WHO WON? YOU DECIDED:
IT'S A MAFIA VICTORY!
Mafia: Lunatic, whiteflame
Third Party: Redeemed/iamanabanana
This game was so boring... until the inactive players got replaced, that is. After that, it quickly became wildly interesting. Tbh, I was a bit worried that the game may have been too townsided at the start. The town had a decent amount of investigative power between Austin's Lie Detector and Wylted's Dreamer, plus there was the Informed Earth, and Savant's Jailkeeper had the potential to cause the mafia team some real trouble as well. The Bookie and PGO did add some swinginess to the game, but I still felt like it was more likely to swing against scum than town.
WF and Luna ended up getting super lucky, though. Earth was a good DP1 mislynch for the mafia and Savant jailing Austin was a game-changing move. Lunatic claiming Justice ended up being probably the most fortuitous fakeclaim I've ever seen. So many players thought that Luna was basically town-confirmed after Banana outed herself as third party, and I don't think I saw anyone consider that WF and Luna might have been on a team together.
With all that being said, the mafia's victory can in no way be attributed merely to luck. The scum team made excellent use of their night actions. Silencing Wylted twice in a row ended up being a fantastic strategy, as it prevented anyone from realizing that he was actually a Dreamer, which probably helped Austin become the final mislynch. Killing Pie first was also a bold tactic that paid off incredibly well.
I think this game, as well as the last one I modded, provides a couple lessons for the town. First, make sure you read your role PMs carefully. Earth, if you had stated that your justification involved the "standing on the shoulders of giants" line, and you had correctly stated that you'd receive the information on DP2, not DP3, it might have saved you. It also might not have, but who knows? It could have prevented a mislynch.
Second, don't be hasty to vote at MYLO/LYLO. Banana, I know you're still relatively new to this game, so I really can't judge you too harshly. I made more or less the same mistake in my first game on here. But what Luna said is true: the mafia can easily quickhammer at MYLO/LYLO if town votes for town. Granted, he was scum, but it's also genuinely good advice. Also, in the off-chance that you ever get Prophet again, wait until the flip at the end of DP1 before making your prediction. :)
Really, though, I feel like Wylted is probably the one who deserves more criticism for his vote at MYLO, but I know he'll probably just say that Austin was "obviously scummy" and not learn anything from it, so I won't bother.
Savant, you had a good read on Luna at the beginning, but didn't commit to it. I totally understand that, I never know how to tell when I'm onto something vs just tunneling on somebody. But Austin was right: you should use your Jailkeeper ability on strong scumreads or strong townreads, rarely the folks in between. If you had used your ability on Luna instead, the game would have gone in a very different direction, and the town would have had a MUCH better chance of winning.
In the end, I hope you all had fun as much fun playing this game as I had modding it. Again, well done to the scum team, you two did excellent!
