would like to nominate the town of danganronpa despair time for best scum performance (group)
would like to nominate the town of danganronpa despair time for best scum performance (group)
♫ Let it all burn down around us ♫
♫ Let the cruel consume the just ♫
♫ Let the sin we swim in drown us ♫
♫ Let the world shatter ♫
♫ Into dust ♫
♫ Nothing else matters ♫
♫ Only us ♫
eliminated the village with ruthless efficiency
♫ Let it all burn down around us ♫
♫ Let the cruel consume the just ♫
♫ Let the sin we swim in drown us ♫
♫ Let the world shatter ♫
♫ Into dust ♫
♫ Nothing else matters ♫
♫ Only us ♫
I ironically second it.
I've seen a lot of bad village games as I've been playing WW for years, but never before have I seen this level of the village imploding on itself.
for the extra dunk, you could nominate the mason clear on a wolf as best fakeclaim
Unfortunately games in sub community forums are not illegible for award nomination in MU.
That's pretty unfortunate. I read through the guidelines, but I wasn't able to find that part.
Funniest meme
The fact it came from a wolf about the wolfs partner.
Has been copypasta in spec chat over 1k timez
second
(sry has been extremely busy for me will get to this later this week)
hi $%#!es im back ;-;
Mafia Universe Awards 2023 - Nominations
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RULES/GUIDELINES
- Everyone who has played at least one game on Mafia Universe is eligible to nominate or second a nomination in this thread. Do this by bolding your nomination and the relevant category. Once a nomination has been seconded, it will pass as an official preliminary nomination.
- You may not nominate or second a nomination for yourself, though you are allowed to campaign for yourself if you wish.
When making an original nomination for a category, you must include a short description explaining the nomination. No need to write a full essay, but think of it in terms of describing the nomination to someone not familiar with the game in question. You must also provide a link to context if making a nomination for funniest/most memorable moment. This is still mandatory- The deadline for preliminary nominations is December 31, 2023. More details at that time for how we'll proceed with final nominations/voting/ceremony.
- Any feedback about this thread should use the 2023 feedback thread.
- Do not nominate or discuss ongoing games.
- Users banned during the time of voting for a period greater than three months for poor conduct are ineligible for awards.
- The following overall body-of-work awards are not eligible for nominations until July 1st, 2023:
Best Mechanical/Strategic Player
Best Replacement Player
Best Turbo Player
Best Rookie Player
Most Improved Player
Most Dedicated Player
Most Enjoyable Player
Best Team Player
Best Town Player
Best Scum Player
Best All-Around Player
Best Host
Best Flavor Writer
Best $%#!poster
Community MVP
The 2023 Awards are being managed by @Hally.
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as town. Include the game with your nomination.
Visorslash in The Story About a Story - Invitational
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Ended every day on a wolf and had to go through the hard miles of being suspected quite heavily. Also:lol
benneh in The Story About a Story - Invitational
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
another player who ended every day on a woofer. He also showed some great re-evaluation on a number reads prior to getting to each of them - which makes me think that this Benneh guy could end up being a pretty good player with enough time.
Illwei in Mountainous Poison Mentor/Mentee Shadowhydra game!
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: robyn
Check out this vote history:
Illwei ended up every day voting a wolf out every day
She was exceptionally towny, and, if we'd just sheeped her all game it would have been much easier.
A case in point- from the moment she died the town started cannibalising itself. There ain't no int'ing with illwei
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as town. Include the game with your nomination.
dyachei in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: LanMisa
Seconded by: Manny
Despite being a Vanilla Town with no extra powers, Dya was the clearest of all players, to a point where wolves poisoned Dya after unsuccessfully trying to kill Dya the night before already, fearing that she would be saved again (which she would have - from two town protections at the same time!). While alive, Dya was the heart of the towncore, casing several wolves including KP ones that had attempted to go deep (and thus focussing the ITA shots on where it mattered), building a solid towncore, being trusted by all the alive town players in the game and just being a positive influence in the game - all while working and taking care of little Amy!
Being dubbed "Day Cop" by both alive and dead town as a VT and parent should tell you all about this outstanding performance in a game that town solidly won - and most likely would have won a day earlier if not for Dya's ultimate demise to poison on D4 - at which only two wolves were left alive, with one being deep in the POE and the other one being mechanically boxed in. What a game!
Inanity in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: benneh
Despite stating he had zero desire to play his first game in years, he posted 20-40 times a day in the early game and basically only voted/shot wolves. He had the planned late-game wolf nailed on D3 but a credible mechanical claim got the wolf to end game, where inanity emerged as the town leader and nailed Bopolis to the wall. One of the most efficient wolf-killing performances ever.
SpankGangsta in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: Apoc
Seconded by: baudib1
inanity is one of the GOAT, and he had this to say in postgame:
If insanity is sheeping you, you're doing something right
Achromatic (as SeriousMafiaPlayer) in Pokémaf Generation 2 Mash
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
In pokemash gen 2 there were a series of fantastic performances from town leaders (Yellow, Raichu/Cobalt), PR's (Seel/InstantHammer), FPS'ers (BATMAN), endgamers (Shad) and scum finders (Pony/Raji). But amongst this cavalcade of glory, SMP stands tallest
From SOD2 Achro took on the town leader position, leading a game that truly did swing from town-wolves and back again numerous times.
A strong wolf team sat pretty and gave a great fight, but, SMP's mid game town leadership really cemented a position that helped town win.
He had great reads, fantastic charisma, and an ability to re-evaluate that was needed in a complex game
hip hip hooray to achro
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as scum or 3rd party. Include the game with your nomination.
staypositivefriend in Democratic Republic of Mafia
Nominated by: arogame123
Seconded by: Hally
In a game where town were on a roll early, Spf lost both partners in day 3 and managed to solo all the way to day 7 LyLo and ended up winning. She did a great job of being strategic with her night kills to avoid being suspected for being alive as well as constantly getting elected in the government to avoid getting voted. She also did a great job of creating chaos within the town and managed to prevent a lot of suspicions growing on her through her strong cases/refutations.
