Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:21 pm
Test wagon > Andres wagon
Instinct, mostly. Hard to pin down anything specific, I just don’t think she’s going to flip scum. (Not very helpful, I know. Sorry!) (Also probably sympathy since I was just flashwagoned to E-1 myself.)
I can try...In post 877, DkKoba wrote:so u read thru their iso and think their posts are town? Can you point out what posts/ group of posts make u instinctively think they are town?
I know I said I was going to ignore VPB, but I have to point out that someone flashwagoned to E-1 is probably an interesting miselimination for scum.In post 864, Testarossa wrote: At least I think his willingness to win people over for Billy or Snow might have been more town motivated here as they aren't really interesting miselims for scum.
I played a few games on another forum before I started here, but that's a lot less Serious Business than here. So for all intents and purposes, yes.In post 880, DkKoba wrote:is mafiascum your first foray into mafia games? just asking a genuine question so i can better judge your reads
can you elaborate on this? like i get it for billy somewhat (since baltar was also voting there for a bit and he is A Presence), but literally the only time anyone said something about aldus was you commenting how you're not feeling really positive and asking me what i think. that's not exactly pushing?In post 865, Testarossa wrote:It's absurd how difficult it is to get pressure on Billy or Aldus, but Snow skyrockets to E-1 in an instant.
This post is slightly townie.In post 440, NoPowerOverMe wrote:Iconeum bases her reads based almost entirely on how people react to her alone.
She doesn't seem to have the capability to step outside of her shoes and put herself into someone else's situation.
She tends to hyperfocus on someone when she thinks she is being wronged.
This is my psychoanalysis anyways. She has acted scummy, but the more I think about her interactions the more she seems town.
You seem really committed to the idea that icon did the "easy push" on NPOM which is pinging me a bit. Wrt engaging with people that are scumreading you, you think that can't be related to a mentality to solve? You don't think you can find scum from the way that people case you?In post 441, jankofan wrote:I mean, you could probably tell based on just their first few posts, i think. And i think i explained before its like there was an agenda to starting a fight with them then and there, it just didn't seem towny to me. And ever since then its like, you're sort of overeager to engage with people but only about the idea that they're SRing you because you think if you can draw enough attention to the topic of you being scum then people will be convinced you'd never be so brazen unless you were town. and thats unnatural to want to do as town imo because what would that even achieve?. and the bits where you're scumhunting don't seem sincere in comparison.In post 435, Iconeum wrote:How could I have known that NPOW is or isn't a safe push? I've never played with the dude before.In post 434, jankofan wrote:Whereas in this game scum (you) have chosen to jump on them early and use the concept that NPOM is safely pushable to attract neutral/positive attention early in the game. Pretty sure thats what vp's point was? Anyway my read on you extends past that concept and includes your progression from the early push even though it does circle back and tie in vp's initial argument.
What progression did I make according to you?
God I see this and I think its scum, but I know from playing with Ico this aggressive self-meta is solidly within his town range.In post 455, Iconeum wrote:how many reference games would you like where i react like this and i am town? Like, how many would you need to see in order to believe this comes from town!Ico?In post 454, jankofan wrote:hey there! umm its context dependant and playstyle dependant. on the whole no, both alignments probably tend to get annoyed at being pushed. Although town might be annoyed i feel like they have a strong focus in and around scumhunting and that should be visible despite their frustration. Whereas, scum can just get a bit tunnel visioned defending themselves and having a lack of general awareness about the game and other slots since they naturally have to manually direct energy toward scum hunting since they feel defending themselves and tunnel visioning on their own pressure are more vital prospects. Whereas town are naturally inclined to scum hunt and task themselves with figuring out whether those pushing them are scum. I feel like scum would focus more on the pressure/push arguments (like what i think icon is doing) whereas town would also be visibly focusing on the persons pushing them and who is scum in general.In post 445, Datisi wrote:talk to me friendIn post 433, Datisi wrote:janko, do you think getting annoyed at people pushing you is scum!indicative?
What do these two things look like in practice, because this to me doesn't look much different.In post 454, jankofan wrote:hey there! umm its context dependant and playstyle dependant. on the whole no, both alignments probably tend to get annoyed at being pushed. Although town might be annoyed i feel like they have a strong focus in and around scumhunting and that should be visible despite their frustration. Whereas, scum can just get a bit tunnel visioned defending themselves and having a lack of general awareness about the game and other slots since they naturally have to manually direct energy toward scum hunting since they feel defending themselves and tunnel visioning on their own pressure are more vital prospects. Whereas town are naturally inclined to scum hunt and task themselves with figuring out whether those pushing them are scum. I feel like scum would focus more on the pressure/push arguments (like what i think icon is doing) whereas town would also be visibly focusing on the persons pushing them and who is scum in general.In post 445, Datisi wrote:talk to me friendIn post 433, Datisi wrote:janko, do you think getting annoyed at people pushing you is scum!indicative?
was because koba said this immediately afterIn post 456, Datisi wrote: i'm not sure i get this? like to me it feels ico is solving and it also focused on the persons pushing them? like can you elaborate on this?
also, you're townreading me, yeah? (i'm assuming by 436) how come, i feel like our reads are complete polar oppsoites right now?
which is what I was trying and failing to say in the original post you quoted. I guess it was lazy of me to have expected you to make that connection and it looks like you just wanted a response from me and not necessarily a response to what you were asking me to clarify, so here it is.In post 468, DkKoba wrote:ico exhibiting the scum mindset of being frustrated over being scumread over what they perceive as the "wrong reasons"