VOTE: Gamma Emerald
This is the only person on the player list I think I've ever played with before.
Poe-dough-bock
Honestly, I would guess the title has nothing to do with the setup.
Poe-dough-bock
Honestly, I would guess the title has nothing to do with the setup.
This is just explicitly wrong. The logical conclusion of this statement is that town should all claim immediately, because the more information town has the better. Concealing information from scum is also a factor, and Mewtaph's intro into this game is extremely sloppy if it's town play.In post 25, Dannflor wrote:The more information town has the better the chance there is at finding scum, as deception is harder the more information is on the board.
Townreading this.In post 26, bristep123 wrote:not sure that's 100% true, some read behavior rather than content. Good players (and I am not in any way claiming to be one) don't need walls of text to root out scum.
Decent scum could have just stayed quiet and let them continue to spin out.In post 61, mbaki wrote:Townreading a strategic discussion comment that is completely separate of the game, Podo?
Thanks
If you thought I was worried about drawing attention to myself, you must think I'm pretty damn oblivious, huh?In post 72, Dannflor wrote:This whole issue is exacerbated by the fact of him jumping right back on the wagon when mbaki unvotes. Clearly he wants to push the wagon, he just doesn't want to be the one who puts him at L-1 because that draws too much attention.
You have to understand that the two things you're describing are literally the same thing.In post 76, Dannflor wrote:But that is my point? Podoboq thought he was putting Mewtah to L-2 ---> lolwagons says the modmissed his earlier vote ---> Podoboq unvotes because he thinks he put the wagon at L-1.
Is that not what I said before or am I missing something with the timeline here
You're a robot.
Metaph is either a robot or Perd Hapley.In post 80, Mewtaph wrote:Speaking of L-2s, this would be considered one of them.
Oh, by the way, yes. I've seen lolhammers happen before, and I doubt that you haven't. Lolclaims are also a problem, where an inexperienced, frustrated, or simply bad player sees themselves at L-1 and just claims because lol. I don't think either is a positive result with this little progress into the game.In post 72, Dannflor wrote:Podoboq, do you seriously believe someone is going to quick hammer 3 pages in and with 10 days left on the clock?
"How town should go about achieving their win condition" is how I would expect the average person to think to phrase that sentence. It rolls off the tongue better, and just feels more natural. However, someone could pick you apart and say "He asked how town should achieve their win condition, leaving himself out, implying he isn't town." It's unlikely anybody would argue that, and they'd be wrong to argue it, but people could stupidly read it as a scum slip.In post 83, Mewtaph wrote:I fail to see the difference? They say exactly the same thing.In post 81, podoboq wrote:You also ask "how someone should go about achieving their town win condition," instead of "how town should go about achieving their win condition," which just rubs me really wrong. If English isn't your first language, I apologize, and I'll admit that my read on you is probably miscolored. But if English is your first language, I don't see how these words, in this order, come off your keyboard. It feels extremely manicured, like somebody thinking how to present themselves as towny as possible.
If you're not prescribing a blueprint for how scum should act to appear as town, your giving them a pecking order of who to night kill in order to leave only people who will naturally read them as town.In post 85, Mewtaph wrote:If someone tries to fabricate their scum play to meet supposed standards of town play in a way that doesn't suit them, I think it would become inherently obvious over time that how they're posting is false. LolWagon's "blueprint" for town play is probably different from mine, so I'm not really opening myself up to manipulation here either. I don't understand the criticisms of my thoughts other than "I just don't see how someone thinks like this" which I for one, don't understand as someone generating these thoughts, and my second thought is that it isn't a very productive angle to generate further discussion from.In post 81, podoboq wrote:This is absolute gibberish, and I struggle to believe a human would read this and think it's OMGUS. And your follow up question is completely out of place and pointless. By asking someone "how does town play," you're asking somebody to spell out the blueprint for scum to follow in order to appear as town.
