LARD: Your response to 4maskwolf is an example of what we call WIFOM (Wine In Front Of Me). Your reasoning is based on the idea that you would surely block the cop, and the scum would think that, but precisely because of this reasoning, they may go after the cop anyway. Secondly, the way this setup works, is that there are three possible setups. Only 1 has both the cop and the jailkeeper. So the scum do not necessarily know if the jailkeeper exists, and would likely go after the cop, as if they did and got blocked, they know there is a jailkeeper, where if they went after the cop and didn't get blocked, they would have killed the cop.
Also, you didn't answer my question.
The question about what mafia I had played before, I'm assuming. I guess it's relevant and I had better not dodge any questions, so I have mostly played mafia "in person" so the questionings weren't as long and people got lynched for "looking suspicious." So it's not a very big help here. I also mentioned "the resistance" which I won't bother explaining because it's irrelevant. (Though a great game. look it up)
Persus13 I'm going to go out on a limb a bit for a newby and start pressuring you. I do want to know why your first post started with:
Hello all, I'm your friendly IC here. The goal of this game for town is to find the scum. That means asking questions, following up on those questions, and scumhunting people in order to figure out who is scum and who is town. If you're are scum, the goal of the game is to get town to lynch people that aren't you. That means asking questions, following up on those questions, and scumhunting people.
It seems to me that you're taking advantage of the fact that we are new and trying to put yourself in a mentor/guide role to us, putting yourself in a great position for a mafia and if you were a townie, a great position to be mafia-killed first. I find that a bit suspicious.
As for my question to 4maskwolf, the point was not the wine in front of me, but that the information from answering that question could only benefit the mafia. If they think they might know who the jailkeeper is, they can use his answer. Which only leads to another wine in front of me. The point is that the answers to his question are only valuable to the mafia, who can do something with them.
Assume it replaced by the following hypothetical question:
There are 4 players left including you, and one scum has been lynched so far. Each of you has been , for whatever reason, trying particularly hard to push one other, creating a loop of accusation. Nobody shifts from their view and there is a no-lynch tie. During the night, the player who you were neither voting for nor voted for you is hit by the NK. Does this change your opinion on who the traitor is or do you stick with your previous vote (the player who was voting for the now-dead one)?
I think at that point we are left with a WIFOM again. Did the mafia attack the one who was accusing him or is the other guy scum and nightkilling the guy who he was attacking. I dunno if claiming WIFOM for a bunch of answers is a scummy thing to do, but it just doesn't seem like we know without more info. I know you don't like receiving answers that just say, "we can't know" but there you are.
Questions:
4maskwolf, I know I have been going after you a bit, what was your intent with that jailkeeper question. I want to know what the reasoning is behind it, just a game starter question, or did you hope to get useful information?
Everyone Ambiguous answers, are they scummy?
darkpaladin109 are you having fun? (this one is actually important)
That's it for now, but I'll be back
P.S. Celebrate with me, for I have learned to quote!