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freestalker
Profile Joined March 2010
469 Posts
April 23 2011 22:27 GMT
#141
Aha, nevermind. After checking other threads, it's still over one day. Sorry for the confusion.

I still have my suspicions on some people and am waiting for posts from jaminz, and hardcorey,

Enervate still didn't really contribute with anything, either. I'm holding my vote there for now. Sorry bro.
freestalker
Profile Joined March 2010
469 Posts
April 23 2011 22:49 GMT
#142
and for the record, ascle and sirael still haven't posted.

And one thing that came across my mind that someone might find useful, when you change the url to contain &currentpage=all instead of &currentpage=## (## = some number) you'll see the whole thread in one page. It's easier to search through posts like that.
Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
April 23 2011 22:56 GMT
#143
or you can use the all button on the bottom right for the pages.

you always want to check the game specific rules on the OP for day/night cycles btw.

and so many inactives.. guess we're going to end up with a inactive lynch like this. sigh, that's not good, but whatever.
freestalker
Profile Joined March 2010
469 Posts
April 23 2011 23:06 GMT
#144
Oh.. why do I always try to find the more complicated way, lol. I totally forgot about the button.

Yeah I always saw the numbers, but always was wondering how to explain them as I saw 2 possibilities.

As it is, I now have few groups of people -

inactives - Ascle and Sirael
not really contributing ones - Jaminz, Hardcorey, Enervate
and the confusing ones - e.g. phelix

on the other hand, jaminz and enervate prolly ain't in one group, since enervate was 'joking' about both me and jaminz. he might be so cool and joke about his mafia fellow but I kinda doubt that.

I have few more thoughts but I'll wait a while before presenting those. I gotta sleep anyway, will be back tomorrow afternoon (in like 16 hrs)
FezTheCaliph
Profile Joined February 2010
United States492 Posts
April 23 2011 23:35 GMT
#145
On April 24 2011 07:49 freestalker wrote:
and for the record, ascle and sirael still haven't posted.

And one thing that came across my mind that someone might find useful, when you change the url to contain &currentpage=all instead of &currentpage=## (## = some number) you'll see the whole thread in one page. It's easier to search through posts like that.


Or you could click the All button at the end of the page numbers show on the upper right and bottom right of the page ^_^
It is better to be on hand with ten men then absent with ten thousand
FezTheCaliph
Profile Joined February 2010
United States492 Posts
April 23 2011 23:52 GMT
#146
>_< totally didnt see the other two posts about that lol. So three hours until night and the vote breakdown is

Enervate 1
pHelix Equilibra 2
Jaminz 2
HardCorey 1
It is better to be on hand with ten men then absent with ten thousand
Rising_Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States370 Posts
April 24 2011 00:04 GMT
#147
On April 24 2011 08:52 FezTheCaliph wrote:
>_< totally didnt see the other two posts about that lol. So three hours until night and the vote breakdown is

Enervate 1
pHelix Equilibra 2
Jaminz 2
HardCorey 1


As far as I know 1+2+2+1 =/= 11...

Jaminz should post soon about his thoughts (as he said), hopefully it'll be before night. Still, so few people have voted it's kinda rediculous... Where is the participation!?!?
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes
freestalker
Profile Joined March 2010
469 Posts
April 24 2011 00:15 GMT
#148
I'm still here. But leaving, right now. As I mentioned above, the day cycle should be 48 hours so we still have over a day to vote/discuss/change votes.
FezTheCaliph
Profile Joined February 2010
United States492 Posts
April 24 2011 00:28 GMT
#149
Yea just saw that >_<. So we have another 24 hours after tonight. I'm holding on to my vote for now then. Wanna get more information before voting if we have a whole more day.
It is better to be on hand with ten men then absent with ten thousand
pHelix Equilibria
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1134 Posts
April 24 2011 01:28 GMT
#150
On April 24 2011 08:06 freestalker wrote:
Oh.. why do I always try to find the more complicated way, lol. I totally forgot about the button.

Yeah I always saw the numbers, but always was wondering how to explain them as I saw 2 possibilities.

As it is, I now have few groups of people -

inactives - Ascle and Sirael
not really contributing ones - Jaminz, Hardcorey, Enervate
and the confusing ones - e.g. phelix

on the other hand, jaminz and enervate prolly ain't in one group, since enervate was 'joking' about both me and jaminz. he might be so cool and joke about his mafia fellow but I kinda doubt that.

