Good luck wrangling the chaos!Work exploded this week. I was really looking forward to playing this one too. Hopefully I can pop into spec a few times and stay up-to-date on all the murder.
Good luck wrangling the chaos!Work exploded this week. I was really looking forward to playing this one too. Hopefully I can pop into spec a few times and stay up-to-date on all the murder.
lol I'm going to make a role just for Sorian that say something like "you have to be humble and not a dick or you get modkilled" and next time I run a game he's in, I'm just going to slip it into the mix. I want to see if he'd replace out.
I mean, <3 you 4eva, Sorian, but you've done "you are all foolish fools" twice now and it's just d1.
Well, that's the thing, right? Makes it harder to mock him later for being wrong.I really wish he would be upfront about what the heck he’s talking about instead of just vaguely wrong in a way you can’t put out because you don’t know what he’s talking about.
WELPWell damn that's not good. I was one of the three power roles lol.
Well damn that's not good. I was one of the three power roles lol.
Faddy your timing for PM literally could not be any better. You sent me the message I was nk'd five minutes before I was about to catch up on what I missed and do some ISO'ing. I barely played but I really enjoyed this concept. I'd like to play more unorthodox games like this.
Did you self heal night 0 as the doc? Because if not they might have got another one also.
Here are more spoilers because honestly I can't even.
The Cop checked themselves last night. I tried gently to guide them away from that but the Role PM said nothing about self targeting and the medic one does so I couldn't say NO.
Here are more spoilers because honestly I can't even.
The Cop checked themselves last night. I tried gently to guide them away from that but the Role PM said nothing about self targeting and the medic one does so I couldn't say NO.
there's not even a gif for thisHere are more spoilers because honestly I can't even.
The Cop checked themselves last night. I tried gently to guide them away from that but the Role PM said nothing about self targeting and the medic one does so I couldn't say NO.
I mean tbf it's less town being stupid and more scum being extremely smart (the last spoiler aside).I think we might be in for a 'fastest town have ever been screwed' record here.
Very true - I was going to say that town had blown their own chances to begin with but, as you say, it's scum in particular that have been making the right moves.I mean tbf it's less town being stupid and more scum being extremely smart (the last spoiler aside).
Here are more spoilers because honestly I can't even.
The Cop checked themselves last night. I tried gently to guide them away from that but the Role PM said nothing about self targeting and the medic one does so I couldn't say NO.
...does town realize they have only one day?
"No that is how people virtue signal that they are town. They pretend that there are social rules and customs you must hold to. But that isn't true at all. People do whatever they want. And if you start assessing people essentially based on manners you are just going to lose. because when scum are always aware they are being looked at they are more likely to stick within these pretend rules. "
^^^yepBlarg made some rules everyone agreed to. But instead of looking at the people who are nicely going along with his idea and keeping themselves lower in profile he is going exclusively after the people who didn't participate.
Yep my thoughts exactly. We got hosed with all three power roles basically being useless in terms of obtaining info. So they're waiting for info that just isn't there.It feels like town is waiting for information that’s not going to come. Like they’re stuck in the “Wait for the flip info” habit. Even though it’s not really going to give them info and they’ll be just as lost as before.
Yep my thoughts exactly. We got hosed with all three power roles basically being useless in terms of obtaining info. So they're waiting for info that just isn't there.
She really is, hawthorn plays good mafia. Even more so if she is scum this time around.Hawthorn is dead on about Zipped. She's cutting through it.
Wait...
The cop checked THEMSELVES the first night.
I was joking before but this actually has me wondering how things mightv gone if i was there,Blarg drawing all the wrong conclusions...
I'm quoting myself from Eastenders mafia because why not
Blarg made some rules everyone agreed to. But instead of looking at the people who are nicely going along with his idea and keeping themselves lower in profile he is going exclusively after the people who didn't participate.
If Sorian and nin had willingly participated it would have been much scummier of them imo. They are both a bit stubborn in mafia games and if they are given no reason to go along with something they simply won't.
Blarg also needs to understand you cannot break this game by doing some sort of maths based analysis. If he starts from a wrong assumption on day 1 then the whole game becomes pointless. It is no longer a social deduction game. And really that is my big disappointment with this whole game. there hasn't been any real social deduction happening. In a game with no flips people are trying as hard as they can to create some sort of mechanics to cling to rather than making town or scum reads.
You know what, fuck it.
I sat on my not wanting to be criticised for not seeing whatever you were all seeing yesterday, but I just don't understand why that previous cop move bothers you all so much.
If I had that role it's the very first thing I'd have asked if I could do. It turns comparative speculation into confirmation. It's so damn obvious to me as a move that I'd have expected it to be disallowed and for the answer to be "lol no, of course not", but I'd still have asked.
And I refuse to let that person walk in here after the game and see all this lolwhuting and think nobody was on their side, even if the fact it's me saying I'd do it is more damning than any of your comments would be
... that newer plan though, nah.
Nu uh, that's not one I'd claim
You waste a night turning low% speculation into certainty. There are MANY downsides to checking yourself.
If you check yourself and mafia kill your other check you have ZERO information.
The odds of a same check being 2 mafia is less than 4%. And that is if you make a random choice. Add in the ability to make a non-partner read and choose someone that could never be aligned to your first check makes it almost 100%
You waste an opportunity of checking a mafia
You should be using your role to inform people of other players' alignment. Claiming cop is your alignment check.
In a game with no flips the difference between the cop having once chance to find a mafia and two chances is huge for the long game.
You waste a night turning low% speculation into certainty. There are MANY downsides to checking yourself.
If you check yourself and mafia kill your other check you have ZERO information.
