Advice for Newbies

[Gamma Emerald]

"What would you consider to be one of the most important and fundamental piece of advice that you would like to impart to newer players and that will serve them well through the rest of their mafia careers? Your advice can be geared towards a particular alignment, or it can be general advice."

For town:

1) Play a bunch of games and focus on learning town tells as opposed to scum tells. Then, team up with the players who have the most town tells and execute all of the players who have the least town tells. A town tell is a sign that you can trust someone and they will not stab you in the back.

2) Learn how to prioritize and organize your points so you're viewed as credible, and post frequently enough to drown out anyone you think is scum.

For mafia:

1) Watch every single episode all the way through of Survivor: Heroes vs Villains and Survivor: Brains vs Brawn vs Beauty. As of New Years Eve 2020, both of these seasons are available now on Netflix.

Lmfao the advice for mafia is amazing but also quite valid

[Gamma Emerald]

Welcome to the forum.

"everyone is scum except for me" is not a popular mantra here, I don't think, but it has elements of merit to it at a minimum since as a townie the only elimination you

know

is a bad elimination is your own.

Holy crap, I wasn't serious about that!

Poe’s Law is a bitch

[Gamma Emerald]

"What would you consider to be one of the most important and fundamental piece of advice that you would like to impart to newer players and that will serve them well through the rest of their mafia careers? Your advice can be geared towards a particular alignment, or it can be general advice."

For town:

1) Play a bunch of games and focus on learning town tells as opposed to scum tells. Then, team up with the players who have the most town tells and execute all of the players who have the least town tells. A town tell is a sign that you can trust someone and they will not stab you in the back.

2) Learn how to prioritize and organize your points so you're viewed as credible, and post frequently enough to drown out anyone you think is scum.

For mafia:

1) Watch every single episode all the way through of Survivor: Heroes vs Villains and Survivor: Brains vs Brawn vs Beauty. As of New Years Eve 2020, both of these seasons are available now on Netflix.

Lmfao the advice for mafia is amazing but also quite valid

Lol I thought so. There might be some better Survivor seasons out there but those are the best I've seen.

Don’t play Mafia like Survivor.

Okay, why not?

HvV and Cagayan are both top tier seasons
I say this as a hardcore member of the Survivor fandom since May of 2019 (watched up through season 34 on Hulu, then watched the rest on CBS All Access)

[Gamma Emerald]

I too think scum are more sensitive.

Yeah that entire wall resonated with me