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Official EM News 7th Edition published by CarlySunshine24
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> EM Headlines
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Valentine's Day SHOUTOUTS!
Shoutouts this week will be EXTRA SPECIAL! They will be colored, with hearts, and all that good stuff! (Specially designed!) Everyone has a lover on EM...so send in your notes of sweetness and "Be Mines" to CarlySunshine24! Remember, there's always the option of anonymous shoutouts, if you're shy ;)
SpiderBoom's Heart Collage is FINISHED!
Thank you so much to all who sent in the pictures! It looks awesome! You can view the EM Heart Collage here:
http://www.epicmafia.com/topic/49634
EpicMafia Logo Contest
http://www.epicmafia.com/topic/51517
Mantys posted a contest for the best logo for EpicMafia! The prize is huge--120 tokens! Get your creative juices flowing and create a snazzy logo for our favorite site!
Mod Competition-Round 3
Who's the best moderator on EM? It's down to 6 now!
Lucid
projectmatt
Rondar
Cloudminnion
Sachy
Arkk
Next week it will be down to 3 or 4, then the final 2 showdown! Who's EM's #1 mod?
Vote/Petition for some additions to EM...
Our pick:
Timer in GY http://www.epicmafia.com/topic/51659 Suggested by lluren
> Thread of the Week
http://www.epicmafia.com/topic/51433
Come here to talk Super Bowl. Togepi's rooting for the Ravens. What about you? Good luck this super bowl to both the Ravens and 49-ers!
> Notable Account Changes
User News - vancyon reached 25,000 points!
(I try to keep up with this as best I can. If you or a friend has reached a milestone, please PM CarlySunshine24!)
Bans
AegisShield was banned from Training lobby.
Danzi was banned from Training lobby.
thatbennyguy was banned from Training, Competitive and Sandbox lobbies. Later unbanned.
Spot was banned from Sandox, Training, and Competitive lobbies. Later unbanned.
JohnMalkovich was banned from and Competitive lobbies.
Agudelo was banned from Training lobby.
laboroflove was banned from Training and Sandbox lobbies.
treasuretrail was banned from Competitive and Training lobbies.
prohere was banned from Training and Competitive lobby.
Colby was banned from Training lobby.
MallLaugh was banned from Training lobby.
"UNBANS":
-MikeyRu was unbanned
-PrinceOfBelAir was unbanned
-Aeronautics was unbanned
> Simply Roles
a role review section by SimplyJade!
The role I’m reviewing this week is the Hacker, created by wrestlerdudej. The Hacker is a third party role but can joint with town for less points. It also wins 1v1 against mafia. Basically, the Hacker will choose a person at night. If that person is a PR, he will reverse the outcome of his/her night action. For example, the cop will get a guilty on an inno (and vice versa), the doc will kill their save target, watcher would get a no visit report, maf would die instead of target (if they are first to kill). If the person they hack is a blue, then the hacker’s role is given to the blue. In my opinion, this role seems rather interesting. It would be a decent element to the game, causing people to consider all angles. The only problem I can see is trying to program the role into the game! If you want some more information and examples for what would happen to various roles when hacked, you can check out the role here: http://www.epicmafia.com/role/811.
> Link's Games Lobby News
A slow week all around for the Survivor community.
the99 hosted his 11th season of Big Brother, it was quite a success.. lasting over 6 hours! The final 2 came down to HighSpace and Omaha, with BaneofMafia getting third place. HighSpace ended up winning in a 5-2 Jury Vote! There was a bunch of rivalries and fights in this game, with good challenges to go a long with it! HighSpace definitely deserved to win it though.
Link finally returned to hosting again, starting out with a big bang, hosting his Survivor Seasons 42 & 43. Season 42, was nothing special, just a warm up game on the week day, ending up with sambo29 as the winner, with Ivana coming in second.
Link's Survivor Season 43, was a great success! It was a new type of game, that was very intense and competitive, with 10 of the top vivor players in the community. A special note, mentioning the return of hedger! One of the all time legends, coming back to play in this game. As two of the most renowned competitive players in the game, HighSpace & hedger dominated their way to the final 3, leading to them competing against one another in a final challenge. It was a very close finish, but hedger ended up coming out on top, beating HighSpace within a milla-second! hedger, being honorable still decided to take High over NickiJ, to the final 2 with him, which leaded to disaster, with HighSpace beating hedger in a 7-1 Jury Vote. The final 2 were both very deserving, it just seems it's still High's time to shine.
Games Lobby Player of the week: HighSpace - hands down for winning two of the big events, deservingly.
Schedule for games this weekend: http://www.epicmafia.com/topic/51726 (There's still 1 to go!)
Thanks, Link!
