warren42

My role changed. The issue with the last game was because although GP was told we were mafia teammates, I was told I was a town role. Don't want to disclose what that role was so as to not give mafia more information, but if someone claims it I'll be able to verify that their character and role align.

Apparently people don't realize it's not simply anime = animated

Death Note

I've never interacted with Alec so I'm not going to weigh in on this but that doesn't exactly mean much. Noob sniping and stuff can get you up there pretty easily.

Enough of this RVS stuff. Let's try a conversation that might get us going.

Lynching inactives tells us nothing and if I lose because we mislynch people that are playing instead of those that are AFK, I don't feel like I've lost because they aren't doing anything.

Lynching inactives is lazy and advances the mafia wincon. I think either mharman or oromagi are mafia, but doubt it's both, because I don't see them being bold enough to team up immediately in the thread.

Hi guys! As you may or may not know/remember, we sent a representative (me) to the Mafia Championships over on Mafia Universe for Season 6. The Mafia Championships feature representatives from over 180 mafia communities competing to be crowned the best mafia player in the world! This is my second time representing, as I went on behalf of DDO last year. Prior to my representation, Yraelz got third place in Season 4.

If you would like to spectate the remaining games head over to Mafia Universe! Two of the first-round games are still underway, and the semi-finals and finals have yet to unfold! Whether you'd like to see (mostly) high-caliber players duke it out for fun, or learn from other communities, it's very entertaining! If you decide to watch, you can also join the Mafia Universe Discord Chat and ask to join the spectator chat!

Thank you to you guys for nominating me, and I hope I can continue to represent our site well!

Who are you from DDO?

Ye

 

You guys are the nominees. If you do not wish to be considered please say so

You guys seemed to have some level of interest in the nomination thread, so I figured I'd tag you.

My vote is for Virtuoso.

Nominees:

Budda

Coal (YYW)

Danielle

Virtuoso

Warren

Whoever gets the most votes will be the representative, second will be backup, and if either of those people do not wish to or are unable to participate, we will continue down the list. Voting will close this Friday at 11:59 EST.

It’s subjective. Each preliminary game has one person advance directly to the finals and either one or two to semifinals based on a vote of the players in the game. From there, a “jury” composed of the finalists from the previous season fills out the remaining spots in the semis.

I'd like to think I did well. I did not advance from my preliminary game. About 30% of players do, and my game advanced about 10% of that 30%, so my particular game was very competitive. I believe that of the 170+ players, we had at least 3 of the finalists.

So essentially I did alright but not great.

He was ThinkBig. Definitely all good options. I will say it is quite time consuming. I spent probably four or more hours a day on it.

I nominate Virtuoso, as he was supposed to be the DDO rep last year and was unable to.

It is a world championship where over 150 (maybe even over 200) different sites send representatives to compete in a series of mafia games. I was the representative for debate.org last year, and it was an awesome experience. Before me, Yraelz represented debate.org and was a top 3 finisher in the entire tournament.

Hello all! We will be sending a representative to the Mafia Universe Season 6 championships. The deadline to select a representative is April 26. We will accept nominations until Monday, 4/15 and vote on the nominees at that point. Anyone who has played at least one mafia game on DART is eligible.

Yeah I’d still play

Not necessarily true but I’m too lazy to find stuff to prove it. It’s in large part because of our presence (because the groups we prop up end up being that same group that fills the vacuum) but regardless, we can’t stay in the region forever, and that’s our alternative in a world where we never pull out

3. I've been having a bit of a political identity crisis since Trump's election, and it's taken me forever to get a good answer here. I still don't know if this one is sufficient, but I'll give my general ideologies. I most align with the Libertarian Party, but Trump has pushed me left. I am pretty libertarian as far as the authoritarian/libertarian divide, and slightly to the left. Some issues about which I am most passionate are environmental matters, which are some of the few places I'm willing to allow substantial regulation. Environmental issues impact everyone, so they can be treated as a matter of public health. You can prolong the time you're immune to certain hazards from climate change and the like, but in the end they will affect you. Furthermore, they disproportionately affect those who are already disenfranchised. By focusing on environmental matters you do have a social impact also.

Civil rights are also very important, both in the sense most people think of them (minority groups) and with respect to all Americans (free speech, privacy, etc.) I'm too lazy to explain this because honestly if you don't agree with the former and at least to an extent on the latter, you don't deserve the right to vote.

I'm losing motivation to continue. I think we should pull out of the Middle East. Our mission has failed to stabilize the region and each time it seems we make progress a new terror group fills the power vacuum. We're wasting time, money, and lives.

I’ll play though it seems we’ll struggle to fill it

1. In the immediate future my goals are centered around the Indiana Golden Gloves boxing tournament. I took up boxing almost two years ago when I was in a very bad place mentally. It allows a healthy outlet for me to release anger and frustration. My head is always clear after I go to the gym. Because I want to prove something to myself I signed up for the aforementioned tournament, which is essentially the state championship for amateurs.

a) In order to accomplish my goal of winning the tournament, I must eat healthily, exercise daily, and drive an hour to my gym at least once a week to spar. I am 6'3" and ~192 pounds, so I will be fighting heavyweight, which goes to 201 before crossing the "super-heavyweight" threshold. I must not put on weight to the point where I'm in that range, or I will be fighting people much taller and larger than I am. This should not be a concern though, because the most I have ever weighed is 197.

b) I must avoid slipping out of my routine. I usually drive to the gym at around 4:00 PM on Thursdays, which gets me there between 5:00 and 5:30. I train from 6-8 then stay the night up there and go back for another session at 6:00 AM on Friday. Last week I skipped the Friday session because my hand hurt from the night before, and I need to ensure this will not happen again.

c) Sparring sessions will be the biggest metric as to my progress. I usually spar someone who weighs less than I do, so it isn't a perfect science. I like to record them so I can see what I'm doing right or wrong. I usually review it with my coaches so that they can point things out I might not notice. My usual sparring partner and I also always discuss what we saw during the round afterward.

