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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 11:28AM
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As a newbie, I have to say this was a little confusing, but mostly really fun. I'm a little bummed people weren't posting consistently, and now that I have the general feel of it would love to try another game... especially one not over the holiday.
Anyway, thanks for playing, I had a lot of fun. Should've kept my vote on PV in the beginning, oh well.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 12:49PM
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Date Joined:
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Also Final thoughts on some players: Tmich: Not a good player, Mafia should never vote for other Mafia. Eyehunter: If you want to sound like a smart person, use no outside of game info on your choices. Try to convince people based on early game actions. Peregrine V: Voting early is a very bad idea, they are usually always scum. Azuro Arcanis: I am suprised by no Mafia orders to kill you, you looked more Cop to me that the real Cop.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 1:11PM
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@zoko, its actually a good idea for mafia to vote mafia. It hours the lines for the town so that when a mafia member dies, its harder to draw connections to other players. And there will be points in the game where you have to turn on your mafia brothers, so subtly attacking them before that won't create an extreme 180 in your behavior, blurring those lines again.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 2:03PM
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For what it's worth, if a person gets roleblocked, would they normally receive a PM telling them that? Or would they receive a PM telling them they were successful?
Every PM I received from Tevish just said, "done" -- would I have gotten the same thing if I was actually roleblocked?
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 2:56PM
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That was probably just tevish confirming he received your info. I can't say for sure. Mostly its mod and design dependant, as is the case with the charasmatic. In most cases the gm will decide which he is going to use based on how powerful he wants the role to be.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 4:59PM
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Date Joined:
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Mafia QT:
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Also Final thoughts on some players:
Tmich: Not a good player, Mafia should never vote for other Mafia.
Eyehunter: If you want to sound like a smart person, use no outside of game info on your choices. Try to convince people based on early game actions.
Peregrine V: Voting early is a very bad idea, they are usually always scum.
Azuro Arcanis: I am suprised by no Mafia orders to kill you, you looked more Cop to me that the real Cop.
Huh, that's interesting. I guess wasn't hiding as well as I though. Also, I was specifically not trying to sound smart as part of my hiding. It seems that was a wrong choice. I would have voted for tmich on the second to last day if he hadn't voted for you.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 5:21PM
#647
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Date Joined:
Oct 22, 2011
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Yep, so first off a big props to Tevish & JD for hosting. My first game of Mafia great fun.
It was actually quite confusing for me.
1. I didn't seem to get that EH was cop, and even to the end, I still had my suspicions. What were some of his posts that telegraphed it? Maybe this is why this game relates to Paranoia?
2. Towards the end during the tmich incident, I was initially all indignant that other folks doubted my sincere efforts to be honest and open. Then, when I reflected on the nature of the game, I could sit back and watch with amusement as I realized everyone else really was just working off whatever limited information they had and trying their best too!
I still don't know how best to defend oneself when you are falsely accused of being a Mafia, and I guess that's real life as well. People will see what they want to see as they have usually already made up their mind.
Thanks again and happy New Year!
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 6:32PM
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1. I didn't seem to get that EH was cop, and even to the end, I still had my suspicions. What were some of his posts that telegraphed it? Maybe this is why this game relates to Paranoia?
First, EyeHunter was a new player making a list in post 91. And while I was doing the same thing, I had the luxury of knowing I was the vig. And it's not even so much making a list, as the earliness of it. Stuff that early on day one typically isn't that meaningful; someone making a list at that point has a reason to.
Insinuation of the ability to have outside information #1 on post 138.
"Without too much new info" on post 194.
"I think both UA and Zokorad are Mafia" on post 279.
Votes UA on post 283.
By post 369, he has a complete reversal.
Back to neutral by post 387.
Back to town by post 400, again making other town claims for "I don't want to discuss" reasons. That's insinuation of the ability to have outside information #2.
It wasn't until the last post, 400, that I picked up on anything; and had to look back through his post history. Even then, I wasn't sure, it just seemed like he was showing clues.
Also, I left you guys clues of my own role, too, lulz:
I really don't know what to make of the extra death, it certainly complicates the game state =/
FFP was a lurker, and though I'm glad he's out since he was mafia, it doesn't leave much to go on. He never really got to add much to the conversation, though I tried to pressure as much as I could, like the other lurkers. Points for town, but I don't know if that will really pressure other people into talking so we have things to go on.
The best I have is Zoko's post (from a mafia) calling him out as town. Anyone else?
Why kill this night, and not the last?
If they have to shoot in the dark, like AA indicated, maybe they were less sure? We could always put on our tinfoil hats and say they did kill the first night and mafia didn't 
I was kind of surprised people didn't realize that I kept bringing this up. Or they did, but didn't link it to my role. I was really worried mafia would have realized I was the vig much earlier; but reading through the QT, it took much longer than I thought. And even then, apparently I looked more like an SK than a vig. Which...I guess is accurate given that I killed the Doctor, then purposefully targeted UA knowing full well that I was 50/50 about him.
I still don't know how best to defend oneself when you are falsely accused of being a Mafia, and I guess that's real life as well.
You don't have to defend yourself; just keep going about your business. Calmly apologize for your past behavior if you feel like you need to; apologies carry a lot of weight. The worst is defending yourself by pointing fingers at others. That just makes people feel like you're trying to dodge the bullet by putting someone else in your way. Don't make yourself look like you'll say anything to get out of it.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 9:16PM
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So any word on when the next game will start 
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5 months ago ::
Jan 03, 2013 - 7:09AM
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So any word on when the next game will start
Join this group and look for signup threads in the Mafia Games section. http://community.wizards.com/paranoia/go/forum/viewboard
It was linked to earlier in this thread and I was very intrigued after following this game so I signed up. I'm in my second game over there and it is good fun so far!
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