Why do you play mafia?

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Post Post #26 (isolation #0) » Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:59 pm

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In post 22, callforjudgement wrote:I play Mafia for practice at interacting with people some of who are trying to deceive me, and some of who think I'm trying to deceive them.

It's much better to get that practice in a controlled environment than learning via being defrauded in real life.
Yup, it's this for me too. Also, it's very useful to understand how to
prove
you're telling the truth. Being able to operate on that level of thinking - where you can understand the mental states of people who think you're lying, and think of how to convince THEM, instead of only people who are inclined to believe you already - is something that doesn't really come naturally, so I'm glad to have a place to practice it.
"Don’t buy a dozen eggs if you just want a hardboiled egg. Don’t buy a head of lettuce if you just want a salad. Don’t buy eggs and lettuce if you want egg salad because those are not the right ingredients." -Julius Bloop
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