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Day 1
Jul 26, 2011 2:29:31 GMT -5
Post by MrTLicious on Jul 26, 2011 2:29:31 GMT -5
Initial setup
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taya
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Day 1
Jul 26, 2011 10:35:28 GMT -5
Post by taya on Jul 26, 2011 10:35:28 GMT -5
Alright let's murder some Steam games.
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Jul 26, 2011 10:43:13 GMT -5
Post by Infidel on Jul 26, 2011 10:43:13 GMT -5
Greetings, I will be your mentor this phalla.
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taya
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Jul 26, 2011 10:47:29 GMT -5
Post by taya on Jul 26, 2011 10:47:29 GMT -5
We are open to your sage advice.
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Jul 26, 2011 10:49:24 GMT -5
Post by Infidel on Jul 26, 2011 10:49:24 GMT -5
First task of masoned groups: Proboards
Looks like it was a huge success, but for edification of all since some people have troubles:
To properly secure a proboards, you need to do only two things. Both are on the admin Customize Your Forum / General Settings screen.
Limited Registration: Yes Guests Must Login: Yes
This makes accounts admin-approved only, and protects all visibility of boards, posts, member names etc.
Do not screw with the visibility/passwords of individual boards, as it is totally unnecessary and just usually makes it a pain to unlock after the game. :rotate:
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Jul 26, 2011 10:50:57 GMT -5
Post by 38thdoe on Jul 26, 2011 10:50:57 GMT -5
Now that I've learned how to make myself a target of village, mafia, vig, and SK by posting in my normal manner, how do I post non-suspiciously? ;D
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Jul 26, 2011 11:00:24 GMT -5
Post by Infidel on Jul 26, 2011 11:00:24 GMT -5
How To Act:
The most important thing to establish personally is your style. Be consistent. I recommend not being known for one extreme, because it is hardest to keep that up despite your role.
As an example, I am known for being a shady motherfucker even when I'm a confirmed village network head. People are like "man, I have to trust him, but I don't fucking like it." They always talk about the inevitable backstab, that may or may not be coming.
That is important. It means that I can act in such ways and actually be mafia leading the village around. It means in general that whenever I'm role X, it doesn't change my playstyle, and therefore it makes it a lot harder for people to determine my role. This may seem like a bad thing, but it is in your best interests long term.
You don't want to be jumping at the chance to be "obviously" villager in a game when you are, because the impact on the game is often minimal. In a close game this might make the difference, but often times it just means you'll get mafia killed or they will leave you alone because thanks buddy you just narrowed our pool of targets for actual special hunting. And then when your next game comes and you are mafia, your playstyle is drastically different and you get fingered, and that is not going to win you games in the long run compared to the maybe-advantage-probably-not of being an easily spotted vanilla.
tl;dr consistency, find something and stick with it, so make sure it's something that you can stick with no matter the role that game.
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Jul 26, 2011 11:16:18 GMT -5
Post by MrTLicious on Jul 26, 2011 11:16:18 GMT -5
Anyone have thoughts on targets? My initial reaction was to kill experienced players but that might give away 38th. There are a lot of 8s, so maybe Langly and INANTP or Wandering?
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Jul 26, 2011 11:18:05 GMT -5
Post by MrTLicious on Jul 26, 2011 11:18:05 GMT -5
Also, just in case I need to use my cover role, my message said I was both Fallout3 and Kayne and Lynch, so as a clarification, what is my actual role/cover role?
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Jul 26, 2011 11:23:31 GMT -5
Post by 38thdoe on Jul 26, 2011 11:23:31 GMT -5
By targets do you mean for your day 1 vote or for our group kills?
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Jul 26, 2011 11:33:10 GMT -5
Post by MrTLicious on Jul 26, 2011 11:33:10 GMT -5
Sorry, group kills. I figured tainting the day 1 vote was a little dangerous unless one of us is in danger, which doesn't yet look to be the case.
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Jul 26, 2011 11:39:35 GMT -5
Post by Infidel on Jul 26, 2011 11:39:35 GMT -5
Just as a note, I am not really reading the game thread, so that my advice will be general and based on what is discussed on the proboards.
Day 1 voting:
A tactic of poisoning the voting records by voting for each other on day 1 is a solid tactic. It has won games. It is also known by many now though due to its success, and so it is often looked for. It can still be done, but you must evaluate the situation and blatantness of it.
For example, a newer player can get away with it easier since they are more likely to be overlooked because they "are too new for advanced tactics." Smarter players may realize that hey, the mafia are all networked so someone could have shared it and intentionally be exploiting that sentiment, but it still is more in your favour.
The reason that sentiment works btw is simply because it still does. Some newbies act out of expected norms, but statistically there is very clear lines between newbie mafia and veteran mafia moves and players will work with these assumptions, so the mafia must too.
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Jul 26, 2011 11:41:48 GMT -5
Post by MrTLicious on Jul 26, 2011 11:41:48 GMT -5
Also, I'm heading out now and may not be back before vote close. I'm okay with whatever the group decides, as picking at random is just as well. I made an orders thread like the biology phalla had, but for night one maybe we should PM them too (though I informed spoit).
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spoit
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Jul 26, 2011 13:11:09 GMT -5
Post by spoit on Jul 26, 2011 13:11:09 GMT -5
Also, just in case I need to use my cover role, my message said I was both Fallout3 and Kayne and Lynch, so as a clarification, what is my actual role/cover role? I apologize, I made a mistake in the text of the PMs. Go with what the pictures you received are. I.e. MrTlicious is Fallout 3/ new vegas and Captain Marcus is Kane and lynch (2)
The orders thread is fine, but if you change the orders for the day, I'd appreciate it if you made a new post to bump the thread, rather than editing it. I'll take whatever the last order there is before 9 PM PDTEDIT: the orange on white here is too illegible.
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taya
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Jul 26, 2011 13:59:54 GMT -5
Post by taya on Jul 26, 2011 13:59:54 GMT -5
Langly is a good idea because he is chatty and motivated.
I'm keeping my eye on Facetious because he is due to be a special (even though statistics don't really work like that) but I kind of want to see how he posts first.
I would agree to killing Wandering Hero though. Complete my grudge.
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