I have few more thoughts but I'll wait a while before presenting those. I gotta sleep anyway, will be back tomorrow afternoon (in like 16 hrs)


How am I confusing? I'm just trying to get a hang of this game, first time ^^. Am I doing something wrong?
jaminz
Profile Joined April 2010
United States208 Posts
April 24 2011 01:39 GMT
#151
My general thoughts on the game so far:

1. We don’t really have a ton of information about anyone so far (besides # of posts & inactivity), so I agree with the arguments that we should try to keep things active.

2. 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.

3. There are a few votes against me thus far, but they seem to stem from the fact that I was inactive and made a comment early on asking if we should just start accusing people. I don’t really think that’s much of a reason to lynch me, so I’m not going to spend much time defending myself unless someone gives me a reason I should.

My thoughts on players so far:

pHelix Equilibria (7 total posts)

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On April 24 2011 01:40 pHelix Equilibria wrote:
Hello, sorry I have actually been out of town traveling in lieu to Easter Weekend. My sincere apologies. and was unable to see this. But it looks like there is a case of the ol' group think process. I'm obviously at a large disadvantage. But am I too late?



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On April 24 2011 01:50 pHelix Equilibria wrote:
I see the deadline on the rules, but what is the rules regarding votes?
Can the town change votes? Before the day is over.
With a clear majority coming at me ? Eeek I am scared.



Was an early lynch candidate because he was the last person to post something. First few posts were mostly apologizing for being inactive.

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On April 24 2011 02:46 pHelix Equilibria wrote:
Well I've read the other Mafia threads and you're right there is some heavy discussion here. But It seems like there isn't enough people talking to have a discussion. Much less we have two for a conversation. With more than a third being relatively quiet it seems the most obvious choice would be to get rid of the ones who are quiet.

You could get something going here vyro.



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On April 24 2011 06:42 pHelix Equilibria wrote:
After reading the above posts. I believe the silent ones are the ones to really look out for. I understand the time zone differences. But I would say out of the silent ones. The one that pointed fingers relatively early with no supporting evidence is more suspicious. Phoenix is right, aScle said one thing so far, but then again he looks like he's in a different time zone, so when he does say more than one thing, we'll see.

##Unvote
##Vote Jaminz



Later goes on to say we should be suspicious of inactive people/lurkers, and lynch them. That’s slightly suspicious to me, but not really enough to peg him as mafia (it’s still way to early obviously). To be transparent, I’ll mention he was one of the people who voted for me.

Rising_Phoenix (7 total posts)

Has been fairly active so far, at least with the size of his posts.

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On April 23 2011 23:57 Rising_Phoenix wrote:
Sorry I was very asleep so I just woke up (10:50am where I'm at).

Since we don't have any conducive evidence of anyone who is mafia yet I think it is a safe bet to vote on pHelix. Unless he comes out to defend himself he is a safe bet because:

1) If he is mafia he is hiding from lack of posting
2) If he is a townie he is snot contributing anything to the posting/discussion
3) If he is afk he's useless to everyone anyways

I need to read some older mafia threads to get a better idea of how to post and tells for who is mafia or not.

So, until other evidence suggests otherwise:
##Vote: pHelix Equilibria



Gives reasons to vote for inactives, pretty harmless post.

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On April 24 2011 04:50 Rising_Phoenix wrote:
##Unvote

Sorry I was at a horn concert and doing some other stuff as well.

First, looking at this mathematically there are 11 players, 3 of which are mafia. If you randomly choose a person there is a approx. 27% chance of getting it right. However, choosing randomly is a bad idea since you never know if you're lynching an important member (cop or medic).

The cop should look up a random member that isn't himself(obviously). That means there is a 3 in 10 chance of him being right (30%). If he is right, he should be able to hint to everyone else who is mafia. That leaves everyone else voting on another person. If you know who the cop/detective is, that leaves a 3 in 9 chance (33%) of being right. That's from 1/5 to 1/3 probability of being right. I don't know how well this works for day one but numbers are fun =].

----- Break for other half---
Leadership for townies is essential, and right now it looks like Conversion and Freestalker are the two most active in leading conversation and topics. Unless one of them slips up, I'd refrain from killing either of them for now.

