Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:50 am
Fegelein I still haven't let off for the auto clearing you on page one. Felt like a double bluff, the assumption being mafia would distance from eachother rather than clear each other.
This is interesting because it takes a completely different path from what most people's interpretations of Gen Wolf were at the time, which is something that I normally like a lot. However, I notice that champino completely avoided actually defending Gen (or commenting on the positions people were taking on him) and instead ended up subtly defending and chainsawing Gen a bit, which I don't like because it's a roundabout way of defending a townread and normally town prefers doing things like this out in the open.In post 50, champinoman wrote:I thoroughly enjoyed this post because it clearly articulated what I was thinking when I read the exchange between Feel It and Fegelein and was laced with the amount of sarcasm it deserved. And it lead into some interesting responses from Feel It:
Everyone in his list with the exception of Generic is null or sort of scummy. Every. Single. Person. Now, I understand a certain degree of paranoia because it's natural, but only being able to nail down a single town read doesn't feel genuine at all.In post 138, champinoman wrote:I do find everybody scummy and I think it would be unwise to think otherwise.In post 131, Miss Stranger wrote:Champinoman- For the most part he (used to) look fine. I don't like his obsession with slips. I await an explanation why they are so important to him. I also don't like his "you're scummy for attacking him/me" attitude. In general I get the impression he finds everybody scummy, which isn't quite useful, so I request a T/S list.
Here is what I am currently thinking even though this day is still very young:
AntagonandNachomamma8are supposed to be our SE and IC however between them they have posted the least in terms of scum hunting. Both seem content in sitting back and not actively contributing. Considering this game is 3 days old I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at the moment that they have been busy. However if this continues then it moves from unlucky timing to deliberate avoidance.
Fegeleinis more active than the 2 above but only just. I want to hear more from him because I like what I have seen so far. however, he has posted so little it's impossible to justify a read either way.
Gen_Wolfhasn't really posted too much other than defending himself over 'the incident' on page 1. As I mentioned in my previous post, I wasn't overly impressed by his claim it was a deliberate reaction test, however this isn't enough for me to be convinced that he is scum.
Genericis the one person I consider to be leaning town at the moment. I have been happy with the way he has answered anything put at him and also in the way that he has queried others.
Feel Itcame out of the blocks hard and fast and was riding the Gen_Wolf bandwagon hard. However, since momentum on that seems to have slowed a little he has vanished. I'm finding it hard to get a read on him with so little to go on.
James Mayis another that is hard to get a read on due to complete lack of activity. His recent post was the first time that he has shared an opinion on someone and I liked what I read. However, it is very minimal. If you are used to playing faster paced games then surely this slow style of play is not your norm? And your fast reactions to different people mentioning your name in the last few hours seems to heavily suggest lurking. Dive in and scum hunt!
Miss Stranger... hmmmm... what to think? I have changed my mind so many times in these last 3 days trying to decide if you are scummy, overeager or even just new to this. Currently I would have to say that I think you are leaning scum. The big thing annoying me right now is that you have lined up a bunch of 'if this happens then' scenarios. These will be very interesting to look back at in day 2. I can't help but feel that you are trying to create scenarios that set people up (myself included) so that you are not an obvious lynch candidate.
You said something like this while ignoring someone like Fegelein? Really?In post 204, champinoman wrote:I currently think they are as useless as each other and am having trouble deciding which one deserves it more. I'm not even worried if they aren't scum because they are useless townies anyway. So much for having IC and SE players to teach us all how to play and guide us.
This is a STRONG misrep, considering you somehow missed all those posts Antagon made in the middle. So yeah, it makes sense if his reads shift a bit.In post 228, champinoman wrote:Seems to me the only difference between now and then is that Antagon is at L-1.
I liked this post in particular because Feel It as scum had the chance to use his aggression to make Miss Stranger bury herself in a hole, but that's not the way he ended up playing it. It felt like an attempt to get a stronger read on her.In post 25, Feel It wrote:It's nothing huge of course, just somewhat suspicious behavior, you may well be telling the truth, but you slipped up first so you get prodded first. You don't seem that new to me. Have you played on other sites?
