Dominion Strategy Forum
Miscellaneous => Introductions => Topic started by: AndrewisFTTW on January 31, 2014, 02:44:07 pm
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...otherwise known as F T T W. I'm sure some of you have seen me around on Goko and have probably mercilessly beaten my ass while primarily focusing on flossing your teeth (does anyone actually floss?). Anyway, here's my brief story:
I moved in with my girlfriend a few months back and one of the dudes that lives in the house introduced me to Dominion, regularly laying the smackdown on me whenever I dared challenge him. Thus I developed an unhealthy obsession with Dominion, similar to the unhealthy obsession I developed with Magic as an early teen, and Runescape as a mid-teen, and chess as a late teen... I'm sensing a pattern here. Anyway, I can now beat my housemate most of the time but I feel the need to improve and learn more about this game and this forum seems to be a wealth of information and resources for every level of player.
As for personal life, I'm 25 and I live in Maryland. By night I'm a full time musician, by day I'm a frustratingly mediocre Dominion player.
Well then, I guess that's about it. See you on Goko!
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Hi! Welcome to the forum. You weren't the guy I played before who said they lurked here and might posting are you?
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Nope, not me.
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I floss.
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
Well I'm convinced.
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
Well I'm convinced.
They aren't fun. Seriously. It's as much fun as sitting in a chair and being poked with a stick for hours on end.
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
Well I'm convinced.
They aren't fun. Seriously. It's as much fun as sitting in a chair and being poked with a stick for hours on end.
...what kind of stick?
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
Well I'm convinced.
They aren't fun. Seriously. It's as much fun as sitting in a chair and being poked with a stick for hours on end.
...what kind of stick?
Sticks of licorice, or anything yummy! They're great!
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Isn't anyone going to recommend that I play the forum games?
hey. play some mafia. its great
Well I'm convinced.
They aren't fun. Seriously. It's as much fun as sitting in a chair and being poked with a stick for hours on end.
...what kind of stick?
Sticks of licorice, or anything yummy! They're great!
Licorice of death, poisoned with poison and stuff.
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But... it's good poison ! The kind that makes you die painlessly in your sleep in 80 years or so !
I feel like this metaphor has gone too far.
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Here is the thing about mafia (I can't speak concerning other forum games):
1. It is a time commitment. If you want to play mafia, you really want to be able to check in at least once a day to keep the game moving. It takes time to read back through the thread and know what is going on, so staying current is important for for the game. So there will be some poking if you join a game and then don't show up to post your thoughts. (however, if you know you will be gone for a certain period of time you can post in the Vacation/Limited access (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3621.0) thread so that way people know why you aren't around)
2. You need thick skin. People will accuse of lying, people will have outbursts of rage, people will post huge emotional appeals. Personally, the time of a game that I enjoy the most is when someone is building a case against me and I have to defend myself. Take everything with a grain of salt though. Its just a game, and its not personal. An important part of this is to read, understand, and sign the civility pledge (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=7695.0) before playing any games of mafia.
3. It is a ton of fun. If you enjoy social deduction, theorizing about crazy game setups, reading between the lines to try and figure out who the mafia are, solving puzzles, and having fun with other people who happen to like Dominion; you will enjoy the game. You might get poked and prodded a bit as KingZog3 said, but give as good as you get and you will be fine. There are a couple (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=9999.0) games (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=10187.0) open for sign-ups right now, so read over the setups, PM the moderators of those games if you have questions, join one, and have fun. If you are interested, you should at least try one game to see how you like it. You may end up finding that it is not for you. Or you may love it. (also, useful information regarding general mafia knowledge can be found at the mafiascum wiki (http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Main_Page).)
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I'm sure they're fun. I don't take part in them, but everyone else does so whenever someone new comes on the forum I always make sure they know how not fun the games are :P
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Welcome Andrew, I definitely remember your name from Goko and that you're a very good player!
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I was just kidding about the forum games but thanks for all the info, maybe I'll check them out sometime.
Welcome Andrew, I definitely remember your name from Goko and that you're a very good player!
Thanks, I hope we can play some more games soon!