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Batman [Mafia] |OT| The mafia game Gafia deserves , but not the one it needs

Ty4on

Member
My tracking results are this:

Night 1- I tracked Weem who visited no one.
Night 2- I tracked Coppa who visited Kark.
Night 3- I tracked CornBurrito who visited no one.
Why did you track Weemad when she was in your top town list on D1?
I'm chiming in a bit late because of work. I didn't realize that we were so close to the deadline.

Top town:

Weemad- I thought that some of Wee's questions were a bit odd, but my overall feeling is that once again Wee is just eager town.
[...]
 

Sorian

Banned
You flip Town: An information dump in exchange for your magical read list.
You flip Neutral: Why would you care? If you die, you probably loose..
You flip Scum: That information dump doesn't seem all that bad. Well... at least for your remaining companions, no?

Won't change my Vote, because danger of Turbo (which I categorically do not want), but ehhhhh...

No additional deaths, so we can rule out a serial killer.
No noticeable effects, except for a claimed limerick and a vote "thief", both only once and potentially scum.
Yeah, truly we should focus on whether there is a neutral.

I am Bruce Wayne AKA Batman. I'm tracker and (1-shot) night immune. Also, I was given the role name of one other player: Hugo Strange. Hugo Strange's goal is to get me to survive until Night 4, at which point I'll automatically die. I haven't been told if that's Hugo's win condition. I don't know what happens if Hugo survives. All I know is that Hugo is aware of my role. He (or she) knows that Trigger = Batman. The only way for me to survive past today is to lynch him. With that said I feel like I can explain a few of my actions:

-My gut told me that Coppa was either an investigative power or scum. If our role cop is dead and I'm town's tracker, how could there be any other investigative players aligned with us? I was also hoping that throwing myself into a somewhat controversial position would stir Hugo Strange into action.

Your role isn't making sense to me. Why would you you just die after 4 day phases? Not to say I don't believe you because I find it harder to believe Batman is a fake claim but last time someone told me they were on a timer till death they were lying. They were also trying to buy themselves one more night to avoid a lynch but that isn't the case here. I guess I just don't understand how a Hugo Strange ties into to Batman living or dying.

As for that paragraph about Coppa, how do you feel about Launch then? He is claiming investigator, does he fit into your idea of what this game should or should not have?

Also, you are arguing semantics with Xam. When a doctor says they healed you, they just mean that they targeted you that night. Doctors around here aren't informed if they succeed or fail so Xam would have no idea if you were targeted.

So if we have a one-shot immune role, a role blocker and the alternate night immune role (SkyOdin AKA Catwoman), would that finally be enough to rule out a doctor?

Not really? Though you can add in whatever Camjo was claiming too.
 
You can't heal someone if they weren't killed, right? If I was killed and Xam healed me last night, I shouldn't still have my immunity. At least that's how I interpret things. I'm only immune to death, not roleblocking, limerick, etc.

Oh, but the fact that he healed you doesn't necessarily mean that the heal went through or that you were targeted.

I believe scum wins immediately if we mislynch today with Trigger's claim

That's a bit hyperbolic, isn't it?
 

Sorian

Banned
Thought I wrote things under these quotes but apparently not:

You flip Town: An information dump in exchange for your magical read list.
You flip Neutral: Why would you care? If you die, you probably loose..
You flip Scum: That information dump doesn't seem all that bad. Well... at least for your remaining companions, no?

Won't change my Vote, because danger of Turbo (which I categorically do not want), but ehhhhh...

What does this post even mean?

No additional deaths, so we can rule out a serial killer.
No noticeable effects, except for a claimed limerick and a vote "thief", both only once and potentially scum.
Yeah, truly we should focus on whether there is a neutral.

Gafia has a hard on for neutrals and it hurts nothing to just assume they are there and take them into account, apparently I wasn't wrong from reading the rest of the morning posts.
 

Sorian

Banned
That's a bit hyperbolic, isn't it?

Is it? Let's take the case of 4 scum which is the most in-line with expectations. 12 players, mislynch = 11 players, scum NK = 10 players, Trigger dying automatically = 9 players, Hugo winning (if this is his win condition) = 8 players. Start of day 5 is 4 vs. 4, scum wins.
 
