Burb wrote:FoS Blitzy
I find it interesting that Blitz is concerned primarily with what people think of the attack on him. He even asks bronco, who has had no involvement at all with that exchange. Since there is no involvement, there is no pressure, and therefore little chance of a slipup that would inform us of a tell.
There will not neccesarily be much pressure to directly, you are correct there. However at least two of the players wanted Has to explain exactly why his vote wasn't random, which lead to the whole discussion. As for why I asked bronco, the fact is that the discussion between has and I practically amounts to what's gone on thus far, since this is just page 2. However, opinions themselves can be useful, as they can force people to take a stand on issues. (IE- who they think is scummy, and why), and the way that scum answer these questions can be useful later on in the game. If the Mafia are among those players who haven't been a part of the discussion, a stance could be useful, even at this early stage.
Burb wrote:I might be wrong, but it certainly appears Blitz only wants to know whether he is coming off as too suspicious, and why. Consider this: if two people are both accusing each other, then the townie can only gain by casting further suspicion on the mafia.
Not really, considering that right now, I don't really believe has to be Mafia. Therefore, I feel that it would be useful to try and obtain a little more information from the people not posting, and seeing what they think about the whole exchange. Although it might not be useful immediately, in a couple days this information could be quite valuable in analysis.
Burb wrote:Even if he dies, if it makes the mafia look more suspicious, then it was beneficial. On the other hand, if he were scum, then the only reason to accuse is to throw OFF suspicion, and if a particular exchange starts going more badly for you, then you'll want to break it off, or amend your arguments as according to criticism, etc.
Again though, I don't believe Has to be scum at the moment, so it's rather worrying that you automatically seem to assume that I'd think he was. As for me throwing off suspicion, it's not like I'm trying to put suspicion on any of the lurkers, or even put suspicion on Has, I'm just wondering if they have any opinions about the exchange between us, since many of them hadn't contributed for a couple days.
Burb wrote:Therefore, Blitz' probing for public opinion seems fishy to me.
It's not as if I'm asking for information for future discussions with anyone, and since this discourse seems to be finished, I fail to see what's scummy on hearing people's take on it, especially if those people hadn't commented on anything in a while.
Burb wrote:OTOH, blitz has already shown he likes to throw out a bunch of questions for people, just because.
I disagree. I believe that my opening questions started dialogue, and helped set up some meta information for later on. (IE- somebody who had played Mafia before would be less likely to be able to successfully play the newbie card then somebody who hadn't.)