42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:08:19:


The worst thing is that everyone except for Lafungo has been online after the game started but they still haven't posted.

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:08:19:


He has played 3 forum games in the last couple of months. You can read all of them in this subsection btw, if you want to read a bit more into our playstyles.

LewisRichards wrote on 01/07/17 at 23:24:50:


This is the part that concerns me. The rest of what this guy has done is rather forgettable as well. How could he not realize when the game begins? It was mentioned 2 days before it started.

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:31:21:


This was directed at web, not TvK.

TvK wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:31:01:


I probably will not bother going into the metagame too much, I have a decent idea of how most of you play already. You and Dan strike me as the good players. Good as in experienced, not necessarily town.

The thing I do not like about the inactive players is it gives the mafia people to hide between. By upping the general activity of the game, mafia will be pushed more outside their comfort zone where they are more likely to exhibit textbook maf behavior. Either that, or they will stick out as being no shows. This philosophy does not hold as true with a more experienced team but a lot of you guys are not as experienced and it seems highly unlikely that the three mafia happen to be high experience.

Web wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:36:41:


It takes a bit for the ball to get rolling anywhere. It's the activity level so far that is surprising me. I am used to 1000 posts in 24 hours, this has 12 more hours in the days and four of us have yet to even show up. Out of 12 people that's a lot!

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:39:19:


This this this.

Web wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:36:41:


Well how do you expect that ball to start rolling? It seems to me you're just waiting for someone else to get the game started while you continue to coast. These reasons seem a lot like the ones I used to put my vote on Vinnie. So far, which interactions have lead you to any kind of reads? And which reads would that be?

What do you guys think of theyounggun not noticing the game began? Do you think there is any way, as either alignment, that he would be unaware of this? It is not like the host just announced it 5 minutes before it started!

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:47:29:


I don't have a single clue why he would post that. I mean, everyone received a PM a couple of hours before the game started. Also, there was no other reason to specify why he came in at that time (or make excuses why he came in at that time), because almost half the players hadn't even showed up yet and there was barely three pages of dialogue. The more I think of it, the more I wonder why the first thing he did before even reading the topic was making excuses for not showing up earlier.

TvK wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:52:25:


That's another thing, his first post was 4 and a half hours after the game began, and nothing of too much relevance was posted. It isn't like we posted 200 times and he has a lot of catching up to do. I just do not get how that post was sincere.

To me, it almost looks like image preservation. You know? Mafia care the most about looking town, so they try to apologize and make excuses often. That to me should be secondary. I want to find the mafia first and foremost. I think if you do a good job of that, or at least posting coherent thought processes, then looking town will come naturally.

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:47:29:


I think his opening post is odd:
LewisRichards wrote on 01/07/17 at 23:24:50:

I think it reads in a kind of fake casual tone, he could have just posted his opening thoughts and moved on to re-reading what he missed but had to make an excuse.

Kind of a "checking in just to make sure I'm checking in" vibe.

On inactivity: I also think there's a difference between general inactivity and the "pop in, post a quick summary of events, leave" inactivity. The first is most likely random affiliation but either way a solid lynch target (especially with everyone having power roles) whereas the other is a much stronger maf lean.

TYG's opening post fits into the latter category btw.

to clarify, by general inactivity I mean being completely absent from the game, which unfortunately has happened a few times in the past here.

TvK wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:33:15:


Web, in case you missed this, could you address this?

42 wrote on 01/08/17 at 06:59:10:


Open quotes in different tabs and later copy them into one post. Takes a bit more time, but it's easier on the eyes.