im glad you feel that way, however after the noc i basically read every single piece of literature on smogon i could concerning how to play mafia and i still had a huge blunder in an OC. nothing like that happened in the NOC game when i went in blind, because its much simpler to understand. the benefit of a noc is everything is laid out for an outside viewer to see- i cant read an oc thread and see the pms, logs, etc, which is where the game is happeningIf you are having trouble with OC, you probably aren't trying hard enough. Just read a couple game threads / postgames to get the general gist of how to play. Read the smog articles. If you sign up without trying to learn how to play, you probably aren't going to do well. An analogy I'd make is doing a speedrun of any video game when you've never played that game before. Even if you're a quick learner, you're probably going to be outdone by people who have played that game before, read guides to find shortcuts, etc.
also i havent done jack shit in any oc game so far, and i honestly am having trouble finding a way to do something at all, despite being in irc every night