Oh, but the fact that he healed you doesn't necessarily mean that the heal went through or that you were targeted.



That's a bit hyperbolic, isn't it?
We have 10 people right now
If we mislynch it goes down to 9, scum kills at night bringing it down to 8(unless I can actually call it right tonight), then Trigger dies bringing us down to 7 and Hugo Strange probably also gets removed from the game, bringing us to 6 people, where a 3-man scum team wins
 

Karu

Member
Thought I wrote things under these quotes but apparently not:



What does this post even mean?
you fishing for information, to get everybody's plans/motivations out in the open. If all scum left that's incredibly valueable. I think that makes most sense if you're scum.
 

Sorian

Banned
you fishing for information, to get everybody's plans/motivations out in the open. If all scum left that's incredibly valueable. I think that makes most sense if you're scum.

Is this day 1 all over again where I have to argue the value of making reads? I'm looking for backup plans going forward because this train is hurling itself into a wall and I want to be able to make myself as useful as I can be before I get lynched. Asking how people's suspicions will ebb and flow depending on my flip is hardly putting plans and motivations out in the open, it's the same as posting top town and top scum but I'm asking people to project based on my death.
 
I'm not buying there are 4 scum if there's a neutral, not with these numbers. Sorian trying to scare us into thinking we're in MyLo.

I'm doubling down.

VOTE: Sorian
 

Trigger

Member
Why did you track Weemad when she was in your top town list on D1?

Just wanted to solidify my gut feelings. I don't know how a scum Weemad would play theoretically. I was basing my impressions partially off behavior in Princess Mafia.

Your role isn't making sense to me. Why would you you just die after 4 day phases? Not to say I don't believe you because I find it harder to believe Batman is a fake claim but last time someone told me they were on a timer till death they were lying. They were also trying to buy themselves one more night to avoid a lynch but that isn't the case here. I guess I just don't understand how a Hugo Strange ties into to Batman living or dying.

As for that paragraph about Coppa, how do you feel about Launch then? He is claiming investigator, does he fit into your idea of what this game should or should not have?

Also, you are arguing semantics with Xam. When a doctor says they healed you, they just mean that they targeted you that night. Doctors around here aren't informed if they succeed or fail so Xam would have no idea if you were targeted.

Not really? Though you can add in whatever Camjo was claiming too.

- If my role doesn't make sense to you then blame Roy. No fluff reason is given for how he'll kill me; just that if he succeeds in getting me to survive till Night 4 I die. This isn't a stall tactic. I'm fine with being lynched since I won't be able to play past today anyway. I'm not confident that we'll lynch Strange today.

- He doesn't quite gel with my idea of the game's meta-balance, but it's such an odd claim that I have trouble completely dismissing it.

- Fair enough. I'm no mafia expert on how things work. It just stuck out to me as weird.
 

Sorian

Banned
I'm not buying there are 4 scum if there's a neutral, not with these numbers. Sorian trying to scare us into thinking we're in MyLo.

I'm doubling down.

VOTE: Sorian

You think scum is only 17% of the player list? Come on now, you know better then that. Also, why attribute it to me when Xam was the one that said we were potentially in mylo first? I just broke down numbers for you.
 
Guys
Take a step back and look at your votes
How many of you guys are voting because you don't believe his role exists and how many of you are voting because you think he's actually scum
Remember
What you think makes sense is not what the Gamerunner thinks makes sense
I'm much more interested in lynching someone on the list, because I trust launch
But anything I do by this point doesn't matter so I'll go play some Linkin Park for a bit
 

Sorian

Banned
Are you feeling Strange right now?

Sorry. I know nothing about Batman lore :p

He's saying that he thinks you are the neutral Hugo Strange. Which would make sense why you had no interest in pushing Coppa today. Detract from the list and we wouldn't have to choose between you and Coppa which removes the 50/50 chance of you getting lynched and presumably, you win after Batman dies tonight.
 

Ty4on

Member
So what does Coppanuva do as a neutral
Because if you are saying Coppanuva as a neutral, you know that Coppa visited Kark N2

No, I think he's scum who investigated or something with Kark.
He's saying that he thinks you are the neutral Hugo Strange. Which would make sense why you had no interest in pushing Coppa today. Detract from the list and we wouldn't have to choose between you and Coppa which removes the 50/50 chance of you getting lynched and presumably, you win after Batman dies tonight.

