Topic: Mafia 6 Sign-Up Thread (Read 9825 times)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #50 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 21:30 »

I wasn't saying the lack of face-to-face interaction made it easier for one side or the other, I just was wondering how such a huge part of the game being lost was compensated.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #51 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 21:40 »

If anything, the lack of face to face contact actually drives up the paranoia of the games. You can see little hints in a person's face, the subconscious movements their bodies make, and its those little things that can give someone away. Here though, all you have is what a person says. There are no subtle clues to tell you if they're lying. So facing that, you can become really paranoid, especially in games where several villagers have died and none of the killers have been touched.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #52 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 21:45 »

I always assumed those subtle clues were the point (in that a good chunk of the fun is trying to read people to see if they're hiding something), but I suppose one's mileage/kilometrage* may vary.

*Probably not a word.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #53 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 21:48 »

Honestly, its best to take part in a game and see for yourself.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #54 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 21:55 »

Ha, this whole conversation started because I wanted to and found out about it a day too late. I fully intend to partake in Mafia 7.

cesium133 · « **Reply #55 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 22:02 »

We could start a list for anyone who wants a PM notice when a mafia game signup thread is started, if that's something people want.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #56 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 22:06 »

Honestly, I just almost never came over to Chatter, which has changed somewhat recently, so I'll probably see it next time. I'd still appreciate the PM though.

Game and Watch Forever · « **Reply #57 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 06:14 »

Quote from: Linds on 21 Mar 2013, 20:54

My theory is people don't want to kill in a game that is won by killing people.

That's certainly a big part of it!

But I think a number of us have been harping on about that for a while.

J · « **Reply #58 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 09:02 »

well, given what just happened to me, can you blame anyone not wanting to be proactive?

Game and Watch Forever · « **Reply #59 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 09:31 »

No I can't, which is part of the problem. I think there's a fine difference between bloodlust and being willing to break a couple of eggs to make a good omelette. Maybe if more people were on board with that idea, there'd be less hesitance against actually lynching suspects from the get-go.

And now for some reason I feel like I'm using that omelette idiom incorrectly.

@Cesium - I'm trying to post my thoughts about mafia in general without actively influencing this specific game in any way. Yell at me if you think I cross the line at any point and I'll correct accordingly. Or shut up altogether until game end.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #60 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 10:09 »

You're usually it a bit callously, but that's kind of beautiful.

Lines · « **Reply #61 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 11:21 »

Quote from: J on 22 Mar 2013, 09:02

well, given what just happened to me, can you blame anyone not wanting to be proactive?

This reminds me: it might also be best to start with a clean slate every time instead of pointing fingers at people who used to be a bad guy. I made jokes about Gareth desecrating my body from the horror game and you were attacking me based on my being the werewolf king a long time ago. It's largely irrelevant and I see it happen in almost all of our games. Maybe we should try not doing that either and just look at what we're given.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #62 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 11:32 »

Especially since it might make people who weren't in older games feel left out.

Loki · « **Reply #63 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 11:43 »

Quote from: Linds on 22 Mar 2013, 11:21

you were attacking me based on my being the werewolf king a long time ago.

See, that one went completely over my head. Had I known this, I might have been not so quick to lynch J, because now I could only assume they were "spouting nonsense" and accusing Linds out of nowhere.

So I am completely in favor of starting with a clean slate (otherwise I would already be lynched as the sole survivor of the last game.) We should still be able to make judgments on people based on their argumentation style from past games, though (ie: "X is usually level-headed and not quick with lynchings. I wonder what makes them accuse everyone left and right this time.") Such trails of thought have the "advantage" of being ambiguous, because hey, they might be just trying a new "character".

Barmymoo · « **Reply #64 on:** 22 Mar 2013, 15:52 »

This game has been my favourite so far - it's one of the only threads I'm checking regularly at the moment. Good job, everyone, it's like reading a serial story!

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #65 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 09:47 »

That was fun!

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #66 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 10:28 »

You did a much stronger job of muddying the waters than I thought your team would be able to pull off. Well played! I *definitely* have questions once the game is over, but I'll wait.

J · « **Reply #67 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 11:21 »

and now we see the advantage of being proactive early in the game

Method of Madness · « **Reply #68 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 15:27 »

Wait, the game's over already? When does the next one start?

cesium133 · « **Reply #69 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 15:36 »

No, only one of the humans have been caught. There are other still out there.

Loki · « **Reply #70 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 15:44 »

No, it isn't. Below is a very shortened explanation of what happened. I have spoilered it in case you want to read for yourself.

(click to show/hide)

jwhouk · « **Reply #71 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 16:45 »

As a bystander, it only takes a couple of breaks for the good guys to win.

It also takes a couple of bad breaks for them to lose, too, though.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #72 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 00:52 »

Normally we're very bad at this. So *far* we've gotten lucky, we'll see how well this goes.

(click to show/hide)

Thrillho · « **Reply #73 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 04:42 »

I agree with Linds, BTW, I think at least half of the suspicion against me is based on the previous games, which given that I play a new character every game was kind of annoying me. I deliberately roleplay in some way in these things, I don't really play as 'Gareth.'

Loki · « **Reply #74 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 05:23 »

And I should probably mention I am not really delusional enough to not realize that what my character did to Eliza was wrong

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #75 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 11:26 »

DUN DUN DUUUUN!

Well done, the village once against it can do fine by itself without any interference from the killers.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #76 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 11:50 »

I find it odd that I was targeted! Oh, well. I got TED, at least.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #77 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 11:52 »

I know you love me.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #78 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 12:00 »

hahahahaha

Zingoleb · « **Reply #79 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 12:00 »

good one.

jwhouk · « **Reply #80 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 13:10 »

(Fills out brackets)

"Okay, I have Gareth as the last human in the East Region..."

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #81 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 21:37 »

Quote from: Unicorn on 24 Mar 2013, 12:00

hahahahaha

Quote from: Unicorn on 24 Mar 2013, 12:00

good one.

I have my moments

henri bemis · « **Reply #82 on:** 25 Mar 2013, 20:37 »

Ha! My blood was disgusting! And who defiled my holy water?

OOC, this was a really fun game, and all my belligerence was just role play. I'm sorry for being a huge jerk.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #83 on:** 25 Mar 2013, 20:47 »

it's okay, we still love you

Lines · « **Reply #84 on:** 26 Mar 2013, 15:25 »

I was about to say what's not to love about garlic and booze, but yeah, vampires like weird shit.

It's totally ok henri. You did some good role playing - enough to make me doubt de_la_Nae for a little while. Good job! Enjoy your non-undead afterlife!

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #85 on:** 26 Mar 2013, 20:11 »

*I* doubted myself for a minute there. Part of why I gave in and went after TED even though I was less sure at first.

Now to figure out the rest.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Mafia 6 Sign-Up Thread (Read 9825 times)

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

Zingoleb

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

Zingoleb

TheEvilDog

Zingoleb

Zingoleb

TheEvilDog

Zingoleb