lizmov

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I don't believe in mass-claiming as an effective strategy as it makes it harder for mafia to win as they can't fake claim or risk digging a hole for themselves So by following this as mafia and villager I can be clear for this behavior as mafia.

I don't claim my role to anyone unless I am a cop with a guilty, unless it is down to three people.

This is my legal and just playing style, don't like it; simply leave the lobby and join a game that I'm not in.

I don't follow cops unless they have a guilty. I can make just a credible a guess as a cop to who's guilty and usually am right.

Force my hand and get nothing.

I grew up playing the game that this came from and that strategy worked.

Here's how the real cops play: http://www.epicmafia.com/game/213779

over 13 years
-K for you. I was uncc'd cop, you didnt want to believe me. I said to vote on poison: you didnt ! I asked you who you saved, YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
-K -K -K
deletedover 13 years
Yes :P You are too good at deducing so I asked to kill you because I knew you would eventually lend on me and accuse me. :)
deletedover 13 years
Ohh, yeh karma. It's normal, you need 2000 points to change someone's karma, but you only need so many games to be able to have yours altered. As I recall it used to be 20 games, but I think Lucid lowered it to 10.
deletedover 13 years
BTW, was the version of mafia you mention in your profile Cry Wolf? I saw you mentioned it on forums.
deletedover 13 years
Whoops, I should remove the 'and': It could be construed as game throwing or trolling if there's a pattern of it leading to you getting lynched and the game ending with your team losing.

But yeh, there's definitely situations where claiming is bad, but never doing it isn't really playing towards win condition, just due to the way EM is played. It's a different in culture I guess, cuz in alot of ways EM is really different from other Mafia games.

Just some things for you to consider.

Have fun.
deletedover 13 years
That's a good point, and I shouldn't have threatened to suspend for play style variations. In general in most situations though with uncced cop it's probably best to assume the cop isn't failing, and that when they ask for a mass claim that they're doing it to out mafia, since there'll be CCs. Here on EM it's just generally assumed that a mass claim is the better strategy, since invariably maf is forced to counter claim. There's situations, like say, if you suspect cop is dead and janned, where it would be absolutely horrible to mass claim. But if you never do it people will assume you're scum a lot and lynch you.

As for the rules, well, they're more or less guidelines. Mods have discretion to some extent in deciding upon enforcement of them and the exact details of what constitutes what. It could be construed as game throwing or trolling and if there's a pattern of it leading to you getting lynched and the game ending with your team losing.
deletedover 13 years
Oh sorry about that, I just setup the address on my profile recently for msn and I didn't realize that I need to set it up for hotmail too. It should work now although you'll have better luck emailing me at the email I just added too.

Also, I'm sorry for laughing at you. I kind of just assumed that having played mafia you'd understand that mafia can use deception. If you have any questions you're free to email me, preferably at the email I just listed, and I'll get back to you.
over 13 years
I actually just saw your e-mail, for some reason it was in the junk section. I marked it so next time if you send me an e-mail, it will go right to my inbox. GaryOak's e-mail has been acting up, he's working on getting it fixed though so you should be able to contact him as well.
over 13 years
If you are ever unsure of anything regarding the game or site, you can always message any of the moderators as well via MSN. Most of our MSN names are on our profile.