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I used to call myself "a longtime player and a relative newbie all at once," but I think at some point I lost the right to call myself a newbie. What I would say is that I'm an eternal student of the game rather than claiming to be any kind of master.
Hey all, I'm Umlaut.


I consider myself a better scum player than a town player, and my W:L record bears this out. The hardest thing for me is knowing how confident to be in my reads. Usually they're not bad in that my scumreads are at least more likely than default to be scum, but I'm never clear on whether I should be like 50% sure or 70% sure, etc.
My username is the same one I had on my old home site, where I first learned of Mafia in 2001 when [[mith]] introduced it there. I pretty much stopped playing when I stopped frequenting that site, and finally got around to joining MS.net in 2015 when I started missing the game. If you remember me from way back when, let me know!


== My played games ==
I don't think I'm either an amazing or a terrible player, but I keep running into people saying I'm good (and usually scumreading me for it).


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
== Guestbook ==
! 2017
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 739: Nano-Multiball
|url=73038
|gametype=Micro Open
|mod=[[BTD6_maker]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Vanilla Townie]]
|entry=Started
|fate=Endgamed
|result=Loss
|outcome=Werewolf Win
|notes=I misread [[boring]] as town from the very beginning. I got a bit paranoid by the end and actually thought [[lizardqueen]] was looking townier than she had, but decided to go with my original instinct. Sigh.


***Lessons:*** Clarity is not alignment-indicative. A few big tells are worth more than a whole ISO of "looking bad." When your gut talks, figure out what it's saying.
''(If you want to leave a message on my page, do it here.)''
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Open 692: Two-Fold Matrix6
|url=72267
|gametype=Open
|setup=Two-Fold Matrix6
|mod=[[BTD6_maker]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Elder|1-Shot Elder]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9490700#p9490700 Day 3]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9573410#p9573410 Shot Night 5]
|result=Loss
|outcome=Mafia/Werewolf Draw
|notes=My reads were actually better than average, but I was never confident enough to push them hard, particularly when they went against town consensus. Being able to claim near the endgame should have been enough to give the town a path to victory, but somehow we decided to no-lynch in hopes of the scum killing one another. Instead they killed off the town for the draw.


'''Lessons:''' Be wary of any strategy more complicated than "find the scum, lynch the scum." If you don't like the way things are going, speak up.
== My played games ==
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 724: Scumhunter's Speed - 9 Players
|url=72357
|gametype=Open
|mod=[[ThinkBig]]
|faction=Mafia
|role=[[Goon]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9356981#p9356981 Started]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9381005#p9381005 Lynched Day 1]
|result=Win
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=I still don't understand how I ended up as scumread as I did, and I'll have to review the game to figure it out, but clearly I was bad enough that my team double-bused me in a setup specifically designed to punish busing. I did ''almost'' wriggle out of the lynch, but to my surprise [[Hiraki]] had a change of heart at deadline. At least I didn't do anything to give up my teammates.


'''Lessons:''' Relying on the reads of others can be dangerous. The game isn't over until it's called.
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}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Mini Normal 1919
|url=72179
|gametype=Mini Normal
|mod=[[ThinkBig]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Cop|1-Shot Cop]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9365211#p9365211 Day 4]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9365835#p9365835 Lynched Day 4]
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=Everyone had decided to lynch my slot before I replaced in, and flat-out told me nothing I could say or do would change their minds. Oh well, I pretty much knew this was the deal when I accepted the slot.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 716: Marked For Death #1
|url=71975
|gametype=Micro Open
|setup=Marked For Death
|mod=[[Toto]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Vanilla Townie]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9255951#p9255951 Started]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9308844#p9308844 Lynched Day 1]
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=I sort of lurked my way through the start of the day, only to come in and declare [[Lil Uzi Vert]] town when he was on the point of being lynched. "Derailing the wagon" was suspicious for some reason and it was basically impossible to argue I was innocent from that point. I take some consolation in having had my vote on scum from my first post to the moment I was lynched, even if being right didn't save me.


