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Post Post #1250 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:18 pm

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In post 1249, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1246, DiamondSentinel wrote:Scum me in PMyLo was motivated by frustration and hatred at my other scum members.
What's motivating you here?
Now ain’t that the question of the hour

Another question before I answer. What do you do once I answer? Would you not expect me to lie out me ass if I were scum?
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Post Post #1251 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:19 pm

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In post 1248, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1238, Cabd wrote:
In post 1032, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1019, Cabd wrote:I wonder how much overlap we have!

You feeling cocky enough to go first, or?
yeah. I'd rather not be influenced by whatever you've got.


{...........} <-- This makes me sad
{Syryana, SirCakez, Cabd*}
{Tammy, Bell, Something_Smart, petapan} <-- Some of these surprised me
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{midway bear} <-- may be too influenced by opinions in my peripheral vision. I'm going to spend some time with his iso when I'm more awake.
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{............} at a guess,
{............} I'll wind up with at least two more tiers.

* I'm treating you as unequivocal town and seeing what my gut thinks about it. You've made yourself vulnerable in a player list like this one with you Bell stance, and I don't think that's something you'd do as scum.

As for the rest of the player list, some I need more post data. some I need to marinate on. some I need to meta. Some have enough data in the thread that I feel like they should be sortable, but I don't have a first approximation. maybe it's my failing. maybe it's their content. I have work to do tomorrow.
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In post 1218, Cabd wrote:
In post 1049, fferyllt wrote:Diamond, Gamma and Alisae are the players I feel like I should already have an opinion on. I'm probably close, but data overload, I guess.
How's this going?
Alisae town. Diamond was bugging the hell out of me but he posted something I quoted recently that put some of his playstyle into focus for me and I can see what he's doing as potentially town play, but I'm gonna need more time/data/interaction I think to feel confident. Gamma is distinctly up from fire from a thousand suns territory. Settling on a tier is going to take some interaction.

I'll feel more like interaction after I get a nap, I think. My usual sleep deficit increased the last couple nights.
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Which one(s) are you not townreading?
You know full well which one. But it was just a throwaway meme and if I full-reads I'll probably have less than 4 myself.
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Post Post #1252 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:20 pm

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In post 1250, DiamondSentinel wrote:
In post 1249, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1246, DiamondSentinel wrote:Scum me in PMyLo was motivated by frustration and hatred at my other scum members.
What's motivating you here?
Now ain’t that the question of the hour

Another question before I answer. What do you do once I answer? Would you not expect me to lie out me ass if I were scum?
I think about it and contextualize it. And yes, I would.
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Post Post #1253 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:20 pm

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Anyways, besides my dodging of the question, I’m not sure if I like the question. It seems like it’s a leading question, and the destination is some nefarious form of entrapment.
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Post Post #1254 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:21 pm

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In post 1251, Cabd wrote:You know full well which one. But it was just a throwaway meme and if I full-reads I'll probably have less than 4 myself.
I think I do know. I'd have liked confirmation rather than snark.
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Post Post #1255 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:25 pm

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In post 1253, DiamondSentinel wrote:Anyways, besides my dodging of the question, I’m not sure if I like the question. It seems like it’s a leading question, and the destination is some nefarious form of entrapment.
It's an open-ended question. I love those. They signal I'm starting from a place of listening, and dropping preconceptions. They are start of so many mafia dances.
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Post Post #1256 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:25 pm

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In post 1250, DiamondSentinel wrote:
In post 1249, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1246, DiamondSentinel wrote:Scum me in PMyLo was motivated by frustration and hatred at my other scum members.
What's motivating you here?
Now ain’t that the question of the hour

Another question before I answer. What do you do once I answer? Would you not expect me to lie out me ass if I were scum?
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Post Post #1257 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:30 pm

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Diamond, you're making me sad.

I hope you're quiet because you're writing me a wall right now, but I don't need a wall.

I need a conversation.
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Post Post #1258 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:32 pm

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lel this reminds me of when Bell asked me why I wanted to be highposter.
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Post Post #1259 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:33 pm

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In post 1244, Something_Smart wrote:I think this is within normal range for how absent I am.
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Post Post #1260 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:34 pm

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Hmph. Very well.

