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Pokechu:
Eor, Vanilla Townie
Long before Decisive Games was even a section of the website, there were a group of Smashboards members that played in a room called Forum Games. Members like Eor would play games that were a little more strategic than the silly games you’d find in Forum Games today. This included games like Diplomacy, role playing games, adventure-based games, and of course, Mafia.
The demand for these strategic games were high enough to warrant the attention of administrators, and with the help of Eor, the Decisive Games subforum was created. Here, posts were not counted and standard forum rules were reworked to mesh well with the state of these games. Little did Eor know that his efforts to create a subforum would amount in a room that has lived on for well over 10 years.
What Eor didn’t realize was that an onslaught on outsiders would come in 2018 and shake up the foundation of Decisive Games further than anyone could have anticipated. He may not be actively around anymore, but his legacy lives on. Can the town of DGames thwart the foreign invasion ahead of them and maintain the integrity of the DGames that Eor birthed over a decade ago?
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Shinshœ:
th3kuzinator, Vanilla Townie
You are th3kuzinator! Your ability to find scum is unprecedented, to say the least. You have had more than just a couple of times where you have found an entire scum team within the first 5-10 pages, and just plowed your way through pointing out the scumminess of the mafia team. Even when you’ve been wrong, your keen knack for getting discussion to swirl and really having the mafia expose themselves always makes you a top threat in any game you’re in, and makes you really difficult to pin as either town or scum. It really winds up coming down to lynching who you say to lynch and going from there, doesn’t it?
Aside from that, though, you sure have interesting hobbies. From having been one of the best smash 64 players in the world, to trolling mafia players when their bullheadedness is getting the best of them, there’s plenty of different sides to the Kuz we’ve all come to know. DGames skype chats are always fun when you’re in there, and despite your reign of terror being relatively short, your impact on DGames history will never be forgotten.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
The Stoopid Unikorn:
Swiss, Vanilla Townie
You are Swiss! You have a jerkiness about yourself that only a true Brit can have while still coming off as charming. Your dry sense of humor and quick wit always gets a good laugh out of people, including the people you aim it toward, so ultimately there’s no harm in it! But your unassuming nature serves particularly well in the game of mafia, because you are arguably one of the best players to have ever played the game as mafia! Your cunningness and ability to relate to town, while ultimately being just aloof enough to not be tied to any particularly critical errors with lynches, makes you a serious threat in any game you play, despite the fact that your town play is still very good.
After a couple of years of reigning as a top threat in the room, your appearance in games started to die down. But every now and then, whenever you popped your head into the forums, there would be at least one or two players that knew to watch out really hard for you, and to let the other players know you can be thwarting town’s plan right under their nose without them even knowing it!
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Yellowlord:
Marshy, Vanilla Townie
You are Marshy! A rare breed being one of the few DGamers to have truly stood the test of time, you started out as a young buck who would consistently stand as one of town’s stronger assets in a meta that was chock full of great players more than 10 years ago. Then, when the likes of Gorf and Swiss and J came around, you vanished. You joined the U.S military and DGames barely saw any trace of you, despite you being a moderator of the forum.
Then, out of nowhere, you joined a game. To most, you were nothing but a legend in DGames. You started off playing a very passive game, only emerging when you felt like there was something of value to say. You played your cards close to your chest. But as time went on and the state of the meta became clear to you, you took on a role as a vocal and prominent figure in every game you played. Town wanted to be on your good side, and scum wanted to take you out without being too noticeable. But most of all, bad play became intolerable. The early game became about weeding out the players taking up space, while the late game became about tracing back to see how players lined up with whoever has already been revealed through flips. Your play inspired others to try being the biggest voice in the room, and gave DGames mafia a high standard to follow during your period of being active.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Coricus:
Gorf, Vanilla Townie
You are Gorf! The early part of your DGames career is a shining example of what it’s like allowing a big mouthed young teenager free reign on a public internet forum. Your in-game antics with other players can be wildly entertaining for those whose side you’re on, and for those watching from the sidelines. But like many teenagers do, getting carried away was sometimes par for the course. Sometimes, making people mad was just something that happened and could lend to very telling interactions. But other times, it led to unnecessary altercations between you and the person receiving the trolling. As time went on, though, you understood your reputation and molded your mafia playstyle around it. This allowed yourself to be a center of attention in order to garner interactions from the mafia team, and whether people wanted to admit it or not, it could easily lead to mafia exposing themselves.
