Wangalang Explains MYLO and CYLO Play

Hey mafia.gg nation! I’m wangalang and I’ve had this guide requested for me to write a couple of times. I’ll do my best to easily explain how to play in MYLO and CYLO situations as optimally as you can.

Mafia is a numbers game - it can be hard to pull a comeback when the numbers are stacked against you. You don’t know your fellow town, but the mafia (unless non-meeting) typically know each other and can push for a miscondemn easier, they just need one or two townies to vote with them.

How can town work together in MYLO/CYLO?

Firstly, I’m going to explain what MYLO and CYLO are.

## MYLO

*Miscondemn and You LOse (MYLO)* - when you miscondemn, you lose the game. In a normal MYLO situation Mafia has two less members than town in this scenario. 4-2 is MYLO, so is 5-3, 6-4, 7-5 and so on.

(There are some unique MYLO/CYLO situations where you have to condemn a specific mafia to continue the game (such as if there is a Poacher or Clown that is condemned, they're able to kill another town, so after the other mafia's night kill, 3 becomes 2 and they win, so Town can only win by killing the non Poacher/Clown. But a "normal" MYLO situation would be 4 Town, 2 Mafia (with no extra KP))

## CYLO

*Condemn and You LOse (CYLO, formerly LYLO)* - when you condemn, you lose. In a normal CYLO situation, Mafia has one less member than town - such as 3-2, 4-3, 5-4 and so on.

## What you should do in MYLO/CYLO

I’m just going to go ahead and drop this in the guide early and bold and underline and italicise it so people understand how important this is in MYLO and CYLO (especially CYLO).

***Vote with the confirmed town***

If there is a confirmed town, you should vote with them. You are actually forced to sheep them. You can try to explain your read on scum to them, but ultimately your vote CANNOT be different to their vote. This is especially important in CYLO and I’m going to bamboozle you as to why.

**Scenario one:**

It’s CYLO, final five. There’s a confirmed town (conf!town), 2 mafias, and two villagers. The two mafia are going for a miscondemn on Villager #1. The conf!town and Villager #2 want to vote Mafia #1, but Villager #1 is stubborn because they are certain Mafia #2 is scum, and thus, a 2-2-1 vote occurs before the end of the day.

**What happened:**

Town botched the vote because Villager #1 couldn’t get their head out of their butt and vote with the numbers. When town doesn’t vote together in this scenario, the NC in CYLO means Mafia can just kill and win. I’ve said this and I’ll say it again - Mafia is a numbers game. In MYLO/CYLO situations, you’re already disadvantaged because the numbers on your side are limited.

**Scenario two:**

It’s CYLO, final five. There’s a confirmed town (conf!town), 2 mafias, and two villagers. The two mafia are going for a miscondemn on Villager #1. Villager #1 is voting Mafia #1, and Villager #2 doesn’t bother waiting for the conf!town to decide before voting Villager #1 in CYLO, causing town to lose.

**What happened:**

It’s unfortunate that Villager #2 was voting Villager #1, but they didn’t consider that in order for the conf!town to not be voting them, then either the two votes already on them are scum or one Mafia is bussing in CYLO. You’re voting with at least one Mafia, and wouldn’t you rather be voting with the conf!town? By voting with the conf!town, you ensure that at least two people on the vote are town, thus having the majority of the numbers.

**Scenario three:**

It’s CYLO, final five. There’s a confirmed town (conf!town), 2 mafias, and two villagers. The conf!town takes ages to make reads and vote. Everyone scrambles at the last second, someone manages to not vote, causing the mafia to tie the vote making it 2-2-0. They NC, and win.

**What happened:**

Conf!town panicking and not leading town rendered them to panic scramble, not have a clear vote in mind and Mafia needed just one person to miss out on voting. Town didn’t have the numbers to get a vote across the line and the Mafia won after night-killing someone.

## Optimal play in CYLO as the Conf!Town

I hope that after reading these scenarios, you understand why people blunder. It’s no one’s fault (okay, no, it’s the conf!town’s for not leading). But they often don’t know they’re supposed to lead and be the decider of the vote that day, and Mafia can use their influences to get a miscondemn.

