Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:27 pm
interesting. talk to me about panther.
interesting. talk to me about panther.
Defense of you for a start.mhsmith wrote:Maybe start w why alpaca went from a town soul read on one opening post to your lynchable range?
Because you see him as me teammate? Because you see it as TMI? And what other than his defense of me?In post 1277, Ranger wrote:Defense of you for a start.mhsmith wrote:Maybe start w why alpaca went from a town soul read on one opening post to your lynchable range?
This sounds like you're reading them both as town. Town reads specific to them, or is it just others have moved higher on the suspect list? I'm especially curious about Ranger; if you're town reading her currently, what changed from D2?In post 1279, Titus wrote:@DGB/Ranger, can you both get along? A wagon with the three of us on it would be awesome.
Well I'm townreading her. So not a problem on my end.Titus wrote:@DGB/Ranger, can you both get along?
I am.In post 1280, mhsmith0 wrote:This sounds like you're reading them both as town. Town reads specific to them, or is it just others have moved higher on the suspect list? I'm especially curious about Ranger; if you're town reading her currently, what changed from D2?In post 1279, Titus wrote:@DGB/Ranger, can you both get along? A wagon with the three of us on it would be awesome.
^ was the last time ranger said anything particularly interesting about another player (other than pushing btd to vote me instead of her), nearly two weeks ago. She also proclaimed that a scum tell is being disinterested without subbing out. I'm not certain I agree w it, but this is her own stated beliefs. And she's by all appearances disinterested without subbing out, which in her own words is a scum tell.In post 1031, Ranger wrote:Speaking of that post, though...I hate you.PantherPunt wrote:I don't think Ranger is scum here for a very simple reason. She's not pushing an agenda.
Like, seriously hate you.
The moment I saw you come in, I was like, "Why couldn't he have replaced DGB? Then I wouldn't need to sort him!"
But you didn't. You replaced Kappy's slot. So I do. And I've got the mixed emotions going, like, the one moment, thinking this is you as town being able to detect the difference between my town game and my scum game, which I want to believe because I definitely want to think you are a competent town player and it wasn't just a fluke, but the next moment, I keep thinking out of fear that you're scum about to SERIOUSLY burn me and that it'll sting even more because Ididn'tread you as scum when I should have, but then I think about what you could have done as scum (just push me) and I keep thinking that's more likely, that it would be stupidly easy for you to do as scum and the result is just an overall, "AHG, FINE, IF YOU'RE SCUM YOU WIN OKAY" which I hate telling players but I have to say all the same.
Or in short:
I hate you.
I'm pretty sure I did this a long time ago. I'm almost positive the reason for it was strong gut. If there was a reason, I lost it. I just really didn't think your RVS was scum; it looked like a natural town RVS, and I was reading it and Alexcellent's in the same manner.Alpaca wrote:Ranger now would be a good time to explain your sketchy town read on me from the beggining because I am still wondering on it and it might help a little
Since then, I have to admit that's weakened. In part because of Stack The Deck, actually: there, you were disengaged town, and replaced out. I couldn't help but have the thought: why was Alpaca disengaged town inthatgame (which was rather engaging), but didn't replace out ofthisgame, which...well, I think you can check the number of replacements and game length to figure out why THIS game feels like the game youshouldhave replaced out of. Yet you didn't. So the initial townread is gone, replaced by the paranoia that you stayed in this game because you were scum in the know. But that's a horrible reason, and one I also know isn't absolute. Kuroi, also from Stack The Deck, replaced out of it, yet in a similarly-disengaging game (Something_Smart's UPick), he didn't replace out...and was town there, so it's definitely not a hard-scumread and is literally the only possible doubt I have on you; there's nothing suspicious about your play otherwise.
Rangers play on d2 onward has, IMO, unambiguously been focused inward, with substantive discussion focused primarily on herself and relating either directly to defense or to pushing people pushing her (and the day one IV push was, if you recall, also against someone pushing on her). You'll notice, if you care to, a lack of substance behind many if her reads, even when questioned. You'll notice, if you care to, a persistent lack ofCrunkus wrote:A short, general list of things that constitute legitimate reasons for thinking someone is scum.
You infer that:
You'll notice none of these things work on people who are more concerned with their own survival than any of the listed town motivations. That should be play made unambiguously scum. I don't care what role you have. In the end, playing like a townie
- someone knows something they shouldn't know if they are town.
