Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
I think there is; as soon as Beskar made his accusations of you lurking, you were on him like flies to a heap of manure. This shows that you were paying attention to the thread but not posting, a typical mafioso tactic.
Typical? Not so deary.

I played the lurker Mafioso once. I tend to switch tactics all the time - ya know, to not be spotted by any Holmes' or similar systems.
That I was on the exact time as Beskar was just coincidence. I had just caught up with the game and the last post I read was Beskar's vote. I just jumped in with a "right back at you" vote.
What is scummy is players being creative in accusing other players.
Yeah... Sigurd lurked in Chicago and therefore we need to kill all lurkers. What a bunch of horse manure. The case is so weak that you couldn't skate on it.
This is a game where townies really are the uninformed minority. There are no pro-town roles. Just pure luck will lynch a Mafioso in the early rounds, because you haven't got anything to build a case on.
Using metagaming to form an argument is weak, unless you really have some quantitative historic data to build a profile on. And I doubt any of you have Holmes running.
Why the lurking in the first place? This game isn't going to be won by investigation results, but cold hard analysis of the write-ups and player behaviour. From what I've seen, you're actually a good mafia player, so why be noncommittal in this game when town victory could well hinge on your contributions? It doesn't really make sense, people might as well not sign up if that's the case.
I can't play the verbose character or crazy character in every game. I have to change my style slightly in every game so that when I get to play as Mafia again, I am not easy to read.
I therefore chose not to put up a massive defence in this game because I have done so as Mafioso and townie before. And no I am not Mafia in this game as you will see soon enough.