Silent members have three possibilities:

1)They're trying to hide
2)They're lazy or disinterested in the game
3)It's a holiday and they're traveling

Going through we have these people being pretty inactive:

-jaminz: a few filler posts, nothing as contribution to the thread, pointing fingers
-aScle: one post?
-Enervate: very little posting as well

These players have said very little or immediately start pointing fingers (Enervate) when they start pointing. However, it doesn't make sense to choose him because he hasn't bothered defending any accusations or contributing anything to support his claim.

aScle and Jaminz have had very little to contribute. Their posts have little to no content and have not been active in general. Also, Jaminz has been very ready to point fingers but has little supporting evidence. I'll vote for him since he's just detracting from town synergy.

So, unless he can defend himself:
##vote Jaminz



This is his biggest post so far. I honestly don’t see a ton of value here. He did some basic math about chances of guessing right on the first lynch, but that doesn’t really help us decide who we should pick. He’s basically just mentioning some basic mafia strategy (the cop should hint to us which mafia to pick, etc.). There’s obviously no harm in doing any of this, and I guess I could see how it might be helpful to newer players.

Building off of that: If you believe you have a strong scum/Mafia read on someone, the best way to go about getting the rest of the town on your side is to go back through every post the player has made in this thread (use the search function) and compile a list of suspicious behavior. I would strongly recommend that any blues not roleclaim until near the end of the game, or unless you find some other important reason to do so.

Again, in order to be transparent I’ll mention he also voted for me.

HardCorey (8 total posts)

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On April 13 2011 09:06 HardCorey wrote:
I just want to play. I think I can handle a non-newbie version but if this is the way to get initiated ill play here first. :D



Right off the bat he mentions he thinks he’s ready for a non-new player version of mafia. This seems to imply some familiarity or experience with the game. Nothing suspicious about that, but good to note.

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On April 23 2011 23:44 HardCorey wrote:
So what would you say is your justification for voting on pHelix Equilibria? You know you're right though, not having posted seems like a good enough reason to kill them.



Most of his posts are just filler (“Hi how are you” type things) until this. Is happy to lynch inactives without much proof/evidence otherwise that they are mafia.

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On April 23 2011 20:38 freestalker wrote:
In any case, we'll need to vote for someone anyway, so let's do this. Inactivity is not good. I was also wondering if banhammer/substitution will apply or not?

Also I am wondering about some of you if you're just using your lack of experience to avoid any kind of talk.

And I'm still waiting for Enervate to post some more. It's been a while now and I've seen nothing else just pointing of fingers at people who are willing to hunt the scum

##Vote: pHelix Equilibria



“Your (not our) lack of experience” seems to again imply familiarity with the game. The last sentence is somewhat intriguing. He mentions that he’s waiting for people to talk, and that people are eager to point fingers at those who are scum-hunting, but fails to do any scum-hunting himself. Curious. Again, not enough to paint him as red, but something to note : )

FezTheCaliph (12 total posts)

Was inactive to start, but since returning has been very active.

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On April 24 2011 04:09 FezTheCaliph wrote:
Woah sorry guys. I had a long night(last minute project) and slept for most of yesterday =/
Thanks to freestalker and vyro for the sum up posts ^_^

Now I'll try to get a tally of the current votes going.

Enervate has 2 votes(including mine)
aScle has 1 vote
pHelix Equilibra has 3 votes(unless I missed an unvote)

and I'll join in the vote on Enervate because he's pointing fingers already but mostly because he's inactive since doing so. He’s been keeping track of the vote count, which is helpful : )

##Vote Enervate




Vote on enervate due to inactivity (later retracted). Reasoning is fair as far as I can see.

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On April 24 2011 05:06 FezTheCaliph wrote:
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On April 24 2011 04:50 Rising_Phoenix wrote:
##Unvote

Sorry I was at a horn concert and doing some other stuff as well.

First, looking at this mathematically there are 11 players, 3 of which are mafia. If you randomly choose a person there is a approx. 27% chance of getting it right. However, choosing randomly is a bad idea since you never know if you're lynching an important member (cop or medic).

The cop should look up a random member that isn't himself(obviously). That means there is a 3 in 10 chance of him being right (30%). If he is right, he should be able to hint to everyone else who is mafia. That leaves everyone else voting on another person. If you know who the cop/detective is, that leaves a 3 in 9 chance (33%) of being right. That's from 1/5 to 1/3 probability of being right. I don't know how well this works for day one but numbers are fun =].

----- Break for other half---
Leadership for townies is essential, and right now it looks like Conversion and Freestalker are the two most active in leading conversation and topics. Unless one of them slips up, I'd refrain from killing either of them for now.

