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==Info==
==Info==
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I am a scummer who joined on January 22, 2007. My two favorite games are '''{{plink|t|7625|iPick}}''' & '''{{plink|t|8222|Space Monkeys}}'''. I have so far moderated only a few games, mostly in the Newbie category. As of 2017, I play rarely if at all, and usually only if haggled relentlessly.
Name's Kison. I first heard about Mafia over on a site I've frequented since 2001, in which a Mafia game was hosted late in 2006/early 2007. Unfortunately, no game succeeded it(until I hosted a sequence months later), and I was forced to find a site if I wanted to take part. I found a few sites with queues that, as I could see from the gaps between players joining games, are probably still going right now. Then late one night an apocalyptic storm produced crashing thunder and pouring rain outside my home. It was in this moment that I found found the God that is Mafiascum. I joined around the same time as Battle Mage, Shanba, Scotmany, theopor_COD, Raging Rabbit, and Dragons of Summer. None of the newbies in my first game still visit the site. I'm saddened by this.
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I am one of the site's current '''[[Technical_Admin|Technical Administrators]]''' alongside '''[[Thesp]]''' and formerly  '''[[Mr. Flay]]''', '''[[chamber]]''' & '''[[jeep]]''' and have been so since April 27, 2011. I joined the Omertà team on June 21, 2010. I was also a member of the Scummies Sterring Committee from its founding on June 25, 2009 until April 23, 2012.
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My primary responsibilities include building new features, fixing old bugs, performing upgrades, and recovering from crashes. Perks include a pretentious red name and access to hidden forums. The two '''[[Crash|site crashes]]''' for which I am best known for recovering from are '''[[Great_Rollback|The Great Rollback]]''' and the '''[[The_Great_Encryption|The Great Encryption]]'''. The fatigue of these two crashes along with increasing political strife caused me to go on an abrupt and unannounced hiatus between December 2012 and April 2013.
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In the real world I am a 30 year old former landscaper turned programmer. I grew up in Maryland and have lived in San Diego(Pacific Beach), Boston(Cambridge, Beacon Hill & Somerville) & Manhattan(Wall Street). I am currently back in Maryland.
<br/><br/>
Interested in contributing to the site? Send me a '''[https://forum.mafiascum.net/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=5932 private message]'''! Questions? Feel free to spam my '''{{plink|t|19286|GTKAS}}'''!


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==Contributions==


Despite my tendency to lurk massively at random points during random games, I have never been replaced. A major cause of my lurking is that I love the analytical aspect of this game, strategies, rundowns, and scenarios. These are devoured in the earlier parts of the games. I also blame my Vanilla Townie curse to a lesser extent.
===Ongoing Projects===
 
* '''phpBB 3.2 Upgrade''' - The board currently operates on phpBB 3.0.x. We are well overdue for an upgrade!
<br>
* '''[[Site Chat|Site Chat]]'''
 
** '''New Features Notification''' - Despite announcing new features, users often times aren't aware of them. We'd like to build in a mechanism for making new features apparent to users within the chat application itself.
Some people think I'm crazy, and probably rightfully so.
** '''New Message Notification''' - If you're offline when someone sends you a direct message, you may not receive it. This is a pretty critical bug.
 
** '''Notification Pattern''' - This feature would allow users to receive a notification if a text pattern appears in any window. For example, being notified if someone mentions your name.
==Stats==
* '''Post Masking''' - An option that you can set on a per-game basis that will allow any posts made by your primary account to be placed under an alternative account.
 
* '''Automated Queues''' - We're dabbling with the idea of automated queues run outside of the forums. The initial release would allow users to browse & join games. Moderators would be able to accept/reject players and begin the games. This project would greatly reduce the workload of [[List Moderator|List Moderators]].
* Won: <b>10</b>
* '''Fixing Old, Broken Posts''' - A bunch of posts made prior to the 2010 phpBB3 upgrade are broken. This is the result of the new board not recognizing the new bbcode format. Mith & I did a fair amount of work on this already in 2010, but there are still a bunch out there that need to be fixed.
* Lost: <b>7</b>
* Night Killed: <b>7</b> (ongoing & abandoned excluded)
* "Day" Killed: <b>1</b> (ongoing & abandoned excluded)
* Lynched: <b>5</b> (ongoing & abandoned excluded)
* Survived: <b>4</b> (ongoing & abandoned excluded)
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* Town: <b>12</b>(<b>11</b> completed, non-abandoned)
* Scum: <b>7</b>(<b>6</b> completed, non-abandoned)
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* Completed Games: <b>17</b>
* Ongoing Games: <b>3</b>
* Abandoned Games: <b>2</b>
* Original/Replacement: <b>14</b>/<b>5</b> (ongoing excluded)
 
