My Little Pony: Friendship is Mafia

[Sifright]

Karesh what are your thoughts on whats going on as your basically the only player I know for a fact is town.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by Sifright

Karesh what are your thoughts on whats going on as your basically the only player I know for a fact is town.

If it comes down to Nikose or Snake I think Snake's the more likely candidate.

The thing about Nikose and Snake are they're both trying to play a game with all of us as chess pieces. What Snake does is suspicious at times, primarily because you can see how what he's doing would add up to him checkmating you. He acts suspicious because he's performing actions that lead toward a victory for himself. If he's town, that means performing actions of benefit to the town. If he's scum, he's doing the opposite. So while that's pretty terrible, Nikose is worse in his own demented way.

See, no matter which side of the board Nikose is on his moves make no sense. If he's town and acting suspiciously, it's because Nikose is weird. If he's mafia and acting suspiciously it's because Nikose is weird.

Nikose is playing a game with all the players as chess pieces, but he's using them to play Monopoly.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I forgot the final points there:


See, the thing is Snake's done shit that's suspicious and of detriment to the town. He's claimed this is because he's playing a roulette, baiting and trapping but ultimately he has no way to prove that's what he was doing.

Nikose on the other hand has done suspicious stuff because he's absolutely mental.

[Sifright]

Originally Posted by Karesh

If it comes down to Nikose or Snake I think Snake's the more likely candidate.

The thing about Nikose and Snake are they're both trying to play a game with all of us as chess pieces. What Snake does is suspicious at times, primarily because you can see how what he's doing would add up to him checkmating you. He acts suspicious because he's performing actions that lead toward a victory for himself. If he's town, that means performing actions of benefit to the town. If he's scum, he's doing the opposite. So while that's pretty terrible, Nikose is worse in his own demented way.

See, no matter which side of the board Nikose is on his moves make no sense. If he's town and acting suspiciously, it's because Nikose is weird. If he's mafia and acting suspiciously it's because Nikose is weird.

Nikose is playing a game with all the players as chess pieces, but he's using them to play Monopoly.

Thought about what you said a bit more, I'm more worried about what snakes doing after thinking about it because setting your self up as the person who other people listen to lynch others as a townie is pretty useless for your self as you personally still won't know who is and isn't mafia, basically it's most beneficial if you are mafia to play that way.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by Sifright

Thought about what you said a bit more, I'm more worried about what snakes doing after thinking about it because setting your self up as the person who other people listen to lynch others as a townie is pretty useless for your self as you personally still won't know who is and isn't mafia, basically it's most beneficial if you are mafia to play that way.

This actually comes back to a point I made earlier, the place for Mafia to be is almost always where they're least likely to be targeted. In the earlier days even as any form of scum being the leader is dangerous. The cult loves power roles and leaders, because they're the two things that'll give them an edge over their initial population disadvantage.

If I'm to be honest for a moment, Snake underwent a small change from Day 1 to Day 2, his advice and directions became sharper, far more directed. This could either be because he felt far more secure with the cult gone, or it could simply be a matter of his suspicions becoming more focused and confirmed.