Newbie 1987 | Game Over

[ObviousScum]

artofproblemsolving.com

do they do like classes on mafia or something? or is there a forum somewhere

Or is this secretly a plug?

[72offsuit]

First is the worst... Second is also the worst >:(
My brother is in Phi Kappa Phi...
VOTE: Phi Kappa Phi

I smell OOT

What's OOT?
If anyone is going to use abbreviations, please elaborate for us abbreviation-dummies/not-cool-kids

[ceejayvinoya]

VOTE: Maduisha (who shall be named Mad for short, going forward, barring strenuous objection)

Because Ma stands for Mafia.

And you thought that you could sneakily hide your alignment in your username...

A sheep in wolf's clothing if I ever saw one.

How could you not notice obviousscum smh

[ceejayvinoya]

First is the worst... Second is also the worst >:(
My brother is in Phi Kappa Phi...
VOTE: Phi Kappa Phi

I smell OOT

What's OOT?
If anyone is going to use abbreviations, please elaborate for us abbreviation-dummies/not-cool-kids

Out of tacos probably

[72offsuit]

artofproblemsolving.com

do they do like classes on mafia or something? or is there a forum somewhere

Or is this secretly a plug?

LOL, I'd love if it was a plug for some mafia-based merchandise. But, ye if you could clarify what sort of site this is/relevance to your mafia experience.

[GeneralWu]

artofproblemsolving.com

do they do like classes on mafia or something? or is there a forum somewhere

Or is this secretly a plug?

It's a math website but there's a mafia forum

[ObviousScum]

Oh we're on page 2

Time for OBVIOUSCSCUM thoughts

"how to play scum"
maybe play scum by being nice? your goal is to get into the townblock and endgame, right, and it will be easier to do that if people like you. plus the game will be more pleasant for everyone if the scum are nice

"how to play town"
even though I just said scum should try to be nice (i.e. "pocket" townies), I don't think it's healthy for a game if you get too paranoid about every pleasant interaction. it can be hard to fake niceness; hell it can be harder to fake niceness and solving than it can be to fake aggression. plus if everyone is calmer then you will be able to think about the thought processes of players easier

these have been obviouscum thoughts, thank you for your time

[GeneralWu]

First is the worst... Second is also the worst >:(
My brother is in Phi Kappa Phi...
VOTE: Phi Kappa Phi

I smell OOT

What's OOT?
If anyone is going to use abbreviations, please elaborate for us abbreviation-dummies/not-cool-kids

OOT is short for Out Of Thread Communication

[ObviousScum]

so you're saying it was off-topic? I think it was more an indication that was the reason he chose phi for RVS

[ObviousScum]

wu seems a little townie
VOTE: clidd

[GeneralWu]

so you're saying it was off-topic? I think it was more an indication that was the reason he chose phi for RVS

no it wasn't off topic
I just think it's pretty hard for two people who know each other in real life to not talk about the game outside of the thread lol

[72offsuit]

so you're saying it was off-topic? I think it was more an indication that was the reason he chose phi for RVS

I understood this as they share a common interest that maybe they want to further discuss in another forum, pardon the pun.

[ceejayvinoya]

I see we have a few newly-registered players in this game.

What is everyone's prior experience in playing mafia (forum mafia or otherwise)?
Do you prefer playing as town or scum?

This is my 3rd game of forum mafia. I have also previously played browser-based mafia (epicmafia) and enjoy hidden identity board games
I prefer to play as town. I enjoy solving/deducing who is who in the zoo. I find being mafia can be stressful.

I've been playing mafia on and off for a couple of years. I like playing awkward third party roles but barring that I also like playing as town.

Is epicmafia still alive?

[ObviousScum]

pardon the pun.

not only will I pardon the pun, I will demand more over the course of the game!

[Phi Kappa Phi]

Just so we're clear, I'm not related to anybody in this game

I think

[72offsuit]

I see we have a few newly-registered players in this game.

What is everyone's prior experience in playing mafia (forum mafia or otherwise)?
Do you prefer playing as town or scum?

