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Hello thread! FYI I haven't played with Eden or Sqrt (I think of him as "square" since it's a great deal nicer than squirt) but I observed a prior game or two with them, so if you want to bug me about them that's fine!
ninjabunnies / mtamburini do you know anyone else besides each other in this game?
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No one seems too much to be like an enemy of the people just yet. But, I have some questions to feel people out!
@mtamburini: What do you think are the qualities of a good leader in mafia?
@sqrt: When you said "last time" what were you referring to? (usually I can't remember anything like this, but I am pretty sure I know)
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@sqrt on "last time" (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=11#201)
On April 29 2014 11:12 sqrtofneg1 wrote: Oh, and I know akimo a bit as well.
AKIMO
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Btw since bunnies did that, if you guys can remember, it's easier to follow the game if you post your votes here and in the voting thread. Then, we can track when someone voted for someone else or switched their votes when we review the filter.
@sqrt: Yep! I thought so. I was just wondering why you were looking at that thread when this game started?
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@27ninjabunnies: Do you think town needs a leader in mafia?
@mysterymeat: I'm a little confused by your post, are you counterclaiming bunnies on being a girl? Remember there can be any number of the same role
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Sqrt I was thinking that maybe if you were scum, you would be looking at the last game to copy your posting style or content, something along those lines to appear more town. So, I had a red flag when you mentioned rogue arena. Not too serious but I was curious to check, at least.
@Yell0w: What do you think of ninjabunnies voting for you? As in, do you see that as a more town response by her? A more mafia response by her? Neutral?
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So right now, my suspicion is on Eden1892. Here’s the things that currently make me suspicious:
1) Seriousness of Votes Eden has thrown around a few votes, I think he’s changed more than anyone else so far. That isn’t inherently scummy to me – voting for pressure is fine. However, it makes me confused why his initial reaction to ninjabunnies’ pressure on yell0w was to question ninjabunnies rather than yell0w. I was thinking about voting for yell0w to add to the pressure (incidentally, it seemed like tamburini may have been as well – I’m not sure, but he did vote for yell0w after ninjabunnies removed her vote to at least keep pressure on).
Basically, my point here is this: Given Eden’s willingness to vote without too much basis (on sweetfrost as a lurker, on epishade for his comments on yell0w, on dfs as a lurker) I would have expected him to be more initially supportive of pressure on yell0w from ninjabunnies.
2) Eden’s interaction with ninjabunnies To go a little deeper on Eden/ninjabunnies, Eden essentially asks ninjabunnies twice what she learned from the pressure on yell0w. (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=13#255 and http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=14#272). Initially, he seems to see bunnies as genuine, but also says she didn’t really answer his question – that seems a little weird. When bunnies responds again, I feel like she didn’t fully answer his question (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=21278572) – Eden had asked what she learned from the post, and she responded that bunnies avoided the question. In response, Eden names bunnies as his top town (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=21278604)
The point here is this: Eden asks ninjabunnies some questions regarding her pressure on yell0w. When ninjabunnies doesn’t fully respond, Eden calls her genuine (though he notes she didn't respond). When she doesn’t fully respond again, Eden calls ninjabunnies his top town. This feels weird because if I ask someone a question and they don’t respond I get interested. If I ask again and they don’t respond, I get suspicious. So, Eden's response to ninjabunnies felt off to me.
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I would especially like to know thoughts on these points from the players who just recently started posting.
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Yell0w does seem somewhat suspicious to me, but for different reasons.
I don't put much weight on his initial post, but there's a few followups that were odd to me.
