What got you interested in mafia?
People kept spamming me with advertisements and this was the only way I could make them shut up with the advertisements already.
What was your favorite mafia game (on or off site)?
The Legend of Zelda- War of Hyrule
I didn't have to work as hard as I did in Capo III, but there was still much glory to be had, and the ending was perhaps my favorite ending of all time.
Is there a game you feel you played really well in (again, can be on or off site)?
I hope you don't mind, but I've been in like 100 games so can I do a few?
The Org:
The Council of Villains- However, I was given a role that was obviously overpowered. That was a crutch. The "good" play was requesting the exact text of a detective result on someone that was passed off as clean, but when I re-read it, I decided it wasn't clean. Then we lynched that guy. Other good play was maintaining a pro-town network and protecting the important people involved for most of the game, if not all of it, at a time when the consensus was networks were huge security hazards, open to infiltration, and would result in town defeat almost every time. This game reversed the trend at long last, and I had a big hand in that, but it was definitely a team effort.
Mass Effect Mini Mafia- It was a mini game so not that much effort required. I successfully reversed some early pressure with scapegoats. But the really "good" play was using my scum-hunting skills as a scumbag to locate my unknown partner. Neither of us could murder, so we were outnumbered and divided by the town, and no stronger than any of the townies individually. Finding him was game-winning. I was so confident that it was him, I posted a big fat case explaining how guilty he was and why he was guilty, and then confessed to being evil in front of everyone, with the game on the line. Had I been wrong, I would have lost the game.
It's called bravado!
Hitman's Gambit- In terms of pure evil, this is the one game where Askthepizzaguy becomes a Super-Saiyan.
At only 160 posts and two rounds of play, you'd better freaking read it! 
Plot summary: Two rival hitmen on a mission to eliminate a certain townie target, and the other hitman. They are given a limited bank account which can perform any action, the more powerful the action, the more expensive it is. They can perform multiple actions per night. The other hitman can see exactly what actions are being purchased, so you have to be careful not to give anything away. The townies are given an investigator who can locate the hitmen, and they outnumber the hitmen, who are already handicapped because they face each other in a race to avoid death and cause their target to die. Game begins with a night phase. N1, I spend money looking only for the other hitman, which is a limited detective scan. I scan myself, and a couple other people. I happen to find the other hitman, and the other hitman thinks that his rival is not Pizza because his rival scanned pizza to find out if Pizza was the other hitman, so.... anyway. I'm scanned by the detective on N1 and found out by the townies before play even really begins. What follows is what happens to Askthepizzaguy when he's found out as scum on N1 and decides he wants revenge. Enjoy.
Socially unacceptable Mini-Mafia- This is the game that earned me the nickname "
Diamond Junk", even though I lost. I was a psychotic serial killer, and here's how I hid from the townies who were basically nothing but roleblockers who could prevent me from killing: I immediately confessed to being a psychotic serial killer, but claimed I was still townie because it is socially unacceptable to be a psychopath. It was too outrageous to be a lie! So they let me kill off whoever I wanted as their vigilante. Some people were so convinced by my performance, that they cursed out the townie responsible for my death, and the moderators had to get involved. Ain't I a stinker?
Capo di Tutti Capo III- 76 players. The game wherein I'm a neutral guy on a mission to kill the communist (cult-like) team before the FBI does. Only, instead, I work with the FBI to help bring down the five mafia families and "do the townies a solid" before finishing off the communist cult. This is the game where I took pro-town networking to its maximum power level, and I ended up killing directly, lynching, or directing the vigilante killings of most of the baddies in the game. I emerged with my "lucky" still intact, and my body unscathed, somehow. And yes, I whipped their commie butts.
Swords and D20's- The City of Doors- The one wherein I am LEEEEEEROY JENKINNNNNNNSSSSSSS and we win, just barely. Well, I wasn't Leeroy Jenkins, but I pretended I was, and people believed me.
Pick your power small mafia- First day, I ask that they lynch Khaan, who was mafia. Soon thereafter, I call out Andres on being total scum, and lay out my case. He dies, he was mafia, and he suicide bombs me in retaliation, proving me innocent and bulletproof, but I die anyway. Finally, I trick Beskar into voting for the retaliatory townie, which wins the game, because he was a double-voter and would have won if he had voted for anyone else besides that guy or himself. So 3/3.
The Shadow Fort- The one wherein I am turned into a vampire just as my master is slain, leaving me basically alone in a game full of detectives, vigilantes, doctors, and a massive cult-like mafia team. There was much death. The one wherein I confess to being a demon, and they lynch White_eyes anyway.
Star Wars- Return of the Sith- The one wherein I become the Grandmaster of the Order and fight off the two remaining sith by myself. I also have a big badass argument with Tincow about how guilty Psychonaut was, which proved how stubborn we both were, but this time, I was actually right! Yay, that makes 1 for ..... however many other times I've debated with Tincow. One! Woot!
