Scummies Nominations 2023!

[Skygazer]

nth dannflor, he had great reads in my last mini normal

[DragonEater70]

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[Alisae]

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[T3]

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[DragonEater70]

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[Meuh]

Pokémon Battles was fun, probably my favorite game of the year.

I feel like this is a year where people didn’t get a high scum roll anywhere?

I got 3 scum rolls.

I think Hu Tao rolled 3 times.

But compared to previous years, like in 2019 when I won 10 scum games, not even counting the losses there, seems like just a completely different era.

I could never handle something like that anymore anyways, so I kinda like it like this, but maybe that’s a ‘less games being made’

Also got 3, all early on
Had a legendary pocket into a win in New Year Dance Party, but then the others I either died N1 because my mafia-lover partner was crosskilled by the other mafia lovers (Fire and more Fire), or I got caught by a watcher N1 (Angels and Demons, still mad about that one cause I was in a solid spot, almost argued myself out of being limmed after being caught )

[Meuh]

I think I’ll look back on my games and try to find some noms. Feel like this is probably the year I’ve done the most on MS so far so I probably have a good enough base to throw some noms out there

[Meuh]

Someone remind me to do it at some point

[Thestatusquo]

I think I had 4 or 5.

Think I won them all but I'm not sure.

[Dannflor]

Don Corleone
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Ausuka	Ausuka is an extremely competent scum player who, while not rolling a ton of scum games this year, has dominated in both of them. Mini Normal 2294 was a very clean game where Ausuka end gamed as scum against two very good town players in Morning Tweet and Klick. Open 885 was a game where Ausuka (repped in on her alt meowmeow) effectively dismantled all suspicion on her scum partner, lead multiple miseliminations without ever really being suspected, and at the end of the game had pretty much everyone eliminating the correct scum team as an option due to towny play and effective distancing. This nomination is missing a greater sample size but due to the lack of nominations and the quality of gameplay on display here I think this is a nomination worthy of consideration.

Don Corleone
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Black	I think historically that people have been averse to giving body of work awards to people during their first year on site, but I think Black has more than proven she can tangle with the best as scum in an incredibly short time - in no short thanks to an abundance of scum rolls! Seriously, Black rolled scum and subsequently won all of Newbie 2111, Newbie 2113, Newbie 2116, and Open 885. In addition, I don't think the fact that most of these wins were in newbie games means a whole lot, since as most of us know, recent newbie games have been 80% experienced players anyway. I think the consistency and volume of scum play at work here is worthy of Don Corleone consideration.

Paragon
2023/11/22	Dannflor	jjh927	jjh927 is consistently obvious town, has accurate reads, and excels at getting town to actually put down their differences and work together. In Datisi's University, jjh was not only killed by the mafia on N1 due to being obvious town, but had 3 out of 4 scum locked into his 4 person PoE. In Mini Normal 2314, jjh927 was *again* killed N1 due to being obvious town. He also hard pushed 2/3 scum in both marcistar and Xegarus D1, only backing off due to self-resolving claims and the fact that he correctly read Xegarus as a traitor. Secrets of the Anuket Topaz was a town loss, but jjh927 had a member of the scum team within his sights for pretty much the entirety of the game.

Moment of Brilliance
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Andresvmb	Datisi's University	Andresvmb rolled Loyal Vigilante. He was in the PoE for most of the game until he took a hero shot on N2, and that hero shot happened to be a correct scum read on the game's deepest wolf. This was close to perfect play from a townie in Andres' position, first goading his guilty (me) into an ascetic claim, before revealing the true nature of his investigative power. This guilty effectively lead the game to a swift close, with the other members of the scum team getting caught out on the mechanical and associative implications of the guilty.

Goodfellas
2023/11/22	Dannflor	camelCasedSnivy, Firebringer, gob	Secrets of the Anuket Topaz	Secrets of the Anuket Topaz is a game that requires the scum team to be mindful of their own associations, because they're all going to get flipped eventually. This game was won by a team that worked well together and managed to distance so effectively that by the end of the game, everyone had essentially eliminated the correct possible team. While various members of the scum team came under fire at different points, the team operated well together to make sure none of them carried too much pressure at one time. I think this game is a very good example of mafia members *intentionally playing scummier* in a way that works towards their win condition by drawing attention away from team mates and undermining town cohesion. This was just a very good case study in team work.

Goodfellas
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Dunnstral and GuiltyLion	Micro 1091 - Prism v. 1L Year	A very slick mafia performance between two players that came under fire frequently, but managed to play around each other such that the town could not arrive at a correct solve that included two mafiosos. This was an impressive win in a fairly stacked lobby. Dunnstral and GuiltyLion had to play well mechanically, effectively distance, and in limlo convince the town that they were actually both more likely to be paired with other players. This scum team seemed to function like a well-oiled machine, and as a result, they had a perfect game!

Hannibal Lecter
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Enchant	Datisi's University	Enchant played a 3rd party role who *needed to be night killed by scum* in order to win the game. Armed with nothing but a 2-shot mailman ability, Enchant was able to successfully convince another townie to claim an innocent on him, thereby drawing the scum kill and fulfilling his win condition. I think this was impressive play and impressive usage of the 3p ability to win especially when considering the large number of other attractive night kill targets to the scum team.

Community Contributer
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Ausuka	From her duties as the new normal list mod overhauling the normal game system, to her consistent contributions to the modding scene and the open setup design scene, Ausuka is a prolific contributer to the mafia side of the website. But I'd also like to call to attention her recent discussion threads "which element are you?" and "Ausuka ranks Pokemon starters", both popular discussion threads that have sparked community interest and discussion over the past couple months. I think Ausuka is a great example of someone who engages in all aspects of the community, tries to lead by example, and creates content for the community at large to engage with.

