How did you know?

Ok so this is my first time playing mafia, so please excuse my noobishness, and excuse my absence the past couple days, I was just getting back from my honeymoon, and I don't have internet in my apartment yet, and haven't had time to go to the library. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if this newspaper article about the kitten is in this game, or if people are just quoting it as a joke. Also it seems people are voting for someone to be lynched, and I am trying to figure out if there are any basis behind these votes, or if people are just choosing who they feel they want to be lynched? I probably won't get a vote in this round, as I'm still confused about what's going on, as there are only 2 hours left, but that's ok I'll be here next time around.

There's not actually a vote going on, people are pretending to vote for the lulz.

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JENKINTOWN POST Morning Edition Tuesday, April 15^th, 1953

FIRST MURDER IN TOWN SINCE 1948
On a case local police have refused to give details, Azrael.Wrath was murdered at his household at 9:18pm last night (Monday, April 14^th, 1953). The JTPD’s Sheriff gave only a few words in regard: “We are without a doubt that this was an intentional act of murder. There were at least two killers.” and
“As far as whom and why? There appears to be nothing linking this man to anything. The man had no friends, no wife, no children.” The mayor of Jenkintown stated at a press conference: “Azrael.Wrath was a polite TOWNSMAN who didn’t deserve this atrocity, and that is why we will work our hardest to catch whoever is responsible.”

IN OTHER NEWS

- The curious little kitten mentioned in the last edition of Jenkintown Post is now dead.

- Citizens of Jenkintown gather today for a ceremonial lynching, in honor of Ra, the sun god.


NIGHT 1 IS OVER. BEGIN DAY 1. ALL PLAYERS HAVE ONE VOTE TOWARDS A PLAYER THEY WANT LYNCHED. DAY ENDS THURSDAY 8:00pm MST.

* Any players still AFK by the end of day 1 will be banned
* Clues may appear later in game


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lol, Azrael always dies first, he's like the most targeted person in all the mafias.

@Neki: What can I say... he trolls too much and had it coming.

In an unrelated note, please notice that the sun god reference is in [no clue] brackets and don't try to lynch me for that shit.
Also, i have reason to believe that mafia may be warded by carved pumpkins AKA jack-o-lanterns. I cannot prove this, but you guys might want to put one on your doorstep tonight just to be safe. Finally, I abstain for now.

Random.org says Norm.

I vote Norm.

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@Neki: What can I say... he trolls too much and had it coming.

Coming from you

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Random.org says Norm.

I vote Norm.

Idiot.

Oh gawd.

Well...there's no clues... .

No clues, and only 1 hit. Alright.

I vote Tempz for the hell of it.

EDIT:
And wouldn't ya know it, Random.org game me Tempz, too. Coincidence or coincidence?

Well, even without clues, there's behavioral analysis; I'm more of a clue guy myself.

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* Any players still AFK by the end of day 1 will be banned

Is this implying that roles with night actions didn't send in actions? Afk Mafia/Doctor/Sheriff?

I really don't like the lynching odds, so I'm going to Abstain for now.

The odds are not yet in favor.

I choose to Abstain.

Just to clarify, can a mafia member kill a mafia member? I see no rules against it, though, you should consider making a rule where if a Mafia member kills a Mafia member, the role revealed is Townsmen -this could possibly add in a bit more strategy to the game.

It would in bad taste and etiquette if a mafia member killed the other person, basically it's just basic game rules that you don't do such a thing.

Random.org gave me abstain.

Abstaining, for the fun of it.

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Random.org says Norm.

I vote Norm.

Idiot.

If you can't convince me reliably that you aren't mafia, I'm staying with my vote.

I abstain. Nothing yet to go on, so let's not risk lynching one of our own, ok?

Someone is getting lynched anyways; abstaining does nothing to prevent the lynch. The expected returns from random lynching is sufficiently high that I am willing to risk it.

abstaiiin