Zack in Sunbae All-vig Turbo
Nominated by: Sunbae
Seconded by: benneh
a stacked player list and zack was left as the last person standing as a wolf. incredible skill on display that needs to be shared to the world
Bluekang (as Nico Hakobyan) in Danganronpa Despair Time: Anonymous Ninjas and Guns
Nominated by: Fable
Seconded by: Manny
They did nothing but call everyone village and vote sleep and got nearly 0 flak for it the entire game and we swept.
They have reached wolfing nirvana and has found a way to become an untouchable wolf no matter what they do. No one will ever pull off what they did ever again.
Achromatic (as Hector) in Witch Hunt IV - Anonymous (Greek Myths)
Nominated by: Michelle
Seconded by: DoctorZeus
He endgamed and won in N7 after loosing all his partners until D4, 2 of them at EoD1, claiming judge during D1 without any pressure and avoiding solid suspicions all game, being a very agreable presence, casing and pushing villagers in a natural way and receiving town reads for that.
As judge he killed 2 of his partners receiving a huge town credit, but that alone without his thread presence wouldn't be enough for the win.
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as scum or 3rd party. Include the game with your nomination.
Adam in Persona Mish-Mash
Nominated by: Garden Gnome
Seconded by: benneh
He was very organized and he understood the mechanics of the game.
It was truly a master class in wolfing.
Congratulations, @Adam!!!
Twice Shrunk in Rejuvenation Mash
Nominated by: Vulgard
Seconded by: baudib1
honestly, i could make this nomination for a lot of that team's members, but as someone who was in a wolfchat with him for the entire game and who was able to witness his play in the main thread from a tmi perspective, i can't not nominate him for this
his mechanical play was stellar, and his manipulation of the thread was fantastic
mech:
- twice was a wish granter. he utilized that to get doctorzeus, an influential villager, to townread him by boosting his ita on d1, with the secret drawback that landing that ita would kill him. he further developed the pocket by boosting dz's ita even further on day 2, but this time, he secretly removed zeus's immunities as well. this foresight actually proved relevant, because zeus turned out to have had a bpv, and therefore would not have died - were it not for twice removing his immunity for good measure. we did not know zeus had a bpv - twice was just psychic.
- on day 3, twice yet again used his wish granter phenomenally. upon learning that lol, a villager, had day kp, he powerwolfed the thread - and lol himself - into a plan that would "prevent the village from losing to wolf!lol." the plan completely prevented lol from firing his kp, because twice's wish roleblocked his kp for the entire day. and yet again, this was an incredible case of foresight on twice's part, because lol's role could uniquely fire an ita at someone even after death - and WE DID NOT KNOW THIS, just like we were not aware that doctorzeus had a vest. with twice making sure that wish would roleblock for the entire day, lol could not fire his post-mortem shot.
- on day 4, just as insurance, twice made sure an outed wolf - dyachei, who just got revived - could not be daykilled. dyachei had two high% ita shots, and itas were the only form of day kp the village had at that point, so this would have been a major problem for the village. he also made the drawback of his wish a night roleblock on dyachei, which would not have mattered in that gamestate, as we were going for the win.
- i should also point out that twice (and insomnia, our other subfaction member) helped develop the 3p claim i ended up going with in that game and which ended up winning us the game. my claim wouldn't have been as good as it was without their help - hell, it might not have even been a 3p claim at all. i executed it well, but they helped me create it.
threadplay and wolfchat:
- twice powerwolfed extremely hard all game, pushing wolfsided agendas everywhere. he was wrong about every player's alignment and loudly pushed the wrong solves. he sounded frankly insane when posting sometimes, but it is that insanity that somehow, by some miracle, got him townread. many villagers doubted him, but they kept reverting their reads on him to townreads, even though he was objectively leading the village off a cliff. if that doesn't put "power" in "powerwolf," i don't know what does.
- twice combined his in-thread powerwolfing with the mechanics of his wishes to create very beneficial outcomes for our team when it appeared we were in danger, as mentioned above with lol. he also helped me in wolfchat, which was particularly relevant on the final day of the game, as listening to his strategy allowed me to secure the last 2 players we needed to trigger my keyword and get into my neighborhood in order to win the game.
- twice also listened to what WE had to say, at least in wolfchat (which is where it mattered to our team for him to listen).
in short, twice was a massive benefit to the wolves throughout rejuvenation mash in virtually every aspect and every area. i don't know how he's able to post in the way that he does, and you may not like it, but it was very, very effective in this game. just look at his iso - there is no point of the game when he is not trying to kill villagers and blatantly save wolves, yet he got all the way to endgame.
Player who did exceedingly well at deployment of a power role or other mechanic randed to them in a single game. Examples of these potentially cover someone making multiple accurate shots as a vigilante, a great save as a doctor, etc.
Player who excels at figuring out game mechanics and using it to their advantage and/or player who excels at planning and strategizing for their team (including deciding optimal night actions, cop hunting etc.)
Player who delivered an excellent, memorable performance in that they replaced into
Player who consistently delivers an excellent, memorable performance in games that they replaced into and/or a player who consistently contributes and helps out the community and game hosts by replacing into games
Player who excels in turbo games.
Only players who played their very first game of forum mafia in 2022 are eligible to be nominated for this award. I.e. this is not an award for "rookie Mafia Universe players", since a player super experienced in forum mafia could be new to MU.
Player who has made a strong impression in their first year on MU. Those eligible for Best Rookie cannot be nominated.
Player whose overall gameplay has displayed the most improvement this year. Those eligible for Best Rookie cannot be nominated.
Player who consistently gives it his all, whether it works out or not.
Player who is just generally awesome and fun to play with.
Player who excels at being a good teammate for their alignment. Examples of being a good teammate don't necessarily necessitate that player dominating for their alignment in the game. The award is moreso geared towards a player who keeps morale up in wolfchat, did a lot of work in a mason/neighborhood chat, was a good thread captain as town, etc.
