Mafia [GAME THREAD] Karen Mafia (Endgame - Mafia Wins)

I feel like I'm being piggy backed off of :oops:

@epona idk Abe's got a sense of authority to the way he speaks. If someone usually more confident goes quiet on memeing then yeah that's AI but as is I could easily see it being just being intimidated by the presence/authority he brings every time he posts. Something to note ye but I don't think it's pingworthy yet
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ah okay nice
Ronishy, what about that post is pinging you?
 
this is all very tinfoil hat theory, what would the use of keeping rping for the whole game and ignore people asking to actually play the game? I dont think it's AI that people just respected and took it seriously BUT I would like that Ace/Cake/etc would give their thoughts on this
Like I said, any posting is good posting for D1. Even if it's just memeing, it's interesting to see which players meme with each other and the interactions that spawn from that. You can look at it later and see if there was some attempted pocketing. Yeah if it goes on for the whole game it can be a problem, but for now I didn't see it as a pressing issue.

D1 lynch is kind of a shot in the dark atm. We only have to go off by what everyone said, but even then it's not much that I could discern a definitive maf hit with. I think the only person who hasn't said anything yet is amazon?
 
Like I said, any posting is good posting for D1. Even if it's just memeing, it's interesting to see which players meme with each other and the interactions that spawn from that. You can look at it later and see if there was some attempted pocketing. Yeah if it goes on for the whole game it can be a problem, but for now I didn't see it as a pressing issue.

D1 lynch is kind of a shot in the dark atm. We only have to go off by what everyone said, but even then it's not much that I could discern a definitive maf hit with. I think the only person who hasn't said anything yet is amazon?
Agreed tbh, last game I think ness said in scumchat that he wanted to pocket dino so he started the charlie angels thing so it's definetly worth revisiting even if it's not giving much information now

And with the new rules about posting I think inactives is probably not a good lynch since they could be modkilled anyway
 
Ace in particular was pinging me. It wasn't a strong feeling which is why I didn't out it in the thread, but I got the sense that the memeing felt semi-forced, particularly in post #37. I believe my only other game with him was his first, so take with a grain of salt, but I distinctly remember a general feeling of nervousness there (even beyond my tunneling of him that game) and he was townie, and that feels absent here.

I also noted that volt seemed nervous for memeing in hind-sight. Don't think that's AI yet but that's in my hip pocket.

Last time we played it was my first game, so now I feel I'm better? playing, so I'm more confident, but I do agree that is different from my early games, so thanks for pointing that out! It means a lot.
Also about the force memes, idk what you are talking about and I will send a letter to your manager.

I'm going in order and I'm a little behind, so will be answering as I go, but as of post 140 everyone is null to me.
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this is all very tinfoil hat theory, what would the use of keeping rping for the whole game and ignore people asking to actually play the game? I dont think it's AI that people just respected and took it seriously BUT I would like that Ace/Cake/etc would give their thoughts on this

For me is a mix, I would love to rp and meme all the game, but if must players find it distracting I will tone it down, I'm in a facebook group in which we pretend to be Karens, and I was not ordinary member, I was a rising star, so I love this game because of that.

But I will be helpful, but I won't stop doing something I enjoy just because someone said so, so you will see memes and Karering from me.

If someone stopped I don't see it as AI, just because no one was against it really.
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I thought endless made a valid point, memeing is easy and funny but it doesn't progress the game much.
We need more serious questions to work out who the maf are.
My eye is on ace.

You make me feel special, but sadly my wait to fulfill my dream of being mafia is not here yet.
But I applaud you for suggesting someone, even if it's me, same thing I said to Antonio, this moves the game somewhere.
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Oh now I see what you mean, yes that post about cake is lacking, I was trying to be funny.
I prefer to find towns than mafias, and last game I felt bad Cake was the first one to go, so I want to believe she is town this game, but I have no evidence to that argument.

Also OMG! this game I can say unholy trinity without being read as wolf for that #Goals!

We need to destroy the unholy trinity!
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Agreed tbh, last game I think ness said in scumchat that he wanted to pocket dino so he started the charlie angels thing so it's definetly worth revisiting even if it's not giving much information now

This broke my heart, I was not even the target, I was just a happy accident of the Charlie's angels. super sad.
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I even made some art, which reminds me I'm lacking in a board for this game, any suggestions?

