Ultimate Game of Mafia Champions - GAME THREAD
If Tappo quoted the wrong post after trying to find it, then you should probably go find the one you're talking about for us instead of "I'm done, permavote arcbell" (not actually voting me)
Well, yes, but not in the way that you seem to be thinking.
I keep the SAME TYPE of notes in both roles. As a wolf I try to imitate my villager game (or well, I do it to "have reads") by also finding posts that I believe to be villagery.
Which is to say that I would've likely posted very similar notes to those that I posted if I was a wolf this game.
I keep the SAME TYPE of notes in both roles. As a wolf I try to imitate my villager game (or well, I do it to "have reads") by also finding posts that I believe to be villagery.
Which is to say that I would've likely posted very similar notes to those that I posted if I was a wolf this game.
Villagers:
Thingyman
... you obviously wouldn't need to start a POE list, then abandon it as mafia correct?
Well, yes, but not in the way that you seem to be thinking.
I keep the SAME TYPE of notes in both roles. As a wolf I try to imitate my villager game (or well, I do it to "have reads") by also finding posts that I believe to be villagery.
Which is to say that I would've likely posted very similar notes to those that I posted if I was a wolf this game.
I keep the SAME TYPE of notes in both roles. As a wolf I try to imitate my villager game (or well, I do it to "have reads") by also finding posts that I believe to be villagery.
Which is to say that I would've likely posted very similar notes to those that I posted if I was a wolf this game.
This feels so backwards -- I am literally trying to convince you that you are town.
well, whatever
I think it would be poor of you to read anything into whether or not anyone tried to save well named yesterday given that his immediate lynch was very likely no matter what. Plus, you know, he'd given up since the start of day.
this is actually a super interesting observation
but not 100 % in the way you think
as a wolf I would likely also keep a list in my document, but that's to keep track of my reads and make sure that I'm consistent
whereas this game I didn't really update my list in my document because, well, I just had it in my head, and it's often changing
A fun interaction from d1:
In response to Cory voting Yamato.
In response to Tom's "wtf thingy" post.
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I also liked this from the start of d2:
Those posts were made a minute apart. A slight difference in approaches.
I suppose they could have just picked Thingy as an end game wolf and everything is a setup, but it'd be unusually fancy.
In response to Cory voting Yamato.
In response to Tom's "wtf thingy" post.
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I also liked this from the start of d2:
Those posts were made a minute apart. A slight difference in approaches.
I suppose they could have just picked Thingy as an end game wolf and everything is a setup, but it'd be unusually fancy.
it is probably not quite lock clearing (I overbid a bit when I said that) but it's prettay prettay good and thingy if I ever push you you have the right to quote this post right here and say "so, wassup?"
haha
this is actually a super interesting observation
but not 100 % in the way you think
as a wolf I would likely also keep a list in my document, but that's to keep track of my reads and make sure that I'm consistent
whereas this game I didn't really update my list in my document because, well, I just had it in my head, and it's often changing
this is actually a super interesting observation
but not 100 % in the way you think
as a wolf I would likely also keep a list in my document, but that's to keep track of my reads and make sure that I'm consistent
whereas this game I didn't really update my list in my document because, well, I just had it in my head, and it's often changing
I sorta just figured anyone looking at those notes would know they came from town and not from mafia.
The thing with the notes, thingy, it's really really easy to read stuff that you know isn't a deliberate show put on. Notes that only you see aren't a show for anyone.
it was important to note how arcbell would react to pressure when he might think he could actually get lynched
I actually don't mind you noting this, but suffice to say that once WN came in and essentially lolcatted, WN was 100% going to get lynched yesterday and my vote was always going to be on him at EOD
it was important to note how arcbell would react to pressure when he might think he could actually get lynched
it was important to note how arcbell would react to pressure when he might think he could actually get lynched
I'm not feeling too confident about this Arc lynch. Let's do Merk instead. He's a wolf a lot.
arc,
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
Either way if it becomes relevant, make sure he knows my vote is staying until he explains it properly, or the town decides by some miracle to lynch Moocher today. I'll be back in 2-3 hours.
arc,
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
well I guess you kind of answered it by voting for merk
I'd appreciate input from saber, murph and traz
or well, not sure I would appreciate the input we're likely to receive from the latter of those, but I want it nonetheless
or well, not sure I would appreciate the input we're likely to receive from the latter of those, but I want it nonetheless
arc,
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
let's play a game for a minute
let's say that you get lynched today and flip villager, and then Moocher gets killed overnight and flips villager, and there's an announcement that there are still two wolves left in the game
can you give me a probability on who those two wolves might be (like X = 75% wolf, Y = 35% wolf, etc)?
Saberwolf13 - 1% wolf
Dbmurph - 1% wolf
Thingyman - 5% wolf
merk_sa - 37% wolf
Dwetzel - 34% wolf
LenC - 34% wolf
Crunkus - 20% wolf
traz - 34% wolf
tappokone - 34% wolf
this what you wanted?