- someone is lying about something for a reason that they do not believe benefits the town.
- someone is doing something with a motive other than to figure out the town's puzzle or persuade the town to work toward what is perceived by that person to be a town-oriented desired goal.
in a healthy townworks TOWARD the goal of your survival. But unfortunately, some people do not realize the indirect consequences of their actions upon other players. This can, by the way, include having a direct impact upon THEIR ability to enjoy the game.
You'll notice it also doesn't work if a townie isn't trying to figure out the town's puzzle or persuade anyone of anything.
You'll notice being wrong isn't on the list. You'll notice trying to be influential isn't on that list. You'll notice being persistent and intense is not on that list.
...
If ranger is in fact town (which I continue to doubt) then she's right that this was a flat out terrible game for her. The bad reads (iv and me, possibly m&m too) were part of it, of course, but what's worse is the lack of energy and effort to change that state of affairs. That's the part that I simply can't reconcile w town!ranger. Like, this came a month agomotive...to figure out the town's puzzle or persuade the town to work toward what is perceived by that person to be a town-oriented desired goal
And since then, Rangers been even more disengaged w the game than when she said that. And more than anything else, I think that's what's damning. If she's town dissatisfied w the game state performance she'd work to fix things (poking at people, asking questions, re-reading, or even just talking about her town reads in depth in order to be useful there). If she's scum worried about spew and satisfied w a smith lynch on d3, she'd avoid saying anything useful, and talk about herself in ways designed to look reasonably townie. She's done the latter.This game's going in my wiki as one of my worst games ever, period, end of discussion. Even if it turns out that {you, mhsmith} are the scum, the VAST inconsistency and lack of strength behind my push would render any and all credit I'd deserve for those callouts moot. And obviously, if you're not scum (I just don't know anymore), then I don't know who the second would be. I think mhsmith is scum. But that's all I have.
Is why you were obv!wolf when you retracted your fake seer claim in rangers micro on d2. Town failing to lynch you there (and even more ridiculously on d3 considering letting you live to d4) was the low light of the game for them. You 100% should have rolled w that fake seer claim as long as you could. Maybe even throw in a "role blocked" bit on a night since they were apparently willing to eat it up.someone is lying about something for a reason that they do not believe benefits the town.
I did?mhsmith wrote:She also proclaimed that a scum tell is being disinterested without subbing out.
Bluntly.If she's town dissatisfied w the game state performance she'd work to fix things (poking at people, asking questions, re-reading, or even just talking about her town reads in depth in order to be useful there).
that was based onIn post 1290, Ranger wrote:I did?
This is news to me.
I mean, I've never willingly left a game.
So I don't see how I could have said something like that, when my inclination is to not start.
that was based on your stated read of Alpaca on the basis of "why havne't you subbed out if you're disengaged". Given that you never replace out (and I don't think you'd bother lying about something that easily verifiable), though, I'll withdraw that point.why was Alpaca disengaged town in that game (which was rather engaging), but didn't replace out of this game, which...well, I think you can check the number of replacements and game length to figure out why THIS game feels like the game you should have replaced out of. Yet you didn't. So the initial townread is gone, replaced by the paranoia that you stayed in this game because you were scum in the know. But that's a horrible reason, and one I also know isn't absolute. Kuroi, also from Stack The Deck, replaced out of it, yet in a similarly-disengaging game (Something_Smart's UPick), he didn't replace out...and was town there, so it's definitely not a hard-scumread and is literally the only possible doubt I have on you; there's nothing suspicious about your play otherwise.
Admittedly, I didn't have any solid reasoning. I just wanted to see how you'd react and see who would follow me.In post 1256, AlpacaAlpaca wrote:I will look forward to itIn post 1251, Xkfyu wrote:I'll explain later.
Titus/alpacaIn post 1282, Titus wrote:I am.In post 1280, mhsmith0 wrote:This sounds like you're reading them both as town. Town reads specific to them, or is it just others have moved higher on the suspect list? I'm especially curious about Ranger; if you're town reading her currently, what changed from D2?In post 1279, Titus wrote:@DGB/Ranger, can you both get along? A wagon with the three of us on it would be awesome.
You changed.
@Ranger, each one of you will only vote one of my two scumreads, which makes it hard to work with the both of you.