Board 8 > Dels is your 2017 Mafia Championship winner!

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Paratroopa1
09/19/17 12:30:57 AM
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For those of you not following along, Mafia Universe has been hosting their fourth season of a huge, cross-community Mafia championship, which we're in I think our third year of taking part, and Dels was our representative this year. 165 players (plus subs) from about as many communities sorted into 11 games of 15, the players of each game voting amongst themselves who they think is the best player to advance to the finals game, plus a separate jury selecting wildcards from all 11 games to create two wildcard games from which two finalists would be selected to create a final game of 15. The format this year was all vanilla - no power roles, just 12 townies vs 3 scum.

Dels advanced out of his first game to the wildcard game after tying for 2nd in the player vote and being selected by the jury after playing a game in which he got lynched day 4 as scum, but not without getting widely townread early on and getting caught trying to defend a flipped partner too hard and being bussed by his other partner. That game wound up being the longest read of the opening round games by far and I think widely considered to be the most exciting - it had a really wild and controversial ending that Dels wasn't directly a part of but it was a really entertaining game.

In the wildcard game he rolled town and got 2nd in the player vote again (and thus advancing to the finals game), one of the winning scum players (Yraelz, who would also advance to finals) being voted 1st. Dels had a really high effort game in that one where he was pretty widely town-read and did lynch one scum, and although he and town lost in lylo with 5 left I think the voters felt that he had played the best town game of the group and just got bested by really good scum play - people have been really positive about his logic and overall play style. Was a lot of fun to watch this game from the spectator chat and see people get behind his game even without any of my prompting.

The finals game was the longest game of the season and from what I've heard probably the best finals game they've played in the four seasons so far, and the players in that game voted Dels as the best player, which makes him the champion! I'll link to the game here, it's a really really long read -

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/11243-Season-4-Finale-Staff-Takeover-The-Mafia-Championship

Dels rolled town in this game again. The highlight of this one was Dels and the finalist from his opening round game, Yeti, having like a 500 post long back-and-forth during... I think it was day 4, in which Dels was defending her against a mislynch but then heel turned at the very end of the day and betrayed her with a hammer vote. She flipped town, but the winning scum player from Dels's wildcard game, Yraelz, had rolled scum again and had pushed for her mislynch and Dels turned on him and got him lynched the next day, avenging Yeti. Dels got nk'ed after that with pretty much nobody in town wanting to lynch him at that point - the last scum went on to win that game in a really close contest that came down to a near coinflip at final 3.

I think Dels was chosen because he just put a hell of a lot of effort into all of his posts, used good logic throughout, and was a very cooperative player in a game about cooperation. He ended up being the second-highest poster in the finals game and I think the third in the wildcard, and his scum game in the opening round was also really high-volume, and every game his posts were really content-heavy without being too boring or too dense to read. He did a fantastic job repping b8 and it's been a blast seeing MU take a liking to him - he got voted as a top 2 player in all three of his games by three completely different sets of players.

Congrats Dels!
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Pokalicious
09/19/17 12:32:53 AM
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Will he get to be a B8 leader now?
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ProfitProphet
09/19/17 12:37:51 AM
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Nicely done, dels
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Delseban
09/19/17 12:37:53 AM
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Thanks, Para.

This was the most intense competition I've ever been a part of. It consumed my life for 4 months, especially the times when I was in my three games. Board 8 has had some intense mafia games, and they don't compare to these games, particularly the wildcards (aka semi-finals) and finals.

If you want to read my closing thoughts on the series and what it meant to me, please see this post:

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/11243-Season-4-Finale-Staff-Takeover-The-Mafia-Championship?p=1571715#post1571715

That's what I posted after the finale game ended, after people's votes for best player were in, but before the results were posted. (And I did not expect to win)

If you want a taste of what the game was like, read that and make sure to click the link embedded in there that represents the climactic moments of my game.

Thank you to board 8 for nominating me for this. I wanted to make people here proud. But I didn't imagine it would ever come to this.

It was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I've been playing mafia with you guys for 10 years, on and off. Really feels like it was building to this.

There's more to say, but it's late now. If anyone wants to hear more... let me know.

From hosting dethy on AIM in 2007... to here.
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red13n
09/19/17 12:39:54 AM
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Nice Dels.
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Pokalicious
09/19/17 12:41:03 AM
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Delseban posted...
From hosting dethy on AIM in 2007... to here.

