In post 926, Cinnamon wrote:I'm currently have a tinfoil hat theory that the scum team is something like Robb's slot/LUV and this whole conversation is just TvT where I don't understand anything that's going on
If we're talking mid d1 I was the first person to call out the scum team, so I'm obviously the best town player here. You're welcome for the carry.
Gotta say pisskop's claim did kickstart the game into some gear and from then on it was a constant rollercoaster. Good job town and good game!
I had loads of fun, especially nearing the end of day 1. It's the longest one I have ever had, but it was worth it.
Also the reason why me and Tchill didn’t seem like s v s is because I actually got so wrapped up into the game I forgot he was my scum buddy. We didn’t talk at all in our mafia forum.
Proudest mafia moment was the greatest unvote in the history of mafiascum.
AtE = appeal to emotion, it's when you're trying to sway someone with emotional arguments rather than logical arguments.
It's a really scarily effective form of persuasion in the real world, and tends to work quite well on people who aren't aware of it, but it doesn't actually have any logical force behind it; it's just a fallacy. As such, it helps to be able to recognise AtE arguments so that you can disregard them. (Note that if someone's using AtE, it doesn't necessarily mean they're scum – townies often try to use it too, especially on people who it works on – but it does generally mean you should ignore them until they come up with some sort of evidence behind their argument.)
In post 926, Cinnamon wrote:I'm currently have a tinfoil hat theory that the scum team is something like Robb's slot/LUV and this whole conversation is just TvT where I don't understand anything that's going on
If we're talking mid d1 I was the first person to call out the scum team, so I'm obviously the best town player here. You're welcome for the carry.
what a fucking god.
i think this is evidence for rc's point in some completed game: scum is in most peopls nulllists
In post 2132, callforjudgement wrote:AtE = appeal to emotion, it's when you're trying to sway someone with emotional arguments rather than logical arguments.
It's a really scarily effective form of persuasion in the real world, and tends to work quite well on people who aren't aware of it, but it doesn't actually have any logical force behind it; it's just a fallacy. As such, it helps to be able to recognise AtE arguments so that you can disregard them. (Note that if someone's using AtE, it doesn't necessarily mean they're scum – townies often try to use it too, especially on people who it works on – but it does generally mean you should ignore them until they come up with some sort of evidence behind their argument.)
AtE applies not only to blunt emotional arguments ("Why is everyone picking on me?") but also to more sophisticated appeals to baser functions. When you are manipulating your target into feeling empathetic, or playing on a personal relationship to elicit an irrational response, or when you're playing bombastically to intimidate or bully other votes and control the gamestate. All are versions of AtE.
In post 1906, Menalque wrote:I never fleshed it out bc I was on V/LA gimme a break
Still caught scum my first non-newbie game
Can one of you say something glowing about my performance here so I can put it in my sig? “Menalque is the best/most promising new player that I’ve seen on the site” or words to similar effect
Or you can wait until after we lynch creature and I’m 2/2 on scum this game
Either way is fine honestly
Oh don't get me wrong if you're town please feel free to ride that high into the sunset, then back, and to the sunset again, it's 100% earned