i need to make a gif with a large microphone screaming READ THE SETUPTime to try to explain my thinking
It's going to be difficult, to be honest with you, this game is more complicated than I thought, but I'm doing my best to try to understand it. Don't hesitate to vote for me anyway if it turns out to be the best option. Obviously, I would prefer not to be voted out, but due to my inexperience, if you see that I'm not contributing enough and it's what you need to do, go ahead, I won't blame you.
Ok, I want to start by defending myself against the suspicions I raised about myself to Flandrs and anyone else who thinks similarly.
I know it looks quite suspicious that I defended M2H once he was already voted out. However, I had already clarified my stance in this post #379. I mentioned that I would not participate in that vote because I didn't have enough evidence against anyone. Moreover, I gave this notice in time, as only about 3 or 4 people had voted at that point.
Pulsar tagged me near the deadline, and I wasn't present. The next day, I wanted to explain what happened (my post expressing condolences and apologizing to M2H) mainly as something anecdotal. I think that given the context and because I warned in time that I wouldn't participate in the vote, this is not an indication that I am Mafia. I simply shared it as something anecdotal because it seemed too much of a coincidence that I had a slight suspicion of M2H. So, the fact that my reasoning for not voting was correct, at least for me, felt like an achievement that I made the right decision, and I wanted to share that.
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Now I will talk about something that could be the most criminal thing in this whole mafia game, my reads...
--------------Well, I've been writing and deleting things for about 20 minutes because I still don't have enough evidence to determine who is Mafia. I was going to mark those who incited voting on day 1 as slightly suspicious, but I eventually realized it would have been impossible not to vote for anyone.
First of all, I must clarify that, honestly, I don't trust anyone xD. This game, as I said before, is much more complex than I thought. But even so, I will share the little I've reflected on and what I'm most certain about. However, anything I say here is just my initial impression, and I hope to have the time to confirm everything during the course of the game. (As I was finishing and rereading my post, I realized that my reads are indeed quite bad, but they are my honest reads. I apologize if you don't like them or find them unhelpful.)
From what I've read, Cloud is the one who inspires the most confidence in me. I think all his messages are very logical and well-reasoned.
AngryPidgeon inspires less confidence in me than Cloud, but still some confidence, for the same reasons.
Pulsar, who seemed worried about the voting, also inspires a bit of confidence in me.
I don't really know what to think about Flandrs. I also see him posting very logical and reasonable things. I'll expand on this at the end of the post.
Skipper and Dusk give me bad vibes, but I wouldn't be able to explain exactly why. (It's very suspicious of me to say this, I know, but I really can't explain it.)
DBD, I really believe he's on a trip. It doesn't seem very worthwhile to lie about that. If I were Mafia, I wouldn't have taken Public Vanilla as a role in the pregame. In another Mafia format, this role would be very reliable and 100% secure as town. But here it seems to be a role that provides as much security as uncertainty. If I were Mafia, I wouldn't have taken this role because it's a lottery. Small disclaimer, I don't know if I understood the Mafia mechanics correctly, but they have a certain balance of credits that increases or decreases during the game. As I understand it, they could have started with 3 members and recruited a 4th later? Because if that's how it works, I think it would have been convenient for them not to recruit him yet and see what impression he generates, then recruit him if it's worth it. (I don't know if it works that way.)
AliceKazumi: Oh Alice, my read on Alice is complicated because she's the only person I casually interact with outside of Smogon. I know she's very intelligent, her posts are quite good and all, but I still don't fully trust her. I feel like it could all be a trap. She always shows me kindness whenever she mentions me. I don't know if this is because she's my friend or because it's really all part of her evil plan. But I would say she is town for now.
Lechen seems like a good guy to me, but I can't argue too much either.
I don't have a read on the rest that is even half as ambiguous as Lechen's. So, I can't say anything for now.
Phew, well, time to explain how I feel in general from my perspective.
-----------------I clarified that I'm new to this forum in general and even more so to Mafia games. I'm playing the role of the novice, and it's interesting to observe everyone's behavior towards me. There are both people who keep a close watch on me and attack when they feel I've said something strange, and those who defend me for being a newbie.
An example of someone who keeps a very close watch on me is Flandrs. This makes me think that he is someone committed to the game and not afraid to vote for me. I believe going against the new player without much evidence is not something a Mafia member would do. If I were Mafia, I would be more concerned about the experienced players.
On the other hand, there were people who showed me mercy, some clarifying it would only be for D1, and others extending it a bit longer. All of this makes me very paranoid, but I would say that those who take me so lightly might be following the line of thought I mentioned earlier. I mean the thought of "oh, Ecat is new, he's harmless, let's let him be happy, I don't think he can interfere with our plans." But it could also mean they are excellent people who want to let me play and learn the game, so I don't know. But AngryPidgeon showed a lot of kindness towards me, good guy. (or an excellent liar)
I also have the great paranoia that those I trust the most are forming a team. Like Flandrs, AngryPidgeon, and Cloud. Can you imagine? That would be crazy.
Anyway, a little closing note, I APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING SUCH A LONG POST. The reason is that I haven't been playing Mafia well. It's the typical situation where you leave your homework for later, and then everything piles up. I've made very few posts, so now I have to put everything into one to make up for my few messages.
I'll try to keep up and post more frequently, but it's not something that's easy for me yet, haha, I still have a lot to learn. I just realized this today.
Lastly, I want to clarify that I'm not a native English speaker. If there's any idea I expressed poorly or something that doesn't make sense, feel free to ask, and I'll try to explain it better.
you can only recruit pre-game
