Newbie Mini Mafia XVIII

On June 21 2012 00:35 blubbdavid wrote:
JieXian is the new bluelightz

On June 21 2012 08:22 Probulous wrote:


Blubb is being mean. Bluelightz is a player who does his own thing and didn't bother to learn in his early mafia career. However he has since picked up his game and is doing much better now. He is also from Singapore so maybe that has something to do with what Blubb meant (similar region).

Mr JieXian, I would highly suggest reading the guides linked in the OP and contacting the coaches when you get your PM. There are some basic rules of mafia that really help in newbie games. Number one being, post. If you don't contribute, people will think you are scum. So post, even if you don't think you can add a lot just having a thread presence helps.

Good luck!

On June 21 2012 13:33 Probulous wrote:


Ok maybe Blubb was right. That sounds just like Bluelightz

On June 24 2012 03:07 Esspen wrote:

The answer is clear: do not sleep.
Sleep is overrated anyway...

On June 24 2012 11:50 BassInSpace wrote:


You're not the only one, I'm at +10 GMT.

On June 24 2012 13:29 Keirathi wrote:
A friend of mine wrote a very very comprehensive mafia bot a few years ago, and we used it to play ~10,000 games back in the day.

On June 25 2012 10:16 Hopeless1der wrote:
No more sheriff...well ain't that something special. What in the Sam Hill do we do now? Surely someone knows who else could be behind these treacherous murders.

I say we root these varmints out and string em right up in the middle of town, just like that VisceraEyes.
Now to do this we're gonna need a couple of...'Rules'.

I will say that I am a firm believer in the truth. Anyone caught in a lie deserves to die! Who's with me?

This game will follow a 24 hour night/48 hour day cycle.

So night. I will be less active in the following days (until night 3) for aforementioned reasons.

On June 25 2012 21:49 Vivax wrote:


Wat

You crazy?

On June 25 2012 23:29 BassInSpace wrote:Also JieXian, I don't agree with your use of pre-game posts as part of your case against release (in regards to your "create escape route" point. I think analysis of posts should start when the game actually starts.

On June 25 2012 23:52 Release wrote:
Take my "game plan" for what you will. I can't decide how you think.

If yourself and vivax found that confusing, doesn't that make him Mafia (as opposed to yourselves)? Townies are trying to avoid confusion while mafia try to cause confusion. If you say his reasoning is the reasoning is your reasoning, that's kind of a catch 22

shit I just noticed that this wasn't what i thought it was. This actually means that we have 2 real days to vote right?

On June 26 2012 02:43 Esspen wrote:


To be quite honest, just to see reactions of people. And maybe catch some scummy behaviour.
Btw I must say that Release seems to be the scum as all reacted to my post it the form of "wtf? please explain" etc. wanting some explanation, yet Release is the only one actually attacking.

On June 26 2012 03:20 JieXian wrote:


I admit my analysis was a long shot but holy shit does it seem to fit... It does assume that Release had both smart planning and was lucky enough to be a mafia though.

However I totally disagree that the game actually starts during the game. Flash and iloveoov used interviews to win man.

On June 26 2012 07:15 Keirathi wrote:


This is the most confusing sentence in this thread, so maybe *YOU'RE* the mafia.

In all seriousness though, i feel like you are putting yourself in the limelight a bit too much on day1 for oyut o be mafia, unless you're just an idiot, which I assume isn't the case.

As far as the whole "lynching the blues" comment by Esspen, really boggling. I can't even see how this would create good discussion; 1) you're serious, in which case WORST MAFIA EVER or 2) you're making a joke, people call you out, you say you're joking, people still suspect your motives but move on. I dont feel like anything that has come out of that statement has been useful towards finding whoever the mafia is, so that just makes it more suspicious/boggling.

Now: lynch the lurkers. I've played around tis strategy many many times, and while it doesn't always work, it does have some key benefits: 1) a lot of mafia (especially inexperienced ones) are going to try to keep a low profile for a long as they can and 2) people who arent giving input, well, aren't giving input or opinions for others to base anything on, therefor aren't helping town to win. The chance of mafia nightkilling lurkers is exceptionally low, as well, because 1) thats one more person to cast suspicion on, and 2) the lurker isnt going to casting any suspicion on them.

So thats my 2cents. Lynch All Lurkers is probably our best plan of action.

On June 26 2012 15:06 BassInSpace wrote:
Hopeless1der, you say that policy lynching should be our last resort, but then you post this?



You have a FOS on esspen, who you already said you find suspicious for trying to bring attention back to release, but then you ask which of our "prime candidates" out of those 3 we should lynch? If policy lynching really is the last resort, should you not be pressuring esspen more, or waiting closer to the voting deadline when there has been more activity before you start wanting to lynch lurkers (by my count there are still 22 hours until the deadline)? That is the whole point of a last resort. I really don't like how much attention you were putting on voting for lurkers before BiosC responded to you. I'm not sure if you'll get to see this and respond any time soon because of time zones, but I will hold off putting my vote on you until I go to bed just in case you manage to post before then.

As for esspen, I really don't know. That really is just way too obvious a move for mafia to make as others have said, but I am getting a stronger read from hopeless1der.