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[Thingyman]

INVITATION TO THE MAFIA CHAMPIONSHIP (SEASON 4)

Hello everyone!

It's that time of year again. Season 4 of the Mafia Championship is upon us. I've been happy to have you guys be part of the previous seasons and am making this thread in the hopes that you'll be interested in being represented again.

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. Each participating community democratically elects one person to represent them and become their “Champion”.

Season 1 ran in 2013-2014, while Season 2 and Season 3 ran in 2015 and 2016, respectively. As of Season 3, a total of 160 communities have been represented in the Mafia Championship, making it the largest cross-forum event on the Internet.

1. Do you accept the invite?

If your community wishes to participate, please confirm your participation to me before April 13 to ensure yourselves a spot. If you need more time than this to think about whether you wish to participate, let me know and I can extend the deadline.

If you agree to participate, the deadline for selecting your representative is April 22. If this is too soon for you, again, just let me know

The games will take place on Mafia Universe.

The general discussion thread for S4: http://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/7692-Season-4-The-Time-Is-Now%21

Important notes

• You may decide yourselves how you want to elect your representative, but we highly recommend some sort of democratic process (public nominations followed by a poll usually works out well).
• In addition to electing a representative, you should also name an alternate who will be asked to step in if the first choice needs to back out.
• Your representative should be prepared for having to read upwards of 500 posts per 24 hours during the early stages of the game. Additionally, there’s a requirement that each player must make at least 10 posts per Game Day. Only active players should apply/participate. I repeat: Your chosen player needs to be able to promise a good amount of activity on a daily basis.
• Relevant only to communities that participated last season: Season 3 Finalists are not eligible to play again this season.

2. Season 4 Format

The tournament structure

• 135 communities will participate, each sending one representative.
• 9 Qualifying Games will be played consisting of 15 players each. I.e. every representative plays in one Qualifying Game. 1 player will advance directly to the Finale Game from each Qualifying Game. The players themselves vote post-game to determine who is deserving of advancement. I.e. 9 of the 15 finalists will be found this way.
• A Jury consisting of finalists from Season 3 will along with me discuss and vote to determine a group of 30 wildcard players who will play in 2 Semi Final Wildcard Games. From each of these two games, three players will directly advance to the Finale Game.
• The Finale Game is played. Once it has completed, the players vote to determine who shall hold the title of Season 4 Champion.

The setup

MOUNTAINOUS:
12 Vanilla Townies
3 Mafia Goons

We’re going back to basics for Season 4. Each season we’re changing it up, and for this season it’s finally time to play without any power roles or abilities at all. Pure mafia. You have only yourself and your reading/bluffing abilities to count on.

3. Season 4 Timeline

The first Qualifying Game is currently set to start April 24th. 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.

If you want to get in contact with me ASAP, you can find me on Skype (thingyman) or Discord (Thingyman#6075).

[Thingyman]

If you guys would be willing to play in this, or if you have any players that you think should go, just post here in this thread

[Shakerag]

Man.  We're so dead right now we're not even joking around about which sacrificial lamb we want to send to the tournament.

[doll]

I thought B12 normally sent NQT, and he's not here

[webadict]

I thought B12 normally sent NQT, and he's not here

I guess he's not quite here.

[4maskwolf]

I thought B12 normally sent NQT, and he's not here

I guess he's not quite here.

Eheh.

So who should we send?

[webadict]

I thought B12 normally sent NQT, and he's not here

I guess he's not quite here.

Eheh.

So who should we send?

Well, clearly there's only one w--Nose goes.

[TheBiggerFish]

You probably don't want to send me :x

[Shakerag]

I'd consider it.  But I'll only play at night.  And completely shitfaced. 

[4maskwolf]

I nominate doll and webadict, if either are willing.  Especially webadict.

[doll]

I'm not really representative (I haven't even been in a BM!).
Also I remember when I read the tournament NQT player or subbed into or w/e the play was just atrocious, so I'll pass.
Webadict is the obvious choice as a B12 representative anyway, though he might not be as suited for the 10 posts per day minimum as I am activitywise. I also doubt he's anymore eager to deal with their shit than I am.
Selecting a representative is separate from actually agreeing to participate, anyway

[TheBiggerFish]

....
*is tempted to nominate Shakerag just for the shenanigans value*

[Shakerag]

Well, as much as I value shenanigans ...

By agreeing to these rules, you affirm that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, violent, sexually-explicit, threatening, violate any laws, or otherwise violate Mafia Universe policy.

Do not degrade your fellow guests and fellow players by calling them stupid or bad.

Do not spam, troll, sabotage, or be passive-aggressive. Do not threaten or otherwise provoke people.

That's like half my playstyle right there.  Not to mention the first is mostly subjective, since what I find to be obscene or vulgar is going to be very different from most folks.

And, you know, I can only guarantee one post a day.

But other than that it would be a jolly good time.

[hector13]

Also not degrading fellow players by calling them stupid or bad probably DQs webadict.

If webadict would like to do it, I'd like to see it.

[Shakerag]

I think he should get a pass.  Generally speaking, if webadict is calling you stupid or bad you done goofed.