Sc2 Mafia Arcade to Forum Mafia player launchpad

(WIP -- We've tried copy/pasting a pre-made message a few times, but I kept getting IP banned due to some rare obscure filter . So I'm writing it manually. Will be finished over time.)

This post is for players who, up till now, have primarily only played the "Arcade" version of mafia -- which is a custom game/map run on Starcraft 2 and is a more condensed version of Mafia. We'll be going over some of the key or notable differences between the two mediums, as well as....

How to sign up for a forum mafia game (& what the heck is it?):

Forum mafia games take place on, well, the forum! You may think of these as multi-day or (more often) multi-week events where people create posts on a thread at certain time frames. You don't actually need to set aside a specific hour of the day, nor need to play for several hours in one sitting; you only need to make sure you contribute some time every so often (the standard for this site is that you make at least 10 posts per Day phase).

Since these games can have lengthy commitments, every forum mafia game has a signup period before it even begins. You can find them here. The first post (or "OP", the opening post) contains details about the game and often a link to what sort of setup it'll be using. If you want in, just post /sign or /in and that will let the host know. Keep in mind most games these days often have at least small Discord component for easier host/player communication and other stuff, so a discord account may be necessary!

TO DO:

Key differences (ex: longer phases, higher investment, more reads less leads, day 1 matters, etc)