Alright, five players, one of them is me. I need to rank a1s, Knightwing64, webadict, and EuchreJack in terms of who I want dead.
It could be EuchreJack, but this really feels like normal manic town EuchreJack.
Everything about how a1s plays makes me think they are completely new to mafia and don't know how to play. I suspect they shot EuchreJack and TricMagic with their machinegun which if they are town could probably be categorized as some of the worst town decision making in recent memory. I feel like a1s is making a lot of classic mistakes that
town players make in their very first game, like blaming people who mislynched for mislynching and having completely off base assumptions about how scum normally go about playing mafia. Hesitating when pressed to suspect people is a classic mistake new players make in their first scum game though, but I think a1s' general behavior points to newness from a town perspective rather than from a scum perspective.
webadict doesn't seem as energetic or as invested in this game compared to other games with lengthier phases and his presence here has been somewhat lackluster.
I love how you guys teamed up to kill a townie, but somehow you're not on the list of suspects.
I mean, it's kinda stupid, you teaming up like that, but is it just stupid enough to work?
What are people's thoughts on this post?
Scum.
I feel like this isn't a good post from webadict's perspective. Is scum the correct conclusion to reach about a1s here? I don't think so, and I generally think webadict is a sophisticated enough player to recognize between scum play and new play, but in fairness webadict and I might not have the same opinions about what tells a player makes when they are new versus when they are scum.
We also have NO evidence that Web actually shot Jim. It's the fatal flaw in this setup.
Here's the thing:
Even if I didn't shoot Jim, that means I either did nothing, I shot Max, or I'm a Sniper, and I'm damage prepping, unless you think I'm out there healing people before they got injured. The only reason that matters is if you think Jim and I are a team. Do you think there is sufficient evidence for this claim?
The real issue is that a1s can't be proven to even be a Machine Gunner and could be holding a Cannon or something else. Not shooting at Night is super scummy because it indicates that you either shot someone that died and didn't claim it, or you are holding a cannon and are saving shots.
webadict conveniently argues for me that he and I are not on a team, which I think is a pretty valuable thing to bring up at this stage in the game for people who are not me. webadict makes an interesting point about a1s being scummy because they didn't shoot anybody on Phase 1, which is something that also applies to Knightwing64.
Knightwing64 has done jack shit except complain that people want him to play so in general it's the stellar play we normally expect from him. This is Knightwing64's most substantive post:
Ah yes, lead a charge while deflecting any suspicion through unofficially making yourself town leader.
I don’t trust it, Tric is never this coherent
TricMagic
Of course, it's incorrect with the benefit of hindsight but I also don't think it's a reasonable judgment to make at the stage in the game it was made.
I think given these choices I always shoot webadict here, and then after him probably Knightwing64. If it's not those two then I lose and bring shame to both myself for losing and to ToonyMan for summoning his spirit and failing him.
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