Player who excels at playing town, which can include having good reads, being excellent at avoiding mislynch, being generally persuasive, being a leader and/or a calming and rational presence for one's team, etc.
Player who excels at playing scum, which can include being excellent at avoiding lynch and pocketing people, having pure tone, being generally successful in manipulating/sowing discord and guiding town towards mislynches, being good at cop hunting, being good at pulling off effective gambits, being helpful to inexperienced scum partners, etc.
Player who excels in all roles.
Town team who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
The Story About a Story - Invitational (link)
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Town sweep. Good playerlist, sure. So you may be thinking "of course this playerlist has a good chance to sweep, regardless of the wolf team!". I think recently we've seen a number of similar instances go completely the wrong direction. I think overall every town played to a high standard, even when their reads were wrong. I think they also contributed to an enjoyable gamestate despite some heat at times too.
Town team who did exceedingly well in a specific mash. Include the game with your nomination.
Boomer Reunion Poker Mash (link)
Nominated by: Apoc
Seconded by: Shad
When I think about who to nominate for best mash villager performance of the year from that game, about eight names come to mind.
Pretty sure we've got a category for that.
Mafia or 3rd party team who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
Rick and Morty - Poison 21er (link)
Nominated by: Guillotina
Seconded by: Frogsterking
Played mechanically correct, fooled townies in a way that almost lead to a full sweep, they never really were at risk Of execution tbh. Very well played.
Mafia or 3rd party team who did exceedingly well in a specific mash. Include the game with your nomination.
Rejuvenation Mash (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Vulgard
This team parlayed a single mislunch on D1 into a stomp that was practically mech locked by D2 despite the village basically having 5-6 of the wolves correctly POEd by EOD2. Team got absolute max value out of their mech (more on this in a minute) and open wolfed with style. Everyone on the team contributed.
Hydra pair who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
Player who excels at hosting games overall, including designing well-balanced, fun and creative setups, writing good flavor, being dependable and fair in dealing with issues, taking care of players, being thorough, etc.
Host/helper/co-host who excels at writing funny, creative or otherwise awesome flavor stories/texts for games.
Game that displayed exceptionally funny, creative, or otherwise awesome flavor.
The Story About a Story - Invitational (by roro_b) (link)
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Just quite a funny run of events that I enjoyed reading along with at the time. Unique and quirky about something the community had already found funny.
Weekend at Taffy's (by Taffy) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Kuti plz
very creative use of player quotes for each reveal that was fun and fit with theme.
Somehow I had the gayest reveal too.
Taffy's Fluffy Birthday Cake (by Taffy and Rem) (link)
Nominated by: Kuti plz
Seconded by: BlueKang
The Shadow of Hyrule (by Askthepizzaguy) (link)
Nominated by: wiggles1993
Seconded by: InstantHammer
Game that was designed and/or hosted exceedingly well in addition to being an enjoyable and fun experience for the players.
Mash that was designed and/or hosted exceedingly well in addition to being an enjoyable and fun experience for the players.
Pokémaf Generation 2 Mash (by alexa and neopest) (link)
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
@Professor Elm, @Anne and @alexa designed a well balanced game that had interesting mechanics, exciting events, and, a fun mix of roles.
Particular shout outs in the design to:
- The 20% ITA's which helped bring a consistent sense of excitement throughout the day
- A fun role set that included a cop check that needs to be charged up by being targetted, a JOAT who has to draw their powers, and public hoods
- Varied anti-claim mechanics that kept town from completely blowing their loads
This thoughtful design was matched by a competitive, good natured, and highly skilled player base who kept the party going in DVC and in thread over an exciting week!
The fun had by the whole player base is encapsulated in the fact that this mash had the second most posts of a non anni game on Mafia Universe- and- most excitingly the top poster ended up being a wolf!!
Great performances in the game were had by mafia and wolf alike, with shout outs frequently given in thread and across DVC.
What a fab way to end mash season....bring on anni!
Game that had a new/creative mechanic or setup that added to the game's enjoyment factor.
alexa's ROLE MADNESS turbo (by alexa) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Amrock
20 villagers were killed in 2 Game days and 50 minutes. Was the greatest game of my life, 11/10 would play again.
Sunbae All-vig Turbo (by benneh) (link)
Nominated by: Sunbae
Seconded by: nutella
a 28 player all vig turbo that ends with only one person alive is a feat
Funniest or very memorable moment/event/day/happening/interaction in a mafia game.
my wife ate my yum yum whilst i was at work (by DoctorZeus) (link)
Nominated by: benneh
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The quoted post only captures a very brief encapsulation of the hilarity that ensued.
@DoctorZeus re-enters thread and gives us what sounds like a bit of TMI on he and his wife's extracurriculars. The thread erupts into a storm of confusion and ... pride and happiness? for DZ. The responses to DZ's post get continually more and more funny and is end-capped by Transcend (@matt) responding to DZ's initial post with his own Avatar, a very cute doggo giving a thumbs up in recognition and pride.
If that wasn't enough, and it was, because every single time I saw that dog giving a thumbs up to that post, I nearly died laughing (quite literally, I'd go from laughing into a coughing fit I could not control!), and I then began adding/editing the thumbs up from DZ's avatar onto Matt's doggo avatar in response which he ended up applying as his new PFP. I then went and added the thumbs up to MY avatar/pfp as well and you ended up with the positive reinforcement canine triumvirate.
