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Mafia is a psychological game. The objective is to find and lynch all the mafia members before they outnumber the town. During the day, the town tries to root the mafia out by analyzing posts, working out logic, and picking apart plans. However, the mafia members are also a part of this discussion and they try to deceive the town into suspecting innocent townspeople. It becomes a battle of the minds, with one side always trying to stay a step ahead of the other.


The Mafia Corner (by LSB)


You must venture through the land of Sports and Games. Find and awaken the fabled Plexa and ask for his permission. There you will enter the realm of clock daggers and face the hangman.


The village of Salem used to be peaceful. Until the morning the villagers awoke to the sight of the bloody body of their beloved mayor. It was the mafia, the 7 people that set the town ablaze with terror. This is their story

Day 1
Right at the start a town circle was quickly formed. Many people banded together, sharing with each other their roles in an attempt to flush out the mafia. The speed at which this happened surprised many people. Usually a town circle is formed much later in the game, a Day 1 circle rarely ever happens.
As the day closed the mafia made a blunder. One of their members attempted to manipulate the lynch at the last second. Although successful at first, his action was noticed.

Day 2
Following up on the mistake, the mad hatter set off his bomb and killed the mafia. Naturally the town directed its attention to the person who was saved from the Day 1 lynch. But thirty minutes before the lynchee was to be killed, he suddenly claimed to be the doctor. In a mad bust of activity, previously seen only in LR threads, the town diverted the lynch. Changing the vote minutes before the ballots were counted, the doctor was saved.

Day 3
As the town awoke, they found the both of their doctors dead, killed by awful witchcraft. It was the town circle. It was formed far too quickly. The mafia was able to infiltrate and learn the name of the doctors. Although smart analysis netted the town another mafia, the damage was done.

Day 4 and 5
With the loss of the doctors, the mafia had free reign to do whatever they wanted with the town. The detective, the town circle leader, and any important townspeople were killed. With their most vocal opponents gone, the mafia easily gained control of the town and made short work of who was left.
Mafia Victory

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The holidays are coming up and it’s time to feed the inner nerd in us all. Whether it’s a graphics card or keyboard, you can be sure there is something out there that will take your computer to the next level. Here are some of the hottest items you may want to purchase for yourself or for the nerd in your life this holiday season!

I would advice against purchasing any CPUs at this point in time. Intel’s Sandy Bridge and AMD’s Bulldozer CPUs have both missed the holiday frenzy and will be available in early to mid 2011. If you want to build a new computer or upgrade your CPU, you should wait until then. However, if you’re a budget user, and want to spend less than $100 (or the equivalent in Euros) on a CPU, I have nothing for you except the AMD Athlon II X3 450 (or the 455). This budget triple core is the cpu with the best value. If you’re lucky, you can turn the triple core into a quad core, but even if you can’t, 3 cores at 3.2GHz are more than enough to run your favorite games!

Thinking RAM? Well now is the best time to pick up a couple gigs of memory! Prices are low, and reminiscent of the 2006-2007 prices. What you should go for, though, if possible, are the new high density 4GB sticks that have recently come down in price – don’t buy anything other than DDR3.

The biggest seller during the holidays is always the venerable graphics card, and this year is no exception to the rule. We have had 6 new cards from Nvidia and AMD in the past two months or so and with holiday price cuts, they are priced to sell. The hottest GPUs of this season are split between both AMD and Nvidia. The aggressive pricing and dual GPU configuration scaling makes buying the GPU an interesting endeavor indeed. Prices are still tentative, so you will want to watch out for price cuts!

US prices are based on Newegg.com
European prices are based on hardwareversand.de
(prices can vary depending on the country)

-If you have $350 (or 350 Euro) to spend, spend it on a Nvidia GTX 570. It’s a Fermi, it runs relatively cool, it generally performs above the GTX 480, and it is decently priced. You can also expect some price cuts as well. The GTX 570 is the high end GPU of the year with its stellar performance. If you see the GTX 570 price falling, BUY BUY BUY.

-If you have $250 (or 250 Euro) to spend, spend it on an AMD HD 5870 while you still can. It’s old, it’s powerful, and it’s priced to sell. Why am I not recommending the new AMD HD 6950? Well it’s because it’s $50 more than the HD 5870 but doesn’t offer the performance boost to justify it most of the time. While you could argue driver issues hamper the performance ofthe HD 6950, I cannot recommend a GPU that doesn’t perform. If you want to take a chance with the HD 6950, go for it. Priced at $300 (300 Euro), you still get a good GPU.

-Alternatively, for a little less or around the same price of an HD 5870, you can also grab an AMD HD 6870. It’s new, and it can trade blows with the HD 5870 in some games.

-At the $190 (or 170ish Euro) point, we’re looking at heated battle between Nvidia’s savior, the GTX 460 1GB and the new AMD HD 6850. If want to stick to one GPU and/or want to overclock heavily, the GTX 460 1GB is the GPU for you. However, if you want some of that dual GPU goodness, the HD 6850 is currently the way to go as it almost always trumps the GTX 570 in performance when in CrossFireX. Either way, you can’t go wrong with these two stellar performers!

-At the mid-performance level, We have a battle between three GPUs, the AMD HD 5770, the Nvidia GTS 450, and the Nvidia GTX 460 768MB. Here, if you have the money to spend, grab the Nvidia GTX 460 768MB as it outperforms all the others. If you can find a GTX 460 768MB at around $140 (or 120 Euro perhaps?) you’re getting a great deal. Otherwise, you are going to want to get that HD 5770 which should be currently hovering around $120 (110 Euro). If you can find a GTS 450 at $100, that actually becomes the best deal.

Craving SSDs? Well, now is probably the time to buy yourself some flashy NAND. You can now find SSDs at $2(or 2 Euro) per GB. However, be careful as to what SSD you’re buying. Stick with the OCZ Vertex 2, OCZ Agility 2, Corsair Force, GSkill Phoenix, Zalman N Series, or a Mushkin Callisto. They all have one thing in common: they are all based on the Sandforce controller which is currently the best SSD controller on the market.

Laptops are always great right? Well, there are some amazing laptops on the market right now.

-Starting off, we have the new Dell XPS series which comes in 14”, 15”, and 17” flavors. Dell is selling you solid laptops with Core i5 CPU, Nvidia Optimus and the GT 420M, JBL speakers, solid keyboard, and decent battery life for $799. What more could you ask for? It can run SC2, it has good speakers, and it’s decently priced.

-Want something a bit more slick and powerful than the Dell XPS and willing to pay the premium? Well you have yourself the HP Envy. Easily one of the sexiest laptops on the market at the moment. The base 14” comes equipped with the i3 370 and an AMD HD 5650M. Sadly the CPU isn’t too great, but hey, it’ll run SC2 and you’ll look sexy while running it.

-Going budget? Go Acer TimeLineX. Acer is willing to sell you an i5 and AMD HD 5650M for $799. The better CPU of the Dell XPS combined with the better GPU of the Envy at the price of the Dell XPS? Thank you very much Acer.

-Want an ultraportable with decent performance? The ASUS U35JC is calling your name. For $699 you get a 13” screen, an i3 370 CPU, and an Nvidia G310M. SC2 capable, 9 hours of battery life, decent build quality? That’s what I’m talking about.