[SFoL] SFoL 48: Hand of Byzantium II - (3/16) - Completed - The Unseen, the Necromancer, and the Insurgent Win!

[Magnus]

Haven’t had much opportunity.

[James]

No it’s fine Datbird.

[DatBird]

You sure?

[James]

Yeah. You can enjoy yourself. There will be more games.

[DatBird]

/In I will dedicate this win to James

[Geyde]

@Geyde

@Geyde

@Geyde

That’s the first step.
Use proper terminology.

As you see Ici puts himself at a disadvantage by not using proper terminology.

@Geyde

Step two to getting good at FM: Appearance

If you want to be read well you need to look good in more ways than the obvious one. Your choice of PFP may seem irrelevant, but if you are hyper concious about your personal image you may want to think about it heavily.

The more important thing I’m going to note is how you present yourself in thread. As either alignment you are trying to find scum, and that usually entails trying to be reasonable with other players. Most of the time trying to solve the game by yourself doesn’t work, so that’s what the rest of the players are for.
If you come off as annoying or frustrating to play with, players generally won’t listen to you, even if you end up being right.

@Geyde

Now in Geyde’s FM tutorial, we can get onto fun stuff

At the beginning of the game, you are PM’d a rolecard. First off, check the wincon. This will evaluate how you are going to be playing this game. Typically it will either involve defeating either the informed minority or the uninformed majority.

If you rolled town, then you know you are town. Your voice is important to get your thoughts out.
If you rolled scum, then you know everyone’s alignment in most game types. You also know who your teammates are, which is important. You need to make sure to work with them to overpower the town.

@Geyde

We can apply these ideas by looking into some common tells and articles from people who are waaaay better than me at mafia.

https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Category:Common_Tells
https://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/11752-11-Effective-Wolf-Hunting-(by-Klopp)

By looking at this guide you shouldn’t expect to be a god instantly out of the gate. The most important thing in mafia is acting with intentionality.
Practice and experimentation are extremely important. You shouldn’t sit idly by and let the TLs play the game for you even if you think that you aren’t as good at reading.

I will likely post this elsewhere as well.

I reccommend reading this

[James]

What’s this?

[Geyde]

It’s a very general guide on how to get better at FM.

[James]

@Geyde

Your choice of PFP may seem irrelevant, but if you are hyper concious about your personal image you may want to think about it heavily.

Is a trollface a bad idea?

[Geyde]

It depends on how you want to present yourself when playing.

[James]

@Geyde

As you see Ici puts himself at a disadvantage by not using proper terminology.

Who’s ici?

[Htm]

Ici is Icibalus

[Geyde]

Icibalus. He plays FM here.

It’s mainly a joke since it doesn’t impact the game as much.

Below is more of what I mean.

Commonly Used Abbreviations - MafiaWiki

[Ami]

/in

[DatBird]

I usually have this page open almost constanly because Im like whats WIFOM for the 900th time, its prob the most useful thing

[DatBird]

pretty sure its full

[Ami]

fuck me. plz

[Geyde]

https://giphy.com/gifs/filmeditor-the-princess-bride-l2YWs5DDmnhTKrOyk

[Htm]

I mean you can still backup or spectate.

[DatBird]

I can backup but then you have to win for not only James but also me thats like a lot of responsibility, can you do it