SOW

## Career

SOW is the creator of mafia on private twitter, and moderated every game in Season 1. Originally starting off with 10-player unthemed games, with players characters simply being their role, he gradually eased players in and has helped inspire others to evolve and innovate the game we all know and love today. His hard work early on has provided a clear template for how games should be run, with 11 different players attempting to follow in his footsteps and try their hand at moderating games. Games in S5 are averaging over 22 players per game, highlighting how much SOW's creation has grown. He's cultivated a community that spans over several different continents, all appearing fortnightly for another exhilirating show of mislynches, confusing reports and unexplained night kills. At the end of S2 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievements Award, and was the first person inducted into the Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game. His legendary status in mafia history is cemented forever.

From Season 2 onwards, SOW started becoming a regular player while still moderating games occasionally. He's proven to be a solid player, winning his first MVP in S5.

### Season 2

SOW's mafia debut as a player brought a lot of excitement, as he revealed he'd played in other communities before. His first season was solid until S2G9, where the introduction of the day report falsifier power led to a humiliating defeat from a 6-1 advantage. Despite this, his reputation remained intact and he continued to moderate exciting games such as S2G4 and S2G10.

### Season 3

Season 3 was much of the same for SOW, enjoying most of his success as a 3P. In S3G2, he combined well with Holz, who was Walter White, to achieve a difficult win condition and earn his first positive points. In S3G4 he survived despite having 10 out of 11 lynch votes on him and a malicious power to once again achieve his win condition. This saw him crowned the Best 3P Player for S3. He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame after this season, for his contributions to the community as both a player and moderator.

### Season 4

SOW's season 4 will be remembed more for the controversies in the games he moderated. Two mafia factions forming a coalition to win a game was voted the Biggest Controversy of S4, with his lack of writeup for G8 coming narrowly in 2nd. His performances continued to be solid throughout, particularly as town.

### Season 5

SOW finally earned his first MVP award with a dominant town performance in S5G6, helping uncover Louis as the remaining mafia member.

## Playstyle

SOW has a hard to define playstyle as he is often quite inactive in games before springing to life. SOW typically doesn't like to reveal report or character until absolutely necessary, keeping his cards close to his chest. Since his capitulation in S2G9, he's become much more level headed and fact-based when closing games out, evidenced by his MVP winning performance where he figured out Louis was the last remaining mafia through process of elimination. As mafia, SOW likes to create suspicion on townies with seemingly innocous tweets which influence the timeline. He's not afraid to think outside the box with his suggestions, and likes to be aggressive with his plays when dealt with a malicious role rather than trying to fit in perfectly as town.

## Accolades

* 1x MVP
* Hall of Fame Inductee
* Lifetime Achievement Award
* Best Overall Game (S1G7)

## Controversies

SOW has drawn controversy throughout his career for his disregard for posting Post-Game writeups, a mafia tradition where a ranking of all the players' performance is released within a week of the game ending. There was no writeup for the S1 and S2 finales which left people disgruntled, however he was firmly criticised in the wake of S4G8 where multiple players felt he'd crossed a line this time. Holz was extremely vocal, calling for a change in leadership and stating that SOW isn't fit to moderate games if he can't fulfill one of the basic duties of a moderator. This controversy formed the basis for the S5 Community Shield. He released the writeup for the Harry Potter game 5 months later. However, in S5G7 he once again failed to release a writeup in time, and with Holz retired it was instead Louis who called him out, threatening to boycott the next game SOW wishes to moderate.