mafia championship A Knock from Outside the Cosmere

[Araris Valerian he/him]

I'm gonna decline. I haven't actually played a game in a while, so even if I had the time/energy I think I'm too out of practice to perform well.

I'll set up a poll in a couple of days, currently it would be between Ash and Aet

[Kasimir he/him]

45 minutes ago, Araris Valerian said:

I'll set up a poll in a couple of days, currently it would be between Ash and Aet

The only one who accepted was Ash... We might have a problem here  

[Araris Valerian he/him]

51 minutes ago, Kasimir said:

The only one who accepted was Ash... We might have a problem here  

Whoops. I misread the username on that post, since it wasn't a green Luke. Darn young folks changing their profiles. 

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

8 hours ago, Stick. said:

The Unknown Flame - declined
Ashbringer - accepted 
@Sart
|TJ| - declined
@Steeldancer
A Jo in the Bush - super declined
Araris Valerian - declined
@Amanuensis
Aeoryi - declined
@Aeternum

Has anyone pinged these folks on the Discord?

[Ashbringer he/him]

Hey, my 17th Shard profile has been the same image shoved through many rounds of MS Powerpoint image editing the whole time!

[Stick. she/her]

1 hour ago, A Jo in the Bush said:

Has anyone pinged these folks on the Discord?

Good idea 

[Aeternum]

I'm willing, I'd rather be the backup because I'd prefer someone who has been around in the community more than I have to represent SE

Appreciate the nomination!

[Ashbringer he/him]

Ooh boy

[Amanuensis he/him]

On 3/24/2025 at 10:03 PM, The Unknown Flame said:

I doubt they'll have time, but obligatory

Amanuenis  @Amanuensis

Araris Valerian @Araris Valerian

Joe @A Jo in the Bush

A team this year.

Oh Lord Ruler no, never again haha

I nominate Ash!

[Kasimir he/him]

Atm it's de facto Ash/Aet right? Doesn't even need a vote since Aet does not want to be main rep?

[Stick. she/her]

If Sart/Steel don't respond to their noms then yeah I guess LOL

[Kasimir he/him]

...We've had weirder elections lol.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

Yeah, I'm going to officially close the nominations (and the voting by default). @Ashbringer will be our representative, and @Aeternum will be our backup.

As is tradition, feel free to bestow a gift upon our representative to aid them in their upcoming murder party. I offer Aralis's Skepticism, for when someone is saying something patently ridiculous and just needs to be told that to their face. You can also borrow one of his staves in case the message needs a reinforcing thwacking.

[Stick. she/her]

I’ll offer u a branch 

Use it to whack ur opps

[Aeoryi she/her]

I'll offer you a Jar of Blood. It's quite good at preserving spikes, but the spikes don't come included as you'll have to get your own during your travels.

[OoklaApologist She/her]

I offer you a old book. It has all the wisdom you need

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

I offer you My Corpse, throw it at the village and they'll fall hook, line, and exer.

[BridgeBoi]

I offer you a stick. 
It could be fire.

[neil the beguiled]

I'll offer you a Sense of Joyous Whimsy that will protect from those who tear you down.

[Kasimir he/him]

I offer you Kondik's Lerasium Spike*.

As long as you know who your bros are, you can create infinite spiking loops in which both of you become more powerful Villagers than the Elims can possibly imagine

If you don't know who your bros are, then well, I can't help you there  

 

 

*I'm aware you owe me a spike, maybe two spikes, we're pretending that never happened.

Edited April 9, 2025 by Kasimir

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Kasimir said:

I'm aware you owe me a spike, maybe two spikes, we're pretending that never happened

Debt is imaginary anyways. As long as the interest is accumulating, you're doing fine.

[Kasimir he/him]

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Flame said:

Debt is imaginary anyways. As long as the interest is accumulating, you're doing fine.

No thank you!

[|TJ| he/him]

I offer you the original coin that killed kandra!Araris giving rise to the legend that you have made as AraRaash. Go kandra-eat lots of players at the champs! :')

Edited April 22, 2025 by |TJ|

[Master Radishes]

Hi everyone! I’m just popping in to say that Ashbringer’s ‘Mafia Championship’ game has now started over on Mafia Universe. If anyone wants to follow along you can find the game thread here. 

 

 

This tournament is intended primarily as a social event to bring communities together, and to that end we have an active spectator chat on Discord where people from other communities are spectating their own representatives. We play along and try to solve the games on our own, make predictions and bets, and make fun of uh, I mean, cheer on the participants. Everyone is welcome to join! You can find our server here. (Just note the channel is kept private to keep the players out, but you just need to ask for access and a Mod will get you in as soon as they see your request.)

 

And good luck to Ash!

Edited May 6, 2025 by Master Radishes

[Stick. she/her]

Knock, knock!

 

Can't believe it's been a year already :0 Folks, it's time for champs!!!

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INVITATION TO THE MAFIA CHAMPIONSHIP (SEASON 13)

 

Ahoy there!

I’m very excited to invite your community to participate in Season 13 of the Mafia Championship.

The Mafia Championship is an annual forum-based tournament series that pits representatives from various online Mafia (aka Werewolf) communities against one another as they compete to determine the Internet’s greatest Mafia players. Each participating community democratically elects one person to represent them and be their “Champion”.

The tournament first started back in 2013. Since then, 420+ different communities and 50+ different nationalities have been represented.

