Re: Y.A.W.P's Warcraft Themed Pen 'n Paper RPG style Mafia Game Game Thread
"Time for me to stop observing and get involved."
I said that, but I do not consider myself a lurker. Lurking is more of a long term condition in my opinion, and less than halfway into the first day is too early to tell, especially given the slow start. My comment was more about the fact that after watching the thread for a while I could not see anything interesting developing, so it was about time I did something about it.
You were the first to vote, I'll give you that. But I've never really seen an RVS stage in our games here, all votes have meant business. As for questions, there have been others looking for information. I did that with my 'party' observation, and Gorny seems to be doing it in his own strange fashion.
As for scum hunting, admittedly there has been none. But on a first day, when there has been so little discussion, it is difficult to form opinions on most players. At this stage, I'd say that hunting for information is more important than hunting for scum, since you cannot do the latter effectively before doing the former.
I may have misunderstood you there, I read your post as if you were calling nurman a lurker. As for me, I do deny the part about lurking, as I said above. About being observant, I would hope so. I had read or skimmed the thread a couple times before posting, and nurman's ban caught my eye, as did a few other things.
I treated that as a rhetorical question, but if you want a direct answer, it is no. There is no connection between me and nurman, not at the moment anyway. And your comment on knowing where to focus if one of us was mafia felt like quite a bit more than merely keeping an eye on us. I don't get why you would interpret my notice of nurman's ban as a possible connection. It was just another observation. If I were you, I'd have been more interested in the fact that my role has no hint or clue about how parties are formed. Might as well confirm it, I don't know how that happens.
I think lurking is pretty much a null tell. Scum do have a tendency to lurk, but I've often seen town do it too, because they are lazy, busy, or can't be online as much as others. Active lurking, meaning meaningless filler posts, is something I would consider suspicious. I picked up this distinction from mafiascum.net.
Concerning Nolecub, I can't judge one way or the other. One post is too few to make any credible read of him.
I will sort out my reads soon, or at least list my first impressions.
If there was a single scum among 14 players, the town would have to be very lucky indeed to catch him early. In the Stargate mafia game, the main threat to the town was a cult, which started with a single member and nearly overran the town. You do have a point though, if there was only one anti-town at the start, the game could end too quick.
Perhaps. We will have to wait and see.
"Time for me to stop observing and get involved."
I said that, but I do not consider myself a lurker. Lurking is more of a long term condition in my opinion, and less than halfway into the first day is too early to tell, especially given the slow start. My comment was more about the fact that after watching the thread for a while I could not see anything interesting developing, so it was about time I did something about it.
You were the first to vote, I'll give you that. But I've never really seen an RVS stage in our games here, all votes have meant business. As for questions, there have been others looking for information. I did that with my 'party' observation, and Gorny seems to be doing it in his own strange fashion.
As for scum hunting, admittedly there has been none. But on a first day, when there has been so little discussion, it is difficult to form opinions on most players. At this stage, I'd say that hunting for information is more important than hunting for scum, since you cannot do the latter effectively before doing the former.
I may have misunderstood you there, I read your post as if you were calling nurman a lurker. As for me, I do deny the part about lurking, as I said above. About being observant, I would hope so. I had read or skimmed the thread a couple times before posting, and nurman's ban caught my eye, as did a few other things.
I treated that as a rhetorical question, but if you want a direct answer, it is no. There is no connection between me and nurman, not at the moment anyway. And your comment on knowing where to focus if one of us was mafia felt like quite a bit more than merely keeping an eye on us. I don't get why you would interpret my notice of nurman's ban as a possible connection. It was just another observation. If I were you, I'd have been more interested in the fact that my role has no hint or clue about how parties are formed. Might as well confirm it, I don't know how that happens.
I think lurking is pretty much a null tell. Scum do have a tendency to lurk, but I've often seen town do it too, because they are lazy, busy, or can't be online as much as others. Active lurking, meaning meaningless filler posts, is something I would consider suspicious. I picked up this distinction from mafiascum.net.
Concerning Nolecub, I can't judge one way or the other. One post is too few to make any credible read of him.
I will sort out my reads soon, or at least list my first impressions.
If there was a single scum among 14 players, the town would have to be very lucky indeed to catch him early. In the Stargate mafia game, the main threat to the town was a cult, which started with a single member and nearly overran the town. You do have a point though, if there was only one anti-town at the start, the game could end too quick.
Perhaps. We will have to wait and see.
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