Newbie Mafia 12 FMP Fumoffu!: Game over!

X1-12 said:

Confirming!

Welcome to the game Newbies! kuz, Sworddancer and I are here as "Inexperience Challenged" Players, or IC's. Essentially we will be here to help you through the game of Mafia by answering any questions you have as we go. Please note that at any point if you do not understand anything you may ask me about it and I will answer without prejudice, regardless of what I think of your alignment (i.e whether your are Town or Mafia) I suspect the others will be just as nice. Another important thing to note is that just because we are the ICs and are giving you advice doesn't necessarily mean any of us are town. As scum, any of us could post the same information on pure game mechanics and terms. Note that the term scum just means mafia in this game, if someone says you are "scummy" that means you think they are part of the mafia etc etc. Now I'll start with a question

@All Newbies: Please talk about what experience with mafia you have Note there are also games called werewolves or witch hunt which are different names for mafia. This could include IRL mafia or chat mafia etc

(Note: using "@Player:" Is a good way to direct questions and make it clear who you are talking to)

It is also worth noting that sometimes I will post things in italics at the end of posts like this. This is just general advice that is worth keeping in mind. Everything that is posted in italics at the end of posts like this is about knowledge of mafia terms and mechanics, because these are the same in almost every mafia game, my alignment shouldn't show from any italicised parts of my post. If you think you can gain an alignment read on me from it, then feel free to question it, but 100% of what I post in italics will be standard mafia knowledge, and something I could produce as scum or town.

Mafia is a game of subtleties and motives. No one is going to tell you they are mafia. However, people will choose certain actions and say certain things because they are town or because they are scum. It is town's job to find these motives and scum's job to appear to have the motivation of a townie.

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X1-12 said:

Here is just some general advice:

1.) If you are a power-role, ie you are the Cop, the Doctor or similar, it is very important you keep your powers hidden, Do not out yourself unless you are one vote away from being lynched (this is known as L-1) and there are other players asking you to claim. The only other scenario to out yourself is if you are the Cop and have a guilty result on a player.
2.) Do not put the final vote on someone (known as the hammer, or hammering someone) unless they have roleclaimed, or you are confident they won't be able to post before the deadline hits. Even then remember that hammering ends the day so if there is discussion to be had, hold off from hammering
3.) Don't lie! townies lying can cause major problems so if you are town, don't lie.
4.) Don't vote for yourself, whatever your faction is, you gain nothing from it.
5.) If you find yourself lost in the game, try asking questions that will give interesting information. Asking questions is good so long as you think you can gain useful information from it.
6.) In this game everyone will have a character, keep this information secret as sometimes revealing your character can lead to mafia figuring out your role.
7.) Try not to get too emotionally attached to the game, if someone accuses you of lying, don't take it to heart, just try to respond rationally

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X1-12 said:

@Mod: Can you include the amount of players needed to lynch in the votecount? Its 8/14 atm right?

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JTB said:

There's also alot of other information other than abbreviations on that site, so if you are new, it's definitely worth reading through at some point.

@mod, what was wrong with Swords vote? Not putting kuz' full name?

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Sworddancer. said:

2. There is a near 100% change that at least one of Kuz/X1 is scum, so . . .

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X1-12 said:

Seik's point isn't good. From a townSwords perspective it would have to be between those two. As town why would he include himself in a list of possible scum?

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JTB said:

Eh, I can see that being a hassle since most people are so used to shortening longer names for convenience, but I can see why you want their full names spelt out.

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X1-12 said:

@Mod: Blacknight99923 is listed primarily as Soren, which name should we vote for?

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vanderzant said:

Mafia is a game of subtleties and motives. No one is going to tell you they are mafia. However, people will choose certain actions and say certain things because they are town or because they are scum (note: the terms 'scum' and 'mafia' are generally interchangeable for all purposes in this game). It is town's job to find these motives and scum's job to appear to have the motivation of a townie. Fundamentally, good scum play is inseparable from good town play. Think about this and what it means for your faction.

Mafia games usually begin with the RVS (random vote stage) where players vote other players with the purpose of building discussion, from which we can begin to scum hunt (the process of finding mafia). During RVS, it is standard practice to also ask "random" questions which serve the same purpose as votes: to generate meaningful discussion.

The name RVS is actually lie, because people do not do things randomly (by the definition of the word). They will almost always have a reason for what they do (even if it's as simple as 'I felt like it'). My biggest quarrel in mafia (and one of the most flawed mindsets I see in mafia games) is that RVS serves no purpose other than to 'start' the game. People underestimate RVS severely imo. It is such a good way to get a feel or vibe for other players alignments. I know personally that if I am absent from RVS, I struggle to play well regardless of alignment.

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Swiss said:

IC copypasta input:

When chasing down a dangerous criminal, a policeman comes to a fork in the road. To the left is a dark alleyway where the criminal would have a moderate chance of escaping (even if the cop correctly follows him that direction). To the right is a well-lit boulevard where the criminal would surely be caught. The policeman doesn't know which way the criminal went. If he guesses wrong, the criminal will easily make a clean getaway.
If you were the criminal, which way would you go?
If you were the policeman, which way would you guess the criminal went?

WIFOM is circular logic with a dash of reverse psychology (or IS it reverse psychology?) Scum killed X1, he said Swords was scum - thus Swords killed him as he was onto him! But that's what scum WANT you to think - Swords thus is a townie! But what if he knew we'd think like this? So he IS scum! But what if scum were double guessing us at this stage? Means he IS town!....... ad infinitum

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vanderzant said:

WIFOM: Wine In Front of Me: A logical situation where there are two unequal scenarios and no real evidence to suggest either.

For example, say we play a game of rock paper scissors. Not too hard. Say each time you win, you get 1 point (draw or loss is no points).

But what if we make it interesting? Say for everytime you win with Rock, you get 3 points, Scissors 2 and Paper 1. Now what it the best option?

At first you might say rock, because the reward is great, but your opponent will likely see this and go paper, getting an easy 1 point every time you do this! But you think ahead, anticipating this and pick scissors!!!... ad infinitum

So as you can see, although some scenarios may seem more likely, there is no real evidence to suggest what your opponent will do. This is what WIFOM is.

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