Also, if you try to interpret those as my actual %s, and not the %s given your hypothetical, I'm going to have a big issue with you >.>
Close enough, I suppose.
So you now think merk is a more likely wolf than lenC, or is part of the reason merk is a more likely wolf that you have some associative read between Moocher and lenC that would no longer be valid?
So you now think merk is a more likely wolf than lenC, or is part of the reason merk is a more likely wolf that you have some associative read between Moocher and lenC that would no longer be valid?
Yes exactly. If you insist moocher is town then LenC has no special reason (fmpov) to be wolf. The skew on merk_sa is for basically what happened today.
Votes from post 9737 to post 9971
Night in 5:39:05
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Night in 5:39:05
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Votes | Lynch | Voters |
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5 | Arcbell | Thingyman (13), DWetzel (10), merk_sa (22), saberwolf13 (1), Crunkus (1) |
2 | tappokone | lenC (40), The Moocher (46) |
2 | merk_sa | tappokone (45), Arcbell (43) |
2 | not voting | dbmurph22 (6), traz (0) |
Am I free to go now? Is the game ended Dwetz? I'll be back in a couple hours in any case.
I'm going to take that as a yes.... cya in a bit.
I did an ISO of you yesterday which I commented on. The biggest point is that you didn't do **** this entire game. Your biggest reads were based on logic maps that made no sense (EOD d1, TTT/Gamer) and a light push on Moocher that you backed away from never to be heard from again.
You haven't played mafia at all here. You have done no scum hunting.
If you have some amazing reads at the moment, then give us one. Give us a big case on someone right now.
You haven't played mafia at all here. You have done no scum hunting.
If you have some amazing reads at the moment, then give us one. Give us a big case on someone right now.
Spoiler:
"i was ****ing with you" - defensive
"what do you expect me to do with" - self centered
Like I said gut read -- those are intuitive. This one is not though: I think there's about a 0% chance you ACTUALLY think I drew that read out of thin air. You said you thought I was making it up and now couldn't justify it. That's a lie, you never thought that. You sir, are my first catch Congrats.
"what do you expect me to do with" - self centered
Like I said gut read -- those are intuitive. This one is not though: I think there's about a 0% chance you ACTUALLY think I drew that read out of thin air. You said you thought I was making it up and now couldn't justify it. That's a lie, you never thought that. You sir, are my first catch Congrats.
Yea sorry I sometimes forget not everyone bothers to reread for context when they see something like that.
OK so I mentioned a gut read on Moocher. Moocher asked me to explain it. I told him it was a gut read again, and told him which posts. Moocher then comes back at me claiming to think I made the whole read up, and it's not actually based on anything.
In the top part here he is claiming that he thinks I drew the read out of thin air. He obviously knows I based the read on something, whether I'm town or mafia. No one jumps to the conclusion that a read is totally fabricated to explain why it wasn't justified, since no one totally fabricates reads -- it's always based on something whether correct or not.
His act of claiming he sincerely believes I didn't base the read on anything is a lie, most likely an instinctive one rather than a planned lie. The intent was a simple counter-fos, but he ended up saying he suspects something no thinking villager would ever jump to.
So he's mafia.
OK so I mentioned a gut read on Moocher. Moocher asked me to explain it. I told him it was a gut read again, and told him which posts. Moocher then comes back at me claiming to think I made the whole read up, and it's not actually based on anything.
In the top part here he is claiming that he thinks I drew the read out of thin air. He obviously knows I based the read on something, whether I'm town or mafia. No one jumps to the conclusion that a read is totally fabricated to explain why it wasn't justified, since no one totally fabricates reads -- it's always based on something whether correct or not.
His act of claiming he sincerely believes I didn't base the read on anything is a lie, most likely an instinctive one rather than a planned lie. The intent was a simple counter-fos, but he ended up saying he suspects something no thinking villager would ever jump to.
So he's mafia.
Ok then correct me if I'm wrong that your claim is that you think I made that read up out of thin air, and did not use any basis for it.
Do you think it's a good strategy to make gut reads up and not be able to explain them? Is that something you've ever seen mafia or town do? No it's not, because it doesn't happen. All specific reads like "this person is doing ___ so he's scum/town" have a handle in reality. The only reads that can ever be totally fictitious are "X is scum/town". No one sits there thinking "ok I'm going to make up a read, I'll say they're scum for something they didn't actually do anything resembling in the slightest.. yes yes that'll work"
You KNOW this at heart, so your claim that you think that of me is a lie. You're maf.
Do you think it's a good strategy to make gut reads up and not be able to explain them? Is that something you've ever seen mafia or town do? No it's not, because it doesn't happen. All specific reads like "this person is doing ___ so he's scum/town" have a handle in reality. The only reads that can ever be totally fictitious are "X is scum/town". No one sits there thinking "ok I'm going to make up a read, I'll say they're scum for something they didn't actually do anything resembling in the slightest.. yes yes that'll work"
You KNOW this at heart, so your claim that you think that of me is a lie. You're maf.
