Describe the Playstyle Above You
- RH9
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RH9 he/himMafia Scum
- RH9
- Taly
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Taly he/him, she/herSurvivor
- Taly
he/him, she/her- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 10219
- Joined: July 26, 2014
- Pronoun: he/him, she/her
analytical, can actually be whimsical though. very flexible in one's thinking and not afraid to express what comes to them in the moment. hard to manufacture."Taly is going to be a hot mess all game and I am entertained" ~ Gammagooey
"The human race is bad at reading Taly." ~the worst
"Taly I knew your slot was scum and I still struggled to find arguments to SR your play lol" ~Infinity 324
"Taly wins for the most fence-sitty reads in a game ever" ~Battle Mage-
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Alyssa The Lamb
- Taly
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Taly he/him, she/herSurvivor
- Taly
he/him, she/her- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 10219
- Joined: July 26, 2014
- Pronoun: he/him, she/her
Appears as if they actually have a crystal ball in Mafia. They often do not explain the rationale behind their thoughts, they just give them. A very gut-centered way of making reads butAlyssapays acute attention to the game and solves by the narratives tailored into it rather than simply the behavior a player exerts. Potentially very strong with misleading as Mafia, and yet often suffers from WIM drain the longer a game goes becauseAlyssais at the fickle desire of players that do not look behind the same curtains she does. Has several headspaces for the game and often seems unfearful to the notion of being scumread."Taly is going to be a hot mess all game and I am entertained" ~ Gammagooey
"The human race is bad at reading Taly." ~the worst
"Taly I knew your slot was scum and I still struggled to find arguments to SR your play lol" ~Infinity 324
"Taly wins for the most fence-sitty reads in a game ever" ~Battle Mage- T3
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T3 He/himSurvivor
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He/him- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 11323
- Joined: February 19, 2021
- Pronoun: He/him
- Location: Boston
- RH9
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RH9 he/himMafia Scum
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- Gamma Emerald
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Gamma Emerald AnySurvivor
- Gamma Emerald
Any- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 69101
- Joined: August 9, 2016
- Pronoun: Any
- Location: Hell on Earth (aka Texas)
- RH9
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RH9 he/himMafia Scum
- RH9
- DkKoba
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DkKoba They/ThemSurvivor
- DkKoba
They/Them- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 20635
- Joined: January 28, 2020
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chronic spectatorretired
"1 thing I will give you Dk, I think you are very good at manipulating. I don't mean that in a bad way, I just think you [have] this way with yourself. You know what to say and when to say [it]." ~VFP
"Koba doesn't really have a scumrange/townrange, Koba will kill your pet cat to win a game" ~Pooky- Nancy Drew 39
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Nancy Drew 39 She/HerNot that Inno Scent
- Nancy Drew 39
She/Her- Not that Inno Scent
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- Posts: 14979
- Joined: January 14, 2018
- Pronoun: She/Her
- Location: HYDRAs 4EVA!!!
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Spoiler:**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly- NorwegianboyEE
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NorwegianboyEE GLADiator
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- GLADiator
- Posts: 26779
- Joined: August 25, 2019
- Location: Norway
IntenseNorwe is spontaneous, has a stream-of-consciouness posting style, usually posts on catch-ups by commenting on past pages posts, gets rather fired up in certain moments in games, is relatively as playful as me in games and likes casual shitposting
- Bunno- Enchant
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Enchant Survivor
- Enchant
- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 17249
- Joined: November 18, 2020
- Gamma Emerald
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Gamma Emerald AnySurvivor
- Gamma Emerald
Any- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 69101
- Joined: August 9, 2016
- Pronoun: Any
- Location: Hell on Earth (aka Texas)
- T3
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T3 He/himSurvivor
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He/him- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 11323
- Joined: February 19, 2021
- Pronoun: He/him
- Location: Boston
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StrangeMatter Mafia Scum
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- Posts: 1656
- Joined: June 7, 2021
- Location: CST (UTC-6)
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JacksonVirgo they/himSurvivor
- JacksonVirgo
they/him- Survivor
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- Posts: 13088
- Joined: October 29, 2019
- Pronoun: they/him
- Location: ɐılɐɹʇsn∀
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the worst Snuggly Duckling
- the worst
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- Joined: November 7, 2015
- Location: pond
low polarity, good at articulating yourself as either alignment. you walk the line between a high-presence/controlling style and an analytical style without compromising on charisma too much.
