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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:43 am
by Cephrir
Vote Count 1.8B


milkshake 4
(MattP, Ghostlin, sword_of_omens, ThAdmiral)

Ghostlin 3
(milkshake, Amrun, Belisarius)

sword_of_omens 2
(GoodCop_BadCop, Iecerint)
Belisarius 2
(Demon, Selkies)

Selkies 1
(Nero Cain)
Demon 1
(Miss Destroyer)

With 13 alive it takes 7 to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is Monday, June 3rd, at 1 PM EST. This is in (expired on 2013-06-03 13:00:00).

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:31 am
by MattP
In post 283, milkshake wrote:I do want to vote Matt. You'll notice that Matt is on my 3/4 scum list.

I have a question for Matt, too, while we're on the topic:

MattP, do you believe in "never lie as town?"
I lie in every single game I'm in regardless of alignment.

If you actually think lying on its own is scummy then reevaluate your scumhunting abilities. You're a liability to town if you're really that bad

This was semi in response to Ghostlin's post as well.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:33 am
by MattP
VOTE: SoO

I want a catchup post by the end of today

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:40 am
by Nero Cain
In post 326, MattP wrote:
In post 283, milkshake wrote:I do want to vote Matt. You'll notice that Matt is on my 3/4 scum list.

I have a question for Matt, too, while we're on the topic:

MattP, do you believe in "never lie as town?"
I lie in every single game I'm in regardless of alignment.

If you actually think lying on its own is scummy then reevaluate your scumhunting abilities. You're a liability to town if you're really that bad

This was semi in response to Ghostlin's post as well.
No. If Milk is town then he's not "bad" 'cause town
shouldn't
lie. What is bad that he felt that I should be voting you after I already called you null while not voting for something that he supposedly believed in.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:44 am
by Ghostlin
In post 326, MattP wrote:If you actually think lying on its own is scummy then reevaluate your scumhunting abilities
It's the
perception of liars
that matter, and the perception of people who do it. Mafia, while being a game of 'trust no one', is essentially a game of trust--do I believe these set of behaviors are more Town than scum, has the person been caught in a lie likely to hurt Town?

I think you discredit the all of that if you're narrow enough to think you can lie and not reap some sort of whirlwind later.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:48 am
by Nero Cain
v/la till Thursday

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:52 am
by Amrun
In post 292, Selkies wrote:
In post 258, Amrun wrote:You can have an unfirm opinion on page 3, but you were trying to weasel out of saying anything one way or another until you were asked directly. The scum motivation is not committing to a stance early on so you can take whatever stance is most advantageous later on. The most dangerous thing scum can do is take an early arbitrary stance.
Well, no.

I have unfirm opinions on page 3. There's no point in me voicing them because they're next to useless. I wasn't trying to weasel out of it--see here, you contradict yourself. I didn't want to say what my stance on Matt was, but once again, Demon was getting very irritated with us and we were townreading him and so in that situation, I wanted to be honest.

I use all my votes in RVS as reaction tests. I try to stir stuff up so I have something to work with (and bring us out of RVS). Demon's vote helped me in getting a read on him. However, when I voted Matt, Matt just...left. So that was not my intention, and gave me nothing wrt information about his alliance.

I didn't want to say blatantly that Matt was a scumread, especially since this hydra is coming off a game where we got a lot of flak for fakeclaiming PGO as innocent child, and Matt wasn't really a scumread. And like you said, if we said that voting Matt was a reaction test, it would negate the point of the reaction test. So what the fuck was I supposed to do? I went with trying to quell Demon a little by giving him the truth. So obviously, that wasn't pro-town play, but it was pro-me, and I'm town, so I'm still moderately content about how that went down.

Anything more?
Saying you were trying to weasel out of it is not contradicting myself even if you disagree that's what you were doing. (??) You admit in the NEXT SENTENCE that you didn't want to say what you stance on Matt was, so I was 100% correct!

I understand the reaction test explanation, and acknowledge its validity, but that self preservationist attitude is ABSOLUTELY what I picked out early on, and it's scummy as hell. There were lots of other ways to respond to a potentially ruined reaction test than that.
In post 299, GoodCop_BadCop wrote:Still like my SoO vote, waiting on more substance.
In post 181, Amrun wrote:
In post 118, Ghostlin wrote:
In post 105, Nero Cain wrote:This Milkshake wagon is going a bit fast and its making me worry...
The odds of one scum being on that wagon are good. Probably Milk's buddies if she's scum are treating her like a toxic asset hoping for a later deflection off the wagon, and if she does unlikely flip town...well, then at least one or two scum are making that push. SOO's vote seems to be a follow the leader vote--I've got my eyes on him and Nic next for scum.
If milk is town, then Ghostlin is a good bet for scum. Notice the casual cognitive dissonance in this post. Milk is "unlikely" to flip town, but SOO's "follow the leader" vote is suspect? Treating her as town while calling her scum.
This is a complete mis-representation of the quoted post. I don't see any cognitive dissonance. He didn't say anywhere that Milk is unlikely to flip town, he said in the unlikely event that Milk were to flip town, which actually means the opposite of what you are trying to present here Amrun. Care to comment with that in mind?

