Team Mafia 2023 Sign-Ups!

[T-Bone]

Team Mafia

is a sitewide event spanning five games. Teams of four players will be given the opportunity to choose four out of the five games to be placed in, and will work together to win their chosen games. Scoring, based on whether or not your team was in winning games, will determine the overall winners of the event. The winning team will receive a banner for their accounts that will be displayed until the next Team Mafia event or the next Scummies, whichever comes first. The tentative plan for the five games will be

1. A 15p large theme, run by T-Bone
2. A 13p open, run by implosion
3. A 13p mini normal, run by PenguinPower
4. An 10p mini theme, run by SirCakez
5. A 9p micro theme, run by Lilith

These games will be moderated by members of the Listmod team. Each team will be required to put a player in the large theme.

We are planning for 15 teams of 4 this year. Sign ups are first come, first served.

If you wish to sign-up grab three friends and have ONE person act as Team Captain and send me a PM with the following. (You may also post in the thread that you're in but I obviously need Discord sent privately)

Team Name:
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Team Discord Link (Optional):

A note on Discords. I will leave it up to you to make a Team Discord. You will need to send me an invite link and make me an admin for transparency. You can take away my admin rights/kick me after the event is over if you want.

I will make Team PTs for the event.

We anticipate using 7 day deadlines to keep game lengths manageable, and finishing up all games by the end of April. We would prefer that you sign-up planning on playing through the first week of May, as replacements on an event this size are tough. With that said, we will make every effort to facilitate replacements as needed.

A note on Blacklists: We understand that some players do not wish to play with other players, and you will be invited to submit a list of players you do not wish to play with and we will do our best to honor the request. With an event this size we cannot guarantee that you won't be put into a game with players you do not want to play with. Generally the larger your blacklist the more likely you will end up in a game with them, (or end up in a set-up you do not prefer) so I invite you to consider long and hard if you can play with everyone signing up for Team Mafia or if it would be better for you to skip the event.

If you do not have a team please post that you are

looking for a team

in this thread to indicate to others that are also looking for a team. I will maintain a list of players looking for a team, and I will make teams for those players when sign-ups end if need be. Priority will be given to teams that do sign-up however, so I encourage you to make some new friends!

If you are unsure if you can join a team right now we will need replacements! Just post

/in to replace

in this thread! We will contact you as needed once the games begin.

Teams

1. Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Aristeia)
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. The 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 Very Long Team Names... (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, BlueSnakelet, KawaiiKame, Little Green Wheels)
14. We Don't Mafia Anymore (McMenno, Cerberus v666, Drixx, ItalianoVD)
15. Ghosts of Nightkills Past (Mith, Kuribo, Malakittens, Dessew)

*by ChatGPT

Event Replacements

Ircher
Aisa
Keychain
Morning Tweet

[T-Bone]

Rules and Scoring

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 a Listmod and ask.

Team Communication

1. Each team will be provided a Private Topic (PT).
2. Each team may also utilize a Team Discord, adding me as an admin for transparency.
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. We'd prefer if teams used the provided means of communication. If your team really wants/needs to user another, please contact me. The organizing team will need to be able to access any means of communication in an emergency.

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

9. There will not be Spectator/Dead PT's.

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 publicly 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 me.

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

Your Teammates are Always Innocent Until Proven Guilty

1. You may at no time say, indicate, insinuate, etc. that your Team Mafia teammates are or might be anything other than town. This includes in any hypothetical situation.
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. If you require assistance from the moderator or any event organizer, there will be a tiebreak penalty.
2. To replace a team member, you must PM T-Bone 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 2 days, no response for 1 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.

Scoring

Team Mafia 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.
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.

[T-Bone]

Soft 2 week deadline for team sign-ups.

[T-Bone]

/in
Jingle
Pink Ball
Menalque

/in

LLD
Ydrasse
Petapan(Catboi)
Dunnstral

Team names???

[T-Bone]

I have so many nameless teams I'll be asking ChatGPT to name them

[T-Bone]

ChatGPT came up with the Pink Ball Posse

[T-Bone]

I'll update the OP and start getting some un-teamed people in touch with one another!

[T-Bone]

If the OP is missing something please let me know! I believe I have all teams and all players looking for teams listed.

[T-Bone]

I'll help out any free agents for sure.

[T-Bone]

Yes DM me the link and no one else

[T-Bone]

I just want to update where we are at! If for some reason you signed up and I didn't include it I'm sorry please correct me immediately.

