Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:03 am
I'd say he townread one of his buddies because he wanted them to be the HoH. I just can't see why he would vote Toog in his first post at random unless there was an underlying scum strategy.
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Earlier in the game, Tammy flat out called F-16 scum citing only "meta" at the time. Before she expands upon it, F-16 quickly defends himself in the above quoted quote. Tammy then responds with the quote, essentially saying that F-16 isn't doing much legwork for his scum reads.In post 1185, Imperium wrote:The tunneling issue is not close to an issue I'm having. I just went and read the dead qt of the game you're talking about, and I'm not seeing where empire was mistakenly reading you as scum. He was arguing that your meta case on Tierce was 10000% off, but he didn't argue for you being scum. And I think that the argument against his case is a bit simplistic. I know that he doesn't think you don't tunnel as town, because when we were all playing in Black Flag, and I was worried about you guys and you not posting, he linked me to a game in which you were playing where you were trying to get your scum read lynched, by tunneling quite hard, near deadline as a reason for why you weren't posting in our game.In post 965, Toogeloo wrote: A quick note for Tammy regarding meta: I felt that you would suspect me based on meta for several reasons. First, I am lazy as scum but put a ton of effort into my town games in general. Second, I know you think of Empire's meta-case on me as flawless and try to go by it to determine my affiliation as evidenced by your read on me in Swagtown. I don't think you realize that Empire's case was not comprehensive enough to cover for how I play as scum. It is a little bit simplistic because he assumes I never tunnel players as town and I am always uncertain where I am usually a lot more certain as scum. The fact that he is wrong is proven when he believes that I am scum in Rarefaction II in the dead thread where he was spectating. I did spend an inordinate amount of time tunneling.
In this game, I've mostly been tunneling Bulbazak for a large portion of the later game. When you claimed that I was scum, I sort of had a feeling that I knew where you were coming from. But I think you should look at games we've played together instead of relying on cases made by other players. (If you already have, great). I can explain the town motivation behind all of my posting on a meta-basis if you want but first I need to know what it is that you feel off about my posts which is why I was asking you to explain your suspicions.
Also, while I do take empire's case into consideration, I'm not completely beholden to anything. So, let's just say even if empire was in the dead qt arguing for you being scum in that game, I was arguing for you being pretty strong town, and yes, in empire's normal I read empire's case against you to help me sort out the read on you, I still read you as town pretty early on.
But here is part of my problem. In this reads post, you mention doing "tons of meta" on Rachmarie and conclude that this is how she behaves as town. But you've been pushing bulbazack as scum but you haven't done that research. You really haven't been that inquisitive towards the people that you are suspecting, nor are you doing the research that I associate with you. You are playing against the empire scum case in that you are displaying a wilingness to rethink your reads, which I really like, but your meta reads tend to be a bit more in depth, and you tend to be a bit more inquisitive to the people you suspect, and you're not really doing any of this.
Here we have him pushing Godfather (as we already knew he would) balance with a Town Cop. Which I would agree with, if you were a real Cop. You are Aesthetic and limited to two use, and had we not utilized your power through organization prior to you using it, it's possible you could have scanned someone who was going to get lynched anyways. You are a very, very, weak cop. Godfather does notIn post 1889, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:I am not going to assume scum cop either. If there is a scum cop, I'll go stuff the scum cop in a plate, go find Voided and throw it at him. The only power role we seemed to have is a cop. Without it, it is an all-vanilla town with scum that can fuck with us by posting confirmable results. A GF on the other hand makes perfect sense and it would be very OP'd to have a town cop without a GF. You'll just have to figure out which of me or Toog are the GF.
And yet continue to push me as scum godfather. I should be on the same level as everyone since my scan should be a non-factor in any assumption of godfatherness. Point being, there can be no concrete reasoning as push godfather paranoia repeatedly, and yet it's been the basis of a lot of his posts since the cop scan was revealed.In post 1666, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:Just because scum likely have a GF doesn't mean Toog has to be that GF. Titus could be as well. The possibility of scum-GF would simply put Toog on the same level as you, me, and Titus.
(AFTER MY SCAN REVEAL)In post 1722, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:The fact that scum didn't kill Minions shows that either 1) Minions is scum, or 2) Scum weren't afraid of Minion's abilities. Both point towards one of Toog/Minions being scum. I lean towards Minons because the decision to investigate Toog didn't come from scum at all. I think it is too much of a co-incidence to investigate the GF. Rather, I believe that the abilities that scum have are the abilities that Minions has been given.
I fully 100% trust that you are town. If you are perceptive enough to realize that I am town as well, we can win the game together.