Silent members have three possibilities:

1)They're trying to hide
2)They're lazy or disinterested in the game
3)It's a holiday and they're traveling

Going through we have these people being pretty inactive:

-jaminz: a few filler posts, nothing as contribution to the thread, pointing fingers
-aScle: one post?
-Enervate: very little posting as well

These players have said very little or immediately start pointing fingers (Enervate) when they start pointing. However, it doesn't make sense to choose him because he hasn't bothered defending any accusations or contributing anything to support his claim.

aScle and Jaminz have had very little to contribute. Their posts have little to no content and have not been active in general. Also, Jaminz has been very ready to point fingers but has little supporting evidence. I'll vote for him since he's just detracting from town synergy.

So, unless he can defend himself:
##vote Jaminz


Only issue with that is that if the cop outs himself right away, the mafia will know who he is and whack him, unless the medic heals him that night. So either we lose our cop right away or have two of our speciality units incapacitated for a night, leaving the mob free to thin our ranks.

Its not a bad idea but I'm pointing out the downside. Devil's advocate is fun ^_^



Points out that we need to keep the cop/medic roles a secret for a while. Good logic, overall I get somewhat of a town read from him, but his posts don’t have a whole lot to analyze in them so far (besides the one).

Sirael (2 total posts – one of 2 least active players)

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On April 23 2011 02:50 Sirael wrote:
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On April 23 2011 00:51 Conversion wrote:
Anyways, a list of people who haven't posted yet.

1. pHelix Equilibria
3. HardCorey
5. Sirael

We want to hear from you, guys!


Then i'll make the start. Was outside the whole day chilling in the sun (still 25°C at 8 pm). As this is my very first game, i hope i don't make too many mistakes. Anyway GLHF to you all and let's hope for an interesting game.



This is his only post since signing up. It has no real substance other to say “yes I’m here.” Also, it should be noted that he seems to have only posted because someone called him out for not posting. This is suspicious, but he could just be a new player that’s somewhat scared to post. He needs to post more.

(Note: if you’re a new player, just post your thoughts. Don’t worry about being seen as mafia for analyzing another person; the best thing you can do is just to do some analysis on players and state your opinions about them).

freestalker (22 total posts – our most active player)

The first thing I’m going to note here is that every post (except like 3) has a smiley face in it. An enthusiastic town member, or a mafia trying to seem happy & town aligned? I think the former, but who knows.

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On April 24 2011 00:41 freestalker wrote:
Alright, I made a short summary list of posts in this thread so far person per person.
Everyone take what you wish for yourselves from it, but what I find most disturbing is the lack of posts at some points. And some people didn't post for almost a day now. I admit there is not that much to talk about so far, but hopefully we'll get there soon.

I would like to see more talk from everyone, but those bolded ones have 0-1 posts and are the most critical in this situation.

phelix is probably afk and maybe even didn't notice the game has started. others have 1 post and know the game is on, yet don't post.

1. pHelix Equilibria
0
2. Rising_Phoenix
2 empty posts + 1 possible bandwagoning?
3. HardCorey
2 empty posts after asking, then trying to deny discussion (since noone has died)
then trying to confuse voting of inactive,
and then voting!
4. FezTheCaliph
1 empty hello post so far just to let us know "he's here"
5. Sirael
1 post after asking, afraid of making mistakes, eh? ain't we all.
6. Freestalker
DAT IZ ME
7. Enervate
only post so far is pointing fingers at me and jaminz for saying we're up to hunt scum >_<
8. Conversion
seems to be trying! +point
9. Jaminz
so far 2 kinda empty posts.
now voting
10. vyro
2 posts, so far also not too much,
asking newb questions (maybe intentional, maybe not? with all those guides around)
11. aScle
1 post, hi all gl hf! lolwut. that's it?



Here’s his first big post giving a summary of everyone’s posts up until that point. Analysis strangely missing (for the most part).

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On April 24 2011 02:06 freestalker wrote:
mmm, seeing there's some kind of activity now and you're not just dead weight, the vote may go to someone else. A good joke, btw

##Unvote
##Vote Enervate


How about you, sir? Got something to say?



He started by voting for pHenix, and now for enervate. It seems he’s just jumping from inactive player to inactive player.

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On April 24 2011 05:16 freestalker wrote:
the cop doesn't have to role claim to find enough evidence and push the conviction on others. Roleclaiming is probably a good option only once there are like 1-2 mafia left and he knows who they are, or if mafia is claiming they are a cop and the real cop knows one other mafia member (netting 2 mafia for 1 cop), etc. If medic manages to figure out who cop is before he roleclaims, he should be the only target to heal.



