Newbie 1082: No Country for Old Mafia - Game Over!

[Misder]

1. Few. 0 on this forum though, so the way I play may be a bit different. Oh, and epicmafia, but that's a completely different game imo.
2. It's all about deception and hunting. And it feels good to nail down mafia or completely messing with town.

@crazy- I got a response from [L] and I'm satisfied. Really, no reason to vote for someone that I feel is less scummy than the rest, even if it is RVS.

Also, this game pace is really slow from what I'm used to... zzzzz

[Fenchurch]

First Vote Count of Day One:

Misder - 2 (Romanus, crazypianist1116)

Prosaurus - 1 (cjdrum)
WingDamage9001 - 1 ([L])

Not Voting: 5 (McGriddle, Prosaurus, WingDamage9001, zMuffinMan, Misder)

With nine alive, it will take five votes to lynch someone.

Deadline is: Wednesday, 13th April at 8:17 am GMT.

[WingDamage9001]

Vote McGriddle

Told ya.

As for crazy's questions,
1. This is my second game here, and I have three games on another site.
2. I enjoy playing mafia because it is fun. Heh.

@[L] - My wings aren't the ones that are damaged...

[-L-]

@WingDamage: hehe, I see that now that I'm on a larger screen. I misread your name as "WingDamaged" on my iPod. So whose wings will you be damaging tonight? >__>

@Crazy:
1. I've been playing real life mafia for about 10 years with a solid group of friends, with intermittent change-ups. I've played a couple games here on mafiascum, but I was seriously intimidated.
2. I enjoy playing mafia because I love reading people and using my intuition. The latter oftentimes is not accepted among the males... but I am usually pretty accurate. Playing online affords me the chance to read over discussions many times, to get a better feel for people. I'm a horrible liar. I always get caught as mafia. As such, I much prefer to play as an innocent....usually not even as a power role.

~tldr: I like reading people.

[McGriddle]

Vote: Cjdrum

no apparent reason. You may call me McG, that's my nickname.

[-L-]

I just set up my wiki!

[http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=L]

[zMuffinMan]

Hi

1. How much experience playing mafia do you have?
2. Why do you enjoy playing mafia?

1. Pretty much none. A friend told me about this game and said it'd be the kind of thing I'd like. He linked me here and I've read a few games he's played in, if that counts for experience at all...
2. Well, it looks like I'd find it enjoyable.

Vote: Romanus

I don't see why you needed to tell us that your vote wasn't serious.

[Romanus]

@zMuff - I told you it wasn't serious because this is a newbie game, and most especially early on, I feel it is my job as IC to make sure I'm being very clear about what is going on. But jumping on someone for itty bitty things early on smells of scum to me, so this one is serious:

Unvote

Vote: zMuffinMan

1) I've been playing off and on for 5 years or so. Started with meat world playing and then found this site. I haven't been around here in a while, but I plan on being a fixture for a while now.
2) Oddly enough, one of the reasons I play is because I teach writing in college and MS contains some of the best essays on the internet. But also, I just love games, from tabletop minis to board, card, Wow. Yeah, I'll play just about any game.

[Misder]

Cause I have time, can everyone link one game (from this site or another) that they have played in? It's ok if you don't have a game to link, cause I don't. The forum I played in needed permission to get in...

[zMuffinMan]

@Romanus

You're giving us zero credit if you really think we need to be spoon-fed that badly. Being new doesn't mean we're stupid.

On the topic of making things clear, could you explain the irony in your reasoning for voting me? Jumping on someone for itty bitty things early on smells of scum to me, so my vote stands.

[Prosaurus]

@Romanus Don't OMGUS, that pretty much got me killed me on my last game.

Experience: http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... 11&t=16842 and one or two of the card version at school.
Why's this fun?: I dunno. I just find it fun.

VOTE: WingDamage9001 because it's over 9000!

[Prosaurus]

Also, can I ask what kind of time zones you guys are in?
And how long you guys will be on each day?

Well I'm in New Zealand, and I can come on for about 4 hours a day starting from about 4pm here to 8pm.

[Prosaurus]

And as for the avatar, I was waiting on getting on a new one, people in my last game were complaining that I didn't have one, I just got a random one.

[zMuffinMan]

Australian EST (+10 GMT, +1 for DST), it's 2:22pm now.

I get on when I can, time varies a lot because my current sleeping pattern. I'll probably be posting somewhere between midday and midnight my time most days.

[Misder]

US EDT (UTC/GMT -4 hours) Its 11:27 PM right now. My times will vary a lot I think, mostly at my nighttime I suppose.

[cjdrum]

Vote: Cjdrum

no apparent reason. You may call me McG, that's my nickname.

unvote

Vote: McG

for a vote with

absolutely

no reason. Also for advertsing name shortenings in vote posts.

1. How much experience playing mafia do you have?
2. Why do you enjoy playing mafia?

1. I played quite a few games IRL, moved to the xkcd forums' Mafia (played quite a bit there), and this is now my second/third game here at mafiascum.
2. I enjoy playing Mafia because... I don't actually know. When I'm Town, I can do analysis on people and stuff. If I'm scum, I can pretend to do analyses

[McGriddle]

1. How much experience playing mafia do you have?
2. Why do you enjoy playing mafia?

1. About 2 years of experience.
2. Same reason as Charlie Sheen. Winning.

[Fenchurch]

Second Vote Count of Day One:

WingDamage9001 - 2 ([L], Prosaurus)
McGriddle - 2 (WingDamage9001, cjdrum)

Misder - 1 (crazypianist1116)
cjdrum - 1 (McGriddle)
Romanus - 1 (zMuffinMan)
zMuffinMan - 1 (Romanus)

Not Voting: 1 (Misder)

With nine alive, it will take five votes to lynch someone.