But again, there is no satisfying answer to the question of "how should town achieve their win condition," because it depends on an uncountable number of factors that may not be present in a given game or even be in control of the player.In post 90, Mewtaph wrote:Their answer thus is more likely to tell more about their player and more importantly how play will commence for that specific player.
Yeah, both things are incredibly taboo. I haven't played on here in a year and a half, and I remember lolhammers still happened. lolclaims are more common, and I don't think highly enough of Mewtaph to assume that they wouldn't do it.In post 103, Dannflor wrote:This is my first game on site for over three years, but aren't both these things still incredibly taboo? Especially considering we aren't in a newbie game? What town player is gonna quick hammer with the knowledge they'd be the next lynch target if Mewtaph flips town?In post 84, podoboq wrote:Oh, by the way, yes. I've seen lolhammers happen before, and I doubt that you haven't. Lolclaims are also a problem, where an inexperienced, frustrated, or simply bad player sees themselves at L-1 and just claims because lol. I don't think either is a positive result with this little progress into the game.In post 72, Dannflor wrote:Podoboq, do you seriously believe someone is going to quick hammer 3 pages in and with 10 days left on the clock?
Based on your read of Mewtaph, if he is town, do you think an lolclaim would be a serious problem in putting him at L-1? I know you said his play was sloppy at best, but he seems to think about the game logically enough that I don't see something that stupid happening.
I just had to look that up, but yeah, that's basically exactly what I was trying to get at.In post 105, Gamma Emerald wrote:So like a SHROOPIn post 86, podoboq wrote:"How town should go about achieving their win condition" is how I would expect the average person to think to phrase that sentence. It rolls off the tongue better, and just feels more natural. However, someone could pick you apart and say "He asked how town should achieve their win condition, leaving himself out, implying he isn't town." It's unlikely anybody would argue that, and they'd be wrong to argue it, but people could stupidly read it as a scum slip.In post 83, Mewtaph wrote:I fail to see the difference? They say exactly the same thing.In post 81, podoboq wrote:You also ask "how someone should go about achieving their town win condition," instead of "how town should go about achieving their win condition," which just rubs me really wrong. If English isn't your first language, I apologize, and I'll admit that my read on you is probably miscolored. But if English is your first language, I don't see how these words, in this order, come off your keyboard. It feels extremely manicured, like somebody thinking how to present themselves as towny as possible.
"How someone should go about achieving their town win condition" has this funny implication that the question asker is town. It just looks very unnatural that your question is uncomfortably framed in the way that implies that you're town.
I can see it
In post 107, Gamma Emerald wrote:Okay so who posted that, again?
In post 15, Mewtaph wrote:Why engage in OMGUS this early?What are your thoughts on how someone should go about achieving their town win condition?
Alright, this is just lame. I insulted you, yes. There's nobody in this thread I know well enough to know they wouldn't lolclaim if they were frustrated town at L-1, but I was deliberately dismissive of your feelings in how I phrased that with regards to you. That was shitty of me, and I shouldn't have acted that way, but I wouldn't call it underhanded so much as insensitive.In post 142, Mewtaph wrote:podoboq? Was waiting for the AI content after our initial exchange but the underhanded attack on player over play makes me difficult to make objective commentary wrt his alignment currently.In post 140, Dannflor wrote:Also Mewtaph, I still want to hear thoughts on podoboq + your vote on him
Your vote landed on me as I was reentering the thread this morning, and addressing things one at a time. You could have waited to see if I responded to you, but you choose not to, which is fine I guess. Then I responded, explained why I thought your posts were inorganic and didn't come from town. You disagree, sure, but the point is that nowhere did you actually explain why you're voting for me. And when you were asked pretty damn directly, you provided a pretty empty excuse to refuse.
