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[northsidegal]

t3 probably town? flow trap probably scum

VOTE: flow trap

[flow trap]

t3 probably town? flow trap probably scum

VOTE: flow trap

Being "probably scum" is my towntell

[northsidegal]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

[T3]

Having a higher post count than me is illegal in -10 countries

You get unarrested :3

Ah yes, the :3.

:3

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Lesson plan: Learn the use of “:3” compared to its counterpart, “:)”.

The emoticon called “neko smile emoticon”, written as “:3”, the combination of a colon and the number three, is a way of expressing a more innocence feel of happiness than its counterpart, the emoticon smiley face, written as “:)”.

It is much, much, much more superior than the smiley emoticon.

It is derived from a face of a cat, especially the Japanese depiction of cats, known as a neko (or “nuko” in slang), with a mouth curved in a shape almost like a letter three.

It is always a genuine form of happiness, unlike its counterpart, since it is more specific to happiness than just smiling, where as its counterpart can also be used in more negative connotations (ex: “I’m totally glad you didn’t give me any food at all, thanks ”. This is a sarcastic smiley emoticon. Not good emoticon.)

The emoticon has many usages in everyday life. Here are a few examples:

“Good morning :3”. This is to show that you wish someone a lovely morning, while showing you are genuinely happy to have this morning with target.
“That’s great :3”. By adding the emoticon at the end, you show you really mean it, and makes sure there’s no hint of sarcasm.
“Just kidding :3”. This emoticon shines here because it shows while yes, you were just kidding, it shows it in a cute way, so it is a x2 better-er than any other emoticon.
“Grr :3”. It instantly shows you’re not actually grr-ing at the other person, and you’re just playfully grr-ing, since it is so good at showing genuine feelings and dispelling any negative feelings.
“I love you :3”. This is the ultimate way of showing affection. Trust me :3.
There are many other ways to use the emoticon, but for now, these will suffice.

There are also different variants of the neko emoticon: “;3” (winking neko face), “>:3” (mischievous neko face), and “>;3” (mischievous winking neko face). They work in the same way as their smiley counterpart, except x10 better in every way.

Yes, you will have to memorize these for the test.

No, no open notes.

There’s also (´・ω・`), but it’s for another day.

Assignment:

Write 100 “:3” in the comments for idk something. (Who knows it could be 1 million dollars *wink*)

Also,

Quiz Tomorrow.

- Quora

[Dannflor]

t3 probably town?

elaborate?

[T3]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

Who?

[Dannflor]

Spoiler:

[flow trap]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I have found the problem ^J^

Standard Lawful/Chaotic dissonance

[northsidegal]

t3 probably town?

elaborate?

seems to be having fun in a way which doesn't match anything of my memory from situation room (scum) and which, upon checking, sort of matches the behavior from townstumps (town), so with n=2 examples it's pretty much a lock townread.

this is the kind of high quality scumhunting that we do over here at NSG Ltd.

[T3]

VOTE: northseedgal

[T3]

t3 probably town?

elaborate?

seems to be having fun in a way which doesn't match anything of my memory from situation room (scum) and which, upon checking, sort of matches the behavior from townstumps (town), so with n=2 examples it's pretty much a lock townread.

this is the kind of high quality scumhunting that we do over here at NSG Ltd.

Townstumps I was on a deliberately troll alt and Situation Room I replaced in halfway through day 1 with 3 of my scumbuddies tied for top wagon.

[northsidegal]

what's your point?

[Farren]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I don't like this post. It sounds like an appeal to authority.

[T3]

Actually that's a good observation but bad reasoning.

[T3]

I'm really awkward as scum in RVS>

[northsidegal]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I don't like this post. It sounds like an appeal to authority.

it's mostly just me talking to myself, really.

[flow trap]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I don't like this post. It sounds like an appeal to authority.

Everyone knows that Riverclan is the least appreciated

[T3]

This is like scum me in RVS:

All,

I am so sorry I am so late to the thread - you've all given me so much to think about, so it has taken me a little while to gather my thoughts and process it all.

One advantage of waiting until there has been a bit of back and forth is that one can start to get a sense of how the game is going to go, and start to make some initial reads. Lots to unpack here, so I'll get straight to it.

First!