This strategy makes sense, and follows the same logic I would use.

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On April 24 2011 08:06 freestalker wrote:
Oh.. why do I always try to find the more complicated way, lol. I totally forgot about the button.

Yeah I always saw the numbers, but always was wondering how to explain them as I saw 2 possibilities.

As it is, I now have few groups of people -

inactives - Ascle and Sirael
not really contributing ones - Jaminz, Hardcorey, Enervate
and the confusing ones - e.g. phelix

on the other hand, jaminz and enervate prolly ain't in one group, since enervate was 'joking' about both me and jaminz. he might be so cool and joke about his mafia fellow but I kinda doubt that.

I have few more thoughts but I'll wait a while before presenting those. I gotta sleep anyway, will be back tomorrow afternoon (in like 16 hrs)



He posts some analysis, but still doesn’t really say what he thinks about the people he mentions. Since he’s pretty active, I’d like to see a bit more opinions & evidence to back them up in his posts.

Enervate (4 total posts)

He jokes in the beginning about a few players (including myself) for being mafia because we said “let’s kill mafia.

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On April 24 2011 05:18 Enervate wrote:
Ok I'm checking this thread now. I don't have that much time to check this thread on the weekends. I usually check during class. Don't vote for me.



This post is kind of suspicious to me just because of the part at the end. A few people voted for him because of his first post & inactivity, and all he ends up saying is “don’t vote for me.” There’s no analysis, no reasoning, nothing of substance. This is pretty suspicious to me.

Conversion (17 total posts)

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On April 23 2011 00:51 Conversion wrote:
I'm not too familiar with Night 0, but I suggest keeping the following tips in mind.

If you are blue, do NOT claim unless it is absolutely necessary. (ie, you are medic about to be lynched)

Be wary of fake claims by Mafia if the cop is dead.

Always be confident in your analysis/voting so you don't look like mafia (I had trouble with this in my current mafia game.)

Anyways, a list of people who haven't posted yet.

1. pHelix Equilibria
3. HardCorey
5. Sirael

We want to hear from you, guys!



Solid advice right off the bat. He’s more or less the one who got things/posting started in the thread. Encourages discussion.

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On April 23 2011 13:59 Conversion wrote:
yeah, I'm trying to correct that logic cause night 0 (from what I've seen) used to create plans and let town pressure inactives right off the bat so they can try and force errors from mafia players.

never take discussion hours for granted. just saying.



Really wants us to talk to each other. I agree with this desire.

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On April 23 2011 17:50 Conversion wrote:
You want to read the OP for game-specific mechanics like clues. OP states that there are no clues in this game, so clues aren't included here. Any normal game with clues, however, usually incorporates something (sig, profile picture/info) into a night post.

the usual proportion of blues:greens I am not sure about. I think it depends on the host and the game.

Posting less is considered detrimental to ideal town environment, where everyone is posting and contributing. Posting does not necessarily mean that one is pro town, however. Being inactive let's mafia blend in and it is why inactivity is frowned upon. Inactivity isn't really a sure mafia tell, but it is considered anti-town/scummy behavior.

Lies to catch mafia.. I would suggest reading some mafia games where there were fake roleclaims that contradicted behavior/posts or something like that. Mafia actually falsely role claims often if it will pay off, though it's usually a very heavily calculated move.

A usual townie plan just outlines and establishes ideal town environment and some policies (no inactivity, lynch all liars, etc.)

I'd start off by pressuring an inactive, who still hasn't posted yet... so

##Vote: pHelix Equilibria



He was the first one to vote, and started the bandwagon on pHelix. I think he’s trying to play this game differently than his last (one I’m also in).

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On April 24 2011 02:01 Conversion wrote:
We can change the vote, don't worry. We were just pressuring you for being inactive.

##Unvote

Now stay and contribute! :D

And try not to spam, it's considered anti-town/scummy behavior.

People might not take votes because they're not on the computer (time zone conflicts)



He seems to be very positive in his posts. I like this.

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On April 24 2011 03:01 Conversion wrote:
Hey, nothing to feel self conscious about I'm a pretty terrible player, but this is a learning experience. Let's just try our best to learn, yeah?

And it really is hard to have a discussion with so many people just disappearing..

So let's start off with some basic questions for everyone to spark up some discussion; I'm eyeing all the inactives right now.

