New people have this tendency to win early because their inexperience is used to give them a pass for acting wolfy, and that's a problem if you don't know how to present yourself since people will vote you out from sheer caution.  We can't see each other so all we've got to go on are the conversations we have, and that gets tough if you won't give good answers.  Much better to act in the interests of the town and show your alignment, rather than tell, unless you did rand wolf. In which case, please continue 🙂

Yeah, forum play is definitely different. That's the kinda info that really helps btw. 

unvote

Second game ever?  I thought you talked about playing before, and that this was your second game with those few people you mentioned. 

Cory's definitely gonna flame me for how base that is.

2 minutes ago, VooDooNut said:

What does a villa look like to you, Darthe?

I'm straight up gonna take this game over until you die if you can't do better than this, but sure.

So people react in many ways of course, but generally villagers come in two flavors.  You've got the competitive try-hards who have WIM and they *KNOW* they're on the good side so they'll take risks, shake the grass to beat out the snakes, etc.  There's a flavor to that which is tough to explain, but it's pretty reliable for early game, and isn't something everyone can mimic well.  Those people are engaged, and they're hunting.  They also can be a little internally inconsistent, because they're often not so concerned with themselves.  Then there's the other ones, who have a diffusion of responsibility. I find that these people like to be wolves distinctly more, and when they're townies they don't really feel the pressure. They're loose, and comfortable, but more interested in waiting for something to catch their eye.  I think those people either practice mafia socially in the early stages or often they'll goof off and focus more on being obviously villa than a hunter per se.  Of course, there's other flavors to this thing, but that's a pretty common duo.

4 minutes ago, TrippedOnReality said:

 

She just seems really comfortable in the thread.  idk that mafia!hallia says she's happy there are so many people in this game that can read her well.

2 minutes ago, Hallia said:

Tbh I really love that people are giving out solid reads, there doesn't seem to be as much waffling and hedging as I remember there being

Is a good thing imo

 

 

 

yeah that vibe check is real

3 minutes ago, VooDooNut said:

Okie dokie. I'll keep my vote on you then too, I guess?

So you're really not gonna answer questions and work at figuring this out?

TBH that's a you problem, not a me problem.  I ask questions, you don't have answers, and I gotta vote somewhere.  You're justifying my decision making for me.

8 minutes ago, TrippedOnReality said:

I think right now I'm feel mostly okay with leelou, hallia, maybe darthe because he's at least been around and asking questions.  i've never seen mafia darthe, but idk if mafia darthe wouldn't bother mentioning being annoyed about people not posting and he seems like he's trying to sort people out.

 

I think leelou and hallia have both felt pretty natural/comfortable in the thread and particularly in leelou's case, i'm not sure someone coming back from a 3 year mafia hiatus would necessarily vibe that way as mafia.  That said, i have no idea if they have an alignment preference or if they are exceptionally good as mafia, so lmk if that's a bad take.

 

AJ seems ~okay, but he definitely fooled me pretty hard in Corey's game when he was teamed with hallia.  I think it's a ~good look for him to question some of the town reads on him, especially if he thinks they aren't deserved.

 

zander is zander.  He seems okay so far.  Nothing he's doing seems particularly agenday, but it's still early.  I feel like the game I spectated, I got more...idk...slippery vibes from him later in the game.  @Hallia do you have a decent track record reading zander?  What about darthe? 

 

Chris is hard for me to read because he and I think similarly and sounds reasonable as either alignment, so I tend to judge him based on his actions more than what he says.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What did Hally do to get so high?

This is the most circular non-conversation.  It's like you're not trying?  Not even directly scummy, just weird tbh.

Yeah Zander mentioned he didn't know how to read you.  Dunno sinister, so that's not much value.  Dice may be able to give some insight though, so that's good.  I had thought you said something about Hally and Clov but that was sinister.

IYO what's a townie supposed to look like?

Believe me, we're not close to fixation yet.  Answer the question. Who in this game do you have history with?

lol, so who's gonna have history with you that's in this game?  

voting townies isn't very +ev imo

13 minutes ago, VooDooNut said:

First round is always tough. I don't know many of you well enough to have any solid suspicion yet, and @Zander?is the usual wild card of the group. Everyone has their own way of spotting a wolf, but I haven;t seen anything so far to push me one way or another. But if you want me to vote you, just suggest I'm being wolfie.

 

fascinating

vote voodoonut

Who else is town?

Well dang.  I'm not gonna be nearly so present during the work week, but I keep checking in and ya'll aren't talking.  I get it, slank game on a dead forum, but surely someones got more than one liners.

46 minutes ago, Zander? said:

 

That you're at least 50% correct lolololol

I agree with this statement

That's a bit more nuanced than how I'm playing tbh.  Maybe when I played multiple games a month.

2 minutes ago, TrippedOnReality said:

 

Do you think AJ or Zander being comfortable in the thread is AI?

Not really.  What I think is that it's expected, so it being there is positive regardless of whether or not it's actually AI.  

2 minutes ago, Zander? said:

 

Fair enough tbqh.  Is it bad I wanna give you a few downy points for this post? Lol

nah that's a good sign

Clov would have wolf equity for early baseless WIM, right?  Somewhere mid-late game that flips and we expect that WIM from townie him though iirc? I'm honestly asking, that read's so old it can legally drink.

3 minutes ago, Zander? said:

 DO YOU BLEED?!?!!??!?!

I wanna post a homelander lazer eyes gif but they all have excessive violence... cause homelander

1 minute ago, Zander? said:

 

Darth Wolf equity just rise for realz imo

Lol this isn't as substantive as what Clov put in, but it is the right read for you to take here.

1 minute ago, Zander? said:

 

Come on Derf another Zander vs Darthe battle for old times sake....lolololol

Just like Batman V Superman, it always ends with metropolis destroyed