Mafia- "Good" players.

I havn't been a "good" player for over a year now. I'm not as active as I would like to be and I'm not going to make any excuses.
But when I play, I try to obey my three rules. That is.

1. Giving a chance to those whos been dying early recently
2. Not killing new comers and returnees early.
3. Never get WoGged. Or wreck the game.

I guess that makes me a okay player.

About hosting classical mafia for new comers, I suggest making a sticky sign up thread for these kind of games. The new comers get the priority in sign ups and when certain period of time passes, vets will fill the remaining position. Some body will volunteer to host the game.
If we do that, we can host a classical mafia when there is a demand.

i win.

Let's face it: If you're not Sasaki, you are bound to lose 90% of the games you play, one way or the other. :P

EDIT: More seriously, ATPG has some point. I myself see my correct guesses as work of genius. My incorrect guesses are simply normal and usual and I don't dwell on them too much.
While I also don't care too much when I die and/or lose, there are notable exceptions to it:
- Being lynched while being a townie for no reason. It pisses me off.
- Being townie, late-game and dependent on another utterly incompetent townie that makes the obvious wrong choice and costs us the game. Left me completely pissed off as well in the game it happened.
- Getting caught as Mafia in Day 1. (Next time I'm Mafia and I play with Sasaki, I'm gonna murder him on Night 1) I don't get nearly as pissed as in the other examples, but still it felt pretty depressing.

Nevertheless, when I win, it's usually a very, very awesome (Like Rubicon).

Good players are those who get into the spirit of the game and simply have fun with it. They are active and take part, even doing a little bit of homework when it comes to host clues and write-ups to have the fullest experience.

Bad players are those who just metagame and defy the spirit of the game at the expense of the enjoyment of other people. They are generally inactive and ignore interactively.

It's not about "winning" or "losing", it is more about the spirit and theme of the game, the enjoyment of it. It can be fun to lose, to admit you was outwitted by an opponent in a fair fight, there is nothing wrong with 'having a loss'. Only when things are not a fair fight is when tensions generally run high, but then there are players who impress me with their handling of those situations (Like Andres especially) who make me think "You know, he is a not a good mafia player, he is a great one!".

I don't count mafia games by who is alive at the end determining who played the best, you can end up with a situation where some one who deserves to 'win' ends up losing last minute by people who deserve to lose.

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What about being funny or entertaining? No.... not everyone needs to spam up a thread with off-topic jokes to play the game. Although being entertaining is a nice bonus, it's not a requirement to play or be a good player.

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.....but....how else am I supposed to be active?

But seriously, I've played around 6 games, and, I admit, I hardly ever made any insightful posts.
I just can't read into a player's post to analyze it and make a point of it.
Regardless, that doesn't stop me from staying active in a game.

Even if that means posting memes every other post.

https://i1110.photobucket.com/albums...g?t=1303094756

heck theres no such thing as a good or bad player just an active or inactive one especially as a townie.

I stink at this game because i never put enough effort in that it deserves. the times where i have ive done well (pretending i was messed up from wisdom teeth and loopy off painkiller) as a result because i want to get back into the game lately I havent because I dont want to take some whos really going to get into its spot.

Bleh.

No one ever listens to anything I say. I'm always either nightkilled early or lynched.

Everyone takes my stupid jokes waaaay too seriously, and I often get lynched for it.

Bleh.

Vote: Zack
His scumminess knows no bounds.

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Originally Posted by Zack

No one ever listens to anything I say. I'm always either nightkilled early or lynched.

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I can empathise with that; t'isn't the nicest club to be in.

We're evaluating each others performances? Me next! :grin:

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Originally Posted by Zack

Bleh.

No one ever listens to anything I say. I'm always either nightkilled early or lynched.

Everyone takes my stupid jokes waaaay too seriously, and I often get lynched for it.

Bleh.

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Thank you for summing up my experience on mafiascum.