'''Lessons:''' Town need town cred too, so they can push against popular opinion without getting lynched.
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|-
{{UNGameRow| num=2| game=Newbie 1668: Welcome to the Mafias| glink=64386| status=Win| mod=Fraggernaut| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=7526543| endtext=Survived}}
|{{Gameoweh
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|name=Micro 706: Restrictive Mafia
{{UNGameRow| num=4| game=Blitz 15: Monks and Masons in Serona II| glink=64698| status=Loss| mod=fferyllt| team=Town| role=Mason| endlink=7510787| endtext=Shot Night 1}}
|url=71599
{{UNGameRow| num=5| game=Open 645: C9++| glink=66955| status=Win| mod=Not_Mafia| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=8128006| endtext=Shot Night 2}}
|gametype=Micro Theme
{{UNGameRow| num=6| game=Newbie 1719: Volcanic Mafia| glink=67027| status=Win| mod=SirCakez| team=Town| role=Jailkeeper| endlink=8217489| endtext=Survived}}
|mod=[[Nexus]]
{{UNGameRow| num=7| game=Micro 634: Wolf Hunt| glink=67875| status=Win| mod=SnarkySnowman| team=Town| role=2-Shot Commuter| rlink=Commuter| endlink=8320378| endtext=Survived}}
|faction=Town
{{UNGameRow| num=8| game=Micro 635: 09:12| glink=67900| status=Win| mod=shaddowez| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=8317442| endtext=Survived}}
|role=[[Vanilla Townie]]
{{UNGameRow| num=9| game=Micro 639: Noughts and Crosses Blitz| glink=68044| status=Loss| mod=Firebringer| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=8280539| endtext=Shot Night 2}}
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9147776#p9147776 Started]
{{UNGameRow| num=10| game=Open 654: Surrealism| glink=68337| status=Loss| mod=Creature| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=8370790| endtext=Mauled Night 1}}
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9227870#p9227870 Endgamed]
{{UNGameRow| num=11| game=Newbie 1740: MS Pain| glink=68320| status=Loss| mod=Creature| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=8458799| endtext=Shot Night 4}}
|result=Loss
{{UNGameRow| num=12| game=Mini 1858: Aeronaut's Drunken Christmas Party| glink=59360| status=Win| mod=Aeronaut| team=Town| role=Stephen King (Cop)| rlink=Cop| endlink=8652877| endtext=Killed Night 2}}
|outcome=Mafia Win
{{UNGameRow| num=13| game=Micro 667: Chosen Mafia| glink=69495| status=Win| mod=ChaosOmega| team=Town| role=Townie| endlink=8724101| endtext=Survived}}
|notes=A 2:7 mountainous game where everyone was restricted to a finite and decreasing number of posts per day, while Mafia had unlimited daytalk. Aside from the general scumsidedness, the game slowed down to a standstill as people hoarded their posts. Aside from that, my reads were completely wrong in every respect, and it seems everyone else's were too. [[Socrates]] played quite well as scum, despite not really needing to.
{{UNGameRow| num=14| game=Mini 1852: The Most Bastard Game| glink=69169| status=Loss| mod=vonflare| team=Town| role=Mason| endlink=8808950| endtext=Mauled Night 4}}
{{UNGameRow| num=15| game=Open 679: Jungle Oligarchy| glink=70885| status=Win| mod=davesaz| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=9093371| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=16| game=Large Normal 202: Flavorful Mafia| glink=71353| status=Loss| mod=Fro99er| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=9144158| endtext=Lynched Day 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=17| game=Open 680.1: C9++| glink=71506| status=Win| mod=ThinkBig| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=9242696| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=18| game=Micro 706: Restrictive Mafia| glink=71599| status=Loss| mod=Nexus| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=9227870| endtext=Endgamed}}
{{UNGameRow| num=19| game=Micro 716: Marked for Death #1| glink=71975| status=Win| mod=Toto| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=9308844| endtext=Lynched Day 1}}
{{UNGameRow| num=20| game=Mini Normal 1919| glink=72179| status=Win| mod=ThinkBig| team=Town| role=Odd-Night Cop| rlink=Cop| endlink=9365835| endtext=Lynched Day 4}}
{{UNGameRow| num=21| game=Open 692: Two-Fold Matrix6| glink=72267| status=Loss| mod=BTD6_maker| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=9573410| endtext=Shot Night 5}}
{{UNGameRow| num=22| game=Micro 724: Scumhunter's Speed: 9 Players| glink=72357| status=Win| mod=ThinkBig| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=9381005| endtext=Lynched Day 1}}
{{UNGameRow| num=23| game=Mini 2014: Succinct Mafia| glink=76400| status=Loss| mod=mastina| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=10350404| endtext=Shot Night 2}}
{{UNGameRow| num=24| game=Micro 739: Nano-Multiball| glink=73038| status=Loss| mod=BTD6_maker| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=9573382| endtext=Endgamed}}
{{UNGameRow| num=25| game=Micro 820: Truth and Justice| glink=77066| status=Loss| mod=Micc| team=Mafia| role=2-Shot Roleblocker| rlink=Roleblocker| endlink=10421647| endtext=Lynched Day 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=26| game=Mini Normal 2139: No Flavor Allowed| glink=82964| status=Win| mod=Ircher| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=11872074| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=27| game=Micro 938: Butterfly Mafia| glink=83015| status=Win| mod=Datisi| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=11843796| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=28| game=Micro 940: A Normal Blitz II| glink=83045| status=Loss| mod=Micc| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=11844478| endtext=Lynched Day 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=29| game=Large Normal 288: Bananas| glink=83174| status=Loss| mod=gobbledygook| team=Town| role=Jailkeeper| endlink=11988265| endtext=Shot Night 2}}
{{UNGameRow| num=30| game=Newbie 2010: Pride Month| glink=83266| status=Loss| mod=keyenpeydee| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=11917374| endtext=Lynched Day 1}}
{{UNGameRow| num=31| game=Newbie 2013: Water| glink=83374| status=Win| mod=Datisi| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=11945127| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=32| game=Smuggler's Port| glink=83567| status=Win| mod=FakeGod| team=Town| role=Tomboy Daughter| rlink=Tomboy Daughter| endlink=12006757| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=33| game=Micro 956: 2of4| glink=83575| status=Loss| mod=Blair| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=11997113| endtext=Canceled Day 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=34| game=Newbie 2026: Space| glink=84016| status=Win| mod=Plotinus| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=11937264| endtext=Eliminated Day 2}}
{{UNGameRow| num=35| game=Open 794: Pick Your Power X/Y| glink=84074| status=Win| mod=Davesaz| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=11937264| endtext=Shot Night 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=36| game=Micro 968: Your Nightmare (But 4 Scarier)| glink=84404| status=Win| mod=Jingle| team=Town| role=Losing Their Mind| rlink=Named Townie| endlink=12274366| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=37| game=Open 799: Chosen Mafia| glink=84805| status=Loss| mod=T-Bone| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=12288247| endtext=Shot Night 1}}
{{UNGameRow| num=38| game=Newbie 2040: The First Dark Age| glink=84852| status=Loss| mod=fferyllt| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=12323373| endtext=Eliminated Day 1}}
{{UNGameRow| num=39| game=Large Normal 230| glink=84936| status=Win| mod=SirCakez| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=12388647| endtext=Shot Night 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=40| game=Mini Normal 2191| glink=85676| status=Win| mod=Sirius9121| team=Town| role=1-Shot Neighborizer| rlink=Neighborizer| endlink=12585684| endtext=Survived}}
{{UNGameRow| num=41| game=Mini Normal 2201: Silly Stock Photos| glink=86195| status=Win| mod=Foxbird| team=Mafia| role=Goon| endlink=12725381| endtext=Executed Day 5}}
{{UNGameRow| num=42| game=Mini Normal 2211: Summer Meet| glink=86587| status=Win| mod=Cook| team=Town| role=Vanilla Townie| endlink=12795052| endtext=Shot Night 2}}
{{UNGameRow| num=43| game=Open 816: C9++| glink=86835| status=Win| mod=Menalque| team=Town| role=Roleblocker| endlink=12841109| endtext=Shot Night 3}}
{{UNGameRow| num=44| game=Newbie 2066: Gelato 2| glink=86832| status=Win| mod=fferyllt| team=Town| role=Friendly Neighbor| endlink=12863702| endtext=Survived}}
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'''Lessons:''' Never clear someone on tone. In retrospect the clues were there, and had I actually taken the time to look at Socrates critically I might have picked them up.
== My modded games ==
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Open 680.1: C9++
|url=71506
|gametype=Open
|setup=C9++
|mod=[[ThinkBig]]
|faction=Mafia
|role=[[Goon]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9115069#p9115069 Started]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9242699#p9242699 Survived]
|result=Win
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=Our roleblocker was lynched day 1, making for an uphill battle, but a series of good nightkills (we shot a power role literally every night, starting with the cop) made up for it. Near the end I was worried about [[davesaz]], who we knew was a serial killer although town didn't. I strongly suspected that he was bulletproof and we would be forced into an unwinnable endgame. I went a bit crazy during the last two nights, analyzing all the possible dilemma scenarios in excruciating detail, only to have him go and die the first time we shot him.


