The Thing Mafia - Game over!

[Fire Assassin]

Why is everyone asking questions that have been answered already?

[MagnaofIllusion]

Oh, and a cookie for the first person who gets the reference I stuck in there ...

[Spiffeh]

Spiffeh, what about Espeonage?

See my explanation above

Any town player should be ELATED that we have an opportunity to keep someone like Tammy for the whole game so I don't get why so many people seemingly have a problem with it?

[Espeonage]

Ok, there is a reason I don't want Tammy to get treestump.

It mostly comes down to burden of proficiency, where either she wins the game, or she loses the game, based solely on her reputation. Even Glork was fallable as town in his heyday. I am very worried that if Tammy becomes confirmed and is allowed to be treestump, that everyone is going to follow because there will be a fear that arguing with her over reads will proceed to lynches. This means everyone just follows her.

This is bad because:
1. If she is wrong, we lose.
2. If she becomes burned out from stress of being relied on so heavily, she becomes wrong, see reason 1.

I don't like it as a plan.

[Creature]

Spiffeh, Tammy is also good as scum. Are you absolutely sure she is town here?

Tammy should be the treestump and should be lynched D1.

Who should be the backup?

[MagnaofIllusion]

I am very worried that if Tammy becomes confirmed and is allowed to be treestump, that everyone is going to follow because there will be a fear that arguing with her over reads will proceed to lynches. This means everyone just follows her.

You clearly don't know the player-list that well then ...

A siezable number of good old-fashioned stubborn players not afraid to tell the tree-stump Town "You're nuts" if they disagree with her reads.

A much smaller set of weak-ass sheep.

[Skybird]

Ultimately we should just let people pick their roles as they will.

[Creature]

Should we divide the roles in strong, mid and weak then tell everyone which of these they should pick?

[Espeonage]

I am very worried that if Tammy becomes confirmed and is allowed to be treestump, that everyone is going to follow because there will be a fear that arguing with her over reads will proceed to lynches. This means everyone just follows her.

You clearly don't know the player-list that well then ...

A siezable number of good old-fashioned stubborn players not afraid to tell the tree-stump Town "You're nuts" if they disagree with her reads.

A much smaller set of weak-ass sheep.

I know that there is enough players that in certain makeups of town and with certain deaths (that are likely as nightkills) it could easily go pear shaped.

It's a risk.

[Fire Assassin]

Creature is town.

[Espeonage]

Should we divide the roles in strong, mid and weak then tell everyone which of these they should pick?

No, doesn't equate for people that have drastically different abilities between town and scum.

[Creature]

Ok, we tell what role we're picking?

[Fire Assassin]

Am I the only one forming reads or just the only on announcing them?

Town: Espeonage, Creature, PeregrineV
Scum : skybird, Spiffeh

[Spiffeh]

Ok, there is a reason I don't want Tammy to get treestump.

It mostly comes down to burden of proficiency, where either she wins the game, or she loses the game, based solely on her reputation. Even Glork was fallable as town in his heyday. I am very worried that if Tammy becomes confirmed and is allowed to be treestump, that everyone is going to follow because there will be a fear that arguing with her over reads will proceed to lynches. This means everyone just follows her.

This is bad because:
1. If she is wrong, we lose.
2. If she becomes burned out from stress of being relied on so heavily, she becomes wrong, see reason 1.

I don't like it as a plan.

You're better than this.

Obviously no one is suggesting that we blindly follow Tammy just because she's good at mafia. You should be able to see the advantage in having a strong (very likely town) voice alive for the entire game. I don't see how you'd be this obtuse regarding this issue which makes me think you're just scum and scared of having Tammy around for the whole game.

That's the only way I am interpreting this post.

[Spiffeh]

Also lynching Tammy because she gets the treestump ability is not necessary?

After the draft it's business as usual. If someone is scummy we lynch them. If Tammy becomes a scumfuck we lynch her. If not, we don't.

[Creature]

Universal Backup

We can have two treestumps.

[Spiffeh]

Universal Backup can use the role however they want

[Fire Assassin]

/call me when people stop talking about roles

[Creature]

Okay then

[Espeonage]

Ok, there is a reason I don't want Tammy to get treestump.

It mostly comes down to burden of proficiency, where either she wins the game, or she loses the game, based solely on her reputation. Even Glork was fallable as town in his heyday. I am very worried that if Tammy becomes confirmed and is allowed to be treestump, that everyone is going to follow because there will be a fear that arguing with her over reads will proceed to lynches. This means everyone just follows her.

This is bad because:
1. If she is wrong, we lose.
2. If she becomes burned out from stress of being relied on so heavily, she becomes wrong, see reason 1.

I don't like it as a plan.

You're better than this.

Obviously no one is suggesting that we blindly follow Tammy just because she's good at mafia. You should be able to see the advantage in having a strong (very likely town) voice alive for the entire game. I don't see how you'd be this obtuse regarding this issue which makes me think you're just scum and scared of having Tammy around for the whole game.

That's the only way I am interpreting this post.

I am happy to be told I am wrong in this thinking. Trust in people not being sheep is something I don't have.

[Skybird]

Ok, we tell what role we're picking?

Yes, you have to post here what you want to pick when it's your turn. I don't believe there is anything saying you have to wait to announce what you want.

[Creature]

Okay, so we wait Goatmeal.

[SpyreX]

Ub the treestump what hell have i entered into.

I was totally gonna say make me the vengeful and lynch me d1 let me go free in a blaze of glory.

Also lets draft plz

[Creature]

What do you think about a treestump!SpyreX?

[SpyreX]

You keep your awful ideas to yourself there mr