[Basic]: Be Nice Mafia

[Sili Quirrels]

I think jmm, bfg, or clov.

 

I could seperate my reads into -

 

Town: Cass, Yates, Tress, Thane

Scum: Bfg, jmm, clov

 

Yates is kind of town-telling, noticing the things he does, but it's premature. I'm scared of Thane, and I'll kick myself if I'm wrong.

 

I'm waiting for my scum list to town tell, then I'll start over by adjusting my expectations and rereading.

[Sili Quirrels]

Clov is theer by virtue of peer pressure.

[BFG]

Sili, I'm finding it hard to follow your reads. You're reading Thane as town because he said 'the wolf' but the wording was clearly in response to Tress.

 

Plus I don't associate town Thane with 'guarded' play or words...

 

Thane is also town in the derp clear sort of way.

 

He says the wolf instead of a wolf. Its a tentative meta read premised on him being selective about his word choice if he ever rands mafia for me.

 

 

 

i have arrived, gonna check while at work. 

 

Looking forward to 2015's first game

 

Aaaaand he appears.

 

 

I find this mildly suspicious.

 

 

 

 

 

Thane, tell me the truth.

 

Are you teh mafia?

 

lol, i opened the game thread and haven't even read the messages. Just received the notification. 

 

I'm not Teh mafia (or, the wolf, my prefered term. Makes it feel more like a hunt)

 

I'll need to start work, and will be back with something in a while.

[BFG]

Clov is theer by virtue of peer pressure.

Lol

[BFG]

Good start. I concur.

Was this to me?

[Sili Quirrels]

Re my initial question: I know 8 is a bit of an awkward number as far as mafia is concerned - you could easily have two or one mafia in the game and no one would bat an eyelash.  However, one mafia seems more unfair to the mafia than two seems to the town, so since two seemed more likely to me, I put it first.  I'll admit, it was an interesting phrasing of the question.

 

Is it possible there are three scum, like you intoned might be the case?

[Niniel]

VC

 

Sili (1) - Cass

 

 

With 8 alive it takes 5 to lynch. 

It´s Day 1. Day ends Saturday 9 PM CET. (GMT + 1) 

 

Well, you are making the vote counting easy. :P

 

 

[BFG]

i'm always cautious and selective on what and how i write things in a mafia game. On that note... from everything i've been reading here, you do feel/look wolfiest for the moment Sili.

 

Is this a new thing? I really don't associate you with being cautious

 

second place is for Clov...

 

Got the feeling you're both too defensive THIS early in the game

Can you show examples of what you mean?

[Sili Quirrels]

I think Thane is the type to overthink when under pressure. That's my running theory at least.

 

When he writes in a way that suggests he's not thinking too hard, then I infer he doesn't feel pressured and the content is more honest. if he's thinking of the wolfpack as a single unit then i can also infer his enthusiasm for the hunt is genuine.

[BFG]

Lol, misunderstood what you said, I agree with the general meta on Thane. I disagree with 'the wolf' though, it reads as a continuation of 'teh mafia' started by Tress and thus a deliberate use of words and not an unconscious use.

[Sili Quirrels]

ah i see. i'm still leaning town on him but i'm a little more scared now. i'll be watching him carefully.

[BFG]

 

So, SIli.... how is JMM your scum suspect? you doubt he genuinly asks a question and throws a decoy question to get towncred?

 

@jmm: how many games have you played?

I'll need to account for his lack of games but my thinking was his posts were too 'excited', and didn't say much. He only asks one question, how many mafia there are in an 8 person team with his second post. -felt like he might have done it just for town cred the way it was phrased.

 

Then why did you initially have him as town, for the same posts you're now reading him as mafia for?

[Sili Quirrels]

i glanced over them because i was caught up with clov.

[Sili Quirrels]

also, reading jmm as mafia for more than one post now. did he say anything about being inactive in the signups thread?

[BFG]

I find it quite curious that Sili only has one vote given that so many people are finding him scummy, but I don't know what to make of it given the size of the game, I think I'll need to sleep on it.

[BFG]

Talking of which... I'll see you lovely people tomorrow, I'll try and continue before work, if not I'll be back in the evening

[BFG]

i glanced over them because i was caught up with clov.

Then why bother saying he was town?

 

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His latest post:

 

Truth. I am very much taking that mindset, especially with Sili, since I tunneled him for a while last game

like, he knows i'm town, otherwise the matter of tunneling me when I'm scum wouldn't be significant to him. Why not tunnel me again, right?

 

Good point, and quoted again so he doesn't miss it.

[Yates]

I don't associate town Thane with 'guarded' play or words...

Welp. That's the one tell I was hinting at in my Thane post.

 

What do you make of the fact that Sili is talking to you as if he knows you are Town given your [and his] statement here???

 

 

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His latest post:

 

 

Truth. I am very much taking that mindset, especially with Sili, since I tunneled him for a while last game

like, he knows i'm town, otherwise the matter of tunneling me when I'm scum wouldn't be significant to him. Why not tunnel me again, right?

 

Good point, and quoted again so he doesn't miss it.

 

 

I find it quite curious that Sili only has one vote given that so many people are finding him scummy, but I don't know what to make of it given the size of the game, I think I'll need to sleep on it.

Curious? Couple of thoughts here:

1. Just because Sili is holding a fork, it doesn't mean he stole the cake.

2. It's WAY early in the game.

3. Curse of the small game. I think people tend to be more cautious with votes in small games.

 

Now I have a Sili-BFG relationship to resolve...

[Sili Quirrels]

yates, where do i treat bfg like she's lock town?

[jmm]

Lol, mixed reads on pretty much everyone at the moment.

 

Jmm how much of you play in your last game was influenced by being an IC?

I'd be lying if I said my play wasn't affected a little, but it was only a little. 

[jmm]

 

Re my initial question: I know 8 is a bit of an awkward number as far as mafia is concerned - you could easily have two or one mafia in the game and no one would bat an eyelash.  However, one mafia seems more unfair to the mafia than two seems to the town, so since two seemed more likely to me, I put it first.  I'll admit, it was an interesting phrasing of the question.

Is it possible there are three scum, like you intoned might be the case?

 

Not sure where I intoned this, or why anyone would think there are 3 mafia in this game.  That would be silly. 

[jmm]

Sorry, this is a nice game, and that post could be misconstrued as being not nice - I meant to say having 3 mafia out of 8 players would be silly, not that you are being silly.  You are being sili. 

[jmm]

Initial (obviously weak) leans:

BFG: Town
Sili: Town

Thane: ?Town
Clov: ?Town
Tress: ?Mafia
Yates: ?Mafia
Cass: Mafia

Again, before you freak out, these are very initial, based largely on feel and some are likely to change.  

[Sili Quirrels]

Your reads are fine except there's no content there. The apathy is disconcerting.

 

Experienced mafia-ers: 

With 8 are we looking at 2 or 1 mafia probably? 

 If 3 or more mafia is absurd I'm wondering why add the caveat? It feels like you were entertaining the possibility.

[Sili Quirrels]

I'm going to reread the thread because I've missed something. At least one somethings. brb