why does everybody always need to know the timezones of other people? that is not necessary information to teach/play/enjoy a mafia game.
This link is a helpful quick-jump into the idea of mafia:
linkI suggest thinking through what certain players might be trying to do, depending on their win-condition. For example, as that Quick Guide says, scum have motivation to contribute little to the thread. However, there is a level of
Vizzini-like thinking that can be employed. Sometimes, this is referred to as 'wine in front of me' or WIFOM. Sometimes it happens without being explicitly referred to.
How much of this layered thinking one chooses to employ or should employ depends highly on who is doing the thinking and who is being thought about. Because many players have distinctive styles, we call these 'metas'. However, some players seek to alter their metas from time to time, either to make themselves less easy to read (boooo), or because they are trying to improve their overall abilities (yaaay), or because they are simply bored of one way or another (hey, it happens).
Anytime you have questions, or somebody (stupid vets) posts something in shorthand that you aren't familiar with, feel free to ask. In general, everybody should be 100% accurate about pure-information-questions. (What is L-1? It means that a person is one vote away from being made the day's official lynch). However, take the answers to other questions with grains of salt (Does faust's first post match his meta?). Those answers can often be skewed to fit with the player's in-game objectives.