outstanding quotes I feel compelled to respond to. Not organized, just in order of appearance.
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Tric: Focused on 'Mastery'. Doing some odd stuff with minds, probably in the name of mastery. By the way, Tric. I don't know the game info you're focused on, glanced at the link for the Command Mastery. Still feel like I don't get much; presume I do not catch any game-specific reference. You don't have to clue me in, just know I am legit clueless and likely to interpret based on frames I do have. I note asked about
RNG favors me apparently.
My question is Meta: Who here submitted Steal, Clone, Commend, Propagate, Ban, Void-Gaze, and/or Sugar, and what do they do?
- 'Sugar', we do have candy materia.
- 'Propagate' we do have 'Thunderous Propagation'
- 'Commend' is weird - unless 'Silver Star' - which one can be awarded as a commendation? Otherwise, relates MAYBE to 'Master Command', is off by 1 letter. Commend means to praise or present as suitable. If that side, 'Monstrous Alliance' (worthy of alliance?) with 'Master Summon' and 'Master Magic' also relating through worth; 'Beer' (buy them a beer?); 'Light' (In light of accomplishments); 'Robin' ('Batman and' involves much praise)
- 'Void-Gaze' is interesting. Many possibles: ''Ng ゥ$◣ 8qZ' (I feel like I gaze into a void when I look at this); 'Ghost' (probably has a void-gaze'); 'Immateria' (can't touch it, it is void?); 'Psychic Silence' (probably not, but it seems not totally unconnected as a concept)
- 'Ban' maybe 'Anathema' (I would ban someone who did an Anathemic thing, but it can literally be banning from a church
- 'Clone' maybe 'Multiply'
- 'Steal' maybe 'Strategic Accretion' (gradual growth through mergers and acquisitions, possibly); Ferret (Ferrets steal/stash stuff, major behavior)
... about that irl stress. Back later, I'll send this now because why not.
I did prod Tric about this earlier
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How did you come up with that specific list?
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annoyingly, he has yet to deign to respond to that
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I'm not like 100% or anything but FoU and zemaj bother me the most reading this first day. I realize I probably naturally distrust these players (I feel like I was in a game where zemaj was scum and they fucked me over) so I'm not full confident. Also we know there's three mafia so there's another bad guy somewhere.
I realize that I may be biased here, but that hardly seems like a good one reason rationale, Toons...
I'm not convinced sharing materia picks is pro-town, but doing it off the bat makes me feel better about you.
so its scummy, but since it was first-post the scum-tell makes you lean more town?
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I don't remember zemaj being that new but I don't know how often they've played.
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I would not say I am new to forum mafia, as a concept and game, but I would say I am still quite new to B12 forum mafia community, despite having had my first game here ~2yrs ago. This is my fourth, for reference. But then, Imp has done a very nice little summery for us.
@FoU:
I don't remember zemaj being that new but I don't know how often they've played.
I choose to history here, because I can and wanna.
Zemaj Games:
2025 Jack's Budget Armed Forces Mafia, was town, lived to end of game, town won, only 'normal' game played here.
2023 Tric's Bring 3: Chaos Incarnate, was some anti-town type, game never ended in a way I understand and it was played as chaos.
Being honest. Mafia self-destructs, and hackers shut down the CORE. Everyone is happy. And the Jester gets defused.
And yeah, zemaj. Crash and Burned.
2023 NQT's Auto-Mafia, with very unusual rules, Zem was maf and won with Jim but no day play happened after D1.
Zem's first post on B12 suggests some awareness of mafia from elsewhere:
so, there's mafia games here... scanned through a couple, seems like a group I could enjoy murdering/trying vainly to keep from murdering the wrong person. As long as this group has no interest in going to 2-week day phases, in any case... *shudder*
there any kind of player list or anything, or just informal "get in where you fit in" kind of approach?
But I consider Zem 'new to here'. That 2025 game is my only one with Zem so far, and the only 'normal' game Zem's ever played here.
Toony was in the automafia with Zem, was town, I think Toons townread Zem D1, Jim and Zem let Toony live to endgame.
Toony was also in the Bring 3: Chaos game. However I can't parse the chaos. I dunno what this Toony is.
I have no night action.
For you see.
I'm made of wood, how did that happen? Yohoho, took a bite of Tree-Tree.
(like, really... I'm impressed. And a little creeped. But mostly impressed.)
A bit leery of zemaj dipping after being lightly pushed but I could accept "it's the weekend" as an explanation.
was that a push? I read it as a snark, and after D1 last game I didn't feel like rising to such this time. I mean, if you would like a specific response to the linked post, I could say something like:
"So answering questions is good, but making a edit-post to elaborate on a point I had meant to make but missed somehow is bad. Particularly when I could have just not, and then it would have been fine? Making sure your thoughts are complete and thorough isn't townie? Elaborate please, I'm kinda lost here..."
Would that be more on-brand? Granted, last game it worked out pretty well, but I'll let someone else over-react to snide comments for the sake of getting a scum to over-play their hand this time. This game has weird mechs I really want to play with.
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The ‘stealing trades’ thing was absolutely meaningless, I threw it out there to see how Magma would react to slop being thrown at them this game.
They seem more reactive than usual? I remember it taking a lot more to get a vote out of them than this.
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now that you mention it... he does seem marginally quicker to 'fire back'. That said, I don't believe that is what you were doing, at all.
Condolences for the ear infection, though. That's a rough one.
Vermillion, I've literally done nothing so far. Unvote
not true, you have ignored both my direct question to everyone, and my pointed prod at your 'list of seven'. I mean its out there now, do
something with it.
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@Imp:
I am probably okay if Zemaj were to drop dead right now.
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rude. I assume you mean in-game, but still...
so thats done then... sorry for snips, and lack thereof, but that is already a certified wall 'o text & some bits couldn't be trimmed for the sake of addressing multiple points on single post.
pt2 incoming shortly, or rather later if I pass out before I finish (it's so late it's early...)
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