How do you develop charisma?

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You don't have to be charismatic to get lynches. I'm an asshole and I can get people lynched. Make solid fact-based cases on people, and you'll get votes on them regardless of your personality.

Listen to me i haz good readz

generally isn't very effective.

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It's not your fault if people refuse to listen to you.

Of course it's your fault. Convincing other people is a necessary skill in this game. Good reads mean nothing if they aren't translated to lynches.

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@mastina: no, it's not that complicated.

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You just need to make fact-based cases.

Look at our last game together. Seriously, review it. You said I was your top scum read from the beginning. You put me at the bottom of your lists. And...that's pretty much it.

You needed to explain

why

you found me scummy. You didn't do that.

Similarly, Plotinus was your top town read, but he was lynched. You didn't really say

why

he was your top town read.

You said yourself that I was rude in that game. Yet, I pushed Plot, Plot pushed me, and Plot's the one who eventually died. That's because Plot didn't make a case on me until I taunted him for not doing so, and when he did, I was able to refute it. OTOH, I made a fact-based case against Plot. It wasn't charisma that got that done.

Your own intuition means very little to other people.

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What about what I said was complicated?

Assessing what's likely to persuade each person you need on the wagon, and then tailoring an individual pitch to each one of them. That's pretty complicated, and it's not necessary.

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Again, you don't need charisma to get lynches. But if yo're interested in developing charisma, read

How to Win Friends and Influence People

. It's still the best on the subject. Some of the references are dated, but the methodology is sound.

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your criticism of my reads accuracy rate is inaccurate.

You don't know what your reads accuracy rate is. If you actually study it honestly, you'll probably find it's not as good as you think. It's not an easy game.

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Is it though
I enjoy them being unable to defend themselves because I've given them no reasoning

Nancy doesn't give reasoning, and it's not working for her.

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Nancy does give reasoning

Not when I played with her.

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That isn’t my typical game but you’re wrong even in that game. Have you read Plot’s and my room yet?

No. I'm talking about the main thread. You didn't give much in the way of reasons there.