Please. I've stated several times that I want to focus on other people to get a better idea of what the scum team looks like. I've never gone against a Coppa lynch, I just didn't think he needed more attention.
Because I think it's either you or him, and that's a 50/50 chance still with no reads. At least Sorian has been acting suspiciously.
You don't think we're in mylo so then you just lynch the other afterwards.
 
No, Sorian. Suspiciously is "charging up mah lazer" for 3 nights with no payoff.

No, I think he's scum who investigated or something with Kark.


Please. I've stated several times that I want to focus on other people to get a better idea of what the scum team looks like. I've never gone against a Coppa lynch, I just didn't think he needed more attention.

You don't think we're in mylo so then you just lynch the other afterwards.

If Trigger is telling the truth, then Strange is out of here next day start. We miss, it was a waste of time. I rather grab the scum in front of me.
 

Sorian

Banned
No, I think he's scum who investigated or something with Kark.


Please. I've stated several times that I want to focus on other people to get a better idea of what the scum team looks like. I've never gone against a Coppa lynch, I just didn't think he needed more attention.

You don't think we're in mylo so then you just lynch the other afterwards.

I agree with you on Coppa (first point) but to your second point, you have stated it and that's all well and good but the behavior is there that you could be Hugo. I'm now partially torn between scum hunting or Hugo hunting because if this is all true then up to 3 people could die/exit the game tonight and even if Launch doesn't want to admit it, that's huge. Only partially though, we're so deep in the hole that if we don't find scum today anyway then it might as well be a wipe.
 

Karu

Member
Is this day 1 all over again where I have to argue the value of making reads? I'm looking for backup plans going forward because this train is hurling itself into a wall and I want to be able to make myself as useful as I can be before I get lynched. Asking how people's suspicions will ebb and flow depending on my flip is hardly putting plans and motivations out in the open, it's the same as posting top town and top scum but I'm asking people to project based on my death.
I think your post can be read as a blatant, town-ass, rather non-specific (because you address everyone and noone) post that fishes for information that might be useful overall (as that' is one of Town's most important tools as they can't communicate privately, obviously), but that is more relevant to Scum than to Town right now.

That doesn't sit right with me at this very moment. And read lists on Day One - and why i think they are useful and at a certain point should be mandatory - has nothing to do with the here and now. Granted it was the middle of the night and there was little activity here, so I'll give you that. So does that make you Scum? No. Does it add to the overall picture? Possibly.
 
You think Sorian is Strange?

No, I think Sorian is scum.

Also, I believe Trigger's claim wholesale because it matches the source material and it's beyond risky.

I think Coppa or you are Strange, maybe you since you're insisting on us going down this rabbit hole.
 

Ty4on

Member
I agree with you on Coppa (first point) but to your second point, you have stated it and that's all well and good but the behavior is there that you could be Hugo. I'm now partially torn between scum hunting or Hugo hunting because if this is all true then up to 3 people could die/exit the game tonight and even if Launch doesn't want to admit it, that's huge. Only partially though, we're so deep in the hole that if we don't find scum today anyway then it might as well be a wipe.

We've been in deep shit for a while.

If I'm Hugo, why did I spend so much time arguing with you about Kark?
 

El Topo

Member
Oh yeah, where the fuck did all the super useful and great and mindblowing and vital read lists go? You know, the main reason for lynching me on D1? I guess you all just had a friggin' epiphany, eh?
 

Sorian

Banned
No, Sorian. Suspiciously is "charging up mah lazer" for 3 nights with no payoff.

You know I was role blocked night 1. There is no question there. So "charging up mah lazer" for 2 nights. Otherwise I have no counter for this. If this is all of the suspicious behavior you are basing off of then you are gambling the game on circumstance.

If we were at the point of no return and Sorian was town, then why wouldn't they just turbo him?

A presumed town player just came in here and told us a really weird story about a neutral that you, yourself, did not think existed at all until this morning (I say you because I'm sure others thought the same). Do you really think scum is going to out themselves over that story? I think it is game over if we mislynch today and everything Trigger said is true but scum has been burned in the past exposing themselves on a turbo when the game wasn't actually over. They would also have to not hit Strange tonight with their NK by accident. Or, you know, the obvious, they are all voting for me already.
 