Forum mafia is even less likely to have players base reads on 0% truth because it's slow paced and everything's gonna get reread and analyzed. Making up a read and throwing a reason on it like "he's maf because he's overly defensive" is going to get caught if you were IN NO WAY CONCEIVABLY BEING DEFENSIVE ... it's not a thing that happens in real time mafia, so I assume it's not a thing that happens in forum mafia. And since you're a "champion" I assume that notion is intuitive to you.
Sorry, "lurking" and "absent" are often treated as synonymous on my site. If I was lurking I'd have something for you atm.. I was confident last night, became less confident as I got Moocher's reaction and the reaction of others, has nothing to do with votes.. though I'm obviously pretty harried by that.
It just seemed like what I was saying was poorly understood yesterday, and I didn't think my explanations were inadequate. I'm obviously going to bench that read for now but see... I kind of thought I'd made a good catch there, that it was worth my efforts etc. Then it was called 'insane' among other things when obviously the real read, not being on Moocher thinking the read was wrong but thinking I said that without any basis. So now I've been procrastinating. And here we are.
It just seemed like what I was saying was poorly understood yesterday, and I didn't think my explanations were inadequate. I'm obviously going to bench that read for now but see... I kind of thought I'd made a good catch there, that it was worth my efforts etc. Then it was called 'insane' among other things when obviously the real read, not being on Moocher thinking the read was wrong but thinking I said that without any basis. So now I've been procrastinating. And here we are.
You did the one thing.. which I consider you mafia for, but the read didn't hold up over the course of my confrontation with you. I haven't been able to interact with you since really. I clearly don't have a lot of influence around here, so you wanting to know about my read on you reads lightly town (why would a mafia bother to ask about how someone whose vote isn't important reads them?) but for the most part I've set you aside. Part of me wants to think my gut reaction was right but normally if I come up with some clutch reasoning and the person is indeed mafia, at least a few people back it for fear of being associated. The polar opposite happened -- I said you were mafia and the entire town told me I was stupid. Normally that doesn't happen if the read is right.
I'm just not going to worry about you right now. Even if I thought you were worth pushing on I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get anywhere.
As soon as I can muster the steampower I'm going after merk_sa.
I'm just not going to worry about you right now. Even if I thought you were worth pushing on I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get anywhere.
As soon as I can muster the steampower I'm going after merk_sa.
The chances that he happened to fake guilty (low) and that you just so happened to jailkeep him (also low) are VERY LOW. Out of everyone playing he is the only one to make a "fake claim" so far. He didn't retract it until you CC'd him. If he's claiming as wolf, which I think he is, the bus strategy makes the most sense: he wants to clear himself, not get a random towny lynched before being confirmed. If you CC him, he can't clear himself, SO HE RETRACTS.
If it quacks like a duck, etc.
Come on people this is basic ****.
Moocher
If it quacks like a duck, etc.
Come on people this is basic ****.
Moocher
Sadly I can't be here for EOD, I MIGHT be able to make a really brief appearance on my phone but no guarantees.
Before I go, I leave my vote on Moocher for reasons that should be obvious. Honestly if he's not lynched today given what I explained, I formally denounce this game from its "game of champions" status.
Before I go, I leave my vote on Moocher for reasons that should be obvious. Honestly if he's not lynched today given what I explained, I formally denounce this game from its "game of champions" status.
cory, I think you are town because I've never seen mafia act like you do, but you need to take a long hard look at yourself and consider that maybe your meta reads are actually just ****. Maybe when Moocher claims cop then later retracts he was actually trying to claim cop? Maybe when he said the thing about Tappo being town he knew full well no one in the game would believe it was a cop re-claim given that he was already CC'd by a jailkeep? Maybe, just maybe this has NOTHING TO DO with tappokone's alignment and it's just you ****ing up how basic claim mechanics work for no reason.
Cory, on day one here's what you did:
You took the votes off merk_sa and placed them on the JOAT, the only reason given being "trust in the cory". Now you want to lynch merk_sa again. You exude absolute confidence but your reads are no better than random. If you really want to win this game, it's time to take a back seat. If you don't know why Moocher claimed like he did as town, but there's an obvious explanation for why he did it as mafia, he's PROBABLY MAFIA even if your (proven to be unreliable) gut about his meta says otherwise.
On the other hand, if you're mafia, this is really good play by you. I don't expect you are, but this is god tier feigned ignorance if that's the case.
You took the votes off merk_sa and placed them on the JOAT, the only reason given being "trust in the cory". Now you want to lynch merk_sa again. You exude absolute confidence but your reads are no better than random. If you really want to win this game, it's time to take a back seat. If you don't know why Moocher claimed like he did as town, but there's an obvious explanation for why he did it as mafia, he's PROBABLY MAFIA even if your (proven to be unreliable) gut about his meta says otherwise.
On the other hand, if you're mafia, this is really good play by you. I don't expect you are, but this is god tier feigned ignorance if that's the case.