==Moderating History==
* [http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5565 Mini 466]
Status : <b>Game Over, Town Wins</b>


===Past Projects===
* '''{{plink|p|2787387|Activity Overview}}''' - Displays a summary of poster activity within a given thread.
* '''{{plink|p|3017026|&#91;countdown&#93; tag}}''' - A [https://forum.mafiascum.net/faq.php#f3r0 BBCode] tag that will display the difference between the current time and the time you specify within the tag.
* '''Multi-Isolation''' - Provides the ability to view more than one poster in isolation within a thread.
* '''{{plink|p|3581449|Wiki-Forum Integration}}''' - Allows users to log in to the wiki with their forum account without having to register separately.
* '''Private Message Searching''' - Installed a plugin to allow private messages to be searched.
* '''&#91;dice&#93; tag''' - Originally implemented by '''[[jeep]]''' on the phpBB2 board, these were completely redone after the phpBB3 board upgrade.
* '''Pre-Crash & Archive Reintegration''' - At one time, MafiaScum consisted of three different boards: The live board, the archive, and the pre-crash board. The pre-crash board consisted of posts from the early days of Mafiascum up until a massive crash occurred. The archive consisted of most posts prior to the Summer 2010 phpBB3 upgrade, initially to address server stability issues. With better hosting, the need for this separation became unnecessary, and we unified all into the current forum for ease of use.
* '''{{plink|t|23598|Friends & Foes}}''' - '''Primary Contributor: [[kunkstar7]]''', this feature was modified to work only outside of Mafia games. The lack of this separation is the main reason the feature was disabled.
* '''{{plink|p|7879941|Autolocking Topics}}''' : The ability for moderators to enter a date and time at which their topic will automatically lock. Particularly useful for moderators with deadlines.
* '''HTTPS''' - Upgrading the site to utilize HTTPS, a more secure means of communicating with the MafiaScum servers via encryption. The wiki & main site have already been upgraded, but a few lingering issues with the forum(notably image tags to insecure sites) are still being worked out. '''[[ConnorJC]]''' & '''[[borkjerfkin]]''' are helping out with this.
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==Playing History==
==Playing History==


===<b>Completed Games</b>===
===<b>Completed Games</b>===


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4979 Mini 417]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4979 Mini 417]
** <b>Ace of Spades - Mafia Godfather</b>
** <b>Ace of Spades - Mafia Godfather</b>
** Killed Night Three
** Killed Night Three
** Won
** Won
** Two of the townies screwed the other Mafia team & the town in the beginning, causing both the doctor and cop against OUR team to die early on. This gave us the upper hand.
** Given the upper hand by some delinquent players.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4835 Consulmaker]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4835 Consulmaker]
** <b>Roman Citizen - Vanilla Townie</b>
** <b>Roman Citizen - Vanilla Townie</b>
** Lynched Day Two
** Lynched Day Two
** Lost
** Lost
** Townies got desperate for a lynch day two, and guess who got the brunt of that!


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4752 Mafia 61]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4752 Mafia 61]
** <b>Mafia</b>
** <b>Mafia</b>
** Lynched Day Four
** Lynched Day Four
** Lost
** Lost
** Screwed by the Gunsmith!
** Screwed by the Gunsmith