Just an absolutely hilarious and (semi)wholesome event that grew organically from a randomly funny post and a very treasured moment from a mash that had many memes and great moments.
katze diss track turbo (by Aldo, arogame123, BlueKang, DoctorZeus, insomnia, InstantHammer, JohnCarter, katze, ladd, and YOLOSWAG) (link)
Nominated by: katze
Seconded by: benneh
I hardclaim wolf catch-up mechanicwow where to begin
a turbo dedicated to a funny as $%#! diss track (about yours truly) by @YOLOSWAG is already a good start
turbos are objectively a funny format, let alone the legendary sunbae turbo with 1 minute phase lengths (also objectively funny)
right on down to mister yolo swaggins himself messing up his iconic entry post
or gamer (also known as katze) (also known as the victim of the diss track) dying in a FIVE WAY RAND on day 2 (as mafia, no less!)
or the game being won as the last man alive
in a shocking revelation that katze and yoloswag randed wolves together in the katze diss track turbo
not to forget insomnia, the town vigilante, missing 3 times after being binked n1 in the prior turbo
or whatever the heck this picture is
.......theres a lot going on in this game and it was perfect in every way
there are many ways to skin a katze, but in no universe will it ever be as smooth as this turbo(by 4maskwolf) (link)
Nominated by: nutella
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
he had no way of knowing this was about to happen and was completely innocent of it but the timing was truly impeccable. there's an added layer of humor to this in his general reputation as a strong endgame wolf in mashes (while in this mash he was instead a strong endgame villager and was in fact the final death that a wolf outed to kill in itas to win the game)
Best recurring gag, copypasta, flowchart, or similarly memetic goof to come out of this year.
my wife ate my yum yum whilst i was at work (by DoctorZeus) (link)
Nominated by: benneh
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The quoted post only captures a very brief encapsulation of the hilarity that ensued.
@DoctorZeus re-enters thread and gives us what sounds like a bit of TMI on he and his wife's extracurriculars. The thread erupts into a storm of confusion and ... pride and happiness? for DZ. The responses to DZ's post get continually more and more funny and is end-capped by Transcend (@matt) responding to DZ's initial post with his own Avatar, a very cute doggo giving a thumbs up in recognition and pride.
If that wasn't enough, and it was, because every single time I saw that dog giving a thumbs up to that post, I nearly died laughing (quite literally, I'd go from laughing into a coughing fit I could not control!), and I then began adding/editing the thumbs up from DZ's avatar onto Matt's doggo avatar in response which he ended up applying as his new PFP. I then went and added the thumbs up to MY avatar/pfp as well and you ended up with the positive reinforcement canine triumvirate.
Just an absolutely hilarious and (semi)wholesome event that grew organically from a randomly funny post and a very treasured moment from a mash that had many memes and great moments.
Ok, W/E, I really hope you guys are right about this. (by alexa) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: arogame123
Context: Hammering a 0-poster town she had been defending 2 hours into day at potential mylo.
Mountain Cat (by iaafr) (link)
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Keqing
I mean that level of research and attention to detail cannot be argued with. (by Xanjori) (link)
Nominated by: Kuti plz
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The fact it came from a wolf about the wolfs partner.
Has been copypasta in spec chat over 1k timez
Funniest or most impressive fake claim in a mafia game.
Vulgard in Rejuvenation Mash
Nominated by: Twice Shrunk
Seconded by: Shad
golden god 2.0
perfectly executed 3p fakeclaim
they never received any solid suspicion the entire game and were our deepest wolf because of their claim. they easily tricked players into being neighborized and fulfilling the clause in which vulgard could self-sacrifice and kill them. they did just this, winning the game d4 for the wolves by suiciding to kill 6 townies in the endgame.
their fakeclaim was so good that i, a wolf who knew their role from d1, mixed up certain details of their role with what they claimed in thread.
not only this, but by appearing almost perfectly as the friendly 3p neighborizer, they had access to all the information the townies in the neighborhood were getting into. not only were they our win condition towards late game, but they were our spy so we knew how who we could push and how powerwolfy we could play.
extremely good fakeclaim and we likely would have lost if it didn't work out.
Caught scum posting gifs while waiting to being lynched.
Garden Gnome in Persona Mash
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: 4maskwolf
I was cackling
Player who consistently makes witty, entertaining, and/or hilarious posts in games.
The member of the site most willing to go out of their way to help the community.
Last edited by Twice Shrunk; May 24th, 2023 at 08:57 AM.
Nominating @Achromatic for the best wolf performance in Witch Hunt IV - Anonymous (Greek Myths)
He endgamed and won in N7 after loosing all his partners until D4, 2 of them at EoD1, claiming judge during D1 without any pressure and avoiding solid suspicions all game, being a very agreable presence, casing and pushing villagers in a natural way and receiving town reads for that.
As judge he killed 2 of his partners receiving a huge town credit, but that alone without his thread presence wouldn't be enough for the win.
Originally Posted by m; on December 25,2019, 20:21, discord chat
Second
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i nominate
Fourth. And, while we're at it, I'd like to nominate Achromatic for Greek God, but I understand that's not a category here. Achromatic played town like a violin or a guitar or a piano or whatever instrument you want to mention but I'd rather not be known as a tuba or a kazoo, so there are limits. No one ever suspected that Achromatic was scum, but scum he was. He's the King of all Scum. And scary as heck probably because he's a Greek God of Mafia.
"i agree that gnomey is clear which is why i cant be bothered to think too hard and if we lose to the toxic gnomebeing scum im fine with it." -- Happy
whoops, apparently, it's seventh.
"i agree that gnomey is clear which is why i cant be bothered to think too hard and if we lose to the toxic gnomebeing scum im fine with it." -- Happy
Thanks everyone for your kind words and sentiments. It was a pleasure playing with you all even if I had to be evil about it
@Garden Gnome thanks for the signature
"No one ever suspected that Achromatic was scum, but scum he was. He's the King of all Scum. And scary as heck probably because he's a Greek God of Mafia." - Garden Gnome
Hee hee. I mean... you're welcome. Glad you like it, lol.
"i agree that gnomey is clear which is why i cant be bothered to think too hard and if we lose to the toxic gnomebeing scum im fine with it." -- Happy
Nominate DoctorZeus for best turbo player of the year
His exceptional abilities in projecting town, finding wolves, and showcasing excellent game mechanics make him a force to be reckoned with in the turbo gaming community.
