Mini Normal 1911 | Penguin Mafia Redux | Endgame

[AdumbroDeus]

it's cause you left dude, whyyyyyy?

Also mafia is like riding a bike, you never really forget how to do it. Also you're in like, the second best career for teaching mafia skills.

[FrozenFlame]

Afaik games were still running at a fairly good pace for like a year or two after I graduated undergrad in 2012, so I doubt it had anything to do with my waning activity =P

Many vets did start fading away though and that certainly mustve contributed to the slow down.

You're right though, playing mafia isn't hard to pick up again, but I think strong scum hunting skills atrophy without flexing those muscles. I definitely have been finding it tough to develop good reads on people.

What's the best career then? Spy? Undercover cop? lol

[FrozenFlame]

Or am I derping really hard and you're literally referring to being a real life mafiat as the best career for teaching mafia? lol

[AdumbroDeus]

Lol naaaah, you were right, I had spy in mind as number one. Surprisingly, actually being a member of the mafia doesn't have as much crossover.

But ya it was a gradual effect and nobody new was coming in to replace the people who were lost. I took a hiatus for my own reasons too.

[AdumbroDeus]

Imma blame you anyway eric, just fyi

[marshy]

You're right though, playing mafia isn't hard to pick up again, but I think strong scum hunting skills atrophy without flexing those muscles. I definitely have been finding it tough to develop good reads on people.

while i dont disagree with this

to b completely fair you have jumped into games in brand new meta. so its kind of like a readjusting phase where youre familiarizing yourself with new people. the more you play with em the easier it gets imo. so im not discouraged after losing back to back games on sites i am not too acquainted with

[Ryker]

Afaik games were still running at a fairly good pace for like a year or two after I graduated undergrad in 2012, so I doubt it had anything to do with my waning activity =P

Many vets did start fading away though and that certainly mustve contributed to the slow down.

You're right though, playing mafia isn't hard to pick up again, but I think strong scum hunting skills atrophy without flexing those muscles. I definitely have been finding it tough to develop good reads on people.

What's the best career then? Spy? Undercover cop? lol

Amen to atrophy on the scum hunting muscles. Im soooooo much better at scum than town now. I started being allowed to just rest on roles and reputation and I let everything rot.

Trying to fix it though. Enjoying playing again.

[Ryker]

swf

What site is this?

Smash World Forums, the original name of what is now actually named SmashBoards. It's the central online hub for all things competitive Smash Bros. We had an incredibly robust mafia sub-community there from about 2007 - 2012ish or so I'd say. It's mostly a ghost town now though =(

In its heyday, SWF had by FAR the highest average player level of any community I've played in and I think I'm spoiled as a result.

[Agent Sparkles]

GG everyone. That bus was really well executed.

I'm glad I played with you all even if I wasn't in it for very long. It was frustrating watching from the dead threads though

[Gamma Emerald]

Yeah
I loved executing the T v T read there. Made me feel vindicated.

[FrozenFlame]

In its heyday, SWF had by FAR the highest average player level of any community I've played in and I think I'm spoiled as a result.

Couldn't agree more. SWF leading up to the creation of Dgames as a separate subforum from Forum Games and then for a couple years thereafter was by far the most competitive mafia community I've ever played in. Not that MS here doesn't have quality players, but on SWF there was very little low level play and thus the overall quality of play was not at all diluted. Unfortunately, just by virtue of the much larger community size here, that dilution phenomenon takes place here and in many other communities.

SWF just had sooooo many heavy hitters and they would always be in games together by virtue of the fact that high level players were the plurality of players. I remember the golden age of Dgames very fondly. So many great personalities with intellect and a competitive mindset to boot. Not all that surprising considering most people who take smash bros games seriously enough to join and actively post on a site devoted almost entirely to competitive play are going to bring that same mindset to mafia. The nature of smashboards itself was self selecting for people who enjoy learning games with depth and take playing to wincon seriously.

[AdumbroDeus]

Ya, it was a sight to behold back in the day, sadly the core group grew up and couldn't be in 3 to 4 games at a time anymore. That's really what killed us

[Ranmaru]

I have realized that being in more than 2 games at a time really stretches my ability to play them close to optimally. I am spread out thin. Being in less games allows me to focus all of my energy into less directions.

[Ranmaru]

Well, I mean I was spread out thin the last year. 3 games with 2 games that came after that. Luckily this time around I was only in 2.

[marshy]

good luck in the championship games on mu yall. been ballin up there myself recently. very fun site if youre a fan of the "sit in the thread and livechat" meta

[Mulch]

HOw do I join your guys large game

[marshy]

i pmd the mods and am waiting to hear back from them. if they give us the green light im bringin all the homies here for an epic af game. there will be preins so i will remember you

[Mulch]

cool

[Nexus]

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