Being one of the more consistent figures within a long stretch of time led to you really starting to get a footing for the game of mafia. Your deduction skills as a townie are nothing to shake off, but your skills as mafia really came to be your bread and butter. You were able to get a solid handle on separating your alignment from what you can see as being townie or scummy. As a mafia member, you learned that getting all the right reads isn’t important, but it’s about making your efforts appear genuine by lying to yourself about them being genuine. This made you one of the most town-read mafia members in so many games that you finally gained that respect of players unwilling to afford a read on you and keeping you alive, but at a distance, making you often a candidate for one of the last players alive in any game he plays. A fun loving, hard hitting mafia player, if one thing is certain you definitely know how to have a good time.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Z25:
J, Town Jailer
You are J! Your personality is extremely clear in your forum presence, always willing to post emotive gifs relating to your avatar-of-the-month and using feminine onomatopoeia (e.g. bleck, hee hee, xxxxx~~, etc.), and despite the state of a mafia game sometimes becoming very cutthroat, you always seemed to keep a cheerful spirit about yourself. So much so that you eventually became the forum moderator! But that didn’t stop you from developing into one of the most terrifying players when you really got into the groove of things. As a townie, all it took was the right sort of passion to get you wanting to investigate the living daylights out of a thread, and chances are high that when you did it, you’d crack a significant part of the code, if not all of it. You are extremely persistent with your confident reads, and you will post walls upon walls nailing your points in about other players.
But, your upbeat and positive attitude wasn’t without its faults. While you were far from the worst, it’s not a stretch to say that deception as a mafia member wasn’t one of your strong suits. As a member of a team, you never gave up. But it was rare that you really had a strong footing as a member of the mafia whenever you happened to roll it. Maybe you’d get along fine for the first couple of Days, but if someone nailed you, you usually crumbled and had a hard time getting yourself out of that bind. The strongest aspect of your mafia play was that you were not in over your head about your strengths, however, and you were sure able to let your team members play around those shortcomings. It was all worth it, though, whenever you rolled town. Because a shapshooting J was a J to really fear.
As the Town Jailer, you may send me the command Jail: Player X during the Night phase. That player will be protected from being killed at Night, but will also not be able to perform any Night actions if they have the ability to do so. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Golden Yuiitusin:
Evil Eye, Town Tracker
You are Evil Eye! You are a funny, fun loving bear of a man, and your presence in DGames is one that’s always felt! As one of the most electrifying personalities both in and out of the game, there was an aura felt in your presence. Scum had better find a way to safely get rid of you, or else they may face a post the size of the Emancipation Proclamation itself! But unlike most, you were able to seamless imitate your style despite your alignment. Not only did this make it extremely sinister for any town with you as a mafia member, but that meant that any game that you had a solid investment for would essentially expect to be hit with an onslaught of argument against them. And most of the time, you were able to thwart those who opposed you by just outwording them, let alone your extremely thorough dissection of the interactions that went on in thread. Anybody who had the chance to hydra with you or just talk about the game with you in detail leveled up immensely.
But you weren’t only a mafia player. Most would likely argue that you were the room’s most avid and consistent advocate for Adventure Games (or AGames for short). These were games where you would be put in a sandbox-like environment where you are essentially free to do whatever you want with the character you are assigned, with either an explicit or implied win condition. As the game progresses, you start to learn about the environment that you’re in and the other players you interact with and their objectives, and the game unfolds in wild and ridiculous ways. This really fit your style of writing detailed and well-crafted essays, and was a welcome addition to the DGames culture. DGames would not be the same without you, that is for certain.
As the Town Tracker, you may send me the command Track: Player X during the Night phase. You will receive information about who that player visited during the Night phase, or if they happened to visit anybody at all. You win when all of the mafia team has been eliminated.
God Robert's Cousin:
Ryker, Town Vigilante
You are Ryker! You are the brash, arrogant, picture perfect representation of DGames. Outside of the game, you are a whole lot of fun, willing to spend long nights up just messing around with others online or playing games together or just being a good friend. But in the game, you took on quite the stand out personality. When I think of a loud voice in DGames, Ryker is the first name that comes into my head! You will force your opinions to be front and center regardless of alignment, and gather up a wagon on your scumreads until the town resists you with absolute conviction. Your confidence in your reads have both won town games and lost town games. But if you did learn from your mistakes, you certainly did not learn to take a back seat, because you are front and center for most of the mafia games you’re in. You like to dictate the interactions, you like to prod people and ask everyone questions about what’s on your mind. It was very interesting watching you play the game.
On a mafia team you definitely had a knack for strategy and planning how your team would win, even if it meant that you were going to take a dive. But that’s alright. After all, you knew that on a mafia team it wasn’t about being the shining star, it was about the team win. But your conviction in your thoughts really came through with Night actions. If the town had a strong inking toward doing something and you had the opportunity to help ease town’s head, the town had better hope that their inking aligned with yours, because you’re following your own rules. Nobody tells Ryker what to do. All in all, you had good reads and formed arguments well, but your shining trait was your ability to lead discussion and really get people out of the shadows and into the mood to circulate discussion. Your name strikes a sense of fame and infamy simultaneously.
As the Town Vigilante, you may send me the command Kill: Player X during the Night phase. That player will die the following Day. You win when all of the mafia team has been eliminated.
