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Persona Mafia |OT| Memento Mori
- Thread starter CrimsonFist
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Rats Off To Ya
Banned
It's literally what intrigued me about Persona 3 in the first place. I knew a game that made something like that a central element would be saying things that I wanted to hear. And I was right.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
^^^ This also goes a long way toward explaining why I vastly prefer 3. Don't get me wrong, 4 is a fantastic game, it just doesn't have enough of those more twisted elements that I loved so much in 3.
I love all of the Persona games (4 is my favorite) but I've been replaying P2:EP and I think that game perhaps has some of the greatest moments in the franchise bar none
;-;
As much as I love the other games, Persona 2 has hands down the best villains in the series.
Matt Attack
Member
I still need to play EP, never continued on to it after finishing IS.
Goho-M, Exodu5, you're drunk
The bad thing about EP is the re-used assets (I know, sequel) so what was already annoying dungeon design only got more nauseous over time. It's not bad to pace playing it a while after IS. This is countered by the game going over past events super quickly, having one of the most involved female protagonists and getting into major plot lines without teasing.
The only real negative things I can say about EP is that there's too little Lisa. Where my haafu's at! Or...quarters...I actually have no idea what the correct term is.
The biggest negative by far I have with EP is that they took Maya, a character full of life and personality, and turned her into a silent protagonist simply because of tradition. It's a real shame.
Well, yeah, but her mannerisms are still just as energetic and I feel that generally gets the point across.
exmachina64
Banned
Less than six hours!
CrimsonFist
Member
Game start has been delayed to Summer 2017.
So we're starting in Winter 2018? That's kind of a long wait, don't you think?
OceanicAir
Member
Hey, just be happy this isn't The Last Gaurdian Mafia.
Half-Life 3 Mafia coming Soon
CrimsonFist
Member
Ourobolus has died.
Day 1 begins!
Majority is 11
Day 1 ends:
Note: Royal_Flush's voting tool, which we'd usually use to count votes, has been stolen! The culprits are as of yet unknown, but a calling card featuring a red hat was found at the scene of the crime. The police are currently investigating, but until the tool is recovered, vote counts will be handled manually. Once it's set up, the current vote count can be seen here, which will also be linked in the op.
Here is my pre-typed message (I haven't done one of these in awhile because mafia universe is no fun allowed so deal with it).
For our newbies in the room, today is day 1. Votes are going to fly around everywhere and things are going to be very fluid until the last few hours of the day phase. You should be engaged and be sharing your thoughts throughout and you should never be afraid that you might get backlash for being honest. That said though, you will get backlash. It's bound to happen and with that come votes. The most important thing is that a few votes on day 1 does not mean as much as it does later in the game. Don't feel the need to role claim instantly to save yourself because (most) roles lose a lot of utility once the scum know what you are. If we are in the last few hours and you're under a mountain of pressure still then I would say use anything you can to save yourself but halfway through the day? No, keep that to yourself.
With that, let's roll. Lucky number 4 up to bat.
VOTE: exmachina64
For our newbies in the room, today is day 1. Votes are going to fly around everywhere and things are going to be very fluid until the last few hours of the day phase. You should be engaged and be sharing your thoughts throughout and you should never be afraid that you might get backlash for being honest. That said though, you will get backlash. It's bound to happen and with that come votes. The most important thing is that a few votes on day 1 does not mean as much as it does later in the game. Don't feel the need to role claim instantly to save yourself because (most) roles lose a lot of utility once the scum know what you are. If we are in the last few hours and you're under a mountain of pressure still then I would say use anything you can to save yourself but halfway through the day? No, keep that to yourself.
With that, let's roll. Lucky number 4 up to bat.
VOTE: exmachina64
StarSketch
Banned
rip ouro
Alright, let's do this.
In General (Mafia + Neutral)
So we've got 20 players starting out. That means there's likely 4-5 scum players, given the usual ratios. I'm leaning towards 4 right now. There's the possibility of 1-2 neutral players, too. Right now, I'm leaning towards there being 1.
No reason for these beliefs other than a hunch.
Other
The only real bit of information we have right now is StarSketch laughing about a supposed pun in her role PM. The sample role PM doesn't have anything of the sort, which is why I was wondering if that was just a straight up implication that she is not a Vanilla Townie.
Given that this happened before the game started, I don't know if it's worth looking into or even allowed. But it's the one thing.
In General (Mafia + Neutral)
So we've got 20 players starting out. That means there's likely 4-5 scum players, given the usual ratios. I'm leaning towards 4 right now. There's the possibility of 1-2 neutral players, too. Right now, I'm leaning towards there being 1.