Game of the Year
2023/11/22	Dannflor	Prism	Micro 1091 - Prism v. 1L Year	I think this game was quintessential mafia in every sense of the word. It featured polished modding and flavor, a simple setup with an incredible amount of depth for how basic the power roles really were, and both solid town play and scum play. I think this game is worth a read by anyone and I think it is bound to be overlooked for GOTY because it is a micro. But I think simpler games can and should be worthy of this award, and I can think of no better candidate this year than this one. It also includes the wonderful highlight moment of Pooky's god-tier mech speculation.

[Black]

Nth Ausuka Don Corleone and Community Contributer

[Datisi]

hey look, the datisi's university noms i've wanted to make for a while but never got around to it. nth both of them

[Flavor Leaf]

Will be writing up these:

Rising Star Noms:

Hu Tao
T3

Goodfellas Noms:

BTXVII: The Stage, Pisskop, Theta Alpine, Skygazer
Mini Normal 2310: Hu Tao, Davesaz, KittyTacky (Mainly for Hu Tao's Pre-counter Guilty on Nono.
**Demon Slayer - added**

Kodak:
BTXVI: The unfortunate scenario of ScumDrew action delayed by Klick, ending into Drew accidentally protecting their own kill on Alisae. Ridiculously unfortunate situation, exciting to watch on an observer level.

Modfather:
Alisae for Pokemon + mafia have a Cop. Dunno if there were more, but the quality of the 2 games are enough.


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Also, if we're in the business of self-advocating this year, idk. Pokemon Battles was like absolutely unmatched dayplay by the scum team, and Plan A went off without a hitch but an unclaimed 1-shot BP SirCakez on Night 5, the would be PERFECT victory night if the kill went off is rather amazing, and the fact we had a Plan B ready to go with my days and days of setup on association tells on Not Mafia, aka the player doing the most pro-town actions bar once or twice, and it still went off how we planned there, I think is Goodfellas for sure.

Same with my scum game with Alianna being so perfect.

This is more me trying to get consideration for my teams that game than myself.

If I was going for myself, I'd just say I had essentially a perfect scum year on play, besides the BP shot, which was accounted for ahead of time anyways. Really proud of this year.

My Traitor game, while one of my strongest scum games ever, I don't think we worked as a team that same way because the only one who knew for sure it was me as their traitor, I faked a guilty on early

[T3]

nth Ausuka for Community Contributor, I literally had a nom on her that I was drafting.

[Alisae]

Will be writing up these:

Rising Star Noms:

Hu Tao
T3

Goodfellas Noms:

BTXVII: The Stage, Pisskop, Theta Alpine, Skygazer
Mini Normal 2310: Hu Tao, Davesaz, KittyTacky (Mainly for Hu Tao's Pre-counter Guilty on Nono.

Kodak:
BTXVI: The unfortunate scenario of ScumDrew action delayed by Klick, ending into Drew accidentally protecting their own kill on Alisae. Ridiculously unfortunate situation, exciting to watch on an observer level.

Modfather:
Alisae for Pokemon + mafia have a Cop. Dunno if there were more, but the quality of the 2 games are enough.


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Also, if we're in the business of self-advocating this year, idk. Pokemon Battles was like absolutely unmatched dayplay by the scum team, and Plan A went off without a hitch but an unclaimed 1-shot BP SirCakez on Night 5, the would be PERFECT victory night if the kill went off is rather amazing, and the fact we had a Plan B ready to go with my days and days of setup on association tells on Not Mafia, aka the player doing the most pro-town actions bar once or twice, and it still went off how we planned there, I think is Goodfellas for sure.

Same with my scum game with Alianna being so perfect.

This is more me trying to get consideration for my teams that game than myself.

If I was going for myself, I'd just say I had essentially a perfect scum year on play, besides the BP shot, which was accounted for ahead of time anyways. Really proud of this year.

My Traitor game, while one of my strongest scum games ever, I don't think we worked as a team that same way because the only one who knew for sure it was me as their traitor, I faked a guilty on early

Didn’t u wanna write up demon slayer

[biancospino]

Nth Alianna for modfather, DE70, Annie for rising star

[T3]

Pokémon Battles was fun, probably my favorite game of the year.

I feel like this is a year where people didn’t get a high scum roll anywhere?

I got 3 scum rolls.

I think Hu Tao rolled 3 times.

But compared to previous years, like in 2019 when I won 10 scum games, not even counting the losses there, seems like just a completely different era.

I could never handle something like that anymore anyways, so I kinda like it like this, but maybe that’s a ‘less games being made’

When I came back to the site in late 2022 I rolled scum 4 times in a row

[Flavor Leaf]

Oh yeah, Demon Slayer too.

That’s why i need the updated post so i can keep track

[DragonEater70]

Nth Black for Don Corleone
Nth Ausuka for Community Contributor
Nth Dunnstral + GuiltyLion for Goodfellas
Nth Prism for Game of the Year

Also I should really read Secrets of the Anuket Topaz, apparently Snivy had a top notch scum game there.

[DragonEater70]

I'll also lend my support to the Cook/Itinerants nom though I wonder if Kodak Moment would be a better fit than Goodfellas (based on the way Cook used the day vig).

Btw I agree Kodak Moment is probably more appropriate.

[gob]

anti-nominate DEFCON. I don't think that game deserves any awards.

Nominate Topaz.

[DragonEater70]

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[DragonEater70]

Nominate Topaz.

On that, you should probably use the form, and clarify which award you mean (are you nominating it for Game of the Year?)

[Sleepy Dragon]

*snip*

You know, there really isn't a lot of time left this year.

[DragonEater70]

Weird altslip.