Vi

Bio

Player on mafiascum since the end of June 2008. Somewhat of an Internet drifter, previously involved in a few communities but now mostly absent from them. Present on mafiascum largely to learn how to be more persuasive as an author, and also to be righteously opinionated as much as possible.

Decidedly a older-school gamer, and most definitely eccentric. Abuses a faulty version of third-person point of view so as to create "sentences" without subjects. Has a mild obsession with unusual setups and questionable roles.

Gameplay

I am usually on a different tangent from everyone else, and have a tendency to play Devil's Advocate. In addition, I switch from joking around to (very) blunt honesty without warning.
Because of this, some people find me immensely irritating. Others think I'm hilarious and enjoyable to have around. Either way, the feeling is usually mutual.

My favorite roles are SK and Vanilla Townie. My least favorite roles are Doctor and Neighbor.
This is because I prefer my roles to have a high ratio of how much I can frustrate others' plans versus expendability.

Do not call me VI.

Games and Statistics

~Mafia Record~
5-10-4 (Total)
4-6-3 (The Good)
0-1-1 (The Bad)
1-3-0 (The... um... What are you?)
--~--
Lynched: 3/20 (15.0%)
NKd: 8/20 (40.0%)
Suicided: 2/20 (10.0%)
Survived/Endgamed: 3/20 (15.0%)
Abandoned: 4/20 (20.0%)
--~--
Alive in/Ongoing: 3/3 (100%)
Games entered by replacement: 10/22 (45.5%)
Lynch SWA: 11/31 (35.4%)

Rules for Lynch Scum/Wagon Average (shamelessly plagiarized from Mr. Flay):

1. Pro-Town role, or part of a Team Anti-Town Faction where at least one other Anti-Town Faction existed for me to successfully lynch. SKs don't count, because it doesn't matter who they lynch.
2. Vigilante attempts count. So do S-Kills.
3. Getting lynched myself counts as a failure. :(
4. No ongoing games (unless I'm already dead).
5. No Mafia Mutations so distorted that lynching is essentially meaningless: RPS, Unknown Role, etc.)

Completed Games by most recent completion

(19)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
US Election 08 Mafia	Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert	Barack Obama the Neighbor -> Barack Obama the Serial Killer-Neighbor	Lynched Day 5	Republican Mafia Win N5	2/4	Dec 23 2008 - Apr 16 2009 (114)	Original Player
Probably my best game yet. DrippingGoofball, my latest psychopath Neighbor, was actually a good mentor on how to play Mafia like a pro - something that came in handy when we agreed to activate a mystery option and become SKs D2. Oops, DGb had already claimed McCain-Neighbor. Oops, DGb got lynched amid outrage over Obama not claiming. From that point I managed to dodge the gamewide hunt for Obama and kill/out every Mafioso in the game... and then get lynched in the most awkward LyLo ever. Hey, it was my best game so far, not a success >.>

(18)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 725: Mind Screw Gaiden	Natirasha, Machiavellian-Mafia	Richard Nixon the Wiretapper	Suicided Day 2; Resurrected Day 4	Not Applicable	0/0	Dec 30 2008 - Feb 03 2009 (35)	Original Player
Mini 725: Mind Screw Gaiden	Natirasha, Machiavellian-Mafia	Richard Nixon the Prinny Vassal	Suicided Day 5	Town Win D6	N/A	Mar 22 2009 - Apr 04 2009 (13)	Original Player
Well, it was a screwy game at least. And I did get quite screwed, finding scum left and right after my death and getting recruited into a doomed cult. My poor, poor S/WA. Unfortunately, this game wasn't a pleasant experience for most anyone playing. If nothing else, I can say that I suicided in a game... twice.

(17)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Newbie 733 - KILL DIE DEAD	elvis_knits	Doctor	Killed Night 2	Mafia Win D3	0/1	Jan 30 2009 - Mar 19 2009 (48)	Original Player (IC)
I've always wanted to IC a Newbie game; and although my previous experiences in Newbie games were rather embarassing, this one wasn't too terrible. I tried to play a scummier game than usual as Doc, but I did not foresee actually catching on to both scum separately (after protecting one of them N1) during D2, and getting offed for looking in the right direction. This was a fairly decent game by scum, and it really brought home (again) the anti-Town power of wallposts. I've since been cutting down on them. Also, this will forever be known as "that game with wiploc". Until the next one.

(16)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mafia 89: Revenge	Phate	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Night 5	Mafia Win N5	1/3	Dec 23 2008 - Mar 27 2009 (94)	Replaced johhan D1
Five scum versus a game plagued with replacements and idiot Townies. What do YOU think happened? All but one of the power roles went to people who were either lynched or S-Killed for scum. I don't think this game was too horrible for me, but it wasn't pretty, either. Shanba-scum acted as the voice of reason throughout and was able to direct the Town for the last two days; gj Shanba.