Also the fact that Ghostlin explained himself and you
still
refused to listen, but instead tried to make Ghost look like the fool, makes me think you mis-repped that post on purpose.
I don't think you understand what you are talking about. A) Saying that "Milk is unlikely to flip town" is EXACTLY THE SAME as Milk flipping town being an "unlikely event" and if you seriously think those things are opposites then you are, in fact, sniffing glue.

Ghostlin's explanation failed for the same reason your objection does. It doesn't understand what I have issue with. I am not saying that Ghostlin didn't say Milkshake was scummy in his eyes. He clearly DID, which is what he argues in the post you quoted. What he does, however, is call milkshake scum while TREATING milkshake as he might treat town. In other words, it's more how he worded it that makes me think he's not being entirely forthright about his thoughts on milkshake.

fact that YOU think WE think you are that stupid might indicate that there was actually a possibility of you being that stupid, because the knowledge is actually there in your mind. You're just smart enough to ignore it.[/quote]
What is this round about theory about Ghostlin being stupid? This post makes no sense to me, not to mention you called him stupid and smart all in one paragraph...
You need to step up your reading comprehension if you think that post called Ghostlin stupid in any way at all. (Hint: it didn't.) I know it wasn't my post, but what the fuck. (Also I think milkshake has already responded - forgive me if not.)
In post 312, GoodCop_BadCop wrote:Other head checking in. I'm a total moron that thought he had posted the post he had written, didn't bother to check it did post, and went la-de-da on a weekend of booze and moving houses.

I have one main thing to add here. Why the fuck has nobody noticed this yet?
In post 181, Amrun wrote:Posts that jumped out at me and why.
In post 30, Selkies wrote:VOTE: MattP

Nope not doing theory discussion today
In post 31, Demon wrote:
In post 15, Selkies wrote:I already have my lynchlist. You guys are so transparent.

-o
Selkies elaborate. Also I really want to keep my vote on Matt right now but youir 30 is making it hard for me.
In post 32, Selkies wrote:VOTE: Demon

Better?
This exchange makes me suspicious of Selkies. Selkies is trying to shut down discussion for no valid reason. Plus, like Demon, I am immediately suspicious of them promising a "lynch list" and then not delivering or mentioning it again.

Later on, in reading, Selkies does elaborate a bit on why they didn't like the theory post, but it doesn't put me off from my original gut reaction. His stance, while more clearly stated, still makes little sense.
Post 15 was prior to game's start. Amrun, why are you (and Demon same question, really) using pre-game jokes as a way to try and build a serious case on Selkies?
Are you kidding me? It's literally like you don't read at all. What made me SUSPICIOUS of Selkies was the EXCHANGE I quoted. The pre-game post only piqued my interest in a way that none of the other pre-game posts did not. It is the type of things you look for in RVS to start the game rolling. Selkies' later response and follow up (or lack thereof) to this post is what is suspicious.


As for the other content...

Ghostlin's response to my last question is how I thought he would respond, and it is suspicious. His basic response to me IS to try and suck up to me and appeal to my suspicion of "top suspect that isn't Ghostlin" which is very self-preservationist.

However, his later aggression makes me think slightly better of him. I think his attack is a bit silly, but the fact that he's making it is a bit aggressive. I know for sure I have nailed Ghostlin as scum before but I don't remember when/where so I don't know if this is based on anything or I am making it up. >.>

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:00 am
by AngstyMatters
In post 328, Nero Cain wrote:No. If Milk is town then he's not "
bad
" 'cause town shouldn't lie. What is
bad
that he felt that I should be voting you after I already called you null while not voting for something that he supposedly believed in.
You should very discreetly stretched my post to mean something it didnt mean

I hate you for that

Those two uses of "bad" do not mean the same thing. Mine means shitty and yours means scummy. Please don't incorrectly use my posts to make points.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:01 am
by MattP
In post 332, AngstyMatters wrote:
In post 328, Nero Cain wrote:No. If Milk is town then he's not "
bad
" 'cause town shouldn't lie. What is
bad
that he felt that I should be voting you after I already called you null while not voting for something that he supposedly believed in.
You should very discreetly stretched my post to mean something it didnt mean

I hate you for that

Those two uses of "bad" do not mean the same thing. Mine means shitty and yours means scummy. Please don't incorrectly use my posts to make points.
I made this post.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:02 am
by Ghostlin
In post 331, Amrun wrote:However, his later aggression makes me think slightly better of him. I think his attack is a bit silly, but the fact that he's making it is a bit aggressive. I know for sure I have nailed Ghostlin as scum before but I don't remember when/where so I don't know if this is based on anything or I am making it up. >.>
You did. The pet rescue game run by Zor. It wasn't my best work as scum. (At least this is the game I remember. If you're not actually in it, so sue me.)

