False accusations have torn apart the lives of athletes, politicians, and celebrities for as long as mankind has been on the earth. The common refrain of “I did nothing wrong” usually sparks up a chorus of booing and anger, regardless of how true it is. When someone has lost the confidence of the public, fair or not, they need more than a “Nuh-uh, not me,” to re-establish that trust.
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It’s not enough to do nothing wrong inAmong Us. One must do everything right to keep the accusatory eyes away. So now is the best time to learn what to do (and what not to do) in order to establish one’s innocence in the eyes of the crew.
10Blend In: Finish Tasks Quickly
When emergency meetings are called and everyone is throwing around names, one way to make sure the player’s name is not mentioned is to knock out as many tasks as possible. There’s no reason to delay in doing chores unless the player is the infiltrator.
Yes, manyindie games that require stealthexist in the universe, butAmong Usis not on that list. Don’t be sneaky, don’t overthink objectives. Pretend there is a time limit on accomplishing these various tasks to avoid any doubt in the minds of others.
9Stand Out: Flee The Scene
Everyone wants to see the villains inGotham Knights. People love looking for a culprit. The gut reflex within the gamer knows this and therefore tries their best to be out of sight and (hopefully) out of mind when they stumble across a dead body or sabotaged equipment.
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But there’s an alternative way to mitigate this blame. Report it. This is not an episode ofLaw & Orderwhere a powerful lawyer will represent those who flee the scene of the crime. These games are quick and people have to make quicker judgments. Get caught running away once and suspicion is sure to follow.
8Blend In: Hang Out With Friends
There’s a whole library of choices when deciding whichgames to play with friends on Steam remotely.Among Usis a game where it’s less important to have a friend outside of the game and more important to have a friend inside of the game.
Every second spent not doing tasks should be spent in plain sight. Don’t just lock up inside of a room and hope everyone else assumes that nothing is happening during those moments of solitude. Work together and vouch for one another!
7Stand Out: Use Side Routes
It’s all too possible to stand out from the shadows in this game. “Out of sight, out of mind” is decent life advice, but inAmong Us, being out of sight means being in every single other crewmate’s mind.
Use thatreverseSplinter Celllogicand be as public as possible. When going from room to room, make sure to use a hallways with a camera. The infiltrator will use the vents and the logs will show that the player avoided that suspicion by traveling in these well-documented areas.
6Blend In: Get A Public Check-Up
InOverwatch, healers are prone to making numerous mistakes. In real life, doctors can make mistakes by betraying doctor-patient confidentiality. InAmong Us, patients make a mistake by being overly confidential.
When the “Submit Scan” task comes up, never be alone when it is being accomplished. Wait for at least one other person to enter the room. Other players can see the green light and know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the saboteur is lurking elsewhere.
5Stand Out: Accuse An Innocent Person
The infiltrator will spend their time trying to get innocent people on the crew to vote each other out. This is not likeThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timewhere fan rumors were mostly false, this is a game where rumors are king and spreading a bad one all but guarantees the player’s guilt.
Mistakenly identifying the incorrect person as the traitor is doing the imposter’s job for them. And it results in two innocent crew members cast out, the blameless crewmate and the one who did the blaming, at no cost to the real perpetrator.
4Blend In: Participate In The Events
Much likePersona 5, timing is critically important. UnlikePersona 5, these games are over very quickly. So when deciding between finishing up a task or helping out the crew, always help out the crew.
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After a sabotage, the imposter will not be present and fixing the damage. The valid crewmates, however, will be. So by participating in the repair process before getting back to the tasks, the crew will see the player taking care of the ship and be certain that the suspect lies elsewhere.
3Stand Out: Waste An Emergency Meeting
Launching an emergency meeting with little to no information is obviously a way to lose the game for the team. But its doubly bad as it also places the sights directly on the player who called this meeting without adding anything of value.
The imposters won’t care about a wasted meeting. Actually, scratch that, they very much care about a wasted meeting because it gets them one step closer to victory. To use an analogy, it makes the person who wasted the call one ofthe most useless Pokémon in the lineup, and nobody will be sad when they are dispatched.
2Blend In: Overshare
Yakkity yak, do talk back! Take a moment fromtalking about 2020 video gamesand start talking about anything and everything seen while knocking out tasks in the facility. When a player offers only one or two observations, it can seem targeted. And only traitors want to place targets on the innocent.
So spill all of the beans. Mention every single time seeing another player, when and where they were seen, and what they were doing. Yes, some of the information might not be useful, but it proves in the minds of the other crewmates that nothing is being held back.
1Stand Out: Stop Checking
Camera logs, door logs, and vitals all add valuable information to the crew. An imposter does not need to check them, they already know that they are up to no good. But a diligent member of the crew will be checking these in between tasks and scans to try and solve the mystery of who the rogue agent is.
If the gamer never checks on these things, something will smell fishy to the rest of the crew. Why isn’t this person trying to help solve the mystery? Is it because they don’t want the mystery solved? These are questions best directed at a guilty party, not the player.
