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kitaman27 *
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9245 Posts
December 29 2011 15:53 GMT
#2781
On December 30 2011 00:52 Refallen wrote:
What did prankster do?


They could rig the Police Cheif's results if he watched target player.
I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff.
zeks
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada1068 Posts
December 29 2011 16:03 GMT
#2782
On December 29 2011 23:44 jaj22 wrote:
@zeks: Logically we should have RB'd and killed you on night 3, but I got confused and had two different versions of you bouncing around my head :-)

Good shot anyway.

I was surprised that anyone suspected Deus after his night 3 "chat" with Sheth. I couldn't convince myself to make a case on him after that.


i was trying to wifom meth lab operator lol


"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
December 29 2011 16:05 GMT
#2783
Really enjoyed the game Kitaman. Glad I played this one for my first game.

As for Hydra's, I think in a normal game of Mafia, it would be ok. But as you said in your post, having twice the popularity in one person really nullifies the ability of other people to be elected if they have no reputation to play with. I think it was an awesome mechanic, especially seeing how now the different powers could have swayed things this and that, and how each elected official had some counter mechanic that could help the mafia as well.

I just thing the power that a Hydra possess (double the popularity, double the reputation, double the scum-hunting, ect. ect.) really hurts other people who would want to get a shot. I guess the simple answer is to play more and build you're own reputation, right? :p
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zeks
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada1068 Posts
December 29 2011 16:06 GMT
#2784
read some of the QT

Jitsu u played alright i made the bad shot
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
DEUS-ex-MAFIA
Profile Joined December 2011
Vatican City State258 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 16:09:47
December 29 2011 16:08 GMT
#2785
i guess they hydras are pretty OP for town. if i'd have played together with for example wbg, our reads would have been pretty awesome at least from what i read in the observer qt. it's like an additional player that is confirmed town to discuss with.
annul had no time to dig into this game, but i want to thank him for his willingness to execute my orders when i was asleep :-P
Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22633 Posts
December 29 2011 16:19 GMT
#2786
hydras are ridiculously strong for town, kinda weak as scum. So yes, only pre-approved hydras and used sparingly, just like smurfs.

Note though, even without the hydra aspect, Radfield was a guaranteed day 1 vote, and the only solution to that is to play more. This forums is far from elitist against people who put the time in to do stuff. 8 months ago no one had even heard of me and syllogism, so the reputation builds really fast if you play a few games and always try your best.
Computer says mafia
jaj22
Profile Joined September 2009
United Kingdom1376 Posts
December 29 2011 16:41 GMT
#2787
On December 30 2011 00:05 supersoft wrote:
edit1: I also think the scumteam did a really good job. Especially sheth. At least until the night where he paniced because of my wifoming and no roleblock happened. Did you decide not to roleblock anyone because of my watcher ability?

Oddly enough, Sheth sounded pretty sure in the QT that you were just bluffing, so I'm not quite sure what he was doing there - disastrous attempt to gain towncred, maybe. He actually roleblocked Greymist. My preference was Zeks.

Comprissent
Profile Joined September 2010
United States314 Posts
December 29 2011 16:58 GMT
#2788
From the mafia QT:
get protection of the elected roles the fuck away from Arctocod
found this funny :D
gg folks, yay town!
He's French-Canadian, so he's gonna do fast expand into stupid zealot timing into something else gay
GMarshal
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States22154 Posts
December 29 2011 17:14 GMT
#2789
On December 30 2011 00:49 kitaman27 wrote:
I was wondering what your guys opinion was on the hydras. In a normal setup they may be fine, but in a popularity contest with the elections, I think they were a bit too powerful. There were also cases where one player wasn't pulling their weight and it ended up being more detrimental than beneficial.

Hydras are utter bullshit and should be disallowed. They bestow a terribly unfair and town sided advantage. They have most of the benefits of masons (being able to bounce ideas off each other, extra analysis, more eyes reading the thread, the ability to have someone on at most times to react to events), are harder to read as scum, (since its easier to homogenize a style), and are generally unfair. Much like in poker you only allow one player per hand, I see no reason why two or more players should ever be allowed to share an account.

Someone is going to bring up "isn't the second player like a coach?". and to that I say simply this, the investment a coach or an outside adviser has in the game is a lot less than that of a player on a hydra team, and that advice is not nearly the same as executing actual plays, it the difference between having flash yelling advice at you as you play a TvT and playing with him as your teammate in a Team Meele.

At worst with a hydra you have one player carrying the account, at best you have two incredible analysts piggybacking off each other and bringing their strengths to the foreground, giving them advantages that they would never otherwise enjoy.
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Radfield
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada2720 Posts
December 29 2011 17:42 GMT
#2790
Forgot to say that I thought this was a very well run game. Big thanks to both kitaman27 and cyber_cheese, great job guys. This was also a really neat set-up, and one I would definitely play again. Lots of potential for fun with the elections.

GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
December 29 2011 18:01 GMT
#2791
Fell asleep and won the game, damn.

My play wasn't the best this game, but I figured that if I was a 2 shit medic all I had to do was survive till day3, at which point I could start turning it on.

Obviously I never used my prankster ability, but the fact that it was a negative ability and jan presented two town plans lead me to believe he was lying, as every election so far had a positive and a negative ability.

I actually got super suspicious of radfield when I was getting pushed to be lynched. My thought was why would scum RB rad and shoot palmar when they were onviously worried about rads daytime power and palmers night time one. I would have done it in the opposite order. Of course this was before Sheth flipped, but I actually had an entire post against rad written in case I couldn't escape the lynch, haha.

