It's probably a moot point by now, and I'm probably going to draw more fire for this, but I'll make one last post and then whatever happens, happens.
I'm a noob when it comes to mafia; I'll be the first to admit it. This is my first game, and no amount of lurking can substitute for experience. That said, I joined this game for three main reasons:
1. Because I wanted to play mafia without using IRC, which I don't have reliable access to/knowledge of how to use
2. I thought I had lurked enough to enter full-force (obviously not)
3. I didn't realize Sam would overanalyze my every word and immediately accuse me of being mafia because of one thing he didn't like
I've already stated my case for not lynching, but it's obvious I wasn't clear as to my reasoning. So, I'll explain real quick.
Rather than viewing it as 50% village lynch and 50% scum lynch, I saw it as 50% village, 40% mafia, 10% wolf (assuming there are two wolves at the time, since that's how many wolves I've usually found while lurking). To break it down:
10% wolf: Not really a big deal to me, since wolves generally have to eliminate everyone else or achieve something similar to win. Given that's a bit of a longshot, I didn't really put too much weight into the "wolf" possibility (or, really, whether there really were two wolves, or any at all for that matter).
40% mafia: Obviously, this was the goal. While normally, I'd jump at these odds, there was one more statistic that bugged me...
50% villager: ...this one. Determining whether a teammate or enemy gets killed essentially on a coin toss wasn't too appealing to me, and especially since I'm new, I didn't want to screw up my first vote. That's why I voted No Lynch to begin with, to see where the general opinion leaned before making my decision.
As far as my "suspicion" of UncleSam goes, I don't know about you, but I think it wise to be wary of someone who says:
I know the idea is to group together as a village to eliminate the mafia, but again, I wanted to play the field, so to speak; I wanted to see who was trustworthy and who was hiding something, which is another reason I originally voted not to lynch.
And as for my supposedly "letting slip" that I am a wolf...I'll say this one more time: I was trying to guard against the worst-case scenario (that being that the statement before my "admission" would cause everyone to think I was a wolf). I wasn't even the one who first brought up the question of wolves, as Acklow and Spiffy pointed out.
For what it's worth, I AM village. In fact, I'm what you'd call "vanillage". I don't even have an ability or night action, as I pointed out in my original vote post.
Just so y'all know before you try and lynch me. Losing my role is almost no loss to the village, like I said, but...yeah.
I'm a noob when it comes to mafia; I'll be the first to admit it. This is my first game, and no amount of lurking can substitute for experience. That said, I joined this game for three main reasons:
1. Because I wanted to play mafia without using IRC, which I don't have reliable access to/knowledge of how to use
2. I thought I had lurked enough to enter full-force (obviously not)
3. I didn't realize Sam would overanalyze my every word and immediately accuse me of being mafia because of one thing he didn't like
I've already stated my case for not lynching, but it's obvious I wasn't clear as to my reasoning. So, I'll explain real quick.
Rather than viewing it as 50% village lynch and 50% scum lynch, I saw it as 50% village, 40% mafia, 10% wolf (assuming there are two wolves at the time, since that's how many wolves I've usually found while lurking). To break it down:
10% wolf: Not really a big deal to me, since wolves generally have to eliminate everyone else or achieve something similar to win. Given that's a bit of a longshot, I didn't really put too much weight into the "wolf" possibility (or, really, whether there really were two wolves, or any at all for that matter).
40% mafia: Obviously, this was the goal. While normally, I'd jump at these odds, there was one more statistic that bugged me...
50% villager: ...this one. Determining whether a teammate or enemy gets killed essentially on a coin toss wasn't too appealing to me, and especially since I'm new, I didn't want to screw up my first vote. That's why I voted No Lynch to begin with, to see where the general opinion leaned before making my decision.
As far as my "suspicion" of UncleSam goes, I don't know about you, but I think it wise to be wary of someone who says:
UncleSam said:
I know the idea is to group together as a village to eliminate the mafia, but again, I wanted to play the field, so to speak; I wanted to see who was trustworthy and who was hiding something, which is another reason I originally voted not to lynch.
And as for my supposedly "letting slip" that I am a wolf...I'll say this one more time: I was trying to guard against the worst-case scenario (that being that the statement before my "admission" would cause everyone to think I was a wolf). I wasn't even the one who first brought up the question of wolves, as Acklow and Spiffy pointed out.
For what it's worth, I AM village. In fact, I'm what you'd call "vanillage". I don't even have an ability or night action, as I pointed out in my original vote post.
Just so y'all know before you try and lynch me. Losing my role is almost no loss to the village, like I said, but...yeah.