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4612 Board Games Mafia]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4612 Board Games Mafia]
** <b>Monopoly - Vanilla Townie</b>
** <b>Monopoly - Vanilla Townie</b>
** Lynched Day Three
** Lynched Day Three
** Won
** Won
** Horrible play by me.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4881 Mafia VS Wolves Redux]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4881 Mafia VS Wolves Redux]
** <b>Zelda - Mason Witch Sister(Town)</b>
** <b>Zelda - Mason Witch Sister(Town)</b>
** Dropped Dead Day Five
** Dropped Dead Day Five
** Won
** Won
** Best.Role.Ever. PBuG and I were a mason pair with the ability to either deliver spells/items during the night, or fly up on a broom to see who moved around during the night. PBuG eventually went MIA, meaning I had to do a lot of this on my own till I wound up dead. Successor of PBuG did a pretty good job of finishing things up. Very confusing game as well.
** A rare occurrence of Kison getting a fun role as town.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4828 Animal Crossing Mafia]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4828 Animal Crossing Mafia]
** <b>Mabel – Pseudo-Burglar(Town)</b>
** <b>Mabel – Pseudo-Burglar(Town)</b>
** Killed Night Three
** Killed Night Three
** Lost
** Lost
** This role was weird. I had to check people's clothing, and was told ahead of time the clothing of one Town aligned player. This player was told about me, as well. So we were like a weird Mason pair that had to find one another, yet I died very quickly so never put this to use.
** Role was used to check clothing articles. The only benefit this could have provided was in finding my pseudo mason buddy.


* [http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5922 Mini 488]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=5922 Mini 488]
**<b>Mafia Goon</b>
**<b>Mafia Goon</b>
**Lynched Day Five
**Lynched Day Five
**Lost
**Lost
**Did very well up until Guardian role-claimed. We messed up - should've had me do the roleclaiming.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6386 Mini 512]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6386 Mini 512]
**<b>Bulletproof Townie</b>
**<b>Bulletproof Townie</b>
**Lynched Day Three
**Lynched Day Three
**Lost
**Lost
**Did my best. Knew scum was one of two people by Day Two. Lynched wrong one. On Day Three, the only confirmed townie made the wrong move and lynched me.
**Weird game. Had last scum identified but was unable to convince Kaleidoscope to vote the right person.


*[[Mafia 68]]
*[[Mafia 68]]
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**Killed Night Zero
**Killed Night Zero
**Lost
**Lost
**Died before game began, apparently for some meta reason that I've not been told about. This game was severely butchered after ShadowLurker was banned.


