The Syndicate

But, in the end, why I think these kind of meta tells are fair game is that, like others have said, meta shifts and can be used against people. Where one game I might feel like something is a lock clear, if I then see the same behaviour from that player in a game not long afterwards I'll suspect meta might be being used against me.

It can feel dirty in the moment and there are not always ways to turn it around, but I actually think in a way it forces me to get smarter with my baddie game... pay attention to who is trusting who, and why, and who might trust who in the future and why... taking note of the little things might help choose the right nks.

In this game the town was really very effective and the baddies quite likely could have struggled no matter what they did. But their choices did contribute to town meta reads in ways they quite possibly didn't expect.

I don't realky believe there are any two people who would never kill each other. But there are times and places where it's plausible and times when it isn't. That's some tough stuff to work through.

Why these kind of meta tells are essentially balanced is that they can be used against you. This mafia team may have struggled with it because it was so correct. But if juliets or br was actually bad? The feeling might have been very different.

By the way df, I already think you're unreadable. I couldn't name a single meta tell I have on you (for any affiliation).

Sloonei wrote:

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:

S~V~S wrote:We all can't play the same game as JJJ and Sloonei, nor should we want to. If we all did things the same it would be boring.

Not only would it be boring, but the thread would be unreadable. Too many posts.

I think a civilian team is at its best when a number of players choose a role (not to be confused with their role card roles) for themselves in the hunt. I wouldn't want to see a bunch of clones all doing the same things -- I want to see players complementing each other with a variety of different approaches and concepts. I think there's a place for the Slooneis of Mafia (obviously given my own methods), and I think there's a place for a ton of other styles too.

I've noticed I emulate you more when you're not in the game. I've come to rely on a lot of the content you generate, but I don't usually need to be the one who generates it.

That's it for me. I think my best skill is almost an independent eye on the logic of others, rather than creating the case myself (I have too much tunnelling instinct).

You fooled me vicariously. I always listen to SVS when she says she trusts you. Now I know she's fallible.

Imagine how this game would have gone differently if one more vote had gone to bea that day, that might have taken a couple of days out of the tail.

The second day, in the beach thread (although this should still exist) is memorable for me. The vote split between bea and soneji really felt like a seminal moment in the game, and it certainly drove my perception of what was going on for a while.

Also, the bringing back of the 'cylon' mechanic was pretty cool. It was hard to know whether cylons might be bad or not.

Juliets, we should team up and post an analysis of Quins subpar baddie game for future reference.