Staff Profiles

Administration

Administrators handle large-scale decisions and site maintenance.
Username: Thingyman
Nickname(s): Thingy, Pump It Harders, Owen Wilson, Literally GOAT
Rank/Position: Founder, Administrator
Country: Denmark

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a weird, yet lovable, guy from the great Viking country of Denmark. I love to sing, but am not good at it. I sometimes do stand up, but I insist on only sharing bad jokes in Discord. I wrote a thesis on Korean tv shows, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
I've made a mistake and there's no way out now. This site will, at minimum, last until we've found aliens on other planets and forced them to play here. It won't truly be Mafia Universe until then. I suspect we may already have one or two aliens amongst us though, but they might also just be Australians, I'm not sure.
Username: Makaze
Nickname(s): Mak Daddy, Maka, Mak, Bakaze, Akaz
Rank/Position: Administrator responsible for Modbot and all forum features; resident Code Monkey
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I am a self-taught programmer with interest in game theory, psychology, riddles, and problem solving. As NL would say: "I'm a wizard, Harry."

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
It all started when I watched my first Mafia Championship on 2+2 in 2015. I came from Serenes Forest, a Fire Emblem fansite that sent a representative. When I was trying to read the games on 2+2's website, I could not stand not having the ability to see full posts in search results. I figured the other players must be having trouble too. So I created a browser extension that shows full posts, and Thingyman liked it so much, he commended me. When he revealed he would love to move the Championship to his own site and server, I offered to help, knowing I could make it how he wanted.

The rest is history.
Username: Ampharos
Nickname(s): Amy, Amp, Walrein, Mixolydia
Rank/Position: Administrator, responsible for oversight of staff and day-to-day site operations
Country: The Republic of Texas

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I started playing mafia in the far-off times of 2010, when I started playing on a little site called Epicmafia. We don't talk about those days. Nowadays I'm a professional video editor who dabbles in writing and programming on the side. When I'm not wrangling the rest of the people on this page, I'm probably either playing an unhealthy amount of video games, theorycrafting Yet Another Commander Deck, or annoying Voxxicus.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
no one is qualified to replace me

Moderation

Moderators handle rule enforcement and keep the peace when things get too tense.
Username: dyachei
Nickname(s): dya, dy
Rank/Position: Head Moderator
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a professional cat neuterer and werewolf addict. Also, have a strong love of cats and share pictures whenever I can.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
I joined the staff to give back to a community that has brought more mafia/werewolf into my life than I ever expected. I've made friends along the way and see myself sticking around for a while anyway.
Username: Newcomb
Nickname(s): Not Voxxicus
Rank/Position: Head Moderator
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
My parents taught me to be kind and humble, honest and hardworking, and to save an unnecessary fuckton of plastic bags under the sink.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Peer pressure, mostly. Also, I believe that a healthy community, a focus on game integrity, and a reduction in toxicity are all goals worth striving for.
Username: Dawoodle
Nickname(s): None
Rank/Position: Moderator
Country: USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
One paragraph.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Dobby and Ara Held me at knifE point. Seriously, it probabLy sounds a bit trite at this point, but I've enjoyed playing on MU and wanted to helP support the site.
Username: Ephemeral
Nickname(s): Eph, Ephe etc.
Rank/Position: Moderator
Country: Romania

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm good at keeping things brief.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
To help facilitate the nya takeover

Because this place is really cool and I want to help make it even cooler.
Username: Hally
Nickname(s): none
Rank/Position: Moderator, Event Helper
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):


Why you joined/stay on the staff:
to maintain the trans mod ratio i love the community and want to give back
Username: Lissa
Nickname(s): frozen, lacking
Rank/Position: Moderator, Flake Moderator
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I've been around as long as I can remember pretty much constantly the whole time this site has existed. I started playing like a year before that and basically never really stopped though I've slowed down some at this point. Outside of mafia I am, uh, apparently an adult now or something? I'm a college student majoring in CS and about to be a junior. I still play sims, sometimes. I play other games too.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
I became an orange because I wanted to help out with the site, and didn't want to be a mod (lol). A conversation about flaking issues turned into one about actually doing something about it and here I am. I care a lot about MU and seeing it thrive.
Username: roro__b
Nickname(s): Dobby
Rank/Position: Moderator
Country: United States of Sweden

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I like memes and stuff, bad at sleeping and keeping track of my own thoughts which is why I'm drawn to Mafia. Was that one paragraph?

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Because Mafia Universe has been a pretty great place to hang out with pretty great people doing pretty great things and I spend way too much time on here because of it and I do want to give back.
Username: staypositivefriend
Nickname(s): SPF, Jess
Rank/Position: Moderator
Country: USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
i've been playing mafia on a regular basis since 2010. i love music, politics, anime, and most importantly: i'm gay.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
i love the game of mafia on a fundamental level, and i'm excited to help out with a mafia community that brings so many different communities and players together. also, i want to advance the gay agenda
Username: vanity.
Nickname(s): van, vanitydot, vanity-dot, vanessa, nessa
Rank/Position: Moderator/Flake Moderator
Country: USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
hi, i'm vanessa and i'm gay. i'm a florida woman that sometimes plays mafia. i'm mostly known for posting way too goddamn much in mafia games, being a tsundere, and having an extreme hatred of capitalism. oh, and have i mentioned that i'm gay?

