Didn’t this happen before? Someone was about to start a game and then the server just decided it was gonna sleep in?
It was Forge, for the Resident Evil game.
Missing Person: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another edition of SRK Mafia Interviews. Missing Person here with a very exciting interview, as I’m here with none other than Mr. April May himself, Vynce.
Vynce: I don’t…That’s not canon.
Missing Person: We can retcon it later. So Vynce, you have been one of the more recognizable figures in mafia for a good while. Why do you think you’ve gotten such recognition?
Vynce: It’s my writer’s voice. That’s really all it is. Historically, I’ve written everything the way I’d say it. Plus, I’m among the few GDR regulars that participate, so I’m familiar.
Missing Person: Actually you managed to come right when the mafia scene started burgeoning. What coerced you to join your first game?
Vynce: SWBeta. I thought the mafia games were something akin to those old Myspace “games” so I wrote them off. When I saw that the latest edition was being run by Beta, I figured there must be something interesting about it.
Missing Person: Right, actually Beta and SoVi3t were kind of the guys that prodded me to join when the threads piqued my interest as well. Now with that known, what kept you coming back?
Vynce: I liked the competitive nature of the games, for one. It’s rare that you’re given the opportunity to try to outsmart (or at least deceive) other intelligent people. It’s a really engaging experience. That said, the biggest draw has been getting to know a lot of people at SRK that I’d otherwise had little or no interaction with. It’s like a faction of SRK. I’d argue it’s the best one.
Missing Person: So Mafia is now the best coast?
Vynce: Word.
Missing Person: Well, touching back on your first game. You made a big splash super quick in that game. I’m pretty sure the first two pages of that game pretty much set in motion plays that made both of us live in infamy from that point on. So from your point of view, how did our game of chicken escalate so quickly and take up most of the debate of that game?
Vynce: That was so great. I honestly just had no idea what the fuck I was doing. So I had that first-timer intensity going and I decided you were definitely guilty. After a bit of time had passed, I realized you may not be, but decided it was important to keep our back and forth going. That way, it was unlikely either of us would be killed. I think coming to that realization was my first instance of understanding the game.
Missing Person: What was the driving force behind your guilty verdict? That verbal sparring was quite frankly one of the greatest mind games ever in SRK Mafia history, and it’s a great time to get the feels behind it.
Vynce: If I remember correctly, you’d said someone was likely guilty for something they had said. For whatever reason, that seemed like a stretch to me and I reasoned that you were probably guilty yourself, and trying to get a Marvel lynched. So, I jumped on you for it. Reading back through the first few phases of that game is actually kind of embarrassing.
Missing Person: I actually wince at Day 1 & 2 of that game. Actually that was accurate, because I had said that great cow lord was guilty for saying Cee Dizzy was with zero logic behind it.
Vynce: We turned it into something great, but it was rooted in me being clueless and over enthusiastic. LOL yeah, it’s kind of hard not to. I couldn’t remember who the parties were. That’s right, and GCL and the two of us were Marvels. I don’t remember CD at all.
Missing Person: That’s because Cee Dizzy was not a Real Nigga.
Vynce: *
Missing Person: Bingo. Now, we’re about to get real existential up in here.
Vynce:Nice.
Missing Person: B). What does it mean for you?
Vynce: 've always been a big emoticon guy. Capital B end parenthesis is pretty meaningless to me, but the mobile version (B)) is just great. I first used it in the vampire/werewolves game while checking in. I always like to be a hard read, and using it when I did served to cast suspicion on me immediately. I anticipate that. After that, it was just like a trademark. It makes me lol.
Missing Person: So what do you say to all the posers trying to B) it up?
Vynce: I’d probably just give them that nod, if I saw them IRL. I enjoy it, nearly invariably.
Missing Person: So eventually, we’re going to see Vynce, and he’s going to have sunglasses permanently affixed to his eyes, in order to LIVE B). Sound accurate?
Vynce: lol yeah. I actually wear sunglasses whenever I’m outside or driving if it’s not dusk or night time. My eyes are very sensitive. I won’t wear them inside, because that’s douchey. (And so is wearing them on top of your head, people.)