(I really hope this is still accurate lol)- Ginngie
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Ginngie Jack of All Trades
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- Lady Lambdadelta
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Lady Lambdadelta She/FaerRise of the Phoenix
- Lady Lambdadelta
She/Faer- Rise of the Phoenix
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- Posts: 25197
- Joined: August 31, 2010
- Pronoun: She/Faer
- Location: formerly in a Rage
Aggressive with a sense of humour and self preservation. Generally can end up in a tunnel because of self confidence and lack of turn around, capable of leasing but prefers to live longer to influence later.In post 1042, Ginngie wrote:The worst mafia player on MS
Can be demotivated out of a game by apathy creation methods.Yes my Lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers.
13 heads and counting now, plurality is adaptive. If our experience might help you,click here.
If you wish tospeak to one of us, we are Niamh, Rhiannon, Rhea, Aisling, Saoirse, Selene, Aoife, Fírinne, Aurélie, Lyra, Airna, Fiadh and Laoise.
Soar on wings of retribution and set the world ablaze- Frogsterking
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Frogsterking He/himJack of All Trades
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He/him- Jack of All Trades
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- Joined: June 20, 2011
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- Location: Pond
For shits and giggles (I had some bourbon.)
I have never played with LLD but I have read their guide on playing scum which ironically I think was very helpful for scumhunting. It's probably one of the first sources I would recommend reading to someone who is new to forum mafia though I think the points might not kick in until quite a bit of experience with the game. In particular this is the excerpt which stuck with me:
I think this also works in reverse (or inverse?) when we lack connections with other townies we lose the ability toeasilyperceive their mental progression as something which can be understood, causing us to scum read them. On a small scale (a few TvTs) this leads to a minor delay in Town winning the game, on a large scale (several Town determined to scumread each other) this leads to the complete dissolution of a Towncore or the failure to form one in the first place.
I've read part of a game LLD was in (HDP2) and I might edit this post with more direct feedback about LLD's playstyle once I've finished reading that game.Bruce: Terry. I've been thinking about something you once told me... and you were wrong. It's not Batman that makes you worthwhile; it's the other way around. Never tell yourself anything different.
Terry: ...Thanks.- Dannflor
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Dannflor he/himSurvivor
- Dannflor
he/him- Survivor
- Survivor
- Posts: 18197
- Joined: May 25, 2012
- Pronoun: he/him
I think you like to get reactions out of people. You like to psychoanalyze people. You like to psychoanalyze the reactions you get out of people. You have a style that I think can rub a lot of people the wrong way, but I think it can be pretty effective, especially because most scum players on this website just straight up do not know how to deal with pressure. And you are the king of pressure. The only issues come when you clash with other townies who don't respond to that pressure well.
Overall, you strike me as a very passionate player. You put everything into your games and you don't mind being loudly wrong as long as it causes something to happen. I think your style can help make otherwise stale gamestates a lot more dynamic.- Thestatusquo
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Thestatusquo He/HimShea
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He/Him- Shea
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- Joined: July 27, 2006
- Pronoun: He/Him
- Location: Chicago!
- Sterling the steampunk
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Sterling the steampunk Townie
- Sterling the steampunk
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- Posts: 86
- Joined: October 18, 2022
I have to agree, that got me voted out once.In post 1, Korts wrote:The one game I played with you, very lurkish. Annoyed the heck out of me, since we were scumpartners. Still, it worked pretty fine up until you got caught on some faulty logic.
The things you gotta work on are thinking through arguments, and the thing that made you be that lynch in Desperate Mafia, don't lose your head. There's always some way to get what you want, you just have to keep at it.
This may be out of date, though, that was more than half a year ago I think.
honestly in future games I'm thinking of never voting day 1 unless there's a night 0, I want to wait for night action to get a feel of who going after who and what results the PR get - Sterling the steampunk
- Thestatusquo
- Dannflor
- Frogsterking
- Lady Lambdadelta
- Ginngie
- the worst
- JacksonVirgo
- T3
- Gamma Emerald
- Enchant
- NorwegianboyEE
- Nancy Drew 39
- DkKoba
- Gamma Emerald
- T3
- Taly
- Taly