Not voting (11): PeaceBringer, FD2, Save the Dragons, milkman, Mastermind of Sin, CoolBot, Derk2009, PookyTheMagicalBear, brushhopper, dragyn_mage, Enigma91
"I hope one day I can openly play as wolfy as Pooky and get zero pressure for it grumble grumble."
-MariaR
"I can't even look at the game anymore.
That evil teddy bear has got everyone twirling by his thumb.
It's like witnessing an slow but unavoidable train crash you can't stop."
mneme: Even inexperienced people are aware of IS. And I'd hate to be nitpicky, but someone could be experienced and be new to mafiascum.
This is a list of everyone I'm pretty sure knows IS. That doesn't mean the others done. In any case, I think it's a waste of time. All that it means is that there's a higher than normal chance that one or more mafia are in this group.
PeaceBringer
Coron
The_Machine86
Dranko20
Locus Cosecant
Save the Dragons
Mastermind of Sin
mneme
CoolBot
rolandofthewhite
PookyTheMagicalBear
StD: thanks for the list. Obviously, it only increases the odds of finding therianthropes a small amouint, but any odds improvement that doesn't have a major downside is usually worthwhile. (plus, it gives us something new to discuss, which is a good goal in and of itself, IMO).
Stam: Experienced players will, generally speaking, (as first night scum kills) hit other competent and experiennced players. This is for a number of reasons, starting with the idea of killing the people you most fear, moving on to that of not making a night 1 kill on somene very new before they even get a turn in, and probably for other reasons as well. IS is probably particularly good in that respect, since he's less likely to get doc protection (because his playstyle annoys some people).
By contrast, very new players often don't know who the big names are, and are less likely to be bit with the "let them get a game in" meme.
Obviously, you can't read too much into it, and people do doublethink (especially hitting midlist players rather than top drawer to avoid suspision on choice grounds), but it's a useful starting point.
I hate to be nitpicky again, but I'm not 100% that word can be used in this context. But then again, I'm no expert, and I care more that somebody else knows that word.
Vote: Dragyn_Mage
Because he has too cool a name not to have posted by now.
Well maybe you can assume one of them is mafia, but what is to say it's not one and only one experinced?
In a game this size I'd expect there to be an experienced mafia member.
A therianthrope is a shapechanger who has human as one of their shapes (anthro=human) -- it's the generic of which lycanthrope is a more specific susbset.
Coron: it's possible. But I'd guess 2 and 2, or 2 and 3, split either way, given the IS choice and the game breakdown.
therianthrope as I learned it is a person with an animal soul. The people I met who called themselves that were really paranoid, because they got a lot of wannabes and such.
But I'd definately buy that definition, mneme.
Roland: Don't be embarrased; it's not a common word.
Now I'm confused.
I see three of you hugging Pooky - MoS, draygn_mage and bamboomancer.
Does any of them happen to be his lover or are these just friends.
Sorry to get too personal, but this sonnete really puzzles me.
