In post 2475, mastina wrote:For the record, I DID notice the contrast between Datisi in this game and Datisi in tris's mini normal that I designed. (I was, after all, reading along.) Datisi's effort in that game was evident in a way absent from this game, but I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the reason Datisi wasn't as hardcore overdrive in THIS game was due to him being hardcore overdrive in THAT game.
I still am willing to give that benefit of the doubt to some degree, but I admit that there is some caution behind it. I can't blindly beyond-any-shadow-of-a-doubt townbin Datisi because the contrast between the two games IS rather stark, and I cannot afford to ignore it even if I believe that the contrast was not indicative of an alignment but rather indicative of which game he was most focused on. I still think Datisi is town and that the difference was precisely what I say here, a focus on that game meaning no focus on this one, but I cannot have blind 100% faith in that assumption as it's at least possible the difference is due to alignment even if I currently believe otherwise.
this is also someth i want to respond to. while i definitely was more focused on mini normal 2226 than on this, it wasn't because i was just focusing on that game and that that left me no time for this one. i've been having absolute shit past couple of weeks, which means that my mafia motivation is low. if my mafia motivation is low, that manifests in a way where i'm less active in games that are more willpower-consuming. 2226 was fun, i felt like i had a good grasp on the game, i believed in things i was saying, and i was plainly having a good time. this game? it feels soul sucking. dunno if it's the bad reads, or the replacements, or what, but i can't get into it. even rn, at 100+ pages in lylo, i feel about the same security in my reads than i did just out of rvs.
to save you the trouble of research, yes, i am in general much easier demotivated in games where i am scum than games where i am town. or more accurately, i need more motivation to keep up in them, which i would very much be lacking with how my irl's been going recently. yes, i am aware that looks bad for me here, it is what it is. it has happened in a few town games before i think, but it has also happened as scum, so. think what you will.
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