'''Lessons:''' Don't try to "reaction test" town as scum; it's a good way to get yourself put under heavy scrutiny for no benefit. In variable-opens, the advantage to scum of knowing just a little bit more about the setup can be incredibly powerful.
{{GameModBox
| name=Mini 2156: Launch Mob
| url=83764
| gametype=Mini Normal
| players=10
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=12096400#p12096400 Day 4]
| winner=Town
| notes=This is the simplest setup I've ever run except for maybe Mini 1922, and it went quite well. [[Kerset]] almost managed to carry the game solo after losing her partner on day 1, but in the end her PR claim was just not quite enough to keep her alive in lilo.
}}
}}
|-
{{GameModBox
|{{Gameoweh
| name=Newbie 2018: Ferrets
|name=Large Normal 202: Flavorful Mafia
| url=83631
|url=71353
| gametype=Newbie
|gametype=Large Normal
| players=9
|mod=[[Fro99er]]
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=11999822#p11999822 Day 2]
|faction=Town
| winner=Town
|role=[[Vanilla Townie]]
| notes=The Mafia was mechanically stomped. They lost their Roleblocker on Day 1, and their Goon was jailkept on Night 1. Better luck next time, newbscum!
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9069729#p9069729 Started]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9144158#p9144158 Lynched Day 3]
|result=Loss
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=Worst town game ever; I deserved the lynch. In my defense, I was away for the first few IRL days and by the time I got back the game was 70 pages or so and I never did quite catch up. I will say [[podoboq]] white-knighted me pretty effectively.
 