I understand why you'd look sideways at that yes, but the thing is (that nobody seems to have read) The Moocher actually confirmed that my specific interpretation of what he was saying was correct. People seem to think that read was stupid and semantic because I was misinterpreting him, but when pressed he admitted that he meant exactly what I was saying he meant.
I didn't (and still have a really hard time believing) someone playing this game can genuinely come to a conclusion like that. It's a razor thin read, yes, but to me it hit the bulls-eye in that I couldn't imagine an intelligent mind drawing that very conclusion in that situation. Further developments w.r.t. The Moocher are, however, even stronger for me, as they're based on what he objectively claimed.
I didn't (and still have a really hard time believing) someone playing this game can genuinely come to a conclusion like that. It's a razor thin read, yes, but to me it hit the bulls-eye in that I couldn't imagine an intelligent mind drawing that very conclusion in that situation. Further developments w.r.t. The Moocher are, however, even stronger for me, as they're based on what he objectively claimed.
And as for my initial read, honestly I don't get hard reads so quick like that often. I was actually feeling kind of proud of myself for it tbh. Remember I come from Epicmafia though, I'm conservative about reads, but that usually manifests as I don't usually have reads I consider reliable. It doesn't mean they're based on pages and pages of content from that player, because that sort of thing isn't available and I'm not used to working with it.
When something does resonate with me, rare as it is, it's often something small like what I did with the Moocher read on day 1. When I get that feeling of resonance, it's almost always correct as well. And I track my read accuracy.
When something does resonate with me, rare as it is, it's often something small like what I did with the Moocher read on day 1. When I get that feeling of resonance, it's almost always correct as well. And I track my read accuracy.
I've already made a convincing case as to why Moocher is claimed cop as wolf. I think I made it 3 or 4 times over. He asked me to make such a case, and is now acting like I haven't done so. Just for the record.
He also didn't answer whether or not he disputes my claim of how he rectified the ambiguity in his original statement (the one I read on day 1).
He is also claiming that villagers sometimes announce faked reads, which is pretty much by definition what mafia has to do, and what town has to not do.
He also didn't answer whether or not he disputes my claim of how he rectified the ambiguity in his original statement (the one I read on day 1).
He is also claiming that villagers sometimes announce faked reads, which is pretty much by definition what mafia has to do, and what town has to not do.
I say I've already made convincing cases w.r.t. why Moocher would claim cop as a wolf. This is in response to him asking for such a case, and continually claiming that I have not supplied any such thing.
Moocher then pivots this out from the question as to whether I've made the case or not over to whether or not the case convinced anyone, and subsequently accuses me of lying.
Moocher then pivots this out from the question as to whether I've made the case or not over to whether or not the case convinced anyone, and subsequently accuses me of lying.
Now he's claiming I have no reads on anyone else in the game, while quoting something where I say exactly what it means for him to have claimed seer as wolf with respect to lenC's role. He also didn't ask for a read on someone else in the game, which is also funny.
Here is is clearly relying on the idea that no one is actually going to read the full discourse between myself and him, and just making snappy one liners that have no bearing on what was actually said in the preceding dialogue. It is a complete departure from reality at this point and I want everyone to recognize this.
Here is is clearly relying on the idea that no one is actually going to read the full discourse between myself and him, and just making snappy one liners that have no bearing on what was actually said in the preceding dialogue. It is a complete departure from reality at this point and I want everyone to recognize this.
Ok I'm going to go take a break. To summarize: Moocher is mafia, and all he's been doing in interacting with me is throw out smokescreens. If you actually read the dialogue it should be pretty clear Moocher is just trying to discredit me in the conversation we had.
Crunkus I think I've answered all of your questions. Please read them as that took no small effort to put into words, then read my convo with Moocher. I shouldn't need to post where he confirms that my interpretation of what he was saying was correct on d1, as he fails to deny it when asked directly (twice).
Traz yes I confused you and luckbox, but please don't extrapolate that confusion to everything I've said today.
Cory, you remind me of a slightly less insane version of GenocYda from game 3. I think I'm going to stop reading your content. Don't worry though I'll continue to assume you're town during that time.
Mafia:
Moocher - 95%
lenC - 90%
Town:
Crunkus - 85%
Cory - 99%
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All other reads are below 60%, and not really worth posting.
Crunkus I think I've answered all of your questions. Please read them as that took no small effort to put into words, then read my convo with Moocher. I shouldn't need to post where he confirms that my interpretation of what he was saying was correct on d1, as he fails to deny it when asked directly (twice).
Traz yes I confused you and luckbox, but please don't extrapolate that confusion to everything I've said today.
Cory, you remind me of a slightly less insane version of GenocYda from game 3. I think I'm going to stop reading your content. Don't worry though I'll continue to assume you're town during that time.
Mafia:
Moocher - 95%
lenC - 90%
Town:
Crunkus - 85%
Cory - 99%
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All other reads are below 60%, and not really worth posting.
Ugh just happened to see this while posting -- this is seriously my last post.
