Season 3: Mafia Champions- NOMINATE SOMEONE

[Zack]

I post next and am ineligible you goof.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I post next and am ineligible you goof.

Ah.

Well, we'll just change your name to Zackbeard and send you anyway.

#loopholes

[GeneralHankerchief]

Relevant post from the other thread

(I might move those posts here at some point but that requires moderator-fu and I've got other stuff on my plate atm)

[Csargo]

I'd say GH or Monty.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Do we have any other nominations?

I'd like to submit seireikhaan's name for discussion, he has way more practice at being mafia than me (seriously, my performance in the last game isn't enough to convince you guys that I'm terribly rusty as scum?), and plus I know I'll enjoy him privately complaining about the game's minutiae to me over Steam.

I'd also like to submit Csargo for general awesomeness and being the perfect lab-designed counter to khaan, but unfortunately it looks like we can only pick one person.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I'd also be open to El Barto representing us on the one condition that he uses his persona from Pirate Ship III/Rock-Paper-Scissors IV for the entirety of the championship.

[El Barto]

I'd also be open to El Barto representing us on the one condition that he uses his persona from Pirate Ship III/Rock-Paper-Scissors IV for the entirety of the championship.

Hahahaha. I was actually going to post something along the lines of ‘would they allow a PirateBarto account?’ before I read your post, I don't know… if no one else wants to do it I coould step up as a representative for any of here/CFC/TWC, I can do it, but I'd have to sign out of any games for as long as I'm alive there.

But, regarding the rules:

Regarding lynch mechanics: There will be a deadline each day phase, and the person with the most votes at the end of the day is lynched, unless a majority has already been reached before then, in which case the day ends prematurely.

Days will last 36 hours and nights 12 hours, meaning 48 hours (2 days) per game day. With one exception: The weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) will be one game day (so day will be 60 hours and night 12 hours on weekends).

a) there's a hammer
b) the phases are too short, I couldn't guarantee that I'd get any of those. I have to finish with uni once and for all.

So, seriously, I'm only your last resort. You can get better, or should be able to, at least.

[Zack]

seriously, my performance in the last game isn't enough to convince you guys that I'm terribly rusty as scum?

Here's the thing though. There's a misconception that being a good mafioso is about avoiding suspicion, but it isn't. It's about survival (of the TEAM). And you survived long enough in that game, managing to direct however many lynches (can't remember off the top of my head) onto townies, before getting "caught". Anyone who calls that a poor performance is flat-out wrong, you lasted until freaking lylo (or close to it at least) for god's sake. You weren't the survivor, but you didn't put your surviving teammate in a hole - on the contrary, edse was still in a statistically favorable position even immediately after your death.

Quick tips for improving your scum game that are kind of vague and easier said than done:

1. Always put your team's survival above your own. This also applies to your teammates' survival. You don't need to survive to win, and your team doesn't need to sweep to win.

2. Balance the short-term and the long-term. A short-term setback can be a long-term boon, but too many short-term setbacks will sink your team. Conversely, a short-term gain can hurt you in the long run, and a lot of short-term gains can snowball into long-term success.

3. Match the tone and "meta" of your town game. Unless you are brand new, people are going to draw on their experience of how you acted as scum/town in the past, and they will notice deviations from the pattern that may implicate you. Immerse yourself in the role of a townie, and think like a townie. WWTMD? (what would townie me do)

4. Have genuine-seeming interactions with your teammates in public. This is critical for team survival and obfuscating spew. This also applies to bussing, ensure you are bussing in a manner that gives the impression of a legitimate accusation.

Hmm, maybe I should write a guide. There are already enough guides for town play.

[Zack]

There's a misconception that being a good mafioso is about avoiding suspicion, but it isn't.

Just to re-iterate this point, in pretty much game I've ever won as scum there's always a parade of "I knew it was you" (i.e. hindsight bias), even when I survive to the end of the game and am never under serious lynch pressure.