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Mafia Game Threads / Re: NewMafia III: Exploring the New Mansion (Day 1 has begun!)
« on: March 21, 2013, 10:31:30 pm »I spend so long thinking that the conversation has moved on by miles by the time I try and post what's in my head! (Subtext: I'm slow .___.)
This reminds me a lot of me in my first mafia game. MIII. There I was also very slow to post about things, because I was also very thoughtful and constantly felt that the game had moved beyond me.
In that game I was mafia. However, I can't really be sure if that was because I was mafia or if it was because I was new to the game. Honestly, I think it had more to do with me being new to the game than being scum, but I will say that in general this sort of behavior tends to be scummy.
This is why. Town tends to not care what others think about them. They know they are town and automatically just assume that everyone will think that they are town as well. And then they are extremely surprised when people find them scummy! I mean angry, bitter, ragequit kind of surprised sometimes.
Whereas mafia really cares what others think abou them. They know they are mafia and automatically assume that everyone might start thinking they are scum if they say the wrong thing. As such, mafia tends to be much more methodical and careful about what they post for fear of being exposed.
This is why that, in general, mafia tends to have lower post counts than town players. This isn't always true, but often is. This doesn't mean that if you are town you need to post more. I think everyone should just post the amount that they feel most comfortable with.
So I am not going to vote for you, but it does raise my suspicions somewhat.
Yeah, this is generally the policy I'm taking into the game too. The reason I'm thinking so long is more because I'm trying to add to the theory discussions and end up getting lost in loops. Like working out if one player claims and then a scum were to counter claim how one could trace back and so on. I don't want to end up committing a fallacy that will confuse our efforts. Part of me feels that I'm too new (and too slow =/) to try and work that stuff out, an part of me feels that, other than our votes, our biggest weapons are our brains, even if they're not the smartest in my case >_<
Also the scientist in me doesn't like making bold claims without hard evidence. I keep thinking, "but there's no way I can PROVE that."
Basically, I need to relax and just say what I think I guess, even if it's likely wrong or stupid, and hope that everyone calls me out on it being wrong and stupid >_<
. This way we also don't have to out any trans*/gender-fluid/queer people who would rather just play mafia and not get into gender politics.