(1) Discussing Bunnies After bunnies puts some pressure on him, yell0w posts this:
On April 29 2014 11:46 Yell0w wrote: @bunnies: Why would I need luck? Are you that convinced I'm mafia? Or is it that you just want to lynch me anyways for other reasons? Like, you actually are mafia and you're just jumping on any reason to lynch a town? He is sort of throwing around some ideas and suggests bunnies could be mafia. So, I asked him a question a little more directly on her pressure and his response was a lot more cagey:
On April 29 2014 11:55 Yell0w wrote:Show nested quote +On April 29 2014 11:50 Amiko wrote: @Yell0w: What do you think of ninjabunnies voting for you? As in, do you see that as a more town response by her? A more mafia response by her? Neutral? I don't really know, she has a reasoning for it, she played with people who claimed mafia like that and ended up actually being mafia, but obviously it's flawed logic and anecdotal evidence, it's not because someone did it that me making a joke about being mafia means I'm mafia. But that fact that she has that reason makes me think she's not doing it as a mafia play, but obviously she might just have come up with it to make it seems that way, so I don't know.
These posts have some consistency - neither seem sure what ninjabunnies' motives are. But, I feel like yell0w's first post reads as far more suspicious/unsure of ninjabunnies, whereas the second seems to be neutral/unsure.
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On April 29 2014 23:21 Sweetfrost wrote: I must agree that Yell0ws joking claims makes him a prime suspect. I feel he tries way to hard to convince everyone that he's not scum with his joking and sarcastic remarks.
@Sweetfrost: How do you think yell0w viewed the points raised on him by ninjabunnies? Which comments do you feel are joking/sarcasting? Why do you think him joking around is indicative of him being mafia?
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I cut out my #2  Basically the second point on yellow is just that it seems weird he has cleared both bunnies when he initially was not sure how to read the pressure on him.
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Quick comment for any masons- I'll add this since we have players that are new or new to forum mafia. If there are masons, consider including some code that indicates who your mason partner is. It shouldn't be clearly detected, but should be fairly straightforward if it is pointed out. That way if one of you dies, the other can point to it if necessary to prove they are your mason teammate.
For example, if I was mason with sqrt, I might write something like this into a random post I made and tell him about it: As sqrt wrote, mtamburini likely isn't amazing mafia... essentially, someone knows xyzxxzyzxyzxy. If you look at all the second letters, it spells sqrt is mason... if I was mason with sqrt and I was killed/lynched, sqrt can point to this post to semi-confirm he is my mason partner.
This isn't the kind of trick you can do that easily in live/video mafia, so I wanted to bring it up in case it didn't occur to masons (if they are in the game).
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@yell0w and @dravernor if you are still in thread would you put a few comments on my points regarding Eden and Yell0w above? I won't be here as much this afternoon so would like to get some back and forth while I can.
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Also @sqrt since you have Eden in your cleared list, please make sure you explain why and give me some comments on the two points above.
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@ashwtini: We don't know how many mafia there are. In 13 player games, my guess would be 3 mafia, maybe also a serial killer. This is just based on knowing a popular 13-player setups is C9++ (http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=C9%2B%2B#Setup_Determination) typically has 3 mafia. There's no certainty, though, since our setup is different (there's no medic/doctor, for instance). 2 mafia seems too few, though, so I would say 3>4>2. We can make some better guesses after n1 - based on the number of kills it can indicate if there's a vigilante or serial killer.
You haven't talked much in thread yet, so here's a few questions: - Any thoughts on sweetfrost at this point in the game? - What is your current position on yell0w? Also, do you feel joking is indicative of being scum? Why?
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@sqrt: You played with Eden before - do you feel he is someone whose vote tends to move around often for pressure? Pr that he tends to vote and stick to a player he suspects? I can try to reread the last game (probably not until this evening, though) and see what I think on the same point.
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I actually did just go back to the last game, I feel Eden did vote swap some in his last game on d1, but it was usually with reason (robik -> cavalinho -> tolkien on d1 and his posts provided reasoning) so his votes felt a little more serious to me in that game. This doesn't make him too much more suspicious to me at this point, but it is something I'd consider at least.
@Sqrt: Can you talk a little on why you feel epishade is clear? I don't feel like you seem to have commented on him at all aside from mentioning he looked through prior games. I do feel that point is towny so I agree with you somewhat there. But, what did you think about epishade's interactions with yell0w/bunnies?
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On April 30 2014 02:39 Yell0w wrote: And about Eden, I was asked, though I was planning on talking about it a little bit anyways, he was actually the person I thought was the most suspicious last night, I just don't think his behavior made sense. I didn't have time to analyse it fully though and I will probably talk about it some more, but I am glad someone brought it up.
