Newbie 2043: Cherfnul - Game Over

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #10 (isolation #0) » Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:56 am

That site has mafia games on it? I don't really see a link to a forum or anything social on there.

In post 8, ben dover123 wrote:1. Is this your first game or do you have past games? Can you link me your best scum and town games if you do have past games? In other words, what games do you want me to metadive you?

2. Favorite role? Favorite alignment?

3. How good are you at scumhunting (self-evaluation), from 1-10?

1. I've played about 7 games, but I've flaked out of a fair amount of them

mafia is hard, okay?
I think I've only finished one scum game so far, and it was this one. I didn't like my play there at all, but by default it's my best. As for town, I'd have to pick Open 793: Trust Fall. Yeah, it's a hydra, but all of my solo games weren't that good, honestly.

2. Haven't played enough Mafia to choose, unfortunately. Roles are hard to come by.

3. Two, maybe a low three at best. Mafia in general just feels like this thing everyone else seems to grasp way easier than I do.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #18 (isolation #1) » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:47 am

In post 17, ben dover123 wrote:
In post 16, Battle Mage wrote:Ben, how would you like us to proceed then, if nobody votes?

also VOTE: Ben

a bit defensive and passive - not good townie traits
I'm not saying you should not vote, I'm saying do what you wish in RVS, but I believe that

1. RVS is crucial to start the game off but it is a waste of energy to spend arguing over.

and

2. I need to conserve my energy for bigger issues that lie ahead, such as EoD, PR claims and above all, solving the game.

I don't think "conserve your energy" really applies here? It's only day 1, and there are nights to help you recharge.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #109 (isolation #2) » Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:26 am

In post 97, ben dover123 wrote:@above I was born in a world of Mafia where SE's are considered to teach newbies and be extremely competent.

How competent, exactly? Are there any further restrictions on becoming an SE? Are you an SE there too?

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #110 (isolation #3) » Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:28 am

In post 93, ben dover123 wrote:I seriously want to have a talk with you, but such a off-topic argument gets in the way quickly and before you know it we are deathtunneling each other.

I...what? Why can't we just let off-topic chats be off-topic chats?

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #193 (isolation #4) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:22 am

Quick update so I don't fall out of this game entirely: Ben is slightly leaning scum to me, Chumbo seems town, Clidd is basically null right now, Trendall also seems town, everyone else hasn't posted enough to really read on.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #194 (isolation #5) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:37 am

In post 188, ben dover123 wrote:
In post 185, clidd wrote:
People say when I'm town I usually obvtown, but this isn't a button that I can just turn on.

So idk if I'll eventually be obvtown to your perspective, although I already have the firm feeling that you are town.
? You can't be obvious town manually? I'm sure anyone can be obvious town if they just tried. I'm fairly certain this sentence is null, but I'm surprised to hear that you aren't able to turn on your obvious town switch whenever you like. I'm capable of becoming obvious town and this is just my second game on the forum.

Okay, now this is something I have an issue with. You can't just assert everyone can just look like they're a townie easily, without a problem. I'll use myself as an example here: I have trouble at times

just posting in the thread

, let alone looking "obvious town".

Also, I found a few questions for you that aren't really related to what I just said, but they seem fine to tack on:

In 15, you suddenly defend your choice of not voting in RVS unprompted. Why?

In 69, you said you were probably going to "recede your leadership and proactive role", but you're still posting as frequently as before. Why?

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #195 (isolation #6) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:54 am

In post 153, Chumbo wrote:
In post 152, Battle Mage wrote:
I'm VLA for weekend
You have been afk long enough to get prodded (about 37 hours), and now you go VLA without offering anything? I don't like this at all.

I'm not sure why this was received badly? Later on he showed that he could at least give a one-line summary while on VLA, so that just begs the question of why he didn't just say it in his VLA post.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #196 (isolation #7) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:05 am

In post 161, Trendall wrote:Chumbo is most likely to be mafia here, as they're complaining about ben trying to 'look town' while at the same time complaining about 'this guy isn't posting enough!' and 'this guy hasn't answered my question!' (please nobody interpret this post as an answer to Chumbo's question). Classic mafia stuff - easy, obvious, and irrelevant things to pick up and complain about.

I don't think

not posting enough

is an irrelevant thing, though. In addition, the two sides of "not enough posts" and "trying too hard to look town" aren't necessarily opposites to each other. You can have a lower post count than wanted and still look LAMISTy.

NotAJumbleOfNumbers · Post Post #197 (isolation #8) » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:14 am

In post 178, clidd wrote:Posts 109 and 110 dripped me in the sense that he seemed withdrawn and not very committed to solving Ben's alignment, something I can theorize more in a newbie!Scum scenario.

Withdrawn? Yes. But that's just been a problem I've had in general with mafia. Everything's so hard to understand as someone who doesn't know much about the game and it can be tempting to just hold your thoughts to yourself so you don't look bad. And I think 110 is still a good question to ask.