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okay just skimmed back and this is pretty much all there is. i don't think it's much, but it's notable that anyone who took the 'we're past the point of memes' stuff as basically an explicit order to stop memeing comes across to me as hyper-aware of their behaviour and how they are perceived by the rest of the players

it just pings me because i tend not to consider any one player as having authority over the others so if someone was like 'okay time to stop memeing' i just.. wouldn't?
ya i’m surprised people took that way. my issue is with people writing “i agree i think this is a valid point” and that’s it. you learn nothing about their process of reasoning bc they’ve latched themselves onto the thought of someone else. that and the fact that irrelevant convo to this game being counted as a “yesish” when i asked geo the limit. maf can easily coast this game
 
purely just bcos i don't like when ppl try that hard to steer/control the game. it's a game, you should be able to work with the content that the players provide without adding caveats.
I fully agree - I don't think anyone should be taken out of their comfort zone. Hence the bolded portion in the following post:
Now, secondly, I just want a quick foreword that from what I've seen of the last game on a skim, there was entirely too much insignificant banter especially during day 1.
Now, I'm not saying that discussion that isn't entirely game related should be axed entirely, but town's motivation tends to correlate with the ease of reading the thread, and if it's clogged down with erroneous chatter it becomes much more of a slog to comb through.
So all I'm asking is to limit one-word posts/responses and to try to avoid posting individual reads in an isolated fashion. (Try to bulk multiple reads together.)
Obviously, if this would put you outside your comfort zone, it isn't necessary. It is however helpful for town, so if you can manage it, I would recommend it.
I also agree that between not talking and memeing, memeing is 100% better. (While very much worse than game related content.)
I think you interpreted my original post as "the game must be played this way" instead of "these are pro-town behaviours, if it is reasonable for you to perform them, that would be beneficial".
While never aim to control or direct how a game is played, I will give advice on behaviour which (I believe) is beneficial to town. If you disagree with my suggested behaviour being helpful, well that's a talking point - talking points are helpful. If you agree that it is helpful then, well, perform it. (Of course, if you agree that it is helpful but also something you don't feel would complement your mafia game, then that's another story.)

That being said, my previous post was more of an effort to prod you to see how you'd react. And honestly reaction so far is how I'd expect someone with your behaviour to act as town. (Retaliatory vote, panicked response - mafia might resort to the mafia chat first when pushed, and then prepare a response. That doesn't appear to have happened here, not super alignment indicative but better than nothing.)
to be honest who i would like to look at more closely is people who took endless' no-memeing thing as gospel and followed it like it was an order lol
I don't really think this is relevant since while I was the one who originally suggested a self-restriction on memeing it was 2 others (Aerious and Antonio) that hammered it home and outright stated that it was unhelpful. (Which isn't entirely true but also not entirely incorrect.)

What I'm getting at is that several people voiced that memeing was not ideal and that people shouldn't do it, which is essentially the definition of peer pressure.
I don't think town or mafia is liable to respond that differently to this sort of peer pressure.

I generally appreciate any and all talking points, but I don't think this one leads anywhere interesting
Like I said, any posting is good posting for D1. Even if it's just memeing, it's interesting to see which players meme with each other and the interactions that spawn from that. You can look at it later and see if there was some attempted pocketing. Yeah if it goes on for the whole game it can be a problem, but for now I didn't see it as a pressing issue.
If someone flips mafia later in the game please for the love of god don't go back and re-read any memeing they may or may not of done and attempt to discern any meaningful content from it.
Memeing only serves the purpose of being the catalyst for meaningful discussion. It does not generate any future relevance and it certainly doesn't give any interaction tells.
You will find that if player a memes with player b in this game, then they'll meme with player b in another game.

In addition, once the game progresses, there will be so much more meaningful content to address - vote patterns, reads, reasoning. Banter just isn't in there at all.
Oh now I see what you mean, yes that post about cake is lacking, I was trying to be funny.
I prefer to find towns than mafias, and last game I felt bad Cake was the first one to go, so I want to believe she is town this game, but I have no evidence to that argument.
Then why not say this when I asked?
I'm not going to slam down some judicial hammer and declare that you're not allowed to joke around, but I'd absolutely argue that when people are questioning your play you should respond to them at least half seriously.
 
Nah it got pointed out to stop the meme posting, by aerious I believe.

Ace in particular was pinging me. It wasn't a strong feeling which is why I didn't out it in the thread, but I got the sense that the memeing felt semi-forced, particularly in post #37. I believe my only other game with him was his first, so take with a grain of salt, but I distinctly remember a general feeling of nervousness there (even beyond my tunneling of him that game) and he was townie, and that feels absent here.

