Mafia is a game of uninformed majority vs informed minority. The only way to win Mafia (well best..) is for town to become informed.Dickov wrote:On Day 1 itself, what information cantruelybe gathered about your surrounding players? Only speculative guessing at best.
I'm not a fan for Day 1 Lynching because it's bad for town to me. We're already gonna get raped by the mafia it doesn't help if we rape our own on such inconclusive evidence.
I'm not a fan of Day 1 Lynching because of the gaming aspect of it as well. I can imagine other fellow new players in this game, after waiting for 3-5 days to get into their first game, they die by day 1 lynch. It's heartbreaking, regardless of whether one is mafia or not.
Yes, I know, I've read the wiki and expect to be told off for being a mafiosi asit's a mafia tell to vote for no lynch on day 1 bla bla bla. Pardon the OMGUS voting because that's all I have in my arsenal of defence there is just no plausible way I can actually make a calculated and logical vote on who I think is mafia at this phase of the game.
That being said, inb4youtalktoomuchyoumustbenervousthereforemafia
and inb4onlythemafiavotenolynchday1 or inb4youremafiacauseyouravatarsaysmafia
Just because we are voting someone now, does not necessary mean they will be the one lynched at the end of the day. Voting is a means to encourage discussion. Discussion is where knowledge can be gained, and decisions made.
When someone is lynched, regardless of alignment more information is gained. Like, who pushed for his lynch, scum want to mislynch and will push for it.
If there are PR's in the game, it helps them make up their minds about who to protect, who to investigate.
And lynching is the only way to win the game for the town and only way to eliminate mafia.
Mafia is a game. Win some lose some. Dying day one is a very realistic outcome for everyone. Simply sign up to another game and wait a few days for a new game to start. Get used to it.
Sure noone knows for certain who is scum (unless you are scum ofc), that is the joy in this game. Go with your gut, bamboozle your brain.
You can make a logical vote as to who you think are scum. Who do you think is the scummiest player atm?
Vote for them, listing reasons why. Pressure them for more information. If it is valid, other townies will support you. Look for connections between players.
Use that information to validate your original suspicions. That's the only way it can be done.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and go do some scum hunting.
... @ the last bit.