Would scum openly misrep something so easy to just go back and check? Like, there's no way scum Gamma is intentionally misrepping this, knowing it takes 10 seconds to find out that it's not accurate. Using this as justification that Gamme is scum rather than he just mixed things up seems like a leap.In post 160, Dannflor wrote:I am actually on board with calling this revisionist history. If you read the exchange you see Xtoxm initiated the discussion about his alignment and asked mbaki what he thought. How does mbaki answering "Scum, I would guess." come close to looking like "he was taking an actual interest in the meta information that could be gained?"
Using something that didn't actually happen to support the reason you cherry-picked this interaction does look like revisionist history, because it's not just you mixing up who said what, it's you mixing up the whole chain of events and thinking it means something it doesn't.
Good thoughts? Ha, no.In post 166, mbaki wrote:So do you think Gamma Emerald is posting good, townie thoughts?
I agree. I don't think scum really does that.In post 166, mbaki wrote:I don't believe Gamma Emerald read the game and came to the conclusion his current nitpick is how he's going to find scum.
This pinged me too.In post 171, Mewtaph wrote:Is there any particular reason why you're willing to comment on the Gamma push here specifically over anything else that has happened in the game? Do you have any sort of stance towards me v LolWagons or me v podopoq?
Every issue is a current issue. There are less than 200 posts, and most take twenty seconds max to read.In post 173, bristep123 wrote:Podoboq : because it's the current issue going on right now.
In post 176, Gamma Emerald wrote:Isn’t that what I did lolIn post 172, podoboq wrote:This pinged me too.In post 171, Mewtaph wrote:Is there any particular reason why you're willing to comment on the Gamma push here specifically over anything else that has happened in the game? Do you have any sort of stance towards me v LolWagons or me v podopoq?
bristep is very low activity, and has cherry picked a topic to comment on. I would like to know why that topic is relevant to them.
Fair. The difference for me is that bristep's commenting on something legitimately relevant to the game, while Gamma never did. Deciding that you're going to provide an opinion on some content in this game, but just explicitly ignore other important content, especially when asked directly about it, doesn't look good.In post 177, mbaki wrote:Indeed it is.
Clearly because we're scumbuddies <3In post 178, Gamma Emerald wrote:So why is podoboq defending me but attacking Bri for doing the same thing
VOTE: podoboq
Oh, also, I'm not defending you for the same thing I'm "attacking" bristep on.In post 178, Gamma Emerald wrote:So why is podoboq defending me but attacking Bri for doing the same thing
It's no question that bristep's contribution is better for the game. So no, what bristep did isn'tIn post 182, mbaki wrote:Is deciding not to provide an opinion on some content but not all of it worse than only providing an opinion on no content? I don't understand your argument here.
This game is too small for somebody to say they can't legitimately play until day 2. You don't need to produce an enormous reads post, and your reads are allowed to change over time. Refusing to provide any analysis while lurking the thread isn't dismissable.In post 185, bristep123 wrote:You can refer to the other sentence on my last post, the one you didn't quote but kind of covers why I'm not more active. I can't analyse everything at this point, it just doesn't work for me. I'm much better at that later in the game where there's more interaction and more known facts. I follow threads of thought, and pings. I did that in my last (and first for 5 years) game, and it led me to lock onto a scum D1.
I moved on from him now because I had enough to feel satisfied at this point in the game. bristep happens to be voting one of my scumreads, one I've been rethinking. Then bristep comes in to provide a shred of analysis on something irrelevant to me, when I'm interested in an opinion on the person they're not only scumreading but voting. I'm not getting that, and it's frustrating.In post 184, mbaki wrote:It just seems odd that you'd choose to expand on bristep123 but pass Gamma Emerald as bad town and move on.
