Umlaut

Prefer to be a Pro-Mafia Player.

I'm just this guy, you know?

I'm a longtime player and a relative newbie all at once. I started playing Mafia when it was introduced to my old message board by mith himself, before MS was even a thing. But I played maybe 4-5 games total there, quit years ago, and only started playing again on MS in 2015.

I consider myself a better scum player than a town player, probably because I'm better at being townread than I am at actually forming correct reads and being scum relieves me of the need to do the latter. This is something I'm working on.

As of March 2017, I have never been lynched on MafiaScum, and never been mislynched in any game of forum Mafia anywhere. Personally I don't think this should be read into too much, but it's still fun to mention. (Update: Both these streaks ended in April 2017.)

My played games

2017
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Open 679: Jungle Oligarchy Type Moderator Faction Role Entry Fate Outcome Open davesaz Mafia Goon Night 1 Survived Mafia Win 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.
Mini 1852 Type Moderator Faction Role Entry Fate Outcome Mini Theme vonflare Town Mason Day 4 Killed Night 4 Werewolf and Jester Win Replaced into a self-described bastard game and immediately regretted it. Not much else to say about this one. Don't replace into dumpster fires, kids.
Micro 667: Chosen Mafia Type Moderator Faction Role Entry Fate Outcome Micro ChaosOmega Town Townie Day 2 Survived Town Win 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. 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.

My modded games

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.