I don't like this post. Clearly, post 6 is not post 1, and lying to us straight out of the bad is not a good look. In fact, I propose that we should make it a sort of agreement between us that if any of us are caught lying - about anything - we should give strong consideration to eliminating said person as a result. In addition, the whole post - the content, the tone, the context in which it was posted just gives me a general sense of unease. It was a gut read initially, but I think it's clear I was considering

MiniMegabyte

as at least a slight leanscum here already. Hence far, I have to say the rest of the players are null reads, which considering how advanced the game state is we can start to stop chucking random votes around, this took me a surprise - I was about to say we have some very good mafia players here, but then it occurred to me that if you were truly that skilled you would have convinced me to give you at least a slight townread by now.

(inserts shaking hands emoji here)

Ahh, and here is it; the smoking gun that grants some confidence to that earlier gut read. I am aware of the existence of confirmation bias, so I have gone through all the contributions

MiniMegabyte

has made very carefully several times to try and guard against that, but no -

MiniMegabyte

is a strong scum read at this point. Let me explain.

MiniMegabyte

is clearly trying to insinuate that she has no personal knowledge of

VFP

, particularly as this comes of the back of

VFPs

explicit (and as it turned out - also false) statement that they don't know

anyone

in the game. Also of interest is the actual emoji chosen here - a handshake. Between two persons. To the exclusion of the rest of the group. See where I am going with this? She also specifically and pointedly says "Nice to meet

ya

!" instead of "nice to meet

you

". We all know English is one of those languages where 'you' can refer to a singular or an individual. Using it here would be natural, avoid the wavy red line most modern day browsers would assign to the word, and give her the benefit of the ambiguity if anyone paying attention catches it. Instead, we get the informal 'ya', standing in contrast to 'y'all', which to me is a further indication the introduction is addressed specifically to

VFP

and she wants us to know it.

The question now becomes why? In my view, the only explanation that makes any sort of sense is she wants us to think, even if only subconsciously, that this over the top, public performance is the first time these two have ever came in to contact, and they most definitely have

NOT

already said hi to each other in the scum thread. No sir, definitely not! Nothing to see here folks! Shake my hand and smile!

You might think that this makes

VFP

her scum partner then, and the game is solved. Putting aside my feelings towards how I would feel if my first ever game of Mafia was solved and ended on the first IRL day, I don't actually think this is the case. I think

MiniMegabyte

knew that someone might pick up on the vibes between the two here and our first thought would be that they are scum partners. But equally, perhaps that what they just want us to think? I wish there was some term to describe this, but I've checked the wiki inside out and can't find one, so I have invented one, both to refer to this situation and the approach I think we should take to try and come to some sort of conclusion as to how to deal with it. I call it Written Information Follows Overt Meta (WIFOM) - in other words, when what you see written down is in line with what would be expected from your experience you should assume that it is true. No sane scum player wants to associate themselves so strongly with their scum partner so obviously and early, so when we see it happening, we should assume that ISN'T what is happening, that makes no sense. Thus, this is all a big play, and we can actually rule out

VFP

as the other scum. As an aside, feel free to use that acronym in your future posts, but do try to remember who invented it and give credit every now and again.

There is the open question as to why

VFP

also lied about their association with other players, but I am going to assume for the moment that was a legitimate mistake - I know what I said about eliminating proven liars, but I don't think they would be so fast to walk it back. In contrast, I think

MiniMegabyte

fully expected that "First!" lie to slip under the radar.

So;

VFP

townread,

MiniMegabyte

scumread,b]

everyone else

[/b]null. I think it's pretty clear given that set of reads where my vote should go. I'm going to put my vote where it obviously belongs, and strongly feel that we should make them the elimination for the day. Obviously there is quite a bit of time left before deadline, and I would like to see some more discussion, but I will put my vote on them and see what happens with the rest of the votes. Being the first, I won't be able to hammer, but I want to make it clear that I would be prepared to hammer, and it will take a lot now to convince me to switch my vote.

With all that said: VOTE: T3

Oh no! Pressure!
What do I fakeclaim.....
I know!
Innocent Child!

[T3]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I don't like this post. It sounds like an appeal to authority.

Everyone knows that Riverclan is the least appreciated

*hisses*

[flow trap]

North has said nothing scummy idk why there's a wagon on them

i think that if i were RC i would kill you for this post alone

I don't like this post. It sounds like an appeal to authority.

Everyone knows that Riverclan is the least appreciated

*hisses*

I don't like it too

[Farren]

it's mostly just me talking to myself, really.

Why do you dislike the post?

[flow trap]

See 107

[T3]

So yeah, actually.
Let's locktown me and nsg and yeet Farren into hell. VOTE: Farren

[Farren]

See 107

I have a townread on you. Please don't change that to past tense.

[Farren]

So yeah, actually.
Let's locktown me and nsg and yeet Farren into hell. VOTE: Farren

You're welcome to try.