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
this community has become a home to me for a very long time, and i just love the people here in general. if i can be around doing conducive things for the community, then that's cool to me :>
Username: Voxxicus
Nickname(s): Voxx
Rank/Position: Serial Lurker
Country: USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
(Flavor I'll never write goes here)

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
The bribe was sufficient.

Discord Moderation

Discord Moderators handle rule enforcement specifically on the official MU Discord server.
Username: Arapocalypse
Nickname(s): Ara
Rank/Position: Discord Moderator
Country: Canada

Brief bio (one paragraph):
Just a ghost who enjoys being hyped about things, particularly mafia! Also, what is sleep?

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
For the hype!!!
Username: DaveDob
Nickname(s): Dave, Dob, Dobbers (lolnore), David, The Dobbster (shout out Duke)
Rank/Position: Discord Moderator
Country: United States of America

Brief bio (one paragraph):
Hi, I'm DaveDob. I've been a mafia player on MU as of 2015. Repersentative of MiniMafia in Season 5 of the Forum Mafia World Championships.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Thought I would be up for the task. I love being a part of this community and being on the Discord with the same people I play games with. I'm excited to come and help out in any way I can.
Username: Fatmo
Nickname(s): Macmo, Tennis Elbow, Boba Fett
Rank/Position: Discord Moderator
Country: USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a big geek of all sorts of things, like Diplomacy. I like procrastinating and having others write my bio and undertitle for me.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Logic asked if I would help his lazy ass with the discord, and I didn't have anything better to do
(bio provided by Logic)
Username: Logic
Nickname(s): Yako, Spacecamp
Rank/Position: Discord Moderator, Queue Manager, TSGT/Data Nerd
Country: Cascadia, United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a big weird nerd of all sorts of disciplines. Ask me about my hobbies and I will probably talk to you until you are uncomfortable. Somehow I married a Viking (but not Thingy or Sooh.)

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Despite being utterly awful at Mafia most of the time, I saw application requests for something I'd actually be good at: data entry and compilation. Here's hoping I remain useful.
(Bio courtesy of being hounded by Cemeteries)
Username: nutella
Nickname(s): nut, nutellaphant
Rank/Position: Discord Moderator
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
started playing mafia in 2008 at the ripe age of 13 lol. basically-founding member of the syndicate and mod there as well for last couple years; joined MU for champs s6 and have fallen more and more in love with the community every day since.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
i love mu and the people here a whole lot, i hang around the discord constantly and might as well make myself useful 🐘

Game Management

Game Managers handle which game happens when and keep games flowing in an orderly manner.
Username: Mantichora
Nickname(s): Manti, Cow
Rank/Position: Head Game Manager
Country: Canada

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I like hyenas, cats, and pizza. Werewolf is okay too.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Username: Animal Midwife
Nickname(s): AM, Midwife
Rank/Position: Game Manager
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a college student stewing on how much deeper I can fall into my werewolf addiction.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
This was a position that didn't require me to be viewed as a god. And free lessons on how to be good at game balancing seems awesome.
Username: Apoc
Nickname(s):
Rank/Position: Game Manager
Country: Ireland

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I like WW

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
I like game design
Username: Aquilla
Nickname(s): IKEA (ask anyone on DM), anything that starts with "A" and has a "Q" or "K" in it.
Rank/Position: Game Manager
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I'm a semi-regular host/player who's seen his fair chunk of successes and disasters. Although i don't have as much time as i used to, i'm still around as often as i can just to help out.

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
I initially joined to help out and make a difference. I stick around to still help out, but moreso because Mu has almost become a second home (albeit with a lot of revolving faces), and that i just wouldn't feel the same if i left.
Username: LordQuas
Nickname(s): Quas
Rank/Position: Game Manager/Queue Manager
Country: Cascadia, USA

Brief bio (one paragraph):
Came for the walruses, stayed for the walruses

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
To help facilitate the PNW staff takeover
Username: mhsmith0
Nickname(s): Lemon, Smith, Obvwolf
Rank/Position: Game Manager
Country: United States

Brief bio (one paragraph):
I started playing mafia in early 2016, and have slowly progressed to the point where people no longer think I'm terrible (usually).

Why you joined/stay on the staff:
Pizza promised pizza. No pizza was delivered.
about us
Mafia Universe is a community hub for people who enjoy playing the forum variant of Mafia (also known as Werewolf). We offer fully automated Mafia games and a wide variety of customized features crafted to optimize your game experience. We also proudly host the Internet's only database of Mafia/Werewolf communities.

We hope you stick around!
Role of the Day
Babysitter

The Babysitter may each night protect someone from being killed. However, if the Babysitter is killed, the Babysitter's target will die as well.