# To the mafia players: Seeking a representative for Game of Champions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 10, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347 "2014-03-10T13:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thingyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@Thingyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingyman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/1 "2014-03-10T13:49:35Z")
Hey there šŸ™‚ Iā€™ll try to keep this relatively short and to the point. I am organizing a ā€œGame of Mafia Championsā€, which will feature the very best players from a bunch of different mafia communities. A cross-site game. This is a very huge, very ambitious and very unique project. Itā€™s an experiment in seeing what happens when different mafia cultures clash. Also, itā€™s a chance to let the best mafia players on the internet face off against each other. The first two games of this kind have already been completed (almost 30 different mafia sites participated) and it was a huge success in both instances. Game 1: [http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59/puzzles-other-games/1-game-mafia-champions-ww-invitational-game-thread-1368321/](http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59/puzzles-other-games/1-game-mafia-champions-ww-invitational-game-thread-1368321/) (Askthepizzaguy - who I believe you know - played in this one) Game 2: [http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59/puzzles-other-games/2-game-mafia-champions-ww-invitational-game-thread-1381100/](http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59/puzzles-other-games/2-game-mafia-champions-ww-invitational-game-thread-1381100/) (feel free to remove the links if they are inappropriate or against your rules) I am now trying to gather players for the third game in the series. And I wanted to ask you if your site would be interested in having a representative in this game? šŸ™‚ I will let you guys decide completely by yourself how you choose this representative, whether it be by public poll or the mods electing the representative or some third thing. The only thing I would ask is that you please only send someone who you deem to be a champion of your site, someone who has enjoyed accolades or is acknowledged as a consensus top player. Please no ā€œtroll representativeā€ šŸ™‚ Extra information about the game: - The game is scheduled to start March 24. Each game day (including night phase) is planned to be 2 real life days. Saturday and Sunday will always count as one real life day though, so less time intensive over the weekend. - There will be 25 players and the game should last about 2 weeks. - As for the setup, it wil be a semi-open setup with potential roles being listed in the OP - without revealing which are actually in the game. - If your site wants to, you guys are very free to spectate the game. We will also have a spectator chat on Skype set up which anyone not in the game can be invited to. It was very fun for the first two games and attracted people from a bunch of different sites who are still having crossover games. Note: It really is important that the chosen person can post every game day (and not just a few times). To give a fair warning, the first game had 1000+ posts on day 1 in the span of two real life days, which is something that you need to be able to handle. If there isnā€™t anyone on your site who would be able to manage this fast paced format, then that is obviously understandable :). Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope that youā€™re as excited about this as I am. Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind regards, Thingyman ---
**Author:** ![Thingyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@Thingyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingyman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/2 "2014-03-10T21:16:13Z")
No interest? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/3 "2014-03-10T23:21:32Z")
Iā€™m interested, but Iā€™m not about to nominate myself, given that my win-loss record is underwater. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/4 "2014-03-11T00:13:50Z")
I would recommend the following players of the top of my head, though some may be from Idlemafia exclusively. I canā€™t keep track: BillMC - my top pick Peeker Chronos Storyteller Guiri scathach InnerStickler Iā€™m sure I can think of more, but those kind of hit my mind right away. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/5 "2014-03-11T02:38:02Z")
Iā€™m flattered, **Mahaloth** , but while I think Iā€™m a bit above average in scum-hunting, I also have an annoying knack of getting myself lynched (no matter which side Iā€™m on), which more than makes up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/6 "2014-03-11T02:51:03Z")
Iā€™d second GuiriEnEspana and nominate Stanislaus. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/7 "2014-03-11T03:06:27Z")
Oh, also add **Drain Bead** , who is frighteningly effective as Scum. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/8 "2014-03-11T04:43:45Z")
Agreed. I love Drain Beadā€™s playā€¦ itā€™s a shame I havenā€™t seen her in a game for quite a while ---
**Author:** ![Thingyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@Thingyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingyman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/9 "2014-03-13T18:51:24Z")
More votes? šŸ™‚ I preferably need a bigger sense of the consensus before I can justify picking a representative šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/10 "2014-03-13T19:16:23Z")
Picking a ā€œbestā€ on this site is somewhat counter to the culture here. I canā€™t imagine anyone volunteering ones self as the best here. Nor would I expect lists of the best to be terse. We love all of our children equally here. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/11 "2014-03-13T19:19:25Z")
This is a pretty egalitarian board - I donā€™t think youā€™re going to get a consensus of any kind from an informal thread, but you could totally make a thread with a poll and let people vote on choices based on the suggestions already given. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/12 "2014-03-13T21:42:08Z")
Before that, I think we ought to find out which of the named players are even interested. Some people have a limit to how many games theyā€™ll play at once (mine is 1). ---
**Author:** ![Thingyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@Thingyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingyman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/13 "2014-03-13T22:15:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > This is a pretty egalitarian board - I donā€™t think youā€™re going to get a consensus of any kind from an informal thread, but you could totally make a thread with a poll and let people vote on choices based on the suggestions already given. > [@Chronos](#): > > Before that, I think we ought to find out which of the named players are even interested. Some people have a limit to how many games theyā€™ll play at once (mine is 1). I like these two suggestions in combination. Is this something that maybe one of you would be willing to facilitate? Iā€™m thinking first you can PM the named players to gauge who would play the game if elected by the community to do so. And then you could make the poll? šŸ™‚ Also, reminder: Activity is very important. Expect 1000+ posts during day 1 (2 real life days). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/14 "2014-03-13T22:45:04Z")
Does Normal Phase still post here? Sheā€™s the best. Or at least she beat me like a drum every time, and I donā€™t think I was ever on the same side as her. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/15 "2014-03-13T22:50:40Z")
Huh, last activity more than a year ago. Guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/16 "2014-03-14T15:33:10Z")
As weā€™ve never kept a running win/loss record, I doubt we could reconstruct one now. I donā€™t think I can accurately guess at mine, except Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s negative. (I do remember being on the wrong side of Scum clean-sweep in SDMB mafia.) FWIW, even if I were to put myself forward as SDMB representative (which I wouldnā€™t) Iā€™m really not in a place where I could cope with 1000+posts in 2 days. (I mean like, wow). However, if Astral, natlaw, AlkaSeltzer, MHaye, Mental Guy, special ed, Suburban Plankton plus all mentioned above have the time, any would be good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-mafia-players-seeking-a-representative-for-game-of-champions/683347/17 "2014-03-14T16:32:45Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > However, if Astral, natlaw, AlkaSeltzer, MHaye, Mental Guy, special ed, Suburban Plankton plus all mentioned above have the time, any would be good choice. I think weā€™re just gonna have an endless chain of this. I wouldnā€™t consider myself in the top 100, and I donā€™t think we even _have_ 100 players on this board.