One of his most remarkable achievements was his outstanding performance in the Turbo Championships earlier this year. He compiled statistically insane winrate over the entirety of the event and essentially forced the organizers to award him even though the criteria for his play did not match the initial outlines and requirements, his achievements were too good to not acknowledge and celebrate.
nominate matt for best turbo player of the year
matt's a beast. absolutely amazing wolf partner who doesn't have any single posting meta that he falls into. can power wolf with you and post up a storm or play the low posting LHF who wins f3 by projecting micro town tells or he'll bus or be bussed and know when that is required for your team to win the game.
and he's ridiculous as town too. his lylo game is frustrating af to wolf against because he's not afraid to go with his gut and can find town/wolf on the tiniest of things, but most importantly, he's not afraid to go with his gut
nominate dyachei for best turbo player of the year
dyachei GOAT. winner of the turbo championship of 2023. balances turbos and being a new parent and makes it look easy. amazing at both alignments and does not allow themself to be easily pocketed as a villager or to give up easy village reads as a wolf.
frankly i think we can let dya's alt account do all the talking:
although its a relatively small sample, the winrate still speaks for itself. their play going back to their main account isn't far off from this and its hard to argue against the $tat$
an absolute dominating wolf rand statistic and a stupidly high town winrate its no wonder they won turbo champs and they'd be just as deserving of the year long award too
sry gotta wait till june
i mean july
ok ok i kind of forgot it was june but still
make it work
my reading has informed me that dya is the strongest
coming from last year's turbo winner, this means a lot![]()
nominate benneh's TURBOT for best mechanic
this rands turbos all by itself, and more!!!!!!!!!
"wow it keeps getting cooler and cooler" -ladd
Amrock — 01/04/2022
Oh god!
dobby...
jack...
ara...
michelle...
Everybody I loved is gone. And all that I see is the terrifying face of the one creature that has gone noticed to everybody's tracks.Slipped through everyone's noses. To destroy all of my single friends I made through my journey.
I can only watch in fear as it walks towards me. With its sharp fangs and silver claws. To finish what we were supposed to do yet we couldn't.
It's over.
Alexa has just steamrolled us.
If only we coordinated our red lights...
second
Last edited by Twice Shrunk; June 2nd, 2023 at 11:29 AM.
Mafia Universe Awards 2023 - Nominations
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RULES/GUIDELINES
- Everyone who has played at least one game on Mafia Universe is eligible to nominate or second a nomination in this thread. Do this by bolding your nomination and the relevant category. Once a nomination has been seconded, it will pass as an official preliminary nomination.
- You may not nominate or second a nomination for yourself, though you are allowed to campaign for yourself if you wish.
When making an original nomination for a category, you must include a short description explaining the nomination. No need to write a full essay, but think of it in terms of describing the nomination to someone not familiar with the game in question. You must also provide a link to context if making a nomination for funniest/most memorable moment. This is still mandatory- The deadline for preliminary nominations is December 31, 2023. More details at that time for how we'll proceed with final nominations/voting/ceremony.
- Any feedback about this thread should use the 2023 feedback thread.
- Do not nominate or discuss ongoing games.
- Users banned during the time of voting for a period greater than three months for poor conduct are ineligible for awards.
- The following overall body-of-work awards are not eligible for nominations until July 1st, 2023:
Best Mechanical/Strategic Player
Best Replacement Player
Best Turbo Player
Best Rookie Player
Most Improved Player
Most Dedicated Player
Most Enjoyable Player
Best Team Player
Best Town Player
Best Scum Player
Best All-Around Player
Best Host
Best Flavor Writer
Best $%#!poster
Community MVP
The 2023 Awards are being managed by @Hally.
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as town. Include the game with your nomination.
Visorslash in The Story About a Story - Invitational
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Ended every day on a wolf and had to go through the hard miles of being suspected quite heavily. Also:lol
benneh in The Story About a Story - Invitational
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
another player who ended every day on a woofer. He also showed some great re-evaluation on a number reads prior to getting to each of them - which makes me think that this Benneh guy could end up being a pretty good player with enough time.
Illwei in Mountainous Poison Mentor/Mentee Shadowhydra game!
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: robyn
Check out this vote history:
Illwei ended up every day voting a wolf out every day
She was exceptionally towny, and, if we'd just sheeped her all game it would have been much easier.
A case in point- from the moment she died the town started cannibalising itself. There ain't no int'ing with illwei
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as town. Include the game with your nomination.
dyachei in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: LanMisa
Seconded by: Manny
Despite being a Vanilla Town with no extra powers, Dya was the clearest of all players, to a point where wolves poisoned Dya after unsuccessfully trying to kill Dya the night before already, fearing that she would be saved again (which she would have - from two town protections at the same time!). While alive, Dya was the heart of the towncore, casing several wolves including KP ones that had attempted to go deep (and thus focussing the ITA shots on where it mattered), building a solid towncore, being trusted by all the alive town players in the game and just being a positive influence in the game - all while working and taking care of little Amy!
Being dubbed "Day Cop" by both alive and dead town as a VT and parent should tell you all about this outstanding performance in a game that town solidly won - and most likely would have won a day earlier if not for Dya's ultimate demise to poison on D4 - at which only two wolves were left alive, with one being deep in the POE and the other one being mechanically boxed in. What a game!
Inanity in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: benneh
Despite stating he had zero desire to play his first game in years, he posted 20-40 times a day in the early game and basically only voted/shot wolves. He had the planned late-game wolf nailed on D3 but a credible mechanical claim got the wolf to end game, where inanity emerged as the town leader and nailed Bopolis to the wall. One of the most efficient wolf-killing performances ever.