Still waiting on thisIn post 49, Doughboy wrote:I’ll post reads and shit tomorrow or Tuesday
This post is super good. I'll post some thoughts tomorrow when I'm at work, but for now I'm good with getting off of Mewtaph.In post 210, Dannflor wrote:lots of content
In post 164, podoboq wrote:Would scum openly misrep something so easy to just go back and check? Like, there's no way scum Gamma is intentionally misrepping this, knowing it takes 10 seconds to find out that it's not accurate. Using this as justification that Gamme is scum rather than he just mixed things up seems like a leap.In post 160, Dannflor wrote:I am actually on board with calling this revisionist history. If you read the exchange you see Xtoxm initiated the discussion about his alignment and asked mbaki what he thought. How does mbaki answering "Scum, I would guess." come close to looking like "he was taking an actual interest in the meta information that could be gained?"
Using something that didn't actually happen to support the reason you cherry-picked this interaction does look like revisionist history, because it's not just you mixing up who said what, it's you mixing up the whole chain of events and thinking it means something it doesn't.
If anyone has any questions about that, please ask me and I'll clarify.In post 169, podoboq wrote:Good thoughts? Ha, no.In post 166, mbaki wrote:So do you think Gamma Emerald is posting good, townie thoughts?
Townie thoughts? Yeah, probably.
I was going to paraphrase how I feel about Gamma, which is that it seems like he lazily came to a bad conclusion and is just sticking to it despite the fact that it's pretty clearly a bad conclusion, but you wrote it better than I could.I agree. I don't think scum really does that.In post 166, mbaki wrote:I don't believe Gamma Emerald read the game and came to the conclusion his current nitpick is how he's going to find scum.
IIn post 171, Mewtaph wrote:Is there any particular reason why you're willing to comment on the Gamma push here specifically over anything else that has happened in the game? Do you have any sort of stance towards me v LolWagons or me v podopoq?In post 170, bristep123 wrote:I'm not feeling the Gamma push, need to keep an eye on that. Especially Xtotm who only said 'Gamma is scumposting' but didn't vote. That's my thought anyway.
Writing your own name instead of "myself" is a common and successful trick. On Survivor, there's an understanding that once your name is in people's mouths, it'll never leave. If you've been talked about being voted out, you will never truly be safe again, because it's a name people know has some kind of traction. In mafia, the same thing is true. "____, ____, andIn post 213, mbaki wrote:Dannflor, Lolwagons, and mbaki is the town core I am working with.
This happens to be a good point. I'm conflicted on mbaki, but leaning scum.In post 208, LolWagons wrote:Does scum say this? I don’t think mafia tends to say shit like this.In post 156, mbaki wrote:I have glazed over almost every Mewtaph post this game. Just the way he types I guess.
I would like to force this person to play the game.In post 170, bristep123 wrote:I'm not feeling the Gamma push, need to keep an eye on that. Especially Xtotm who only said 'Gamma is scumposting' but didn't vote. That's my thought anyway.
Take your time. Glad to have you.In post 216, Trekkie99 wrote:Hello everyone. Just punching in real quick. I'm going to do a thorough read and report back later.
Cheerio.
It's not often that a replace reads as completely null, but I'll take this one as not significantly AI.In post 226, Xtoxm wrote:if you dont wanna just lynch me here i can replace.
Moving this slot to town lean for now.In post 234, Trekkie99 wrote:Okay so quick read on everyone.
Town: dannflor, mewtaph, podoboq,
Mixed: gamma emerald
Null: bristep123, xtomx,
Scum: mbaki, lolwagons
The discussion between my three town reads feels very townie while my two scum reads feels like they're participating in the discussion but aren't getting to involved and are letting my three town reads do most of the discussing.
Bristep123 and obviously xtomx are on my null list due to inactivity and gamma emerald is mixed to me because he complained about some chit chat, but then says he's not interested in discussing anything cause this game is boring. Would a scum say this though? Probably not so that's why he's mixed to me
If LolWagons is scum, I don't see them calling out mbaki's behavior as town unprompted unless they're teammates.In post 208, LolWagons wrote:Does scum say this? I don’t think mafia tends to say shit like this.In post 156, mbaki wrote:I have glazed over almost every Mewtaph post this game. Just the way he types I guess.