* [http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5909 BM's Mystery Mafia]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=5909 BM's Mystery Mafia]
**<b>Mafia (Heinrich Himmler)</b>
**<b>Mafia (Heinrich Himmler)</b>
**Survived
**Survived
**Won
**Won
**After almost two weeks of waiting, I'm giving up on Battle Mage's apparent "alternate ending." I was scum. Oman bailed us out of some crap early on, leaving Setael and I in a fairly decent position. BUSed Setael hardcore from her grand entry into the game. Ironically, later in the game, this caused problems for me because I was accused of being part of the opposing scum group(ALWAYS happens to me). Second to last day I was virtually lynched, saved only by the fact that Zu_faul bolded only my name and not the "Vote :" when he tried to hammer me.
**Weird game and inconceivably lucky win.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6617 Doctor Who Mafia]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6617 Doctor Who Mafia]
**<b>Mickey Smith - Vanilla Townie</b>
**<b>Mickey Smith - Vanilla Townie</b>
**Survived
**Survived
**Won
**Won
**I didn't care a whole lot for this game. I replaced in at the request of the infamous Battle Mage, knew nothing of the TV show the game was based on, and had, yet again, a boring as hell role. But like any game, I grew to like it the closer we came to the endgame, as the analytical processes that I do enjoy become more vital as the players begin to die. Scum got extremely screwed early on as well, paving the way to an easy win.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5140 Mini 429 - Planar Chaos Mafia]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=5140 Mini 429 - Planar Chaos Mafia]
**<b>Teferi - Townie Name Investigator</b>
**<b>Teferi - Townie Name Investigator</b>
**Killed Night One
**Killed Night One
**Won
**Won
**My role allowed me to investigate players, finding out what their name was. I guess this was to be used to counter a false-claim. Wound up dead when trying to investigate Quagmire on the first night. Game nearly was abandoned in late 2007 when the moderator bailed.
**Name investigator. Died before I could put it to use.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6151 Mafia 69]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6151 Mafia 69]
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**Killed Night Six
**Killed Night Six
**Won
**Won
**Awesome game concept. Scum groups could not kill each-other, leading to unconventional tactics, such as allowing claimed scum to survive and inform us over a multiple days. Definitely one of my favorite games to date.
**Awesome game concept.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7283 Pirates v. Ninjas]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7283 Pirates v. Ninjas]
** <b>V-V-V-V-V-V-V-V-Vanilla T-T-T-T-T-T-Townie</b>
** <b>Vanilla Townie</b>
** Killed Night Six
** Killed Night Six
** Won
** Won
**
** There was one Vanilla Townie in this game. And of course I was assigned that role...
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7877 Mini 580]
** <b>Lover</b>
** Killed Night One
** Won
** Not the best role to be granted in a 7 player game. As expected, I was killed the first night and, as a result, so was my lover.
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7625 Mini 567 - iPick]
**<b>The Triforce of Power - Scum</b>
**Lynched Day Five
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8167 Elemental Mafia]
**<b>Town Watcher</b>
**Survived
**Won
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8222 Space Monkeys Mafia 2]
**<b>Traitor Pig (Scum)</b>
**Survived
**Won
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8020 Mafia 78]
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**Killed Night Three
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8784 Mini 626 - Crew vs. Pigs]
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**Killed Night Two
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8802 Really Bad Idea Mafia]
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**Killed Night Three
**Won
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8595 Minvitational 8]
**<b>Mafia Goon</b>
**Lynched Day Five
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7885 Pikman Mafia]
**<b>Vanilla Blue Pikmin</b>
**Killed Day Seven
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6382 Designer Mafia 2007]
**<b>Mafia Doctor</b>
**Lynched Day Nine
**Won
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8932 BM's Mystery Mafia 2]
**<b>Human Bomb (Mafia)</b>
**Self Destructed Day Three
**Lost
**Had to get people to say 'Hiroshima' to increase their chances of dying in my inevitable explosion 92 hours from being put into the game.
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=9842 Crackers! Mafia]
**<b>Vanilla Townie</b>
**Killed Day Two
**Won
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=9567 Mini 679 - BSG Mafia]
**<b>Father Cavil (Mafia)</b>
**Lynched Day Six
**Lost
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=9792 Mini 703]
**<b>Mafia Goon</b>
**Lynched Day Six
**Lost


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===<b>Completed Newbie Games</b>===
===<b>Completed Newbie Games</b>===


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4676 Newbie 308]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4676 Newbie 308]
** <b>Mafia</b>
** <b>Mafia</b>
** Survived
** Survived
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** First Mafia game. Only survivor.
** First Mafia game. Only survivor.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6931 Newbie 521]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6931 Newbie 521]
**<b>Doctor</b>
**<b>Doctor</b>
**Killed Night Two
**Killed Night Two
**Lost
**Lost
**My winning streak now seems to be a losing streak.


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7345 Newbie 551]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7345 Newbie 551]
**<b>Cop</b>
**<b>Cop</b>
**Survived
**Survived
**Won
**Won
**Easily broken game since the Mafia Roleblocker was first player to be lynched.
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8017 Newbie 591]
** <b>Vanilla Townie</b>
** Killed Night One
** Lost


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===<b>Abandoned Games</b>===
===<b>Abandoned Games</b>===


* [http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5480 Mafia 65]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=5480 Mafia 65]
**<b>Mafia (Catalano)</b>
**<b>Mafia (Catalano)</b>
**Survived(not counted)
**Survived(not counted)
**Abandoned
**Abandoned
**No comment!


* [http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6468 Mini 516 - Canyon City]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=6468 Mini 516 - Canyon City]
** <b>"uuuurggghhhh" - Vanilla Townie( GO FIGURE )</b>
** <b>"uuuurggghhhh" - Vanilla Townie</b>
** Survived(not counted)
** Survived(not counted)
** Abandoned
** Abandoned
** I dunno - I was told Primate was desperate for a replacement so I gave in. Game died a few days later. Sorry man. :-(


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===<b>Ongoing Games</b>===
===<b>Ongoing Games</b>===


* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6382 Designer Mafia 2007]
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8711 Freelancer Mafia] (original / dead)
 
* [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?t=10396 Silent Mafia 3] (original / dead)
* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7877 Mini 580]
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* [http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7885 Pikman Mafia]
 
 


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Latest revision as of 17:49, 12 February 2019

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Info

I am a scummer who joined on January 22, 2007. My two favorite games are iPick & Space Monkeys. I have so far moderated only a few games, mostly in the Newbie category. As of 2017, I play rarely if at all, and usually only if haggled relentlessly.

