Perfect Masquerade [Game Over]

[Gentleman 4]

If that's Gentleman 6, he has absolutely no clue who I am because I have barely even heard of him.

[Gentleman 1]

VOTE: Lady 2/Gentleman 1

L5/G8 is a waste of a pre-intermission lynch and makes way more sense as a first lynch poster intermission.

How is that a waste of a lynch now and not later?

[Lady 5]

You're the most confident scum read I have right now.

I'm not particularly confident in any reads at the moment, though.

Well your dumb because Gent 3 is Town.

[Lady 5]

VOTE: Lady 2/Gentleman 1

L5/G8 is a waste of a pre-intermission lynch and makes way more sense as a first lynch poster intermission.

Yes.

VOTE: Lady 2/Gentleman 1

[Lady 5]

G5 your posting this game has just been bad take after bad take after bad take and it makes me want to lynch you regardless of my read on you and I'm trying to rein that in but it's hard.

Spoiler: G6’s Main

Or maybe Vegeta. That quote could be from either of them

What’s my main?

[Lady 5]

Idk who G6 is but ill shake his hand at the end of this

Watch it be PK.

Would you still shake their hand?

[Lady 8]

Anyone getting the new Pokemon game? I'm getting Shield.

[Lady 5]

Anyone getting the new Pokemon game? I'm getting Shield.

I know someone who booked time off work just to play the game.

[Lady 8]

Anyone getting the new Pokemon game? I'm getting Shield.

I know someone who booked time off work just to play the game.

I would too but I'm going to an anime convention that day.

[Gentleman 1]

I haven't seen any particularly toxic, anti-town, or spammy play from any player, so that, too, is encouraging. I think this game looks to be very fun at the least.

Yes, that’s a definite positive. It’s definitely been nice not waking up to 10 pages over night for sure!

It hurts me to read this now.

I scoped out all of the players because I was interested in what people were doing. You can still find profiles even if someone hasn't posted, using the member list. Lady 6 does not have an avatar.

This seems like a nothing question. I mean if you're interested in how to view their profiles sure, but sounded like you were trying to get a read off my method somehow.

It's pretty intense to go from scoping the profile pictures before the game to lurking. I think that this might be scum for that reason.
Like, they were super keen on the game but then they got a scum role PM and weren't enthusiastic about it.

How early before the game were the anonymous accounts created? The validity of this read is rather low if the account were made right before the roles were sent out.

There's some sort of stanford prison guard experiment thing going on where alot of the gentlemen are in their roles as douchey guys at a club.

Isn't anonymity wonderful?

Anonymous games are a lot of fun in general! It gets hilarious when people have bad altguesses they’re convinced of and meta off those bad alt guesses and base their reads on them.

Why do people even try using meta in games where lack of meta is the point?

Without speaking in excess, I think the dance choices affect the game in such a way that Gentleman 6's actions merit at least some sort of response, so I'll say this: I think it would behoove you, sir, to remember your previous reads on certain players and consider the weight they held then to ensure that the pool of partners you select from is not one based on a short term memory. I would implore you to consider your selection carefully, keeping as much of the game in context that you can, prior to offering your hand.

None of this is to say I particularly disagree with Lady 4 or Lady 7 as your selection, but that consideration of past experience rarely proves wasteful or inefficient.

I’m liking G4’s desire to do good I see here.

[Lady 5]

How TF is G8 not proded yet.

[Lady 5]

Has G1 just realized what G4 has been doing?

[Lady 5]

Now sure why G1 posted the first post he did.
He complaining that it’s spammy and toxic?
Why would he bring this up now of all times?
If he is trying to shade me he is doing really bad at it.

[Lady 5]

Not sure*

[Gentleman 7]

@G6

Also, what made you change your mind on G5? Or is it that you've just given up on him for now?

Regarding the G1/L2 lynch, I think that's a pair that shouldn't go to endgame, but I don't really see how lynching them is any more advantageous compared to L5/G8, both of them feel like they're about the same amount of information. Except that I do think a G8 scum flip will increase the likelihood of L2 being scum. But also, I'm not really following the whole point behind lynch order. Yes, we'll get some information out of it, but unless something huge happens (like some S/S pair getting lynched or whatever), there are pairs that shouldn't be around at the end and we need to lynch them sooner or later. And I think sooner is the idea, leave more strong town pairings for the scum to kill from.

As for G8 -> L2 scum, I don't think it's guaranteed, although I feel like it would increase the odds of L2 flipping scum. And as for the thing about waiting for G1, I don't really see a scenario in which L2 was left out in that case. Like she would have been my pick at that point if L7 had refused me, and I was of the opinion that the general consensus was that people wanted L2 in enough for her not to be the last person and didn't really want L1 or L5.

As for G3, I didn't really like a couple of his recent posts but I don't think that he's scum.

[Gentleman 1]

Why is skitter factually town when she hasn't posted all game

Why is Lady 1 factually town*

I hope this is not serious. If it is, why are you doing this?

Anyways,

unless Lady 1 got replaced ~I think when that slot starts posting its going to rise in priority and I want to pinch the pools to force bad pairings for scum?