If you are town make sure you follow through with this. In your filter I don't see Eden mentioned at all until this post, so if you felt he was suspicious you haven't shown it so far. I do think mtamburini may be overstating it a little with what he said here:
On April 30 2014 00:17 mtamburini wrote: Your grasping so hard right now at things to take pressure off yourself and onto someone else for your slip ups it's laughable. But I think it is reasonable to think you want to shift things to Eden.
I'll be out for a few hours :x
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Catching up a little now before a late dinner and later bedtime 
@27ninjabunnies on Eden (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=20#393)
This isn't too important but it should be a quick clarification so I'd appreciate it if you did. 
Eden says you didn't fully answer his question ("What was your reaction test, and what did it teach you about the game state?") + Show Spoiler +On April 29 2014 11:55 Eden1892 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 29 2014 11:47 27ninjabunnies wrote:On April 29 2014 11:42 Eden1892 wrote:On April 29 2014 11:40 27ninjabunnies wrote: @Eden: Reaction testing: yes. Cunning: absolutely. Am I rescinding? No. So what did you learn from this? As I stated earlier, I don't like how he reacted. He claimed mafia, which yeah, I get seems trolly. And sure he may be town, but I've played games where a person has claimed mafia, even voted on themselves, and has lived til final mafia and won as mafia. So as of now, I don't like Yell0w, and until he proves otherwise, I'm keeping my vote on him. What did you learn from this? That you're new to forum mafia and have a chip on your shoulder. This doesn't tell me anything about either of your alignments. You seem genuine enough so far, so I suppose it's not all bad. But you didn't really answer my question. Maybe we're not referring to the same thing. What was your reaction test, and what did it teach you about the game state?
I think these are the only posts you made between Eden raising the point (that you didn't answer his question) and him giving you a townread: (1) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=14#277 (2) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=14#280 (3) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=15#283
I think these posts answered the first part (what was your reaction test?). I don't feel you answered the second part (what did it teach you about the game state?). If you did, could you just quote it and bold the language for me?
As an aside, I think your post @Epishade was directed to Epishade, not Eden as you said here (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=20#393) unless I'm misunderstanding... thew post begins with you answering Epishade's scumread. Were you referring to another post?
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Sorry I got a call from my parents so I idled, I've still got some more posts in me tonight though :D
@ninjabunnies re: Eden (pt 2) I did find the post where you were speaking to Epishade but meant to write to Eden. But, that isn't relevant to me because you made that post after Eden said you were his top town.
@sqrt re: number of mafia Yeah, I can’t be certain but I think it’s a fair assumption to imagine there’s likely 3- 4 mafia. Your newbie game hosted by Balla was 9 players (2 mafia), but this is 13 players. With more town, you’ll (usually) see more scum to keep the game balanced.
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On mTamburini: I feel the core of suspicion on mtamburini is that he voted for yell0w after ninjabunnies moved off of him. From my point of view, that action is not scummy for these reasons:
(1) I think ninjabunnies’ push on yell0w was fine. I mean, I wasn’t about to lynch yell0w for those early posts, but the inconsistency (even if it was a joke) was a fine thing to push him on.
(2) tamburini voted for yell0w after bunnies moved her vote off of him. To me, this doesn’t really seem like a mafia play. I usually think scum would want to join a growing lynch to give it support, but here tamburini seems to want to re-open a case that doesn’t seem to have support. This doesn’t feel scummy to me.
(3) I think tamburini had a fine reason to bring new pressure to yell0w. I don’t feel like yell0w asking “What was the ideal response?” is strongly scum indicative, but again, it’s something I feel pressure.
That said, I need more from mtamburini's - his posts so far have been too focused on yell0w. If he wants to push a lynch, that’s fine, but I want to see some interactions with other players. If yell0w isn't the lynch, it'll be tough to draw new conclusions on mtamburini because he hasn't weighed in on some of the other players.