'''Lessons:''' If you're going to miss the first few days of a Large, just replace out.
}}
}}
|-
{{GameModBox
|{{Gameoweh
| name=Micro 948: Noughts and Crosses Blitz
|name=Open 679: Jungle Oligarchy
| url=83308
|url=70885
| gametype=Micro
|gametype=Open
| players=9
|setup=Jungle Oligarchy
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=11911619#p11911619 Night 2]
|mod=[[davesaz]]
| winner=Town
|faction=Mafia
| notes=Mafia had all but lost mechanically after [[Dunnstral]] was the first one flipped, but really gave it their all and only threw in the towel after all avenues had been exhausted. [[Blair]] very nearly convinced an Innocent Child to lynch herself, which in my opinion is worth all the style points in the world.
|role=[[Goon]]
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=8979867#p8979867 Night 1]
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=9093371#p9093371 Survived]
|result=Win
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=Probably my best scum game to date. I replaced into a slot that was probably due to be lynched the next day, turned it into the most townread slot in the game, and cashed in that town cred to push three consecutive mislynches, including one on a highly active and pro-town player who would probably have been unlynchable otherwise.
 
'''Lessons:''' Town cred is a convertible resource. If you accumulate enough you can spend it on all sorts of things.
}}
}}
|-
{{GameModBox
|{{Gameoweh
| name=Micro 818: Nano-Multiball
|name=Mini 1852
| url=77014
|url=69169
| gametype=Micro
|gametype=Mini Theme
| setup=Nano-Multiball
|mod=[[vonflare]]
| players=5
|faction=Town
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=10380630#p10380630 Day 2]
|role=[[Mason]]
| winner=Werewolf
|entry=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=8755022#p8755022 Day 4]
| notes=I really like this setup and I think it deserves more play to see how balanced it is in practice. In the end Giygas won the old-fashioned way, by out-towning the townies in lylo.
|fate=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=8808950#p8808950 Killed Night 4]
|result=Loss
|outcome=Werewolf and Jester Win
|notes=Replaced into a self-described bastard game and immediately regretted it. Not much else to say about this one.
 
'''Lessons:''' Don't replace into dumpster fires.
}}
}}
|-
{{GameModBox
|{{Gameoweh
| name=Micro 817: Umlaut's “The Micro Normal Queue Is Empty” Special
|name=Micro 667: Chosen Mafia
| url=76947
|url=69495
| gametype=Micro
|gametype=Micro
| players=9
|setup=Chosen Mafia
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=10401395#p10401395 Day 3]
|mod=[[ChaosOmega]]
| winner=Mafia
|faction=Town
| notes=Maybe someday I'll design a closed setup that will actually run as intended, as opposed to one side just mopping the floor with the other. This was not that day.
|role=Townie
|entry=Day 2
|fate=Survived
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=Replaced the lurkiest of all lurkers under some minor suspicion, to find that [[PsychoticDave]] had already provably fakeclaimed and somehow [[Human Sequencer]] was the only one who cared. Once we lynched him, the Mafia was all but forced by the setup to stop shooting in order to have any hope of winning. [[Loopdan|TTTT]] made a strong effort but I don't think anything could have saved him, given that the two chosen townies were also the two most obvtown players in the game.
 