No reason for these beliefs other than a hunch.
Other
The only real bit of information we have right now is StarSketch laughing about a supposed pun in her role PM. The sample role PM doesn't have anything of the sort, which is why I was wondering if that was just a straight up implication that she is not a Vanilla Townie.
Given that this happened before the game started, I don't know if it's worth looking into or even allowed. But it's the one thing.
I also noticed this. It definitely deserves consideration, but with it being so vague it could go any number of ways. Not entirely sure if we want to tunnel in on this already, but it's something to start with.
She never said she was laughing at a pun in her role PM, she said she could have been laughing at a pun. She could have also been laughing at the role itself or at getting the same role she got in a previous game, etc. Personally, I'm not up for targeting a pre-game post since it feels slimy but I'm not going to stop others from going there, I am going to correct bad assumptions though.
That's true, but what you're saying still supports the conclusion that I'm coming to: the implication that she actually has a role that isn't a normal townie.
flatearthpandas
Member
The example role pm isn't that funny. This is a better direction to go than whether or not to nl day one imo.
I don't think Sketch is naive enough to out herself as a scum, so we can maybe rule her out on being one (emphasis on maybe since there's no such thing as a done deal; see last week).
She likely wouldn't have made that post if got a vanilla townie role either, so i'm fairly certain that she has some sort of special role. Presumably amused by Sophia colorful and humorous writing style.
Not making any moves yet, but yeah that's all I've got so far.
She likely wouldn't have made that post if got a vanilla townie role either, so i'm fairly certain that she has some sort of special role. Presumably amused by Sophia colorful and humorous writing style.
Not making any moves yet, but yeah that's all I've got so far.
Yes and no. Ignoring the fact that this more feels like a PR hunt then a scum hunt, there's nothing stopping her from having laughed because she rolled vanilla again (I don't actually remember if she rolls vanilla that often so that's mostly an example case). There's also nothing stopping her from just having done this to mess with people day 1 though that's not something I'd really assume from Star so not exactly my prevailing thought there.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
But if she is experienced enough to know her post would get people thinking, isn't it possible she knew we'd say "there's no way she'd out herself as scum"? Maybe placing that doubt early?
I don't know. Way too early to say either way.
Zippedpinhead
Member
vote: Kerned
RNG has spoken. I'll likely change my vote later but that's the integer RNG spat out. You are new, don't take it bad or anything day 1 is frequently a crap shoot.
I'm out of touch since last main season, what's the current meta? Look for adachi and just Lynch him and the joker?
RNG has spoken. I'll likely change my vote later but that's the integer RNG spat out. You are new, don't take it bad or anything day 1 is frequently a crap shoot.
I'm out of touch since last main season, what's the current meta? Look for adachi and just Lynch him and the joker?
That would be an insane gambit to take without being able to communicate with her teammates first. I really doubt this was some thought out deceit.
Ghost. Halp.
Hi everyone!
Did anyone else notice that the sample role doesn't have a winning condition? I did and it's strange.
Also this game had a complexity level of medium so it means that it isn't some classic mafia game. I was expecting something at game start but there wasn't. So there should be some kind of game mechanic that we still don't know. I have a few theories, but to not repeat the same mistakes as Overwatch (and sound crazy) I will keep them to myself for a couple of days.
Did anyone else notice that the sample role doesn't have a winning condition? I did and it's strange.
Also this game had a complexity level of medium so it means that it isn't some classic mafia game. I was expecting something at game start but there wasn't. So there should be some kind of game mechanic that we still don't know. I have a few theories, but to not repeat the same mistakes as Overwatch (and sound crazy) I will keep them to myself for a couple of days.
exmachina64
Banned
So many extra words to explain your RNG vote. Noted. Also, this isn't a cosplay game so I'm going to go out on a limb and assume no one is Adachi.
The second scum got their role PMs, they would have also gotten access to their private chat so lack of communication wouldn't have been an issue. Thank you for the easy starting town read though.
Just clarifying so that nobody gets off on the wrong foot, as this is our fault for not putting it in bold.. But the win condition is there.
Standard win condition. Carry on.
exmachina64
Banned
Online Mafia seems to contain detailed strategies for the sum total of human interaction.
I'd believe it.
That said, the faux outrage from your vote on me doesn't exactly inspire confidence so I'm not going to feel too bad if I leave my vote on you when I go to work tonight.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Probably a stupid question, but why all the lynch votes already? Isn't that more likely to kill a townie since there are more of us and we don't really know anything about anyone yet?