My rule for meta-voting / RVS-voting:In post 23, CheekyTeeky wrote:Interesting could you elaborate on what happened in the previous game that made you decide not to RVS?
What’s the purpose of this?In post 25, Farren wrote:My rule for meta-voting / RVS-voting:In post 23, CheekyTeeky wrote:Interesting could you elaborate on what happened in the previous game that made you decide not to RVS?
1) If I was Town in the last completed game, then do the same thing I did last game (RVS vote if I did last game; don't if I didn't).
2) If I was scum in the last completed game, then don't do the same thing I did last game.
Last game, I RVS voted, and I was scum. Ergo, time to switch it up.
Part personal quirk, part trying to figure out which is better for both scum and town play. I suspect the answer is more nuanced than I'd like - if there's an answer at all.In post 28, PenguinPower wrote:What’s the purpose of this?
Meh, my scumgame is lousy in general. Last game was no exception - I was lynched D1; my partner D2. I picked a fight with a Mason and didn't even realize he *was* a Mason.In post 29, CheekyTeeky wrote:Quick comment, from what I've skimread I'm quite impressed with your scumgame Farren. In regards to playing differently as town or scum I think you're too intelligent to believe that will work when you've played scum well enough to know that mimicking a towngame makes a good scumgame.
Pedit good question PP.
No, I do not. Nor is that a good interpretation of my position.In post 31, PenguinPower wrote:So, despite utilizing RVS votes and interaction to help determine alignment of two players in the game so far, you feel it’s in the best interest of the game to deny us the ability to analyze your vote and interactions?
Got any early reads so far?In post 34, PenguinPower wrote:I actually think it’s a fair description of what you have done to this point. Obviously you will vote at some point later on, but you aren’t right now. I don’t particularly think you are lying about your motivations at this point, but idgi andit’s the opposite of what I like to do and how I get early reads.
Hello!In post 37, ArthurConyl wrote:Hey guys, this is my first game on mafiascum so you may have to bear with me. I'll probably be talking less than you guys and just watching, so please don't think I'm scummy for it.
Sounds like you should be ready to dive in, then. Keeping your distance can sometimes be helpful - less time posting can mean more time reading and thinking things through - but it's not a good habit to get into. If you're Town, you have to figure us out - but we have to figure you out as well. The more you post with game-relevant content, the easier it is for us to do that. And the more posting in general, the faster the game starts tilting away from RVS and into the meat of D1. An engaged Town has a much better chance of being a winning Town.In post 39, ArthurConyl wrote:I've played Werewolf on other forums and I've played Mafia IRL. I more or less know how it works and I went through the wiki as well.
People voting at the start of the game is normal here, yes. It's called RVS: random voting stage.In post 43, ArthurConyl wrote:I observe that two people started off by voting. It seems a bit odd to me but maybe it's normal at the start of the game?
The beginning of MS mafia games generally begin with RVS (Random Voting Stage) which means we randomly vote until we find find points worth talking about that we find indicate someone is more likely one alignment than the other. After that you'll hopefully find that the game is full of content worth analysing.In post 43, ArthurConyl wrote:I observe that two people started off by voting. It seems a bit odd to me but maybe it's normal at the start of the game?