Missing Person: This is where you can pimp your GoFundMe to get you a pair of those gamer gasses so you don’t look as douchey inside.
As an aside, if I ever see people wearing glasses on top of their heads, I instinctively look at their waists to see if they’re wearing fanny packs.
Vynce: LOL
Missing Person: Now, onto a couple of your other interesting quirks. One has kind of died down in recent history, but can’t be escaped: Calling mafia by the name of the mafia in the previous game. What started that and what kept it going?
Vynce: Initially, it was just me saying, “I don’t know what any of this is.” I understand Marvel and Capcom, so I decided to use those terms regardless of the new (PW) theme. Then, I just continued doing it for a couple games. Ultimately, I got bored with it and nearly got lynched once when I accidentally said Capcom when I meant to say Marvel.
Missing Person: I don’t remember what game that was in.
Vynce: It was…Hm. Chief and I were staying offline to prove we were both civs.
Missing Person: Oh God, not THAT game.
Vynce: Oh no. It was the All Star Game! What a travesty.
Missing Person: That game was such a mental block for me, but we’ll come back to that. I need to stay on topic. Now, for your other quirk: Your unusual write-up characters, which typically do not fit the theme of the game. Which started up in coincidentally, the Phoenix Wright game. What brought on the transformation from Vynce to Logan in that game?
Vynce: lol yeah. Largely the same deal. I’m usually unfamiliar with the games’ themes. I don’t watch anime or play many games in kind. I wished I’d had a cool character to be in UMVC3, and Wolverine didn’t have a role in that first game. So he seemed like fair game.
Missing Person: So basically, you’re like a lower level of oblivious than LordWilliam, if I’m getting the gist of it.
Vynce: That’s a comparison you made. I forgot to include an adjective there. At least I’m not like “What’s H-B-O?”
Missing Person: Fair point. I do remember having a WTF moment when you requested to die as Iori in the EOW game, like, “How am I supposed to write this in and make it make sense in the game theme?”
Vynce: But…you…DID!
Missing Person: Somehow it worked, and wound up being one of the best write-ups I’ve done, so I’ve gotta give you some credit for making me go outside the box on that one.
Vynce: B)
Missing Person: Now, back to the most touchy subject for me. SRK Mafia All-Stars, our rivalry coming to a head. You were the one that ultimately managed to stick on me to get me lynched that game. I’m still not competely convinced how that happened.
Vynce: I don’t think that game was canon. Was that the time you were a capcom?
Missing Person: That was my absolute first appearance as mafia.
Vynce: Okay, I remember this. There were 2 factors:
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You seemed a little off. Just some. A bit.
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Gambler’s fallacy. I couldn’t let go of that until I got Fuzz lynched night 1 later down the road.
Missing Person: I always thought that was a way to make sure the Black Guy died first. But actually, that does make me a bit salty, that part of my lynch was due to gambler’s fallacy.
Vynce: My mind isn’t always rational or fair.
Missing Person: And yet, somehow it worked on me. And I think I still owe you for that game.
Vynce: YOU MADE ME A HERMOPHRADITE!
Missing Person: I believe the proper terminology is transsexual.
Vynce: I apologize to crazy people everywhere.
Missing Person: Oh God, this thread is now going to get attacked by the Anti-GamerGate mob. So sweeping that one under the rug… South Park Mafia. This was where you really shined bright, where you were literally untouchable the whole game as Godfather. What was the biggest contributing factor to your survival in that game?
Vynce: Part of the problem I have as a civ is thinking everyone would do things as I would do them if I were mafia. It just seemed natural, to me. I didn’t have to worry too much about being suspected, because I am always suspected. And I’m usually a civ. So I had the leisure of not changing my play style whatsoever.
Missing Person: So basically, just stay where people knew exactly how you were going to play so that it was indiscernable as a change in behavior?
Vynce: In a way. In another, I try to play differently in each game. That’s contradictory, I know. In some regards, I’ll always play the same way. In others, I try not to. Though I can’t articulate what those ways are, as I’m talking out my ass.
