In post 1332, Titus wrote:The obliviousness of Mastina and hard tunnel should not be present from town Mastina given we recognized each other early in SU2.
You know this is a bit of a silent secret I've held but in spite of me being a proponent of there being no such thing as a truly reliable scumtell.
I have to admit.
There is ONE tell that I secretly hold.
And at this point with my frustration like this, I feel like outing it.
I've always felt that those who specifically try to reference past games to bolster their stance have a >random chance of being scum. How much above random, I don't know exactly, but referencing specific past games and trying to manipulate them to have specific meaning is basically what I look for.
I do this as scum basically every single scumgame I can think of. I can't recall doing it as town, at least not in the way that I apply the tell.
I see scum do it all the time, especially to put down others, especially to invalidate them, especially to degrade their content, their push, and to make it seem "worse" than what it is.
I don't recall seeing town ever displaying that attitude.
In other words, a very specific form of meta manipulation.
I've always felt it was a scumtell.
And I'm so fucking sick.
Of seeing it.
And not calling them out on it. I've held back on this tell countless times. I've held back from accusing people of it numerous times. Endless amounts of times, I've held back from using this logic, because I didn't want it to be true, because I didn't want to out my secret tell, because I didn't want to reveal it, because I was afraid of others calling it out as bullshit, because I was afraid it could maybe be wrong, or even worse of all, the tell is valid in general but for THAT SPECIFIC game wasn't right on the player I accuse, thus making the tell appear weaker than it really is, so I have held back on it, only to time and time again be shown right to have thought this way.
So fuck that shit.
I'm telling the tell right here and now.
Using specific past games, and manipulating that specific past game to tell a narrative which casts another player in negative light, is a scumtell.
And Titus is displaying it in top form here.
She was still reluctant to lynch scum there until endgame so *shrug*.
YEAH.
AND GUESS WHAT.
THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREASINGLY GOOD YEAR FOR ME IN TERMS OF SCUMHUNTING.
I really feel like this year, I have a shot for maybe the first fucking time in my entire mafia playing career of winning Paragon of Mafia Hunters. My scumplay has been better than my townplay for literally years. I've been noted for being a scum player for years. I've been noted as only being mediocre-good as town, for a constant period of time.
But you know what?
I actually feel like I'm getting better!
I actually feel like I am improving. Something magical happened. Something mysterious. Something ~mystical~. I feel more accurate than I was before--and I feel less reason to hesitate. I feel less reason to doubt my reads. I feel more on top of my game. I feel like I actually know what I'm fucking doing. I know what I'm saying. I know what I'm doing. I know that I won't get things 100% accurate, all the time; I'm not
that
good.
But time and time again, I feel like I'm getting better, like I am justified in
not
having changed my stances. In short, you could say that I was previously afraid to be wrong. But more and more, something just...awakened within me. And now I'm not. I'm not afraid to be wrong. I'm not afraid to stick to my guns. My reads are more right than wrong. I just KNOW it. Now, admittedly. I still need to work on the "proving" it part. I need to refine my convincing tactics, my charisma, to sway people into showing them that, yes. I am fucking right. I DO know what I am fucking talking about.
I am not just a ranting, raving lunatic; my reads are actually solid and have good basis. But I have DAMN good reason to have gained my confidence boost: experience. I'm being shown right. I've had constant shows, where I've seen players come to doubt themselves and end up being wrong. And that's changed my mafia philosophy.
So fuck doubt. Fuck the idea of me being wrong; I am not.
but is firebringer that kinda person too? COS IF NOT THEN I THINK HE'S SCUM!!!
ON 