I also noted that volt seemed nervous for memeing in hind-sight. Don't think that's AI yet but that's in my hip pocket.
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Re: The AI roll I don't think I ever actually explained my justification there, but basically the idea is that he was trying to generate discussion. The way he worded it didn't feel like a meme. It felt like bad logic, yeah, but I got the sense that mafia!him wouldn't want to do that because it'd draw eyes to him for faulty logic, whereas town!him wouldn't mind making that sacrifice to get people to actually talk. In the end no one found him sus for it (even the newbies) and I'm slightly surprised tbh.
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The RNG voting roll* askldfjk I just woke up

i mean it's not memeing to explain ur post tho...
 
Then why not say this when I asked?
I'm not going to slam down some judicial hammer and declare that you're not allowed to joke around, but I'd absolutely argue that when people are questioning your play you should respond to them at least half seriously.
You are not used to my play style and I can see why it could be problematic, I will try to explain my trip of process better in the future. I SAID WHAT I SAID!
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Say hello to the official board of this game. I will fill it soon, but these evils are trying to destroy our privilege bubble.
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Generally, I feel like everyone now is trying to avoid being too assertive and focusing on remaining null. Of course there have been posts but very little traction or actual substance. This makes me rather concerned we won’t be able to make an educated decision by EOD. Scum are just hoping we mislynch due to the limited analysis available at this point. I’m confident scum are just laying low among us, contributing but not adding anything of any real significance and possibly taking conversation off on tangents intentionally. But I’m opposed to a no lynch because then we’ll have less info to analyze later. I’m also opposed to lynching inactives because they’d probably end up modkilled and aren’t adding anything anyway. Not certain what to think right now... hopefully something interesting unfolds before EOD so we have a decent lynch candidate.
 
day is too short tbh :(

i think i know mafia but like if i case them it'll be a total of two sentences long ^_^
 
If someone flips mafia later in the game please for the love of god don't go back and re-read any memeing they may or may not of done and attempt to discern any meaningful content from it.
Memeing only serves the purpose of being the catalyst for meaningful discussion. It does not generate any future relevance and it certainly doesn't give any interaction tells.
You will find that if player a memes with player b in this game, then they'll meme with player b in another game.

In addition, once the game progresses, there will be so much more meaningful content to address - vote patterns, reads, reasoning. Banter just isn't in there at all.
I say this because the last game I was in this was the behavior of one of the mafs, make jokes to form alliances with others early game and then target them later. Yeah I know there are a lot of people who played together in the past and banter, but I think some of this could be used for deflection later, like 'haha that was a joke, its just X being X'

Of course there will more content later in the thread to make reads but for now this all we've to go off of.

is EOD in 4 hours
Well **** I thought there was a lot more time but I'm thinking in CST...
 
(it's dedenne)

mostly because all their posts seem to express varying degrees of hesitancy. it comes across as though they don't want to say anything controversial and then i think the "oh no there isn't much to read after i was gone" seemed kinda strange to say when i think there / was / stuff going on it was just minimal, i don't see how that sort of commentary rly helps anything and it seems more like an obvious statement than a sentiment that came out of disappointment or w/e
 
(it's dedenne)

mostly because all their posts seem to express varying degrees of hesitancy. it comes across as though they don't want to say anything controversial and then i think the "oh no there isn't much to read after i was gone" seemed kinda strange to say when i think there / was / stuff going on it was just minimal, i don't see how that sort of commentary rly helps anything and it seems more like an obvious statement than a sentiment that came out of disappointment or w/e

the hesitance is a good point but that could also be because she hasn't played in about a year and is feeling rusty?

i agree on the 'not much to read after i was gone' but i just skimmed her ISO and she posted this before going to bed last night:

im gonna be completely honest here, i got lost haflway thru antonio vs aerious or whatever and rn imo it doesnt seem very ai but im going to have to reread it! but for now i am going to sleep cant wait to have loads of pages to catch up to when i wake up :D

so this being her next post kind of makes sense in the context

damn was kinda expecting to have more to read but then again its day 1 so its understandable that the threads a bit dry
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i'm getting a bit panicked because EOD is creeping up and we've gotten nowhere

i have a slight gut SR on ronishy but it's extremely weak, basically just feels like he sheeped kat's comment on ace and tried to turn it into something bigger but i also understand that ace's playstyle is... erratic when you're unfamiliar with it
 
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