I am one of the site's current Technical Administrators alongside Thesp and formerly Mr. Flay, chamber & jeep and have been so since April 27, 2011. I joined the Omertà team on June 21, 2010. I was also a member of the Scummies Sterring Committee from its founding on June 25, 2009 until April 23, 2012.

My primary responsibilities include building new features, fixing old bugs, performing upgrades, and recovering from crashes. Perks include a pretentious red name and access to hidden forums. The two site crashes for which I am best known for recovering from are The Great Rollback and the The Great Encryption. The fatigue of these two crashes along with increasing political strife caused me to go on an abrupt and unannounced hiatus between December 2012 and April 2013.

In the real world I am a 30 year old former landscaper turned programmer. I grew up in Maryland and have lived in San Diego(Pacific Beach), Boston(Cambridge, Beacon Hill & Somerville) & Manhattan(Wall Street). I am currently back in Maryland.

Interested in contributing to the site? Send me a private message! Questions? Feel free to spam my GTKAS!

Contributions

Ongoing Projects

  • phpBB 3.2 Upgrade - The board currently operates on phpBB 3.0.x. We are well overdue for an upgrade!
  • Site Chat
    • New Features Notification - Despite announcing new features, users often times aren't aware of them. We'd like to build in a mechanism for making new features apparent to users within the chat application itself.
    • New Message Notification - If you're offline when someone sends you a direct message, you may not receive it. This is a pretty critical bug.
    • Notification Pattern - This feature would allow users to receive a notification if a text pattern appears in any window. For example, being notified if someone mentions your name.
  • Post Masking - An option that you can set on a per-game basis that will allow any posts made by your primary account to be placed under an alternative account.
  • Automated Queues - We're dabbling with the idea of automated queues run outside of the forums. The initial release would allow users to browse & join games. Moderators would be able to accept/reject players and begin the games. This project would greatly reduce the workload of List Moderators.
  • Fixing Old, Broken Posts - A bunch of posts made prior to the 2010 phpBB3 upgrade are broken. This is the result of the new board not recognizing the new bbcode format. Mith & I did a fair amount of work on this already in 2010, but there are still a bunch out there that need to be fixed.

Past Projects

  • Activity Overview - Displays a summary of poster activity within a given thread.
  • [countdown] tag - A BBCode tag that will display the difference between the current time and the time you specify within the tag.
  • Multi-Isolation - Provides the ability to view more than one poster in isolation within a thread.
  • Wiki-Forum Integration - Allows users to log in to the wiki with their forum account without having to register separately.
  • Private Message Searching - Installed a plugin to allow private messages to be searched.
  • [dice] tag - Originally implemented by jeep on the phpBB2 board, these were completely redone after the phpBB3 board upgrade.
  • Pre-Crash & Archive Reintegration - At one time, MafiaScum consisted of three different boards: The live board, the archive, and the pre-crash board. The pre-crash board consisted of posts from the early days of Mafiascum up until a massive crash occurred. The archive consisted of most posts prior to the Summer 2010 phpBB3 upgrade, initially to address server stability issues. With better hosting, the need for this separation became unnecessary, and we unified all into the current forum for ease of use.
  • Friends & Foes - Primary Contributor: kunkstar7, this feature was modified to work only outside of Mafia games. The lack of this separation is the main reason the feature was disabled.
  • Autolocking Topics : The ability for moderators to enter a date and time at which their topic will automatically lock. Particularly useful for moderators with deadlines.
  • HTTPS - Upgrading the site to utilize HTTPS, a more secure means of communicating with the MafiaScum servers via encryption. The wiki & main site have already been upgraded, but a few lingering issues with the forum(notably image tags to insecure sites) are still being worked out. ConnorJC & borkjerfkin are helping out with this.
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