Sorian

Banned
No, I think Sorian is scum.

Also, I believe Trigger's claim wholesale because it matches the source material and it's beyond risky.

I think Coppa or you are Strange, maybe you since you're insisting on us going down this rabbit hole.

Can you explain the dying after 4 day phases thing? Does that match source material (honest question, it's my biggest stumbling block).

We've been in deep shit for a while.

If I'm Hugo, why did I spend so much time arguing with you about Kark?

Scum hunting. That's the best way to avoid being lynched.

Oh yeah, where the fuck did all the super useful and great and mindblowing and vital read lists go? You know, the main reason for lynching me on D1? I guess you all just had a friggin' epiphany, eh?

You are so hilariously salty right now lol To answer that though, for me at least, I've been posting reads every day, they don't actually have to be in the form of a full list and no one ever said they did except for you.

VOTE: Coppanuva

This is feeling weird now.
 

Sorian

Banned
Yeah, he probably outs his identity and Batman has to leave to go into hiding or something.

Huh, actually yes, that does make a lot of sense. I feel like Trigger would know that flavor from his own role PM though.

That wasn't scum hunting, that was town reading Kark and would have looked really bad if Kark flipped scum.

Maybe, I'm not sure why people always assume being super wrong must mean that the person who was wrong is scum. It's not a death sentence to be wrong in a game of mafia, it's mostly expected.
 
Huh, actually yes, that does make a lot of sense. I feel like Trigger would know that flavor from his own role PM though.



Maybe, I'm not sure why people always assume being super wrong must mean that the person who was wrong is scum. It's not a death sentence to be wrong in a game of mafia, it's mostly expected.

Nobody said he didn't, just that it explains why he would die
 

Sorian

Banned
Nobody said he didn't, just that it explains why he would die

Trigger specifically says that he has no clue why he dies night 4:

- If my role doesn't make sense to you then blame Roy. No fluff reason is given for how he'll kill me; just that if he succeeds in getting me to survive till Night 4 I die. This isn't a stall tactic. I'm fine with being lynched since I won't be able to play past today anyway. I'm not confident that we'll lynch Strange today.
 

Ty4on

Member
Maybe, I'm not sure why people always assume being super wrong must mean that the person who was wrong is scum. It's not a death sentence to be wrong in a game of mafia, it's mostly expected.

Depends on how wrong you are and how you act. I'd argue the main reason you're one vote away from a turbo is because of your beef with Kark/gryvan yesterday.
 

Sorian

Banned
Depends on how wrong you are and how you act. I'd argue the main reason you're one vote away from a turbo is because of your beef with Kark/gryvan yesterday.

Depends on how much of the vote on me is scum. For all I know, two of those people are actually town which doesn't mean much. I though Kark/gryvan were scum, I have no issue owning that, I'm pissed how it played out because of these stupid gambits.

No, Sorian, I'm just pointing out hipocrisy, incoherent behavior and bullshit.

Sure, your knocking of reads list was still stupid. I can tell you the same again when the game is over and you don't think I'm scum lying to you.
 

Ty4on

Member
Ty4on, why don't you want to push Coppa?

Because I ultimately think it's wrong to vote outside of that group.

I wanted to flesh out my reads as much as I could. That's why I pushed people like Fire who we know very little about. As it started to look more and more like we'd actually lynch someone outside of that group I got more worried. I don't town read Sorian, but I think it's wrong to lynch him before Coppa or me. It's a shot in the dark we don't have to make.

If I'm the neutral, why haven't I turbo'd Sorian yet?
 
Because I ultimately think it's wrong to vote outside of that group.

I wanted to flesh out my reads as much as I could. That's why I pushed people like Fire who we know very little about. As it started to look more and more like we'd actually lynch someone outside of that group I got more worried. I don't town read Sorian, but I think it's wrong to lynch him before Coppa or me. It's a shot in the dark we don't have to make.

If I'm the neutral, why haven't I turbo'd Sorian yet?
This is also a fair point
Hmmm
Vote: Coppanuva
 
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