mastin2

mastin2 is an alt created by Mastin on her scumday, October Eighth. At the time, she had left the site from regular play, and no longer felt comfortable using the name Mastin. She created an alternate account, mastin2, because it was a name she was more comfortable being, and resolved to use it if she ever decided to return to playing, redeeming her past failures in the effort. When she did return, she played a few names under the name Mastin to prepare for the switch, ultimately making it slightly early after making a promise--a gambit, a bet, she lost, but followed through on. Aside from a couple of brief vacations, she has been playing consistently under the name since 2011.

Disclaimer: Abandon ship! Abandon ship! Wiki is horribly out of date, and Mastin does not wish to go through the effort of editing in her 130+ game history.

A project to update this wiki page is currently under way.

Name

Contrary to popular belief, "mastin2" is not "Mastin" with a 2 added to the end. (That would be Mastin2.) The name mastin2 comes from the Artix Entertainment forums, Mastin's point of origin, where she was originally known by that name. She referred to herself as Mastin, and thus, used that name when migrating to mafiascum.net, but she feels more comfortable as the original name.

Usage

After going on hiatus in 2009, Mastin decided to create an account on her scumday to use upon her return, to feel more comfortable as a player. However, Mastin feared she was a Village Idiot still when returning initially, and did not want to taint her new account's name. Newbie 1024 marked her return to the site, but she did not use the name mastin2 until he was more comfortable, after There Will Be Bloodshed. Though a bit premature (as certain games demonstrated), she was settled in enough to risk it. Lovers Mafia marked her first game under the new name.

Games

Mastin has approximately 120 confirmed games between alts, hydras, and his main. Though he has promised to update this wiki section eventually, it is not a project he has in mind for the near-future.

Modding

Mastin has completed one game under the name mastin2, and is currently in the process of modding his first Large Normal. As with the Games section above, he has promised updates in the distant-future. However, he has a few games planned for the immediate future.

In Final Stages

Weekday Mafia

A Mini Theme planned as Mastin's next game, to follow the completion of Maniacal Street Mafia.

TVTropes Mafia, Mini Theme

Note: Mastin did not create this setup. He saw in Twistedspoon's signature "Coming Soon: TVTropes Mafia (in brainstorming phase)" and asked to come into the project. Since then, he has been among the setup's designers, but he did not create the game or the idea.

Coming Eventually

A currently unnamed Large Theme

Planned to follow Weekday Mafia.

Mastin's Mostly Mountainous Mean Mod Mafia (Mini Theme)

A case of delivering exactly what it promises, the setup is mostly mountainous. The elements which are not mountainous are bastard modding, which Mastin prefers to call "Mean Modding" ever since Battle Mage's Mean Mod game.

Writer's Mafia, Mini Theme

An old idea of Mastin's, which he is a bit anxious to revive.

EpicMafia, Mini (Theme)

Mastin spent a significant amount of his career on EpicMafia, and is not ashamed to admit it. He misses the old EpicMafia, and wishes to create a game (or series of games) inspired by favorite setups of his on EpicMafia.

• Mastin Guarantees that the setup's inspiration will not come from any setup made after 2009. 2009 is where Mastin did most of his playing, so the setup will have been 2009 or older.

• As fun as they are, most third party roles on EpicMafia are practically a tabboo on MafiaScum.net. Mastin guarantees that the (first, at least) EpicMafia game will not contain any third party roles other than possibly Serial Killer.

• Mastin intends for the setup to be semi-open, in that the exact wording of all Role PMs and how their actions will be displayed is known. Things like "A bullet hits your vest! You cannot survive another hit!" And as close to the role's EpicMafia description as he can get.

• Working from the above, Mastin intends to keep the flavor the same rough level as well--one-liners in the format of "X, a Y, has died a bloody death."

• Some roles which work great on EpicMafia just don't transition well into forum mafia. For instance, short of forcing everyone in the game to sign up as a mod-given alt, there's no way to pull off the EpicMafia's Disguiser role. Other roles which might theoretically work such as the Yakuza are still not that viable.

• Mastin has a general idea of which setups he'll be adapting, but he is still very much open to suggestions. PM mastin2 if you have interest in furthering this idea of his.

Distant Future

Majesty Mafia, Large Theme

Based on the old computer game Majesty (and Majesty: The Northern Expansion), Mastin is currently in the planning phases of this game. Please PM him or leave a comment on this wiki page if you are interested in this project.

Life of a Mortal Mafia, Mini Theme

Mastin plans to time it so that he moderates this game as close to the release date of his novel as he possibly can, as a celebration, a "grand opening" of sorts. He won't do it before the novel comes out, and would prefer to have no more than a month between the novel coming out and moderating. The setup's details are more or less in his head, but they are still far from solid.

Signatures

Mastin tends to prefer to keep his signatures the same, but does occasionally have them changed.

Coded

What the code for his signatures has been.

