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Mafia Tells

There are various tells to find out who is mafia, as listed below:

1: Bandwagoning
Bandwagoning is defined as following other people's votes to get people voted off. Usually the player who places the second or third vote on a person is bandwagoning, and attempting to lynch them. Mafia use this tactic to turn some innocent votes into a lynch. Look for second and third votes and change to them instead.

2: WIFOM
WIFOM (Short for Wine In Front On Me) is based off the old concept of posion in one person's glass. The person who is trying to poison the other person could choose to place it in the other player's glass if he think he does not suspect anything/double bluffs or his own glass if he thinks the other person will make them swap glasses.

Basically, an example of this is if you claim you are a townie, you could be telling the truth of lying. If they think you are lying, this may be what they want you to think since they are actually townie. This, however, is a common tactic amongst middle-IQ newbies, since if you really ARE pro-town there is no reason to lie or play WIFOM; you should stay out of the way. Playing WIFOM is a general scum tell since they should have no reason to lie.

3: OMGUS voting
OMGUS (Short for Oh My God You Suck) voting is the principle of voting someone simply because they voted for you. This is sometimes a mafia tell as mafia are more defensive, but not always.