How Did You Find Us? Poll

[Crunkus_old]

Alrighty. This poll is open to all who have played a game of mafia here at playdiplomacy.com or have recently signed on to do so.

How did you find us?

I'd encourage veterans and newbies alike to choose the option that best describes their circumstances. Feel free to comment in the thread, add specifics, or offer another option that I should add to the list.

[sjg11]

I believe Pagane/Santi Mata pointed me in the direction of this particular subforum.

[Master Radishes]

I remember when the first game started up I hadn't heard of it before and didn't quite get it, so I didn't join in. A few months later I saw people start up Mafia on another site I lurked on, and I decided to take a closer look this time. I eventually joined up and played on that site. PlayDip Mafia only lasted a game or two before dying, initially, but eventually it not only returned but thrived. So I joined in the fun here too.

I would say the second poll option best reflects my answer.

[Pagane]

I believe Pagane/Santi Mata pointed me in the direction of this particular subforum.

Best thing I ever did for the forum! I spied your talent and tested you with a grueling set of challenges to prove that you were the one, the savior of all...
Actually, I believe I was playing you in a WWII forum Dip game and needed a sub in mafia.


I was first here under my Santiago Matamoros avatar. I'd played a couple classic RL games in the past, then saw a new thread pop up on the PlayDip homepage one day that I checked out and got hooked following The Don's Villa. After I left 'temporarily' (that turned out to be indefinitely), I lost my old computers in a fire and didn't have access to my old account.

So I guess as SM I fit the second choice, but as Pagane I rose from the ashes of SM.

[Palin]

Found the site in Wikipedia and joined for the Diplomacy. I was registered for about 10 days, when none else than Crunkus invited me in GIG II. Had never played Mafia by then, so if someone is to blame for my getting on people's nerves (including himself a couple of times) it's Crunkus!

Just got back to the site and this time I plan never to leave; I missed you guys (and the occasional girl as well)!

[Harb]

I was playing a Mentor game of Diplomacy on this site when I found the mafia subforum. There was a newbie game about to start up and I jumped on it. I hadn't formally played Mafia before, but I was in the middle of a long series of weekends playing the Battlestar Galactica board game. I knew I LOVED hidden traitor games so I was pretty stoked.


Edit: This caused me to go back that first game, Harry Potter Mafia. I cringed. Quite a bit.

[Crunkus_old]

Hmmm. Mafia IX: Firefly. I just went back and re-read it. 35 pages, it sure didn't take long. Gosh, reading it again I genuinely remembered what it felt like being so new.

We had some good fun with the role-play there at the beginning. A different sort of game back then to be sure.

Hmm. funny. Reading the AAR again I suddenly remember I had played the game on IRC elsewhere before playing it on the forum here.

I had completely forgotten. Must be getting elderly. Time to go back and change my vote in the poll.

That was really interesting reading it all again.

[bkbkbk]

I remember when Harb signed up for that game, because his name kept getting autocorrected to Harv when I typed it in. If I remember correctly, we also had Phatality in that game.

I was invited by Crunkus to play in The Prisoner, but didn't fancy it at the time. I kept my eye on the forum though, and later signed up for Fellowship of the Mafia. That's when I met jeanphi.

[Firestorm94]

Found the site in Wikipedia and joined for the Diplomacy. I was registered for about 10 days, when none else than Crunkus invited me in GIG II. Had never played Mafia by then, so if someone is to blame for my getting on people's nerves (including himself a couple of times) it's Crunkus!

Just got back to the site and this time I plan never to leave; I missed you guys (and the occasional girl as well)!

Welcome back, Palin! It's nice to see you again.

As for the poll, I found mafia on another site and got killed immediately there. My first game on this site was my second game ever. Since then, I think I've done almost as much reading for mafia as I have for school.

Back in the old days, we voted in bold, and posts with more than three lines were hard to come by. It was definitely quite different back then.

@Harb: I don't recall you being THAT bad in Harry Potter. I remember that you guys lynched shirt, who was arguably the strongest townie in the game (plus he was the freaking cop!). I really enjoyed the way that newbie game was set up. The veteran players were able to contribute to the game in a way that (hopefully) helped the newbies get a feel for how we play around here. Crunkus's roleplay as Snape is good reading too.

[Harb]

@Harb: I don't recall you being THAT bad in Harry Potter. I remember that you guys lynched shirt, who was arguably the strongest townie in the game (plus he was the freaking cop!). I really enjoyed the way that newbie game was set up. The veteran players were able to contribute to the game in a way that (hopefully) helped the newbies get a feel for how we play around here. Crunkus's roleplay as Snape is good reading too.

To be fair I WAS opposed to that lynch. We should consider running another newbie game soon. We don't have a lot of TRUE newbies since folks have been diving into games, but it might be night to do a mentor style game with newer players that feel like they've got improvements they can make.