I cannot convince the town to lynch who I want. As you can see, by the end, I was largely ignored, and good thing too! What I can do is I can scour the thread looking for odd behavior like no one else, or darn close to it. Many others have excellent analysis, especially Sasaki's and all the other people you mentioned who got it right about you. But I read this thread at least 20 times from start to finish, scrutinizing every single post from the perspective of "if they were town", and then again "if they were mafia". That much reading and the two different perspectives did help in the beginning with Tevash. I have to adjust my scumdar for Reenk and just flip a coin on him until I get a better reading.
There can be no case against an innocent person that is imaginary. I can point at evidence and people can make their own judgment calls. I pointed at Reenk Roink's evidence and the (correct) judgment call was that it was a red herring, and typical Reenksterism.
So, I am not some mind control expert, nor am I especially charismatic. As you see, I can even grate on people's nerves. All I can do is sit at my desk and look for odd behavior until it would cause most people's eyes to rot clean out of their skulls. That's my one talent. Presenting a case, I could get better at. I'm ok but it is too much for most people to want to read, so thats getting fixed.
ADVICE on getting someone lynched:
Why do you want them lynched? Is there a reason YOU think they are scummy? Or even if you're a mafia, why would the town want someone lynched? Go back and look at all of their posts. I mean really, really look at them. Is there anything out of the ordinary? Is it a fair assessment that it is out of the ordinary? Is there something strongly inconsistent about their behavior or strategy? Are they being too much of a leader, or too much of a follower? Are they looking for suspects? Who are their suspects? What is their reasoning? Have they been discussing? Are they lurking? What is the quality of their posts? Have they been absent from the forums for a long time unexplained? Are they on more than usual? Less than usual? Are their posts longer than usual or shorter? More posts or less than usual? Is there anything in the writeup implicating them? Have they been pressured by vote or argument in the game? Was that pressure or argument enough to realistically worry them if they were mafia? Do they seem overly defensive about themselves or someone else? Who did they vote for? Who did they unvote? How often did they unvote? Did they abstain and why? What is their sense of humor like? Are they being unusually humorous or humorless?
You find something out of sorts, and most everyone else isn't triggering your web of detection, then make a case and see what people think, and vote however you like. When you die, you are no longer responsible for the town's fate. It's up to the judgment of your teammates now. Be vigilant after you die, but remember to respect the opinions of your living and dead counterparts,
and don't be too dismissive of anyone as a suspect, like I was of you.
You can state why you think the evidence favors someone's innocence, but mostly let them defend themselves, because you cannot know. I broke my rule to defend you this game, Beefy, and look what the result turned out to be.
Don't defend people. State reasons you think they are innocent if you think someone else is a better suspect, but remember you could be wrong, and you did your best and its no longer your call if you are dead, so let it go.
(These are some things I learned this game. Mmmm.... learning experience)
How I went after Tevash was because of the legitimately neutral stance he was taking, and his lack of helpfulness, and his overly defensive reaction to me. That was nothing I could conjure out of thin air, it was there in black and white for everyone to see. No matter how good (or bad, as it turns out) I am, I cannot fabricate evidence, and if I did, I would be worse than a scumbag, I would be a bad townie.
How to build a convincing case:
1.
Explain which posts or behaviors seem out of sorts to you, and why, and give reasons why objectively they are not behaving like their usual townie selves, or they aren't behaving like a townie should.
2. (This is advice for me, too)
Keep your case brief and to the point. Don't make it personal, and don't take it personally if people don't agree. You did your best, let it go, or simply state at the beginning of the next round "I still think he's guilty" and go on with your business. Don't hound someone all game like I did to Andres and TinCow in Chicago Soiree. That was dumber than anything I've ever done here.
3.
Question the person who you are accusing, politely and respectfully, and respond to their rebuttals. Let people make their own judgments. Maybe you were wrong about White_eyes being innocent or Reenk being scum, for example. Won't you feel as foolish as Pizzaguy if you harass them and turn out to be wrong, or overlook them completely and turn out to be wrong? Remember its just a game, and people will start to ignore you if you don't do this briefly, politely, and with good humor.
How to get them deader than a doornail:
4.
The evidence should be more than a random anomaly. There needs to be a LOT of coincidental "random anomalies" for the case to be more legitimate than a random guess. Don't base your whole case off of one odd post. Make sure there is enough "circumstantial" evidence to objectively cause someone to be more puzzled about their true loyalties than before.
5.
Make your case heard and easy to understand. I'm good at one, need to work on the other.
6.
If it is THAT important to you, mention them as a suspect every round, but move on to other suspects. Don't fall into the vendetta trap that I've fallen into a couple times.
What if you're wrong?
7. It's just a game.
No one will hate you for messing things up badly. I claim the DUNCE award for Chicago's mess, but I didn't lose any friends over it, just humiliated myself good. Sometimes a little humility comes from a good humiliation. Deal with it. It's part of life.
8. You aren't God.
You can't force people to vote for who you want. It's their choice. You're asking for their vote, but you aren't holding a gun to their head. If they listen to your advice and agree with it, and lynch that person, they are equally responsible for the death. You can only claim credit if your suspect was guilty, and only partial credit really. Someone else could have been suspecting them. And if you were wrong, understand that you can be wrong. It happens. Deal with it... part of life.
9. Every time you're wrong, if you pay attention, you learn where you went wrong and become stronger for it.
10. At least people can laugh at your misfortune. Remember, even if you FAIL MISERABLY every mafia game, you will still be welcome purely for entertainment value. I was worried that's where I would be headed if I failed to ID a single mafia. (Phew... missed it by that much...
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11. No one is wrong 100% of the time, so give it your best effort.
Re: The Godfather, Part 3 (IN PLAY)
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
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and 
for my rise and success, he was also the reason for my fall and ultimate defeat. No matter how calmly I convinced him not to lynch Tevash, he stubbornly denied it. Tevash case eventually led me into the chopping board as most of the case against me were behavior during Tevash case and behavior in the end game.
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well GH certainly had me fooled...
I couldn't get my write-up to you.....
#Hillary4prism 
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