Deadline is: Wednesday, 13th April at 8:17 am GMT.

[cjdrum]

Questions for people:

@All - Can you give us all a fresh new reason for your vote?

@[L] - How often do you get lynched D1 as scum?
@Prosaurus - If you're so pro, why vote for somebody with over 9000?
@Wingdamage9001 - What's your favourite ProTown role?
@crazypianist1116 - What is your favourite thing to claim while under pressure as scum?
@McGriddle - What would you prefer to be: ProTown or Anti?
@zMuffinMan - If you ran a UPick and somebody submitted "The Muffin Man", would they be ProTown or Anti?
@Romanus - All

roads

lead to Romanus. Is this why you voted for the man who famously lives on a Lane?
@Misder - If you were scum, who would you like your scumbuddies to be (from this playerlist)?

[McGriddle]

I just voted for no reason, and I prefer to be pro town

[Misder]

@cjdrum
1) not voting yet, waiting for more activity right now
2) as of right now, zMuffinMan. I feel he is most protown right now alongside with [L], but since I already had some sort of relationship with [L] in the RVS stage, zMuffinMan would be the ideal choice.

And

Cause I have time, can everyone link one game (from this site or another) that they have played in? It's ok if you don't have a game to link, cause I don't. The forum I played in needed permission to get in...

So far, I only got one game, and that was from Prosaurus, and I dont know if that was accidental or not.

[Prosaurus]

@cjdrum
1. No. No I can't.
2. :C

@Misder No it wasn't.

[Prosaurus]

By the way, sometimes I come on before school. Like now.

[-L-]

@cjdrum: hehehe, Usually on day 1 or day 2... I have a bad record. Once I made it to the end as Mafia by not saying anything and looking distracted the entire game... Everyone didn't expect that xD

I'd say my best strength is being a prosecutor.

Speaking of which, why are some of your questions to these players pointed, while others are fluffy (for lack of a better word)? 

Questions for people:

@All - Can you give us all a fresh new reason for your vote?

You ask this after playing voting tag with McG, which still appears a part of all the random voting. Asking others for valid reasons for voting when your own lacks legitimacy is...well... Unfair. And the interchange between you and McG reads as though you voted in retaliation to his vote.

@[L] - How often do you get lynched D1 as scum?

Valid question.

@Prosaurus - If you're so pro, why vote for somebody with over 9000?

Fluffy. It was a random vote.

@Wingdamage9001 - What's your favourite ProTown role?

Valid.

@crazypianist1116 - What is your favourite thing to claim while under pressure as scum?

Valid.

@McGriddle - What would you prefer to be: ProTown or Anti?

Valid.

@zMuffinMan - If you ran a UPick and somebody submitted "The Muffin Man", would they be ProTown or Anti?

Valid, but not really yielding info of value.

@Romanus - All

roads

lead to Romanus. Is this why you voted for the man who famously lives on a Lane?

Fluffy. He specifically stated his reason for his vote.

@Misder - If you were scum, who would you like your scumbuddies to be (from this playerlist)?

Fluffy, on the edge. I can't see what useful information can be gathered from this question.

Your "valid" questions ask things that will reveal important evidence for later in the game. But the fluffy questions are very noncommittal and lack substance... as if you were just filling in a question so as to not leave anyone out, or because you did not feel the need to investigate someone you already know about. Just my thoughts. But it is still early in the game, so there isn't much to ask anyhow, and you've done more work than others.

Are the fluffy questions you asked to be considered relevant?

@Misder: On two occasions, you have stated your surety of my innocence. I don't trust you; just being upfront. It seems as though you are trying to be my buddy, hoping that I will extend the courtesy of dropping suspicion of you. :/
Why exactly have you pegged me as an innocent?

@Prosaurus: I am in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5). My activity will be sporadic and not limited to certain times of the day. But I will at least post everyday.  Could you expound the game mechanics that make Mafia "fun" for you?

@cjdrum: Regarding "fresh new reason"...

Unvote: WingDamage

This vote was random.

Vote: Misder

Because I am following a hunch; I do not like how he can decide so early in the game that I am innocent.

@McGriddle: Could you share more about how this "winning" occurs?

@MuffinMan: After reading your friend's games, what is one thing you learned? What appeals to you to make this game interesting?

@Romanus: What game mechanics in Mafia appeal to your personality? What are the "itty bitty things" that spurred your vote? Please expand.

@WingDamage: Expound on what is "fun" about mafia by sharing your favorite game mechanic.

@All: Banzaii!! Feed meh

[cjdrum]

"Fresh new reason" was meant to be another random reason for that person. Should've made that clearer, huh.

And, re Fluffy: I... Um... Well, this is my first EVAR rqs, and I was just thinking of things on the spot. I couldn't think of better questions at the time, and I felt I needed to question everyone, because a scum slip could even come through from a ridiculous answer, right?
Like, when somebody says "Well, every other time I've been scum..." is pretty scummy.

And about the question ranked "Fluff around the edges" - well, if we end up killing Misder (and they are scum), we can mostly clear [L] now - or, at least, be a bit less suspicious. Or more, if Misder is the winey kind of person.