I am curious how this effrontery to force scum into bad pairings went. My sense is it failed. I have not seen one iota of planning in pairings.

I would just love it if we could not do alt guesses at all. Meta is a shifty beast in the first place, and vastly worse here. Also, for the spirit of the game.

I agree that trying to find mains breaks the spirit of of the game, and that is my biggest issue with it. Meta is also messy but it can be useful. The problem is it being useful is why it is being pulled from us this game.

7 why don't you think pairing with 6 is optimal for you?

There’s *something* I question his motives for. He didn’t seem inclined to talk to me much which makes me think interaction wouldn’t be that great. If he wants someone who can be obvtown, that’s fine I’ve never had a problem doing that, that’s fine, but I worry that we’ll end up being unproductive if I’m correct in my understanding of how he reads the game and gets reads. Too waffly people sometimes end up with nothing concrete.

I feel like the common thread with G6 is that he is quite mercurial. His opinions have seemed extremely flexible. I don’t believe it scummy but it is rather obnoxious.

[Gentleman 3]

How early before the game were the anonymous accounts created? The validity of this read is rather low if the account were made right before the roles were sent out.

Players got access to alts at the same time as they got their role PM's.

[Gentleman 3]

How TF is G8 not proded yet.

He probably is, FakeGod doesn't announce prods publicly.

[Gentleman 3]

Well your dumb because Gent 3 is Town.

Not productive.

I'm sure you can concede that most people can't read my playstyle very well?

[Gentleman 1]

Has G1 just realized what G4 has been doing?

This is interesting, what is the meaning of this? It makes it sound as if G4 has been up to no good.

Now sure why G1 posted the first post he did.
He complaining that it’s spammy and toxic?
Why would he bring this up now of all times?
If he is trying to shade me he is doing really bad at it.

If I was to pick someone who is responsible for creating the situation we had right now, it would not be you currently, but G6. It feels like he is driving this forever train currently.

I would also like to thank G3 for answer my question there.

[Gentleman 5]

Anyone getting the new Pokemon game? I'm getting Shield.

I know someone who booked time off work just to play the game.

I would too but I'm going to an anime convention that day.

Sword and Shield look like they are gonna suck.

I want a switch for 3 houses.

[Gentleman 1]

There's some sort of stanford prison guard experiment thing going on where alot of the gentlemen are in their roles as douchey guys at a club.

Here comes ladies White Knight riding in to save them. I'm sure you're really just a nice guy and only if girls could see that they'd stop running around with all those Chads.

I’m just going to say this to you straight: get off reddit. In addition, it does not matter how trustworthy your motives are, that does not assure anyone that your bravado matches your actual capabilities. And if you’re going to make comments like, “you’re playing checkers while I’m playing chess”, I do not think you are going to get very far. Everyone here is playing mafia, and people respond better to proper arguments, rather than mindless ego stroking.

Can we please stop with the altguesses? It would really suck if he started force replacing due to it.

No RC, we cant.

Can you tell me what just shouting names at people does? Let’s say you are right about someone. Do you think anyone you have any idea about has meta that would help sort them?

Gentleman 5 would help with pushing my scum Reads but I’d have trouble trusting him at least in the beginning as he’s not my Lock Town where I can say with 100% confidence that Gentleman 3 is Town.
Me and Him can share are Reads and make stronger solving.

This reads to me as something I would say in a scum PT. Like something I would ask my scumbuddies before accepting the proposal. Given her hesitance, It makes me wonder.

I think L8 is mafia, I dont think L5 can be mafia with L8 given their interactions imo, so I may have to check into my reads of both.

L5 are you just going to ignore this as well?

I am starting to warm up to you. Can you possibly give a reason for your posting that felt excessively aggressive from before?

Oooooooooh I thought I explained this one!

Did you? I don't think it's normal for scum to post reads in the scum PT as though they really believe them.

I periodically will write false reads down in places besides the main thread as mafia, to psych myself into believing them more.

[Lady 2]

Hey G1 answer me in PT if you can kthx

[Gentleman 5]

1024 is a joke.

Can you reclarify what your question to 1054 is?

[Gentleman 1]

I’ll laugh if g4 and l8 are scum together and g4 manipulated g6 away from town and to his partner.

Why would that be funny? That would just be good play by G4.

You know, for 44 pages in, there seems to be alot of uncertainty for reads.

I mean, theres a reason/excuse I, G2, and maybe one or two other have, but the rest of yall idk what to think.

I assume this excuse would be not being in the game for as long?

Hello. I am glad to arrive at this ball. Will a smashing gentleman steal my heart?

I'm a watt?

This is just too good. Well played, both of you.

I'm afraid not. Older Harry is a Joule of my eye.

Time to get cracking. Will someone talk to me so I am not rambling alone in the late night hours?

L6 can you give me the purpose of the above please. I dont see it, they look “flowery, pointless posts, or spam”

I had felt something off with that statement, specifically with the shuddering posts on the same page, but this is also valid.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it but L9's thread presence disappearing after pairing up with IC is v townie.

I would very much love if you walked me through your perspective here. I don’t see why disappearing would make someone look better in this situation.