It’s a super fun event that has created many new friendships and close bonds between communities. I hope that you would be interested in taking part

 

DO YOU ACCEPT THE INVITATION?

 

If your community wishes to participate, please confirm your participation with Arapocalypse or Master Radishes as soon as possible to secure a spot. Currently, the plan is to accommodate 136 communities this season. 

If your community agrees to participate, the deadline for selecting your representative is March 4th, but the sooner the better. 

The games will take place on Mafia Universe. If you’re interested, I can link directly to the general discussion thread regarding this topic on Mafia Universe.

 

Important notes

• You may decide how you want to elect your representative, but we recommend some sort of democratic process (public nominations followed by a poll usually works out well). Once your rep has been decided, let us know directly as soon as possible!
• In addition to electing a representative, you should also name an alternate (a back-up) who will be asked to step in if the first choice needs to back out.
• These games are typically very active! Your representative should be prepared to read upwards of 500-1000 posts per 24 hours during the early days of the game. This volume may vary drastically depending on how active the players in your game are, and we can’t guarantee if you will be in a low or high volume game before the game starts! Only active players should apply/participate. To reiterate: Your chosen representative must be able to handle a good amount of daily activity!
• Activity requirement: each player must write at least 10 posts per Game Day. That said, be aware players typically post much more than 10 times to engage meaningfully with the game! We don’t recommend a specific number, but it often helps players to check in a few times each day and stay up to date in the game when possible, to reduce getting overwhelmed catching up on posts!

 

 

SEASON 13 FORMAT

The tournament structure

136 communities will participate, each sending one representative.

• QUALIFIERS: 8 Qualifier Games will be played, consisting of 17 players each. I.e. every representative plays in one Qualifier Game. The players themselves vote post-game to determine who is deserving of advancement. 1st and 2nd places will advance to the Semifinal Games.
• BONUS ROUND: Any community backups who were not called on during the Qualifier round will be invited to play in a special Game of Backups, a chance for them to participate in champs hype!
• SEMIFINALS: A Jury consisting of finalists from Season 12 will select 29 additional players to advance to the three Semifinal Games. From each game, five players will advance to the Finale Game based on a post-game player vote, just like in the qualifying phase.
• THE FINALE: The Finale Game is played. Once it has completed, the winning team will receive the title of Season 13 Champions and a winner’s certificate signed by Dmitry Davidoff, the creator of mafia. 

The qualifier games will be played using the Matrix 2x5 setup (see below), and semifinal/finale games will be played using the Mountainous setup. 

 

This year’s Qualifier Setup: Matrix 2x5

This (view picture below) is a semi-open grid setup meant for 17 players: 4 mafia versus 13 townies. 

*Town Jack of All Trades: 1x Vigilante, 1x Roleblocker, 1x Tracker

First you randomly select a number to decide the Mafia team's composition of Power Roles (1-2), then you randomly select a letter to decide the Town's composition of Power Roles (A-E). Fill in the number of Vanilla Townies needed to make the Town team have 13 members total, and you have your setup.

 

Important Notes for Matrix 2x5

• The Mafia's factional kill must be assigned to a single member of their team each night. This means that the Mafia's factional kill can, for example, be blocked by a Town Jailkeeper or tracked by a Town Tracker.
• None of the included roles can self-target, including the protective roles.
• Doctors, Jailkeepers, and Roleblockers are not allowed to target the same players on consecutive nights.
• The Even Night Vigilante may only shoot on even nights (i.e. Night 2, Night 4, etc.).
• The Voyeur's own action will not show up in their result.

This year’s Semifinals/Finale Setup: Mountainous

x12 Vanilla Town
x3 Mafia Goon

 

Relevant mechanics info for both Matrix 2x5 and Mountainous Setups

• Day start.
• Majority elimination will not be enabled during Day 1 and is not required at any point for the elimination. Majority will be turned on as an option starting Day 2, with a delay. 
• Tied votes will result in one of the tied players being eliminated at random
• Votes are automatically locked in at LYLO
• No outside communication. I.e. you may not contact the other players outside of the thread (unless you are Mafia and wish to speak with your teammates).
• Mafia may communicate any time. We suggest using a Discord server for mafia chat!
• Mafia share a mandatory factional Night Kill, a single standard shot for their faction. 
• Phase Lengths/Deadlines are up to the players (based on player preferences)
• Thread is locked during Night Phases.
• Each individual player may make a maximum of 125 posts per day phase (the postcap will be either lifted by a few posts or increased at 1 hour before EoD).
• An organizer will oversee everything and make sure everyone’s following the code of conduct, but otherwise the game is completely automated (automatic votecounts, thread locks and reveals alignments automatically, receiving/processing actions, etc.)

 

SEASON 13 TIMELINE

There will be 8 Qualifier Games, and your representative plays in just one of these. Their start dates are each Monday from March 9th – April 27th. In other words, as long as your representative can play sometime during that period, they should be good and I’ll make sure they get scheduled into a game that suits their schedule. 

The 3 Semifinal Games will be played in May/June/July, and the Finale Game sometime in July/August/September (whenever we can work out something that suits everyone). The Game of Backups will be played between the Qualifiers and Semifinal Games.

If you want to get in contact with us ASAP, you can reach us on Discord at lissa2, arapocalypse, or masterradishes.

 

Kind regards,
The Season 13 Championship Organizers

 

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As usual, we will start by nominating players and depending on the number of accepted nominations we can move on to voting for the rep + backup in a couple weeks time

Edited February 4 by Stick.