This was... a little strange. He had no problems voting quickly before, so him randomly hesitating on Gen when he didn't hesitate on Miss Stranger even though he brings up the possibility that it could have just been a newb mistake doesn't quite add up.In post 53, Feel It wrote:Yeah, I changed my vote later because I didn't realize at the time he is an SE. I find it interesting that you described myself as opportunistic when I've put pressure and ask questions of suspicious behavior, I'm hardly trying to force a lynch already like Gen_Wolf suggested.
I liked the aggressive response to this; he felt offended that someone accused him of not scumhunting, which makes it feel like he's emotionally invested in the game, which is a good sign. The OMGUS isn't good, but I don't think it's scum motivated.In post 56, Feel It wrote:Are you serious? I'm one the more involved posters so far, and retorting my scum claim with an accusation against me only makes you look even worse, look how quickly and desperate you latched on to champinoman backing you up before you accuse me of buddying.
In post 69, Feel It wrote:If the guy is town I'm sorry but he's acted very scummy so far in.
I don't like how he preemptively defends himself against a Gen_Wolf townflip at all because it's insanely premature and he really shouldn't worry about being lynched after pushing hard on a scumread.In post 72, Feel It wrote:Yeah, if Gen got lynched and he flipped town I would very likely be lynched d2, but even then it doesn't really make sense. If I was a maf, why would i draw attention to myself and push a lynch on a guy who was passing under the radar, who I knew was innocent, and when he got lynched and flipped town everyone would be after my blood? It's illogical and bad mafia play,
But this conflicts pretty solidly with the whole "Feel It afraid of Gen flipping town" business, which makes me feel a lot better. His style is putting people to the fire and then moving on when they look town, and he's been consistent with that style so far despite a couple of awkward looking posts. What I DON'T understand is why his vote remained on Gen_Wolf in this post. There were several lurkers at this point, but he only voted Antagon after MS and James May did.In post 102, Feel It wrote:Gen_Wolf won't be here for a while and we've applied pressure to him and got reactions, we'd be better looking at other players, particularly the lurkers trying to slide by unnoticed.
This is an extremely weak response to MS's reads.In post 154, Feel It wrote:How is that scummy? You just sound butthurt that I started a bw on you at the beginning of the game.
...and this is a cheap potshot if it's serious.In post 197, Feel It wrote:Eager to get rid of him?In post 196, Miss Stranger wrote:Aw, the post where Generic voted Antagon is also gone.
And here it seems like he has stronger convictions in Gen Wolf being scum, and still he votes Antagon and I don't really see why.In post 217, Feel It wrote:See Gen_Wolf this is why I think you're scummy you make odd posts and accusations. I've done at least as much scumhunting as you and probably a lot more?
But what happened to Wolf?In post 229, Feel It wrote:Like I said I'd prefer Antagon but Nacho hasn't been very town either.
I actually like this post from Gen, mainly because he had gotten a lot of shit for that specific post and he was defending himself by saying that it was a way to get out of RVS; the reaction being an immediate "thank you" seems more genuine than buddying, if only for the fact that scum wouldn't alienate their only defender from the crowd so quickly while it's more of a knee-jerk, not really thinking response from town.In post 54, Gen_Wolf wrote:Thank you, finally someone appreciating my post. I have to agree, from the reactions it got I would have to place Feel It as my top scum candidate. This based on his extreme focus on this one post which clearly has been shown as a joke and secondly from his pure lack of involvment in other areas of the game. Almost as if he is avoiding the game because he has something to hide.
Although I don't like the overall air of "when I die, do this" considering it felt like it was way too early, I did like that his "when I die" testament was a town declaration on someone who was mostly town when Wolf flipped anyways. I don't think a partner would want to bring suspicion to his partner when the bus was just finishing up.In post 100, Gen_Wolf wrote:When I do flip town however, I highly doubt Feel It would be scum. I don't think he would be stupid enough to stick his neck out that far so early on.
