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[Davsto]

/In for next as a newbie.

[Davsto]

/in as SE

[Davsto]

/in for next.

Is there a way to make the forums email me when I get the start game message?

User Control Panel > Board preferences > Notify me on new private messages

[Davsto]

This game will be run with daytalk. In the process of deciding what to do about the next game.

Where are the results of the experiment?

What lilith said, but basically, ever since daytalk was adopted, the Mafia has won almost all their games. It's a pity, since daytalk seems to make being scum a more positive experience for newbies.

This is very intriguing. I wonder if there's a place for a collection of the finished games of mafia PTs , the games with daytalk. Maybe curious people like myself can thumb through them for the purpose of research.
From what I recall of 2 finished games with daytalk that I was in, it didn't look like there was anything groundbreaking discussed, compared to finished games without daytalk. Hmm.

General mafia games aren't swung

too

much by daytalk (yes, it helps scum over town, but for more experienced players it doesn't really make a difference).

However, in a newbie game, the scumteam is statistically most likely to contain at least one newbie, and potentially an SE/IC for the other slot. And, for a newbie, being able to be helped during the day on their first game of mafia is bound to help them wayyyy more than your average player (whether it be by another newbie or a more experienced player). This is probably the main reason why it has made it so scumsided for newbies in particular.

[Davsto]

Also, due to misuse and controversy in the past, from now on, I'm cracking down on the use of "IC font of truth" (in particular, statements like, "Everything I post in this colour is guaranteed to be my honest opinion about Mafia theory, regardless of my alignment"). If you want to put your boilerplate IC wall or generic useful advice in a specific colour or font, I'm not going to stop you, but any implication that the colour or font makes it guaranteed to be true is now forbidden. I allowed the convention in the past to be nice, but there have been too many borderline trust-tell cases where ICs have used IC font to prove that their opinions are honestly held. That's leaving aside that 100% guaranteed-to-be-true opinions about theory are an oxymoron, and that there are more organic ways to teach proper play as scum.

For newer players who want more information, you can read about trust tells and why they're banned.

Talking about Trust Tells

Could someone with editing rights fix the page

Because right at the end it says "he

himself

had made use of the tactic

himself

." and that really annoys me

[Davsto]

Woah Dongempire

Haven't seen you for a while dude

[Davsto]

Woah Dongempire

Haven't seen you for a while dude

You too man

that's not my fault