In post 3331, Mathdino wrote:i'm uninterested in making today any more of a shitshow than it has to be
Incidentally I'm fairly certain this game blows the records out of the water for longest D1. camn's revenge had 117, and we're way past that. I know the records page is out of date, but
with over 3,000 posts we have at the very least surpassed the stated second-longest D1. (Also holy shit I didn't realize a game I modded was that long, totally forgot about that.)
By which I mean.
This game's only getting started as far as hellholes go.
It is a very bad thing when records for longest games are broken.
It is a VERY bad thing.
It is NOT A THING TO BE PROUD OF.
It is NOT A THING TO BOAST ABOUT.
It is a hallmark of a game going to shit.
I link that not to say it's something we should strive for. But as a warning of what we're IN for. We've been through hell already but we've got a whole fucking lot more as far as hell is concerned.
As optimistic and idealistic as I may be.
What I'm saying here is that in my cynicism. I am anticipating it getting worse before it gets better. I am anticipating things devolving before they have a chance to evolve again, of degenerating and making the game even worse than before, before we get to a game better. In short, I don't think we've reached our darkest point yet; I think that's yet to come.
In part because I believe the game needs to be more of a shitshow in order for town to actually head in the right direction. If we just rushed to try and get out of the shitshow, we would end up with lazy lynches on, say. Not_Mafia. Seems like a fine example of a lynch we'd agree on to try and be all civil and not be shitty, as a peace offering.
Except...he'd flip town.
Yes, I realize that my scumteam of OnTheMark/Kokichi Oma/MariaR can't be the actual scumteam. I've known that for the longest time. But I firmly believe that lynching all three is our best bet at winning, both by having at least one if not two scum in them (and thus, lynching scum), and because any townflip in there helps to point us much better in the right direction.
There is no other player I can say that of.
No player outside of those three if lynched and flipping EITHER alignment really gives us clues, but especially town.