On the other hand, if used early on a victim with a statue HL, it can prompt the sniper to completely tunnel on them, giving you an easy game.īasically you want to look less like a spy and more like an innocent guest.Īnd let's face it: most guests are boring. If you already have a HL yourself, it can severely backfire. Combo: BB while your ST is talking, then red flirt to make it look like a poorly executed BBsplit on your victims part.Īll these methods also make you possibly suspicious, especially once snipers start to explicitly look for BBsplits.Drop a (fake) BB while your framing victim is talking.

Add time when someone looks at the watch (risky, as you'll always be the second to check which can be a tell).

Framing anyone: Pretend someone has greened a swap and immediately move in to white swap after the guest was at the same (risky, manage your competition!).

A good sniper might recognize the red flirt possibility and have it down to you and your ST after that trick though (especially if you're joining)

Framing your ST: red flirt while he holds up a statue, reads a book or is mid-talk (not so strong) to force an abort from him/her that might set off the sniper.

Some say, winning by civ death is not as rewarding than completing your missions, but prompting the sniper to shoot an innocent guest by actively framing them is a reward in its own right. Sometimes you cannot win by mission completion, sometimes you just don't want to. Instead, wait with your statue visit until you've completed other hard tell missions. Gaining a HL early is devastating and should be avoided if at all possible. I see many spies go for the inspect relatively early in a round because it appears risk free. For you as a spy this means that by picking up a statue you're basically Highlighting yourself. There is a number of good reasons for this practice. Many snipers these days will automagically HL any guests who visit statues. The other big thing is avoiding a HL or at least delaying the time you get it. Getting a sniper to LL you is not trivial and often involves special moves such as a Banana split. Generally speaking, accomplishing missions when you're LL is a breeze, but when being HL even greens can easily get you killed and it's most difficult to get anything done. If you notice that your sniper is predominantly HLing for a certain action, try keeping track of these too (usually, statue visitors is a good starting place) You should ALWAYS remember them and try to keep them in the race. Giving the sniper a couple of easy LLs from formal neutral guests is not ideal but giving him LLs from previous HLs can be devastating and might reduce the suspect pool to only you.īut how do you know his suspects/HLs? Prime candidates are guest that carry out your dirty work (green swap and purloin). Try to have a rough idea on the sniper's possible suspect list, and don't do his job for him by eliminating top suspects for him: Don't BB if your competition could not possibly BB, i.e. Hopefully, you're not the only suspect at the party, you have 'competition' for the position of spy, and you want to keep it that way. Sometimes, the laser suddenly changes pace, or becomes very still, seemingly pointing at nothing.

They try to mislead the spy about their focus of attention, hoping to bait a confirmation tell from a highly suspicious guest who thinks he can take advantage of the lack of sniper presence. The bait Experienced snipers often point the laser in one direction while looking at the other. Does he guard the bug? Go for a quick time add! Does he stare down Toby and his tray? Transfer the microfilm! Try to guess what the sniper is likely focusing on and take advantage of his lack of attention somewhere else. Pay close attention to the laser at all times.

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