My Little Pony: Friendship is Mafia

Solid Snake · 09-23-2011, 07:43 PM

Okay guys, I'm going to try to help us all out here.

FIRST: After the events of the most recent game (in which I hosted), why the hell does anyone think it's a good idea to bandwagon Smarty, of all people, the guy who has a known history of acting suspiciously scummy early in the game even as town, therefore constituting an easy lynch for Scum to jump on without looking Scummy.

Like are we even trying here?
Because if we're not going to actually try to win, then I can just stop trying to actually play the game and goof off if you'd like.

Don't get me wrong. There is a chance that Smarty is Scum or Cult. It's Day One. I don't know jack ****. But I'm sure as hell not allowing a bandwagon to readily form on the one guy I know for a fact who's going to easily get bandwagoned even if he's Town. That is stupid.

Given that Smarty MIGHT be scum but also has a KNOWN HISTORY of acting scummy and being an easy target even if town, the logical things for us to do is:
* Scanning roles should attempt to scan him before we lynch him.
* Information gathering roles should attempt to gather information on him before we lynch him.

The thing is, we got plenty of time to make an educated, informed decision on Smarty. The problem is that his D1 behavior is not going to tell us jack **** as to whether he's Scum or not because of the way Smarty acts and interacts in this game. Yes, that style of play technically works to Smarty's advantage if he's scum. But we're stuck with him, for better or for worse.

Everyone bandwagoning Smarty looks terrible, Scum or Town, and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for playing terribly.

SECOND: "He was scum in the last game, therefore I can't trust him in this game" and "He was Scum in the last game, therefore it's more logically likely that he's Town in this game" are both terrifyingly bad arguments, even for D1. If I see even the slightest hint you're going to make that argument, I swear to Celestia I will curb-stomp something.

THIRD: Scum benefits in D1 if they can avoid making posts with actual content and can instead rely on the inherently confusing lack of knowledge in D1 to make 'joke posts' and 'joke votes' that 'randomly' result in the elimination of a Townie.
Therefore, let's not allow 'joke votes' based on flimsy logic to happen.
Cast suspicion now, but save your votes for legitimate stuff. Don't vote based on hunches or, if you're suddenly inactive for any reason your vote will stand on record and be counted and you may end up killing a Townie based on a Pinkie Pie style hunch.

And unfortunately, none of us are as eerily accurate as Pinkie Pie.

That's right your jerks I'm actually going to try to play this game right, you're stuck with me taking this **** 'too seriously' until you decide to vote me off because you happen to enjoy losing and playing the game dumb.

FOURTH: I would rather like some clarity as to whether or not the 'Friendshipping the Hell out of' stuff actually counts as a vote, it's anti-town for that to be left ambiguous because then someone could waltz in, 'Friendship the Hell' out of a Townie and then defend his decision based on the faulty premise that he assumed doing so was equivalent of an FoS and not a Vote.

FIFTH: Fenris you are seriously going to regret inserting me into this game based entirely on Nikose wanting me in this game. Look at these walls of text. This isn't how NPF plays Mafia!

SIXTH: Nikose if you are Scum, you are going to regret arbitrarily inserting me into this game.

09-23-2011, 07:43 PM	#11
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	Okay guys, I'm going to try to help us all out here. FIRST: After the events of the most recent game (in which I hosted), why the hell does anyone think it's a good idea to bandwagon Smarty, of all people, the guy who has a *known history of acting suspiciously scummy* early in the game even as town, therefore constituting an easy lynch for Scum to jump on without looking Scummy. Like are we even trying here? Because if we're not going to actually try to win, then I can just stop trying to actually play the game and goof off if you'd like. Don't get me wrong. There is a chance that Smarty is Scum or Cult. It's Day One. I don't know jack ***. But I'm sure as hell not allowing a bandwagon to readily form on the one guy I know for a fact who's going to easily get bandwagoned even if he's Town.* That is stupid. Given that Smarty MIGHT be scum but also has a KNOWN HISTORY of acting scummy and being an easy target even if town, the logical things for us to do is: * Scanning roles should attempt to scan him *before we lynch him.* * Information gathering roles should attempt to gather information on him before we lynch him. The thing is, we got plenty of time to make an educated, informed decision on Smarty. The problem is that his D1 behavior is not going to tell us jack ** as to whether he's Scum or not because of the way Smarty acts and interacts in this game. Yes, that style of play technically works to Smarty's advantage if he's scum. But we're stuck with him, for better or for worse. Everyone bandwagoning Smarty looks terrible, Scum or Town, and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for playing terribly. SECOND: "He was scum in the last game, therefore I can't trust him in this game" and "He was Scum in the last game, therefore it's more logically likely that he's Town in this game" are both terrifyingly bad arguments, even for D1. If I see even the slightest hint you're going to make that argument, I swear to Celestia I will curb-stomp something. THIRD:** Scum benefits in D1 if they can avoid making posts with actual content and can instead rely on the inherently confusing lack of knowledge in D1 to make 'joke posts' and 'joke votes' that 'randomly' result in the elimination of a Townie. Therefore, let's not allow 'joke votes' based on flimsy logic to happen. Cast suspicion now, but save your votes for legitimate stuff. Don't vote based on hunches or, if you're suddenly inactive for any reason your vote will stand on record and be counted and you may end up killing a Townie based on a Pinkie Pie style hunch. And unfortunately, none of us are as eerily accurate as Pinkie Pie. That's right your jerks I'm actually going to try to play this game right, you're stuck with me taking this **** 'too seriously' until you decide to vote me off because you happen to enjoy losing and playing the game dumb. FOURTH: I would rather like some clarity as to whether or not the 'Friendshipping the Hell out of' stuff actually counts as a vote, it's anti-town for that to be left ambiguous because then someone could waltz in, 'Friendship the Hell' out of a Townie and then defend his decision based on the faulty premise that he assumed doing so was equivalent of an FoS and not a Vote. FIFTH: Fenris you are seriously going to regret inserting me into this game based entirely on Nikose wanting me in this game. Look at these walls of text. This isn't how NPF plays Mafia! SIXTH: Nikose if you are Scum, you are going to regret arbitrarily inserting me into this game. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.