The odds of a same check being 2 mafia is less than 4%. And that is if you make a random choice. Add in the ability to make a non-partner read and choose someone that could never be aligned to your first check makes it almost 100%
You waste an opportunity of checking a mafia
You should be using your role to inform people of other players' alignment. Claiming cop is your alignment check.
In a game with no flips the difference between the cop having once chance to find a mafia and two chances is huge for the long game.
Hey Thread, I'm the parity cop.
I think I'm about to die so here are my results:
"Ty4on and Hawthorn are the same"
"Hawthorn and Kyan are different"
(by the way please protect me tonight doctor who is hopefully real so I can get another result tomorrow)
Speaking of, what was the reasoning behind scum having 2 kills per night?
As it stands its making for a very short game, but im terrible at hashing out game balance.
But in a game with no flips, without throwing my own alignment into the mix, I don't have a check.
I have at best the fact that two people are different. It doesn't tell anyone who scum is.
I'm going to pretend I'm your cop and did the same checks.
So my results so far are
N1 Ty4on -> N2 Hawthorn = Same.
Let's say tonight I chuck Kyan's name in there, and let's pretend tonight's result is "Different"
And now I take that to the thread for reasons.
Who gets dead in this game? Because based on the game so far, I'm leaning Ty4on and Hawthorn, and then my "check" reveal probably gets two town killed instead of one imposter.
From my perspective the idea of including myself in the investigation line isn't there to clear me, it's to divorce my results from subjective reads - including my own.
Now you've explained it I can see how there's less room for that in a smaller game, but considering the overall lack of reads on display in this one I still don't necessarily think it would be a terrible thing.
Natiko also believes in the self check. We had an argument about it earlier lol.You know what, fuck it.
I sat on my hands not wanting to be criticised for not seeing whatever you were all seeing yesterday, but I just don't understand why that previous cop move bothers you all so much.
If I had that role it's the very first thing I'd have asked if I could do. It turns comparative speculation into confirmation. It's so damn obvious to me as a move that I'd have expected it to be disallowed and for the answer to be "lol no, of course not", but I'd still have asked.
And I refuse to let that person walk in here after the game and see all this lolwhuting and think nobody was on their side, even if the fact it's me saying I'd do it is more damning than any of your comments would be
... that newer plan though, nah.
Nu uh, that's not one I'd claim
Natiko also believes in the self check. We had an argument about it earlier lol.
I dont really follow the 'even lives' logic when they are playing totally different games, early game is much easier for scum to not be killed than it is for town to figure them out.It balances the game out. If you think about it like lives. Mafia have 3 lives and town have around 3 lives.
Town have been wrong twice and if they are wrong tomorrow the game is going to be over. But there is also the effect of the more that town dwindles the more mafia become exposed. The double kill also balances out town PRs vs 3 mafia goons and helps with the lack of flips.
I think it is going to be a short game because town are going to continue being wrong.
basically what im saying is, assuming im reading things at all correctly which is a long shot for me on this kinda thing, i think it turned this into a zerg(scum) vs protoss(town) match and im curious if that was the intention
I will say in this specific game it wouldn’t have gone well since the doctor got killed early, but generally speaking I still would rather out myself early as the cop, get two confirmed town on the board, narrow the pool for the vig, and buy the doc time. Either scum have to be confident they got the doc, have to stack on me (which slows the game down), or I get another check anyways. I just think if you do two random scans and get different off the bat you’re looking at a complete toss up and could easily get mind gamed by scum. I will say two random checks and a same off the bat is the best outcome.Natiko also believes in the self check. We had an argument about it earlier lol.
Do your thing. There are many strategies!
I think unless the cop gets lucky, they’re fine. Even if Blarg, Thorn, and Ty do work together, there are people in the game who are easier targets and scum can and should freely stack on the vote to get majority.
This is over.
Sorry, friend. They murdered your replacement and town will not win.Haven't checked in since my last post on Sunday. Has town won? Has Vere flipped?! I wanna know if Vere is scum!
Oh my god.
With any luck he reveals anyway, he has to realize that it’s three days in and that many clears can only help town.Oh no. I just thought of something.
Blarg might not give his checks on the assumption that 1 mafia is dead and town won't lose today.
If there’s anytime for town to turn this around, it’s here. I still don’t think they win, but I feel like this was not the play scum should have made here
I want this claims strat to bear fruit because it was such a good idea!
Well that certainly explains the galaxy brain strats.LOL good spoilers me.
Yes the cop is Blarg!
Here at Mafiera, fuck ups are always a community effort.oh dang, scum has made a series of unforced errors today, I thought they had this wrapped up two day phases ago
It wont surprise me too much, there are still many that barely try to parse Blargs town overcomplicated antics from his more performative stuff.if people don't believe Blarg after how he's played this entire game and instead believe Vere who hasn't done nearly as much as Blarg in terms of trying to solve the game for town, I'll be baffled.
Yeah, people need to think twice about killing Thorny based on preconceived notions because she's really good when she rolls town.Hawthorn is fucking good at this shit.
Shame town are gonna lose. Really like the effort blarg and Hawthorn put in.
I was coming here to say this very thing.Now Kyan's medic claim was a bad idea.
There is no way he can let Blarg get another check imo. So he has to spin he was on Blarg last night.
But if town are right today the game doesn't end tomorrow. Why is he alive as the medic 2 nights later? That is going to be very tough to spin.
Sorian is not having his finest moment here. :D It's Sorian, so fair game to poke fun at him in spec so he can name search himself later.Town Thorny does really good in situations like this. Don't think it's going to work for her this time though. Especially with Turms and Sorian seeming like they're on team Vere here.