Scar wrote:

Over the last like 4 or 5 games I've been Mafia 3 or 4 times now, and I have enjoyed those games so much. But I have to say it was fun to be Village aligned again.

Can't wait for next game!

Yeah and you keep killing me

Statistics: Posted by Scar — May 30th, 2012, 2:21 pm

Statistics: Posted by Dr Henry — May 30th, 2012, 5:07 am

Statistics: Posted by Saten Ruiko — May 29th, 2012, 8:47 pm

Statistics: Posted by Scar — May 29th, 2012, 3:47 pm

I have to say that that was a pathetic display put on by me, even by me as mafia standards. Everything I did backfired on me. It was that damned Monk Basher.

I certainly had fun, but I think that even the second act was bias against the mafia as well. It wasn't as monumentally bias as the first act, but still pretty bad. Detective, Doctor, Backup Doctor, two confirmed townies, and a heightened chance of mafia being among those who were vanilla townies last game, versus an extra mafioso and a roleblocker. Odds were still pretty poopy.

I played this one badly from the start. I was (obviously) trying to look town by figuring the odds and pointing out that the mafia were most likely to be among those who were vanilla during act I. As soon as I made that post, I realized I was digging my grave, especially since Monk was having none of it. I spent the rest of the game backpedaling and never made it out of the danger zone. I figured since I knew Tahu had a role, that if I could get everyone to lynch him my work would be done.

The only somewhat smart thing I did was claim Med Student. Unfortunately, Aragorn and Riptide didn't really capitalize on this. I claimed for a number of reasons, the main one being assumed by top: that Jaron had removed one or some of the town's roles, and that I'd get lucky and claim the one that was removed. It was strange that I was having a dilemma whether to choose Insomniac (which was removed) versus med student. When Top counterclaimed, my death was assured, but I had done plenty of damage. The town was confused, as they expected me to claim Doctor or Detective. Of course, we knew who the real med student was after that. And, presumably, Doc Henry would be glued to Top for at least one night, giving us a free kill. Though killing the confirmed townies wasn't a terrible idea, hunting for the doctor or killing tahu would have been a better bet, I think. Had Aragorn killed Doc Henry instead of Scar we might have stood a chance as he was the driving force after Monk died.

I thought aragorn's roleblocker claim was somewhat clever, as he had the evidence to back it up, but I figured it would screw him over in the end. I told him to claim insomniac if I claimed med student, and had he listened, he would have lived longer. Though the town was already onto the idea that some roles might have been removed.

In short, good job, town. That was some excellent play. I'm hungrier than ever to play a good game as a mafioso. I haven't done so in a long, long time.

Statistics: Posted by Aragorn Ix — May 29th, 2012, 11:46 am

Statistics: Posted by Landerpurex — May 29th, 2012, 10:33 am

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Statistics: Posted by Aragorn Ix — May 29th, 2012, 7:10 am

Statistics: Posted by Godders — May 29th, 2012, 6:32 am

Statistics: Posted by Dr Henry — May 29th, 2012, 4:54 am

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Statistics: Posted by Topsummoner — May 28th, 2012, 10:16 pm

• The Mafia (as a team) were allowed to roleblock each night in Act II (but not the same person twice in a row.)
• The Mafia would immediately know at least one power role, because it would just be the Act I Normal Villager that wasn't Mafia with them in Act II. This turned out to be Tahu, who they roleblocked Night 1. They could kill him, of course, but this would have been very hard to explain away when Lander or Aragorn failed to be killed Night 2.
• It was figured out fairly quickly that the three people who were Normal Villagers in Act I were either power roles or Mafia in Act II. I expected that this would draw attention away from the Act II Mafia member who wasn't a Normal Villager in Act I (randomly chosen to be Riptide), allowing him to slip under the radar near the end of the game.
• I couldn't remove many power roles from the town, purely because the Normal Villagers in Act I *had* to be Mafia or Act II power roles. There needed to be enough power roles such that they weren't all automatically Mafia.

• Act I Mafia: Excellently played. If you'd hit Top in a nightkill I think you might've won it.
• Act II Mafia, night phases: Excellently played. By Lander claiming Medical Student, they could ensure the real Doctor would protect the real Medical Student, leaving them free to roleblock Tahu and kill someone entirely unrelated. And in Night 2, Aragorn's successful roleblock caused Scar's death.
• Act II Mafia, day phases: This was your downfall. When Lander first posted his logic and then a vote for Tahu, I thought that would be the dead giveaway that Lander was Mafia and Tahu was not. Obviously it's not that easy to take for granted in-game, but I felt it was really way too risky. And then Riptide (who I was hoping would be the one to slip under the radar and win the game for the Mafia in the end) failed to defend himself enough. With some good explaining and in-game-passionate-style-posting, I think you could've easily turned people on Tahu instead. Aragorn was just kind of out of luck past that point.
• Act II Village: Well done. You played a perfect game, which I honestly didn't expect to happen, haha.

Statistics: Posted by Saten Ruiko — May 28th, 2012, 10:12 pm