DO you think we should lynch an inactive day 1?
What are your current opinions of the players in this game?
Do you agree with following policy lynches as the game progresses?



Brings up some discussion topics. I’d like to see him answer these himself. The fact that he didn’t is a little suspicious.

Overall he seems to be trying to get people talking, and is being pretty helpful overall from my point of view. This could be either because he’s town and wants to help (most obvious reason) or because he’s mafia trying to build town credibility and direct the game. A lot of his posts have been trying to direct other players & get them to talk (he’s made a few pressure votes, etc.). I don’t really have a good read on him yet, other than the fact that he’s been very active so far.

Jaminz (8 total posts, including this one)

I’ll let you guys do the analysis on me. It’s pointless for me to do it.

Vyro (6 total posts)

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On April 23 2011 17:12 vyro wrote:
still feeling pretty noob. i don't feel like i have much to add right now, but i don't want to not post for fear of looking inactive or being one of those 'barely posts'. so here are some questions:

how are clues usually worked into the game?
what's the usual proportion of blues to greens? does posting less really suggest someone is mafia?
what kind of lies are there for us to catch people with? it's not like mafia's going to falsely claim roles
what does a usual townie plan look like?

thanks in advance


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On April 24 2011 01:09 vyro wrote:
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On April 23 2011 17:50 Conversion wrote:
You want to read the OP for game-specific mechanics like clues. OP states that there are no clues in this game, so clues aren't included here. Any normal game with clues, however, usually incorporates something (sig, profile picture/info) into a night post.


about that. lately, i haven't been able to expand spoilers. when i click "show spoiler", the page refreshes to the top, and the address bar has a pound sign in it. i'm using chrome 11

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Posting less is considered detrimental to ideal town environment, where everyone is posting and contributing. Posting does not necessarily mean that one is pro town, however. Being inactive let's mafia blend in and it is why inactivity is frowned upon. Inactivity isn't really a sure mafia tell, but it is considered anti-town/scummy behavior.

Lies to catch mafia.. I would suggest reading some mafia games where there were fake roleclaims that contradicted behavior/posts or something like that. Mafia actually falsely role claims often if it will pay off, though it's usually a very heavily calculated move.


ok, i see. i guess i could understand why they would want to fake roleclaim. i'll be looking through those previous mafia games, however daunting it may seem.

it'll be interesting to see how phelix defends himself if he ever shows up

##Vote: pHelix Equilibria



His first two posts don’t have a lot of substance to them, but he asks some questions in the first which is good. He bandwagons a vote onto pHenix without giving much explanation for why.

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On April 24 2011 02:40 vyro wrote:
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I don't understand? Can one not see the spoilers?


something changed recently with my chrome, so only i can't see spoilers. whenever i try to show spoilers, instead of it expanding, the page refreshes.

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And try not to spam, it's considered anti-town/scummy behavior.


sorry for the unnecessary post on my part. i'm using firefox again, until i can figure out why spoilers aren't behaving correctly in chrome. i don't want to derail discussion further, but i would like to know how i can view things correctly in chrome again.

##Unvote

to help contribute rather than look like a big noob/scum acting like noob, here's my opinion of players so far:

phelix: knows physics and stuff. votes for an inactive
rising_phoenix: hasn't said much minus basic logic in favor of lynching an inactive phelix
hardcorey: hasn't contributed except for not wanting to lynch inactives
fez: no substantive posts
sirael: no substantive posts
freestalker: seems to know what he's doing. interesting banter with enervate
enervate: just one post, jokingly accusing freestalker
conversion: probably the most experienced here. probably doesn't like me for asking dumb questions
jaminz: wants to start random accusations? honestly, i also wouldn't know where to begin if it weren't for inactive either though..
ascle: no substantive posts

me: immediately self-conscious after reading other mafia games and seeing how scummy my posts look

so, the inactives to look out for so far are fez, sirael, and ascle
not much to look at so far it seems



This post I like. He gives his opinions on players with some (scattered) evidence to back it up. Right off the bat this gives me an impression he’s a town player. However, it’s still very early in the game so everything can change.

aScle (2 total posts, our other least active player)

He’s literally said nothing other than “gl hf.” He needs to post more, or I’d be tempted to put a few votes on him.