'''Lessons:''' Town blocs win games. Trust Occam's razor.
}}
}}
|}
{{GameModBox
 
| name=Newbie 1884: Expressionism
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| url=76983
!2016
| gametype=Newbie
|-
| setup=2d3
|{{Gameoweh
| players=9
|name=Mini 1858: Aeronaut's Drunken Christmas Party
| end=[https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=10410104#p10410104 Day 4]
|url=69360
| winner=Town
|gametype=Mini Theme
| notes=
|mod=[[Aeronaut]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Cop|Stephen King (Cop)]]
|entry=[http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=8609467#p8609467 Day 1]
|fate=[http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=8652877#p8652877 Killed Night 2]
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=The Mafia was completely destroyed; three lynched in three days. [[Sickofit11138]] the SK survived a bit longer, being lynched D5 for the win. I outed myself D1 in response to a fakeclaim (by a townie, go figure), but managed to survive a night and come out with a guilty on [[Pine]].
 
The game used a new mechanic in which the dead thread controlled one vote between them. As such, when I was killed N2 ''with another guilty, on Sick'', that vote ended up locked there for the rest of the game. This probably didn't have much effect on the outcome, all told.
 
'''Lessons:''' There's always someone.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Newbie 1740: MS Pain
|url=68320
|gametype=Newbie
|setup=Matrix6
|mod=[[Creature]]
|faction=Town
|role=Vanilla Townie
|entry=Day 2
|fate=Shot Night 4
|result=Loss
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=Replaced into a slot at L-1, but this was mostly for inactivity. Successfully pushed a lynch on one goon, then used a truly beautiful statistical analysis of his posts to convince myself and everyone else that [[Lil Uzi Vert]] was his partner. Too bad I was completely wrong. Lesson learned: test new techniques before employing them in an ongoing game.
 
'''Lessons:''' You can't discover a new tell just by thinking, you have to test it.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Open 654: Surrealism
|url=68337
|gametype=Open
|setup=Two-Fold Matrix 6
|mod=[[Creature]]
|faction=Mafia
|role=Goon
|entry=Started
|fate=Mauled Night 1
|result=Loss
|outcome=Werewolf Win
|notes=First run of a new multiball setup based on Matrix6; I felt it was balanced enough in the end, though obviously it will take more runs to decide. The town never lynched a single werewolf or mafioso, but might well have won anyway if [[Dunnstral]] had followed his instinct to shoot [[Zachstralkita]] at the right time.
 
'''Lessons:''' Early NK makes it hard to say; I'll get back to this.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 639: Noughts and Crosses Blitz
|url=68044
|gametype=Micro
|setup=Noughts and Crosses Mafia
|mod=[[Firebringer]]
|faction=Town
|role=Vanilla Townie
|entry=Started
|fate=Shot Night 2
|result=Loss
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=This setup encourages townhunting over scumhunting, but despite that most of us (myself included) correctly identified the scum on Day 1, as well as finding a winning strategy. At the very end, however, paranoia got the best of [[lane0168]] and he mislynched. It happens to us all sometimes.
 
'''Lessons:''' I actually have good reads when I'm not trying to play town leader. There's no such thing as a won game.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 635: 09:12
|url=67900
|gametype=Micro
|setup=09:12
|mod=[[shaddowez]]
|faction=Town
|role=Vanilla Townie
|entry=Started
|fate=Survived
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=I correctly identified [[A Simple Plan]] as scum from the start of the game, but it took a failed fakeclaim at mylo to get the town to go along with me. This was convenient, as I probably would have been a viable mislynch if I couldn't point to my consistent pushes on ASP as counterevidence.
 
'''Lessons:''' If someone seems super scummy, they're probably scum. Saying "there's no resistance to this wagon" is one way to resist a wagon.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Micro 634: Wolf Hunt
|url=67875
|gametype=Micro
|mod=[[SnarkySnowman]]
|faction=Town
|role=[[Commuter|2-Shot Commuter]]
|entry=Started
|fate=Survived
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=We lynched the first wolf by pure luck on d1, in a manner that all but confirmed me as town and made it very easy to PoE the remaining scum.
 