This is the post I disliked because it was the first real attempt to start discrediting scans without actually calling me scum right away. I think it's more important that he thinks scum would have shot Minions before he could clear a townie, but apparently it's not that important to kill Minions before he's about to condemn a scum?In post 1266, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:On the other hand, if Minions is town, the only reason that I can see scum not shooting them is if a) they have a godfather or b) they think they can get Minions lynched. But b is unlikely once they reveal they have additional kills which legitimizes Minions role and reduces the likelihood of it being game-breaking. I am leaning towards mafia having a godfather.
Which instantly suggests knowing we were going to be in LyLo if Minions is voted out. He obviously felt his opening barrage needed to get one of the "confirmed town" lynched so he had a shot against BBmolla today. When it became obvious that Minions and I weren't budging, he immediately flipped on molla despite Minions and I being the ones to do most the legwork trying to formulate a case on molla.In post 1730, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:While I am pretty sure both Toog and BBMolla are town, I'd rather Toog be made HoH. I trust BBMolla more in LYLO situations. (I read the Newbie game where Bulbazak came in with a case against him, and he later voted Bulbazak in LYLO as part of meta'ing Bulb and Molla). I am pretty sure on this actually.In post 1728, Minions wrote:I'm happy to be put up. But PoE suggests toog is the voter and that leaves bbmolla to be made HoH
And for the record, that isn't what my case was at all, but I eagerly await seeing your actual case on me and you destroying mine.In post 1904, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:That's kinda weak. Is that all you have? I am changing my mind constantly about who the scum are. So scummy.
Toog saying that I am not doing legwork for scumreads is more of an attack on my playstyle rather than affiliation. I hunt for town more than scum. A read-through of my other games show this to be the case. I find town a lot more easily and once I do, I deduce that most of the remaining players are scum. Considering the way I play this game, an accusation of "not doing legwork" for my scumreads is inaccurate. The legwork I do for my townreads isIn post 1903, Toogeloo wrote: Upon re-isolating F-16, he is rather active, but most of it is general fluff and blanket statements. When he does post his reads, he often times just says "These are my reads." I started off as a possible scum read (can't be too sure because he never out and out calls me scum), and then starts calling me town because of my town slips, my interactions with scum, and their interactions with me and cites posts and reasonings.So why all the legwork for town reads, but being very non-committal or doing the offensive legwork for scum reads?For 98% of F-16's iso, his general vibe is that of just going with the flow of the mob mentality, trying to make his presence known through multiple posts, but not trying to take any reigns and direct town.
While this is true, note that Toog has asked to be scanned where as I have not. I didn't care whether I was scanned or not while Toog has insisted that an investigation be used on him. This alone makes it far more likely that he is the godfather than me. Town has little reason to ask for a scan but a scan of the godfather would potentially be game winning.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:I should be on the same level as everyone since my scan should be a non-factor in any assumption of godfatherness.Point being, there can be no concrete reasoning as push godfather paranoia repeatedly, and yet it's been the basis of a lot of his posts since the cop scan was revealed.
I strongly disagree. We know now that the scum only have 2 kills - TOTAL. If they had another, they would have used it a LONG while ago today and won the game already. Here you sit with a vote on you and no kill occurs. It is obvious that the scum's kills are spent. Two was the maximum. Now think about your role. Let's say you confirm two players as town. This essentially FORCES the scum to kill two of either you or the confirmed townies. Their kills are directed. They cannot kill their biggest threats. It makes no sense to have a cop that can confirm two townies and give the scum two kills to eliminate those townies. And if they kill someone else, town can simply lynch everyone but you three and win the game with no effort. There needs to be a mechanism to mess with that - to ensure that town are required to scumhunt in order to win. That mechanism is the godfather. Either Toog or I are the GF. The difference is that I never asked to be scanned, neither did I deny that a GF exists. Toog has been unreasonably pushing the idea that a GF may not exist. He admits that its existence should put both of us on the same level, yet FOSses me for saying that a godfather exists. Your role isn't weak. This is a nightless game. Your role without a GF is almost game breaking.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:You are a very, very, weak cop. Godfather does not need to be in this setup to balance your form of Cop.
My flip on Molla looks "bad" at first glance but I was convinced about the case on him. If I were scum, my best strategy would have been to tell Molla to trust me and vote him for HoH. I never would have flipped and put myself in a position where I had to fight against a confirmed townie - because I'd know that I would likely be next. The reason I flipped was that your case convinced me. I also didn't like him backtracking against Bulbazak. I genuinely believed that he was scum - and was wrong yet again. Toog claims to have done the "legwork" for Molla which is a lie. Nearly all the legwork to analyze Molla's and my affiliation had been done by you.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:He stated he absolutely wanted BBmolla in the final 3. He obviously felt his opening barrage needed to get one of the "confirmed town" lynched so he had a shot against BBmolla today. When it became obvious that Minions and I weren't budging,he immediately flipped on molladespite Minions and I being the ones to do most the legwork trying to formulate a case on molla.