SpankGangsta in Boomer Reunion Poker Mash
Nominated by: Apoc
Seconded by: baudib1
inanity is one of the GOAT, and he had this to say in postgame:
If insanity is sheeping you, you're doing something right
Achromatic (as SeriousMafiaPlayer) in Pokémaf Generation 2 Mash
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
In pokemash gen 2 there were a series of fantastic performances from town leaders (Yellow, Raichu/Cobalt), PR's (Seel/InstantHammer), FPS'ers (BATMAN), endgamers (Shad) and scum finders (Pony/Raji). But amongst this cavalcade of glory, SMP stands tallest
From SOD2 Achro took on the town leader position, leading a game that truly did swing from town-wolves and back again numerous times.
A strong wolf team sat pretty and gave a great fight, but, SMP's mid game town leadership really cemented a position that helped town win.
He had great reads, fantastic charisma, and an ability to re-evaluate that was needed in a complex game
hip hip hooray to achro
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as scum or 3rd party. Include the game with your nomination.
staypositivefriend in Democratic Republic of Mafia
Nominated by: arogame123
Seconded by: Hally
In a game where town were on a roll early, Spf lost both partners in day 3 and managed to solo all the way to day 7 LyLo and ended up winning. She did a great job of being strategic with her night kills to avoid being suspected for being alive as well as constantly getting elected in the government to avoid getting voted. She also did a great job of creating chaos within the town and managed to prevent a lot of suspicions growing on her through her strong cases/refutations.
Zack in Sunbae All-vig Turbo
Nominated by: Sunbae
Seconded by: benneh
a stacked player list and zack was left as the last person standing as a wolf. incredible skill on display that needs to be shared to the world
Bluekang (as Nico Hakobyan) in Danganronpa Despair Time: Anonymous Ninjas and Guns
Nominated by: Fable
Seconded by: Manny
They did nothing but call everyone village and vote sleep and got nearly 0 flak for it the entire game and we swept.
They have reached wolfing nirvana and has found a way to become an untouchable wolf no matter what they do. No one will ever pull off what they did ever again.
Achromatic (as Hector) in Witch Hunt IV - Anonymous (Greek Myths)
Nominated by: Michelle
Seconded by: DoctorZeus
He endgamed and won in N7 after loosing all his partners until D4, 2 of them at EoD1, claiming judge during D1 without any pressure and avoiding solid suspicions all game, being a very agreable presence, casing and pushing villagers in a natural way and receiving town reads for that.
As judge he killed 2 of his partners receiving a huge town credit, but that alone without his thread presence wouldn't be enough for the win.
Player who did exceedingly well in a specific game as scum or 3rd party. Include the game with your nomination.
Adam in Persona Mish-Mash
Nominated by: Garden Gnome
Seconded by: benneh
He was very organized and he understood the mechanics of the game.
It was truly a master class in wolfing.
Congratulations, @Adam!!!
Twice Shrunk in Rejuvenation Mash
Nominated by: Vulgard
Seconded by: baudib1
honestly, i could make this nomination for a lot of that team's members, but as someone who was in a wolfchat with him for the entire game and who was able to witness his play in the main thread from a tmi perspective, i can't not nominate him for this
his mechanical play was stellar, and his manipulation of the thread was fantastic
mech:
- twice was a wish granter. he utilized that to get doctorzeus, an influential villager, to townread him by boosting his ita on d1, with the secret drawback that landing that ita would kill him. he further developed the pocket by boosting dz's ita even further on day 2, but this time, he secretly removed zeus's immunities as well. this foresight actually proved relevant, because zeus turned out to have had a bpv, and therefore would not have died - were it not for twice removing his immunity for good measure. we did not know zeus had a bpv - twice was just psychic.
- on day 3, twice yet again used his wish granter phenomenally. upon learning that lol, a villager, had day kp, he powerwolfed the thread - and lol himself - into a plan that would "prevent the village from losing to wolf!lol." the plan completely prevented lol from firing his kp, because twice's wish roleblocked his kp for the entire day. and yet again, this was an incredible case of foresight on twice's part, because lol's role could uniquely fire an ita at someone even after death - and WE DID NOT KNOW THIS, just like we were not aware that doctorzeus had a vest. with twice making sure that wish would roleblock for the entire day, lol could not fire his post-mortem shot.
- on day 4, just as insurance, twice made sure an outed wolf - dyachei, who just got revived - could not be daykilled. dyachei had two high% ita shots, and itas were the only form of day kp the village had at that point, so this would have been a major problem for the village. he also made the drawback of his wish a night roleblock on dyachei, which would not have mattered in that gamestate, as we were going for the win.
- i should also point out that twice (and insomnia, our other subfaction member) helped develop the 3p claim i ended up going with in that game and which ended up winning us the game. my claim wouldn't have been as good as it was without their help - hell, it might not have even been a 3p claim at all. i executed it well, but they helped me create it.
threadplay and wolfchat:
- twice powerwolfed extremely hard all game, pushing wolfsided agendas everywhere. he was wrong about every player's alignment and loudly pushed the wrong solves. he sounded frankly insane when posting sometimes, but it is that insanity that somehow, by some miracle, got him townread. many villagers doubted him, but they kept reverting their reads on him to townreads, even though he was objectively leading the village off a cliff. if that doesn't put "power" in "powerwolf," i don't know what does.
- twice combined his in-thread powerwolfing with the mechanics of his wishes to create very beneficial outcomes for our team when it appeared we were in danger, as mentioned above with lol. he also helped me in wolfchat, which was particularly relevant on the final day of the game, as listening to his strategy allowed me to secure the last 2 players we needed to trigger my keyword and get into my neighborhood in order to win the game.
- twice also listened to what WE had to say, at least in wolfchat (which is where it mattered to our team for him to listen).
in short, twice was a massive benefit to the wolves throughout rejuvenation mash in virtually every aspect and every area. i don't know how he's able to post in the way that he does, and you may not like it, but it was very, very effective in this game. just look at his iso - there is no point of the game when he is not trying to kill villagers and blatantly save wolves, yet he got all the way to endgame.
Player who did exceedingly well at deployment of a power role or other mechanic randed to them in a single game. Examples of these potentially cover someone making multiple accurate shots as a vigilante, a great save as a doctor, etc.
