Cats (2019) Mafia

[Trebek]

Hmm. Not sure how I feel about this actually.

Trebek, can I ask what you think is the most important thing for a town to do in the thread, vs. for a mafia to do, just in your opinion?

it feels to me like at this early stage in the game, if i were town i would be trying to establish/solidify a towncore, and if i was mafia i would be trying to make sure i am a part of that towncore, to make things easier down the line. but if i were mafia, the way i would do that is likely to try to make my own towncore-esque reads, since thats what i would be expecting the town to do, rather than only try to worm into other people's cores

 

[kyeugh]

actually i think the mafia should look at flavor more because every time we killed one of our own last game they glared at us in death and none of us noticed. just saying bro. just had to put that self own down

 

[mewtini]

also even if there isn't a cop there's still probably some sort of investigative role, right

hardclaim: I received a role PM

holy shit. counterclaim. koko is a wolf :O

 

[kyeugh]

no? in a 14-player game, if the cop lives to D3, then there are potentially 2 living people they've greenchecked, with probably 9 people alive (assuming no abstains/successful doc protections). Then all they have to do is claim and reveal their results, and town has a ~50% chance of hitting scum just by randomly lynching, with reads probably bumping that up a bit.

i mean yeah that math works but it would suggest cops are just op unless you have a shit ton of players which i don’t think is the case

 

[Tofu]

@Keldeo
I have zero Mafia experience!

To others: I don't mean to look sketchy based on the fact that I lurk on here and don't post, but tbh I have nothing to contribute right now. Also... First Mafia game... Trying to like learn and stuff so I will probably stare from afar like a gargoyle until I feel like I have something game-relevant to post.

Btw people watching when I am online and drawing conclusions based on that just makes me want to like... Live in a shack in the woods with no internet

 

[mewtini]

Btw people watching when I am online and drawing conclusions based on that just makes me want to like... Live in a shack in the woods with no internet

tbh invisible mode is your friend if you feel really awkward about that. i'm not on invisible (clearly) but i have the like "show current activity" setting off because tvtropes made me paranoid :(

 

[Keldeo]

I think W!Herbe is less likely to think this thought though

definitely don’t think so tbh, much of his posting last game was “self aware” about his (fake) position in the game

btw I think this read stemmed from my sucky play in Push The Button

:O

Can you tell me more about this?

My reads are never any good anyway, as my score to Seshas' quiz shows.

I don't think accuracy of making reads on isolated posts actually translates to accuracy in a real game environment tbh, though it's fun

 

[mewtini]

I am extremely pocketed by mewtini tbh and probably won't stop being so all game. just saying.

anyway, keldeo idk if this was just a meme but if it's not can you talk more about why this is? i just remember you being really weirded out when eifie initially said that and i don't think i'm playing that much more reliably right now

 

[Keldeo]

I see everyone's questions, am gonna take a break to eat and then continue to be here

Trebek

I'm vibing...?

 

[rari_teh]

also tbqf myuma using the login times to try and a-ha! the mafia came off as pretty towny to me imo

Okay, same question / request for elaboration to you -

Eh, I more think this just antialigns them with... 2+ of that group? I don't see how this isn't something they could've noticed as mafia and pointed out to shade with minimal fake critical thought needed.

…I didn’t consider that possibility. even though I still think the most plausible explanation is that she’s yeah let’s go get ’em! town, this is def a thought to reconsider later down the line after we have more myumaterial to think about

Also -

I don’t think she [IndigoEmmy] sounds like someone who’s being oriented by a scumchat

this is an interesting take, can you point to the posts where you got this feeling?

like. for example, when everybody was shitposting, blu broke the memery by speculating why would mafia want Mawile dead. Emmy immediately followed with this:

Who seems suspicious to all of y'all?


Blu and probably Mewtini don't seem super suspicious to me, but idk.

if I were her scumbuddy I’d be yelling in the PMs

there are prob other examples I could find if you want me to tbh, but I think this might be enough to show you what I’m talking about

also I kinda expected her to be more nervous if she were mafia? idk, this part is more of a gut feel than anything.

 

[rari_teh]

wtf keldeo

 

[mewtini]

uhhhhh

 

[mewtini]

it's early to vote innit

anyway
i agree with what rari said about blu/emmy - in the midst of the memery i was just thinking yesterday that a lot of scum would probably feel inclined to let it continue since it keeps town from actually getting speculation done. (i do think that, compared to last game, it's less outlandish to think that emmy is being coached - this is not a FoS, just a relevant thought)

 

[I liek Squirtles]

This is extremely weird but uhhh let's hold tight and see what Keldeo's explanation is

 

[Trebek]

i’m not going to overreact to this and be like “omg keldeos an exe” but it would be nice to have an explanation? esp bc it feels like keldeo asked me a question and i answered and then got voted without much of an acknowledgement to the post itself

 

[Vipera Magnifica]

Hmm... kinda weird I didn't automatically absorb Mawile's role, since I was given the role of taking over the role and power of the first non-mafia player to die.

Maybe, just maybe Mawile isn't truly dead. I think we should lynch Mawile just to make sure.

 

[mewtini]

i missed Vipera Magnifica, Snake Friend

 

[mewtini]

only hipsters remember when people left lynch votes on jack's dead body

 

[Vipera Magnifica]

I didn't want to post anything until after I'd read the whole thread, which I now have

 

[mewtini]

sup vm. how goes da feline life
obligatory q: any thoughts upon readthrough? vibes? comments?