Moocher is claiming that I insist he hardclaimed seer, whereas I did no such thing. I insist he claimed seer, then retracted when being CC'd. I claim his strategy involves claiming as seer with a guilty, and either drawing out a PR and retracting, claiming cover or rxn test, OR bussing while keeping the claim, remaining clear. At no point did I imply that my argument hinged on the notion that he hardclaimed, he's just making that up.
Moocher is claiming that I insist he hardclaimed seer, whereas I did no such thing. I insist he claimed seer, then retracted when being CC'd. I claim his strategy involves claiming as seer with a guilty, and either drawing out a PR and retracting, claiming cover or rxn test, OR bussing while keeping the claim, remaining clear. At no point did I imply that my argument hinged on the notion that he hardclaimed, he's just making that up.
Ok really really last post... I got out of the shower just to say this:
Notice how Moocher does not scumread me. He says "he can't convince himself I'm mafia" yet he keeps saying I'm a liar. He's either working his way around to trying to get me lynched if I don't back off, or he's trying to make a point that he thinks town can lie about reads for no reason. The idea that he wouldn't think this is the basis for my day 1 read.
Either way I'm not fooled, it's deliberate. Look at how many times he says I'm lying. He even asks me to answer "why do you keep lying?" explicitly. Then go and look at the conversation, and note that there is nothing anyone could interpret as a lie.
Notice how Moocher does not scumread me. He says "he can't convince himself I'm mafia" yet he keeps saying I'm a liar. He's either working his way around to trying to get me lynched if I don't back off, or he's trying to make a point that he thinks town can lie about reads for no reason. The idea that he wouldn't think this is the basis for my day 1 read.
Either way I'm not fooled, it's deliberate. Look at how many times he says I'm lying. He even asks me to answer "why do you keep lying?" explicitly. Then go and look at the conversation, and note that there is nothing anyone could interpret as a lie.
I'm back.
Okay. Let's go through this one more time. Moocher is a wolf. No he did not hard claim as cop. He claimed a report on lenC, then retracted it when Murph CC'd him.
A couple of you seem to think that there are only two options: a hard claim and a fake claim. NO - a claim which may be retracted (not a hard claim) is still a claim. If all non-hardclaims were to be taken as fake there wouldn't be the slightest point to them.
Telling me I know what a hardclaim is, and therefore I'm playing dumb to think Moocher intended his claim is about as poor an understanding of the situation as you could have. YES I know what a hardclaim is, YES I know Moocher didn't do that, NO this does not mean he didn't claim cop with the intention of carrying through with the claim. Jesus.
Let's run you guys through an example:
I claim cop, but I don't say ##### THIS IS MY FINAL CLAIM ##### or anything. Now if I'd like to retract the claim, I need to have a good reason for making it in the first place, and for retracting. Neither the town nor the mafia knows for sure if I am cop, but I most likely am unless I'm playing at something very special. This is the contract we make with the town when we claim something, Hardclaim or not. It's expected to be true unless it makes an especially great deal of sense that it's not.
Back to this case -- substitute in that reasoning, we have a case where Moocher claimed cop, and there is a strong reason for him to do so as mafia. There is a weak reason for him to do so as town. He only retracted when he was forced to retract by dbmurph (outing a power role is a penalty to doing such a thing as town, but certainly not the only one). You can sit there and say "he didn't hardclaim" as much as you want, that's not a free ticket to worm your way around different claims for any ****ty reason you feel like. Getting lynched? Oh ok I'll softclaim. Fos someone? Oh ok I'll say I'm cop with guilty. ITS OKAY GUYS IT WASNT A HARD CLAIM LOL once you get what you want....
That's not how mafia works. If you still don't understand why Moocher is very likely mafia after reading this, there's no way I can convince you because I don't think in circles, I think in straight lines.
Okay. Let's go through this one more time. Moocher is a wolf. No he did not hard claim as cop. He claimed a report on lenC, then retracted it when Murph CC'd him.
A couple of you seem to think that there are only two options: a hard claim and a fake claim. NO - a claim which may be retracted (not a hard claim) is still a claim. If all non-hardclaims were to be taken as fake there wouldn't be the slightest point to them.
Telling me I know what a hardclaim is, and therefore I'm playing dumb to think Moocher intended his claim is about as poor an understanding of the situation as you could have. YES I know what a hardclaim is, YES I know Moocher didn't do that, NO this does not mean he didn't claim cop with the intention of carrying through with the claim. Jesus.
Let's run you guys through an example:
I claim cop, but I don't say ##### THIS IS MY FINAL CLAIM ##### or anything. Now if I'd like to retract the claim, I need to have a good reason for making it in the first place, and for retracting. Neither the town nor the mafia knows for sure if I am cop, but I most likely am unless I'm playing at something very special. This is the contract we make with the town when we claim something, Hardclaim or not. It's expected to be true unless it makes an especially great deal of sense that it's not.