First Signature

[i]We let bad dominate us. We all have good in us. Question is, when doing bad, is it silent, or is it [b]created[/b]? Is it there, or formed after a bad deed? No matter what, one thing remains: The thing we seek most...is redemption...[/i]

^Made after Mastin's retirement, this signature was essentially meant to show Mastin's eventual goal: he wanted to become a good player, to redeem himself for the negative reputation he had gained.

Displayed

What is actually in his signature, at least, an approximation of it.

First Signature

We let bad dominate us. We all have good in us.

Question is, when doing bad, is it silent, or is it created? Is it there, or formed after a bad deed?

No matter what, one thing remains:

The thing we seek most...is redemption...

Second Signature

• Mastin's second signature was created by two events occuring simultaneously: Tricycle Mafia and a Mini Game, both which boosted his confidence in himself and made himself feel like an accomplished scumhunter, albeit one who was still growing. The signature is:

Must I say it? I am Mastin. My Motivation is to stop Moronic towns from Mislynching. M'kay?

(Yes, I like the letter M. :P)

"It's not my job to be convincing; it's my job to be right."

• The first half refers to something about Mastin's style of play he discovered in There Will Be Bloodshed, which continued into Mirror Mafia. (Both times as Calcifer.) Mastin might occasionally stop a scum lynch, but far more often than not, he halts "Moronic Mislynches", on easy targets.

• The second half refers to Mastin's lack of communication skills. While he is well aware he's frequently on to something, he lacks the charisma to get people to follow him.

• Variants: Mastin's Second Signature is still currently in place. However, it has since further evolved to include more in it.

• • I'm a wallcaholic.

• • • This piece of the signature was added after a comment from Nacho in Werewolf Island sparked Mastin to realize that Walling is, indeed, akin to an addiction to him. Unable to resist the urge to turn it into a pun, he soon created this saying, and figured it would be best added to his signature.

• • I'm a fountain of knowledge; vast experience allows me to teach. You best listen to me, or later wish you had.

• • • This final piece of Mastin's signature refers to an old aspect of Mastin which was recently revived, at the end of Mirror Mafia: Mastin loves to teach. Mastin has stated in the past, "if there is one thing I can take Pride in, it's Teaching". To honor this, he thought it was definitely signature-worthy. With roughly forty games worth of experience, in which he covers the full spectrum of "best town scumhunter" all the way to "worst VI ever", his multiple experiences as scum, his time away from the site pondering new strategies, his reading up on older games, his memorization of the wiki, and his fondness for MD, Mastin has a lot of wisdom, a unique insight into the game allowing him to teach even some experienced veterans a few new tricks. Additionally, this addon to his signature also ties into the original part, about being right--people will regret not having listened to him later, when Mastin was telling them exactly what they needed to do.

Quotes

Mastin has had a lot said about him since the switchover. Memorable instances will be placed here.

Mastin's walls were epic. He had me almost convinced, and I knew from the mod that he was scum.---Pine.

Hiatus

Mastin wanted to post this message in his signature, but had to cut it back due to the character limit:

When playing [url=http://mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18344]as scum[/url], [url=http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/bRM7pMfaf3kNZ]I realized[/url] that my play had degraded to a level resembling the very Village Idiot [url=http://mafiascum.net/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10169]I swore to never be again[/url].

This realization means that I will not be playing in any new games, except for on request and/or as a hydra. I will still be modding (a LOT :P), I'll finish all of my current games and give them my all, but consider me effectively semi-retired until I complete this soul-search.

The game linked to--Flash Mafia3--describes in great detail the similarities between new-mastin2 and old-Mastin, and how they are too close for Mastin's level of comfort. He has sworn that he will not leave the site, nor will he allow himself to get too rusty, but he has sworn he will not join any new game by himself. He will still play by request--a common tactic many Scummers use--but not sign up for a new game otherwise. He might consider taking the initiative if he has the promise of a reliable hydra partner. But he is terrified that if he gives in to the temptation to join a single game, he will join five more within a month. With his current sub-par level of play, Mastin refuses to let this happen.

Mastin intends instead to keep working as a mod, and to perhaps keep in touch with MD some more, and perhaps read the occasional game, as he used to. Those activities which he did on his first hiatus are what allowed for Mastin to have a leap of confidence and start playing again; Mastin hopes that by using them again, he might be able to duplicate their success and make him a good player again, rather than the Village Idiot he sees himself having become again. He simply does not wish to ruin another game like he did the first time he site-flaked.

Back in business

Encouraged by successes, Mastin returned to the game and has been playing steadily since. He has cut back on his game load significantly, but is not absent.

Mafia Discussion

Mastin is currently in the process of writing a book on MD theory, to cover all of his work over the years. Initial stages began on July 25th, 2013. As of that date, he has currently been nominated for the Professor Mafia scummy owing to his work during 2013 that he hopes to put into the book.

The majority of his work can be found in the link at the bottom of this page, under the category "MastinMD".

Gender

Mastin prefers to be called by the female gender, as of her reveal.

Comments

Mastin asks that any and all comments for mastin2's Wiki Page to please remain in this section, where they are easier to track.

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