Interested in playing Mafia?

[Reenk Roink]

Testimonial:

I used to be a sucker, posting in the Backroom concerning all kinds of cyclic and meaningless stuff, like illegal immigrants, Israel/Palestine, Muslims, Iran/North Korea, etc... (Thank God I usually avoided the even worse sludge of "So and so is Congressman of some State" or "New President elected in some European country" ).

It took me a while (the length of which I am embarrassed to admit) to see that the minutes wasted on pointless conjecture and arguing really did not achieve anything in the way of changing minds (mine or others) or anything else, and what a useless waste of time it all was. The fact that the same core issues came up in thinly veneered new dresses didn't help.

I basically quit going to The Org for a while, seeing it so pointless and only checked the EB threads once in awhile.

Then Mafia came along. It is quite a fun game I tell ya.

There's arguing there too, but you just don't feel the frustration or futility that you feel here. Plus, everyone is happy at the end, win or lose!

Now most of my time at The Org is spent on these games (it has quite a high utility of happiness ).

Sure I still chirp in here or there in the Backroom, but I certainly try and avoid any long discussion (unless it is quite interesting like the long Atheism thread).

But Mafia is great all the time, and different hosts add different stuff to the game, keeping it fresh. There are a lot of colorful personalities there too. A very pleasant experience.

Bottom line: The Backroom is like crack; the Gameroom is like candy.