Back to this case -- substitute in that reasoning, we have a case where Moocher claimed cop, and there is a strong reason for him to do so as mafia. There is a weak reason for him to do so as town. He only retracted when he was forced to retract by dbmurph (outing a power role is a penalty to doing such a thing as town, but certainly not the only one). You can sit there and say "he didn't hardclaim" as much as you want, that's not a free ticket to worm your way around different claims for any ****ty reason you feel like. Getting lynched? Oh ok I'll softclaim. Fos someone? Oh ok I'll say I'm cop with guilty. ITS OKAY GUYS IT WASNT A HARD CLAIM LOL once you get what you want....
That's not how mafia works. If you still don't understand why Moocher is very likely mafia after reading this, there's no way I can convince you because I don't think in circles, I think in straight lines.
What am I wrong about? Hey did you read my latest post? Still wanna keep on the idea that I keep insisting you hard claimed? Do you think claims are 100% meaningless unless they're hard claims? Do you think it's acceptable for town to claim random roles for no reason? Do you think this is something mafia would ever take advantage of?
Please, instead of just trying to take shots at my credibility, just point out exactly what I'm doing wrong here.
Please, instead of just trying to take shots at my credibility, just point out exactly what I'm doing wrong here.
I'm adding Thingyman to my list of lock towns.
If this is a coordinated effort between Thingy and Moocher, it's a very very very good one. Thingy trying to communicate to Moocher in a between-the-lines manner is something that would never happen naturally in scum/scum, so it would need to be basically choreographed -- one of them would have needed to say in scum chat "hey you know what would clear you when I flip scum? If we tried to pass secret notes in the thread!" which I really really doubt, especially since Moocher probably feels safe with me railing on him for all the right reasons and no one else listening to me.
So 99% Thingyman flips town if Moocher flips scum, which is again ~99% by now.
If this is a coordinated effort between Thingy and Moocher, it's a very very very good one. Thingy trying to communicate to Moocher in a between-the-lines manner is something that would never happen naturally in scum/scum, so it would need to be basically choreographed -- one of them would have needed to say in scum chat "hey you know what would clear you when I flip scum? If we tried to pass secret notes in the thread!" which I really really doubt, especially since Moocher probably feels safe with me railing on him for all the right reasons and no one else listening to me.
So 99% Thingyman flips town if Moocher flips scum, which is again ~99% by now.
There is some non-zero chance you could have coordinated that as an act with Moocher. It would take a very creative mind though. Then again you're a pretty smart fellow, so I guess it's possible. I haven't seen your scum game. It'd be just about the most creative mafia/mafia faked interaction I've ever seen in my mafia career -- and I've seen some good ones. Maybe it's because I'm used to being in games where mafia can't plan during the day, only at night, but I don't think so. So yeah my actual percentage is *somewhere in that range* for sure. As for Moocher, I can't fathom him flipping town at this point. I've had 2 strong reasons to read him as scum, and in response he literally spent an afternoon responding sideways to everything I was saying: telling me he townread me, but I was lying constantly, when I didn't lie at all. Twisting my words as if I'd said he hardclaimed etc. If he's doing this as town, I don't even know what to think about him. Then again I've seen some pretty **** tier players in this game. Last game there was Mills and that Genie guy and a bunch of others who just shouldn't be playing mafia at all. I guess he could be a town at that level of play, but I think it's much more likely he's mafia. 99%? Honestly I don't know. It's just a number I throw out to show some idea of my confidence. I'm at the point where I'm willing to just assume he's a wolf and proceed with the game from there.
As for the point you brought up about him doing this as town before -- yes I understand he's a player who fake claims as town... there are lots of those. I'm someone who will fake claim as town. You don't do it for no reason though, and if he fake claims as town, then damn sure it's occurred to him that he could do the same thing as mafia to great effect. It's not a hard idea to come by. In this particular case he had no reason to make the initial claim, and a strong reason to do so as mafia. Add to that my day 1 read on him which I also believe is underrated, and his response strategy yesterday, I think everything matches up with him being wolf, and nothing matches up with him being town.
So you have me talking about Moocher again which is something you told me not to do : /
As for the point you brought up about him doing this as town before -- yes I understand he's a player who fake claims as town... there are lots of those. I'm someone who will fake claim as town. You don't do it for no reason though, and if he fake claims as town, then damn sure it's occurred to him that he could do the same thing as mafia to great effect. It's not a hard idea to come by. In this particular case he had no reason to make the initial claim, and a strong reason to do so as mafia. Add to that my day 1 read on him which I also believe is underrated, and his response strategy yesterday, I think everything matches up with him being wolf, and nothing matches up with him being town.
So you have me talking about Moocher again which is something you told me not to do : /
Hey earlier you made a post suggesting you thought it was possible Moocher was mafia. I think Moocher is mafia.
You don't think the vote on Tom is good, I, too don't think the vote on Tom is good.
This is the closest to a state of agreement someone has been with me over the entire course of the game.
You don't think the vote on Tom is good, I, too don't think the vote on Tom is good.
This is the closest to a state of agreement someone has been with me over the entire course of the game.