Player who excels at figuring out game mechanics and using it to their advantage and/or player who excels at planning and strategizing for their team (including deciding optimal night actions, cop hunting etc.)
Player who delivered an excellent, memorable performance in that they replaced into
Player who consistently delivers an excellent, memorable performance in games that they replaced into and/or a player who consistently contributes and helps out the community and game hosts by replacing into games
Player who excels in turbo games.
Only players who played their very first game of forum mafia in 2022 are eligible to be nominated for this award. I.e. this is not an award for "rookie Mafia Universe players", since a player super experienced in forum mafia could be new to MU.
Player who has made a strong impression in their first year on MU. Those eligible for Best Rookie cannot be nominated.
Player whose overall gameplay has displayed the most improvement this year. Those eligible for Best Rookie cannot be nominated.
Player who consistently gives it his all, whether it works out or not.
Player who is just generally awesome and fun to play with.
Player who excels at being a good teammate for their alignment. Examples of being a good teammate don't necessarily necessitate that player dominating for their alignment in the game. The award is moreso geared towards a player who keeps morale up in wolfchat, did a lot of work in a mason/neighborhood chat, was a good thread captain as town, etc.
Player who excels at playing town, which can include having good reads, being excellent at avoiding mislynch, being generally persuasive, being a leader and/or a calming and rational presence for one's team, etc.
Player who excels at playing scum, which can include being excellent at avoiding lynch and pocketing people, having pure tone, being generally successful in manipulating/sowing discord and guiding town towards mislynches, being good at cop hunting, being good at pulling off effective gambits, being helpful to inexperienced scum partners, etc.
Player who excels in all roles.
Town team who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
The Story About a Story - Invitational (link)
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Town sweep. Good playerlist, sure. So you may be thinking "of course this playerlist has a good chance to sweep, regardless of the wolf team!". I think recently we've seen a number of similar instances go completely the wrong direction. I think overall every town played to a high standard, even when their reads were wrong. I think they also contributed to an enjoyable gamestate despite some heat at times too.
Town team who did exceedingly well in a specific mash. Include the game with your nomination.
Boomer Reunion Poker Mash (link)
Nominated by: Apoc
Seconded by: Shad
When I think about who to nominate for best mash villager performance of the year from that game, about eight names come to mind.
Pretty sure we've got a category for that.
Mafia or 3rd party team who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
Rick and Morty - Poison 21er (link)
Nominated by: Guillotina
Seconded by: Frogsterking
Played mechanically correct, fooled townies in a way that almost lead to a full sweep, they never really were at risk Of execution tbh. Very well played.
Mafia or 3rd party team who did exceedingly well in a specific mash. Include the game with your nomination.
Rejuvenation Mash (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Vulgard
This team parlayed a single mislunch on D1 into a stomp that was practically mech locked by D2 despite the village basically having 5-6 of the wolves correctly POEd by EOD2. Team got absolute max value out of their mech (more on this in a minute) and open wolfed with style. Everyone on the team contributed.
Hydra pair who did exceedingly well in a specific game. Include the game with your nomination.
Player who excels at hosting games overall, including designing well-balanced, fun and creative setups, writing good flavor, being dependable and fair in dealing with issues, taking care of players, being thorough, etc.
Host/helper/co-host who excels at writing funny, creative or otherwise awesome flavor stories/texts for games.
Game that displayed exceptionally funny, creative, or otherwise awesome flavor.
The Story About a Story - Invitational (by roro_b) (link)
Nominated by: JohnCarter
Seconded by: Hally
Just quite a funny run of events that I enjoyed reading along with at the time. Unique and quirky about something the community had already found funny.
Weekend at Taffy's (by Taffy) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Kuti plz
very creative use of player quotes for each reveal that was fun and fit with theme.
Somehow I had the gayest reveal too.
Taffy's Fluffy Birthday Cake (by Taffy and Rem) (link)
Nominated by: Kuti plz
Seconded by: BlueKang
The Shadow of Hyrule (by Askthepizzaguy) (link)
Nominated by: wiggles1993
Seconded by: InstantHammer
Game that was designed and/or hosted exceedingly well in addition to being an enjoyable and fun experience for the players.
Mash that was designed and/or hosted exceedingly well in addition to being an enjoyable and fun experience for the players.
Pokémaf Generation 2 Mash (by alexa and neopest) (link)
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
@Professor Elm, @Anne and @alexa designed a well balanced game that had interesting mechanics, exciting events, and, a fun mix of roles.
Particular shout outs in the design to:
- The 20% ITA's which helped bring a consistent sense of excitement throughout the day
- A fun role set that included a cop check that needs to be charged up by being targetted, a JOAT who has to draw their powers, and public hoods
- Varied anti-claim mechanics that kept town from completely blowing their loads
This thoughtful design was matched by a competitive, good natured, and highly skilled player base who kept the party going in DVC and in thread over an exciting week!
The fun had by the whole player base is encapsulated in the fact that this mash had the second most posts of a non anni game on Mafia Universe- and- most excitingly the top poster ended up being a wolf!!
Great performances in the game were had by mafia and wolf alike, with shout outs frequently given in thread and across DVC.
What a fab way to end mash season....bring on anni!
Game that had a new/creative mechanic or setup that added to the game's enjoyment factor.
alexa's ROLE MADNESS turbo (by alexa) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: Amrock
20 villagers were killed in 2 Game days and 50 minutes. Was the greatest game of my life, 11/10 would play again.
Sunbae All-vig Turbo (by benneh) (link)
Nominated by: Sunbae
Seconded by: nutella
a 28 player all vig turbo that ends with only one person alive is a feat
TURBOT (by benneh)
Nominated by: alexa
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
this rands turbos all by itself, and more!!!!!!!!!
"wow it keeps getting cooler and cooler" -ladd
Funniest or very memorable moment/event/day/happening/interaction in a mafia game.
my wife ate my yum yum whilst i was at work (by DoctorZeus) (link)
Nominated by: benneh
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The quoted post only captures a very brief encapsulation of the hilarity that ensued.