More overall thoughts:

We need people to post more. Don't be afraid to do analysis. The more people we have scum-hunting and looking out for suspicious posts the better. Don't worry about being wrong. It's much worse to just sit back and be scared to post than it is to have some of your opinions or analysis be wrong. This is a beginners game, so force yourself to make some posts & put yourself out there. No one here is a pro.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong" - The Great Bambino, The Sandlot
Rising_Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States370 Posts
April 24 2011 02:39 GMT
#152
The reason why we're all targeting people with small posts is because we're trying to see if we can get them to post, and therefore get information about them. Also, as I said again, lynching non-posters are safe unless we have more information to go by. The problem is that who someone would act for a post would depend on the person. Is the over-analyzing person mafia trying to pretend to be a villiage or is it an actual do-gooder mafia?

And here's another thought: The more we post trying to figure out mafia, the more the mafia is trying to figure out important roles: the doctor and the detective. Posting is a two sided sword. Post too much and people thing you're either trying to be too good or being too active for a reason, or too inactive you're trying to hard something. Sometimes an inactive poster is just and inactive poster for one reason or another.

Those are the main reasons why I'm looking at inactive players.

The game itself is important, but we have to remember people have real lives as well (or at least some of us do =P), so anyone can't be on or as active as we like. If you're on a plane right for 5-8 hours you can't really be active for that time or if your busy with family.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes
jaminz
Profile Joined April 2010
United States208 Posts
April 24 2011 02:55 GMT
#153
I'm not saying people should post just to post; that's actually detrimental to the town and would make me suspicious of that person. I do, however, think it would be beneficial for people to give their opinions about other people in the game. If you don't have an opinion about someone, don't worry about it, and you don't need to post about it. I want people to look at players they think could be acting suspiciously, analyze their posts, and post their opinions.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong" - The Great Bambino, The Sandlot
FezTheCaliph
Profile Joined February 2010
United States492 Posts
April 24 2011 04:29 GMT
#154
Wow jaminz. Going from inactive to super substantial post! I guess the only critique I have to say is that you don't really paint anyone red. The closest you get is saying a couple of words here and there are suspicious. Granted I can't fault you for that because I honestly have no idea either. I was just kinda hoping for more information before I vote again. I also thought we were supposed to have our votes in by an hour ago >_<.

Would you say our best bet is to wait it out a bit more or do you have any gut feelings about any of the players?
I guess thats more of an open question so everyone feel free to answer, but I was specficially asking Jaminz cuz you seem to have a better handle on this game than most but have yet to vote
It is better to be on hand with ten men then absent with ten thousand
jaminz
Profile Joined April 2010
United States208 Posts
April 24 2011 04:41 GMT
#155
On April 24 2011 13:29 FezTheCaliph wrote:
Wow jaminz. Going from inactive to super substantial post! I guess the only critique I have to say is that you don't really paint anyone red. The closest you get is saying a couple of words here and there are suspicious. Granted I can't fault you for that because I honestly have no idea either. I was just kinda hoping for more information before I vote again. I also thought we were supposed to have our votes in by an hour ago >_<.

Would you say our best bet is to wait it out a bit more or do you have any gut feelings about any of the players?
I guess thats more of an open question so everyone feel free to answer, but I was specficially asking Jaminz cuz you seem to have a better handle on this game than most but have yet to vote


I'm currently leaning towards a vote for either Enervate (you can go back and check my analysis if you want to know why), Sirael (inactivity), or aScle (inactivity). Enervate seems to have read the thread, noticed he was voted for, and done nothing at all to even attempt analysis. The last two have been completely useless, but we've got another day to get our votes in (I think) so everyone still has time. These are just what I'm leaning towards right now, so everything is subject to change.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong" - The Great Bambino, The Sandlot
FezTheCaliph
Profile Joined February 2010
United States492 Posts
April 24 2011 05:42 GMT
#156
On April 24 2011 13:41 jaminz wrote:
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On April 24 2011 13:29 FezTheCaliph wrote:
Wow jaminz. Going from inactive to super substantial post! I guess the only critique I have to say is that you don't really paint anyone red. The closest you get is saying a couple of words here and there are suspicious. Granted I can't fault you for that because I honestly have no idea either. I was just kinda hoping for more information before I vote again. I also thought we were supposed to have our votes in by an hour ago >_<.

Would you say our best bet is to wait it out a bit more or do you have any gut feelings about any of the players?
I guess thats more of an open question so everyone feel free to answer, but I was specficially asking Jaminz cuz you seem to have a better handle on this game than most but have yet to vote


I'm currently leaning towards a vote for either Enervate (you can go back and check my analysis if you want to know why), Sirael (inactivity), or aScle (inactivity). Enervate seems to have read the thread, noticed he was voted for, and done nothing at all to even attempt analysis. The last two have been completely useless, but we've got another day to get our votes in (I think) so everyone still has time. These are just what I'm leaning towards right now, so everything is subject to change.


