In post 373, Freak wrote:I mean you must already have one, because you asked me twice to join and I said no both times, and you never asked.
Stubbornness initially. Then you voted Fate which follows on to the second time I asked.
There is a lot wrong with 373; 359 is greatly ambiguous it is not saying no perhaps you intended it that way but that is not how it came across I had expected some kind of response to my response in 360. The second question is literally what you are saying I never asked just worded slightly differently; what is the difference?
If I reword things it's because I'm unsatisfied with the original wording. And yes -- 359, 372 and 373 are all connected. I threw something on 359, and I'm catching it up again with 372-373 (if the double posting is a problem to you, see these last two as only one post).
You can say I'm experimenting a little bit.
So, you still think it's stubbornness? Or my vote on Fate changed it?
: You will be prodded if three days have passed since your last post. If I check in and you had, say, 80 hours of inactivity but you've since posted, you will not be issued a prod... but I check in pretty frequently. If you are prodded three times or do not respond to a prod within 24 hours (meaning posting in thread), you will be replaced.
@Mod: Please can you send CD, Fate, Absta and Undo a reminder they are in this game
You've got some nerve.
Introduction
Freak is still on my scum list. Main reasons: a) he is yet to post original and useful reads; b) he unvoted me, "the scummiest of the bunch" (his exact words), to vote Fate instead with this reason: "because unless I'm missing something it doesn't make sense to scumread CDB and townread Doc/Bella". Isn't that a pretty weak excuse to unvote the scummiest player of the game? Notice the use of the superlative -- Freak didn't say he thought I was scummy, he said I was
the scummiest
. Doesn't that seem off?
But since nobdy gave an alate excrement about Freak's scumtells (also because his play as scum as greatly improved over the last pages, something I can only congratulate him in all fairness), I see myself forced to move on to other targets.
NicCage's play
I've done a quick reread and for now my best bet is
NicCage
. He has contributed less than CDB in quantity, and yet he is much more readable. Let's see:
He made a total of 6 posts, from which
three
(3) are game-relevant.
In his first game-relevant post (156), following a prod-dodge the day before, he jumps on Doc's early wagon (Doc was the one with most votes at the time), with very unnatural formulations:
Spoiler:
NicCage wrote:Grrrr mad Doc. Building cases out of thin air is kinda what happens at the start of the game, but I would like to know exactly what you're referring to
NicCage wrote:Doc Holliday's reasoning feels fake and his attempt to discredit the people voting him looks scummy
That "Grrrr mad Doc" is particularly off -- he seems to be trying to convey some kind of emotion, probably to pass as a genuinely frustrated townie, but he fails miserably.
At the end of this post, he says "There were other things I noticed, but I don't have time to get to them right now. Hopefully later." He never did get to those.
His next post (171) his a prompt reply to Fate's short "NicCage+CDB; one more scum to catch". He only says " no. So you like Doc?" which again looks so artificial. He tries to add some emotion with that emoticon, but we just can tell there's none there -- probably because he is scum and he didn't know how to react. Who would reply to a non-fundamented accusation with ":( no", if not clueless scum? Wouldn't it be natural for a townie to react actively -- to be indignated, or amused with the absurdity of the situation?
In his third and last game relevant post, three days after the last (308), NicCage excuses himself saying "Spring break is just one day away bear with me as I finish giving slow painful birth to one more paper" and continues to "promise future content". This future content has never shown up; you'll notice the only thing he wrote after this was "I like my avatar :p" (361), as a response to a mod-prod.
Still, in his last relevant post, NicCage concluded by saying "It's easier for me to interact with the game when I'm busy if people interact with me." This is probably NicCage's most blatant scumtell. It's obviously difficult for him to build cases on people since he already knows everyone's alignment, so he asks people to address him, so that he has a reason to post.
And finally, there's that weird, uncanny emotion-faking again:
Spoiler:
NicCage wrote:Anyhow, it doesn't matter anymore, I'll be all over this tomorrow.
Xoxoxoxo
~Nic
Conclusion
Let's recap. NicCage made six posts in a 16-page game.
Three were game-relevant.
Three were direct or indirect responses to mod-prods.
Three tried too hard to convey some sort of emotion ("Grrr" " " "Xoxoxoxo"), but failed.
None was helpful.
undo, frankly I'm offended that the post on me doesn't have an introduction, and NicCage that barely posted has one. You don't have to treat me this way just because I see your scumminess from miles away.
Starting my catch-up now but spotted some votes on me when skimming to post yesterday and just want to point out that my absence has been sitewide, not specific to this game.
OK, quick state of play: I struggled a little to get into this game
before
I got busy (a lot of new faces, some style clashes with which I'd not yet [and still haven't] got to grips) so I'll probably still be a bit muddled as I feel my way back in from here but it should be helpful having some more people I recognise as an entry point.
That said, I've given the game an initial skimread and my provisional read on Fate - probably the person with whom I am most familiar here - is pretty null, slightly leaning town, but it should be interesting to see what he does as I get into the swing of this game.
Main points of my skimread: I'll take absta, Titus and Cage for town, with townreads on Aegor and Bella reinforced. Jordan's back in the null pile, needing further examination/pondering. My initial townread on Freak has deteriorated, partly due to this, which I think resorts to breaking down the framing of undo's case more quickly than I would expect town to do, and also partly because of a case from Aegor on him that I liked but forgot to link in my notes.
So let's start there.