'''Lessons:''' Townhunting is as good as scumhunting, and easier to learn.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Newbie 1719: Volcanic Mafia
|url=67027
|gametype=Newbie
|setup=Matrix6
|mod=[[SirCakez]]
|faction=Town
|role=Jailkeeper
|entry=Started
|fate=Survived
|result=Win
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=I pushed two mislynches and hard-defended scum, even inadvertently helping him to fakeclaim, which made me the obvious suspect after he effectively outed himself at the end of D2. I was saved by the setup and by the lack of a counterclaim when I revealed. [[Aquanim]] was town MVP, replacing in late, making himself obvtown, and correctly arguing for my innocence and [[BrainpanSonata]]'s guilt; but ultimately this was a lucky win.
 
'''Lessons:''' Failure to out PRs can be deadly for scum. So can late-game replacements.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Open 645: C9++
|url=66955
|gametype=Open
|setup=C9++
|mod=[[Not_Mafia]]
|faction=Mafia
|role=Goon
|entry=Started
|fate=Shot Night 2
|result=Win
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=I was townread by most of the town, but not by [[a plain farmer]], who turned out to be the vigilante. Ironically, we blocked Farmer from shooting the doctor on N1, giving him a second chance, which he used to shoot me. Then the next day he caught our roleblocker [[Bins]] in a lie and all but proved she was scum. [[Zachstralkita]] didn't want to hear it, though, and pushed a mislynch at mylo on a player who should have been confirmed town by my interactions with him.
 
'''Lessons:''' As scum, assume you will eventually be lynched and make sure your flip won't implicate your buddies. Don't get fancy when fakeclaiming.
}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!2015
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Blitz 15: Monks and Masons in Serona II
|url=64698
|gametype=Blitz
|setup=Masons and Monks
|mod=[[fferyllt]]
|faction=Town
|role=Mason
|entry=Started
|fate=Shot Night 1
|result=Loss
|outcome=Werewolf Win
|notes=I was V/LA for much of the first day and the entire first night, so I really didn't get to do much other than say "Hi, fellow mason" and then die. My one major scumread of Day 1 turned out to be town, so.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Blitz 11: Pick Your Power X/Y
|url=64414
|gametype=Blitz
|setup=Pick Your Power X/Y
|mod=[[Rob13]]
|faction=Town
|role=Cop
|entry=Started
|fate=Shot Night 3
|result=Win 
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=First in the draft order, hell yeah!
 
With the exception of a few standout players, most of the town did pretty poorly. This seemed like a likely scum win from very early on. But [[Pisskop]], via his awful reads and lazy attitude, managed to fly under the radar until 5p lylo, at which point he suddenly smartened up dramatically and not only correctly identified the remaining scum but correctly identified one as vengeful, allowing town to lynch in the correct order and win. I'm still not sure whether his earlier play was an act or not.
 
I managed to crumb my clears well enough, but they were pretty obvtown by the time I died anyway. I was aided in surviving as long as I did by [[Hinduragi]], who knew my role due to the setup and fake-slipped to draw the kill.
 
'''Lessons:''' Blitz games take exactly as much discipline as full-length games to play well.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Newbie 1668: Welcome to the Mafias
|url=64386
|gametype=Newbie
|setup=Matrix6
|mod=[[Firebringer]]
|faction=Town
|role=Vanilla Townie
|entry=Started
|fate=Survived
|result=Win 
|outcome=Town Win
|notes=Town lynched scum D1, no thanks to me. After both PRs softclaimed on D2 without anyone counterclaiming, the game was pretty much an auto-win for town, though [[Almost50]] managed to be hard-townread by nearly everyone in the game for a long time and probably would have won if not for having had such bad luck early on.
}}
|-
|{{Gameoweh
|name=Newbie 1661   
|url=64085
|gametype=Newbie
|setup=Matrix6
|mod=[[Zaicon]]
|faction=Mafia
|role=Roleblocker
|entry=Started
|fate=Survived
|result=Win 
|outcome=Mafia Win
|notes=Rolled a scum PR for my first game ever on MS. While I played well, I think we owe most of our success to the town cop, who deliberately acted sketchy on D1, quickhammered town, then claimed at the very start of D2, which claim was widely greeted with skepticism. My partner [[zeevo]]'s counterclaim sealed [[Blackstar]]'s mislynch, put the game on rails straight up to 3-player lylo, and made it easy for me to blend in with no real decisions to be made except whom to shoot. I do give myself style points for endgaming the IC.
}}
}}
|}
== My modded games ==
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| winner=Mafia
| winner=Mafia
| notes=Players had a finite number of posts available per day. I think this more or less worked as intended, and I don't believe it significantly hindered the town (the game went to final 3, and [[Vedith]] won by legitimately out-towning the town rather than by taking advantage of the mechanic somehow). I'm not sure if anyone would want to play it again though -- if nothing else, all-vanilla games are usually not that popular.
| notes=Players had a finite number of posts available per day. I think this more or less worked as intended, and I don't believe it significantly hindered the town (the game went to final 3, and [[Vedith]] won by legitimately outplaying the town rather than by taking advantage of the mechanic somehow). I'm not sure if anyone would want to play it again though -- if nothing else, all-vanilla games are usually not that popular.
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 1 July 2021