Those were the days.
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Delseban
09/19/17 12:44:33 AM
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Oh, if you want to know what a mafia championship finale is like, check this out:

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/11243-Season-4-Finale-Staff-Takeover-The-Mafia-Championship?p=1552972&viewfull=1#post1552972

Make sure to click the spoiler bars, particularly the last one called "Momentum + Votes".

I'm telling you, you won't regret it.
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Paratroopa1
09/19/17 12:46:40 AM
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Delseban posted...
Oh, if you want to know what a mafia championship finale is like, check this out:

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/11243-Season-4-Finale-Staff-Takeover-The-Mafia-Championship?p=1552972&viewfull=1#post1552972

Make sure to click the spoiler bars, particularly the last one called "Momentum + Votes".

I'm telling you, you won't regret it.

not as good as INTERROGATION BLITZ
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Delseban
09/19/17 12:49:32 AM
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If anyone is curious and what's to see another highlight.

Check out "Interrogation Blitz" from the semi-finals game.

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/10264-Season-4-Wildcard-Game-1-For-the-Birds-The-Mafia-Championship?p=1430935&viewfull=1#post1430935

I came up with 10 quiz questions for another player who had been my closest ally all game but was being heavily accused of being scum.

He had 60 seconds to answer each question to prove his alignment to me, after which I would deliberate on his answers and come back with a verdict: Either he is scum, or I commit to trusting him permanently.

I came back with my answer 5 minutes before the deadline, and my last words of the day were:

I declare myself as SS's defender until death.
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CherryCokes
09/19/17 12:50:01 AM
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congratulations! good work cementing our legacy as one of the better mafia communities around.
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Paratroopa1
09/19/17 12:53:30 AM
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We have two finalists already. Kind of turning into a dynasty imo

By the way I'm not gonna lie, I REALLY want to do this next year
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red13n
09/19/17 12:54:37 AM
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If only we could get games going on b8.
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CherryCokes
09/19/17 12:56:18 AM
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I've been toying around with some setups in my spare time. given my grad school schedule, maybe december?
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VeryInsane
09/19/17 12:56:22 AM
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Kinda glad I didn't accept then haha, good job Dels!
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Shaduln
09/19/17 12:57:17 AM
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Man I wish I wasn't studying for the CPA right now, I could totally go for some mafia.
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greengravy294
09/19/17 12:59:19 AM
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Congrats Dels! (I've) clashed with you plenty in the past from your pure enthusiasm -- and you know, always going after me regardless of alignment -- but I think we as a community greatly admire the time you've spent hosting and fostering the community.
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Delseban
09/19/17 1:00:59 AM
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I'll admit I slightly overstate how important I am to the mafia community in that post I linked.

I think I was the driving force behind AIM mafia, which had a massive influence on the revival of board mafia.

But of course, board mafia did exist before me and would exist without me.

That said, I did bring a lot of CEers here.
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Delseban
09/19/17 1:01:45 AM
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greengravy294 posted...
Congrats Dels! (I've) clashed with you plenty in the past from your pure enthusiasm -- and you know, always going after me regardless of alignment -- but I think we as a community greatly admire the time you've spent hosting and fostering the community.


tbh, i'm better now

i mean, 10 years. i'm certain some of my games from back then would be highly embarrassing to look at.

we'd still clash i'm sure, but... probably less.
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Corrik
09/19/17 2:25:17 AM
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Congratulations.
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ScareChan
09/19/17 2:32:04 AM
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Thats great Dels, congrats. Glad you got to experience it and thrive. I know you wanted to do it before so glad you got to take it all in and rep us well!
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DoomTheGyarados
09/19/17 2:33:34 AM
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Grats Dels. You do us all proud.
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neonreaper
09/19/17 7:57:01 AM
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thumbs up brotha
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Reg
09/19/17 8:08:23 AM
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Good job, Dels.
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Tirofog
09/19/17 9:59:32 AM
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Congrats Dels!
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Peace___Frog
09/19/17 10:23:08 AM
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damn dude, huge congrats! Sounds like a ton of effort went into this from all kinds of people, which makes your skills all the more impressive.
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banananor
09/19/17 10:58:07 AM
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congratulations! sounds like you won a lot of respect
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pezloco
09/19/17 1:48:57 PM
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Well done.
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MysteriousStan
09/19/17 4:46:02 PM
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Awesome! Excellent work, dude!
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Lopen
09/19/17 4:46:38 PM
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Nicely done man
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Johnbobb
09/19/17 4:52:01 PM
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oh damn good job dude
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Suprak the Stud
09/19/17 5:01:24 PM
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Congrats Dels!

