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NeoGAF Mafia |OT7| Make friends, then kill them (SIGNUPS OPEN, NEW PLAYERS WELCOME)
- Thread starter RetroMG
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Thank you! It's even better than I remembered!
Sup
Edit:
Oh, advice.
Everyone is giving townie advice, but I think newbies need scum advice more than anything.
1. TALK TO YOUR GODDAMN TEAMMATES - Inactivity will wreck a team. Talk about how best to use your night actions. Talk about who which townies you can bandwagon. Talk about your potential role claims. Talk about how horribly balanced the game is. Talk about how much you hate the dead thread. Talk about how Sorian might actually be able to read your posts, and how he should post something BOLD as proof.
2. BE CONSISTENT - I mean this in two ways. The first won't matter yet, but people will meta you if you start acting different when you're scum, so try to be consistent in your posting from game to game. The second way is within a game. Don't just flip flop without having a decent reason for it that you're willing to back up. Don't town read someone and then vote for them later, etc. If you use Excuse A to vote for someone, make sure you apply that to everyone who meets the condition, including teammates.
3. DO NOT BUS YOUR TEAM - In general, you do not want to do anything to get fellow scum lynched. Even if things look dire, avoid the temptation to pile on. Things can often turn unexpectedly, and town is always one post from self-sabotage anyway. In addition, it looks scummy as fuck to just add your vote toward the end since they're getting lynched anyway.
4. BE PROACTIVE - It doesn't look good if you only ever react to what other people are doing, especially if you're only doing it in self-defense. Be logical, and ignore specious accusations while you continue to scum hunt on your own terms. You don't need to react to every accusation.
5. REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION - If something goes unexpectedly, be careful how you react to it. Particularly insightful or complicated explanations can be suspicious. Especially if it ignores occam's razor. You're either a fucking idiot, or you have extra knowledge granted by a role.
Bowlie is a national treasure.
AbsolutBro
Member
And if you are gonna bus, don't vote towards the end. You want a good reason (town-like reason) to vote that person out and it needs to look like it happened organically.
*Sigh* Good 'Ol Archer game.
... *Slowly starts crying Crocodile Tears* We were both reptiles, dammit!
These two kind of go hand in hand too. A lot of bus attempts fail because the vote is piled on at the end, instead of appearing to be suspicious from the start. Or someone acts against standard meta, and it gets pointed out early on. I hear the phrase "It looks like a natural progression from one to the other" a lot from town who can't tell the difference between what is a genuine reaction and what is throwing shade/bus attempt on a teammate.
How could i miss this gem? That's genious! I love it!
CrimsonFist
Member
If someone is acting odd/weird, ask yourself if that actually means that they're scum, is being scum a reason for them to be acting the way they are, or is it just as plausible for them to be town? Feels like there's quite a few mislynches that could easily be avoided this way.
And I guess for scum, try to keep interactions with teammates natural in the main thread. Along with not bussing them, don't ignore them altogether, or just constantly put them as null reads.
And I guess for scum, try to keep interactions with teammates natural in the main thread. Along with not bussing them, don't ignore them altogether, or just constantly put them as null reads.
I love long posts tho </3
And thank you everyone! Really grateful for all your help
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Keep the advice coming, everyone. This is great for psychoanalyzing your playstyle in future games.
Yeah. It may be good to discuss the weirdness; someone else may know about a role you've never heard of, and may have reason to believe it's in play.
Excuse you my super posts are just oozing important information
never skip them
*whistles and sweeps pokemon under the rug*
If you town read someone for no reason, they're scum
Not speaking from any experience -_-
Neutrals too!
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
....the hurts are here :<
of course you can!
in fact, if you all can put more than 1 preferences that'd be great. there's been a few people that has only put one game preference (mostly PERSONA) and i think that boat is full
there will be some people who only puts one game preference that wont get that game now (mostly PERSONA)
Hyperactivity
Banned
Ok, the advice is starting to veer into personal playstyle advice
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Real advice: Fly by the seat of your pants, and freely tell everyone else they're idiots, because they are.
The most exhilarating part of a game is either getting nearly lynched or lynched. It's addicting
Hmm, you know what, I'll play:
Pronoun: He
Preferred Games: Persona, Vampire, Playstation
Timezone: CST
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Real advice: Fly by the seat of your pants, and freely tell everyone else they're idiots, because they are.
It's can be easier/more useful to identify who is town/not scum than who is scum. And if someone asks for your reads, don't worry about necessarily giving justifications; if you look at a username and have no real reason to suspect their scum, but you think they might be, than just give them as a light scum read.
The most exhilarating part of a game is either getting nearly lynched or lynched. It's addicting
Hmm, you know what, I'll play:
Pronoun: He
Preferred Games: Persona, Vampire, Playstation
Timezone: CST
Don't listen to Palmer, he just doesn't know how to bus correctly. Ouro has it closer to being right.
Blargonaut
Banned
EVERYONE ELSE said:
omg last time I checked this wasn't the job interview advice thread or ComicsGAF
New players, all you have to do is tell us a story and be self-consistent
fuck
Thank you
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
You're asking for a hell of a lot more than most new players can deliver.
ok team rocket
Hyperactivity
Banned
consistency my ass
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Tip #1: Instantly vote anyone who tries to pull the "guys, you should participate on Day 1!" scam. They're just trying to get you to talk more so they can vote you later and use your Day 1 fluff posts as evidence!
Tip #2: Need a way to look like you're being active without actually doing anything of worth? Why not post a reads list?
Tip #3: If you see the opportunity for a gambit, take it. When has an overly convoluted and complicated plan ever gone awry?
Tip #1: Instantly vote anyone who tries to pull the "guys, you should participate on Day 1!" scam. They're just trying to get you to talk more so they can vote you later and use your Day 1 fluff posts as evidence!
Tip #2: Need a way to look like you're being active without actually doing anything of worth? Why not post a reads list?
Tip #3: If you see the opportunity for a gambit, take it. When has an overly convoluted and complicated plan ever gone awry?
Nah, I don't think so.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
This is good advice.
Blargonaut
Banned
EVERYONE ELSE said:
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I basically said that. It also falls under consistency. Don't bandwagon someone if you haven't made a case for them previously. That shit is suspicious.
Edit:
MOST IMPORTANTLY, every bit of advice we've posted can be openly broken because people will just assume no scum is stupid enough to do X, and we refuse to policy lynch.
Blargonaut
Banned
It's never too late
sign-up and you'll be PM'd once/if a game starts with you in it (you'll be sorted based on your selection(s) and player slot availability)
The PM will include your given Role and Faction you'll be playing as
The game thread will be in Off-Topic Community side
You can check in here from time to time for PRE-GAME LOBBY banter and/or shit-talking
Tell your friends to buy Diablo [Mafia] (COMING SOON?)
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
c'mon dude, you can't just go out leaking my strategies like this
Xamtheking
Member
I need to drop out of everything, I have now developed a commitment that will mean I would have to leave halfway through a game
NOT
WELCOME <3
Hii
Won't be quite the same as sitting around a campfire at 1 AM, losing track of my beer count while trying to outwit eight other friends who were all much smarter than me
But let's do this
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
awww okay xamchan <3
rl always comes first. we'll be here when you are ready to play again
I would like to submit my Blargonaut level Sword Art Online mafia game for Season 8, Retro. ;p
You also get a harem if you live long enough.