(15)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 729 - Wolf and Travelers' Road Mafia	Jebus	Merchant's Companion	Killed Night 4	Wolves Win N4	1/3	Feb 02 2009 - Mar 15 2009 (41)	Replaced Prom King D2
A flavorful game wherein the Town lynched scum twice in four days, vigged correctly once, and still lost. I thought it was very role-centric, but while it was still possible to do (after we were told Town auto-won on D5) it came down to a war of claims, and the scum falseclaimed excellently. There's really not much more to say here, except that I'm really tired of being a Neighbor to obvscum.

(14)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mind Screw Mafia 3	Tarhalindur, Natirasha	Aldaris the Inquisitor	Nuked Day 3	Mafia & Jester B Win D8	0/2	Dec 09 2008 - Dec 24 2008 (15)	Original Player
In a game with roles as bastardish as they get, I drew the Vigcultist. With 1-shot NK immunity. And massive falseclaim potential. Best. Role. EVER. Unfortunately, the Mafia targeted me for trying to look like I had purpose in this game (it never did go very quickly or organizedly outside D1). Note to self: Don't attract attention as a third-party role. Ah well; it was fun while it lasted~

(13)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mafia 87: New Age Mafia	OhGodMyLife, Incognito	Mafia Godfather	Lynched Day 5	Town Win D6	0/1	Oct 13 2008 - Feb 01 2009 (111)	Original Player
My first game as Mafia that wasn't a complete borefest. Everything proceeded to go as wrong as possible, as I lost one partner on N0 and bussed the other two, only to find that I had painted myself into a corner D5. I think what really stopped me in this game was that I played conservatively out of inexperience, and missed out on two gambits that would have surely secured a win. Rhinox and Tarhalindur turned this game around for Town when they replaced in; they deserve a lot of credit for the parts they played.

(12)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 667: Random C9	Simenon	Doctor	Killed Night 2	Town Win D3	1/1	Oct 3 2008 - Jan 15 2009 (104)	Replaced KrisReizer D1
Scummy Townies all around again. I claimed Doc at D2 LyLo and got counterclaimed by JDodge-scum. What followed was a fascinating bout of mudslinging and theory arguments, eventually leading to JDodge's lynch. What I didn't find out until then was that JDodge never lied about the setup (which he would know) or the likely scum among kuribo and charter, the claimed Vanillas - so by deliberately doing the opposite of what he suggested, I WIFOMed the Town into a harder game. Then again, Sotty7 nailed both scum twice as the Cop/designated stalemate breaker; she really came through.

(11)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Newbie 685	nonny	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Day 3	Mafia Win D3	0/2	Oct 28 2008 - Jan 22 2008 (86)	Replaced Oswaldian Tournet D1
I freely confess I had no idea who the scum were in this game; everybody except the obvNKs were scummy. Toward the end of the game, I noticed that someone was (I thought) catching failure arguments and was on the verge of being lynched, so I intervened with a better case of my own. 'Turns out the people I accused were the other two Townies and as a result I didn't even give the extremely pro-Town player (in everyone's eyes) the chance to bus his partner (the person I thought was getting scumlynched). This one was entirely on me.

(10)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 670: Kirby Mafia	MafiaSSK	Gooey the Mason	Killed Night 2	Town Win D5	0/2	Sept 13 2008 - Nov 11 2008 (59)	Original Player
This was the fourth game I joined, and it coincidentally gave me a way to connect to Natirasha, my Neighbor partner and an old arch-rival from elsewhere. Except... well, being a Neighbor with Natirasha sounds funny until it happens to you. He wasn't confirmed, but seriously, he was Kirby - his name was in all the Vanilla PMs as a pro-Town figure. This game taught me to shop for mods and players over themes, and was vampirized by idiot Townies (of which I eventually became) and flakers. By the time D2 was half-over, nobody cared about the game. Nyeh.

(9)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
RealTime Mafia	SensFan -> Natirasha	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Day 2	Mod Canceled	1/1	Nov 11 2008 - Jan 03 2009 (53)	Original Player
In this game, players were encouraged to use as few words as possible. While it gave everyone a break from walls of text, it was a major hassle on the mods, who were both incapacitated IRL. Between the normal Large Game Lurking and the lack of mod presence, this game was granted a merciful death. I did well enough in this game, I thought.

(8)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 702: Serum and Steel	Nicol Bolas	Triskelion the Metal Fleet	Lynched Day 3	Town Win D4	1/2	Nov 26 2008 - Dec 16 2008 (20)	Replaced Timeater D2
A classic example of why pressuring (if not lynching) lurkers is good. Thirty pages of catfighting D1 were almost entirely Town vs. Town, and replacing for one of the least-favored people in the game was unpleasant. What was expected to be a Vi-quicklynch D3 (by the Town) turned into ten days of desperate heroism where I was ultimately lynched as SK (they couldn't peg me as Mafia). And the confusion suddenly ended D4 as everything was explained and the three-person LyLo took care of itself. The Town did enough things wrong that they won, in a sense...

