Mafia Questions

Originally Posted by Ashes4719

Hahaha you got me there for a second! I haven't watched the video that braided pain provided but like... how does anyone find out what side you are since you like don't see their face? Doesn't everyone have a perfect poker face over the internet?

...It is sooo tempting to just give troll answers. =(

In all seriousness, it really comes down to assessing whether you feel the other players are being genuine or not (as town has little/no reason to lie, whereas mafia has to constantly lie). There are lots of ways to go about doing this. For example, if somebody spends all of their time pushing somebody and that person happens to be mafia, whoever was pushing them is PROBABLY town. If the mafia was defending somebody, they have an increased likeliness to be a teammate.

Disclaimer: this is a very, very basic analysis of how the game works, and as you play a large number of games, you'll see it's not as simple as I've illustrated here. You also will find a method that works for you. Some people put a lot of stock into who voted for who ("vote count analysis"). Others don't care at all/don't understand how it's useful.

At the end of the day, this is just "guess who?" for adults where a quarter of the game is lying about what their character looks like. Most players have games where they're right a lot, and they usually follow them up with games where they're wrong about absolutely everything and are a complete detriment.

Originally Posted by Ashes4719

Thank you all for the information! This sounds like a blast and I added my name to the list of people that want to play in the next game. I had no idea this was such a large game and that so many sites actually did this so I am excited.

We are excited to have you. Its a great community :)

Originally Posted by Chris

...It is sooo tempting to just give troll answers. =(

In all seriousness, it really comes down to assessing whether you feel the other players are being genuine or not (as town has little/no reason to lie, whereas mafia has to constantly lie). There are lots of ways to go about doing this. For example, if somebody spends all of their time pushing somebody and that person happens to be mafia, whoever was pushing them is PROBABLY town. If the mafia was defending somebody, they have an increased likeliness to be a teammate.

Disclaimer: this is a very, very basic analysis of how the game works, and as you play a large number of games, you'll see it's not as simple as I've illustrated here. You also will find a method that works for you. Some people put a lot of stock into who voted for who ("vote count analysis"). Others don't care at all/don't understand how it's useful.

At the end of the day, this is just "guess who?" for adults where a quarter of the game is lying about what their character looks like. Most players have games where they're right a lot, and they usually follow them up with games where they're wrong about absolutely everything and are a complete detriment.

Hahaha well, I appreciate you giving me serious answers! Yes, it does remind me of a game I played, like a board game, I played when I was younger but I can't remember what it was called. I think it had aliens or something I don't know.

It's hard to really understand mafia until you play it tbh, I remember watching videos before I joined but I only really understood when I was playing and asked my friend questions as I went along :)

I'm hosting the next game, so I'm excited for you to be playing Be sure to direct any questions you may have to the mods in your QT and they will do their best to answer.

And Gnomey and I have a newbie game scheduled for beginners. Open set up with standard roles.

Originally Posted by Siggy

And Gnomey and I have a newbie game scheduled for beginners. Open set up with standard roles.

It will have fun flavor and we are excited for new players to join us.

Originally Posted by Chris

Just remember - if anybody asks you what your alignment is, you HAVE to tell them the truth!

Ok then if I say I'm innocent you HAVE to believe me

Originally Posted by JennyJukes

Ok then if I say I'm innocent you HAVE to believe me

So are you saying you're going to play?

See you in that game, old friend.