This is an appeal to fear. My point about the GF is solid. Saying I am "in your ear" is bullshit. "Re-iterating paranoia" is meaningless considering his reasoning for why there isn't a GF falls flat. There is a GF. Toog is far more likely to be it. He wanted to be scanned. He wanted to be cleared. I never showed the slightest inclination, it is not something I cared about.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:F-16 posts today have been largely pandering to you (Minions). Since I am less active, he is trying to get in your ear more and try to make you doubt yourself by reiterating paranoia repeatedly.
It's the lack of drive to get your suspect lynched that is the condemning part. You followed the flow of the town mob without even attempting to push lynches you thought were good. I used Tammy's opinion to showcase that this was something someone else had noticed as well. Tammy's response wasn't the case itself, but just showing there is scuminess to the way you were playing.F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:Response to Toog
Toog saying that I am not doing legwork for scumreads is more of an attack on my playstyle rather than affiliation. I hunt for town more than scum. A read-through of my other games show this to be the case. I find town a lot more easily and once I do, I deduce that most of the remaining players are scum. Considering the way I play this game, an accusation of "not doing legwork" for my scumreads is inaccurate. The legwork I do for my townreads isIn post 1903, Toogeloo wrote: Upon re-isolating F-16, he is rather active, but most of it is general fluff and blanket statements. When he does post his reads, he often times just says "These are my reads." I started off as a possible scum read (can't be too sure because he never out and out calls me scum), and then starts calling me town because of my town slips, my interactions with scum, and their interactions with me and cites posts and reasonings.So why all the legwork for town reads, but being very non-committal or doing the offensive legwork for scum reads?For 98% of F-16's iso, his general vibe is that of just going with the flow of the mob mentality, trying to make his presence known through multiple posts, but not trying to take any reigns and direct town.intense, even more so in my older games. In this game, ISO me to see how I expand into huge meta-analysis of two players both of whom I conclude are town. In this game (which Tammy was also in), I write an extremely detailed analysis of implosion explaining why he is town. Look at my post under the spoiler. I have cut down on the amount of fluff I post (my case on Titus being town is a lot more succint), but the common theme remains that I spend lots of time explaining my townreads. In this more recent game for instance, see my explanation for why this player is town which like my read on Titus is shorter but still very detailed. I rarely post cases for why people are scum because I work off of POE.
The rest of Toog's post also pushes on playstyle rather than affiliation. Does every town player you know "take the reins" and direct the town? Imperium has done that when they were alive - but that is because they were Imperium, not because they were town. The rest of the town did not make the same attempts. Whether you lead the town depends on the kind of player you are. Even so, I did push hard for the Bulbazak lynch. Imperium FOSsed me for it. Molla read him as town for his frustration but I didn't back down until I genuinely started having doubts. Even after that, I retracted my townread and continued going after him. Bulbazak is a strong player. It would have been pointless to bus him because it would have been an easier scum win had Bulb been alive.
Tammy did call me scum but she retracted it quickly. She is one of the few players who reads me with 100% accuracy in all the games we played (probably 5-6 by now). She sometimes tends to accuse me incorrectly but is able to come around soon and sort me relatively well. That Toog continues pulling up her initial read while failing to note that she rescinded her scumread is something to consider.
But again, there is no reason to believe a Godfather exists in the setup, and your sole case still comes down to godfather fear mongering.While this is true, note that Toog has asked to be scanned where as I have not. I didn't care whether I was scanned or not while Toog has insisted that an investigation be used on him. This alone makes it far more likely that he is the godfather than me. Town has little reason to ask for a scan but a scan of the godfather would potentially be game winning.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:I should be on the same level as everyone since my scan should be a non-factor in any assumption of godfatherness.Point being, there can be no concrete reasoning as push godfather paranoia repeatedly, and yet it's been the basis of a lot of his posts since the cop scan was revealed.
