Meredith Quill

I don't know about the US specifically, but here in the UK, children can, and have, been taken away under the spurious reasoning of 'risk of emotional harm' for things like, parents arguing/shouting (non-violently) as an example. Add into that mix if either parent has a medical history of depression - good luck beating the system then. So instead, depressed parents suffer in silence out of fear, which is a fabulous environment for children to be in... Bravo system, great job. 👏 It's staggeringly counter-intuitive to helping families imo. I'm not even going to get into UK family courts being closed courts, because that is a whole other plane of awfulness all by itself.

Well done, if the aim is for parents to fear doctors and hospitals, objective achieved. The result of which can lead nowhere good, only to needless pain and suffering of both children and parents. I'm actually outraged. Talk about 'do no harm' - pfft. I feel so sorry for Maya and others in her situation, traumatised by the system that was created to protect from harm. I know of parents who refuse to seek treatment for depression in case it's used against them in the future should they ever be wrongfully put under the spotlight of child services; that's messed up. Until it happens to them or someone they're close to, most people, understandably but mistakenly, assume 'no smoke without fire' - except there is, there's faux smoke billowing everywhere. It's terrible.

One would presume it's a job title, like plumber, but I didn't write the synopsis I used copy/paste.

Actually, Mafia was originally akin to a IRL role-playing board game; yep, I acknowledged it isn't the same as an IRL immersive game, although tbf the principles are identical, and I also agree playing a 24/7 IRL game will be harder. My point was playing an IRL immersive version would be more difficult for those who don't have a ruthless streak to tap into, not that it'll be easy for those who do; difficult either way. Trusting no-one is the wise choice but that doesn't mean not being friendly or nice to others or seeking allies and enjoying the company of fellow contestants, you can still do all those things whilst with-holding your trust. The judgment part is about reading people, watching them, looking for signs of deception or deceptive behaviours. What seems difficult for many in the series aired so far, is separating who they like/dislike from who they trust/distrust and that'll trip you up again and again. The Traitors isn't designed to be a popularity contest as such, but some seem to treat it predominantly as one, which muddies the waters and makes it pretty easy for the real Traitors to target (either by sowing seeds of distrust or direct accusation) those who aren't Traitors. One of the big differences with The Traitors and the game it's based on (the online version anyway) is the table room. There doesn't seem to be much time allotted to anyone being accused to defend themselves on the show. In the online game, a day or two can pass before a final vote is added to take a player out of the game. So that part I imagine is especially hard; being potentially blindsided and having to defend yourself on the back foot in a relatively short space of time. I wouldn't want to do it.

To a large extent it depends of personal levels of ruthlessness (when the situation calls for it) I imagine. I'm sure anyone signing up to play an irl immersive version of a game like Mafia - which this is based on - who doesn't possess, or cannot tap into, a ruthless streak, would absolutely find it much more difficult to play. Those people will either get lucky (luck also plays a massive part) and swim or will end up sunk. Even those who do have, or can tap into, a ruthless streak risk being sunk by poor strategy, poor performance or bad luck. The game of Mafia The Traitors is designed to be pretty dog-eat-dog by its nature and certainly not for the faint-hearted generally speaking.

!00% hence why I said "you may like others, get along with others, enjoy their company, be friendly, be nice, sure, even act like you trust them" you absolutely need allies, but ally doesn't automatically equal 'friend' in the true sense of the word, and certainly not in an immersive prize-winning game.

I don't think 'trust no-one' is hard to remember esp when the stakes are large sums of money, but maybe that's just me.

^ It's a high stakes game. The winner(s) can walk away with a significant sum of money. Deception is an inherent part of the game, whether deceiving or being deceived. They all know those facts going in. If they end up trusting someone, they're playing the game incorrectly/unwisely. Trust no-one. The golden rule is; you may like others, get along with others, enjoy their company, be friendly, be nice, sure, even act like you trust them... just don't actually give *anyone your trust when no-one can be 100% trusted, it's pretty simple. *including fellow Traitors ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Noted. New ticket it is.

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