Also, in case it wasn't extremely obvious by now, I feel an on-the-fly conversation with Loki where he doesn't have time to prepare responses based on what my reads are and what questions I ask about his reads is a lot more useful than giving him a roadmap and time to come up with an artificially crafted response. I wanted natural responses and there's no better way to do this than having a quick conversation without much time to think about responses if they're fake. It's easier to spot inconsistencies in the way he's approaching reads if he doesn't have time to fully think things through (this isn't something I'd do with every player, but I think it's particularly useful for players that have a way with words if given enough time to think up responses).
That's in case you're
still
wondering why I chose not to talk about reads prior to having a conversation with him. Initially I planned for this all to happen D1, it just ended up with me being more secretive about things when we were unable to have this conversation.
That said, I suppose you could argue I'm not reading him correctly or something, but I do not really like the responses I got from the conversation I had with him. It really does look like scum struggling to come up with a pool of players to choose from. It's
possible
he just hasn't really thought about the game in any detail since the flip and that's why his reads look so inconsistent, I guess, but eh.
Also, this reminds me... Loki, do you know why I think it's possible you were the one telling lufan to act the way he was acting at the end of yesterday? Do you understand what I meant when I said "dairy products"? I'm not really expecting anything other than a, "I know why you think this but you're wrong," answer here, but I'm just letting you know why I think what I do. It is a very minor point at best, if anything at all... It's more of an observation that is interesting to me than a point against you.
If you are town, Loki, I would prefer to work with you and figure out this game. I just don't currently think you are, and I'm looking for glimmers of green in your murky ISO. Even just some parsley in your teeth. Anything.