Ugh sorry can't respond to you all. Crunkus I did answer your question FFS and again we don't need to decide between Gamer or Tom at all. Just follow my formula. Saberwolf sorry I didn't see your case D and I don't have time to hunt it out.
The only case where NOT LYNCHING tom isn't equal or better than lynching tom is the case where tom is a maf vig, but in that case (call it case E) I don't think Tom claims like that, so the best move is lynching outside Tom. Honestly, Crunkus et all. I don't know who if not Moocher we should lynch, and I'm not gonna pretend to have ideas about it, I'm just literally going to lynch whoever isn't Tom/Gamer I can at EOD. You should too.
Sorry unfortunate timing for dinner.
The only case where NOT LYNCHING tom isn't equal or better than lynching tom is the case where tom is a maf vig, but in that case (call it case E) I don't think Tom claims like that, so the best move is lynching outside Tom. Honestly, Crunkus et all. I don't know who if not Moocher we should lynch, and I'm not gonna pretend to have ideas about it, I'm just literally going to lynch whoever isn't Tom/Gamer I can at EOD. You should too.
Sorry unfortunate timing for dinner.
My brain looks something like this at the moment:
Mafia:
Moocher
LenC
Town:
Saberwolf13 (clear)
dbmurph (clear)
Gamerdude (clear)
Thingyman (interaction with Moocher)
Crunkus (lol)
Remaining Pool:
Well Named
merk_sa
traz
dwetzel
So if my reads hold true it's 1/4 or 0/4 in the remaining pool.
Mafia:
Moocher
LenC
Town:
Saberwolf13 (clear)
dbmurph (clear)
Gamerdude (clear)
Thingyman (interaction with Moocher)
Crunkus (lol)
Remaining Pool:
Well Named
merk_sa
traz
dwetzel
So if my reads hold true it's 1/4 or 0/4 in the remaining pool.
Oh by the way, a fun little pattern here:
-> Arcbell is pissed and goes on about how he hasn't been posting due to lack of motivation due to feeling like everyone in the town treats him like an idiot
-> Town thinks Arcbell not posting and not having a lot of energy for the game is scummy.
-> Arcbell starts to post in thread
-> Moocher ignores what he's saying completely and insults him
-> Arcbell ignores the insults and keeps talking about the game
-> Moocher keeps insulting
HMMMMM
-> Arcbell is pissed and goes on about how he hasn't been posting due to lack of motivation due to feeling like everyone in the town treats him like an idiot
-> Town thinks Arcbell not posting and not having a lot of energy for the game is scummy.
-> Arcbell starts to post in thread
-> Moocher ignores what he's saying completely and insults him
-> Arcbell ignores the insults and keeps talking about the game
-> Moocher keeps insulting
HMMMMM
The you and lenc maf doesn't need more explanation I hope. If you claim to not know my explanation again it'll be a lie (:
I've explained thingyman... he had that interaction with you the other day (the secret thing) which to me means he's not partnered with you.
Crunkus is just I've never seen a mafia act like that (have seen town though) no other way to explain it really.
I've explained thingyman... he had that interaction with you the other day (the secret thing) which to me means he's not partnered with you.
Crunkus is just I've never seen a mafia act like that (have seen town though) no other way to explain it really.
Well supposing Moocher flips town ... in terms of the game.. it just erases my other reads. I'd have to reread with the specific context in mind of Moocher being town to answer this properly. I guess it's just a scumhunt fmpov where we used a mislynch. I'm not sure what you're getting at here. If you're asking if I'm willing to be lynched if he flips town, absolutely if that's the trade.
Thingy was right at first. I WAS exaggerating how certain I am of my read on Moocher. No I don't think he's 99% mafia. I do that with ALL OF MY READS EVER I massively exaggerate how certain I am of them. Assuming there are 3 mafia left the random chance of him being mafia is 3/8 = 37%. How sure am I really that he's mafia? Only about 60%. 1.5x the random chance expectation is normally as high as my reads EVER go. If I say I'm 100% certain that someone will flip something and it's based on a read in a game where it's 50/50 ... I'm actually only 80%.
SO WHY DO I LIE LIKE THIS ON A ROUTINE BASIS?
Because everyone thinks their reads are much more accurate than they are. You think you're working with 70% accurate reads.. you're working with maybe 51-53%. If I say I have a 70% read then you will compare it to your own levels of confidence, which is much poorer than you think.
So relative to your guys' terrible intuition based reads that are wrong as often as they are right, I think my Moocher read blows them all out of the water, that's why I focus on it, and that's why I say I'm so sure... because I'm so sure it's the most-likely-accurate read in the entire town.
SO WHY DO I LIE LIKE THIS ON A ROUTINE BASIS?
Because everyone thinks their reads are much more accurate than they are. You think you're working with 70% accurate reads.. you're working with maybe 51-53%. If I say I have a 70% read then you will compare it to your own levels of confidence, which is much poorer than you think.
So relative to your guys' terrible intuition based reads that are wrong as often as they are right, I think my Moocher read blows them all out of the water, that's why I focus on it, and that's why I say I'm so sure... because I'm so sure it's the most-likely-accurate read in the entire town.
