Green Crayons

Reality is inherently objective.

However, the very act of witnessing reality and the people, actions, emotions and events that construct that reality makes existence an exceptionally murky, subjective ocean of questions. Much of what we know - and, indeed, much of what we assume to know - comes from the retelling of stories from others. Historical events, theological theories, philosophical assertions - each is a story propogated by society. Words are truly the source of power. Many of the underpinnings of our everyday lives rely upon these stories being true, regardless of how far from objective reality they may be. Indeed, objective reality may truly be a state we not only can't hope to understand, but maybe we shouldn't even attempt to try. Objective reality is meaningless unless if the story itself affects the individual.

But, nonetheless, we persist in our attempt to find the "truth" of matters - even while that very attempt usually takes us further away from the truth and just one step closer to a constructed notion of what that reality was.

Mafia is an excellent case study.

Mafia Game History

A brief history lesson.

Mafiascum.net Game History

All games prior to Mafiascum.net's first crash were lost. This crash was when mafiascum.net was new, hip site on the scene and still had issues with server problems - much like young adults and their adjustment issues when they go into their first class in high school and there's an awkward silence of having started to feel the effects of puberty over the summer so now all the pasty boys are having these strange and wild urges towards the girls but harbor the notion that the pizza-slice of a face that they're sporting might very well be a stomach-churning turn off for potential mates. ...Something like that, I do believe, yes.

Of course, such things (server issues) are unheard of in this day and age on Mafiascum. Kind of like the American Depression. You know it was bad, but the best you can relate to it are the stories your grandparents told you about the hardships their parents had to endure. Ah well. Of the games lost, it includes my first game where jeep (scum) totally got me (townie) lynched just because I was new and he was established. And a more lengthy writer. It had no impact on how I played, honest engine. It also includes perhaps the best and most fun game of mafia I have ever experienced, bar none: cuban smoker's Time Travel Mafia (mini). I was scum with jeep and one other and it was hold-no-bars awesome. Can't remember who won, though. Perhaps the highlight of my mafia career was in that game just from the sheer amount of fun to be had from the craziness of it all.

Weep with me for our loss of these relics.

Game	Game Classification	Moderator	Start Date	End Date	Role	Alignment	W/L/D	Player Status
Intrigue Mafia	Large Normal 10	cuban smoker	03/06/03	05/30/04	Retired Bodyguard (3-Time Martyr Doc)	Town	Loss	D4 Sacrifice
London Mafia	Large Theme	Leonidas	04/17/03	11/29/03	The Duke of Kent (Mason)	Town	Win	N5 SK Kill
No Frills Mafia	Mini 47	MeMe	07/24/03	08/27/03	Townie	Town	Loss	N2 Mafia Kill
Lagootany Mafia	Mini 54	mikehart	08/31/03	Abandoned by Mod	FBI Agent (Selective Cop)	Town	Draw	Alive
The Aftermath Mafia	Mini 97	massive	03/14/04	05/02/04	Town Mayor (Hider/RBer)	Town	Loss	Killed Endgame
(Unnamed) Mini	Mini 109	gslamm	05/04/04	06/18/04	Lawyer (one-shot lynch protector)	Town	Loss	Killed Endgame
Siege of San Quida	Large 23	Dasquian	05/25/04	03/30/04	Henchman	Mafia	Loss	N3 SK Kill
Mad Mafia	Mini 118	Someone	06/24/04	Abandoned by Mod	Sanity Cop	Town	Draw	Alive
Back to Gambits II	Large 45	Mr Stoofer	12/18/05	03/03/06	Mafia Scum	Mafia	Loss	D4 Lynch
The Siege on Harrogath	Mini 266	~deathsquiggle~	12/19/05	03/28/06	Barbarian Warrior (vanilla)	Town	Loss	N? Mafia Kill
(Unnamed) Mini	Mini 269	halo freak	12/31/05	03/23/06	Mafia Scum	Mafia	Win	Alive
Werewolf Mafia	Mini 381	Rathyr	10/01/06	Abandoned by Mod	Townie	Town	Draw	Alive
PS2SUXZ! Mafia	Large Theme	mikeburnfire	10/10/06	--	Kirby	Mafia (Nintendo Group)	--	Replaced (epic fail)
Fairytale Mafia	Mini 391	chaotic_diablo	11/14/06	02/22/07	Pinocchio (Cop)	Town	Win	Alive
Royal Family Mafia	Large Theme	petroleumjelly	11/06/06	10/01/07	Court Jester (Mafia Spy)	Mafia	Win	N1 Mafia Kill
Boost Mafia	Mini 692	Patrick	10/20/08 (replaced into D1)	04/23/09	Mafia Encryptor	Mafia	Loss	N3 Vig Kill
Office Supplies Mafia	Mini 694	SensFan	10/21/08	12/16/08	Office Computer (SK)	Third Party	Loss	N1 Kill
Cops and Robbers Mafia	Mini 707	Charter	11/13/08	01/30/09	Cop (Sane)	Town	Loss	N3 Kill
Sanity Ensues Mafia	Mini 743	springlullaby	02/05/09	03/24/09	Roleblocker	Mafia	Win	Alive
Bleach Mafia: Karakura Town	Mini 760	OhGodMyLife	03/14/09	05/01/09	Miller turned Scum RBer	Scum (alignment switch)	Loss	N4 Kill
Risk Mafia	Mini 769	rajrhcpfreak	03/28/09	ongoing	---	---	---	---
Mafia in Ludd	Mini 771	vollkan	03/29/09	ongoing	---	---	---	---

