Newbie Mini Mafia XLII

On May 29 2013 04:37 Melliflue wrote:
I am complete newbie but I am interested in playing. I have never played mafia before, either on a forum or IRL. I have played a few games of "The Resistance" which is kinda similar, perhaps.

I'll probably ask the coach a lot of questions though. And I've never used QuickTopics before :p

I nervous that I will completely mess everything up, which is why I am reluctant to just join. Is anybody going to be really mad if I am very bad at the game?

Will timezones be a problem? So far, there is one person in South Korea but everyone else is in the Americas, whereas I'm in Europe, so I may be asleep when most of the activity is going on (US evening time I guess).

On June 05 2013 23:22 Sylencia wrote:
oo we're full again!

On June 05 2013 15:33 Xzavier wrote:
Actual useful question. anybody know of a way to get a notification on your phone for when somebody replies to this thread? it could make life more convienient (spelling op/takes too much effort to google)

On June 06 2013 10:49 Xzavier wrote:

Now, to get the ball rolling. Im going to ask what your preferred lynch order would be (if nobody has any strong reads)
mine is active scum>lurking scum>lurker.

The reason for this is obvious: active scum will try to throw us all off.
Lurking scum are bitches, just kill us and dont say sorry.
Lurking townies hurt us just as bad (by giving lurking scum people to lurk with)

On June 06 2013 11:13 iVLosK! wrote:
Lynching lurkers isn't a strategy that I really like in a noobie game. What we'll find is that some people just signed up and fucked off, regardless of alignment. Or people who vastly underestimated the amount of time/effort they'd need to put in.

Having said that, I won't be nailed down and if I feel a lurker is scum I'll vote them in a second and you all will be like "Aww Vlosk said he doesn't like lynching lurkers in noob games!"

On June 06 2013 11:34 Xzavier wrote:

Also the reason im for lynching a lurker night one is even if it is a noobie who realized they didnt have the time for it, then they arnt ever gonna be useful for us in this game, so it still would be more productive than a No-lynch.

On June 06 2013 12:38 LoneMeow wrote:


I would very much rather lynch a lurker than go no-lynch. Would you rather:

a) be at LYLO with one or more players that are completely unreadable
b) be at LYLO slightly earlier with players you can at least try to get a read on

Lurking townies aren't just "not useful to town", they're an actual liability later in the game.

Obviously you should lynch scum reads over lurkers, but you shouldn't give lurkers a free pass either.

On June 06 2013 20:19 Skanjab1s wrote:


I'm the finger down your spine when all the lights are out. I'm the name on all the men's room walls. When I pout, the whole world tries to make me smile. And everyone always wants to know, who... is... that girl?

Okay guys, listen up. I can read vloski like a Dr Seuss book. And he is without a doubt town. I've like, never been wrong about him.

So, ##vote: Spicydinosaur

For all his posts being about game theory (lynching lurkers, etc.) and none of them having any intention of finding scum.

On June 06 2013 21:43 iVLosK! wrote:

What is it that causes you to have a town read on Skanjab if all he's done is "throw a vote with nothing else?"

On June 06 2013 21:52 iVLosK! wrote:

What if he was successful in lynching you? That seems a pretty good reason to come out of the fold.

Also this "mafia like to hide" shit bothers me, because you're making sweeping generalizations about what everyone does in the same situation. If all mafia acted alike this game would be super easy. Some mafia are just as in-your-face as I can be at times. And it's not just you that's said it, so don't think I'm picking on you.

On June 06 2013 21:53 Skanjab1s wrote:


My posts purpose is to lynch scum, something I haven't seen from you. You criticize me for my post yet it gives you a townread on me? Rather contradictory.

On June 06 2013 21:55 Onegu wrote:
Skanjab what is your biggest problem with spicydino is he has had good post on the lurker issue, I am getting a town vibe from him. The strongest read I have is on iVlosk as town t this point, but a wish he would curse less. xzav is also giving me a very strong town vibe. Umasi is my only scummy read as he fueled the iV rant even after it most likely should have been moved on from it. Also the whole brocuff thing. Also what are your guys thought on finding a serial killer?

On June 07 2013 02:25 Gotard wrote:
After reading everything twice I've came with conclusion that some of you are far from being newbies like me (or you are just really good at pretending which is even worse if you are aren't townies T_T). All in all after some hardcore analysis (aka reading) I sadly do know nothing . Xzavier seemed to be a scum (after following Umasi's accusations) but then he had some awesome pro-town posts. What to do!? What to do!?