Mini 2247: Mountain Dew Mafia (Game Over)

[Cabd]

Vote Count 1-13

A man made the news recently for "stealing" mountain dew, for which he faces several years as a felony, despite thinking he'd overpaid in a rush.

Milk & Mocha (4): Dunnstral, Venus Fly Trap, Lady Lamdadelta, Towelie
E. M. M. I. (3): ssbm_Kyouko, Gamma Emerald, Wisdom
ssbm_Kyouko (1): Critter
Dunnstral (1): Milk & Mocha
Gamma Emerald (1): StrangeMatter
Critter (1): MUSHSHAGANA

Not Voting (2): Something_Smart, E. M. M. I.

With 13 players alive, it takes 7 votes to eliminate a flavor.

Current Deadline: (expired on 2021-11-02 20:02:57)

[ssbm_Kyouko]

And who says town only gets Mountain Dew flavors? It’s on or off brand.

competitor brand = not mountain dew drinks

i seriously dont see how one interprets this any other way

-b

https://www.bevindustry.com/articles/94 ... innovation

Incorrect. Two seconds google mwah

Sorry, but what did you google to get that article and how does it indicate that Mountain Dew F'in Hot is a competitor to Mountain Dew?

Because I googled "mountain dew competitor brand" and this is the first result:

[Wisdom]

every scum flails when they feel they are attacked for the wrong reasons

Transparently false, some people don't flail as scum at all.

And plenty of people flail as both alignments. I don't see why "frustration at being attacked for bullshit reasons" is an emotion reserved for scum.

Yep keep defending your buddy im sure that will go well for you

They do bring up a fair point that people do flail as either alignment though, and definitely has happened in the past. This really doesn't help when it just doesn't feel like you answered the actual question and instead went for the scum associative.

There was no question. I saw kyouko doing a thing ive seen scum do lots of times, pointed it out, and s_s came and defended her. Which I also pointed out.

The thing is, the question isn't stated, but the question they had is definitely still there. Asking it now since I didn't get the chance earlier, how did you come to the conclusion that flailing is more likely to be scum?

I did not, i was already scumreading her thus saw it as a scum flail
I feel like this is obvious and feel silly explaining it

[Towelie]

@Dunn- I’ll give you a staunch maybe on if I think you’re scum. I think you look worse with a Critter red flip.

[Towelie]

lack of reads

See the part under OMGUS.

OMGUS

Is this a scumtell? Is this not something most players do?

She even says in 501 (the post you didn’t quote to instead post where she c/pasted the OP and then proceed to ask why she left herself at the bottom of the list) that she doesn’t think both you and Wisdom can be scum together despite the push.

flavor hunting

Players should expect a fairly balanced non-swingy game that plays more like a classic normal game from the 2013 era, with mountain dew flavor shamelessly bolted on top of it.

Players should expect a fairly balanced non-swingy game that plays more like a classic normal game from the 2013 era, with mountain dew flavor shamelessly bolted on top of it.

Players should expect a fairly balanced non-swingy game that plays more like a classic normal game from the 2013 era, with mountain dew flavor shamelessly bolted on top of it.

I genuinely don’t understand why I keep having to point this out.

[ssbm_Kyouko]

She even says in 501 (the post you didn’t quote to instead post where she c/pasted the OP and then proceed to ask why she left herself at the bottom of the list) that she doesn’t think both you and Wisdom can be scum together despite the push.

Not despite,

because

. Just clarifying here. I feel like they can't both be scum pushing this hard for my mislim. It makes a lot more sense if 0-1 of them are scum. I guess despite works in some sense because despite the way the pushes look to me, I'm thinking it's more likely we're looking at 0-1 scum rather than 2, but yeah. The idea there is at most 1 scum amongst them stems from the combined effort they're making, and the complement to that is that 1-2 of them are town, not based on the content of their pushes, but on the likely scenario in which at most 1 is scum.

[MUSHSHAGANA]

I'm exhausted and my brain is fuzzier than ever, but I still follow this argument. I don't like Wisdom or Critter much still, but I accept the point as valid.

That said, I'm struggling to post anything of even minimal value right now and the opposition from that corner (Critter and Wisdom) makes me want to be like "fuck you, read me when I don't give you anything" on top of it. So I am going to keep my ass planted until LLD is ready to get me to shift, and I'll try and evaluate which of the two slots is most likely to be the scum of the pair in the meantime.