Greylabyrinth.com Game History

It was only in compiling the information for this table that this user realized just how many games he has played in or actually took the time to watch that was created and moderated by Amb (or conversed at length with Amb about a crazy new setup idea he had knocking about in that head of his). Amb is awesome but doesn't visit MafiaScum (sticking to GreyLabyrinth, where mafia activity has died off), which makes this user incredibly sad. His unique set-ups, roles and general laid back New Zealand mindset will forever make him a favorite mafia fiend of this user. Plus he totally got this user into Cricket, which is just about the best sport ever.

Game	Start Date	End Date	Role / Alignment	Win / Lose / Draw	Living or CoD
Degenerate's Anarchy in the USA Mafia	10/22/02	12/11/02	Mason / Town	Win	Survived
Courk's Football Mafia	11/10/02	02/02/03	Cop / Town	Win	Survived
Amb's Vanilla Mafia	11/28/02	12/22/02	Doctor / Town	Win	Survived
Amb's Designer Mafia	01/02/03	02/08/03	Ventriloquist / Town	Loss	D1 Lynch
Dragon Phoenix 's Rock and Pop Mafia (the Sequel)	01/03/03	02/28/03	Anthrax / Mafia	Loss	D4 Lynch
PuzzleProdigy's Pearls of Lutra Mafia	02/06/03	Abandoned by Mod	Grath Longfletch (vig) / Town	Draw	N1 Kill
Amb's Entomology Mafia	01/09/03	09/22/03	Bee (vig) / Town	Loss	N2 Kill
Amb's Designer Mafia II	02/14/03	06/08/03	Role Blocker / Mafia	Loss	D8 Lynch
mole's Perpetual Mafia	02/24/03	Abandoned by Mod	??	Draw	Survived
Sebastian's Invasion Mafia	03/05/03	05/28/03	Military Medic (cop) / Town	Win	D3 Lynch
Courk's Clue Mafia	07/28/03	10/30/03	Mr. Apple / Mafia	Win	D7 Lynch
Dragon Phoenix 's Movie Mafia	11/07/03	01/23/04	Norman Bates / Monster Mafia	--	Replaced
Dragon Phoenix 's James Bond Mafia	01/03/06	04/06/06	Q (doc-ish) / Town	Loss	D4 Lynch
filibuster's Lost Mafia	11/11/06	02/08/07	Alex Rousseau / Mafia	Loss	D3 Lynch
Amb's Deep South IV: Calvin & Hobbes Mafia	11/21/06	05/03/07	Calvin's Bicycle / Serial Killer	Loss	Backfired Suicide
Amb's Cop Mini Mafia	01/27/07	04/12/07	Jon Baker (Role Blocker) / Town	Win	Survived
The Great Crep'er's Memory Mafia	09/26/08	Abandoned by Mod	Mr. Friendly / Mafia	Draw	Survived

Testimonials

"And if I was the maf, I would have killed GC too. ... He was active, logical, and aggressive."
-Porkens, Mini 694: Office Supplies Mafia

"Are you an android/robot?"
-elvis_knits, ITT we fawn over pretty girls

"I guess you're the type of guy who thinks when guys get into fights they're being strong and awesome, when girls have a strong opinion and stand up for it they're flying into weird fits of rage."
-elvis_knits, ITT we fawn over pretty girls

"Green Crayons, despite being a bit of a lurkerscum earlier in the game, had seemingly infinite bullshit power day 3."
-springlullaby, Mafia 743: Sanity Ensues