3) I don't think they should claim yet if they do exist as this might have a negative effect, I think the earliest they could claim is perhaps day 1 when they will have had the chance to speak to each other and perhaps come up with a question and answer tactic for proving that they are town. (Something that we could question the other potential Masons about to back up your case if one is murdered)
Can you elaborate on what you mean by 'a question an answer tactic' in case it's a really good idea and the masons are like me and don't understand what you mean?
I personally think theres more of a reason to lynch Alisha than Inffy
Why?
Aaaaaaa I'd rather no-lynch. Why? Because in 90% of the cases we end up lynching a townie. Yes, you could argue that the "reads" and other stuff helps us find the scum - yet I've encountered that these reads become outdated and useless once day 1 start. Most common I think is people who argue for lunch because of the reads and then come with zero/small reads (Inffy).
Well I was mafia in that game, I do think lynching is valuable because:
1. Should we lynch or should we no-lynch today? Why?
I'd ideally like to lynch. Lynching somebody means people post more, attack/defend more, and we ultimately get more information from the day. Resigning to no-lynching just means we waste an opportunity to kill mafia and deny ourselves as much analysis the next day. There's always going to be a higher chance of lynching town than mafia, moreso early on, but if we only lynch when we have some kind of evidence then we're risking being outnumbered. We could wait a few days for the chances of lynching mafia to be increased and then begin lynching but that's boring.
2. Ranking the three possible Mafia roles top-down, which role would be the most dangerous role which we should get rid of first?
Roleblocker, Godfather, Goon
3. Should the masons claim (if they already are here) today to narrow down claimspace?
No, they should only claim if one of them is in danger of being lynched in my opinion. It's easy to miss the value of the masons but bearing in mind these are two, potentially three practically self-clearing towns, as soon as they know their identity and they've got rid of any bigger threats, the mafia will want to be killing them at night to prevent our lynch pool from decreasing as much compared to if they kill off non-proven towns for us. If we can keep the masons alive we can use them later in the game to reduce the lynch pool, and that could make a huge difference.
Anyways, as for reads, I'm down to lynch les right now because of these things:
also keep in mind there is a SKin this game so if anything we may need to find him first then the mafia
The potential slip here aside (and I can totally see it as a slip), this sentence feels very random. I'm not sure why les would think to mention this at this time, and it feels slightly like a 'oh I'm sk so I should do my best to act as though I'm not and try to kill the sk'
honestly, you are reading too much into a comment I made when half asleep also I don't suspect anyone yet due to it being D1 although timdood jumping that comment and claiming I'm evil without asking my opinion on it is odd but could be just eagerness
"I don't suspect anyone yet due to it being D1" is not something I'd expect from town les. Usually he's perfectly happy to kill on day 1.
And that's all I've got for now