Newbie Mini Mafia I - Page 10

Tries to establish himself as a scared townie, imo. Ambiguous statement regardless, either a scum move or an honest town statement.



Attempts to pressure, no content in his posts.



Regurgitates ideas that have been said by a few other people in the thread.

Either a reclusive townie or a dodging scum. No opinion yet since there are such a few amount of posts.

Soft defense of his post with statistics. Though it was baited by some other player, still trying to gloss over the fact that he has almost nothing to contribute. Try to do some analysis! It won't hurt.

No opinion yet.

Hardcore lurker. Dodges attempts at discussion because "he doesn't know what to discuss."







Those were his last three posts. First off, he contradicts himself in his first post. "Not enough posting seems like a good enough reason to kill them," yet we have the perfect example of someone who is barely contributing to town.

Second quote displays his uncertainty. Maybe his scum buddies are not active, so he didn't think about his first post as he was typing it.

Third post has HardCorey blatantly stating that he is sheeping pHelix. Then he disappears.

Strong scum read on HardCorey atm.

I don't feel like quoting his posts since over half of them are just vote tallys. Might be a scum move by trying to contribute without actually contributing. You too, try some analysis.

First post. Goes inactive for a loooooong time after that.



First paragraph basically explains why he was inactive. Fair enough, as we have a lot more inactives in this game.

Very wishy-washy with his opinions. Indecisiveness is something a newbie scum player might display because of their inability to deceive town.

Tries to pass off his opinion on jaminz as "confusion." This can be a future set up for his posts.

Basically a big wall of nothing. No analysis, hardly any opinion, and a lot of wishy-washiness.



Sheep. This brings me to a slight scum read on Sirael. Do some analysis or contribute more, please.

Very strong town read on freestalker. I don't feel like quoting every single post he made, but he prods around and is generally promoting a good town environment.

Incredibly weak and scummy defense after prodding him for inactivity. Basically putting out possibilities that people voting for him might be mafia, just because. No logic, nothing.



Trying to contribute without actually contributing. They wasn't an ounce of analysis in his posts, just some opinions here and there. Add to the fact that he's vote tallying like everyone else is, trying to seem like he's contributing.



Sheeping, plain and simple. Try to explain your reasoning. Is it a pressure vote? Did you like the case against that certain person? Sheeping is generally frowned upon here and is considered anti-town(not necessarily scummy) behavior.

Case against myself..? =p

Another player I have a strong town read on. Just look at the first major post in this thread.

Really inactive. Dodgy when he isn't.

Also another inactive. Pops up here and there and tries to blend in with town, imo.



Might be a move trying to soft defend inactives. No read yet.

Seems to me to be a bit eccentric but I get a town vibe out of him. He's not the most tactful which leads me to believe he is town. If he were mafia he'd either shut up or be told to shut up by the other mafia.

He was a bit defensive when very light accusation was thrown at him, but that feels more natural to me than suspicious. He does seem to be a bit accusatory, which makes me want to keep an eye on him. At this point though, I think its more him being active then necessarially mafia, but I'll definitely keep an eye on him.

Most inactive. Hasn't really said anything worth mentioning, just a random vote for the person everyone was voting for. Most likely not mafia but as he's been so inactive, he wont be missed.

A tactical genius. Voice of a generation. Sexy brown studmuffin. All around appealing guy

Not much about him. Some posts with some content but nothing substantial. Just his opinions on the more controversial people. Only thing to be wary about is that he was the first to jump on the HardCorey bandwagon, granted I can't say much as I did too.

Easily the most active poster. Is doing a great job keeping up with everything and doing analysis and directing conversation. The only thing that worries me about him is that he could be overcompensating, being the super active townie as a front. I don't think that is very likely. But thats about the only negative I could think of.

Seems pretty defensive. Granted he had everyone voting against him. Was quick to try and point the finger elsewhere and jump on someone else. It seems more of a reflex. I kinda feel he got scared and that didn't help his case any. Seems like a natural reaction but could have more sinister undertones. Another person to keep an eye on.

Is pretty active. Not exactly his biggest fan because he called me out on not posting much aside from tallies. I'll be honest, aside from theory crafting I kinda stayed out a bit. I wanted to see more peoples opinions before I went out pointing fingers. And it seemed like a lot of work, and I am fairly lazy. So I'm going into analysis now ^_^ Anyway Conversion seems alright. And its his birthday! So yea I'll leave him be.... for now =p

Went from inactive to having some good insights. Seems alright, and I get a big town vibe off of him.

Idk about him. He was active for a bit and then kinda disappeared. Could be sinister, could just be real life.

Just recently showed up and posted a bit. Seems a bit late to the party and that troubles me a bit. Seems like he's trying to save face by showing up at the last minute

So it seems we have two major candidates to lynch: Enervate and HardCorey.

It seems the reason people are voting for HardCorey is because he’s inactive, which I completely understand and even support to an extent.

I’m having a hard time with this vote, but I think I’m going to stick with my current vote and go with lynching Enervate.

I’m getting more of a scum feel from him than from anyone else this game. We’ve seen him make some posts, and honestly it seems like in most of them he’s just trying to deflect attention away from himself.

