I view being town in Mafia as primarily about understanding. People are going to do what they do. What matters is finding the truth of the puzzle and making enough of it clear to enough people in enough time. That's often going to require some trust, but also some amount of deception/obscurity.In post 420, Random Nurse wrote:In post 418, Klick wrote: Mafia is a game that necessitates both being supportive and manipulative to some degree
'Placative' is more of a personal playstyle thing for me that I've picked up over years of experience, because if I don't do that then I instead waste loads of time on arguments that don't help and don't need to happen
Perhaps that style works against you upon approaching me.
In my experience it’s always Scum trying to get through my defenses and posing as support. I’ve been in enough games to bet the argumentative ones flailing against me are typically Town.
I've got my own modus operandi, others do as well. I'm willing to work to help others' methods if I trust them and think it will help without disrupting my own methods.