Opossum:
Xiivi, Vanilla Townie
You are Xiivi! You are a quirky character in the DGames room, that’s for sure. As an administrator, you had much more work in the Smashboards forum as a whole to look after. But for some reason, you decided to do a lot for the room in and of itself. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that most of your contribution to the state of DGames has been from outside the game of mafia itself!
You loved hosting games. So much so, in fact, that I have seen you hosting more games than I’ve seen you actually playing in them. Your games always had a very interesting mechanical or thematic attraction to them, and DGames knew that when you were hosting a game, they should try to get themselves in it. You also introduced mafia to the Green Room! When the Premium status was first being offered, you decided to have light-hearted games of mafia hosted for the members to get a good laugh. Thanks to that, many new players found themselves introduced to the DGames room, like Asdioh and Red Ryu! But arguably your most important contribution to the DGames room was the inception of Newbie Games. These games were specifically designed to be light in roles and filled with new/very inexperienced mafia players. These would take up most of the slots, but two or three more experienced players would also funnel in, as a means of guiding the new players through the mechanics and to give them a hand when it comes to understanding what exactly was going on. This gave players the chance to experience mafia in a more relaxed environment than the cutthroat nature that DGames tended to be. You were a legend in the room for essentially being a solid forum manager, and it’s a shame for those that didn’t get to know you.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Maven89:
Cello_Marl, Vanilla Townie
You are Cello_Marl! Just that name itself sends shivers down the spines of most of the older DGames community. You came to the forum at a time where the games were still strongly played, but towns had a bit of a difficult time organizing their plans of action against the mafia. Accompanied by the likes of Tandora, Mayling and McFox, you guys were all related, with McFox being engaged to and eventually marrying Mayling. The latter three were all just normal DGames kin, but not you. You played the game like a dictator, and showed little personality outside of the game.
When a game started, you essentially had the entire way that a game would proceed outlined and decided. If players defied you, they would feel your wrath. But you were good at what you did. You weren’t the best as mafia, but as town, you were able to pinpoint scum extremely well, even if they were trying to pretend to be buddies with you. You had productive conversations with those who went along with you, but if somebody didn’t, you would essentially ostracize them until they were eventually lynched for not cooperating. Your time in DGames was short lived, but the impact you made was tremendous.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Holder of the Heel:
Overswarm, Vanilla Townie
You are Overswarm! The adopted father of DGames, you are the one person DGamers probably think of when they are asked, “Name one DGamer who wound up being financially and personally successful in real life.” An English major in college, a programmer, a husband and real life father, and a lifelong staple in DGames history, giving financial and existential advice to all of us who really need it, you were really a great guy.
But all of that said, you still had quite the handle on the game of mafia in DGames. As a player, you were very analytical and willing to write up long cases against other players. Yout alanysis was sharp, and your reads were great, but you were arguably the best at being able to break down a complicated setup and find a way to cater the Night actions of other players to best suit town’s needs. But as mafia, oh boy! It’s like the role of mastermind was invented by you! You had a way of knowing how to perfectly execute Night actions and to tell what other townies were thinking of doing, and tell whether or not they had a power role based on how they interacted with others. You were a whiz as mafia, and you are arguably best known for your mafia play in game.
But most would likely argue that your talents were best used as the host! You essentially set the standard for a really good game of mafia that had heavy roles and mechanics implemented. When an Overswarm game came up to the queue, it would fill up instantaneously. People would adjust their schedules just to play in your games, and some of DGames’ fondest memories come from the shenanigans that came about in the games you made. Your ability to rock a player’s mind was unprecedented, and DGames would be a very different room without your influence.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
CrusherMania1592:
WashedLaundry, Vanilla Townie
You are WashedLaundry! Your start in DGames was an interesting one. When AllIsBrawl started to go extinct, many of the players from that website needed a home. So players like you, girrafeslasergun, and Vult Redux migrated over to Decisive Games to make it your permanent home. A funny, quick-witted, gif-filled type of guy, you definitely knew how strike a solid balance of having fun in a game while also being a heavy hitter. Everyone knew to expect to see some ridiculous sorts of gifs to come out of your wealth of them during the game, and laughs were abundant. Outside of the game, you were a good guy to talk to and you were a big part in getting DGames to have regular skype sessions.
In the game of mafia, you had a style of interaction that made it really difficult for the majority of town to read you as mafia. In fact, regardless of your alignment, most people would read you as town! You came off as very genuine in your approach to hunting for scum, and you were very thorough in your investigations. You were willing to hear out other players and consider other options, and your changes in reads were very organic. This was something that you were easily able to adopt to your scum play, though, which made you a big threat to watch out for, and put you in the category of “trust this guy with a grain of salt,” a place that cements your place as a great player of the game.
As a Vanilla Townie, you have no powers outside of your voice and vote. You win when all of the mafia has been eliminated.
Scum roles are in the scum chat and for some awful reason I can't copy paste in smashboards and I didn't write them in a word document, so you can go to that pm to see their roles (or someone can copy paste them here if they really want to lol)
