Newbie 1989 (Game over!)

[Datisi]

Official Vote Count 1.03

With 9 votes in play, it takes 5 to lynch.

Lynching

Lotus Aura

(2): Atarashi Hajimari, Iconeum

Iconeum

(1): Doobietime

Doobietime

(1): Elmo TeH AzN

Menalque

(1): Lotus Aura

Atarashi Hajimari

(1): 72offsuit

Elmo TeH AzN

(1): Menalque

Not Voting

(2): clidd, WizenedWalrus

Deadline:

(expired on 2020-03-15 01:30:00).

Mod notes:

• Menalque replaces GuiltyLion.
  
• WizenedWalrus replaces stormey815, awaiting confirmation.
  
• Iconeum standing V/LA weekends.

[Menalque]

You know it doesn’t technically count as a VC if you take the penultimate post before it right

[Menalque]

As a pagetop, I mean

[Menalque]

Anyway, I should introduce myself for those who don’t know me

[Menalque]

You see, I came here from the ToS Forum Mafia section. For about a year I played Mafia on that forum, and by the end I was without a doubt the most skilled active player there. Eventually the disparity was so vast that I had to be banned to keep things fair for the rest of the players (officially it was for abrasiveness, as many of their players suffer from SSS and my personality conflicted with that).

Anyway, I always claim day one (and yes it was serious, for those that didn't understand that), and press others for their claims. I do this for the purpose of analyzing the behavior of others to determine if they are scum or town. Already I'm picking apart your posts and those of others for a level of analysis that is probably higher than you could comprehend.

[Menalque]

I’ll also provide some thoughts on my play and for general optimal play for you newbies amongst us

[Menalque]

I slowly become meaner the better I am, I think

one of the best things I learned was to abandon good/optimal play (and how well/poorly people are playing) and think about why the player you're looking at is acting a certain way.. spending a huge amount of time empathising with how people are posting and trying to see ways in which they could be town has been working really well for me.

I think your experience catches up to you sometimes. Since you've experienced eras in site culture where policy was considered really important, I think you have a firmer stance about "good"/optimal play than quite a lot of us. Technically that's not a negative thing. But I can see why it could get in the way of read accuracy.


Some people still freeze up and make decisions based on who played "better" (or who they'd "rather lose to"), rather than who they think is scum. It happens at nearly all levels of play, I think. I can definitely see how human nature and instinct lends itself to reading people like that.

I am half asleep here so mayyy be rambling a bit. Sorry

[Menalque]

UNVOTE:

[clidd]

Hum, ok.

[Menalque]

Hello, clidd

[clidd]

Hello again, Mr. Menalque

[Menalque]

You must be looking for my father, guy in the pirate hat? I’m Menalque Jr. Pleased to make your acquaintance

[Menalque]

Got any reads for me, clidd?

Also why aren’t you voting?

[clidd]

I will be exercising a medium / low effort in this game. Consider me a support.

[clidd]

Got any reads for me, clidd?

Also why aren’t you voting?

Yes:

72offsuit

Spoiler:

Welcome doobie

It would be really great if you could find an image to have as an avatar.
It helps with player identification, especially later on when all the posts kind of meld into each other.
Just find a small image size on google, and in your user control panel, upload the image as your avatar.

If you are town, the best thing you can do is be active, but try and post meaningful posts where you are analysing others player's posts and trying to determine the motivation behind them.
Do they sound like mafia with the motive of going for an easy lynch of a helpless townie? Do they sound like they are a townie genuinely trying to poke and prod to solve the game?

If you are scum, I have a nice and comfy appropriately sized noose <3

Agree. I get a bad vibe from the post. It sounds to me more like Information Instead of Analysis. Like you say, its a just a generic state of play rehash without actually bringing town closer to deciding a lynch.

Worst yet, Atarashi doubles down that they haven't made a conclusion

yet

. As if its some golden nugget that will reap some mysterious rewards later.

I'm jumping on the wagon. I encourage others to do so too.
No ticket required to jump on board this train.
Choo choo choo

VOTE: Atarashi

In particular, I believe that his initial interaction was done with a good intention. I was unable to feel bias coming from text 14, directed at

Doobie

, especially due to self-confidence in the last sentence.

The same sentiment is replicated in post 52. These characteristics are typical of a

town mentality

.

[clidd]

I'm starting to participate now, so I missed the random voting phase.

[clidd]

And yes, im confident about putting

72offsuit

as

TR

in my firm first impression in 5 minute read.

[Doobietime]

Hello fellow Europe dwellers.

@Menalque what does SSS mean?

[Menalque]

Why do those characteristics come from a townie mentality?

[Menalque]

Hello doobie, where are you from?

I will allow someone else to explain that to you

[Doobietime]

I'm from the UK.

I did try google, but I'm guessing you didn't mean the geometrical term side side side

[clidd]

Why do those characteristics come from a townie mentality?

I can't imagine the post 14 being typed by

scum!72

, considering that he has no experience as

scum

, most of his games are as

town

- so he is expected to act more cautiously, less loose, when he witnessed his first game as

scum

. Which, clearly, didn’t seem to be the case here:

''

Wow, fail didnt see this post in my rush to post lol

''

''

I'm jumping on the wagon. I encourage others to do so too.

''

''

If you are scum, I have a nice and comfy appropriately sized noose

''

I may be wrong about that, but it is up to you to decide. In any case, I intend to use this initial read as a basis to build a PoE with the information of your role.

[clidd]

Information

--> two mechanically proven towns.

[Doobietime]

Information

--> two mechanically proven towns.

Is Menalque a proven town just because he said he was or is there more to that assumption?

[Menalque]

Information

--> two mechanically proven towns.

Is Menalque a proven town just because he said he was or is there more to that assumption?

Yes I am a proven town let’s just forget about that for now and not talk about it apart from to remind people that I am proven town