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Since I've returned I'm seeing a lot of suspicious things. There were always people playing with friends and that's okay, who doesn't want to play with people they like?

Although, it becomes ridiculous when its 60%+ of the games. Having someone with you constantly who wants you to win and will either try less hard or TR you whenever should be suspended, the runner should be too.

If its an 8 player game and you have 5 friends with you and it's day 8 of the round, you aren't fooling anybody. Just b/c you lost a few games doesn't mean you don't have people trying to make you win. Turning away from it and pretending that it's not happening isn't gonna prevent you from being called a meta abuser.

We have to figure these ppl are AWARE they have biased friends winning them games. It's a step down from cheating. I think trying to make your friend win more than yourself across enough games to win you a trophy should end in a suspension on both sides. People who play legit might end up losing if not.

I have no issue with meta as long as it doesnt make the game 100% impossible for mafia.

Nobody actually ran for a trophy back in the day, you just played with people who were fair and made the games fun and you either won or you didn't. Now people try so hard and inspire their friends to lose for them.

deletedover 10 years
Sometimes I make threads like that because they sound fun and then I get bored a lot quicker than I thought I would
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Sons gve me a tv thingy
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Man, that is one green pie chart *grins*. Thanks, Lucid!
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Apostasy says

If you spec the last 5 games of my trophy runs, you'd see that I'm a radical cutthroat kind of dude who doesn't take any prisoners but deep down I have a heart of gold and a winning spirit


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Apostasy says

If you spec the last 5 games of my trophy runs, you'd see that I'm a radical cutthroat kind of dude who doesn't take any prisoners but deep down I have a heart of gold and a winning spirit


same
over 10 years

Smorlicious says

While there is some truth in what you say, I think the only people who get "suspicious" at this sort of stuff are the sort of people who just suck at winning.


Quite not.
over 10 years
I SEALED MY FATE
over 10 years
WAIT I SCREWED UP
over 10 years

Hibiki says


Slow says

trophies mean basically nothing now


trophies mean nothing now unless you have 7 or less or 9 or more


Poor people with 8 trophies
over 10 years
despite the fact that i was serious about trophy running, i was never one to cram games with friends. i just wanted to play mafia with diverse groups of people. at the end of the day it's a more rewarding philosophy both in the sense you're more playing to have fun without the politics of finding the ideal tables to play at and that it makes you feel like you earned your trophy more.
over 10 years
Unless you force comp games to be anon (including anon pre games, the anon we have now is basically pointless) or restrict the amount of games someone can play with another person, both of which are never going to happen, nothing that hasn't already been done can be really done about it
deletedover 10 years
You'd also notice some TV tropes present in my characterization but that's none of my business...
over 10 years

Slow says

trophies mean basically nothing now


trophies mean nothing now unless you have 7 or less or 9 or more
deletedover 10 years
If you spec the last 5 games of my trophy runs, you'd see that I'm a radical cutthroat kind of dude who doesn't take any prisoners but deep down I have a heart of gold and a winning spirit
over 10 years

Slow says

trophies mean basically nothing now


now?
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Slow says

trophies mean basically nothing now


It's not like they did before, it's that people just started realizing it
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You can tell alot about the integrity of a player by spectating their final 5 games at the end of a trophy run.
deletedover 10 years
While there is some truth in what you say, I think the only people who get "suspicious" at this sort of stuff are the sort of people who just suck at winning.
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trophies mean basically nothing now
deletedover 10 years
It's hard for your e-friends to throw for you when they don't know who you are and you're just that arsehole who tried to scrounge a refund
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for the most part, an excessive amount of bias over a trophy run is considered a lower form of cheating
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Nobody actually ran for a trophy back in the day, you just played with people who were fair and made the games fun and you either won or you didn't. Now people try so hard and inspire their friends to lose for them.


what
deletedover 10 years
Objection: I won silver on a secret alt