Absolutely. It's taking place on a site that was created because of this series, and now it's a place for people from all kinds of different communities.

If you want some reading material in the meantime, here is the season 2 finale and a rematch game between season 1 finalists vs. season 2 finalists, both of which ended in final 3 scenarios:

http://www.mafiauniverse.com/threads/26 ... hip-Finale
http://www.mafiauniverse.com/threads/12 ... ition-Game

Cool thanks Thingyman.

Quick, wake PK back up again!

Pretty sure we're just going to putz around like all the previous times because of a structural flaw in online mafia games.

That won't do. Someone should represent.

So I'm sitting here waiting an hour to see Batman vs Superman since the time I wanted to see it was sold out. I got a batman themed ice cream though so it works out.

In other news, I will volunteer for the mafia thingy. Granted I don't view myself as a representative, someone should still go because why not? Give them all hell etc etc. Others should volunteer though so there can be a poll. It will be fun.

This ice cream is good.

Awesome, excited to hear this. Given that at least one player is interested, I am locking in a spot for you. You have until April 18th to finalize your decision about which representative you're sending.

@KOD

And you're sure you're comfortable with the activity requirements, right? You'd need to be able to probably read 500+ posts per RL day for the first few days, and you'd need to preferably also make at least 10+ posts per day phase (it's 36 hour day phases). All representatives need to be 100% comfortable that all this poses no problem for them. I don't mean to scare you away, just checking .

I am comfortable with this. It'll give me something to obsess over. Plus meeting new people and making new friends/enemies is always fun.

I just hope that NGA actually wants to send more than just I. Would be more fun that way.

I would if I weren't such a terrible flake.

I think JD is the only other postaholic still around. I will echo the sentiment that it is a shame PK is not here.

I'm more known for my Mafia design skills than my Mafia playing skills, but if you need another NGA representative other than KoD, I'll put myself up.

Scratch that, I just read. 500 posts per RL day? That's intense! I don't have that kind of time.

Yeah, like, some of us have formats to test.

500 posts a day probably isn't quite as much as it sounds. That's like, a post every 3 minutes on average, which is definitely slower than any quick-paced mafia game I've played in. Its just that you're missing any sort of downtime so you'd preferably have a free schedule in order to play. Well, I imagine that even with the 500+ posts per day there are going to be faster segments and slower segments, so depending on the popular timezone you probably won't have to catch up too much after sleeping. There were plenty of games on Px2 that broke a thousand posts a day during peak activity i'm sure. Glare would probably know it.

Can't say I ever really saw games like that on Px2. Then again, I fancy myself as a ghost in communities. I only hang around without becoming too involved, unless there is something that draws me in.

Such as mafia here. Well, that's a lie. I wanted to follow the people from the magic forums. Took me a year, but I followed.

After the insane showing at the end of Hobgoblin lives, I would say that KoD is one of the best players in this community. Of course, as the progress is decided by popular vote, and KoD has one of the most abrasive playstyles I've ever seen, his success would be heavily dependent upon if the players from other communities get what he tries to do or not. But if we have no other volunteers, I would not mind sending him.

right i forgot that this had a popularity contest format

all the more reason to lament PK's absence

KoD has a visibly strong playstyle though, I think he'll do fine.

JD made an extremely good point about my status in that game towards the end. I was lucky enough to recognize that and play the part I stepped into.

That said, I saw where Rag said those games are determined by popularity as far as advancement is concerned. I don't hold any thought of winning in the most absolute sense (for the competition) since my only goal is to make sure NGA is represented. Beyond that, anything goes.

Edit:

I read through this thread when I saw it thinking it was current with its first posts. From what I recall, the format is that everyone in the game votes on who they thought had played particularly well and the top two advance. Also, if I am recalling correctly, there was something about how people would be matched up that (hopefully) haven't played with each other before. I imagine that, after two previous years, people will definitely know one another if the communities continued sending the same people. If that's the case, I'm just a small fish (ha fish pun thx LM) going into a big pond, unless someone else really wants to go and fight for the NGA's nomination.

I want to go just to give us a bad name.

we're apparently already sending KoD though

Haha, so this whole championship concept is, in a way, of course somewhat elitist. But it's obviously just for fun -- the main purpose of it all is to bring together communities. The past two seasons have really strengthened bonds between people and communities. There have been countless cross-community games, and 3 new romantic relationships even exist because of this series.

As for the popularity contest thing, different sites value different things, so there is a risk that some sites might feel very betrayed by the post-game votes, but for the past two seasons there's been a widespread agreement that the correct candidates have been voted through from each game. In addition to this, there will be a wildcard game; A jury of former finalists are deciding these wildcards, so there's hope still even if your representative doesn't make it through from the qualifying game.

I think the whole concept and setup and expectations are super lame.