The trouble in waiting- After a rocky start, I nail both mafia. And nobody listens. The one wherein I TOLD YOU SO, I
FREAKING TOLD YOU SO.
Parasite: Earthbound- The one wherein I'm a big badass alien who is just trying to figure out his origins... and I try to help the hyoo-mons in the process, but they turn against me, and I try to help the evil aliens, but they also turn against me. Then, I get mad and the bad things start to happen....
Order of the Stick- The one wherein I trick the mafia into confessing who they are and all their weaknesses. It had to sting, so I'll not rub it in. Let's move on...
Buffyverse- The one wherein I'm a vigilante and the
only things I kill are mafia, over, and over, and over, and over.... until we win.
Council of Villains- State of Corruption- The one wherein I'm a serial killer on a mission to kill both mafia godfathers. I can actually win with the town if I do. I manage to bring down one mafia godfather, and expose their team's hidden message system, and I also help bring down one of the other team's goons, while connecting the townie's main investigators with their doctors, before SOME PARANOID TOWNIES (and the team whose Godfather I helped bring down) decided I was not trustworthy enough to leave alive, even though I was pwning the mafia for them and I helped spare the lives of several townie investigators.
I lost, but man, it sure felt like winning.
The Campground- The one wherein I completely suck,
until the final two rounds. 
Oh, also, everyone knows for sure I'm guilty, except I'm not, and then I do
this post which is possibly the most epic post of all time.
Visions of the Animus- The one wherein I nail Kagemusha on the first real day of the game based on his behavior alone, but I am lynched instead, and then I work by myself in my own quicktopic to determine who his mafia buddies are, and I work out who 2 out of 3 of them are by the third day.
Total War Center-
Jubal's A game of Mafia- I was by myself for half the game with an inactive partner, got investigated by Captain Blackadder, and threw enough wine in front of everyone to sneak my replacement partner past the goal. Town inactivity helped, but I did my part.
Hitchhiker's Guide....- The one wherein I'm a detective and claim bulletproof on the first day, asking to be investigated on the first night, so that the mafia families and the serial killer don't kill me, so I can investigate and nail them all... It works, and I nail most of their scummy butts and town ekes out a win. I die eventually, but man, WORTH IT!!!
Beer Mafia- I was beertastic.
Bad Idea Mini Mafia- The one wherein I personally, single-handedly, kill a mafioso on the FIRST SECOND OF THE GAME. Check the timestamps, b's. Later I tell Rob_the_Celt he should kill Stildawn, and he does, and we win.
The Legend of Zelda- Lover Victory in a huge game. Oh the carnage, the betrayal, and the pile of dead cultists all screaming for my head. Delicious.
CFC:
I did okay in a couple of the NOTW's I was in, and I won a couple of the large mafia games. I think my better performance was in the NOTW where I was a witch doctor. That was the good one.
And for each one of these games of pure pwnage, I have many more wins of a mediocre or unspectacular nature, and a
whoooooooooole lot of fail. So I'm not bragging, I'm highlighting.
How long do you prefer each Day phase to last?
48 hours.
What is your favorite generic mafia role?
Vigilante, due to its double-edged nature. Be the hero, or be the idiot who messes up your whole team's chances.
What is your least favorite generic mafia role?
True alignment scanners. Total cheat!
What was your favorite role you received in a game (on or off site)?
The
CIA role in Capo di Tutti Capo III, tied with the
Kafei/King Dodongo role in Zelda.
How do you successfully look unsuspicious?
By being mafia.
How do you successfully respond to criticism?
By killing mafia.
How do you successfully reverse a bandwagon?
Through sheer testicular fortitude.
How do you successfully accuse people?
Throw the kitchen sink at them and show people why they're scummy. The why is very important. Being right helps, and being able to argue aggressively helps.
Is there a way you can influence the killers to not murder you?
Be lynch bait: Do some bad lynches, and get some pressure on you. Be on the verge of death and generally be ineffective at lynching the scums. I know I'm playing a bad game when I'm townie and I'm still alive at the end. That means I haven't made the mafia fear me. It makes me saddeded.
Is there a way to avoid getting lynched early?
Don't ever go inactive and allow yourself to be wogged. Don't go inactive at the end of a game especially. Vote every round. People will value your life as a potential teammate over a lurker who lets the team down every game. It's worth losing the 1 game out of 10 to an active pizzaguy who has earned the win, because I'll actually be a helpful townie at least 5 out of the remaining 9 other games (I also have a good townie record). The key is to be active, to vote, to discuss, and to try. You don't do those things, you're early game lynch fodder, and you deserve it.
What is your recommended strategy for playing a detective?
Investigate anyone who is unlikely to be lynched or murdered soon. Someone no one considers a threat. That way when you reveal your results, they will reveal info about living people, not corpses.
What is your recommended strategy for playing a doctor?
Protect the accusative talkers. They'll get lynched anyway if they're mafia. They're your main offensive weapon if they're townie.
What is your recommended strategy for playing a roleblocker?
