Unspoiled Colorless Mafia Discussion

Hope Peeker doesn’t vig Ichini as he has threatened, as I’d quite like to play. The threat is a good one, as any lurkers should take notice, but vigging an inactive player would be a poor move at this stage, only a 4/18 chance of being scum.

Chronos, how exactly does your program work? Do you try to weight votes at all, or is the only assumption that scum will vote town more often than each other?

Well, we’ll see if it’s a problem, because you’re in now. Role PM is on the way. I’ll announce your presence in the game thread.

I know that Alka won’t see this until after the game, but basically, I count all votes cast by Town, but only votes in place at the end of the day cast by Scum (since a Scum might cast a vote with the explicit intent of changing it later). Beyond that, all votes are treated in a symmetric manner. The assumption is that a greater proportion of Scum votes will be for Townies than the proportion of Town votes that are on Townies, and all possible arrangements of Scum that don’t match that assumption are thrown out.

How do you do that in a game where you don’t know who is Scum? It would seem like a cart before the horse problem to me, as your program is supposed to determine who is most likely to be scum, right?

What it does is it looks at every possible arrangement of Town and Scum, and then does that analysis for each one.

anyone interested in subbing?

Attempt at a prediction before I get myself spoilered:

MHaye, Tom Scud, Meeko and Cookies are scum.

I’m in the boat that Tom Scud and Guiri are scum. Wish People went back to that color coded voting chart and FILLED it in now that that they know there’s a real scum person and they have several townies as well.

Of the 3 switchers to save FS, people have got to realize sometimes it CAN be that easy…
And Damn Peeks for the Vigging! I mean I understand it, and if I was in his shoes I woulda picked Story instead of Me but still! I’d like to hear from him his justifications at the end of the Game… :Sigh:

btw, Can I get Spoilers (is there a spoilers board more active than this one at least)?

Just wanted to say I’m following this thread and having fun. I won’t post anything since I’m technically sort of spoilered myself, being scum and all that.

But I did want to say that I’m still loving this game. I love mafia!

:smiley:

and mafia loves you back

even if it occasionally stabs you in the back

Wow, a boner scum move=a Freudian! I feel…honored?

Better than pulling a Ro0sh?

What’s a Ro0sh?

Ro0sh is one of our regular players. I believe he is known for wild play style and unpredictable actions.

hehehe

Dammit! It’s catching on!

And writing novellas for posts.

He’s also allergic to shoes.

I’ve never played Mafia, but have been browsing the game in progress with interest and confusion. I’m fairly competent at some sorts of games, but know Mafia is the sort of game I’d need a lot of experience just to become mediocre.

Nevertheless I’d like to try!

Is there a better site for beginners? Does it annoy regulars when beginners try to play? Would it be possible to insist I not be assigned a special role for my first game or two?

Well, we do have games for beginners and I don’t really think experience adds as much as you might think. However, asking for non-special roles isn’t possible, as it would indicate to some degree what your role is(vanilla town or scum).