Missing Person: And that was going to be my next question. Now, for another shining moment: The Vampires game. Please explain how the Bytches became the shining beacon of hope that propelled the civilians to glory.
Vynce: That was crazy. Synonym did all the heavy lifting and I drank a bunch. I was annoyed with a lot of things in that game. I posted a bunch and made one good play, ultimately. If I could do it again, I’d have said “a lot” one of those times.
Missing Person: What was your good play?
Vynce: Oh, we realized CK was using his power role to kill civs. My role let me redirect powers, so I redirected his cure/kill back at him.
Missing Person: Oh yeah, that’s right. That was the big one that kept us afloat. Now, with this being the last game before the All Star game, how do you feel your chances are for getting in this time? Who do you think is for sure getting in?
Vynce: I didn’t even know another one was coming up so soon. I feel like I could get in. But more based on reputation than actual ability. Let’s see…Synonym and DarkGeneral are the first 2 that come to mind.
Missing Person: Now, if the two of us had a mafia faceoff again, who do you think comes out on top?
Vynce: I’d say it depends on the weather, man. I’ve had my fair share of bad reads and lousy games. Truth be told, I don’t think I’m particularly good at mafia. I like to think I make it interesting. Your reads tend to be better thought-out, and you’re much more diligent than I am.
Missing Person: But on the contrary, you have better shot at rallying players behind you for a lynch while I still have difficulty in that department.
Vynce: I talk a good game. That’s my strength as a player.
Missing Person: Sometimes that’s enough though.
Vynce: Often times it is, as luck would have it.
Missing Person: Now, any shoutouts or salt to be thrown?
Vynce: Yeah! My boys The Chief and Fuzz. They’ve both endured a lot of frustration in these games. Fuzz has been getting in his own head. I understand that, though. It’s like when you’re on a losing streak in a video game. It’s hard to pull out of it. And you know a bullshit loss when you’re subjected to one. Also, Bious. Stop trying to kill me all the time, wtf. And my Bytch. He knows.
Missing Person: And if you could drag one person into a game, who would it be?
Vynce: @angelpalm He’s one of my favorite posters at SRK. We’ve played games together online quite a few times. His irreverence would be too good.
Missing Person: I remember you trying to get him in, and him calling it too nerdy, only to later join Manx’s D&D game.
Vynce: RIGHT??
Missing Person: So I guess we have to make a D&D themed mafia game in order to draw his attention.
Vynce: That could work. I’ll have no idea what any of it means.
Missing Person: That’s kinda par for the course though.
Vynce: You got that right, bub.
Missing Person: And with that, this is Missing Person signing off with a reminder: dial 867-5309 for April’s solid 8.
Vynce: ;(
There’s got to be some Irony in the fact I’m serving jury duty (in Compton!) While this game is starting, no?
There would be irony only if you are mafia on this game.
Hecatom you’re going overboard with the pregame mindgames, you’re gonna get us both lynched! We can’t lose 2 mafia like that
Well, write-up’s all done. See you guys on the other side.
We should all crack open a cold one with Vynce when we read the intro write-up tonight.
Courthouse blocked srk from WiFi wtf
Are you tempted to take a photo of your middle finger with the judge in the background? Don’t do it.
I seriously considered something like that but they said no photos at all in here
You should dress up as a PW (hue hue) character when you attend @PW.
Sorry, Forge :(.
Bious is mafia, btw
I rather like it in my own head. It’s well ventilated and the company is wonderful.
Ugh. Juror #10 reporting for duty
I’ve heard Alpha visits frequently.
Juror roles haven’t been sent out yet Pimp, but nice try
B)
And that is why the servers were down for a while earlier. I approve.
Also MP you’re a hypocritical bastard. “I’m salty that I got lynched by gambler’s fallacy wah” that’s the same bull you tried to pass onto Team Texas in the Musicians game. I mean, one of us was Mafia and another was the Serial Killer, but you could’ve accidentally lynched me!