Same as when you're an investigator, and reveal when the kill count drops, assuming it doesn't drop on the second or third night. Take a risk and block 4-5 people before revealing. It's less useful, less effective, and less accurate than a detective scan, so no biggie if you get killed, as long as you made the kills drop once, that's an extra townie's life you just saved.
What is your recommended strategy for playing a vigilante?
Be the second lynch, kill whoever the town suspects is guilty. That way you can explain your actions as vigilantism, not serial killing.
Kill every night, unless there are likely doctors or detectives in the game. Then, you might consider abstaining from killing until you have a better idea who needs to die.
What is your recommended strategy for playing a vanilla townie?
Be active, be accusatory, and accuse everyone in the game, one person at a time. Don't back down on your accusation unless you legitimately feel someone else is scummier. That way, it can be traced back, that you were really trying to lynch certain folks early on, and are thus unlikely to be their mafia partner. Give reasons for your vote. Lie and pretend to be a townie power role. Try to get murdered, that's your function. Get murdered and be proven innocent, so your accusations are coming from a known townie.
Don't eat a lynch.
When should you roleclaim, and why?
Very situational. No generic answer.
What is "scummy", exactly?
Scummy is how you're behaving, no matter how you're behaving.
What are some examples of scummy behavior? (Maybe we can compile a comprehensive list of what actions are and aren't scummy, and rank them on their scumminess?)
I'll decline to respond to this for now. Maybe later.
How do you play when you're mafia?
Very well, thank you.
What defines a good player?
Someone who shows up and tries, and understands the criticism they're subjected to.
What do you look for, as a host, in a player?
Someone who shows up and tries, and understands the criticism they're subjected to.
What do you look for, as a player, in a host?
Someone who shows up and tries, and understands the criticism they're subjected to.
What do you look for, as a player, in a game that is in sign-ups?
Either a sterling reputation for hosting awesome games, or a well-defined game concept that seems balanced and interesting.
1 mafioso (1 family) per 5-8 townies, with one murder each, reveals on death.
2 mafiosi (1 family) per 10-25 townies, with one murder each, reveals on death.
3 mafiosi (1 family) per 26-40 townies, with one murder each, reveals on death.
4 mafiosi (1 family) per huge game, 3 murders, reveals on death.
Adjust for additional families, adjust for no reveals on death.
For every townie power role of significant worth (doc, blocker, vig, etc), the mafiosi must have a way of countering that power or they must have a cover role/power of their own. Adjust per games which are more complex.
2 mafia families will oppose and destroy each other, regardless of the size of the town, but the town should always be significantly larger than the mafia families. 2 families is harder on the mafia than 1 family, because of the risk of murder death.
Serial killers require compensation for the risk of being murdered or lynched, and perhaps should not be expected to survive the entire game to win it.
How do you balance your games?
Very carefully.
What is your idea of the ideal mafia/NOTW game?
30-60 players and I live for more than a couple rounds, with an interesting story and a balanced setup. That's all, really.
What is the difference(s) between a mafia game and a NOTW game?
NOTW gives each player a unique character, side quests, items, goals, and there's usually a backstory for the universe they're in. Sometimes there are completely new kinds of roles.
Mafia games are more basic, although they can be themed, and usually do not involve items, sidequests, and although there can be unique characters, the roles are often standard/cookiecutter (mafia, doctor, detective).
Mafia games, you can win even if you're dead and can usually talk while dead. NOTW you usually lose when you're dead and must remain silent when dead.
Do you prefer small games/Mini-NOTWs or large games/NOTWs?
Large.
Do you read updates, or do you skim them (or skip the flavor writing altogether)?
Depends on how interesting they are.
What is your stance on the allowance of private communication in a game?
Depends on the game, usually I encourage it.
What voting format do you prefer (including item votes and unvotes)?
Vote: Player
Unvote, vote: Player
What is your stance on allowance of quoting PMs?
It allows mass reveals of roles, which can allow the game to be solved without much effort unless the host prepared plausible cover roles for the mafia. It's supposed to be a game of limited information, not a jigsaw puzzle with the pieces facing up.
What is your stance on allowance of quoting your Role PM publicly?
That's sort of meta-gaming. I don't like it.
What is your stance on cover roles?
Very good idea. Always have one ready to go.
How do react to reception of a vanilla townie role?
Goody, less pressure, and I can lie my butt off. I can try to get murdered, yay!
Do you prefer games that are more complex, or less complex?
Somewhat complex, but vanilla is fun. Too complex makes me groan.
What improvements, if any, do you think could be made to Mafia and NOTW on CFC?
We should get free pizza with every game.
I don't know if I've ever gotten one of those roles that was just "OH SWEET JESUS THIS IS AWESOME!", although I've received roles that I've thoroughly enjoyed playing. The serial killer in Night of the Mindworms was a lot of fun, as was the rogue in Impending Retribution.
Usually when I look suspicious, I get lynched no matter how hard I try, mafia or innocent.
