In post 1875, WhemeStar wrote: In post 1871, Kate Bishop wrote:If you're following a Cabd or an LLD I hope it's with the intention to learn and get to a place where you're comfortable playing based on your own game thoughts.
This was actually a good take and I have never thought about it.
Now that I think about it when I originally started sheeping someone it was probably eadiantcowbels and I do think I learned some things from watching them hunt/play as I really respect their play.
Although I don’t think I can really learn from LLD as I don’t think ill ever be able to use emotion the way they do to play mafia.
P.S sorry for bribing up RC cabd and making the comparison
You can absolutely learn from watching us, because emotion is present in all players, regardless of how skilled they are at controlling or reading them.
Besides, a lot of the crux of my play is about motivation and intent as opposed to just emotional intelligence. But I won't deny that emotions are a big part of a game like this, and something I've very comfortable seeing and playing around as a result.
What you could learn from me, if you are a player who struggles with emotion as a game factor, is that if you view each player as you might a... say chess opponent. And ask, when they make this move (and requiring that you have some respect for their skill), what are they intending? What possible moves can they be setting up for the future? And why did they choose THIS particular move/opening/variant over another, and what does that mean for their motivations and goals.
If a player trends towards a great level of scum equity for future setup moves, and/or has a greater motivational likelyhood of being scum based on WHY they chose this path over another, you scum read and pressure them. If they have a clear town motivation, they may be good at hiding their scum motivations, but if you keep asking "why did they do this? what are they trying to accomplish?" you will have a sense of both their:
Motivation (why did they do this?)
and
Intent (What do they plan accomplish?/What moves are they setting up for the future?)
If you learn anything in mafia, about playing town, from me, learn that.
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