Teams

1. Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Aristeia)
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. Better Team Name TBD (Klick, Bellaphant, Radical Rat, DeasVail)
6. Shadow Syndicate* (Gimli, Furtiveglance, Frozen Angel, Mastina)
7. Average team mafia Enjoyers (GuyInFreezer, Arko, Marashu, Adorable)
8. Save The TBDs (Save The Dragons, Cephrir, Korina, kowabunga)
9. More TBDs (Titus, wguerts, Ythan, Xofelf)
10. We Look Good in Plaid (Aureal, Black, Cat Scratch Fever, Rad)
11. The Pork Eaters (DragonEater70, Biancospino, Porkens, Imaginality)

*by ChatGPT

[T-Bone]

More importantly here are people still looking for a team. I also tried to capture any incomplete teams that have indicated themselves here. There's enough for (almost) 3 more teams here. I can happily assign some teams at the end of the work week so that we can lock in the participants.

Looking For Team

Yume (with Drixx??)
Little Green Wheels
Drixx
ArcAngel9
Dessew
DrippingGoofball
HighPrincessErinys (with KawaiiKame and BlueSnakelet??)
ItalianoVD
Feysal

[T-Bone]

TEAM EQUINOX LOOKING FOR ONE MORE OLD SCHOOL THROWNACK PLAYER THAT WILL BRING GLORY BACK TO THIS SITE.

FATE
STAEG
DRIPPINGGOOFBALL

TEAM EQUINOX LOOKING FOR ONE MORE OLD SCHOOL THROWNACK PLAYER THAT WILL BRING GLORY BACK TO THIS SITE.

FATE
STAEG
DRIPPINGGOOFBALL

Pick me and I'll ride to glory again with my oldest friends

In a sled made of the bones of our foes

Is this happening?

[T-Bone]

While I wait to find that out...let's let ChatGPT make some teams!





Dessew and Feysal need two more players to join them.

[T-Bone]

I can't force anyone, but that was the random selection I made.

[T-Bone]

DGB hasn't replied so I don't know if I saw her name in a fever dream....

AND IN ANY CASE EQUINOX IS STILL AROUND SO GUESS THAT NAMES TAKEN:

Ancient Guard

FATE
STAEG
FEYSAL
KURIBO/DRIPPINGGOOFBALL

Okay to be clear it's Kuribo yeah??? You can't have 5!

[T-Bone]

Shea said I should play a game to celebrate the site's adulthood, so...

/in

DGB can have the fourth slot, I'll be rooting for y'all <3

Can I interest you in mith + kuribo????

[T-Bone]

+ Dessew and a yet to be named 4th as the final team.

[T-Bone]

I am going to ask that teams finish forming themselves this weekend. Please if you are a person who hasn't found a team yet, use the guideline I posted on the last page and CONTACT those people. I cannot do that step for you I'm afraid. If you want to team with someone else instead that's fine. I can make suggestions but I cannot get you to start talking to potential teammates. Send a PM today!

[T-Bone]

Looking For Team

Yume (with Drixx and Cerberus??)
Little Green Wheels
Drixx
ArcAngel9
Dessew
HighPrincessErinys (with KawaiiKame and BlueSnakelet??)
ItalianoVD
mith (with Kuribo???)

Teams

1. Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Aristeia)
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. Better Team Name TBD (Klick, Bellaphant, Radical Rat, DeasVail)
6. Shadow Syndicate* (Gimli, Furtiveglance, Frozen Angel, Mastina)
7. Average team mafia Enjoyers (GuyInFreezer, Arko, Marashu, Adorable)
8. Save The TBDs (Save The Dragons, Cephrir, Korina, kowabunga)
9. More TBDs (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)

*by ChatGPT

Since the situation of the final teams might be confusing after the last pages, here is what I gathered. It looks like we have just enough players signed up, just need to decide who goes on which team.

Fate, Staeg, Feysal, DrippingGoofball
DGB has yet to show up in our Discord, then we can finalize the team name.

HighPrincessErinys, KawaiiKame, BlueSnakelet
ChatGPT suggested ArcAngel9 as fourth.

Yume, Drixx, Cerberus
ChatGPT suggested Little Green Wheels or ItalianoVD.

mith, kuribo
Also Dessew, maybe?

[T-Bone]

I have no objections to any roster!

[T-Bone]

Teams

1. Frog Friends (Thestatusquo, Datisi, Ausuka, Aristeia)
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. Better Team Name TBD (Klick, Bellaphant, Radical Rat, DeasVail)
6. Shadow Syndicate* (Gimli, Furtiveglance, Frozen Angel, Mastina)
7. Average team mafia Enjoyers (GuyInFreezer, Arko, Marashu, Adorable)
8. Save The TBDs (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, BlueSnakelet, KawaiiKame, Little Green Wheels)
14. Another TBD (Yume, Cerberus v666, Drixx, ItalianoVD)
15. Too Long Team Name (Mith, Kuribo, Malakittens, Dessew)

*by ChatGPT

Event Replacements

Ircher
Aisa
Keychain
Morning Tweet

I'll be naming any team that doesn't have a name with ChatGPT in 24 hours.

[T-Bone]

I made Team PTs for everyone. I haven't had a chance to PM 60 people yet but you can easily find yours in the Private Topic forum.

