Answering Dawg's questions: I started playing online mafia this summer, and I've played 6 other games on this forum (one ongoing but I'm dead), along with a ton outside. I'm reasonably experienced, especially in the context of a newbie game, but definitely still learning. I can be a paranoid player but-- as my avatar suggests-- paranoia is something to be overcome, as I've learned from experience. The conspiracy theories and arcane detail of the paranoiac are not very insightful when it comes to this game. Simple & direct is a better form of scum-hunting. Also, I am male. I asked because I used the word 'guys,' and I did not want to be heterosexist by assuming things about certain players.
Onward: top 2 suspects for the day are Stels & Mute, and here is why:
1) Stels appears to be role-fishing here. Furthermore his criticism of theplague is inaccurate, as TP refers only to the "possible." Role-fishing is the most consistent scum-tell I've seen. In both my last game as town and my last game as scum, Mafia did it. In my last game, I was SURE someone was town despite this tell, but still the tell came through.
2) He follows up with this, and says that he "stopped at your [TP] post," even though he'd already addressed it before. I checked the context, because it kind of looked like he was answering a question from TP, but as far as I can see that's not the case, and he simply has given two different reactions to TP, the second as if he'd never made the first.
3) Third time's the charm. Once again, his accusations do not line up with what the players themselves have done.
1) Mute jumps on Stels' inaccurate accusation of TP role-fishing
2) Said he was less suspicious of Nachomamma because he was scum in the last game, even though two probabilities are independent, no good reason and looks a little buddying (although SO much buddying in this game it's unbelievable)
3) Concerned with others' perspective on him as demonstrated by this quote about his map (though, dude, 90% of those fights about the map were fluff): "With it out here, then there's a solid "this guy will be scum hunting everyone," so everyone can see that until I find a reason to see you as undeniably town, then I will think you're scum."
4) His persistence on Workdawg in the face of all logic, though Dawg took down arguments on 2 separate occasions.
5) Mute says this of Workdawg:
Let me remind you of something: town doesn't need to worry about being lynched, only in lynching scum. Scum want to stay alive to win.
Town as a whole wins when all scum are lynched. Rephrased: Even if a townie is dead if all scum are dead then all the townies win.
This is the opposite of true. Workdawg's responses are the very thing that gives him townie points, especially after his questionable maneuver at the beginning.
Veridis really needs to post more, and I'm somewhat surprised by Nacho's reticence given his role as IC.
But for now:
VOTE: Stels
That's L-1, giving us about 5 days before a lynch.
. But I'm likely to be killed early in this game, so I might as well make the best out of the time I have, right? 