Werewolf (also known as Mafia) is a great parlor game in which players try and figure out the good guys from the bad guys relying on your ability to read the body language of other players to determine who is telling the truth and who is lying while keeping your role and identity hidden from others. Because the game inspires psychological tactics and gaming, it’s the perfect way for a room full of SEO experts and search engine engineers to unwind after a full day of conference sessions here at Webmaster World in Las Vegas.
seomoz.org did a great job setting the stage by printing up a set of cards specifically for the evening featuring notable personalities from the SEO industry. The titles on the cards were clever and the ultimate inside joke. In this version of the game, it was the Black Hats vs. the White Hats with Matt Cutts playing the role of the Seer and Danny Sullivan as the Doctor.
- Matt Cutts – Revealer of Hats
- Danny Sullivan – Gracious Granter of Re-Inclusion
- Rae Hoffman – Never Mess with a Woman in a Black Hat
- Dave Naylor – Black Fookin’ Hat
- Thomas Bindl – Refined Black Hat
- Mikkel deMib Svensen – Orange is the New Black Hat
- Todd Malicoat – I Do All My Own White Hat Stunts
- Jessica Bowman – White Hat in the House
- Mona Elesseily – Mastering White Hat
- Lucas Ng – You call that a White Hat?
- Bill Slawski – White Hat (patent pending)
- Ken Jurina – White Hat, White-Hot Glasses
- Laura Lippay – Big Top White Hat
- Michael Gray – White Hat Howler
- Andy Beal – This Pilgrim Wears a White Hat
- Barry Schwartz – White Hat (of the Roundtable)
- Stephan Spencer – Professor White Hat
- Jessie Stricchiola – The Alchemist’s White Hat
- Natala Menezes – White Hat, Cuba-ist
- Aaron Wall – Muckraking White Hat
- Natasha Robinson – That White Hat from Marketing
- Jill Whalen – High Ranking White Hat
- Rand Fishkin – White Hat, Yellow Shoes
- Vanessa Fox – White Hat: the Vampire Slayer
- Jeremy Schoemaker – White Hat Arbitraugeur
Everyone had a great time (more photos here) and I can see this becoming a regular fixture (and highlight) of future Pubcon conferences. Thank you seomoz.org for hosting!
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