> EM Poems
We didn't receive any poems this week! C'mon Mafia, we need you! :) Next week I am expecting lots of poems~for Valentine's Day! Send in poems of EM love to CarlySunshine24 for next week's Valentine's Day edition!
> Shoutouts
From cardboardboxy to Gemsoldier: "I hope you've been doing well in your grades lately because I'm heavily considering a few things ^_^ <3"
> Hockey Special #2!
by our guest writer, Giga! This week we have many teams that are continuing to do well, and many others that well...could use a little help. Actually, a lot of help.
Right now on top of the East are the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins. Two really well-rounded teams with the power and the strength to outlast almost any opponent. They're cleaning up in their Divisions too, far ahead of any other competition.
The Washington Capitals need their supserstar, Alexander Ovechkin, to get back on his game, as they are currently 13th in the Eastern Conference with 5 points and a 2-5-1 record. Other teams in the East that are struggling are the Florida Panthers and the Philadelphia Flyers, who are waiting for a miracle to pop in and get them on a roll.
In the West, the San Jose Sharks are looking high and mighty as they continue to dominate their conference with a 7-0 record and 14 points. Another team that's off to a great start is the Chicago Blackhawks, with a 6-0-2 record and 14 points themselves. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the charts, we have the Calgary Flames, who aren't looking great at all with a 1-3-1 record, 3 points, and the lowest standing currently in the entire NHL. Whatever happened to Jarome Iginla?
The season is still young, but we can already see some potential playoff teams as we roll into February. It should be an interesting month.
Thanks again to Giga! Next week in our sports column, a football enthusiast will be writing on the Super Bowl results!
> Member of the Week
by Lady
This week's winner is <a href=http://www.epicmafia.com/user/166181#/>lluren</a>, Round 81 silver trophy winner and leader of the family Syndicate. Congratulations! In an interview conducted by <a href=http://www.epicmafia.com/user/213555#/>Lady</a>, here's what lluren had to say for himself:
What do you do with your free time? Well, I'm a boy soo.... seriously I’m a computer science student and I pass a lot of time on the pc (EpicMafia/League of Legends/AND MUSIC). Also, I do watch some animes.
How did you find EpicMafia? A couple of friends and me were playing a game named "Les Loups Garous de Thiercelieux" (yes a French name) and I loved it. A friend told me about this website and I loved it too. I played a lot in training.
How does winning silver during Round 81 feel and do you have any advice for those who wish to run? I really felt like an underdog winning the fight. I had a really good start in the beginning of the round but some players didn’t think I could do it since I wasn’t considered anybody in comp stage. Two simple pieces of advice I can give to runners are to play all your hearts and be confident in yourself – think positive!
You've recently made the family Syndicate which quickly placed on the Family Fame Board, what possessed you to create this family and why name it Syndicate? The co-creators and I left our old family due to its inactiveness so we decided to create a family with the same attitude that we had in our last home. You can see where our name is from in our family description.
Any last before I conclude this interview? Thank you mantys and ravensbball for being awesome mentors to me and long life to Syndicate.
Please submit your nominations for next week's MOTW to Lady! You can nominate yourself or a friend, but be sure to say why! The deadline for nominations is February 6th, 2013.
> Mystery Member
We've decided to start a Mystery Member segment! Each week, I will interview a random EM player, but his/her identity won't be revealed. Care to take a stab at who the following could be?
When did you join EM and why? A long time ago. I was curious and bored.
Have you ever won a trophy? No.
When you aren't playing EM, what are some of your favorite things to do? Writing poems about lust and hipbones. Also lust and hipbones. Also music.
Tell us something random about yourself. I had this question changed because it would make me obvious haha. What is your favorite book? Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (READ IT)
What is your favorite EM role? Setup? Tailor. Then mimic because of my mime fetish. Competitive Baker or a trolly multisetup.
Think you know who this EMer is? Go ahead and guess in the comments! :D
> Riddles Section
by SimplyJade
Riddles:
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
Answers to be given next week!
> Village Debate
by PhantomPride
What was your favorite moment in January?
PM your answers to PhantomPride!
> EM Song of the Week by Gearmow
Dracula by the Gorillaz
You can view the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F726wasM28
Have an idea? Send the song, artist, or genre to Gearmow!
> Comic
by SimplyJade
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Hope you enjoyed this edition of EM News!
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Link: Journalist {Vivor/Big Brother Tracker and Analyst}
thatbennyguy: Journalist {EM Philosophy}
Gearmow: Journalist {Song of the Week}
SimplyJade: Journalist {Mystery Member and other puzzles/comics}
Lady: Journalist {Member of the Week}
TriAft: Journalist {Comp Analysis/Game of the Week}
wakemeupxo: Journalist {Quote of the Week/Mafia Advice}
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