Everyone should use this time to post thoughts and observations about the game. Ask questions and try to figure out what went wrong (and right) with your play and how you can learn from it and improve. Be polite in pointing out mistakes made by others! Conversely, if someone points something out, learn from it – don’t get offended!!
My Observations
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Post 538:
Ah, I guess that depends on opinion then~~ ^_^ I should think that anyone wouldn't want to die at this stage.... >_>;;
Bad assumption. This is a common misconception in Mafia – I have to stay alive to help my team. Due to the numbers, it is actually less necessary for a Townie to “need” to stay alive than a Mafia. In fact, it is usually the better option for the Townie to get lynched out of the game, especially if it will eliminate him as a possible suspect going forward. This is especially true when the Townie has done a lot of scummy things and the scum are likely to use him as a scapegoat if he survives until the endgame.
This is even worse with new players who are given power roles (cop, doc, etc.). They mistakenly believe that the Town can’t possibly win without them, so if they do something scummy they tend to dig themselves in deeper trying to hide their PR status, making themselves more of a target and distracting the Town from finding a Mafia. If you screw up so badly that you’re distracting the Town from finding scum, I believe your best bet is to get lynched and give the Town a chance tomorrow.
By no means should you just roll over and admit defeat – fight like hell. Make the scum work to lynch you. That way it may be easier to find them later on by the veracity they needed to use to push your case.
It’s a balancing act, and it gets easier with time.
@Toro: Don't EVER fail to submit a Night action as a Town PR just because you think you're going to be killed. What would have happened if Paltry hadn't gotten his kill in before the deadline? It has happened!!
You had a good game for your first. There are some rough patches in your logic, but overall you did a great job as the Cop.
In the future, when you get a guilty result, you may want to consider asking pointed questions about how the guilty person feels about the other players, and make him/her answer in SPECIFICS. You need to do as much as possible to get him/her to either narrow down the field, or out his/her partner completely.
@Starbuck: You should know better than to throw a vote in LyLo without letting everyone speak. LONG DAYS = GOOD FOR TOWN.
VERY poor play - tunnel vision lost the game for the town after your cop did an excellent job of putting the town in a FANTASTIC position to win the game.
Day 3 was a giant clusterfuck, and you should have taken the time to have a discussion. You may have gotten something that made you reconsider your position.