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When I voted for him, he made a post about it, and without any real thought or analysis he immediately voted for me. It’s understandable to be a bit defensive, but I think that the best way to get people to stop voting for you is to prove your worth to the town. This means doing analysis on other players, which not only points out suspicious actions of others, but builds credibility with the town.

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Here he does a bit of analysis, but when I read it I fet like even his analysis was just done to deflect blame from himself. He backs up every comment he makes by saying that the reason he believes someone is or isn’t mafia is because they either did, or did not vote for him. That doesn’t make a ton of sense to me, as no one else knows if you’re mafia or not, so it’s pretty much just circular logic.

All that being said, I’m still having trouble deciding whether or not Enervate is mafia or just a new/inexperienced/bad town player. I’m leaning towards the former, but I’m still on the fence.

On inactives:

Like others and I have said, inactivity is a problem. However, I think there is always a chance that some players are still just having difficulty getting into the game. This was a tough weekend for many, being Easter, and so I think it’s understandable to give everyone a free pass for at least the first lynch.

Overall, I think that either vote (HardCorey or Enervate) makes sense, but I think that the vote for Enervate is based more on his posts/what he has said, while the vote on HardCorey seems to mostly just be a vote against inactivity. I don’t see a ton that separates HardCorey from other inactive players, and so I think it makes sense to give everyone another day or so to get up to speed.

A final note (I’ve mentioned it before, but I think it’s still important):

Be wary of people quickly bandwagoning/jumping onto one target to lynch. Mafia only have one KP per night, so in order to try to gain an advantage more quickly, I’d expect them to try to get us to lynch people who they know for sure aren’t mafia. Thus, if you see 2 or 3 people quickly jump on a lynch candidate, I’d be suspicious. This has happened both with HardCorey and with Enervate, so it doesn’t tell us too much, but just be aware of it/on the lookout.

He's been posting semi-frequently but he hasn't had any major contributions to the thread. His biggest post is this:


Every other post is is band-waggoning or minor filler posts. He latched on my idea to vote for Jaminz at the point when he's been inactive, though since then he(Jaminz) has made a major change since then. As far as I know pHenix has not made another post since this one, and as you can see it hasn't helped us much than to focus on inactives. If we look at motivations, it could mean one of two things:

1)pHenix is a blue and is just sitting in the middle ground to keep from getting mafia attention but enough to look like he's contributing
2)pHenix is mafia and trying to hide by only vaguely contributing.

If we put pressure on him we might see how this develops.

He posted anything recently. Either he is disinterested in the game or is hiding. As a Blue he gets nothing from being completely nonresponsive. at most Mafia, at least an AFK player.

Fez has been quite active posting. Nothing significant, however. This seems like potential blue or mafia behavior like pHenix if he is being conservative so he doesn't draw attention. He has been a nice cheerleader though and supportive/arguing different decision points. and has good reasons for his lynch votes. He also posted an extensive analysis on everyone here. Probable townie.

He has been pretty inactive, though this is barring the fact that most of us are in US and he is in Germany so he won't be active at a similar time than us. His largest post puts some suspicion on Jaminz and aScle. Also there are no posts from his account other than these few posts, so it's hard to put huge money on him. I think he's a townie.

One of the most active posters, and definitely very free about posting his thoughts and trying to get people to talk. He doesn't try to hide and he doesn't jump around in his opinions of other people. He seems to be rallying with Conversion as leaders for our group, and is becoming a pretty important member. I think he's a townie based off of this post:



He argues that townies are and should be active and out posting, getting people to post, and calling out inactive members. Considering he is taking his own advice he is probably a townie.

Enervate seems to be a weird poster in the group. However, there are a few posts that stand out to me. especially his most recent ones.



He argues that mafia members would vote against him and that there are three people voting against him, and therefore since he knows he's innocent and randomly attacks the person to put an argument against him.

Looking at his previous post history, we don't see much in the way of activity though clearly in his TL profile he is an active poster (4.5 posts per day), yet he has posted very little in this game.

Since then, he posted a minor analysis which has really said nothing more than Fez isn't mafia and everything else we've heard from other members. However, when voting for inactive he very happily joins in.
To me this looks pretty mafia-esque. I'm going to stick with my vote for him for now.

He has been a very active poster and really helped rally the town-members together along with free-stalker. His posts show that he's taking initiative and trying to get everyone involved, pointing out inactive players and getting them to posts as well. All in all, I think he's probably a townie.

Since being active after traveling, He's been quite active as a poster, writing that super extensive analysis and really got the ball rolling for getting people to start posting their opinions on people. (bad sentence =D) Anyways, he's been active, but not taking as many leadership qualities as Free or Conversion, and has been a bit conservative on posting opinions. I think he's blue.

He has been fairly inactive lately. His last post was page 6 and since then he has contributed nothing. I feel like he's trying to slip through right now, but if he comes out and says something I'm not going throw him under a bus. I consider him a potential mafia. In time of writing this, he joined his vote against HardCorey.

Minor posting again, but more active currently than vryo. Haven't seen him make any big accusations or opinions yet and it's been two (real time) days. Another person to coax out and see what happens when he starts making larger posts.