[E. M. M. I.]

Was still catching up.

LLD I wasn't wrong to vote you, you were making things up about your role and aggressively pushing on me which made the game about you vs me.

UNVOTE: Lady Lambdadelta

Probably a weak point but I think scum (in general) would not go for a last jab like this on a confirmed town.

[E. M. M. I.]

ssbm_Kyouko replaces Toogeloo effective immediately.

Ah so ssbm_Kyouko replaced Toogeloo. I will keep this in mind and change my Toogeloo townread to ssbm_Kyouko townread.

So far I got Dunnstral, Lady Lambdadelta, and ssbm_Kyouko as town. That means I only have to sort 9 more players. While reading up 40 pages. Hahaha.

[E. M. M. I.]

this is for everyone, even if they aren't LLD

Not me. Honestly, given the state I am in, I think I am better off being mis-eliminated than wasting a cop shot on someone more important.

[Gamma Emerald]

Read fast pal
You’ve got 6 pages before I decide to call for the axeman on whoever is the lead wagon

[E. M. M. I.]

i am somehow quickly 180ing to town on noraa and i can't explain it super well yet and thisisfine.jepg

-b

If Dunn flips scum, I will willing be pocketed by you. If not, you can await your ultimate doom when I get my cop guilty on you.

Unless I missed something, announcing doomsday based on the read being wrong is kinda weird. I would expect an opposite, in fact.

[E. M. M. I.]

Today was very taxing for me so I will get to this game in depth tomorrow. I will answer the question directed at me though.
My theory was that Lady Lambdadelta was trying to pick something to build pressure on a random person in an attempt to move the game forward. That is why I did not want to announce my theory, since pressuring while announcing that I am joining in the pressure is kinda awkward. What happened afterwards clearly disproved my theory though.

First milestone achieved. I am now fully caught up to this point.
I could keep this performance up by replying to many-pages-old contents to show that I am reading the game but It will probably clutter up the game so I am going to stop the random quoting from now on.

[Gamma Emerald]

Sounds fine
I look forward to seeing what you contribute when caught up.

[E. M. M. I.]

Do not expect much, honestly. Last game I played is from like 2017. I am kinda amused that I haven't been piling more votes though, give how inactive I was.

[Wisdom]

show that I am reading the game

The reason you quote stuff is to show that you're reading the game? Not to read people?

[E. M. M. I.]

The reason you quote stuff is to show that you're reading the game? Not to read people?

Yes

Well, forming reads are being done regardless of my quoting. Otherwise I would not bother reading the game after all. Speaking of you though, I was going to post that I am townreading you by page 20.

That leaves 8 players to be sorted.

[Gamma Emerald]

I kinda do the same thing myself, as well as to provide anchors in case I need to leave my reading for a time

[E. M. M. I.]

Not caught up yet (page 23. I am multitasking!) but I just noticed something interesting.

Milk & Mocha (4): Dunnstral, Venus Fly Trap, Lady Lamdadelta, Towelie

Why does a claimed cop have the biggest wagon?

[Wisdom]

Because theyre not actually a claimed cop

[E. M. M. I.]

Ok, just reached there.

[E. M. M. I.]

Welp, adding Gamma Emerald to the townlist circa page 26.

7 left. I'm almost there. Maybe.

[Gamma Emerald]

do you have suspects?

[E. M. M. I.]

do you have suspects?

So far, some minor pings. I stopped reading around page 30 before things came up so I will wrap up later tonight.
And then I will finally be caught up.

[Lady Lambdadelta]

Vote: Venus Fly Trap

Their stance on MM and Emmi is not good, their reads list reads like it was manufactured, not generated, their interactions with towlie make them look WAY worse and I think Towlie looks pretty town and finally their Signal to Noise ratio is way too high for my liking, especially for a slot that called others out on it. I can't find a solid stance in their ISO about most anything, mostly it's fights they're picking with the intent to stop others from progressing suspicions, not progressing their own.

Their reads (and their vote) haven't shifted this game near at all despite pages of content.

This is where I want to land today. If I'm wrong, there's nearly ALWAYS a scum in Wisdom/Dunnstral at that point.