I’m mainly acting out of a few mental states.
1. Frustrated with this dance of double meanings and inside jokes.
2. Frustrated with this incessant shitposting despite numerous attempts at steering the conversation into a direction.
3. Annoyed at the number of lurkers. While I understand being busy, it does not make it any easier to stomach.
4. Confusion at this odd town bloc for, what I’ve seen, nearly non-existent reasons. I’ve yet to see a solid reason why Cabd’s behavior is town motivated, and I also fail to see that for Tammy and Syr, yet a fair few of my more confident town reads (specifically you, although that’s dropping faster than I’d like) proclaim that they are acting consistently with a town mentality.
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Post Post #1261 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:35 pm

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Also yes, I'm being quiet because I'm typing a wall on mobile while ordering pizza for dinner (I am sad because the burger place I was planning on picking up from closes at 7 because of this damnable pandemic)
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Post Post #1262 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:38 pm

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town imo
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Post Post #1263 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:39 pm

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In post 1262, petapan wrote:town imo
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Post Post #1264 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:41 pm

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i would hate to disrupt the potential bromance between you two
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Post Post #1265 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:42 pm

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wait no
also... that sorta implies he is not in a hood? Anyways, I'm wondering a bit about these neighborhoods.
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Post Post #1266 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:42 pm

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In post 1254, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1251, Cabd wrote:You know full well which one. But it was just a throwaway meme and if I full-reads I'll probably have less than 4 myself.
I think I do know. I'd have liked confirmation rather than snark.
My vote is very much where it is still.
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Post Post #1267 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:43 pm

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In post 1265, midwaybear wrote:wait no
also... that sorta implies he is not in a hood? Anyways, I'm wondering a bit about these neighborhoods.
Keep wondering. But keep it internal.
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Post Post #1268 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:44 pm

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In post 1266, Cabd wrote:
In post 1254, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1251, Cabd wrote:You know full well which one. But it was just a throwaway meme and if I full-reads I'll probably have less than 4 myself.
I think I do know. I'd have liked confirmation rather than snark.
My vote is very much where it is still.
well i'm never gonna trust someone who claims to have had a magical revelation again so
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Post Post #1269 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:50 pm

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I'm not gonna insist on keeping it there forever if I get traditional scumreads.

But it's there for now.
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Post Post #1270 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:59 pm

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In post 1259, SirCakez wrote:
In post 1244, Something_Smart wrote:I think this is within normal range for how absent I am.
someone talk to me!
I forgot to respond to this quote
SS you just feel v disengaged here. Would you disagree?
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Post Post #1271 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:10 pm

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In post 1260, DiamondSentinel wrote:Hmph. Very well.

I’m mainly acting out of a few mental states.
1. Frustrated with this dance of double meanings and inside jokes.
2. Frustrated with this incessant shitposting despite numerous attempts at steering the conversation into a direction.
3. Annoyed at the number of lurkers. While I understand being busy, it does not make it any easier to stomach.
4. Confusion at this odd town bloc for, what I’ve seen, nearly non-existent reasons. I’ve yet to see a solid reason why Cabd’s behavior is town motivated, and I also fail to see that for Tammy and Syr, yet a fair few of my more confident town reads (specifically you, although that’s dropping faster than I’d like) proclaim that they are acting consistently with a town mentality.
Thanks.

1. We are doing more code-talk than we normally would. It's error prone because we haven't used this channel of communication heavily in quite a while, and I for one am rusty at it. I think it's nearing the end of its usefulness in this game, though. We'll see.

2. If your attempts aren't working, attempt differently. You can't stop people from playing the game as they wish to, but you can engage people individually. And if someone
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3. This is another place where engaging differently might help.

4. Yeah, this is a thing. It may become less of a thing in this game with a little more time. But, I can't just erase years of play-experience and ignore players doing town-for-them stuff. I don't want to write essays about players. Maybe I'll need to eventually, but it's way too early in the game to start. I don't want to wear my diplomat hat. I really haven't earned it in Year of Our Lord 2020 on mafiascum dot net.
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Post Post #1272 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:11 pm

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Wait, I can sign up for a cabd-is-town essay?

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Post Post #1273 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:12 pm

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In post 1266, Cabd wrote:
In post 1254, fferyllt wrote:
In post 1251, Cabd wrote:You know full well which one. But it was just a throwaway meme and if I full-reads I'll probably have less than 4 myself.
I think I do know. I'd have liked confirmation rather than snark.
My vote is very much where it is still.
Dork. I was talking about the three names you tossed at me.
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Post Post #1274 (ISO) » Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:13 pm

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Oh.


Is it really time to talk about that already?

Fiiine.

It's gamma.
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