So basically, you held back. You didn't decide to fight for the position even though you were actually well suited for it. You didn't even make an attempt to be heard during the election phase. Once your post was ignored, you just stopped caring for the elected role.
I didn't hold back what I said, I held back on pushing to become an elected role. At that time it was quite obvious that Karla and Trundle would make a good pair as Mayor and Sheriff. They already saw one another as a good fit to work with, and the town saw it as well.
Keeping in mind this quote is from your campaign post from last game, you didn't even fulfill your promises. You literally were seeking guidance in the Day One lynch, not contributing any names or suspicions at all.
I admit, I didn't. Everything I had to say or everything I noticed, Karla had already mentioned. I had nothing else to do but sit back and agree with what he was saying. What I was actually hoping for was for the Mayor to stand up and list off his suspicions because I referred back to Mafia II where all the suspicions came pouring in and all Justin has to do was agree to the lynch.
But you keeping your final decision to your own can be very harmful. Why do you choose to keep that final decision to yourself and not tell anyone. Is that how you'll handle the Day One lynch, hearing people's opinions, but keep your final decision to yourself until it's time to lynch?
Of course that's not how I will go about doing that. Keeping my final decisions my own simply means I need to stay true to the evidence provided and not let others manipulate my vote. Not all evidence or suspicions I may bring out will be set in stone, I will hear people out and if they have valid points on why a certain person should be considered for a lynch.
You seem very persistent in having a large portion of this game being played through PMs, but seriously, confronting people through PMs? That's just a big N-O. It's much easier for a person to persuade a single person than an entire group. By confronting a person personally through a PM instead of in the thread for everyone to see, you could potentially alienate the entire town from helping with making decisions.
No, I don't plan on playing a large portion of the game through PMs. Confronting people with odd behavior, I don't see why not. Little PM exchanges like that will probably happen throughout the game. For example me contacting Dolby in Mafia III about his bus driver user title letting him know that whether if he was the Bus Driver or the Mad Hatter to work with the Mayor or Sheriff (since this was late in the game with a missing Mad Hatter, there was no reason to hide). Which he told me he was working with the Sheriff. PMs should not take over the game, but sometimes it's just a relief to get some concerns confirmed and out of the way.
You literally just contradicted yourself here. You want to avoid a hit or miss lynch, yet you're surrendering yourself to the fact that the first day will have to end up being hit or miss. So which opinion is actually your true one?
I'm not sure how that followed up in my Mafia III speech with the hit and miss. I wanted it to mean later on in the game. Not be into Day 3 or Day 4 and go ... "Well, this person hasn't been doing much, let's lynch then and find out." At that state in the game, idealy, I'd like the Cheka Commissar(s) to take care of lurkers/non contriubters/distractions.
How will you have enough time to train members while managing your time as mayor while still contributing to discussion both in the thread and through PMs? Though, this actually seems like a better version of Tina's PM policy. Keep in mind guys, this quote is from Game III.
I don't think time will be an issue. The problem I see at the moment is my lack of energy and motivation. It's something I eventually get over, but I do have Thursday and Friday off from work so I'll have plenty of time to recover and dedicate to the game.
If people are accusing of other players of being scum due to their spam levels, the inactivity- because they don't know what to say or how to defend themselves, or they're unknowingly putting themselves in the spotlight I just want them to have the option of contacting me to fall back on. Tell them how they can approach things differently, word things differently, point out irrelevant information, and give them a second opinion/view on their posts. It seems like a good way to mold a strong player even stronger and helping grow the town stronger.
Why were you fortunate to be a part of this PM circle? Was it because you struggled to make decisions on your own?
How were you ultimately convinced Kuma was the Detective and why did you believe who told you? You say you didn't have trust in Trundle, so apparently you seem to have had more trust in Karla. Why is that? Neither really did anything notable during the game to really gain your trust. If anything you should've trusted Trundle MORE THAN Karla. Trundle was actually rolechecked by a detective(Kuma) whereas Karla wasn't.
No, because I never understood why PM circles were such a big deal or the point of having one/being a part of one. Shortly after I posted my case against Kuma, Karla told me a few times that be believed in Kuma's innocence and when Kuma and I were talking together we talked about it and I was convinced. There weren't many players left, this was also when the whole Tina plot unraveled with the detective(s) roleblocking and whatnot. I believed in Karla since the start, and he lead the town extremely well, where as Trundle did not. I wasn't even PMing Karla until Day 3? 4? I was never aware of Kuma rolechecking Trundle, I must have missed that. Day 4 also made it a given that Karla was the Vengeful Vigilante (having to shoot the bodyguard, Chris, who voted to lynch an innocent and was lurking).
This is when I started bouncing case ideas off of Karla. Your name was one of the first we bounced off of due to the whole Dolby claiming bus driver and you somewhat defending him. I told him some odd activities and how you were suspicious and he supported it and made me feel like it was a case worth digging into. Which of course it was. We bounced your name back and forth in case one of us were to die. We also bounced around Hikari's name, Oath's name, Horus' name, and Lynn's name because at that point with eliminating the rest of the players we really did not know where these players stood in the game.
Okay, so why don't you actually tell us how you plan on avoiding a scenario like this?
Here you seem to be implying you'll be determining lynches through PMs and then coming to inform the Town why that lynch will be taking place.
When Trundle was elected Mayor he was absent in most of time during the decision making and he spend his hour, I think it was, talking to people on IRC and/or Mumble. When Justin pressured him to throw out a case he made one against River and minutes before voting closed he throws in Fox's name instead. I felt pretty out of the loop and wasn't sure why his name got thrown in there until after he was lynched.
I'm not implying that I'll be determining lynches through PMs. As you can see that paragraph was for the first day's lynch that I'll be talking it through IRC/Mumble to bounce around suspicions, lurkers, assets, gambles, etc. While building cases on the thread to make it clear why this person is drawing suspicions and would be a candidate to consider for Day one's lynch.
A big question I want answered by you and basically everyone else is with the majority lynch in place this game, will you give the victim enough time to defend themself by not letting the votes rack up too quickly?
Of course I'd give a chance for that accuse to defend themselves.
I tend to vote closer to the deadline. I purposely do that to take every opinion into consideration. Whether it is new evidence, odd behavior, or someone defending another player with good reasoning. I will most likely stick to my usual voting behavior no. Unless I, along with the rest of the town, has absolutely no doubt that this person is scum.
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Sorry I can't be as active as you are at the moment. Been focusing on my madmin promotion at work, but tomorrow is my final day of training so expect more from me tomorrow night, Thursday, Friday. Goodnight.