Lol yea. I really wanted to be like, hmmmm "Don't vote for me" , such a compelling arguement, and keep my vote for him, but since my biggest argument against him was inactivity and he somewhat explained it, I gave him the benefit of the doubt
It is better to be on hand with ten men then absent with ten thousand
aScle
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia375 Posts
April 24 2011 08:42 GMT
#157
Oh i literally forgot about this for a day >.<
Well since its only the first day i can't really say much on who is who. but
On April 24 2011 05:14 Conversion wrote:
Still waiting on a lot of the inactives..

In my honest opinion, cop should check an inactive. It'll turn out to three outcomes, probably 2 or 3 since inactives tend to often be blue roles/mafia

Writing in first person, don't take this as me being cop or anything.

1) Confirmed townie. Oh well, let's hope I get a better result tomorrow. I can defend this townie to death because I know he's town.

2) Confirmed blue role. Nice! Now I know who the medic/cop is. I can act very vocal and hint for the medic to protect me or hint DT to check someone I wouldn't check in order to get 2 checks done in one night.

3) Confirm mafia. Well, now I have to tunnel him hard and hope town follows my analysis and lynches him.


Seems like a reasonable strategy to me except for the fact that if you get the first investigation as a townie then the subsequent choices on who to investigate would get harder as then there will be less or if not no inactive to check on.


Artosis: "Why did the collosus fall over? BECAUSE IT WAS IMBALANCED!!!"
aScle
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia375 Posts
April 24 2011 08:55 GMT
#158
Regarding Enervate
it seems like he is the most suspicious person to me as he started off basically accusing 3 people and upon realizing this tries to edit his previous post to get rid of the evidence
On April 24 2011 05:21 Enervate wrote:
Lol I started to edit my previous post but then I remembered we are not supposed to edit. About my earlier accusations, I was just kidding. I felt like saying something else besides "gl hf".

He later shrugs off his accusations as jokes again
On April 24 2011 05:21 Enervate wrote:
Lol I started to edit my previous post but then I remembered we are not supposed to edit. About my earlier accusations, I was just kidding. I felt like saying something else besides "gl hf".


The rest of his posts are pretty much saying "Don't vote for me" which leads me to concluding he is the most suspicious so far hence
##Vote Enervate
Artosis: "Why did the collosus fall over? BECAUSE IT WAS IMBALANCED!!!"
Sirael
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany12 Posts
April 24 2011 09:03 GMT
#159
So, my internet was dead as i wope up yesterday. Couldn't log in for
the whole day. I already thought that i'd be modkilled by now

I'll try to give some of my opinions. At the moment, ignoring the
actual vote counter, it seems like there are two vote candidates
pushed by jasminz.

First there's the inactive aka aScle. While lynching an inactive
(for whatever reason he is)
isn't the worst thing to do, it is by no means the best either.
It essentially gives the mafia one free kill in night1. Therefore it
should be our number one goal to just get everyone posted as much as possible,
simply ignoring the inactive.
In case of need we can still jump on him if we don't find a better alternative.
Jaminz' second suggestion is basically the same only that Enervate
postet a reason why he can't post.


When I look at jaminz himself i get a bit confused. He gets in the game
saying that he want's to improve his analysis(which he obviously did)
and at the beginning of the game he seems quite depressed that there's
not much posting going on.

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On April 23 2011 15:49 jaminz wrote:
Should we just start accusing someone of being mafia to get people talking? I don't really know where to start the conversation.


On April 23 2011 13:56 jaminz wrote:
I don't think he meant we shouldn't discuss, I just think he meant that there's nothing really to talk about yet lol



The first time I read those two posts I didn't really notice them
but the more I think about it the more it seems like he doesn't want
us to post that much. But maybe that's just me...
He continues with doing what he joines the game for, analysing. So I
guess he's quite safe for now, but you'll never know.




I really don't know who I should vote for at the moment, maybe someone
can give me a good idea?
Sirael
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany12 Posts
April 24 2011 09:07 GMT
#160
Forget the part of my post about inactives as we only have a half left now. But he seems to get the
votes loaded on him. Better for him if he comes back from his easter trip soon.
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