Are you gaining any real life skills by playing EM and what skills do you gain/develop?
I think you are gaining some insignificant skill to read if someone is trying to lie/deceive you and logical thinking and thinking outside obvious solutions.
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Do you gain/develop any real life skills by playing EM?
I learned that gay people are never wrong even if the fact they are wrong is sitting right there in front of them so theres no point trying to reason with them
When someone poses a good and well rounded argument, a lot of the times people will resist it simply because it makes sense.
"That argument makes too much sense you must have made a glaringly obvious hole that I just missed" is an often see mindset in games now, and I see this in real life too.
I'm in hospitality management and I work with different types of guests on a daily basis (crazy to stupid to nice as all get out). I actually do think this site gave me a great understanding of people's personalities and how to know what type of personality I need to put on for a certain individual. This helps me make great connections with my guests because I feel like I am able to truly understand what type of individual I am dealing with.
What qualities do your high school teachers possess that is superior to the users you are arguing with on EpicMafia?
You admitted that most of us are over 18 years old, so don't you think that, by now, we have at least SOME university studying? A lot of people have already received their Bachelor's Degree at least.
Your argument and your sources scream 15 years old
I think EM taught me to not try to make friends with people that I don't like, even if that means not having any friends. Firstly, it's not that easy to pull off. But even if I manage it then it won't be worth it. It's better to make enemies of those people unless there will be consequences of being enemies with them, in which case it's best to stay neutral and keep them at arm's length.
I think I learned to question how seriously I should take the outcomes of certain things. It took me too long to realise but an individual has virtually no control over the outcome of a game of EM. Once I really thought about that, it made me take the game less seriously and eventually stop playing. I've extended that line of thinking to the point where I don't get upset about anything that was the product of chance. This might sound a bit much and might be famous last words but I think I'd take a diagnosis of a serious disease better than most people because I'd understand it was just bad luck, and that I don't need to brood over it.
I don't take malevolence (as opposed to tragedy) very well though. If someone is cruel to me for no reason then I'll hold a grudge over it for a long time. Like if I'm playing video games and an opponent uses their laugh emote after they kill me I will always take it personally and be really annoyed if I lose the match or I'll start mocking them if I win. Even though I know that's a dumb thing to feel and then do I just can't stop myself. Hopefully one day I come across something that gives me a great epiphany so that I don't feel like that anymore.
I might post more but I haven't thought of anything else.
I don't think lying is a skill that can be improved by EM, really. Everyone knows how to lie, just create a robust fiction in your head. Mastering that takes no time at all. Children can lie easily.
Lies might succeed or fail based on the actual state of reality. Maybe there is a skill in picking when a lie will work or not. EM might improve that. Although, a lot of times where the player lies on EM are not their choice. Another skill in lying is based on delivery and physical tells but EM won't help with that.
I don't lie in real life anyway.
Here are some mindsets, not skills:
I remember pranay explaining his Hollywood Illusions strategy where the actress acts the illusionist. I think that strategy is very creative and it might make me more likely to look for nuanced strategies in other areas of my life.
EM taught me that there can be a huge disconnect between how you might think people are perceiving you, and how you are actually being perceived. There were times where I felt like I was obviously mafia or obviously town but people didn't pick up on it. Or times where people thought I was really angry/upset or not upset at all, when the opposite was true.
That all extends to my view of other people: I've realised I can't be confident in knowing how someone else feels. That is all especially true when we're only using text to communicate.
