and in the end, he really wants to just play the game.
Yes. When I get the opportunity, it is always a pleasure. Truthfully, I would like to just play a slower game and not have to rush, rush, rush in my actions. But other players want to put heat on me all the time and right away that I feel I have to act fast or lose. If I do try and stay low key or just mess around and play for a few laughs, I seem to get killed faster.
I wish more people would engage me though. I mean, what do you think is a better victory? Killing me day 1 or 2 and getting a mafia win or keeping me alive to the end and getting a mafia win? You might say a win is a win but Stevey did the latter and it is still my favorite loss. He and his mafia suckered me good and beat my townie alliance just in time to win.
Another win I look on fondly is the Charlie Brown mafia. In that game, I tried to keep as many townie roles alive as I could and keep the stronger players alive longer which I mainly succeeded at except for having to kill Thatguy Night 3 but it had to be done. I think there was one other role I had to eliminate on the last night to seal victory but it just meant the game was over at that point. That was a good win because it was earned against good competition.
That's what keeps me coming back for more. There are a lot of good players in this game who I consider high level threats. Maybe that's my problem. Since everyone looks at me, I'm the only looking at them thereby making me the big threat. Still, if they really wanted it and played accordingly, they could probably beat me on the road to victory. I'm just one player and without support, it is hard for me to accomplish that much.
EDIT: Also, Nickmitch has posted in other threads today including the funhouse so he has been around.