Newbie Student Mafia XXVII

On October 05 2017 00:52 Rels wrote:

Welcome (=

On October 13 2017 06:14 ruXxar wrote:
Being mafia is very stressful in your first game.
You become uptight, unsure of how to act.
Your opening posts signals to me that you're telling the truth.

I believe you are what you say you are.

On October 13 2017 06:38 Damerion wrote:

The second thing is HappyKrogan postings are interesting, (I know I am already sliding backwards) in comparison to other people who have posted the posts feel forced and have this sense of wanting to fit in. It also draws my eyebrow upwards how he keeps referring to himself as just normal VT. My first game as scum I had an almost identical entrance post because I just did not know how to interact with the people in the game. I think he is worth watching especially as his reads develop or fail to achieve.

On October 13 2017 14:19 xenonn40 wrote:


Sounds like something a mafia would say.

On October 13 2017 23:16 ruXxar wrote:


It's a very addicting feeling once you think you've caught a mafia.
A rush of emotions compelling you to lynch me.

Then comes the hard part of convincing others that you are right.
Why can't they just see and understand all the obvious telltale signs that you are seeing?

It's an eternal struggle. Don't give up if you truly believe it.

On October 13 2017 23:40 Conversion wrote:


? No need to be so defensive. I'm just explaining my thoughts, on my opinion, in my brain, as to why you can be scummy

see how that works?

I don't care if you post immediately.

wasn't there a way to request flood control be turned off for new players in mafia?

On October 13 2017 23:44 ruXxar wrote:
Let me ask you a question Krogan.

Which is more scummy
To post fluff or
To not post anything at all

Where does mafia thrive?
What kind of environment in the game is optimal for mafia?
A lively game or a silent game.

I don't want an answer. I just want you to think about it.

On October 13 2017 23:56 ruXxar wrote:


It's a newbie game, so I'm taking the liberty of giving you some friendly advice.

By all means, do your own thing.

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See, the thing is that activity by itself is not a sole measure of towniness.
And if you asked me, I wouldn't say that I'm even trying very hard to solve the game right now.

Right now you're undermining the intelligence of the rest of the players in the game by assuming that they don't see that I'm posting fluff.

I'm pretty sure they do know.
And if they don't know, then I can confirm that is exactly what I'm doing.

Your post was a good idea, don't get get me wrong, but in my experience it's a terrible scum indicator.

On October 14 2017 00:07 ruXxar wrote:


Be careful letting other people manipulate you.

On October 14 2017 03:36 ruXxar wrote:


1)
Activity is not a sole indicator of towniness. But more often than not, active people are town, with some exceptions.
Mafia has no need to drive the game from day 1 unless they are feeling pressured.

With the town to mafia ratio being the way it is, town is most likey to lynch one of their own, while mafia can throw out weak sheeps or town reads of the lynch target to get post flip karma.

2)
To me there's two ways to solve the game.

There's the active way, were you make reads, pressure and push people.
This is what people refer to when they say "Solving the game". Aka what oats is doing.

Then there's the passive way, where you make yourself vulnerable and allow people to push you.
This requires you to make yourself a target that people want to engage with, by performing actions that people find dubious.

The end result of both methods is the same, you usually end up in a heated debate with some people where emotions shine through and you're able to get a better read on them.

No matter if I'm pushing people or the one being pushed by people, I'm getting information that I can use to form reads and in the end I will be able to make a better informed decision when choosing my lynch target.