Smog Article

[Mekkah]

Hey guys, I'm almost quite running out of stuff to write about concerning mafia, so that's why I'm making this thread. If you have an idea about something mafia-related you'd like me to write about, please post here and perhaps it'll give me the inspiration to write.

 

[Destiny Warrior]

How about you write something similar to a postgame for a big mafia game, but highly more detailed and simple, so that newbies can understand all the false claims, along with the behind-the-scenes plans etc.?

 

[Aura Guardian]

How about how to make a new style of mafia game and/or experiment? Sort of like Accent/Exarius's MGS, your Unicycle and Blindness, Earthworm's Chaos and Flow, and any twists that could be added. Maybe a critique of each of them, too.

 

[UncleSam]

Here are a few ideas:
-Fake Claiming
-Mafia Strategy
-Wolf Strategy
-Moling

Just a few aspects of mafia that I cannot recall you covering, off the top of my head.

 

[Raverist]

I've often wondered as to the whole Neutral Survival system, that is neutrals and wolves and the strategies both use to win. An in-depth analysis of neutrals would be an interesting read.

 

[FinnRagetti]

Here are a few ideas:
-Fake Claiming
-Mafia Strategy
-Wolf Strategy
-Moling

Just a few aspects of mafia that I cannot recall you covering, off the top of my head.

Mekkah, you've had experience with Moling...you might also want to get Eo to help you out as well.

 

[dak]

Mekkah, you've had experience with Moling...you might also want to get Eo to help you out as well.

lol

 

[Destiny Warrior]

Seconding UncleSam's request for moling. I want to mole 'em village leaders...

 

[Game Freak201]

I think moling would be a great topic. Many new players have difficulty doing this.

 

[porygon3]

I think the first thing new players should learn is how to not be moled, not how to mole. A few games recently (mainly Unicycle) the mafias were moled so badly, and there have probably been games recently where the village leaders were newer players and probably got moled to some extent. You obviously need to say what moling is to tell how to prevent it but I'd put more emphasis on "how to not be moled"

it might be kinda hard to teach though, but then again I'm not sure how easy it is to teach moling either

 

[Game Freak201]

Either way porygon3, both skills are required to play Mafia. Perhaps we can have an article that discusses both of these topics since they overlap.

 

[jumpluff]

I think the first thing new players should learn is how to not be moled, not how to mole. A few games recently (mainly Unicycle) the mafias were moled so badly, and there have probably been games recently where the village leaders were newer players and probably got moled to some extent. You obviously need to say what moling is to tell how to prevent it but I'd put more emphasis on "how to not be moled"

it might be kinda hard to teach though, but then again I'm not sure how easy it is to teach moling either

Agree hard with this. Not more to say. It's kind of hard to teach but protips can definitely be given, red flags for claims, etc. etc.

 

[Raikage]

Well you can always cover famous players and their play styles to give a little inspiration to the newbies.

How to mole and not be moled sounds good too

EDIT: Don't call out Jackai anymore though otherwise he might just fly to Holland and murder you or something

 

[Thorns]

agreeing with raikage's first idea

 

[Amelia]

Yeah let's cover Brain, Gmax, and Eo.
It definitely works.

 

[jumpluff]

i'm scared of an ego jerking article

 

[Seven Deadly Sins]

Agreed. I don't want articles that just stroke egos. Also, a moling/antimoling article probably sounds like the "most useful".

Covering playstyle is iffy, because it's really hard to emulate other players. Each player needs to learn their own style.

 

[Thorns]

i want an ego-crushing article but okay

 

[dak]

i'm scared of an ego jerking article

this

also if all good players give too much insight into their playstyle, the games will become less interessting

 

[Raikage]

How about covering playstyles in general? We don't need to mention names at all.

To be honest, I want Smog articles that don't always cater to beginners, the article in the latest issue on designing games was a step in the right direction (though that's not to say I have major issues with the previous articles, they're still interesting)