Good luck with finals!In post 235, sheepsaysmeep wrote:finals end tomorrow i'll prolly read a bit afterschool
In post 239, LolWagons wrote:I think Trekkie is probably town for going after someone most people thought was town but Podo hopping off his read of me quickly is a bit disconcerting.
I don't see this as me crossing you off as a town lean, but okeydoke.In post 236, podoboq wrote:I'd like some more justification on LolWagons. I see your argument, that LolWagons looks like they're participating, but without actually getting involved. If we write off the Mewtaph questioning as that, I think you're right. There's very little aside from that, now that I go looking for it. I still think this post is significant.If LolWagons is scum, I don't see them calling out mbaki's behavior as town unprompted unless they're teammates.In post 208, LolWagons wrote:Does scum say this? I don’t think mafia tends to say shit like this.In post 156, mbaki wrote:I have glazed over almost every Mewtaph post this game. Just the way he types I guess.
"Don't engage or find common ground with people who's opinions don't match yours precisely."In post 242, LolWagons wrote:It’s more the fact you checked my ISO this morning and now that someone is suspecting me you’re suddenly shifting to an opinion that I’ve only contributed in regards to the Mewtaph exchange, which is probably partially true but I’ve engaged with other players and have reads on them, so it’s more of a relative comparison (I came in very engaged and hopped off when things got less interesting).
Mewtaph's not at L-1, but why would you place a vote without catching up first anyway?In post 246, sheepsaysmeep wrote:if i vote mew it's not a hammer right
I read a lot of disagreement from you with regards to Mewtaph. That made me like your slot.In post 252, LolWagons wrote:You literally said this. It’s the exact opposite of what Trekkie stated.
In post 255, mbaki wrote:I do usually include myself in reads lists.
I mean, youIn post 136, mbaki wrote:VOTE: Gamma Emerald
Let's discuss this then.
7 posts in your iso.
1) rvs; irrelevant
2) theory post; irrelevant (queue the "why are we discussing this")
3) agree with someone else; relevant, though not starting discussion nor scumhunting
4) random 1-liner; irrelevant
5) agree with someone; relevant, as this post l-1s someone
6) random takeaway; irrelevant
7) "why are we discussing this"; irrelevant
In conclusion, there are exactly two posts relevant to the game in your iso. One of them puts a player at l-1, and one of them agrees with something another player says. Neither advances discussion, provides insight, or affects the game-state... other than bringing a wagon to l-1.
Why aren'tyoudiscussinganything, and why is #124 the thing you choose to comment on when there is game relevant content around and after it including from me?
In post 260, sheepsaysmeep wrote:i put myself in readlists too
In post 265, LolWagons wrote:Noooo you’re trying to reframe switching a position as offering an olive branch to a player. You specifically say I’m interacting with players. Players. Plural. Not just Mew. Now you’re trying to say my only meaningful interaction was with Mew. It is not semantics. Because I’d have a hard time believing that you would townread someone who you thought was only interacting with Mew. This is a position change and you’re not owning it.In post 254, podoboq wrote:I read a lot of disagreement from you with regards to Mewtaph. That made me like your slot.In post 252, LolWagons wrote:You literally said this. It’s the exact opposite of what Trekkie stated.
Then Trekkie comes in and discounts it. He says you're not getting too involved, and I thought you were getting pretty involved with Mewtaph. So I find common ground, and ask him to elaborate, because it'll help me figure out what I think of Trekkie. Doesn't mean I agree with him. Just that I want to cooperate with him.
The fact that you're not comfortable with that is fascinating to me, though. Please continue.
In post 174, LolWagons wrote:Bri’s apathy is a bit annoying but that a fairly Townie thought processIn post 170, bristep123 wrote:I'm not feeling the Gamma push, need to keep an eye on that. Especially Xtotm who only said 'Gamma is scumposting' but didn't vote. That's my thought anyway.
