Pro-Scum V Pooposter Town

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Pro-Scum V Pooposter Town

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:34 am

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I am making a chart of scum-points and town-points out of behavior I've seen come ALMOST exclusively from one alignment.
(Not many actions fall into either category.)

And the more I do it, the more frivolous it seems.

:facepalm: Becaue sometimes, town members are the epitome of counterproductive and pro-scum.

And even more rarely, scum can pull off a pro-town game without it just being a surface image.
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Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:21 am

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I think nobody is responding because we're all still trying to figure this out, because it's usually one of the big reasons towns lose.
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Post Post #3 (isolation #2) » Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:00 am

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@FB

I think that's why some players are more effective in games with certain personalities and struggle with others, by what you said.

It's still difficult sometimes, I am not often a subtle player (especially as town) so I have great difficulty in games where more than one person is not actively contributing in a pro-group manner. People who divert attention away from themselves, are vague with their thoughts, or just shitpost deter my sense of direction in a game.

But I've gotten into as many TvTs over this as I have caught scum. Because, depending on the person, these aren't always alignment-indicative behaviors but playstyle.

They may be behaviors that benefit scum; but are not 100% scum-indicative.

So... I guess I shouldn't think about this in terms of pro-scum and pro-town? But more squarely on someone's motives?
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Post Post #7 (isolation #3) » Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:24 am

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I see what you're saying. I also looked at the "Lie Detector Tool" thread you posted

I don't think anything 100% works in Mafia as I've come to realize, but I will try what you mentioned here and in that thread and see how it works for me.
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