Honestly, if there's scum on my wagon, you ain't it, but you're being fucking irritating. I'm not going to sit around and split verbal hairs with you, and I'm really exhausted that if I called milkshake 100% scum some asshat'd reason there'd be no way I could know that unless I was scum, or so someone would reason. Your. Reasoning. Is. Bullshit. There. I've fucking said it.

Let's stop playing mind games with each other. What do you think of Beli's push on me due to my reaction of milkshake's question? You mention the aggressive reaction, but you omit the Beli push on my wagon.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:05 am
by Amrun
In post 334, Ghostlin wrote:that if I called milkshake 100% scum some asshat'd reason there'd be no way I could know that unless I was scum, or so someone would reason. Your. Reasoning. Is. Bullshit. There. I've fucking said it.
It's because you don't even remotely understand my reasoning. I don't want or expect you to say anyone is 100% scum, or town, or whatever.

I'm trying to think of how to better explain it but I can't think of a good way, and you're not the one I'm trying to convince anyway so it doesn't really matter.

As for Beli, it made almost NO impression on me. I thought your attacks were stretches, but I didn't find the post themselves good either.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:06 am
by Amrun
MATT

YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED ME

OR MOST PEOPLE

AND IT UPSETS ME

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:09 am
by MattP
In post 336, Amrun wrote:MATT

YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED ME

OR MOST PEOPLE

AND IT UPSETS ME
AMRUN

IVE BEEN COMPUTERLESS FOR A WEEK

I HAVE A SHITTON TO CATCH UP ON EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET

ITS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR ME TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING PLS BE PATIENT TY FOR UR SERVICE

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:16 am
by Ghostlin
Also, I no longer care the reason why MattP may have/may have not have lied. Watching you all debate game theory doesn't erase two facts I see in this thread:

1) Milkshake's original reasoning was to discuss a policy lynch on Matt, but not being dedicated enough to push for it. What's worse is they seem indirectly committed to it while trying to lynch me, hence the original question to Matt being bad (I still think it's a trap question, but that's neither here or there).

2) Miss Destroyer's last post was the laziest push I've read in a while from a hydra that is contributing virtually
nothing
this game. (GCBC at least has made an effort to contribute when he's come back)

Also, while this one is up for debate, I find Beli somewhat extremely dissonant in his responses about the question, and I like his push on me on nothing more than disagreement less.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:21 am
by Ghostlin
In post 335, Amrun wrote:It's because you don't even remotely understand my reasoning. I don't want or expect you to say anyone is 100% scum, or town, or whatever.

I'm trying to think of how to better explain it but I can't think of a good way, and you're not the one I'm trying to convince anyway so it doesn't really matter.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, NOR CAN ANYONE ELSE IF YOU CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.


God damn it, if it was gut I could get that. I wouldn't necessarily agree with that, but I could get it.

But this is like a fucking riddle,
hidden
in a
dream
, wrapped in a fucking enigma with golden fucking stars.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:12 pm
by Demon
In post 318, Miss Destroyer wrote:Ugh...

Damn HD

VOTE: Demon

I'm currently feeling this the strongest. his seemingly opportunistic hops on the most popular bandwagons (first milkshake, and now Beli) is far to much for me to ignore.

Ffery, why so?

~Miss
Oh god

the 'o' word.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:16 pm
by Demon
@MissD
I'm the first vote on Beli...? Not sure where you're trying to go with this.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:19 pm
by Demon
In post 312, GoodCop_BadCop wrote:Post 15 was prior to game's start. Amrun, why are you (and Demon same question, really) using pre-game jokes as a way to try and build a serious case on Selkies?
Can you point out one instance where I've used the "pre-game joke" as a driving point in Selkies-scum?

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:22 pm
by Selkies
Ghost looks town everyone can stop tunneling him

Why is self preservation scummy exactly that's stupid

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:23 pm
by Demon
Not exactly getting fuzzy feelings from Amrun. I feel like town would be more willing to elaborate on their arguments/points and get more of a feel for what the other person is saying. Can't tell if genuine frustration is warranted from the Ghost-Amrun back and forth, so.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:27 pm
by Selkies
Like me dying is not really pro-town

Oh yeah demon ghost is town. I just want to say that again.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:31 pm
by Demon
Seriously... we should be lynching Beli mainly for his 256. He's trying to look like he's a participant in the scumhunt and is just sniping comments out from the sidelines. 210 - same thing... the single most significant thing he's talked about is theory and later slaps down a vote on Ghost for an alleged misrep. Literally no taken stances on anything else.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:32 pm
by Demon
In post 345, Selkies wrote:Oh yeah demon ghost is town. I just want to say that again.
I'm not pursuing Ghost.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:33 pm
by Demon
Can anyone who is familiar with Iecerint chime in with some meta?

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:34 pm
by Selkies
In post 346, Demon wrote:Seriously... we should be lynching Beli mainly for his 256. He's trying to look like he's a participant in the scumhunt and is just sniping comments out from the sidelines. 210 - same thing... the single most significant thing he's talked about is theory and later slaps down a vote on Ghost for an alleged misrep. Literally no taken stances on anything else.
Yes I can agree with this

Did you see 313