I apologize for not having posted earlier; I only just got home from an all-day shopping trip.
So here we go.
You are scum and your scumbuddy is alive. Everyone is pointing their FOS at you. How do you get out of your sticky situation?
Throw him under the bus! But seriously, I look for possible scumtells from a townie; suspicious style questions, lurking, evasion, poor responses under pressure. Then I do what I can to sway town to vote for him. Why? Looking for advice,
Shinigami?
hypothedical number three. it is 5-man-LYLO. you're mafia A. townie B is voting for mafia C. Townie D is voting mafia C. Townie E is voting townie B. mafia C is voting townie B. there are no hammers. the case on mafia C is a strong one. the case on townie B is moderate, but not weak. do you bus mafia C or vote townie B?
Bus mafia C and nightkill Townie E. Now the case for B is much stronger.
You were fairly quiet for the pre-game, and you've not been very active in the sub-forum (to the best of my knowledge). What about the game interests you? Do you think that playing as scum or town provides the more exciting challenge?
I won’t claim to have been very active on the forums as a whole, honestly. Mostly, on the DF Modding and the other forum games boards. When I first saw Mafia, I was intimidated, but I think that the social and investigative aspects interest me the most. I think that scum and town provide their own unique challenges, and they’re both equally exciting, but different. Scum has teamwork, but also has to deceive a large number of people into thinking that they’re normal. Townies don’t know enough, but have to find a way to establish unity in an environment of uncertainty.
If you were a jail keeper would you generally try to block the mafia power roles, save your Team power roles, (making their roles worthless), or save normal Townies? I realize this would always depend on the situation you are in at the moment, but I'd like your general thoughts on the matter.
Assuming I have enough knowledge to make an appropriate decision, I would think it most important to block Mafia power roles. Time is of the essence, and while it is risky to have townie power roles out in the open, their abilities may only be used so many times before the end of the game, and even one time can be the difference that helps find the last scum.
How much experiance do you have playing mafia?
Practically none. I was in a MUD many years ago which had something similar set up, but very little actual social aspects went on as most people chose to randomly select people and get them lynched just to get to the rewards more quickly. So, we’d go through a bunch of games, but they were worthless as far as actual play goes.
Lenglon: Vector is pushing you pretty hard. Is there a good reason you can give for how evasive you've been with your answers?
Vector: You're going after Lenglon very aggressively. Can you articulate exactly what it is that has you so confident and suspicious about him?
RangerCado: You asked me how experienced I am at mafia. I have seen your name in a couple of games around here, at least as an onlooker or replacement. What kind of learning curve would you suggest that this game has?
Griffionday: I want to know your answers to the same questions you asked me.
Cheesecake: I've spoken up. Where are you?
griffinpup: What do you feel the relative values are of the following roles: Cop, Jailer, Doctor, Godfather? If you were allowed to choose which one you could be, which would you choose, and what would be your general strategy for using the powers?
Shinigami_King: How do you feel about Vector's concentrated drive against Lenglon?