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Hey all, I'm Umlaut.

My username is the same one I had on my old home site, where I first learned of Mafia in 2001 when mith introduced it there. I pretty much stopped playing when I stopped frequenting that site, and finally got around to joining MS.net in 2015 when I started missing the game. If you remember me from way back when, let me know!

I don't think I'm either an amazing or a terrible player, but I keep running into people saying I'm good (and usually scumreading me for it).

Guestbook

(If you want to leave a message on my page, do it here.)

My played games

Win Loss Draw % Faction
27 17 0 61.36%  as All Factions
18 14 0 56.25%  as Town
9 3 0 75%  as Mafia / Werewolves
0 0 0 0%  as Cult
0 0 0 0%  as Self-Aligned
Game W/L Moderator Role Team Death / Status My play
1  Newbie 1661 Win Zaicon Roleblocker Mafia  Survived
2  Newbie 1668: Welcome to the Mafias Win Fraggernaut Vanilla Townie Town  Survived
3  Blitz 11: Pick Your Power X/Y Win Rob14 Cop Town  Shot Night 3
4  Blitz 15: Monks and Masons in Serona II Loss fferyllt Mason Town  Shot Night 1
5  Open 645: C9++ Win Not_Mafia Goon Mafia  Shot Night 2
6  Newbie 1719: Volcanic Mafia Win SirCakez Jailkeeper Town  Survived
7  Micro 634: Wolf Hunt Win SnarkySnowman 2-Shot Commuter Town  Survived
8  Micro 635: 09:12 Win shaddowez Vanilla Townie Town  Survived
9  Micro 639: Noughts and Crosses Blitz Loss Firebringer Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 2
10  Open 654: Surrealism Loss Creature Goon Mafia  Mauled Night 1
11  Newbie 1740: MS Pain Loss Creature Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 4
12  Mini 1858: Aeronaut's Drunken Christmas Party Win Aeronaut Stephen King (Cop) Town  Killed Night 2
13  Micro 667: Chosen Mafia Win ChaosOmega Townie Town  Survived
14  Mini 1852: The Most Bastard Game Loss vonflare Mason Town  Mauled Night 4
15  Open 679: Jungle Oligarchy Win davesaz Goon Mafia  Survived
16  Large Normal 202: Flavorful Mafia Loss Fro99er Vanilla Townie Town  Lynched Day 3
17  Open 680.1: C9++ Win ThinkBig Goon Mafia  Survived
18  Micro 706: Restrictive Mafia Loss Nexus Vanilla Townie Town  Endgamed
19  Micro 716: Marked for Death #1 Win Toto Vanilla Townie Town  Lynched Day 1
20  Mini Normal 1919 Win ThinkBig Odd-Night Cop Town  Lynched Day 4
21  Open 692: Two-Fold Matrix6 Loss BTD6_maker Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 5
22  Micro 724: Scumhunter's Speed: 9 Players Win ThinkBig Goon Mafia  Lynched Day 1
23  Mini 2014: Succinct Mafia Loss mastina Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 2
24  Micro 739: Nano-Multiball Loss BTD6_maker Vanilla Townie Town  Endgamed
25  Micro 820: Truth and Justice Loss Micc 2-Shot Roleblocker Mafia  Lynched Day 3
26  Mini Normal 2139: No Flavor Allowed Win Ircher Vanilla Townie Town  Survived
27  Micro 938: Butterfly Mafia Win Datisi Goon Mafia  Survived
28  Micro 940: A Normal Blitz II Loss Micc Vanilla Townie Town  Lynched Day 3
29  Large Normal 288: Bananas Loss gobbledygook Jailkeeper Town  Shot Night 2
30  Newbie 2010: Pride Month Loss keyenpeydee Goon Mafia  Lynched Day 1
31  Newbie 2013: Water Win Datisi Goon Mafia  Survived
32  Smuggler's Port Win FakeGod Tomboy Daughter Town  Survived
33  Micro 956: 2of4 Loss Blair Vanilla Townie Town  Canceled Day 3
34  Newbie 2026: Space Win Plotinus Goon Mafia  Eliminated Day 2
35  Open 794: Pick Your Power X/Y Win Davesaz Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 3
36  Micro 968: Your Nightmare (But 4 Scarier) Win Jingle Losing Their Mind Town  Survived
37  Open 799: Chosen Mafia Loss T-Bone Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 1
38  Newbie 2040: The First Dark Age Loss fferyllt Vanilla Townie Town  Eliminated Day 1
39  Large Normal 230 Win SirCakez Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 3
40  Mini Normal 2191 Win Sirius9121 1-Shot Neighborizer Town  Survived
41  Mini Normal 2201: Silly Stock Photos Win Foxbird Goon Mafia  Executed Day 5
42  Mini Normal 2211: Summer Meet Win Cook Vanilla Townie Town  Shot Night 2
43  Open 816: C9++ Win Menalque Roleblocker Town  Shot Night 3
44  Newbie 2066: Gelato 2 Win fferyllt Friendly Neighbor Town  Survived