Always one of my favorite players. This almost makes up for you SNUBBING my GoT4 game ;_;

(Seriously though, congrats man!)
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eaedwards6400
09/19/17 5:07:35 PM
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Yay Dels!! Go b8!
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Panthera
09/19/17 5:07:57 PM
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Congrats Dels
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Eddv
09/19/17 5:17:12 PM
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Holy shit that chart is the biggest scumtell i have ever seen why did it even take you multiple days to nail that guy.


Holy shit.
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Delseban
09/19/17 5:48:50 PM
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Eddv posted...
Holy shit that chart is the biggest scumtell i have ever seen why did it even take you multiple days to nail that guy.


Holy shit.


he had lynched scum on day 2 so we kinda gave him a pass for a while because it was a totally unnecessary bus

shoulda lynched him the day of the chart, but a bunch of us all called him scum that day, then the next day was all about lynching him
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ChaosTonyV4
09/19/17 6:00:52 PM
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Woah, good job dude!
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foolm0r0n
09/19/17 7:07:56 PM
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ew they wrote GameFAQs instead of B8
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Eddv
09/19/17 7:19:15 PM
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But seriously - here is a chart of how scummy you are based on how hard you disagree with me.

Like fuck I thought b8 had some egolords
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MajinZidane
09/19/17 7:20:48 PM
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good job

what happens if you just get killed N1? How do you gather votes to advance?
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Suprak the Stud
09/19/17 7:43:55 PM
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Eddv posted...
But seriously - here is a chart of how scummy you are based on how hard you disagree with me.

Like fuck I thought b8 had some egolords


Have you...uh...ever played mafia here?

Because that is rather tame in terms of "ego" we would see back when mafia was really rolling.
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HanOfTheNekos
09/19/17 7:59:14 PM
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Congrats Dels! I'm so proud of you!

Let's play some Ghost!
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Obellisk
09/19/17 8:01:02 PM
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Congrats Dels. Very awesomr
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Delseban
09/19/17 8:12:15 PM
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Eddv posted...
But seriously - here is a chart of how scummy you are based on how hard you disagree with me.

Like fuck I thought b8 had some egolords


lol it was a chart of how people interacted with a lynched scum, how early they voted them, or how late in the day they voted them when they were close to being lynched, etc
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Delseban
09/19/17 8:16:55 PM
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MajinZidane posted...
good job

what happens if you just get killed N1? How do you gather votes to advance?


The system is not perfect, and this is one of the things that is kind of an issue.

That said, there are players who were killed on night 1 who received enough votes to place 2nd or 3rd (And many killed night 1 that moved on to wildcard round, which is partially what it is intended for)

No one killed night 1 got 1st place in votes though, as far as I know. However in one of the wildcard games, the player killed night 1 was widely speculated to be the one who was going to get the top spot.

However, townies who got nightkilled on night 2 were, in more than one case, voted as the best player.

So 2 days is definitely enough to give everyone a good idea of your skill level. 1 day is a lot tougher.
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Delseban
09/19/17 8:36:44 PM
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
Congrats Dels! I'm so proud of you!

Let's play some Ghost!


I'm behind on literally everything in my life.

=/

I want to.
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Lopen
09/19/17 11:13:09 PM
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Yeah I actually think day 2 is one of the most important days in mafia in many games. Definitely very possible to contribute in a big way on day 2.
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Raka_Putra
09/20/17 12:16:54 AM
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That is awesome! Congrats, Dels. You deserve it.
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ExThaNemesis
09/20/17 12:22:42 AM
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I haven't played mafia since AIM Chat in 2007 but I am still hella stoked about this.

How does B8 have so many people that are so good at so many things?

Like we had some of the best people on the internet at Pokemon, at Smash. We have the BEST MAFIA PLAYER ON THE INTERNET.

Like goddamn.
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benjamin3740
09/20/17 2:26:44 AM
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That's impressive Dels. Really good work. I could tell you were commited to winning.
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