Marathon Weekend Sept 2nd-Sept 8th

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Marathon Weekend Sept 2nd-Sept 8th

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:17 am

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MafiaScum will be hosting a Marathon Weekend from
Wednesday, September 2nd,
through
Tuesday, September 8th
! During this time, the will be open for anyone to run and/or play in Marathon games: Mafia games intended to be played in a single sitting, usually lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours. We will be moving the Marathon Forum out into the main forum index soon. On the 2nd, the board will open.
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:17 am

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oh my
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:18 am

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uhh im excited but am confused by the dates.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:19 am

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whats to confuse about... we will simply assume september 30th 2020 to september 8th 2021
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:25 am

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I said weekend, but we're basically giving you a week to go ham.
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:26 am

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all has been made clear, many thanks

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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:08 am

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Hype.
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:18 am

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A week is nice; hype indeed! Hopefully I am not top busy with coursework.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:31 am

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Why is it called a marathon instead of a sprint when it's so much shorter than regular games?
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:34 am

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You play them in one sitting, many times more than one. A marathon like a tv-show marathon.
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:38 am

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In post 8, SJReaver wrote:Why is it called a marathon instead of a sprint when it's so much shorter than regular games?
The same reason you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway!
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:42 am

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In post 8, SJReaver wrote:Why is it called a marathon instead of a sprint when it's so much shorter than regular games?
The word "marathon" actually traces its origins to the legend of Pheidippides, a solider who after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC is said to have ran the entire 42.195 kilometres back to Athens only to claim vt and get turbowaggoned three minutes in.
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:47 am

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In post 11, The Bulge wrote:
In post 8, SJReaver wrote:Why is it called a marathon instead of a sprint when it's so much shorter than regular games?
The word "marathon" actually traces its origins to the legend of Pheidippides, a solider who after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC is said to have ran the entire 42.195 kilometres back to Athens only to claim vt and get turbowaggoned three minutes in.
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:54 pm

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Post Post #14 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:41 pm

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oooooooooh exciting
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Post Post #15 (ISO) » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:54 pm

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is this soon? idk how time works anymore
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Post Post #16 (ISO) » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:07 am

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In post 9, chamber wrote:You play them in one sitting, many times more than one. A marathon like a tv-show marathon.
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Post Post #17 (ISO) » Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:53 pm

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TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK!



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people of mafiascum, the time is near!


last marathon weekend we let the evil overlord Datisi seize the Speedrunner Crown.

to the general populace, his reign has been a time of peace and prosperity.
our harvests have been plentiful.
our newbies have grown smart and strong.

but beneath that splendid exterior, our king has been running an evil spy network.

just last week three scummers were arrested under false accusations of treason.
and to make matters worse? his lackeys have kidnapped and imprisoned my bread.

i say:
NO MORE!

no longer will we let this evil king rule us with an iron fist!


join me this marathon week
end
in glorious rebellion!






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what?

... fair.
jokes aside, i'd be keen to get a group of cool people together to smash out some marathons in this event.
so like, i'm sure that lots of awesome games will be run over the weekend. but bear with me here.
but given the length of the event, sometimes it's hard to bring together crowds for minis and stuff.
so i'm thinking if people are cool with setting some time aside, we can have a party!


when?

all week.
but especially 12noon edt, on saturday the 5th of september!
i guess if people want to rock up sometime after this, we'll try and keep games running for a few hours at least?


who?

you. yes, you!
like, feel free to advertise this to people who like fun.


where?

in the marathon subforum mentioned in post#!
to avoid missing anything, you can also join the official MS discord & request the "marathon" group!


why?

why not?
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Post Post #18 (ISO) » Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:28 am

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oooo nothin like a good marathon weekend
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Post Post #19 (ISO) » Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:32 am

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We also have a Marathon Crew tag on the Official Mafiascum Discord. Head into the mafia discussion channel and type ?rank marathon crew to be added to the tag. Then the Marathon Crew can tag one another to help organize games come Marathon weekend time!
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Post Post #20 (ISO) » Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:13 pm

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I can't wait to run all of the "what not to do in your Open setups" example setups
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Post Post #21 (ISO) » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:13 am

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Well guess I'll open the marathon PT group so people can user private topic for marathons....Well crap its already open. Its been open since last time and both zoraster and I forgot to close and purge it last time....OOPS

Guess I'll just leave it open and try to remember to purge it when its done this time. I'd appreciate someone reminding me or zoraster to do this or perhaps we should welcome a third group leader to help us with that. Maybe T-bone since he did announce the marathon week. You want to join us on this T-bone?

As far as games go I may run the finalized version of "Dayless Everyone's a SK" at some point on the weekend
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Post Post #22 (ISO) » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:16 am

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To anyone that wants to join that group so they can make PT's for marathon week simple go to control panel in the top left. Then go to user groups. And select Marathon Weekend PT Group and choose to Join. It should work. If you are having trouble understanding these instructions or joining, please PM me
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Post Post #23 (ISO) » Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:16 am

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Post Post #24 (ISO) » Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:31 am

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I might be tempted to rope some irl/Discord friends into this
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