@mtamburini: Please comment on Eden. In particular, could you discuss Eden’s case on yell0w? Also, is there anything about the timing of Eden's case on yell0w that strikes you as unusual? (I haven't reread enough to decide for sure whether there is, but I think there might be)
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On April 30 2014 13:47 27ninjabunnies wrote:Show nested quote ++ Show Spoiler +On April 30 2014 13:11 Amiko wrote:Catching up a little now before a late dinner and later bedtime @27ninjabunnies on Eden (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=20#393) This isn't too important but it should be a quick clarification so I'd appreciate it if you did.  Eden says you didn't fully answer his question ("What was your reaction test, and what did it teach you about the game state?") + Show Spoiler +On April 29 2014 11:55 Eden1892 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 29 2014 11:47 27ninjabunnies wrote:On April 29 2014 11:42 Eden1892 wrote:On April 29 2014 11:40 27ninjabunnies wrote: @Eden: Reaction testing: yes. Cunning: absolutely. Am I rescinding? No. So what did you learn from this? As I stated earlier, I don't like how he reacted. He claimed mafia, which yeah, I get seems trolly. And sure he may be town, but I've played games where a person has claimed mafia, even voted on themselves, and has lived til final mafia and won as mafia. So as of now, I don't like Yell0w, and until he proves otherwise, I'm keeping my vote on him. What did you learn from this? That you're new to forum mafia and have a chip on your shoulder. This doesn't tell me anything about either of your alignments. You seem genuine enough so far, so I suppose it's not all bad. But you didn't really answer my question. Maybe we're not referring to the same thing. What was your reaction test, and what did it teach you about the game state? I think these are the only posts you made between Eden raising the point (that you didn't answer his question) and him giving you a townread: (1) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=14#277(2) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=14#280(3) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=15#283I think these posts answered the first part (what was your reaction test?). I don't feel you answered the second part (what did it teach you about the game state?). If you did, could you just quote it and bold the language for me? As an aside, I think your post @Epishade was directed to Epishade, not Eden as you said here (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=20#393) unless I'm misunderstanding... thew post begins with you answering Epishade's scumread. Were you referring to another post? @ Amiko
Show nested quote +On April 29 2014 12:01 27ninjabunnies wrote:@Eden: I'm not sure why you think I have a chip on my shoulder. I know no one in this game besides tamburini. I know no one's play of their mafia or town style. What I am doing here is trying to get reads. My reaction testing was seeing how Yell0w responded to my questioning. I will point out exactly what I said to him. You can check the nested quotes. On April 29 2014 11:26 Yell0w wrote:On April 29 2014 11:23 27ninjabunnies wrote:On April 29 2014 11:21 Yell0w wrote: I never actually played mafia, I play werewolf in real life, which is pretty much the same I guess, and I don't think him talking is indicative of him being mafia or not, I just think he likes talking.
May I point out to you I said this. On April 29 2014 11:13 27ninjabunnies wrote:
Also, @Yell0w
Do you feel mafia talks too much or too little usually?
Because, sqrt is making himself known to everyone. Would you think he would more likely try to blend in rather than stand out as mafia?
Also, include how much mafia games you have played. This will help me read your response to my questions. On April 29 2014 11:03 Yell0w wrote: So this sqrt guy sure seems to enjoy talking, so he's probably mafia. Yet you don't think him talking a lot is indicative of being mafia? Contradicting yourself already? Ohhh! You got me, I'm mafia. That was his only response to that. He gave no other reasoning as to why his read was contradicting. He avoided the question. So that was my reaction testing. As for my @Epishade post, it was directed to eden, but I messed up the names. Eden asked thisAnd my response was thisAs for not answering the game state question, thank you for pointing that out, I actually didnt answer this. I must have looked over that question focusing on other things. I apologize. But as the game state has changed since then, imo, I shall nt revisit that, but I can elaborate on the game state now.
Ok let me explain this better.
Eden reads you as his top town on page 15 (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/mafia/447955-newbie-mini-mafia-lv?page=15#284).
The post you are referring to is on page 17.
So, when Eden read you as his top town, he didn't have that answer from you yet. When he read you as his top town, he should have still thought you had not answered his question.
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