This is my 3rd game of forum mafia. I have also previously played browser-based mafia (epicmafia) and enjoy hidden identity board games
I prefer to play as town. I enjoy solving/deducing who is who in the zoo. I find being mafia can be stressful.

I've been playing mafia on and off for a couple of years. I like playing awkward third party roles but barring that I also like playing as town.

Is epicmafia still alive?

Ye, its still alive, but I don't play on there much at all now, it can be a bit spammy/troll-ish/aggro

[GeneralWu]

Is epicmafia still alive?

lmao epicmafia
i havent played there in like a year and a half
last time i was on there everyone was playing setups with like 8 killing roles in them

[72offsuit]

Oh we're on page 2

Time for OBVIOUSCSCUM thoughts

"how to play scum"
maybe play scum by being nice? your goal is to get into the townblock and endgame, right, and it will be easier to do that if people like you. plus the game will be more pleasant for everyone if the scum are nice

"how to play town"
even though I just said scum should try to be nice (i.e. "pocket" townies), I don't think it's healthy for a game if you get too paranoid about every pleasant interaction. it can be hard to fake niceness; hell it can be harder to fake niceness and solving than it can be to fake aggression. plus if everyone is calmer then you will be able to think about the thought processes of players easier

these have been obviouscum thoughts, thank you for your time

Is this some weird role play thing where you have a different posting style based on the alt account that you log in with?

What are everyone's thoughts regarding OS admitting to this being an alternate account, in particular linked to an account that i just played a game with.
OS played under the account DetectivePikachu (DP and I were both town).

Is the act of OS admitting this is an alternate account alignment indicative? What are people's thoughts?
I'm wondering if !scumOS (scenario of OS having rolled mafia this game) versus !townOS would admit, versus not admit, to being an alternate account, or if I'm barking up the wrong tree completely and this has no relevance at all...

[72offsuit]

The completed game is Newbie 1984 if anyone was wondering

[72offsuit]

wu seems a little townie
VOTE: clidd

What makes him seem townie to you?

[ObviousScum]

Is this some weird role play thing where you have a different posting style based on the alt account that you log in with?

I'm very consciously trying to discourage recreating the gamefeel of 1984 which was consistently awful even though we swept. After that game I kinda think SEs might want to more consciously encourage positive gamefeel

I think as games go on my roleplaying tends to get drowned out but I do try to have a gimmick for each account

[ObviousScum]

What makes him seem townie to you?

historically, newbies who get avatars very quickly without fighting about it have tended to flip town!

[OldMapleNostalgia]

I see we have a few newly-registered players in this game.

What is everyone's prior experience in playing mafia (forum mafia or otherwise)?
Do you prefer playing as town or scum?

This is my 3rd game of forum mafia. I have also previously played browser-based mafia (epicmafia) and enjoy hidden identity board games
I prefer to play as town. I enjoy solving/deducing who is who in the zoo. I find being mafia can be stressful.

I used to play a couple of years ago on epicmafia, back when it was super active. This is my first game of forum mafia, so it'll definitely be a new experience for me. I prefer to play as scum more than town just because I am terrible at gut reads and telling when people are lying as a town member. I tend to give others the benefit of the doubt if I see anyone say something weird in relation to the game, an aspect of the game I have to get better at I guess :/

[OldMapleNostalgia]

First is the worst... Second is also the worst >:(
My brother is in Phi Kappa Phi...
VOTE: Phi Kappa Phi

I smell OOT

You smell my jealousy, nothing else

Is this some weird role play thing where you have a different posting style based on the alt account that you log in with?

What are everyone's thoughts regarding OS admitting to this being an alternate account, in particular linked to an account that i just played a game with.
OS played under the account DetectivePikachu (DP and I were both town).

Is the act of OS admitting this is an alternate account alignment indicative? What are people's thoughts?
I'm wondering if !scumOS (scenario of OS having rolled mafia this game) versus !townOS would admit, versus not admit, to being an alternate account, or if I'm barking up the wrong tree completely and this has no relevance at all...

My thoughts on this are that it might be alignment indicative, but OS was upfront about playing on their alt and didn't have anything to hide - doesn't feel like something scum would do.

[Karnage]

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