(7)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Xyl's Relative Chaos	Xylthixlm	Townie	Killed Night 3	N. Mafia Win D5	1/1	Nov 1 2008 - Dec 9 2008 (38)	Original Player
One of my better moral victories; my position D1 focused on three people, two of which turned out to be scum. Unfortunately the two people I defended most were also scum, albeit on separate teams; one went to the gallows against my better judgment and the other hit me the night afterward for being his partner. Ironically, the two scum in my three-person focus roleblocked me and rendered me voteless D1 and D2, for naught! It's good to be considered a threat, especially when vanilla~

(6)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 687: Time Abuse Mafia	Grandfather Time	Surgeon (Loyal) -> Fourth Dimensional Cultist	Killed Night 2 (Timelines B & C)	Capitalists & Cult Win D4	1/1	Oct 18 2008 - Dec 7 2008 (50)	Original Player
A strange, strange game where no night actions went through until the actor killed himself at a specified time. My role was basically one of the most useless, if not by the book then certainly by the protects I made (mostly to scum). I won brownie points for standing up for an obvious mislynch, but lost them by not chasing down f-light-scum after her obvious partner got lynched. I won because Natirasha was kind enough to recruit me into his cult - before telling the truth about his role (the first time!). Hilarious flavor text though.

(5)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 669	Cream147	Mafia Goon	Endgamed Night 3	Mod Abandoned	N/A	Sept 7 2008 - Dec 3 2008 (87)	Original Player
My first game as scum. I was the designated killer, but (inexplicably at the time) none of my kills went through. (Ironically, I was being jailkept as most pro-Town both nights...) Combined with the Town pushing what amounted to policy lynches, the result was a painfully slow game where the Town had zero information to work with. We could have won if D4 had ended in a mislynch, FWIW.

(4)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Newbie 678: Anytown Mafia	Ectomancer -> Mr. Flay	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Day 2	Player Abandoned	0/1	Oct 13 2008 - Nov 19 2008 (36)	Replaced Douglas D1
Another Newbie game I replaced into that got abandoned and canceled. I was on an obvious policy lynch wagon, and then went after a promising IC target who turned out to be Town. Le sigh.

(3)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Newbie 644: Kodak City, Muffin District	yellowbounder	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Night 2	Mod Canceled	0/1	Sept 10 2008 - Oct 12 2008 (32)	Replaced Chairoscada D2
When I replaced in on Day 2, I put together some very nice cases against three of the six other players. All three of them were Town. Not my proudest moment. The game was canceled because a person replacing in for scum got a Town Role PM and vice versa. Still, a great game by scum - they probably would have won if the game had continued.

(2)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 644: Meerkat Manor Mafia	Rishi	Kinkajou the Babysitter (Whiskers)	Killed Night 2	Whiskers Win D5	1/1	Aug 25 2008 - Sept 4 2008 (10)	Replaced Bogre D2
I replaced into this game on Day 2 for an obvscum lurker... who turned out to be the Doctor. I nailed scum trying to pull a heroic drag-the-Town-down-but-never-get-replaced tactic, but got NKd afterward. This turned out to be my first win as Town, so I suppose I should take it even though I wasn't around for very long.

(1)

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Newbie 645: Mafia Massacre	Rishi	Vanilla Townie	Endgamed Day 4	Mafia Win D4	1/4	Jul 5 2008 - Sept 2 2008 (59)	Original Player
This was my first game here, and by sheer coincidence it turned out to be packed with people who were very experienced with Mafia and were using this game to get a feel for this site. The result was a phenomenal, yet nightmarishly tough game. Having read "typical" Newbie Games, I honestly prefer what I got. It was a trial by fire, and I came out of it considerably better as a player than I came in.

Ongoing Games by most recent entry

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Mafia	Tarhalindur	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Apr 12 2009 - present.	Original Player

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mafia 91 - Hell Aboard the Purple Flower	StrangerSSK	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Mar 28 2009 - present.	Replaced blizzire D1

Name	Moderator	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)	Entry
Mini 734 - GrimMafia	Grimmy	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Mar 25 2009 - present.	Replaced madame.fobs.hero D3

