Mini 1603 - Air Combat Mafia - Game Over

[mykonian]

it's the other cake.

[Anatole Kuragin]

What does that mean?

[mykonian]

that it's my scumday instead

Going through matts list, he somehow has TSO as one of his 4 townreads, and takes flubber as his main scumread. I have no clue where those reads come from. You should talk about them, matt.

[Anatole Kuragin]

I'm just excited to hear back from Espresso. I got a hearty laugh from his posts yesterday.

[Belisarius]

Beli, why no Shakespeare this game?

How the deuce is that relevant?

I haven't seen a good opening.

[mykonian]

are you nervous?

[Belisarius]

Nope! I'm pretty happy with the direction the game's going in right now.

[Anatole Kuragin]

Do you still think Espresso is scum beli?

[mykonian]

Nope! I'm pretty happy with the direction the game's going in right now.

Then where did the expression "how the deuce" come from?

[Belisarius]

Yes. My guess is Flubber/Espresso/you, so I'm going for the likeliest to get a lynch on. I want to knock as many of you out as possible before I'm lynched myself.

Pedit: I'm a maritimer, so I talk like a maritimer. Pointless questions like that do not equate to scumhunting.

[Anatole Kuragin]

So you honestly think me and espresso are bussing?

[mykonian]

Pedit: I'm a maritimer, so I talk like a maritimer. Pointless questions like that do not equate to scumhunting.

A particular subspecies of Canadian. Fine. Not the point. It stands out in that sentence, why did you need that lead-in if it's not some kind of sink for nervousness?

[Csareo]

There appears to be a circle of "mattp, anatole, and farside" who are just grasing for straws for some kind of scum tell.

Still hasn't explained this EVER

I believe I did. Review my ISO.
Pretty sure it is self explanatory as well.

[Csareo]

Having trouble forming scum reads this game. 24 pages in and I still don't believe any meaningful scum tells have been uncovered.

[MattP]

There appears to be a circle of "mattp, anatole, and farside" who are just grasing for straws for some kind of scum tell.

Still hasn't explained this EVER

I believe I did. Review my ISO.
Pretty sure it is self explanatory as well.

No, you didn't, quote specific examples of me doing this prior to the post where you called me out for it

[mykonian]

Good, csareo, you are here.

Regarding flubby, I don't think I get him. His play is erratic. Csareo, by chance, would you still have a link to the place where you know flubber from?

[Belisarius]

So you honestly think me and espresso are bussing?

A guy can dream, can't he?

Pedit: I'm a maritimer, so I talk like a maritimer. Pointless questions like that do not equate to scumhunting.

A particular subspecies of Canadian. Fine. Not the point. It stands out in that sentence, why did you need that lead-in if it's not some kind of sink for nervousness?

I didn't

need

anything. Those are the words that popped into my brain, so those are the words I typed. Hell, sometimes I type in me own accent, what would that tell ye about me alignment? Lard t'und'rin' Jeez, byze, what if I does it in a Newfoundland accent? Scottish? I've done all of the above before in games.

[xRECKONERx]

Somehow I forgot that Beli is in this game. Huh.

I really wish MafiaSSK wouldn't sign up to play games. :\ I know he's lurking and that's normal but it's still unfair to have a completely inactive slot.

[mykonian]

So you honestly think me and espresso are bussing?

A guy can dream, can't he?

Pedit: I'm a maritimer, so I talk like a maritimer. Pointless questions like that do not equate to scumhunting.

A particular subspecies of Canadian. Fine. Not the point. It stands out in that sentence, why did you need that lead-in if it's not some kind of sink for nervousness?

I didn't

need

anything. Those are the words that popped into my brain, so those are the words I typed. Hell, sometimes I type in me own accent, what would that tell ye about me alignment? Lard t'und'rin' Jeez, byze, what if I does it in a Newfoundland accent? Scottish? I've done all of the above before in games.

it's not the accent, it's the word choice. I didn't know what it meant, I do have a vague clue what kind of words it were, and I associate them with a kind of stress that wasn't up till then visible in your posting. People don't curse because they choose to, it's because they like to. You use why the duece as a lead in, because you wanted to. Is the question really so farfetched that I want to know your state of mind at the time of posting that?

[Belisarius]

I used "what the deuce" because those are the words that popped into my head. If I were trying to convey irritation, "what the fuck" would be a more condign word choice. If I consciously choose "what the deuce" the impression I'm trying to convey it a top hat and a monocle. Since I'm not trying to come off as an 18th century British nobleman, the most apposite conclusion is that "what the deuce" means precisely...bugger.

[Anatole Kuragin]

You came off as Stewie Griffin.

[mykonian]

"what the fuck" would be a more condign word choice.

That's how I took it, yes.

Which is why it's so confusing that it's found after a quote asking you about shakespeare.

Like, what? How does this pop into your head at such a sentence. You haven't been involved or annoyed enough all game to have a "what the fuck" type of sentence pop up in your head. But suddenly such intensity does arise at a completely innocent and offhand post by anatole?

It's almost as if he struck home, though I have no clue in what way.

[Belisarius]

It's almost as if he struck home, though I have no clue in what way.

Here's a theory: You don't know in what way because there is no way, the intensity exists only in your head and...


...

I just realised as I was typing this that you're fucking with me, deleted the whole post and then typed it back out again because it worked and you deserve to see it.

[Belisarius]

Although to be fair the reason I realised that you were fucking with me is that I was giving serious thought to trying to use this to fuck with

you

.

[T S O]

How bad is Anatole's scum game?