SpyreX

Games Finished:

Town:

Newbie 607 This one was a..debacle. If Gimbo hadn't ruined it, town would have lost for sure. For a first game, this one really was irksome. It definitely set the tone for my absolute hatred of meta - especially as a defense. PEG earned the lynch - I dont feel bad about that. The rest of it was bickering between town and, as is obvious in rereading, lost sight of even looking for scum. Not a great start.

SSW II Ohh hell yes. I love swift games. I like the pace so much better and my experience has been really good with it. I think I played well in this game. Especially towards the end. BM made a huge mistake in going after OGML - aside from that he played a damn good game. OMGL gets the mad props for pushing so hard on the recruiter day one which, in turn, made him explode into goo. Fun times.

SSW III Again, swift games ftw. I was hyper aggressive but it payed off in spades - my first list of real suspects nailed 2/3 scum with good reason. But it all REALLY fell into place when we shifted to Jebus. The speed of those last two days makes me laugh in rereading. Most of the town played a great game and we were really good at eliminating those that weren't.

Open 83 - Polygamist Mafia I know, somehow, I was instrumental to the town actually pulling this out. However, I'm still not sure what I did. The mess around the hammer hurt my head - how do you not lynch someone who says they are scum? However, my partner was liquid awesome. A lot of fun all the way through. I think, if I ever do a Poly, I am going to push AGAINST the massclaim early even harder.

Monty Python's Mafia Circus A great game. Babies first power role. We got some mad help from DBE claiming in the great debacle D1. My night pull ended up being awesome and the docs freaking ruled. I did hit the Sk and if they had saw my breadcrumb I think it would have been even easier. A lot of fun.

Mini 672 - Tranquility This game should be better known as "How to not play as Masons." I am still irritated watching what SHOULD have been an easy town win. But, alas.

Mafia 75 - Return of the Mafia! After replacing in I thought it was going to be a scum sweep. I still look back at my original TS case and it makes me smile. I got way ahead of myself (and would have been wrong) about Kor / Arm and the TS connection. It really helped my play overall.

Open 80 - Double Day Mafia I only am angry that two lurker scum won this. LF played an amazing scum game. The town... well, not the best showing. I need to learn to give and take a bit more - I was way too bull-headed.

Scum:

Mini 640 - Mallrats It was fun while it lasted. I wish it wasn't abandoned. I think at the point we were at no one would have tagged ALL of us and if anything I was the sacrificial lamb.

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Policy Lynch List:

Yea, thats right. These players are KOS. I'll lynch you without a second thought.

PEG

K7

Chenshi

Gimbo

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General Mafia Thoughts

1.) Meta - Meta is, as its normally used, retarded. Meta can not and should not be a defense for scummy playstyles - why encourage it? Instead, kill them without remorse until they shape up. Meta can, and isn't, used as 'icing' on a case - if you see a set of scummy actions, and due to playing with them or other play see the same set of results - say so. Otherwise, drop it. I hate having meta arguments every damn game.

2.) Hammertime - Early game there is a REAL issue with the hammer. It holds way too much sway; its just a vote, ffs. Players shouldn't be instantly condemned for doing it nor should, if it hits scum, they be proclaimed heroes. Wagons take every player.

3.) Bandwagons to Claim - It drives me nuts in early game when bandwagons get pushed until a claim...and then die. To be replaced by another. To do the same thing. Seriously, why not just massclaim. This drives me nuts and I'm starting to see a definite scum push-pull in this mess.

4.) WIFOM - STOP IT. Not using it, calling it on everything. There's a rhyme and a reason and nothing at all wrong with scum conjecture when it is designed to apply to what has happened, not the circular logic pattern that IS WIFOM. Pull it together, ffs.