Modded Games by most recent start date

Mini 739 ~ Mafia Jailbreak
Mini Normal for 12 players. Semi-open; contains only Vanillas, Roleblockers, Watchers, Doctors, Jailers, and Serial Killers. Jailers are always Town. SKs are never Town (or Mafia for that matter).
Player Slot	Role	Fate	Decision	SWA	Time (Days)
bionicchop2	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 01 2009 - present.
Huntress	Vanilla Townie	Lynched Day 4	Pending	0/2	Feb 01 2009 - Apr 15 2009 (73)
iamausername	Townie Doctor	Killed Night 3	Pending	0/2	Feb 01 2009 - Mar 30 2009 (58)
Jahudo	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 01 2009 - present.
CF Riot <- Korts	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 11 2009 - present.
Moriarty147 <- My Milked Eek	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 15 2009 - present.
Trumpet of Doom <- OhGodMyLife	Vanilla Townie	Killed Night 2	Pending	0/0	Mar 12 2009 - Mar 23 2009 (11)
popsofctown	Vanilla Townie	Lynched Day 2	Pending	0/2	Feb 01 2009 - Mar 18 2009 (45)
RedCoyote	Townie Jailer	Lynched Day 1	Pending	0/1	Feb 01 2009 - Feb 26 2009 (26)
Rhinox	Vanilla Townie	Killed Night 1	Pending	0/1	Feb 01 2009 - Mar 01 2009 (28)
Rishi	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 01 2009 - present.
SpyreX	?	Currently Alive	Pending	?	Feb 01 2009 - present.

Avatar Log

Jun 29 2008 -> Sept 2 2008 (Endgamed Newbie 645): Jenna, from Golden Sun: The Lost Age.
Sept 2 2008 -> Sept 4 2008 (NKd Mini 644): Olga Orly, from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
Sept 4 2008 -> Oct 12 2008 (Canceled Newbie 644): Kristoph Gavin, from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
Oct 12 2008 -> Nov 11 2008 (NKd Mini 670): Reisen Udongein Inaba, from Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night.
Nov 11 2008 -> Nov 19 2008 (Canceled Newbie 678): Shiki Misaki(?), from The World Ends With You.
Nov 19 2008 -> Dec 03 2008 (Canceled Mini 669): Wing Kirby, from Kirby Super Star.
Dec 03 2008 -> Dec 08 2008 (NKd Mini 687): Marx, from Kirby Super Star.
Dec 08 2008 -> Dec 09 2008 (NKd Xyl's R. Chaos): Eirin Yagokoro, from Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night.
Dec 09 2008 -> Dec 15 2008 (Lynched Mini 702): Waddle Dee, from Kirby Super Star.
Dec 16 2008 -> Dec 24 2008 (Nuked MSMafia III): Triskelion, a Neolithic symbol (flavored with GIMP).
Dec 24 2008 -> Jan 03 2009 (Canceled R-Time): Lavos, from Chrono Trigger.
Jan 03 2009 -> Jan 15 2009 (NKd Mini 667): Dratini, from the Pokémon anime.
Jan 15 2009 -> Jan 22 2009 (Endgamed Newbie 685): Patchouli Knowledge, from Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial and Missing Power.
Jan 22 2009 -> Feb 01 2009 (Lynched Mafia 87): Nitori Kawashiro, from Touhou Fujinroku: Mountain of Faith.
Feb 01 2009 -> Feb 03 2009 (Suicided Mini 725): Lana Skye, from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Feb 03 2009 -> Mar 15 2009 (NKd Mini 729): Richard Nixon, from when he was a United States Congressman.
Mar 15 2009 -> Mar 19 2009 (NKd Newbie 733): Mia Fey, from Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations.
Mar 19 2009 -> Mar 27 2009 (Endgamed Mafia 89): Mia, from Golden Sun.
Mar 27 2009 -> Apr 04 2009 (Suicided Mini 725): Mia, from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Apr 04 2009 -> Apr 16 2009 (Lynched US Election): Prinny, from Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
Apr 16 2009 -> Present: Barack Obama, as rendered by Shepard Fairey.

Future avatars may include:

• Sonja, from Advance Wars
• Viera Summoner or Moogle Time Mage, from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
• Vera Misham, from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
• Utsuho Reiuji, from Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism
• Pent, from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword
• Reisen U. Inaba (again), from Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
• Felix or Jenna (again), from Golden Sun: The Lost Age
• Jack or Luna Luna, from Bust-a-Move '99
• Gato or Zeal, from Chrono Trigger

Graffiti permitted below this line

HEY, VoVvy! --Nati
Hey Nati! I wonder who else I'll run into here...

where are all da ladies @?
bro, u in da wrong place fo that shiz.

wow, did you see where Scientific American defended marriage between first cousins? check it out: http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=incest-may-not-be-best-but-marriage-2008-12-22
I have now. Someone on another site I go to makes a point of making a topic every few months about why exactly incest is illegal, so I was kind of wondering about the subject already. Interesting read as always.

So Vi, I've never been able to find a real answer on this. No offense intended, but are you a guy or a girl? - Hascow
I prefer to leave that open - that's why there's no real answer to be found. Of course, this also means I don't mind how you address me.