Hi guys

I hope this is the right place to post this and go about this. Bler144 pointed me to this thread (thank you!) :)



Invitation to The Mafia Championship Season 3

Hello fellow Mafia enthusiasts! :)

My name is Thingyman and I am creator of Mafia Universe, a site dedicated to offering Mafia communities a chance to play with each other. I am making this post with the hopes that your community would be interested in participating in Season 3 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual online tournament series that pits representatives from various forum Mafia communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet’s greatest forum Mafia player. The representatives are officially and democratically chosen to be “Champions” by their respective communities.

Season 1 (2013-2014) featured 100+ players from 45+ different communities, and the Season 2 (2015) boasted an even more impressive count of 70 different communities represented. The creator of Mafia himself (Dmitry Davidoff) has even supported and endorsed the series by previously offering to privately chat with the ultimate winner.

This year we’re expanding once again; 136 communities will be invited to participate, making this not only the biggest Mafia event ever, but also the largest cross-forum event in the history of the Internet.

Are you interested?

I am hoping very much that this all sounds exciting! If interested, I would need you all to name one representative to play on your community's behalf. How you decide this representative is completely up to you. To guarantee your community a spot in Season 3 of the Mafia Championship, I will need to know of your community's interest within the next week (until April 4th). Following this, you will have an additional two weeks to decide your nominee (until April 18th). Additionally, it would be a very good idea to also name an alternate.

When deciding your nomination, please consider the following: You should of course be aiming to send one of your best players. But more importantly this individual needs to be able to participate adequately in terms of activity. Be prepared for at least upwards of 500 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. The representative needs to not only be able to read all this, but should also at least be able to manage 10+ posts per day phase. I repeat: These games will be active.

Season 3 Specifics

• 136 different communities are invited to participate. If some decline the invitation, I may opt to allow larger communities an additional nominee.
• 8 Qualifying Games will be played with 17 players each.
• 2 players advance to the Finale Game from each game based on post-game votes.
• 1 Wildcard Game will be played (Wildcards are decided by a jury consisting of former finalists), determining the 17th and final spot in the Finale. Runner-ups in this game will be first in line to replace any finalists who may have to drop out.

Season 3 Timeline & Important Dates

The first Qualifying Game is set to start April 25th. Additional games will take place in the 1-3 months following. I will create a Doodle and find out the best times to start the various games so that preferably everyone gets to play during a time that suits them well.

In addition to this, it is also a priority to ensure as much as possible that all the players in any given game has no prior history of playing with each other to ensure a level playing field (but I cannot 100% guarantee that this won’t happen).

Season 3 Game Design & Setup

For each season, we’ve changed it up. This time, we’re doing something new again!

The setup is called Matrix12 and is inspired by mafiascum’s popular Matrix6 setup, if any of you are familiar with that. In short, the concept is that there are 12 different possible setups and the host randomizes which one is used. The players know what setups are available, but not which one will be used!

I can link to the setup if linking is okay.

Regarding lynch mechanics: There will be a deadline each day phase, and the person with the most votes at the end of the day is lynched, unless a majority has already been reached before then, in which case the day ends prematurely.

Days will last 36 hours and nights 12 hours, meaning 48 hours (2 days) per game day. With one exception: The weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) will be one game day (so day will be 60 hours and night 12 hours on weekends).

I can think of so many people I would suggest to go to the above post, the question is who has the time to be that active?

I can certainly manage <making> 10 posts per day, but reading 500 posts per 24 hours would be more challenging, at least without losing my job ><

Though I suppose it would depend on length & content per.

{plus I would not put myself as a 'top player' in any case. }

Oi. No way I can commit to that sort of timeline. Reading 25 GOG pages worth of posts per Day? O.o

As Bler said, that would be a job endangerer.

Hokey smokes! 500 hundred posts in 24 hours?
Let's send HypersomniacLive, I mean, it's not like he has other things to do :P

Just...wow. Always thought forum Mafia to be an entertaining game, but in much less scale. I think our community should most definitely participate. Knowing the dates and certain deadlines, it might be a good idea for people who think/know they would have time to dedicate, to come forward first.

Tournament sounds amazing. I myself would very much like to participate. But I am relatively new to Mafia games, with a very small amount of experience, little knowledge and thus, most definitely not fit to be a representative. Also, my practice starts on April 25th.

I would gladly suggest to send Krypsyn :P He could "Heh" other players to madness 30 times a day and win the tournament. Drealmer is very analytical and given that he has time, he sure loves to both role play and to scum hunt by analyzing everything/-one. Or...dedoporno! Now, he is a sharp player! With experience and all. He managed to make Town bluff on mafia after all. Oh, and I like flubbucket as a candidate. He is ultimate mafioso for me, even if he is town :P

I think reading 500 posts a day is likely to be a pretty steep requirement for playing...

We've got quite a few players here I'd be more than happy to be our representative but whether any have the time is the main problem.

Perhaps the first step is anyone who would want to play and might have the time saying so and then we can vote (how very mafia ;)) and send who we all think is the best?

Needless to say while it does sound fun, I'm out as I definitely don't have the time (or inclination at the moment) to play a game that requires that much time and attention...

I nominate CSPVG.....(the spammer).

That sounds fantastic! I have always wanted to make something like this here - like a tournament with smaller but faster games based on some bracket from the pool of players he have.

This championship looks quite daunting, though. It would take a tremendous amount of involvement which will probably get me fired and/or murdered by my wife :D

I second this idea. If you want to go (Dessimu) and have the time to play, go ahead and throw your name in the hat, even if you aren't sure whether you're the best or good or whatever.

After we have a candidate pool, we can vote. I think getting anyone in the candidate pool will be the hard part for us.

Unlike most people on here, I have the time, but I'd probably make a lousy candidate. I'm too used to a chaotic playstyle.

That wasn't the question. The question is 1) Do you have the time, and 2) Do you want to go?

If we only have one person with both time and interest, I'm not adverse to sending them even if they aren't great.

I agree. Anyone with mafia experience who has the time and wants to go should throw in their hat.