I actually really like this post. It's a bit stream of consciousness-y, but it outlines pretty clearly what Gen Wolf likes about Miss Stranger, what he dislikes... and considering MS was mostly a universal townread at this point, the effort that Gen put in here was completely unnecessary for doing anything except for settling his own personal problems with her.In post 105, Gen_Wolf wrote:She is very active but also seems like she is making herself busy. However a long with this she does make valid points at times but is also very quick to concede certain points. I get the impression she is new, and thus very timid making it easy to intimidate your opinion onto Miss Stranger. I might be completely wrong though but from her current play I cannot see her being scum. I do not, however, like this if Gen flips town then let vote Feel it business. It is a very easy way for scummy players to justify to lynches in succession and thus through a spanner in her town works just a bit. Ninja'd here. Post 22 however doesn't mention my post directly but rahter questions your mistake. Thus it took 3 posts for you to directly confront my post. I am not lying or putting words in your mouth, I am simply asking a question. However, your post reinforced my townish read on you, but again I don't like that fact that you bring up PR's? I never once insinuated I was a PR and I won't be as it is a detriment to town. If I am a PR I will claim when necessary, if I am not, then I will not. (Thank you for the luck) (I know it isnt personal, its just a game )
And combined with this, it shows that Gen is seeing mostly town in front of him but is paranoid of the pings that he gets now and then; it makes sense because I'm guessing he was thinking about it after he posted this, Miss Stranger does that thing that bothers him, and then here comes this post.In post 121, Gen_Wolf wrote:My grievances with this are, firstly, you are already playing Day 2. You are so sure that I am going to flip scum that when I don't you are going to be taking two steps back and thus not only would you have wasted day 1 but you will be spending day 2 starting a fresh. I am not saying that voting me is wrong, if you feel I am the most scummiest of players then please lay your vote down on me. However, what I do ask is stop making assumptions based on me being scum because I can promise you it is wrong and it will be a detriment to town inevitably. Thus, all I ask is play the game now for Day 1. If I do get voted off, then start making your decisions based on solid facts because you will know my alignment and thus there will be no need to speculate.
I've always had the theory that townies are more likely to feel alone; it's a cold and lonely world when you're trying to sort everything out by yourself, and Gen is feeling it here.In post 82, Generic wrote:Forgive me if there are more questions I need to answer, I am being bombarded with questions... Anyone else playing this or is it just me? :p
I liked this back off as well. At the game state when this unvote came, it was easy for him to keep pushing and overwhelm Gen, but instead he went with the typical MTGS "T/S list", which felt like giving him an extra chance to sort things out which I liked quite a bit.In post 101, Generic wrote:Gen wolf, after Friday I would like a T/S list please. That's a run through of everyone in the game and what you think of them and their alignment if its not a known concept here.
And good luck with the exams.unvoteuntil I get what I asked for, in case any fast wagon ing might try and take place.
This read pretty genuine since it's paranoia at getting townreads. I don't think scumGen would be trying to remind us that it will be suspicious if he lives long (if he's that ballsy, major props), but it seems strange to self-sabotage yourself when you're having a great game.In post 156, Generic wrote:It's always annoying when almost the entire game reads you as town and you ARE town :p my chances if survival tonight just took a major dip.
At least when you are under suspicion you might be kept alive for the potential mislynch, this is why I don't like a lot if positive feedback.
If I spot a scum player today though at least that works in my favour.
This was also extremely, extremely town although we can't really say more than ongoings.In post 180, Generic wrote:But although im new to this I have weirdly seen a bit of meta about someone who turned up on another site im playing mafia in. I don't think its fair to vote for them based solely on a cross site spot (imagine being found out as mafia based on accidentally meeting up with another player in a different game on a different site... this could be a first!) but I will be asking nachomamma to respond to me and explain why his strong aggressive analysis has been lacking so far here. Yes he came for me, but that was VERY tunnelled on the one person. I think he is capable of more broad strokes and has yet to do that. So meta could be his downfall here.
I've seen the transition from short days to long days many times, and usually after the first town game there's a bit of an overcompensation to the passive side. That's what this is, and it's natural and pretty cool.In post 74, James May wrote:Feg, I'm trying to be a bit more cautious this time because the last game i played I jumped the gun on a lynch that costed me the game >_> (was town that game btw) and I don't have solid reads on anyone but the questions was merely out of curiosity to see their reasoning. Better to survey the area from afar (well for me at least since I am trying to stop jumping the bullet for long phases like this :/ Use to playing 48-96 hour day phases and it requires a bit of on your feet kind of thing...)