[T-Bone]

Please one person from your team take this form and post it in your Team PT. If you need help finding your Team PT, please send me a PM. Feel free to discuss your selections in your Discord or PT prior to posting this list, but please be clear and make a separate post once you've determined all your selections.

Your game choices are...

15p Large Theme - T-Bone
13p Open - implosion
13p Mini Normal - PenguinPower
10p Mini Theme - SirCakez
9p Micro Theme - Lilith

We won't be revealing themes or mechanics prior to playerlist selection.

We will be using the information below to generate playerlists. The script we use takes these three things into consideration (game preference, blacklists, and game exceptions). I would caution everyone to be as flexible as possible, as there are 60 players playing, and the more blacklist and game exception selections these 60 players make, the less likely we will be able to generate perfect playerlists that accommodate all your preferences. We will prioritize blacklists over game exceptions, but we can't guarantee that we'll be able to craft the perfect playerlist that honors every blacklist or game exception. We will try our best, so please know if your preferences aren't matched with 100% we did not target you, it is ultimately what the formula spit out.

Deadline is Saturday. We plan to launch games soon after we receive all the information. If your team does not submit by deadline we will run the formula without your choices and you get what you get.

Game Preferences

Game Assignments

Each team member must rank their games in order of preference. One team member must select the Large Theme as their first choice.

Games: Large Theme, Open, Mini Normal, Mini Theme, Micro Theme

[Player 1]:
[Player 2]:
[Player 3]:
[Player 4]:

Blacklist

Each team member MAY (but does not have to) list any players they do not want to play with. Please note the more players you list the harder it will be to make the player lists and put you in the game you prefer. Ideally this section is left blank but we understand that's not possible for everyone. Submission of a blacklist is not a guarantee we can honor it 100% but we will do our best.
[Player 1]:
[Player 2]:
[Player 3]:
[Player 4]:

Game Exceptions

Each team member MAY choose one game they do not want to play. Please note this does make playerlist generating more difficult so ideally this section is left blank. But we understand some players have game preferences. Submission is not a guarantee we can do so but we will do our best.
[Player 1]:
[Player 2]:
[Player 3]:
[Player 4]:

[T-Bone]

Apologies, Lilith's Micro game will be a theme, not a normal.

[T-Bone]

The open setup is PYP S_S though we will be eliminating 1 town player.

[T-Bone]

If scum don't 5-0 I've done something wrong

[T-Bone]

Yes but we will run it with one less townie.

[T-Bone]

Team Average Mafia Enjoyers does need a replacement player!

[T-Bone]

That's what you get for having unremarkable team names!

[T-Bone]

McMenno joins the team that I dare not try to name because I might call out the wrong one again.

[T-Bone]

Hey all quick reminder to post your game preferences in your team PT! If not done by the end of Saturday you will get what you get.

[T-Bone]

Hey some of you teams have some version of "Team Mafia" as your discord server name and when I'm going through a dozen servers it's hard to tell which is which at a glance. If you haven't already can you rename your discord servers as your team name??

[T-Bone]

I expect us to start this week chill your rabbles

[T-Bone]

Spoiler: Big News

Made you rabble

[T-Bone]

Thanks to everyone!

Here's our plan.

I'll announce the playerlists in the next post.

We're intending to begin Night 0 on all games on Friday evening. Day deadlines will be 10 days. This is a little shorter than games on the site normally are, but we also don't want people to be locked into Team Mafia for three to four months.

In regards to the playerlists...I have mostly positive news. We were able to sort the playerlists without compromising any blacklists or game exceptions. Most players will get their first game choice, but not every player will. At least one team had not specified second or third choices so those players might find they got what they got. At least one team had multiple members list the same game as their first choice which meant someone wasn't getting it. If you got your 2nd or 3rd choice it is just how it ended up, and I won't be able to explain individually why you got those choices since the program we used considers many factors when assigning playerlists.

Alright, have fun!

Countdown to Night 0

(expired on 2023-04-14 19:00:00)

[T-Bone]

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)
Little Green Wheels (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)

[T-Bone]

Please don't spoil the fakeout theme

[T-Bone]

We'll be sending Role PMs in the evening AND editing them into the OP of your Team PT. If you get a role that has access to a PT only that player will be granted access.

We will not be doing this all at the same time, it'll probably happen over the course of the evening.

I can't speak for the other games, but the Large Theme will start Day 1 once all the players have replied to their Role PM to confirm they received it.

[T-Bone]

Games are starting!

Please do not ego post in a game that you are not a player in. Utilize a tool like bookmarks or subscriptions instead if you want to follow along.

We will not have a dead or spectators PT anywhere. Please do not ask us to create additional PTs. Dead players may continue to play with their teams in their PT or Discord.

Good luck! Have fun!

[T-Bone]

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