A lot of the time town loses in CYLO is because Mafia take charge over the conf!town. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN. You can prevent this by, well, taking charge yourself as the conf!town.

As the conf!town, the optimal play is to first and foremost announce that town has to vote with you because otherwise you don’t have the numbers. You can lightly threaten by saying that “anyone not voting with me is Mafia”. You need to take leadership and be assertive.

Then, you use the day to bounce off people and try to work out who is the scum team. I find that it’s best to work out who’s paired. Anyone voting during the day should be heavily discouraged as they are not voting with you (the conf!town). They can, and will be trying to persuade you to vote accordingly - that’s up to you to not feel pressured or pocketed!

Finally, you will have a vote decided at least one minute before the day ends. You vote and everyone is forced to vote with you. You condemned Mafia? Fantastic. Live in the joyous fact that you probably won’t be taken to final 3 and the rest of the game is out of your hands. You condemned Town? Tell post-game chat to shove it and link them to this guide. They would have lost if they didn’t vote with their conf!town in CYLO regardless.

If you’re heading into CYLO and you’re the only Power Role alive, you should absolutely out frame one that day and hope that the element of surprise means a Mafia won’t CC you.

Then, you do the thing I explained above.

The reason you role reveal is because town has a confirmed to vote with and work with in CYLO. There is no reason to hide your role in this scenario. It is a huge waste of time for town if the PR doesn’t claim in CYLO and town spends time sussing them.

## Optimal play in MYLO as the Conf!Town

Pretty much the same, though it’s less of a problem if you split the vote and NC. It just means the conf!town will die at night, meaning the game goes into CYLO with no confirms (unless there were two confirms up in MYLO). That isn’t the end of the world, though it will be a much harder game because it requires three townies that don’t know each other to coordinate on the same vote.

If you’re a PR, you should be outing in MYLO. If you play your cards wrong, then there isn’t another day left in the game to play. Town wants a conf!town in MYLO to talk to and vote with. Otherwise, it’s relatively easy for the Mafia to vote-block to try and push for more votes onto a town.

## Optimal play in MYLO/CYLO with the Conf!Town

As Villager and Mafia, you should be discussing who you think is scum, trying (or pretending) to work out who to vote, but not voting until the conf!town has decided on someone.

Playing that day as normally as you can, while being conscious of numbers. If all town votes with the conf!town then all of town are on the same side.

Mafia want to completely ignore this guide and go for a miscondemn. The game isn’t over and you don’t want to blow your cover too soon. Act towny, engage with the conf!town and try to push them to vote who you want.

Remember that in MYLO if you miscondemn you do lose (big Sad!). It’s important to be talking to the confirmed town and getting them to see your logic. The conf!town should still be taking charge and leading the vote at the end of the day and town should still be voting with them.

## You don't want to vote with the confirmed?

Very sad. See you in post-game chat.

Remember that this is a numbers game and sometimes you need to make sacrifices. Voting with the others is one of them - ESPECIALLY in MYLO/CYLO when the numbers against you are limited. Plead your case. Scum case. Explain. Reiterate.

Then, vote with them. For number’s sake. If you break away from the conf!town in CYLO, town doesn’t have majority.

## Optimal play in MYLO/CYLO without a confirmed

In MYLO, adhering to Auryxx’s guide, you should NC in MYLO when there are no confirms to gain information.

By then, you should have accumulated a couple of town reads so you should be voting with them. Again, cannot stress this enough.

In CYLO, you have no room for NCs, blunders or splits. You should pair yourself with someone you think is town, and then think “who’s the third?” and vote outside of that. Try to get these other two people on board, and have the two others agree to vote the same person. This way, you get the vote across the line as you have the numbers.

## Conclusion

I don’t mean to put a tonne of pressure on the conf!town, but TL;DR you are very important in MYLO/CYLO cases. Do remember that this is a team game and it’s not completely your decision, as you’ll be discussing who to vote with your fellow peers and figuring out who is scum using your super cool social deductions skills. However, you should be the instigator of the vote.

GLHF, and don’t AFK or I’ll cry.