There's a player I end up hydraing a lot who ends up making promises like this that are way too much for him to do and he never ends up following through on them. The intent behind it seems townish, and the later vote on Antagon makes a lot of sense, considering his reads at the time.In post 141, James May wrote:Now, the ones that are Null-Town to Null-Scum (although there aren't any in Null-Scum atm) I need to read up on the ISOs separately to get a full idea on who is what and not jump the bullet. But I feel like the strongest Town read, on my end at least, is Generic as I could fully understand everything what he is saying with each post that he puts. Though Feel It has vanished from the radar (probably from rl-related issues?), Gen Wolf is V/LA & Nacho is sort of in this "backseat scumhunting" zone. I suppose that the meta of each of them would help out immensely in my reads and probably need to scope in on past games to get the general idea of their town/scum metas. As for Champin & Antag, it's also a matter of meta that needs to be fleshed out so that I can also understand their gameplay. I know that I'm mentioning meta a few times but I personally feel that on this phase using a player's meta from previous game to get a general idea of their typical town/scum meta would help a lot in here, especially for the SE/IC that are here.
Uh no, go back and look at my posts I've had a scumread on him all day, that's why my vote is there. If i was maf do you really think I'd sit and contribute my partner dying this early, on D1? that's ridiculous and contradicts me being hesitant to lynch Nacho.In post 247, Generic wrote:If antagon is mafia, I'm pitching either fegelein or feel it for teammate, both if its a three man team (forgot what the split was).
Feel it refused to move his vote to nacho yet was happy to post intent to hammer on him. It simply doesn't add up.
To me he wants to sit on the antagon wagon in case that ends in a lynch so he can appear a part if it, but was ready to wait for nacho to respond and then hammer him claiming the posts weren't good enough.
What do you think of the recent things I've brought up on champ? Why are you OK with lynching me and letting one of your top two get away?In post 258, Feel It wrote:@Nacho- My top two scumreads are on Gen_Wolf and Antagon, have been most of the game, especially seeing as Gen_Wolf seems hesitant to vote Antagon. But I'm not certain of you, champ, or Fegelin
Yeah, champ has been pretty cautious with his opinions and posts all day, it's why I've found it hard to get a read on him. He has a similar play style to you actually, which makes your vote on him kinda funny. As to being okay to lynching you, well because I'm not actually certain of them being guilty they're just the highest, I could easily be wrong about them and I'm keeping an open mind.In post 261, Nachomamma8 wrote:What do you think of the recent things I've brought up on champ? Why are you OK with lynching me and letting one of your top two get away?In post 258, Feel It wrote:@Nacho- My top two scumreads are on Gen_Wolf and Antagon, have been most of the game, especially seeing as Gen_Wolf seems hesitant to vote Antagon. But I'm not certain of you, champ, or Fegelin
This is an interesting way to ask the question, but I probably expressed myself poorly. What I was saying was... Assume Antagon is town and doesn't change his gameplay throughout the game. Assume LYLO with him + 2 townies and 2 mafia. It's just going to be very easy to lead the same lynch on him like this one, and game over. If there is a scummy player, I'd rather have them lynched away early on, rather than have them harboured by the mafia as an easy lynch in LYLO.In post 234, Generic wrote:I don't understand the question MS. Why would lynching someone you perceive to be town a good idea?
What do you mean?In post 262, Feel It wrote:He has a similar play style to you actually, which makes your vote on him kinda funny.
You could easily be wrong about anyone. But that doesn't mean you lynch just everyone, right?In post 262, Feel It wrote:As to being okay to lynching you, well because I'm not actually certain of them being guilty they're just the highest, I could easily be wrong about them and I'm keeping an open mind.
In post 270, Miss Stranger wrote:Also... what does it mean to chainsaw someone?
This is exactly what chainsaw defending is: defending someone by attacking their attackers.In post 270, Miss Stranger wrote:I don't think champ was actively defending Gen_Wolf, but one could say there was a "roundabout" defense. Champ was attacking Gen_Wolf's attackers,
What do you mean?In post 262, Feel It wrote:He has a similar play style to you actually, which makes your vote on him kinda funny.
You could easily be wrong about anyone. But that doesn't mean you lynch just everyone, right?In post 262, Feel It wrote:As to being okay to lynching you, well because I'm not actually certain of them being guilty they're just the highest, I could easily be wrong about them and I'm keeping an open mind.
In post 270, Miss Stranger wrote:Also... what does it mean to chainsaw someone?
This is exactly what chainsaw defending is: defending someone by attacking their attackers.In post 270, Miss Stranger wrote:I don't think champ was actively defending Gen_Wolf, but one could say there was a "roundabout" defense. Champ was attacking Gen_Wolf's attackers,