My modded games

Mini 2156: Launch Mob

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Mini Normal 10 Day 4 Town
This is the simplest setup I've ever run except for maybe Mini 1922, and it went quite well. Kerset almost managed to carry the game solo after losing her partner on day 1, but in the end her PR claim was just not quite enough to keep her alive in lilo.

Newbie 2018: Ferrets

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Newbie 9 Day 2 Town
The Mafia was mechanically stomped. They lost their Roleblocker on Day 1, and their Goon was jailkept on Night 1. Better luck next time, newbscum!

Micro 948: Noughts and Crosses Blitz

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 9 Night 2 Town
Mafia had all but lost mechanically after Dunnstral was the first one flipped, but really gave it their all and only threw in the towel after all avenues had been exhausted. Blair very nearly convinced an Innocent Child to lynch herself, which in my opinion is worth all the style points in the world.

Micro 818: Nano-Multiball

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 5 Day 2 Werewolf
I really like this setup and I think it deserves more play to see how balanced it is in practice. In the end Giygas won the old-fashioned way, by out-towning the townies in lylo.

Micro 817: Umlaut's “The Micro Normal Queue Is Empty” Special

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 9 Day 3 Mafia
Maybe someday I'll design a closed setup that will actually run as intended, as opposed to one side just mopping the floor with the other. This was not that day.

Newbie 1884: Expressionism

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Newbie 9 Day 4 Town

Mini 1922: Bondage & Discipline

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Mini Theme 13 Day 3 Mafia
Players had a finite number of posts available per day. I think this more or less worked as intended, and I don't believe it significantly hindered the town (the game went to final 3, and Vedith won by legitimately outplaying the town rather than by taking advantage of the mechanic somehow). I'm not sure if anyone would want to play it again though -- if nothing else, all-vanilla games are usually not that popular.

Micro 723: Untitled

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 9 Day 3 Mafia
Yet another Mafia curb stomp, this time thanks to town quickhammering town on early day 1 leading to a policy lynch on day 2, followed by another townie claiming a role that was literally impossible in a normal game. The game ran less than a week.

Micro 695: Scumhunter's Speed 8p

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 9 Day 3 Mafia
This was a slaughter. Day 1 ended on the first page when ThinkBig realized he had no reason not to quickhammer as scum in this setup, leaving the town with absolutely nothing to go on the next day. No one so much as voted for scum the entire game.

Micro 691: Just Mafia

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Micro 9 Day 2 Town
Town lynched the scum PR day 1 and then the jailkeeper successfully jailed the remaining goon overnight. Kind of a disappointing outcome after a full week spent tweaking the balance with the NRG.

Open 661: Pick Your Poison

Type Players Game ended on Winner(s)
Open 13 Day 5 Town
The Mafia had a rough start, with one of them being lynched Day 1 and confirmed town popping up at a dangerous rate, but culted managed to carry through to 3-player lylo and very nearly won the game.
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