UNVOTE: Fate VOTE: Freak
Much more to come over next couple of days; will take as much time as I can tonight to read again in more depth and should be able to pop in and answer any questions, should anyone have anything in specific that they'd like me to address. Just yell and I'll get to those things as a priority.
: You will be prodded if three days have passed since your last post. If I check in and you had, say, 80 hours of inactivity but you've since posted, you will not be issued a prod... but I check in pretty frequently. If you are prodded three times or do not respond to a prod within 24 hours (meaning posting in thread), you will be replaced.
Chloroform girl, how have you been?
Don't let me catch you sleeping again
You're only alive because I like you
It's been three years since you've seen the sunlight
But I know you're having fun
Bound, gagged and chained up in my basement
Chloroform girl, how have you been?
Don't let me catch you sleeping again
You're only alive because I like you
It's been three years since you've seen the sunlight
But I know you're having fun
Bound, gagged and chained up in my basement
In post 368, ChannelDelibird wrote:Hi guys, apologies for an unexpectedly busy week; I should have said something. Due to logistics and work and stuff I will probably need to catch up on this tomorrow rather than tonight but it will definitely, definitely, definitely happen tomorrow at the latest.
Mmm. Interesting. I looked through your recent posts to check the validity of this. Your activity levels in contemporary games are significantly higher. Comment?
Chloroform girl, how have you been?
Don't let me catch you sleeping again
You're only alive because I like you
It's been three years since you've seen the sunlight
But I know you're having fun
Bound, gagged and chained up in my basement
: You will be prodded if three days have passed since your last post. If I check in and you had, say, 80 hours of inactivity but you've since posted, you will not be issued a prod... but I check in pretty frequently. If you are prodded three times or do not respond to a prod within 24 hours (meaning posting in thread), you will be replaced.
Chloroform girl, how have you been?
Don't let me catch you sleeping again
You're only alive because I like you
It's been three years since you've seen the sunlight
But I know you're having fun
Bound, gagged and chained up in my basement
In post 368, ChannelDelibird wrote:Hi guys, apologies for an unexpectedly busy week; I should have said something. Due to logistics and work and stuff I will probably need to catch up on this tomorrow rather than tonight but it will definitely, definitely, definitely happen tomorrow at the latest.
Mmm. Interesting. I looked through your recent posts to check the validity of this. Your activity levels in contemporary games are significantly higher. Comment?
In the interest of not talking about ongoing games; the most I can do is refer you to this part of the post I just made:
It's just that I had just posted that essay on NicCage because no-one was willing to vote Freak... Nevermind. I don't regret writing it, NicCage's scummy anyway, he was well due for that post.
Undo convinced me and I policy lynch lurkers D1 anyway.
@Titus
: Why did you vote Slandaar in Post 108, other than some one-sentence BS meta voting reason? At least expand on that now, please.
CooLDoG's Post 111 is extremely weak, containing only theory and fence-sitting, which continues in Post 141.
In post 369, Titus wrote:@Slandaar, Nice projection. I have had a work project all last week. You are obvscum, so yeah I am focusing on pushing my scmread since we aren't at deadline. Where are your questions? Hmm...
@All, I will put reads up on everyone tonight but Slandaar needs t die.
Why does Slandaar need to die? Why are you not actually scumhunting at all? Why are your posts completely devoid of content?
In post 265, Titus wrote:Freak is scumhunting now. Vote is not going there.
Hmm...the connection strengthens.
In post 331, Titus wrote:Stop it. Slandaar is the scum. A) He has a total lack of activity and is unapologetic for such. B) His posts are reactionary C) They are designed to be reactionary D) People are pushing other "lurkers" who objectively lurk less than Slandaar with nothing else to back up the case. E) When I talk bout Slandaar, no one has anything substative to say about him. That's indicative of scum waiting on town to decide.
Slandaar is not the lurkiest player, and his posts have more substance than others'. I agree that that is really sad, but it is simply reality. Your assertions fit CooLDoG even more, for example.
Lynch pool: NicCage, Titus, and CooLDoG. Actually, the latter two are preferable to me.
If Freak is scum, I bet Titus is as well.
If CDB is scum, I bet Bella is as well.
It's just that I had just posted that essay on NicCage because no-one was willing to vote Freak
the shit this guy gets away with saying in this game is beyond me.
What do you mean?
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NicCage is another scum candidate but i'm not too convinced yet. The most scummy thing he's done is tell us that he can't do much without people talking to him. It's possible, like Undo said, that the reason for this is that he already knows our alignments.
If anyone has played with NicCage they should tell us if he usually plays like this.
It's just that I had just posted that essay on NicCage because no-one was willing to vote Freak
the shit this guy gets away with saying in this game is beyond me.
What do you mean?
he's basically complaining that he had to write all that to stop being called out for his inactivity when he could have waited a little more for CDB's post.
but that's nothing really compared to all the faulty reasoning and selective
deafness
bindness he indulged in all game.
and if I call him out on it I'm either omgusing him or doing some weird shit on the framing of his case apparently, so yeah let's not talk about undo or I get pissed at all of you.
no. So you like Doc?" which again looks so artificial. He tries to add some emotion with that emoticon, but we just can tell there's none there -- probably because he is scum and he didn't know how to react. Who would reply to a non-fundamented accusation with ":( no", if not clueless scum? Wouldn't it be natural for a townie to react actively -- to be indignated, or amused with the absurdity of the situation?