Gg town! Thanks for hosting guys!
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GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
December 29 2011 18:03 GMT
#2792
Oh and palmar/syllo, you're welcome for me protecting your ass night one
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Spaackle
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States153 Posts
December 29 2011 18:05 GMT
#2793
Yay! I can talk now.

Sorry about the scumreads right near the beginning. It is my first game, and I was kind of tired when I made those posts. I'm going to try to get in another game after school starts up again, and I'm going to do much better this time.

gg guys
Friendship is Magic!
Liquid`Sheth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States2095 Posts
December 29 2011 18:13 GMT
#2794
gg guys! Was a really fun time. And learned sooo much from this ! Thanks for the great learning experience.
Team LiquidUnderneath it all they were really quite nice. They just got screwed up. Mostly by stuff that wasn't entirely their fault.
xsksc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1044 Posts
December 29 2011 18:15 GMT
#2795
On December 30 2011 03:13 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
gg guys! Was a really fun time. And learned sooo much from this ! Thanks for the great learning experience.


play again sometime! just don't shoot me n1
Liquid`Sheth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States2095 Posts
December 29 2011 18:24 GMT
#2796
On December 30 2011 03:15 xsksc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 03:13 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
gg guys! Was a really fun time. And learned sooo much from this ! Thanks for the great learning experience.


play again sometime! just don't shoot me n1



KK, next time I'll triple stack arctocod
Team LiquidUnderneath it all they were really quite nice. They just got screwed up. Mostly by stuff that wasn't entirely their fault.
GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
December 29 2011 18:29 GMT
#2797
On December 30 2011 03:24 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 03:15 xsksc wrote:
On December 30 2011 03:13 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
gg guys! Was a really fun time. And learned sooo much from this ! Thanks for the great learning experience.


play again sometime! just don't shoot me n1



KK, next time I'll triple stack arctocod


You did pretty well as mafia for your first game, I hand the slight feeling you were scum, but through sheer amount of posting you kept yourself alive, well done.

Also i would like to thank Kita for giving me medic so I could keep my record of never being lynched as town alive.
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HarbingerOfDoom
Profile Joined December 2010
United States508 Posts
December 29 2011 18:31 GMT
#2798
Yay! This makes things easier since I had no idea who to lynch besides jaj for the double lynch. As previously posted I thought Refallen was town, and I thought Deus was town even if he was getting on my nerves. Risk's fight with Curu also seemed implausible to have been staged.

Some things that confused me:
Curu's election over Deus
Jaj's election over Refallen
Why Radfield protected me over Zeks after I told him I had no dt ability
Why people thought nycz was scum
Why my friend voted Zentor day 1
I kept hinting that I thought he was a bad lynch choice and bringing up other people for him to look at, but oh well. Also my friend had just caught back up to about page 125 when jaj conceded. I was hoping he would be a lot more active than he ended up being after going home for winter break, oh well. Maybe I can convince him to join a newbie game on his own and actually play it.

@Greymist
I was pretty sure you had some ability to frame the check with prankster after I got my role. vig shots + medic protects one day, mason topic + spying on it another, so clearly the watching + messing with the watching would make the most sense. I asked about it on the last day because I just got tired of waiting to find out what it was for sure :-D

I'm glad to see my breadcrumbing/communicating with Radfield/Zeks was not interpreted correctly by scum. I was afraid I made it too obvious.

Good effort Cascades, jaj, and Sheth. You guys were in a pretty deep hole after day 2, but made the best of it. I should have actually pushed for a Sheth lynch after the Greymist lynch fell apart....but it was Sheth! Couldn't bring myself to do it yet :3

Thanks for hosting kita/cyber, it was an interesting setup. I don't think balance was at fault, erandorr/curu and dropbear/bum just gave themselves away to those familiar with their play very early on, and then scum was down a kp, lost almost all their electability, and lost the guidance of their vets. I do think hydras are town favored if they are 2 vets though. As for introducing people to mafia, I think a newbie game is definitely a better way to do it than hydras, but those aren't always starting at convenient times/don't always have Sheth playing in them to help convince your friend to give it a try :-P
HarbingerOfDoom
Profile Joined December 2010
United States508 Posts
December 29 2011 18:35 GMT
#2799
On December 30 2011 03:24 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2011 03:15 xsksc wrote:
On December 30 2011 03:13 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
gg guys! Was a really fun time. And learned sooo much from this ! Thanks for the great learning experience.


play again sometime! just don't shoot me n1



KK, next time I'll triple stack arctocod

Double stack Palmar/Syllo -> he dies and we have no way of knowing if Greymist is lying about his protect -> he gets mislynched. That would have left us with a very different game indeed.
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
December 29 2011 19:14 GMT
#2800
On December 30 2011 03:31 HarbingerOfDoom wrote:

Thanks for hosting kita/cyber, it was an interesting setup. I don't think balance was at fault, erandorr/curu and dropbear/bum just gave themselves away to those familiar with their play very early on, and then scum was down a kp, lost almost all their electability, and lost the guidance of their vets. I do think hydras are town favored if they are 2 vets though. As for introducing people to mafia, I think a newbie game is definitely a better way to do it than hydras, but those aren't always starting at convenient times/don't always have Sheth playing in them to help convince your friend to give it a try :-P


I agree with this. I was getting confused as shit. At least for the part about introducing people with newbie games.
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