Now that the game has started and I am now responsible for teaching seven of you how to play a game, I will say the following first.
I will be a completely impartial source of advice that I will freely give at every opportunity, whether I am asked for it or I decide to give it on my own. You can trust that everything I have to say will be given in good faith, even if it comes at a personal cost to me in this game. If you do not listen to what I have to say, for any reason, you will severely hamper your ability to learn how to play the game. So, to reiterate,
Listen to what I tell you.If you don't, then what's the point of me being here?
For those of you who don't know what to do, games usually start with the Random Vote Stage. You should pick a target randomly, vote them, and ask them a question. The sole purpose of this is to get conversation going when there would otherwise be no reason to do that. I'll start.
Nabic, let's say it's late in Day 1. The person about to be lynched is somebody you think is town, while your target is only a few votes away from being in the lead. Do you extend and try to change people's minds or do you wait and see what happens?
Ideally you should ask game related questions in the RVS. Asking what kind of flavor of ice cream is a player's favorite does absolutely nothing to help you find scum, which is your primary goal.
And because it bears repeating:
Your primary goal is to find scum. Everything you do should help you towards that goal. And I do mean
everything.
If you're scum, you will obviously have a different goal:
Avoid detection until the end of the game. The best way to do this is to look like you are trying to find scum.
Since many of you are going to have no idea what to do and will mangle scumhunting in just about every possible way, it does you no good to hold back. So be bold, and just do the best you can. Ask lots of questions, try to get a good feel for how the game is played. I'll be there to help you when you go wrong.
Additionally, before anybody else does anything, I will stress the importance of activity. You should be as active as possible. A good guideline is to get one good post in a day, but if you can post productively more often than that it's generally a good idea to do so. As a player, town or scum, being active and visible is very much an asset, as you're out there making yourself readable, and this is considered a town quality. While there are very good personal benefits to being active, the reverse is detrimental to the whole game. Low activity makes games hard to play or outright kills them. This is fun for absolutely no one, so make a good effort and be active.
If you played a Beginner's Game before you probably recognize this spiel, but it's good all the same.
xny, this is your first time playing but you obviously already know what to do to begin. What's the extent of your exposure to mafia, and in particular, Bay12 Mafia?
Jim Groovester: If you were scum, who would be on your list of priorities to kill?
Lurkers.
Poor activity kills games, so I'd kill so that the game didn't end up being a piss-fucking poor Beginner's Mafia. Since I likely would have no trouble appearing town, this wouldn't be too much of an issue for me, and I think it would be vastly more instructive if the game stayed active throughout.
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