Hello, y'all, I unsnapped myself (thanks, Hecht. no, i'm not a coward.) to talk about the above:
Retro back in 2017 knew that Mario Mafia was being designed by Grizzly and reviewed by me and Sophia. At the time, Grizz was in fact saving it for when we'd be put into the spotlight so Mario Maf could attract new players.
Early this year, I talked with Grizz to see if he didn't want to put it up for adoption instead of waiting, since it was a game left unused for over 1 year, and he was OK with it. Soph was made aware of that but not Retro; that's why he still thought it was meant to be saved.
So people are free to adopt Mario Mafia and run it anytime they want! Though if people still would like to wait until we're in the spotlight to adopt it and run it, that's fine by me as well. Just didn't want people to think they could not do it now. I hope I cleared things out <3