In the next year I am hoping to put together a career fair for the student club of which I am the president. I have been contacting sports business professionals and though it will likely be intimate, with only 5-10 employers, it will hopefully help our young members. Additionally, I will be looking to enter the professional world after graduating. My degree will be in Marketing, Sales, and *probably* Sustainable Business.

a) To achieve a successful career fair, I need to continue to stay in touch with the representatives from the companies and be clear about the details. I don't want them to expect I will be covering travel costs or hotels, so I must communicate that effectively. I have already contacted the majority of people I expect to attend, and have surveyed the members of our club to see what types of teams/companies and departments they would like to see at the event.

To get hired in a field in which I wish to work, I must begin to network and talk to people now. I aim to work for either an NBA/NFL team or something along the lines of Columbia, Patagonia, REI, The National Park Service, etc. I have secured an internship with a minor league baseball team in their sales department for this summer. Because of this, I see myself being more likely to end up going the sports route, even though I might prefer to do the outdoorsy path instead.

b) I must avoid procrastination on both counts. I need to be applying for postgraduate positions early; talking to managers and recruiters constantly and finding which companies and locations are a good cultural fit for me.

c) I don't really know for this. I think as long as I stay on task with the career fair I will know I'm on track to succeed. As far as finding employment, I guess if I am applying by mid-fall and having interviews shortly thereafter, I should be in a good position.

Long term my goals are to be in a location I enjoy (probably west) with some degree of financial stability and hopefully having been promoted. This is more abstract for me at the moment, though, so I don't think I can answer the a, b, c parts.

I judged only one policy round at state this past weekend but NEG ran a Shutdown DA focused on the fact that since immigration is such a contentious topic any minor changes will lead to a prolonging of the shutdown and millions starving due to lack of access to food stamps and millions being evicted because they can’t pay rent without their government paycheck or HUD assistance. Didn’t know if this was common now.

Right. Like moral values? Economic values? Political values? Do you mean what the US/world values or should value? I get the main idea behind the question but

Could you explain the second one a bit more?

The high school debate event policy

For the shutdown question I meant the policy debate topic, sorry if that wasn’t clear.

Title says it. AMA.

1. You've probably gotten this already but who would you like to see as the Democratic nominee in 2020?

2. You've been bullish on Trump's impeachment. Many of your predictions haven't come true in a timely manner. How do you feel now?

3. Do you think Clinton will run again?

4. If you could choose one Republican that would be our next president, who would you most like (or least hate) to see?

5. If you had to pick ONE thing that has been Trump's worst effect on our country, what would it be?

6. If you had to pick ONE thing that has been Trump's best effect on our country, what would it be?

7. Why did you not make your username YYW again? Why did you make it coal?

8. How do you think the shutdown affected the policy topic? Has it shifted the balance in any way? What about now that the shutdown is over but another one allegedly looms?

9. Who would win in a fight in a larger UFC-style cage? A polar bear or a gorilla? (For reference gorillas have stronger bite strength and are stronger, but polar bears are larger and heavier)

10. Is Pulp Fiction an overrated movie?

Marketing, Sales, and either {Sustainable Business or Business Law, Ethics, and Decision Making}

So essentially a two-tier system of debates, debaters, and judges?

Definitely should be immediate modkill. You can post a second time with an asterisk if you want to correct something.

Yes

And moth is an MU user, I can contact him there if you'd like

Same moth?

I won't full claim, but my character is lotion.

No, you soft-claimed. I want my full claim.

I already claimed!

VTL Warren for claim. Since we know I'm lynchproof or popular, we need to be careful. If it's the latter, this puts him at L-1.

Day is ending soon and I'm no closer to solving. I don't have a single wagon, and I just have a soft claim from myself and know that warren is either popular or lynchproof. This town sucks.

This is masturbation mafia. It is only fitting.

Ok so Warren is popular or lynchproof. Unvote

Way to ruin the game. I’ll self vote and end it. VTL WARREN

I won’t hardclaim but my character is something whose primary purpose is not this

Well it is

That intro post feels forced. I want warren’s Character claim.

Morning everyone. I win with the town in case there’s a lie detector

/in 

That's not true. Just because it's the size of beginners games doesn't make it incompatible with a normal game. It's probably used for beginners games in large part because it's usually going to be shorter since there are fewer players and because there are rarely more than a handful of new players at the same time here. Neither of these make it a bad size for a normal game, just a good size for a beginners game. There are plenty of 9 player games on every site I've played mafia on (5+).

Can you give any reasons other than "It's the same size as beginners games"

What's your obsession with a 10th slot? 9 player games are standard and considered to be good games on just about every site