gun and shot Bell in the face... One of the single most hilarious and brazen plays ever made in a game of mafia - Noraa is truly a legend. |
25/12/20 | Datisi | Bob3141 & Alonzo | | *downs a shot of vodka* so, this game. there was a fake cop guilty (from town on town) that resulted in a speed-yeet on the "guiltied" townie. there was a 3-shot vig that used her first two bullets to shoot town power roles. there were townies lying in massclaim, which resulted in scum!bob3141 being treated as conftown after fakelcaiming town follower. by the time final five rolled around, scum had performed a successful (by that i mean towncred-gaining) bus, bob was still locktowned by all three townies, and nobody had the correct solve. surely, surely this town was beyond saving... right...? alonzo was scanned by a (basically) scum vanilla cop on night one, so scum knew he was not a vt. they tried shooting him on night two, he survived, and later on they pieced together that he was bulletproof. the only odd thing was that, even in lylo, he was still claiming to be a vt... bob fakeclaims a guilty follower result on alonzo. both other townies buy it, and it takes about three hours for a second vote to appear on alonzo. of course, the other scum immediately hammers it, thinking that the game is over. alonzo flips 1-shot bulletproof vengeful. deepwolf!bob immediately eats the venge. the vig uses her last bullet to shoot the last scum, who had just scumclaimed with the quickhammer. town wins. |
01/01/21 | Noraa | PookyTheMagicalBear, Bell, MURDERCART, Fidget | | Town was off to an amazing start with 1 scum dead day 2, 2 scums dead day 3, and 1 scum dead day 4. But after catching the first four scum, there was one scum left and her name was Noraabear the deepwolf. She took control of the game state quickly(Because one of her scum buddies, Fredrick Campbell, pulled a dangerous gambit to give her a semi conftown status) and lead town down a road of terror. Quick note before I continue on about the mechanics is that each day 1 person is voted out by majority vote and they choose someone to kill and that person chooses another. 3 eliminations per day and the flips come after all three are chosen. Day 5 Noraa lead town thru three town flips and stuff was looking bright and awesome for the scum team until the very last day. The very last day, the plist had only Noraa, Pooky, Murder, Bell, and Fidget. Immediately, Fidget is flashwagoned. Two more eliminations and Noraa wins! (pfft she thought) Fidget soon passes to Pooky and suddenly only Noraa, Bell, and Murder are "alive". All the time before this on this day, no one doubted Noraa - not even the tiniest tiniest amount. But now with only 3 possibilities left, people needed to be resorted. The big revelation starts with this post from Bell. It continues in this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, this post, and many more. Eventually this leads to a dayvig from me on bell(now only Noraa and Murder are "alive") and then an informal concession from me and a town win after pooky's scroll pass to me. Town managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. This revelation was extremely impressive and worthy of Kodak  Just writing this hit the feels big time but this town was incredible and they deserve this nom. The rest of this town also did incredible but these were the people at the very end that directly impacted my death so they are who I nommed but special mentions go to Uno for being the only person on day 5 to suspect me(bless his soul for being in three entire Noraa scum games) and our precious and amazing crown princess, Gloria. |
03/01/2021 | Hectic | Noraa | | Okay, so, you're in a mafia game. There's been 8 mislaunches in a row and you're in the final 5 living players of 20. This is it, it's gone down to the last launch of the game, the decision that decides everything. Oh, and did I mention it's a 400 page game?
You're the deepwolf. You've been universally townread for hundreds of pages and hard carried your scumteam but are finally being sussed out right at the end.
You have a factional private scum dayvig that's been unused for the entire game, it instantly kills a player and grants the game a 48 hour extension. It's public info that scum owns this, but it's not been optimal to use it. Using it would not change anything; it would only narrow the PoE down for the final launch.
There's only a few hours left on the clock and everyone's looking at you... you don't have a lot of time to change people's minds.
THAT was the situation Noraa was in during the final stages of Death Curse, and what must've been going through her mind when she made this post.
She was in a chem class... she needed a deadline extension... she realised what had to be done.
What proceeded was truly incredible.
Pooky sums up the events pretty well. |
06/01/2021 | | | | I'd nom shellyc but no.
Basically, Shelly did a fake dayvig on Ydrasse (who ended up being the last living scum bringing the game to ELo) and normally it's like "whatever, that's a fake dayvig 
BUT BOONSKIIES, oh fuck I love this guy! Boonskiies' finger "slipped" and the thread was locked for an extremely short amount of time. It was amazing! XD
It led to this goddamn masterpiece of a meme that I laughed at for a good couple of hours and Ydrasse proclaimed laughing at a whole day later!
Honestly one of the funniest succession of posts based around a fake dayvig I've seen in a longtime XD |
