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Even after LeBron opted out in 2014 , he still was not 100% sure if he wanted to return to Cleveland because he didn’t know if anyone would welcome him back with open arms.

LeBron wasn’t wrong to be apprehensive. I mean Cavs fans did burn his jersey after all.

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Maybe he doesn’t sleep because sleep is the cousin of death.

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A dumbtell is when someone purposely acts oblivious or ignorant as an excuse for something scummy or anti-town that they did. This is usually employed by the mafia if they screw something up. One person can just play dumb, pretending as if they didn’t know something or have no idea what is going on.

Example of a dumbtell
Player5 dies in the night
Player1: I’m lookout. Scum2 is visited Player5 last night.
Player1, Player2, and Player3 vote to lynch Scum2
Scum1 votes to lynch the uncced lookout, Player1

Player1: Ummm, I’m uncced. You’re obviously mafia.
Scum1: lol what? idk what’s going on I thought I was supposed to vote for you because ur lookout. srry imma noob
Player1: Oh okay. Just vote for Scum2, okay? He’s mafia.
Scum1: hah how do i change my vote lolz

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Confirmed is a term that means exactly what you think it means. Usually used when talking about a person being mafia, confirmed simply means that the person is confirmed to be a role. There is no doubt about it, it is 100%. This usually only happens through process of elimination, or through an investigative role.

If there are 4 people left, and 3 of them are uncced PRs, then the final remaining person is thereby “confirmed” to be mafia.

Example of Confirmed
Player1: Cop here. Player2 is guilty.
Some time passes, Player1 remains uncced.
Player3: Welp, Player1 is uncced. That means Player2 is confirmed.

Another example of confirmed
Player1 claims doctor. He is uncced.
Player2 claims vigilante. He is uncced.
Player3 claims cop. He is uncced.
Since Player4 is the only player left and doesn’t claim to be a PR, he is confirmed mafia.

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Hypo is a term to describe the act of “hyper claiming”. If the doctor or any protective role dies the first night, the entire town can claim to be a cop. This prevents the mafia from knowing who the real cop is. Since there is nobody to protect the cop, he can’t claim his role without being surely killed in the night.

Example of Hypo
Mafia kills Player1 in the night. Player1 was the doctor.
Player2, the cop: I am the cop, Player3 is innocent.
Player3: I’m the cop, Player4 is guilty.
Player4: No I’m the cop, Player5 is innocent.
Player5: Nope, you’re all fake, I’m the cop. Player3 is guilty.

Now mafia has no idea who the real cop is since everyone claimed to be. Later on the real cop can identify themselves and the fake cops can retract their claims. This allows the real cop to keep getting reports from the night, but not reveal them until they can do so safely.

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LYLO is an acronym for the phrase “Lynch Or Lose”. When the town are low on numbers and will lose unless a mafia member is lynched during the day, they are in a LYLO situation. That means they have to lynch a member of the mafia. There is no other way around it. This often happens if the town has already lynched incorrectly (ML) and the person they lynched was a PR.

If someone says it is LYLO, but there is still a doctor alive, then they are wrong. As long as the doctor is alive, there is still a chance that even if you don’t lynch the mafia, the doctor will get a save. Don’t rely on this happening though.

If the town is in a LYLO situation, they are automatically also in MYLO.

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You can’t trust nobody now a days because everyone claims to be your friend & to always have your back but their the sames ones who end up turning on you.

Jada shouts out the song title here and uses a simile. He compares the way you have to look out and be weary of backstabbing friends, to the way you watch the TV channel, B.E.T.

B.E.T stands for Black Entertainment Television. So Jada could also be referring to the fact that you “watch niggas” because B.E.T is 99% black actors and individuals.

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Clear is a term used to describe someone that is “clearly” a town role. You only use the term if you’re 100% sure. If a cop reported that a user is innocent, and then that cop dies (showing the town that he indeed was the cop), the user they reported on is a clear. Clears often lead towns, especially in the absense of a PR.

Example of the term Clear
Player1 is the cop. They report to the town that Player2 is innocent. Player1 then dies, showing town he was the real cop. Player2 is a clear now.

Another example of the term Clear
Player1 is the oracle. Player1 decides to be on Player2. Player1 then dies, exposing Player2 as a villager to the town. Player2 is a clear now.

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Mafia games can get quite crazy, especially for beginners. This page is here to annotate all the terms every player needs to know.

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OGI is a term for the phrase “Out of Game Interference”. This simply means a player is using something that didn’t occour in the current game as evidence or motivation. This often ties in the with term Meta.

Town members often use OGI if they are unsure which person to lynch. If a player always acts a certain way when they’re scum, and another player remembers this, they’re bound to use that information when they’re not sure. OGI is often regarded as against the rules though.

People can also use OGI to try and convince people to vote certain ways. “If you don’t lynch Player1, you’re trolling. I’ll report you.” is a common example.

Example of OGI
Player1: I’m the clear and I’m really not sure who to lynch. However, I know from experience that Player2 says lol a lot when he is mafia, so I’m going to vote him.
Player2: Unfair OGI. That’s Meta. Reported. lol.

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