User blog:Kirito1238/how to win as mafia

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Serious guide this isn't a joke.

Given that town wins 80% of the time because of whisper games, voting up suspicious people for roles, everyone racing to confirm themselves, etc. there needs to be a guide on how mafia can win as well. This guide also applies to evil scum (witch, nk) but may be slightly more difficult.

Basic Techniques

 * Prepare a fake will and role the moment you see you're red. Preferably multiple wills and roles.
 * If someone asks you for a role, say your role and post your will.
 * If you're on the stand through circumstantial evidence ("he defended the last maf", "he didnt vote up maf" "we need to lynch for roles"), immediately say your role and post your will. Maybe add a few extra evidence that you're innocent like "I found the NK" or something.
 * If you're on the stand because someone claimed investigative and that you're mafia, follow the same tip above and then claim transported/framed/exe.
 * If your mafia member is accused by an unconfirmed person claiming an investigative or circumstantial evidence, don't say that the accuser is exe, or ask for proof, or shout "RANDUMB LYNCH NOOBS".
 * If your mafia member is accused by an investigative who is confirmed, or has already found scum, vote them up to the stand and guilty. They're done for.
 * Whisper your role to confirmed town.

Bussing
It's where you claim an investigative role and get your maf member lynched. This is a grey area as sometimes people like to be big jerks and sell out their own mafia for the lels, but it's not gamethrowing if you intend to do this for the good of your team.

Keep in mind that bussing is a huge risk, huge reward strategy. Losing a mafia member is crippling, especially if your other maf is killed and you're the only one left against 4 confirmed town. However, successfully pulling this off at the right time can literally win you the game.

Here are some criteria on if you should bus this person: If the person you plan to bus fits one or two of the points, get them lynched not too early, but not too late. D3-4 would be around the right time.
 * AFK. They're going to die unless town is as dumb as a sack of rocks. Might as well kill them first and reap the rewards.
 * Terrible players. Those who say names in maf chat, have no idea what roles do, whisper other maf with the possibility of a spy, etc.
 * Terrible roles. Disguiser, Framer, and janitor with no cleans (as long as they've told you the roles they've gotten)
 * Any is mafia.
 * Person already under suspicion, and will get trialled the next day.

After the person you bussed is killed (and doesn't rat out the other mafia in retaliation), congratulations, you are now near confirmed. If there's a whisper game, ask the person at the center of the roles claims of others, and maybe get the one in charge to order them around to benefit you. If there isn't a whisper game, take charge and ask for roles. Order everyone as you like and kill off the ones who are a threat, and enjoy your win. Rack up extra kills by ordering every visiting role to visit the vet you ordered to alert, or getting the vig to kill someone you know is town, and mislynch as you like.

Chaos
Soon TM