Sorry mew on mobile and am not going to one on one a wall but I haven’t forgot about your response
In post 208, LolWagons wrote:Does scum say this? I don’t think mafia tends to say shit like this.In post 156, mbaki wrote:I have glazed over almost every Mewtaph post this game. Just the way he types I guess.
These were enough high quality posts, interacting with the game and talking about other players, that I came out liking your slot. I'll admit that I didn't notice that every other post in your ISO was talking only to Mewtaph. I wasn't very observant. That still didn't completely change my read on you.In post 209, LolWagons wrote:I think Mbaki, Podo, and Bri are town.
I think Dann leans town.
No clue on Gamma. Thought I knew how to read him and a game just wonder where I was wrong.
I’m hanging up the Mewtaph hat for now, I genuinely can’t tell if it’s a play style difference or I’m onto something but I’m willing to look elsewhere.
Bri made a good point about Xtom and I’m not parking my vote on a slot that needs replaced so
VOTE: Xtotm
Oh don't worry, the read on your has changed. It's just not because of the lack of meaningful interactions directly with other players. I think you can interact with the game without talking to players individually. I misread you leaving opinions on the game, and interacting heavily with Mewtaph, as you interacting with several players in the game. I don't think the realization that I was missing something means that you're scummy.In post 266, LolWagons wrote:The fact you’re not wanting to own a reads change and are trying to reframe it is hella suss
In post 214, podoboq wrote:LolWagons
LolWagons entire iso is trying to interact and sort players. I don't think there's anything specific I need to cite. At this point, LolWagons is playing a lot, and appears
to not be afraid to disagree with people. I like this slot a lot.
Man I missed playing mafia.
Still don't think you being disengaged indicates that you're scum. This last couple of pages does, though.In post 270, LolWagons wrote:Of course it’s a valid perspective. He has a right to think that. I selectively disengaged during the Gamma push. The difference between you and him is he fucking owned it up front.
I wanted to use this to sort Trekkie, but I'll suffice with using it to sort LolWagons. Unexpected result, but a welcome one.In post 236, podoboq wrote:"Hey Trekkie elaborate please"
HA!In post 275, Trekkie99 wrote:Wow don't know what to make of this. LolWagons has made some pretty good points.
In post 199, mbaki wrote:I townread Dann's reaction to Gamma Emerald. Not sure if I townread Gamma Emerald.
VOTE: Doughboy
In post 213, mbaki wrote:Dannflor, Lolwagons, and mbaki is the town core I am working with.
This is everything you have had to say about Gamma since removing your vote from him..?In post 276, mbaki wrote:I DID scumread him, but his play improved. He is closer to null now.
I'd color that with more nuance and detail if I were you, but that's a reasonable perspective. I don't believe "I can see what you're saying" = "I agree with you," so I don't see any contradiction. If you do, and if LolWagons does, maybe that's just a misunderstanding.In post 278, Trekkie99 wrote:I say lolwagons contributions have been lacking, podoboq says he can see my point, lolwagon says that podoboq is contradicting himself, podoboq says he isn't but that lolwagon's current behavior is scummy.
Reads, "My read hasn't significantly changed" to me.In post 199, mbaki wrote:Not sure if I townread Gamma Emerald.
I feel like I've got more in these last two pages than I did in the rest of the game combined.In post 282, Trekkie99 wrote:I do feel you were a little bit quick to change your mind about him.
This is accurate. This game needed some drama and fun.In post 294, LolWagons wrote:Well he’s a drama queen either way
I like this. Fuck. mbaki is so mixed at this point. There's a lot of scum tells and lot of town tells, and most of the town tells don't look like they would realistically be fabricated as scum. The scum tells might just be bad play.In post 313, mbaki wrote:It is explained. It was bait. If I'm voting Podo anyways (which is a real vote), might as well throw in that. Never know.In post 312, Dannflor wrote:Are you planning on explaining your L-1 bait?