If I get lynched I want the town to lynch you, and note the other associative reads. I also think it should trump any random whimsy reads anyone else has. Understand that the alternative to abandoning the notion of getting you lynches is I resort to talking about some reads that are 35-39% this person is town/wolf. This is best.
It's how I play as villager in those short games -- don't twist my words I'm talking about how I read in general, and that applies to epicmafia games and apparently forum as well.
You're just taking what I said, adding in something I didn't say (namely that I'm only talking about forum games somehow?) and making it sound like I lied because that thing you added in isn't true.
You're just taking what I said, adding in something I didn't say (namely that I'm only talking about forum games somehow?) and making it sound like I lied because that thing you added in isn't true.
You tried to make it sound like I was contradicting myself here as if when I said "plenty of content" I meant plenty of content relative to this game. I've never been villager in a game with as much content as this, that does not mean my other games don't have 'plenty of content' by 45 min standards, which is what I meant and you damn well know it.
Because it was important that he not only claimed vig, but a vig that had a shot left, so I did that to emphasize. Normally I'd bold it.
I've mostly been giving conditional reads. LenC is mafia if Moocher is mafia, Thingyman isn't mafia if Moocher is mafia. My day 1 things on merk_sa were weak but I didn't have anything better at the time I made them.
Also just because I like them doesn't mean I always find them.
I've been rereading plenty and when I find something worthy of mention I'll point it out... like I've been doing all game.
LenC by the way.
Also I don't know why thingy is voting me but are we all in agreement that Thingyman is clear if I'm lynched, or do I need to spell it out?
I've mostly been giving conditional reads. LenC is mafia if Moocher is mafia, Thingyman isn't mafia if Moocher is mafia. My day 1 things on merk_sa were weak but I didn't have anything better at the time I made them.
Also just because I like them doesn't mean I always find them.
I've been rereading plenty and when I find something worthy of mention I'll point it out... like I've been doing all game.
LenC by the way.
Also I don't know why thingy is voting me but are we all in agreement that Thingyman is clear if I'm lynched, or do I need to spell it out?
Also Moocher is still mafia. Notice how he keeps going on about how he townread me, now he's like "welcome to my read on arcbell from the beginning" when dwetzel thinks I'm mafia.
Also notice how he asked for reads on me, then a bunch of them were given, and he says "oh looks like no one has given a read on arcbell" well golly gee.
Also notice how he asked for reads on me, then a bunch of them were given, and he says "oh looks like no one has given a read on arcbell" well golly gee.
Yea that's why I'm hesitant to try to chainsaw this. I think LenC is a better pick but only because of the Moocher relation, which you guys don't believe. On the other hand it's not the end of the world if I get lynched, probably better than ML'ing a different villager.
On the other other hand I doubt very much I'll be listened to once I'm dead. I'm pretty sure most of you think I'm town right now despite voting me and you aren't listening to me now.
Up to you guys. If you lynch me just to get my annoying ass out of the village and eliminate the paranoia, then fine. But I demand a lynch on Moocher as final tribute to everything I've stood for this game. It will flip mafia and you will all kick yourselves.
On the other other hand I doubt very much I'll be listened to once I'm dead. I'm pretty sure most of you think I'm town right now despite voting me and you aren't listening to me now.
Up to you guys. If you lynch me just to get my annoying ass out of the village and eliminate the paranoia, then fine. But I demand a lynch on Moocher as final tribute to everything I've stood for this game. It will flip mafia and you will all kick yourselves.
So I guess yet again I'm top vote before I even show up in thread. Clever stuff. Well at least I will commend you guys for lynching every last mafia that is not Moocher/LenC.
By popular demand I am now going to assume they're both town and go from there, just for the sake of the case where they're not mafia, because I think we can't win in the case where they are. Please note that they remain my top 2 fos unless I state explicitly otherwise.
By popular demand I am now going to assume they're both town and go from there, just for the sake of the case where they're not mafia, because I think we can't win in the case where they are. Please note that they remain my top 2 fos unless I state explicitly otherwise.
I just reread everything from Moocher. Sad to say I stand by my read 100%. Even if LenC isn't mafia the amount of sideways posting from Moocher can only be interpreted one way.
I'd like to ask, if I may, one last time for people to go back and reread him. Look at how he is pushing on me subtley while claiming to townread me concurrently, and when he switches over. Notice that there isn't a consistant read on me throughout our entire interaction.
Please note the types of questions he's asking me all along, and the way he takes little bits of what I say and forces a completely wrong interpretation on them. Notice how much of the game he spends trying to discredit me.
I'd like to ask, if I may, one last time for people to go back and reread him. Look at how he is pushing on me subtley while claiming to townread me concurrently, and when he switches over. Notice that there isn't a consistant read on me throughout our entire interaction.
Please note the types of questions he's asking me all along, and the way he takes little bits of what I say and forces a completely wrong interpretation on them. Notice how much of the game he spends trying to discredit me.
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