Mafia Skills

[Klick]

...why did you bump a thread that was over eight years old?

[nhammen]

Also, on mafiascum, persuasive ability plays little role and everyone is stubborn as hell. Just an observation.

Although there are some very stubborn players here, it is by no means everyone. Heck, I don't even think it is a majority, but I could be wrong about that.

Also, in your post #23, I agree with the first paragraph, but definitely disagree with the second paragraph. I analyze case walls, if they aren't just wordspam. I tend to use walls as a catchup sometimes, and maybe as cases occasionally, and have done so effectively. Maybe you have been playing with the wrong playerlists? Or maybe you aren't using the right arguments.

[Siveure DtTrikyp]

In my experience, he has a lot of the latter part himself, and little of the former.

If you falsely exaggerate your own persuasive ability - that's an obvious conclusion to arise.

[inte]

damn i'm not going to lie this is some throwback shit

this thread was created when i was 10

[kuribo]

thread necromancy ahoy!

[RedCoyote]

persuasive ability plays little role and everyone is stubborn as hell.

If people are stubborn, isn't being persuasive all the more important?

Food for thought, rapid.

[SJReaver]

What's the most important skill to have under control when playing mafia? The ability to scan the game thread and pick out the scum? Or the ability to convince the other players to lynch someone? Maybe something else?

The most important skill in any competitive game is to simultaneously be passionate about playing while understanding that the game isn't important.

The mental strain you put yourself under is like tension on a rubber band. If you're too divorced from the game mentally (boredom, apathy) you won't give your best. That rubber band is too loose to do its job. If you're too into the game (stress, ego, need for control, terrified of losing) then you're more prone to lashing out or making hasty/rash decisions. The rubber band gets too tight and snaps.

[Ythan]

You're responding to a sixteen year old post. Try to consider this, and when the last post in a thread was made, when reviving it. Particularly if you're prone to doing it over and over again.