But you ignore the fact that only because of circumstances were we able to actually leash the scans and use them as a town whole. What would have happened if Minions had used his scan Night 1 on Gnomeo for example? Or the fact that we could have a scum as HoH and the investigation is lied about? It's only because we took control of it early (and you decided to bus Bulba instead of lie) that it became powerful. Bulba was instantly on board with you being HoH and him being scanned, which is an obvious major red flag.I strongly disagree. We know now that the scum only have 2 kills - TOTAL. If they had another, they would have used it a LONG while ago today and won the game already. Here you sit with a vote on you and no kill occurs. It is obvious that the scum's kills are spent. Two was the maximum. Now think about your role. Let's say you confirm two players as town. This essentially FORCES the scum to kill two of either you or the confirmed townies. Their kills are directed. They cannot kill their biggest threats. It makes no sense to have a cop that can confirm two townies and give the scum two kills to eliminate those townies. And if they kill someone else, town can simply lynch everyone but you three and win the game with no effort. There needs to be a mechanism to mess with that - to ensure that town are required to scumhunt in order to win. That mechanism is the godfather. Either Toog or I are the GF. The difference is that I never asked to be scanned, neither did I deny that a GF exists. Toog has been unreasonably pushing the idea that a GF may not exist. He admits that its existence should put both of us on the same level, yet FOSses me for saying that a godfather exists. Your role isn't weak. This is a nightless game. Your role without a GF is almost game breaking.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:You are a very, very, weak cop. Godfather does not need to be in this setup to balance your form of Cop.
Toog in his case continues to make me look bad because I consistently speculated about the existence of a godfather. I strongly believe that I was right in my speculation. It was reasonable to consider the GF possibility because of the game breaking scenario I mentioned earlier, rather than an attempt to "discredit" the scan on Toog.
Except you couldn't. Minions and I were already solid for putting both you and molla on the block. There was no way molla was going to get the votes for HoH, so you had to do the only thing you could do and side with Minions and I.My flip on Molla looks "bad" at first glance but I was convinced about the case on him. If I were scum, my best strategy would have been to tell Molla to trust me and vote him for HoH. I never would have flipped and put myself in a position where I had to fight against a confirmed townie - because I'd know that I would likely be next. The reason I flipped was that your case convinced me. I also didn't like him backtracking against Bulbazak. I genuinely believed that he was scum - and was wrong yet again. Toog claims to have done the "legwork" for Molla which is a lie. Nearly all the legwork to analyze Molla's and my affiliation had been done by you.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:He stated he absolutely wanted BBmolla in the final 3. He obviously felt his opening barrage needed to get one of the "confirmed town" lynched so he had a shot against BBmolla today. When it became obvious that Minions and I weren't budging,he immediately flipped on molladespite Minions and I being the ones to do most the legwork trying to formulate a case on molla.
And yet still, you have yet to make a scum case on me other than, "He has to be godfather because it has to be in the setup," (which it doesn't).This is an appeal to fear. My point about the GF is solid. Saying I am "in your ear" is bullshit. "Re-iterating paranoia" is meaningless considering his reasoning for why there isn't a GF falls flat. There is a GF. Toog is far more likely to be it. He wanted to be scanned. He wanted to be cleared. I never showed the slightest inclination, it is not something I cared about.In post 1903, Toogeloo wrote:F-16 posts today have been largely pandering to you (Minions). Since I am less active, he is trying to get in your ear more and try to make you doubt yourself by reiterating paranoia repeatedly.
Note how Toog accuses me of not persuing my scumreads while he laid back and watched me go up against Desperado, then Titus. I refuted their arguments, got heat for it, defended myself and have been in the thick of things all the while being wrong because of the way this setup was designed. Toog as the "confirmed town" scum happily sat back to watch the fireworks.
I agree that it looks bad. I can't explain his actions and it would be a stretch to assume that he was trying to make me look guilty through associative tells. I don't know why he voted me - perhaps he didn't think that others would seriously make me HoH because Toog suggested it asBulba was instantly on board with you being HoH and him being scanned, which is an obvious major red flag.
I will do a more expansive one tomorrow or Wednesday. Then all will be fuller.Ok, I looked over bulbazaks interactions. He scum reads and attacks us and toogeloo from day 1. Seems to start having a change of heart on toogeloo around the time he is being talked up for investigation but never quite drops his attacking of us.
F16 isn't interacted with until day 2 but I assume that's when he Replaced in. Blackberry was voted for as HoH by bulbazak on day 1 at one point, yet his interaction with f16 seems mildly suspicious... It's odd.
The bolded strongly indicate buddy-buddy interactions. The underlined is irrelevant because Toog can't vote himself and people had already shown an inclination to trust those who didn't want HoH so Toog might have expected to get it regardless of whether he wanted it or not.In post 1913, Minions wrote:Once again the voice of reason F16. And I have been using the time as productively as I can. I have fiished the final analysis, but its a bit of a waste of time in the end...
First its Peacebringer:
Has a civil discussion about the potential setup if he was in charge with blackberry. Seems to use this to hide behind setup talk for a few posts.
Mocks toogeloos comment about not knowing who is lying and who isn’t on vote revealing.
Votes toogeloo for HoH.This ties with gnomeos vote. So doesn’t look good for toog at face value since both were scum, but thentoog wasn’t seemingly interested in either for scum at the time,so possible buddying move.