@DoctorZeus re-enters thread and gives us what sounds like a bit of TMI on he and his wife's extracurriculars. The thread erupts into a storm of confusion and ... pride and happiness? for DZ. The responses to DZ's post get continually more and more funny and is end-capped by Transcend (@matt) responding to DZ's initial post with his own Avatar, a very cute doggo giving a thumbs up in recognition and pride.
If that wasn't enough, and it was, because every single time I saw that dog giving a thumbs up to that post, I nearly died laughing (quite literally, I'd go from laughing into a coughing fit I could not control!), and I then began adding/editing the thumbs up from DZ's avatar onto Matt's doggo avatar in response which he ended up applying as his new PFP. I then went and added the thumbs up to MY avatar/pfp as well and you ended up with the positive reinforcement canine triumvirate.
Just an absolutely hilarious and (semi)wholesome event that grew organically from a randomly funny post and a very treasured moment from a mash that had many memes and great moments.
katze diss track turbo (by Aldo, arogame123, BlueKang, DoctorZeus, insomnia, InstantHammer, JohnCarter, katze, ladd, and YOLOSWAG) (link)
Nominated by: katze
Seconded by: benneh
I hardclaim wolf catch-up mechanicwow where to begin
a turbo dedicated to a funny as $%#! diss track (about yours truly) by @YOLOSWAG is already a good start
turbos are objectively a funny format, let alone the legendary sunbae turbo with 1 minute phase lengths (also objectively funny)
right on down to mister yolo swaggins himself messing up his iconic entry post
or gamer (also known as katze) (also known as the victim of the diss track) dying in a FIVE WAY RAND on day 2 (as mafia, no less!)
or the game being won as the last man alive
in a shocking revelation that katze and yoloswag randed wolves together in the katze diss track turbo
not to forget insomnia, the town vigilante, missing 3 times after being binked n1 in the prior turbo
or whatever the heck this picture is
.......theres a lot going on in this game and it was perfect in every way
there are many ways to skin a katze, but in no universe will it ever be as smooth as this turbo(by 4maskwolf) (link)
Nominated by: nutella
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
he had no way of knowing this was about to happen and was completely innocent of it but the timing was truly impeccable. there's an added layer of humor to this in his general reputation as a strong endgame wolf in mashes (while in this mash he was instead a strong endgame villager and was in fact the final death that a wolf outed to kill in itas to win the game)
Best recurring gag, copypasta, flowchart, or similarly memetic goof to come out of this year.
my wife ate my yum yum whilst i was at work (by DoctorZeus) (link)
Nominated by: benneh
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The quoted post only captures a very brief encapsulation of the hilarity that ensued.
@DoctorZeus re-enters thread and gives us what sounds like a bit of TMI on he and his wife's extracurriculars. The thread erupts into a storm of confusion and ... pride and happiness? for DZ. The responses to DZ's post get continually more and more funny and is end-capped by Transcend (@matt) responding to DZ's initial post with his own Avatar, a very cute doggo giving a thumbs up in recognition and pride.
If that wasn't enough, and it was, because every single time I saw that dog giving a thumbs up to that post, I nearly died laughing (quite literally, I'd go from laughing into a coughing fit I could not control!), and I then began adding/editing the thumbs up from DZ's avatar onto Matt's doggo avatar in response which he ended up applying as his new PFP. I then went and added the thumbs up to MY avatar/pfp as well and you ended up with the positive reinforcement canine triumvirate.
Just an absolutely hilarious and (semi)wholesome event that grew organically from a randomly funny post and a very treasured moment from a mash that had many memes and great moments.
Ok, W/E, I really hope you guys are right about this. (by alexa) (link)
Nominated by: baudib1
Seconded by: arogame123
Context: Hammering a 0-poster town she had been defending 2 hours into day at potential mylo.
Mountain Cat (by iaafr) (link)
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: Keqing
I mean that level of research and attention to detail cannot be argued with. (by Xanjori) (link)
Nominated by: Kuti plz
Seconded by: Twice Shrunk
The fact it came from a wolf about the wolfs partner.
Has been copypasta in spec chat over 1k timez
Funniest or most impressive fake claim in a mafia game.
Vulgard in Rejuvenation Mash
Nominated by: Twice Shrunk
Seconded by: Shad
golden god 2.0
perfectly executed 3p fakeclaim
they never received any solid suspicion the entire game and were our deepest wolf because of their claim. they easily tricked players into being neighborized and fulfilling the clause in which vulgard could self-sacrifice and kill them. they did just this, winning the game d4 for the wolves by suiciding to kill 6 townies in the endgame.
their fakeclaim was so good that i, a wolf who knew their role from d1, mixed up certain details of their role with what they claimed in thread.
not only this, but by appearing almost perfectly as the friendly 3p neighborizer, they had access to all the information the townies in the neighborhood were getting into. not only were they our win condition towards late game, but they were our spy so we knew how who we could push and how powerwolfy we could play.
extremely good fakeclaim and we likely would have lost if it didn't work out.
Caught scum posting gifs while waiting to being lynched.
Garden Gnome in Persona Mash
Nominated by: DoctorZeus
Seconded by: 4maskwolf
I was cackling
Player who consistently makes witty, entertaining, and/or hilarious posts in games.
The member of the site most willing to go out of their way to help the community.
can confirm i was there when ladd said that
would also like to nom turbot for best newcomer
"wow this newcomer bot keeps getting cooler and cooler" ladd
I should make time for turbos you all seem like the best type of crazy tbh
"No one ever suspected that Achromatic was scum, but scum he was. He's the King of all Scum. And scary as heck probably because he's a Greek God of Mafia." - Garden Gnome
"wow it keeps getting cooler and cooler" -ladd
it's a lot of fun and very concentrated craziness.
"i agree that gnomey is clear which is why i cant be bothered to think too hard and if we lose to the toxic gnomebeing scum im fine with it." -- Happy