The Syndicate

From this day forward I will be voting for third most civilian person involved.

What has colored a lot of Syndicate modus operandi is that, traditionally, civilians had to be alive to win. The trick was in hunting mafia while at the same time trying not to be too much of a danger (or look bad enough yourself) that you could survive to the end and eliminate mafia.

It was very frustrating to have an exceptional civilian game only to be killed two or three Nights before Endgame. I've been there a few times.

The advent of people from other Mafia communities, in which the norm is winning dead or alive, has altered my perception greatly, both as a host and a player. Removing the fear of automatically losing upon death incentivizes the civilians to give their very best effort, and by extension, give the mafia a challenge in blending in. Or at least it should.